ECG -Chapter 193 I Earned 100,000 in One Month

When Zhou Dongbing called him, Ma Daya was getting a massage. Lying face down on the massage table, he answered the phone while groaning comfortably.

“Dongbing, you really are a rare guest. How long has it been since you last called your big brother?” Ma Daya said, still letting out satisfied hums.

“Oh, sounds like I interrupted Brother Ma. Are you doing some ‘exercise’?” Zhou Dongbing joked.

Ma Daya sighed. “I’m old now, there’s no denying it. Back in the day, I could play mahjong for three days and three nights without even blinking. But now look at me, I fooled around all night yesterday, and when I got up at noon my back was already killing me. So I came out to get a massage… What’s up?”

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Zhou Dongbing chuckled. “It’s like this. I have a little brother studying at the Provincial Arts College. He used to play guitar and sing at Xiaoyun’s bar…”

After hearing Zhou Dongbing explain the whole matter from beginning to end, Ma Daya immediately became furious. This bastard! He was shameless enough to make money off such a small amount, and now he even made Dongbing call him all the way from Chunhe.

“Brother Dongbing, don’t worry about this matter. Big brother will definitely give you an explanation. I’ll look into it first. Wait for my call!”

After hanging up, he immediately called Li Lang.

“Get your ass over to Hong Langman Bathhouse right now!”

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Li Lang, carrying a small black handbag, had just walked out of the underground factory where he was burning CDs. When he received his brother-in-law’s call, he was stunned. He figured it probably wasn’t anything good.

But he didn’t dare refuse, so he spat on the ground, opened the door of his newly bought Toyota Reiz, and hurried toward Hong Langman.

The lady boss was sitting behind the service counter at the bathhouse. When she saw him, her face immediately lit up.

“Brother Lang, you’re here?”

“Which room is my brother-in-law in?” Li Lang wasn’t in the mood to tease her today.

“388!”

Li Lang ignored her disappointed expression and didn’t even wait for the slow elevator. Instead, he went straight up the stairs through the emergency exit, “thump, thump, thump.”

Pushing open the door and entering the room, Li Lang immediately turned into a well-behaved little rabbit and timidly called out:

“Brother-in-law.”

Ma Daya waved his hand at the masseuse, sending her away.

“What’s this? Heard you’ve been making a fortune lately?” Ma Daya kept his previous position, turning his face sideways and asking lazily.

“Ah, making a fortune? No, no, just making a little money…”

“A little money? If it’s only a little money, then stop messing around and find another business!”

“What?”

Li Lang was completely confused. Why?

“Brother-in-law, no way. I just got started. Why?”

“Why?” Ma Daya raised his head and cursed angrily, disappointed at how hopeless he was.

“Do you have any shame? Just to make a little money, you actually made Dongbing call me! I’m telling you, stop this immediately. And don’t go looking for that student from the Arts College again!”

Li Lang never expected this matter would alarm his brother-in-law. But as the saying goes, cutting off someone’s source of income is like killing their parents. Why should he stop just because Ma Daya told him to?

Why?

Wait!

Who? Dongbing?

Only then did Li Lang react to the name his brother-in-law had mentioned.

“Dongbing? Zhou Dongbing from Chunhe?”

Ma Daya shot him an annoyed sideways glance.

“Who else could it be?”

Li Lang sucked in a cold breath.

There might be many people in Long Province’s underworld who didn’t know Zhou Dongbing, but his brother-in-law was Ma Daya, and Ma Daya’s good friend was He Qing. He Qing had once followed Fourth Brother…

So of course, Li Lang knew about Zhou Dongbing from Chunhe, because this person was Fourth Brother’s sworn brother—a brother closer than blood!

Zhou Dongbing was no ordinary person. From the late 1980s to the 1990s, he had led a group of brothers and swept through Chunhe! Over the years, his Beixue Group had become one of the well-known enterprises in the entire province. At the same time, he also had numerous titles and honors in the city and province, such as outstanding entrepreneur and representative of various organizations.

How could this Lin Hao know him?

At this moment, Li Lang’s head was spinning. No! No one could cut off this path to his fortune. Whether it was his brother-in-law Ma Daya or Zhou Dongbing! You guys ate delicious food and drank fine wine every day, so why should you block my way to make money just when I’ve finally started earning some?

He quickly calmed himself down. He knew that he had to drag his brother-in-law into this matter; otherwise, he would never agree to let him continue.

These older generation people who had mixed in society often valued friendships too much, but he had never heard that his brother-in-law and this Zhou fellow had such a close relationship.

“Brother-in-law!” Li Lang looked aggrieved. “I’ve already agreed to give that kid forty percent of the sales. That’s not a small amount! How can he go back on his word?”

Ma Daya was also stunned. “Give that much?”

“Yeah, that amount was even suggested by Lin Hao himself. I agreed too, but then Zhou Dongbing suddenly stepped in. Don’t you think—” Li Lang’s expression became mysterious. “Could it be that Zhou Dongbing also wants a share of the pie?”

“Pfft—”

Ma Daya let out a disdainful sound.

“You’ve been blinded by that little bit of money, haven’t you? Who is Zhou Dongbing? Real estate companies, construction companies, furniture factories, coal mines… Which one of his industries doesn’t make money every single day? Do you think he’d come fight you over selling CDs? Your damn head must have been squeezed by a door! What are you even thinking?”

“But I made 100,000 yuan in one month!” Li Lang blurted out anxiously, accidentally telling the truth.

“How much?”

Ma Daya froze.

Only then did Li Lang realize he had let it slip, but there was no way to take it back now. Besides, this matter couldn’t be hidden anymore. If he didn’t pull his brother-in-law in, he would be finished.

“Brother-in-law, I’ve only been doing this for a little over a month. In my first month, my net profit was already 100,000 yuan. Recently I’ve been working overtime copying discs nonstop, so this month will probably be even better!”

“Really?”

With a whoosh, Ma Daya flipped over and sat up. The towel wrapped around his body even fell onto the floor.

He never imagined that something as small as a CD could actually make this much money.

Zhou Dongbing definitely wouldn’t care about this amount of money, but he wasn’t Zhou Dongbing. Over these years, all he had done was collect small fees from several seafood markets in Xuecheng, earning a few hundred thousand yuan a year.

But even that money wasn’t easy to make. He had to put in a lot of effort, and whenever any merchant had trouble, he had to personally step in and settle it.

Seeing that his brother-in-law wasn’t saying anything, Li Lang hurriedly struck while the iron was hot.

“I even want to establish a record company. This kid Lin Hao sings amazingly well. If we sign him, our money will come rolling in!”

“Brother-in-law, this thing is insanely profitable and it’s easy too. Really!”

“Tell me everything properly,” Ma Daya said, his interest piqued.

Li Lang explained the entire matter from beginning to end in detail. He also talked about the operating process and his grand future “ambitions”…

The massage room was filled with cigarette smoke, and Li Lang talked until his mouth went dry.

“Brother-in-law, you can’t agree to Zhou—”

Ma Daya raised his hand and stopped him.

He scratched his head. “Don’t say anymore. Let me think, let me think…”

This matter was difficult.

If Zhou Dongbing were like him, then they could pull him in and make money together. But obviously that was impossible. Zhou Dongbing didn’t care about this little amount of money.

What should he do?

Ma Daya hesitated.

On one side was earning 100,000 yuan a month, possibly 200,000 or even 300,000 in the future.

On the other side was Fourth Brother’s old friend. Since the man had personally spoken today, if he pretended to be stupid and ignored it, then he would completely fall out with him.

Li Lang hated this hesitant attitude of his brother-in-law. He didn’t have any of the dominance of a big boss in society at all.

He cursed inwardly.

No wonder he had spent all these years guarding those worthless small-time businesses. How much success could he possibly achieve?

“Brother-in-law!”

He stopped caring. Today, no matter what, he had to get him onto his side.

“Zhou Dongbing is such a big boss. Over all these years, what has he ever done for you? Why should he get to decide everything just because he says so?”

“He’s a big entrepreneur. He eats meat every day, so what’s wrong with us drinking a little soup?”

“Besides, he’s from Chunhe. What right does he have to come to our Xuecheng and point fingers?”

“Brother-in-law…”

“…”