Fake Husband of the Glamorous CEO-Chapter 62 - 0: Don’t treat me like a fool

Had Lin Yue misheard, or had Tang Jun misspoken?

Unable to give it away?

While Lin Yue was still in a daze, Gu Feng smiled and said, "Let’s go with this one."

He knew that Lin Yue was overthinking it. He didn’t intend to have her help him save face; he was simply asking if she liked the apartment.

After all, the two of them were going to live there together.

Upon hearing Gu Feng choose this apartment, Tang Jun immediately smiled brightly, "Great, then I’ll have someone go and register it. Do we put it under Feng’s name, or should our sister-in-law be included as well?"

Gu Feng: "It’s not convenient for me; just put it under Lin Yue’s name."

"Okay." Tang Jun nodded and turned to Lin Yue, "Sister-in-law, did you bring your ID card?"

"I didn’t bring it." Lin Yue still hadn’t grasped the situation.

Tang Jun: "Then just bring it over when you have the time, and I’ll have someone register it right away."

Lin Yue: "Then... this money..."

Tang Jun laughed, "No need for money. We’ve agreed that I’m giving it to Feng and our sister-in-law as a gift. In the future, when Feng lives here, I can drop by to learn a thing or two from him."

Checking the time, he invited, "Feng, sister-in-law, it’s almost noon. How about we have lunch together?"

"No, my mom is going back to Beijing soon, and the family has arranged to have lunch together." Gu Feng declined: "Maybe some other time."

"Sure, I will give Feng a call another day." Tang Jun said with a smile as he handed the electronic card for the apartment to Gu Feng.

"This is the card for the door. Later, you can reset and record a new password or fingerprint."

Gu Feng nodded and led Lin Yue away first.

On the way back, Lin Yue looked at the card that wasn’t yet in the wallet, repeatedly glancing at Gu Feng, seemingly on the verge of asking him something but then hesitated, wondering if she was being too nosy.

"If you want to ask, just ask. Don’t hold it in," Gu Feng said as he drove, sensing her curiosity.

"Why would Tang Jun give you a house?" Lin Yue was indeed full of curiosity: "Did you know each other before? Did you take a bullet for him or save his life?"

Gu Feng laughed, "I met him just last night."

Lin Yue was astonished, "Then why would he give you this? This is a house worth 3.9 billion! How many rich people in the entire country can afford such a place?"

Gu Feng: "Is it possible that he gave me this gift because of my background?"

"Cut it out," scoffed Lin Yue: "Even if your contrived background were real, he has no reason to give you such an expensive house. Any resource has its equivalent exchange. For example, when the Ling Feng Group’s young elites secure a contract worth billions with the government for a private company, if there’s a profit of a billion in it, those young elites can make around twenty million in referral fees."

"Even if Tang Jun deals with the elites of Ling Feng with a fixed price, saying once the project succeeds, you get about 20% of the profit, I might believe that he would give you a gift worth tens of millions because of your fabricated background, but why would he give you a property worth billions? What’s in it for him?"

"Does your fake background and identity hold more weight than those of the Ling Feng elites? It doesn’t compare, so why would he give you property worth billions?"

After Lin Yue rattled off her analysis, Gu Feng could only respond with a smile, "Not bad, you have a meticulous logic and a thorough analysis."

The proud Lin Yue humphed softly: "So? Why did he give you the house?" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Gu Feng: "Alright, I’ll tell you the truth. He wants to invest in my private equity fund and own a certain share."

"?" Lin Yue hoped there might be more to it, but then realized he had finished speaking.

"For that reason alone, he gave you property worth billions?" Lin Yue still didn’t believe it: "Is he out of his mind, or do you think I’m an idiot?"

She continued her analysis, "First, your newly established private equity firm hasn’t yet gained a convincing track record in the industry, which means you’re the one who has to ask people for investment, not the other way around!"

"Second, even if you achieve an industry top-tier 20% annual return, if he invests a billion with you, that’s just a two-hundred-million profit per year. He would need to invest for eighteen years to get back the billions he gave you!"

"Moreover, this assumes that your annual returns are stable for eighteen years, which is nearly impossible because out of the more than 10,000 private equity firms nationwide, fewer than 30 have managed to have consistent profits without losses over five consecutive years!"

Gu Feng: "Then he could invest ten billion, and he’d get two billion back in a year, right?"

"Impossible!" Lin Yue declared righteously, "Don’t assume these rich young men’s wallets are that fat. Assets and liquid funds are different things; their main income depends on their family, and they spend it faster than their monthly allowance. Don’t expect them to save money like ordinary families do, so Tang Jun can’t casually come up with ten billion!"

"The most important thing is, why wouldn’t he invest that ten billion in the top, most reliable private equity firms in the country instead of investing it with you?"

Gu Feng asked, "Do you know about the Yanlong Corporation on the Financial Street in the USA?"

Lin Yue nodded, a bit baffled, "Yeah, anyone in finance would know about it. But what does that have to do with what we’re discussing now?"

Gu Feng: "What if my company had the strength of Yanlong Corporation?"

Lin Yue gave a wry laugh, "Forget it, don’t beat around the bush. Just say you don’t want to tell me the reason, and I won’t ask anymore."

Gu Feng: "..."