The Richest Landlord

Build up early, then lie flat later.

Xiao Kuo is just an ordinary landlord who gets by collecting rent. What? You say I should be ambitious, that young people ought to strive for success? Sorry, I just want to be a lazy fish. Spend time with my family when I can, go fishing, and bask in the sun. What? You want to know if I live in this neighborhood? Sorry, I don't, but the whole neighborhood belongs to me. Rich second-generation heirs, don't act so smug around me. The headquarters of your family's corporation? That's one of my properties. Believe it or not, I'll have your company shut down tomorrow! What, the contract hasn't expired? Can't I just pay a little more in breach-of-contract fees? I can afford it. Boss, we have a problem! The son of a city leader wants to force his way into our company as a shareholder. What? Every year we pay the local government hundreds of billions, even over a trillion, in taxes. Do they not want that money anymore? Announce in the company's name that we're moving our headquarters. First- and second-tier cities across the country all invited us to set up shop, but in the end Xiao Kuo decided to move the company back to his own hometown, a small county. He used the huge tax revenue the company paid each year to develop his hometown.