As Lin Feng was delivering the relevant returns to Chen Lei and the others, he had already asked Huizi to contact Aunt Tang.
Lin Feng hadn’t forgotten about Aunt Tang, the woman from Xiang City worth several billion.
Initially, Aunt Tang had put up twenty million to test the waters.
It was just like Chen Jun putting up five hundred million today as a trial.
It was time to give Aunt Tang an update.
Back then, it was Huizi who had received the money from Aunt Tang.
So, Lin Feng once again tasked Huizi with contacting her.
Huizi still had Aunt Tang’s WeChat contact information.
"Aunt Tang, here are this month’s returns, along with the principal."
When Aunt Tang saw Huizi’s message, she was at her wit’s end dealing with some other matters.
The moment she looked at her phone, she saw the financial records Huizi had sent.
A one-month return on twenty million was a full four hundred thousand.
This was exactly what Lin Feng had guaranteed.
Furthermore, the accompanying financial records proved it wasn’t fabricated.
This left Aunt Tang slightly astonished.
And Aunt Tang was a very decisive person.
She immediately sent a message back to Huizi: "Don’t bother transferring the principal back to me."
"I never expected Xiaofeng to be such a brilliant investor. No wonder he was able to buy my house with money he earned himself."
"How about this? I have some spare cash on hand. I’ll invest a bit more with you."
"But I hope you can guarantee a return of no less than two percent."
Seeing the message from Aunt Tang, Huizi was momentarily stunned, then a joyful expression appeared on her face.
’It looks like we’re officially getting Aunt Tang on board as a major client.’
Besides, Huizi had some idea of Aunt Tang’s net worth.
She just wasn’t sure how much more Aunt Tang planned to invest this time.
As for the rate of return, Huizi couldn’t make that decision herself, so she forwarded the chat log to Lin Feng.
When Lin Feng received the log, he immediately sent Huizi a message without a second thought:
"For anything over fifty million, you can guarantee Aunt Tang a three percent rate of return."
"If it’s in the hundreds of millions, you can guarantee her a five percent rate of return."
"However, this guarantee is only for next month’s return."
Huizi was stunned when she saw Lin Feng’s message.
She was mainly shocked by the five percent rate of return.
The reason Lin Feng specifically stressed that it was only a one-month guarantee was mainly because he currently only had a three-day stock market trend forecast.
Guaranteeing such a high return over the long term would be difficult.
Besides, settling such a large sum of money on a monthly basis would actually give someone like Aunt Tang more peace of mind.
After Huizi sent the new terms to Aunt Tang, she didn’t reply for a long time.
Little did she know, on the other end of the line, Aunt Tang was frantically punching numbers into a calculator...
’A five percent rate of return!’
’That’s incredibly high!’
’And the investment yields tangible results after just one month.’
This was a huge temptation for anyone.
Especially after she had listened to her son and invested a sum of money in the shared economy.
Now, after just one month, almost all of that money was gone.
It made Aunt Tang realize that the economic model of this era was truly different from the past.
Sometimes, investing on her own felt impossibly difficult.
Speaking of which, Aunt Tang’s son really didn’t have any talent for investing.
Moreover, her son preferred to lead a stable, secure life.
It was mostly Aunt Tang herself who was supporting the family.
She had finally entrusted a sum of money to her son to invest.
Who knows who her son listened to, but he ended up putting the money into the shared economy.
At first, he did see some initial gains.
However, after half a month, the situation took a rapid turn for the worse. The money earned over ten-plus days wasn’t enough to cover a single day’s losses.
Every day after that, the fund just kept evaporating.
It got to the point where Aunt Tang had completely given up on that money.
This also led her son, who was never very keen on investing to begin with, to wash his hands of the whole affair.
But while her son had given up, Aunt Tang had not given up on the idea of investing.
There was no turning back now.
Aunt Tang still wanted to try again.
Then she turned around and saw the message from Huizi.
Only then did she remember Lin Feng, whom she had met by chance.
She never expected her casual investment would pay off so handsomely; Lin Feng’s investments were actually doing great.
Because of the last failed investment, Aunt Tang hadn’t been quick to deploy her liquid capital.
She was still holding onto it.
That’s why she had asked if the returns would increase if she invested more.
She hadn’t expected Huizi’s side to offer such a generous five percent rate of return.
If she invested two hundred million, she would have a return of ten million after one month.
In contrast, two hundred million in fixed assets in Aunt Tang’s hands would only generate one or two million a month in rent.
This was a four-to-five-fold increase.
Besides, when investing in the shared economy, the other party had only guaranteed a return of around three percent.
Aunt Tang, acting cautiously, had thrown in thirty million.
And now, not a single penny was left.
Those thirty million had vanished into thin air in the blink of an eye.
In contrast, the twenty million with Lin Feng had actually delivered the promised returns.
Unconsciously, Aunt Tang’s heart was already leaning toward Lin Feng.
...
「That evening.」
Aunt Tang went directly to her son.
She placed the financial records Lin Feng’s side had sent her in front of him.
"This is the return on the money I put into an investment company last month..."
"I’ve come to understand that you really don’t like a life of risk."
"Since that’s how you feel, I won’t force you. A company like this might be the most suitable path for you."
Aunt Tang’s son, Zhou Zhidong, looked up and saw the wrinkles at the corners of his mother’s eyes.
For so many years, his mother had relied on her extraordinary vision and skill.
She had used his father’s inheritance to carve out a world for herself.
Zhou Zhidong knew very well that his mother hoped to provide more security for his future.
So, Zhou Zhidong pondered for a moment before nodding. "Actually, I think putting it in a professional institution like this might be better than us investing in this environment on our own."
"But Mom, do you really think this investment company is reliable?"
The previous incident of being burned by the shared economy investment had made Zhou Zhidong more wary.
He would definitely be extremely cautious before this next investment.
Aunt Tang had come prepared for this deep conversation with her son.
She placed some information about Lin Feng’s companies right in front of him.
"Actually, I already sent him your WeChat contact, but it seems you two haven’t had any private conversations."
Zhou Zhidong thought about it and recalled that he had indeed added Lin Feng before.
But he wasn’t very interested in investing at the time, so they hadn’t really talked.
"Well, if you think it’s a good idea, Mom, then let’s invest."
"However, with a rate of return like this, it’s obvious they want us to put more money in."
Seeing the five percent rate of return, Zhou Zhidong was instinctively filled with caution.
Aunt Tang looked at her son, sighed, and said, "Once you put your trust in someone, you don’t doubt them."
"The reason I believe in this young man is that he truly has guts."
"Besides, he didn’t promise us a five percent return every month."
"He only guaranteed it for next month."
"That’s far more reliable than those who just make empty promises."
Hearing his mother’s words, Zhou Zhidong gradually let his guard down.
"So, Mom, how much are you planning to put in?"
Zhou Zhidong asked, looking at his mother.
Aunt Tang thought for a moment, then held up two fingers. "I sold a few properties earlier, so I have over two hundred million in liquid capital."
"Let’s put two hundred million in for now."
Although this was a large sum, it was actually only a small portion of Aunt Tang’s total assets.
The business talk was over, but Aunt Tang didn’t leave.
Instead, she looked at Zhou Zhidong and said, "I’m getting old. You should get out more and connect with young men your age, like Lin Feng."
"It’s to pave the way for your future."
"I’m putting you in charge of handling the fund transfer this time. It’s also a chance for you to interact with Lin Feng."
Aunt Tang said meaningfully.
When his mother showed such trust in Lin Feng, Zhou Zhidong had actually already become a little curious about him.
After all, he knew his mother best.
Although she seemed affable, she could be very guarded.
And she was usually distant toward the young people of today.
He had rarely seen his mother praise a young man so highly.
"Don’t worry, Mom. I’ll make sure to get in touch with this Mr. Lin."
"I’m also very curious to see what it is about this Mr. Lin that has you singing his praises."

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