After my divorce, I started to have good luck-Chapter 827 - 445: Requests from Two Old Rogues

Fortunately, they all knew their boundaries. After all, they had just gotten acquainted. This time, they came purely to offer a toast and to get to know each other by exchanging some pleasantries.

Once the two of them took the lead, other people also approached Chen Feng to offer a toast, including Chen Rui, Chen Feng's older brother, who became a target for toasts as well.

The brothers sat together; while toasting Chen Feng, they couldn't ignore Chen Rui; otherwise, it would be disrespecting Chen Feng.

Of course, the first toast was definitely for Chen Feng, the younger brother.

It's an unwritten rule at banquets that every toast should go first to the rich and powerful; Chen Rui, as the older brother, was secondary.

Chen Rui saw this quite openly. Since childhood, they have often been compared, and in all aspects, he, the elder brother, was defeated. Chen Rui was used to it, so he accepted it with calm. He indeed wasn't as respected as his brother.

With so many people toasting, Chen Feng couldn't possibly drink full glasses like those offering the toasts. Except for a few elders, he mostly just sipped lightly to show appreciation.

The engagement banquet lasted more than two hours before guests began to leave, most taking sweets and red envelopes with them.

However, Three Fingers and Ai Ba stayed behind and immediately sought out Zhao Guozhong to discuss a favor.

Zhao Guozhong had drunk quite a bit, and on this joyous day, although he didn't give an outright promise, he generously agreed to help as much as he could, and brought them to find his nephew, Chen Feng.

Chen Feng was still waiting for his mother, so he was available when they approached him.

"Ah Feng, these are my two friends, my sworn brothers, Three Fingers and Ai Ba. They used to run a car wash here in Yuelou Town. They have something they want to discuss with you. Why don't you talk it over with them?"

Zhao Guozhong said, making it difficult for Chen Feng to refuse, so he nodded and said, "Sure. What is it that you want to discuss with me?"

Chen Feng looked at them with an indifferent expression. If they came with unreasonable requests, Chen Feng wouldn't hesitate to say no.

"You speak first," Three Fingers said to Ai Ba. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Ai Ba didn't hold back, stating his intention directly.

Chen Feng frowned slightly at his words. Ai Ba straightforwardly expressed the desire to partner with him to open a car wash and then have Chen Feng use his connections to push out two competitors.

Honestly, Chen Feng didn't find it appealing nor worthwhile to harm others for self-gain. He wanted to say, if I have the means to drive away two competitors, would I still need to partner with you?

However, out of respect for his uncle, Chen Feng didn't say these words out loud.

"Partnering with you isn't out of the question, but how do we split the shares?"

It was Chen Rui, beside Chen Feng, who asked. He was tempted, after all, no one complains about making money.

Even though their car wash business already dominated the markets in Yuelou Town and Qingpu Town, Chen Rui felt unsatisfied with just these two towns. He was actually looking to expand the chain car wash business.

"If you two brothers join, I only want 40% of the shares. It's like working for you," Ai Ba said confidently.

Chen Rui was evidently not satisfied with this share division, shaking his head: "How about this, considering you voluntarily gave up the business in Yuelou before, we can offer you 30%. Don't feel shortchanged, because we plan to open at least two more chain car washes, and you can get 30% of those too. We can discuss how much you need to invest when the time comes."

Ai Ba was overjoyed upon hearing Chen Rui's words. Though it was only 30%, it was for two car washes, and a monopolistic business. If he could join, he would surely profit greatly. There would definitely be more in the future.

This made Three Fingers, who was listening, tempted, and almost wanting to join as well.

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you. If it's convenient, we can discuss things in detail right now," Ai Ba said eagerly.

Chen Rui then asked Chen Feng: "Ah Feng, what do you think?"

Chen Feng rolled his eyes at him, sighed slightly, but still supported: "It's your call. As long as it doesn't get out of control."

"Don't worry. We're conducting legal business; we won't mess around."

With his brother's permission, Chen Rui was reassured. He naturally knew his brother had connections in the HB Bureau and J Bureau, which they used before to make Ai Ba close his shop and leave obediently.

"Ai Ba, come with me to have a good talk."

Chen Rui took Ai Ba away, which made Three Fingers breathe a sigh of relief. His main reason for coming was to borrow money from Chen Feng, and it would be awkward to discuss it in front of others.

"What's your matter?" Chen Feng bluntly asked, not having a favorable impression of Three Fingers.

With no one around, Three Fingers got straight to the point, explaining that he was short on cash flow and wanted to borrow some money from him, ideally five million, but no less than three million, offering to pay interest and mortgage his house to him.

Upon hearing he wanted to borrow money, Chen Feng shook his head and refused: "Sorry, I don't have that much cash on hand. You'd better ask someone else."

Three Fingers could only smile bitterly: "Ah Feng, I know you've got money. Rest assured, I've got collateral. I can mortgage my house in Shanghai to you, worth over four million. It's in downtown Shanghai, right next to Shanghai University, and nearby are excellent kindergartens, primary schools, and secondary schools—a school zone house. Most of the mortgage is paid off, less than a million owed to the bank. I'll mortgage this house to borrow three million from you. Even if I can't repay you later and transfer the house to you, you'll still profit."

"If that's so, why don't you take a mortgage from the bank?" Chen Feng asked, puzzled.

Three Fingers smiled bitterly again: "It's hard for the bank to approve a second mortgage on such a house, and even if approved, the interest is relatively high. Also, the procedures are quite cumbersome, and I'm not good at them, better to opt for private borrowing."

What he didn't say was that Three Fingers wanted to use this opportunity to connect with Chen Feng; even if he couldn't repay, transferring the Shanghai house to Chen Feng seemed worth it. Because, in effect, he'd let Chen Feng gain an advantage, thus establishing a connection.

For someone like Three Fingers, an old hand, there are countless ways to establish connections with others, given the opportunity to meet them.