School Beauty's Invincible Martial Expert

As for Hanmen Restaurant, this month's income was relatively substantial. Today, Hanmen Restaurant has expanded to thirteen chain restaurants, with five located in Linjiang City alone. In the provincial city, due to the infusion of capital, eight more restaurants were rapidly expanded. Moreover, these eight restaurants have already started operations.

This month, the net income of the thirteen restaurants has already reached a massive one million.

The annual net income exceeds ten million. Moreover, the expansion of Hanmen Restaurant continues. By the end of this year, the number is expected to surpass thirty chain restaurants. Hanmen Restaurants are aiming to be everywhere across the prefecture-level cities of the province, establishing and exporting the brand image.

As for Hanmen Mining, the net profit in the first month alone already exceeded five million. The monthly sales even reached several tens of millions. With such enormous profits, it's no wonder many people are eager to own a mine site, and if copper mine returns such profits, imagine what a gold mine would yield?

No wonder Mo Shaocong has been so busy lately; that gold mine in the Northwest is enough to keep him occupied, with its annual output worth several billion, isn't it?

Thinking about this, Xiao Han felt his mouth watering.

A mere copper mine, generating over five million in net profit per month. What more a gold mine? Xiao Han had been pondering when he would be able to own a gold mine himself. Unfortunately, gold mines aren't something one can simply find.

This meeting invigorated everyone.

In just one month, nearly seven million in net profit was created, and this seven million was significantly linked to them. Although their shares were not many, with such a large base amount, even one percent amounted to seventy thousand dollars, equivalent to an average white-collar worker's annual income.

"What a profitable venture!" Li Dapang exclaimed in astonishment.

"Exactly!" Zhao Lizhong nodded excitedly, adding, "Once our production increases, sales will be even higher. The demand from Japan is substantial; they themselves came to inspect our mine and even conducted sampling investigations; our copper is relatively pure."

"We need to expand our market!" Xiao Han declared.

"Yes," Zhao Lizhong nodded, saying, "We need to expand our market, not just expanding the market, but also amplifying our influence in the market."

"You're right," Xiao Han agreed.

Money was earned, but the reputation must also be maintained.

Li Dapang spoke up, "Xiao Han, why should we sell the copper mine to the Japanese?"

Li Dapang was quite a nationalist, struggling to understand such decisions. Especially with the Japanese's historical massacres of the Chinese, he found it hard to comprehend. Once a mighty nation, China had unfortunately been bullied by a tiny island nation. What do the Japanese lack the most? Naturally, resources, as Japan is an island country, thus, they have a high demand for all kinds of resources.

Moreover, the copper mined by the Japanese this time was not even used but directly employed for land reclamation. Extracting these rich resources from Chinese soil, and then burying them under the sea to create lands. In the future, when China's resources are depleted, they would dig these up and sell them back to China for ten, even a hundred times the price, or turn these resources into weapons to invade China again.

Li Dapang found all this incomprehensible.

"Why not sell to the Japanese?" Xiao Han asked with a slight smile, "Our enmity with the Japanese is between nations. But our interaction with them is just a business transaction between merchants, there's no conflict."

"I know," Li Dapang offered a bitter smile.

"Even if we don't sell to them, others will," Xiao Han patted Li Dapang's shoulder, saying, "So, don't overthink it. Sometimes, it's best to let nature take its course. The animosity between us and the Japanese isn't unresolvable, but with the Northern Bear, it is a real irreconcilable conflict. They encroach on our territory, trample on our nation, and bully our country. That is the enmity that cannot be dissolved, understand?"

"Yes, yes!" Li Dapang nodded.

Xiao Han's hatred for the Northern Bear far exceeded his resentment towards the Japanese.

"If we have to sell to the Northern Bear, then, we must raise the price by countless times," Xiao Han chuckled.

A meeting designed for strategic planning unexpectedly drifted to discussions of national enmity. Everyone left this meeting happy; if the company made money, it meant everyone made money. If the company failed to profit, they might even struggle to pay wages.

"Speaking of the Northern Bear, there's still someone interested in buying our mine," Zhao Lizhong chuckled, adding, "A Russian businessman seems very interested in our high-purity copper mine. Seems like he will be visiting this month, and if the inspection goes well, they might establish collaboration with us soon."

"Fine!" Xiao Han nodded, saying, "Just hike up the price when the time comes; we're not fools to miss out on making money, are we?"

"Is that... appropriate?" Zhao Lizhong said awkwardly, "Are we going to give one price to the Japanese and another to the Russians?"

"Why not?" Xiao Han shrugged.

"Yes, your word is final!" Zhao Lizhong nodded.

After the meeting dispersed, Yang Lu sought Xiao Han again.

"Xiao Han, I heard you're now taking over Leopard Door?" Yang Lu inquired.

"Yes!" Xiao Han nodded, saying, "Sister Yang, how come you've started paying attention to underworld affairs?"

"Now that I'm in this position, I can't ignore underworld matters," Yang Lu said with a slight smile, then added, "Now that you're the leader of Leopard Door, congratulations. However, you have to be cautious about Liu Si.

"Don't worry," Xiao Han nodded, "I know what's important."

Xiao Han was no longer just a student, but also a businessman and a gang leader. His multiple identities required him to stand from different perspectives and consider various issues, so Xiao Han appeared quite mature.

That night, Xiao Han drove to the provincial city, accompanied by Zhao Lizhong and a returnee doctor named Li Cheng. Zhao Lizhong was driving, Xiao Han sat in the back seat, and Li Cheng was in the passenger seat. Xiao Han, sitting alone in the back, looked out the window. The green trees receded, shadowing into a forest, and suddenly, Liu Xiaolei popped into Xiao Han's mind. This girl, in a burst of anger, had gone to Shenzhen, and now her situation was unknown.

In fact, Xiao Han felt some guilt towards Liu Xiaolei. He really wanted to find Liu Xiaolei, but he didn't know what identity he should use to approach her. Even if he found Liu Xiaolei, he wasn't sure what he should say to her.

Although he didn't know where Liu Xiaolei was, it shouldn't be hard to find her. Liu Xiaolei's older brother, Liu Dajun, and her father, Old Liu, should know where she was in Shenzhen. However, Xiao Han had been reluctant to touch on this issue. He didn't know what kind of attitude and identity to use when interacting with Liu Xiaolei.

Sitting in the car, Xiao Han's longing for Liu Xiaolei grew by the day, especially during those pitch-black nights.

"Xiao Han, we've arrived," Zhao Lizhong turned to look at Xiao Han.

"Oh, okay," Xiao Han quickly nodded.

Zhao Lizhong smiled and said, "What's the matter? Lost in thought?"

"Yeah!" Xiao Han stretched lazily and then got out of the car.

"If you have any thoughts, you can talk to me about them," Zhao Lizhong patted Xiao Han's shoulder and said, "We should head out now."

"Okay," Xiao Han nodded.

Afterward, the two of them left the scene. Watching their departing figures, Xiao Han felt a sense of satisfaction. Besides women, he had a group of people around him who were always helping him. They were unsung; they never pursued anything.

Thinking of this, the repressed emotions on Xiao Han's face finally relaxed.

He returned to school.

Lan Yudie saw Xiao Han and asked, "How did it go? Did you sort everything out?"

"Yeah, I took care of it," Xiao Han nodded and said, "It wasn't really much related to me, but I still offered quite a bit of help!"

"How could it not be related to you?" Lan Yudie furrowed her brows and said, "He's your uncle, isn't he?"

"Yes!" Xiao Han nodded.

Lan Yudie glanced at Xiao Han and said, "Finals are coming soon; try not to run around too much lately."

"Yes!" Xiao Han chuckled.

Before long, it was already the end of May. June was the last month of this semester, and unexpectedly, finals were just around the corner. Time really flew by.

Beep beep beep…

Back at the dormitory, a call came in.

"Hello," Xiao Han answered the phone.

"Xiao Han, how have you been lately?" Liu Yiyi's voice came through the receiver.

"Ah, it's you!" Xiao Han exclaimed in surprise.

Ever since the last national college sports meet, they hadn't seen each other for a while. Due to his busy schedule, Xiao Han had actually forgotten about Liu Yiyi. Now, thankfully, Liu Yiyi had called him herself.

"Yeah," Liu Yiyi nodded and said, "You promised to teach me oil painting. You haven't come even once."

"I... I'll come tomorrow," Xiao Han said awkwardly.

"Really?" Liu Yiyi asked.

"Of course, it's true!" Xiao Han quickly nodded.

"You said it," Liu Yiyi giggled and said, "Then I'll wait for you at home."

"Yeah!" Xiao Han nodded.

Excited, Liu Yiyi hung up the phone, eagerly waiting at home for Xiao Han's arrival.

......

The next day.

Xiao Han drove to Liu's house.

Before he even reached the door, he already saw a girl in a white dress standing at the entrance, looking forward with great anticipation. She became even more excited when she saw Xiao Han's car. She excitedly waved at Xiao Han's car.

She shouted, "Xiao Han, I'm here!"

Xiao Han's lips curled into a smile and said, "Silly girl."

As he got out of the car, Liu Yiyi excitedly ran up to him.