Reborn with Consumption System

Chapter 971: Chapter 394: Where Is the Trust Between People?

The attitude of the one with the square face carried a hint of disdain, clearly wanting to embarrass Han Lie.

Everyone present could see it, but their reactions varied.

The Kidney Deficient Kid was full of mockery, eyes cold, waiting for the next chance to bite.

Gu Zicheng looked at Han Lie with anticipation, his expression and body language fully expressing encouragement, too easy for a man to get excited.

The Northeastern King was eagerly watching the spectacle, with unknown intentions.

Du Xiaoshuai was ready to smooth things over, ensuring the conflict wouldn’t escalate, not paying attention to Han Lie at all, not caring who you are.

Tang Xintian, who should have stepped in, was merely a cold onlooker, not participating, because she knew well of Han Lie’s abilities, didn’t believe Fang Yuan could take advantage of Han Lie, so she simply let Han Lie handle the situation entirely.

Han Lie’s gaze turned slightly, and suddenly he saw everything clearly.

Objectively speaking, any newcomer trying to blend into an established group will not have an easy time.

Measuring and mocking are quite common.

When Dong Ge first attended the Wuzhen Internet Conference, he too was joked about by the big shots and received some cold eyes and sarcasm, ending unpleasantly, so later when he had the chance, he would take shots at them.

The entertainment industry is even more laughable, with stars jostling and rolling their eyes at each other in front of media cameras, almost breaking heads for a central spot. Imagine how they argue in private.

Even business tycoons and public figures behave like this, let alone the fiery gatherings of the younger second generation.

Is this even anything right now?

Han Lie’s smile cooled slightly, calmly replied, "Just a few million, it’s nothing to mention."

Square Face didn’t know how big the SPD Bank deal was and was about to ask more when the Northeastern King exclaimed.

"A 20 billion mega project, and you only earned a few million? Not even 0.5%?!"

With this statement, Square Face and Kidney Deficient Kid immediately laughed.

Square Face looked at Han Lie meaningfully, saying, "Little brother Han, I usually don’t brag about being in financial advisory, you know why?"

"Can’t bear the disgrace!"

Kidney Deficient Kid immediately joined in, "Given such great face from Sister Tiantian, and you barely made just a percent point something, isn’t that begging with a golden bowl?"

The Northeastern King seemed to sense something was wrong, smiled apologetically, and hurriedly stopped them from continuing.

"Hey, hey, hey, don’t talk nonsense! Han Lie did quite well, his project design and issuance were particularly beautiful..."

But his words only made Square Face more uncomfortable.

"Who can’t do those specific maneuverings? If someone in financial advisory only relies on this for a living, giving them 500k for a project is already generous! Without Tiantian, why should anyone get millions?"

This statement is actually reasonable.

In actual operations of non-standard businesses, those genuinely doing the design, structuring, and specific issuance execution, their bonus cap is usually only 1% to 2% of the team’s total revenue, starting from 100k to at most 500k.

The ones who are truly valuable and grab the main share of bonuses are, of course, those who secure relationships with funders or project parties.

In an instant, even Du Xiaoshuai, whose attention wasn’t here, started getting envious, looking at Han Lie with a peculiar gaze.

Buddy, you are indeed handsome, but to grab millions just for being handsome...

Damn!

I wish I had such treatment!

Gu Zicheng was also surprised, speaking to Tang Xintian for the first time, "Tiantian, did you really... haha!"

Sister Da Tang rolled her eyes sharply, completely ignoring her, retorting to Square Face, "If you relied solely on yourself, how many millions have you made?"

Letting Han Lie handle it doesn’t mean she’ll play dumb throughout, her stance was firm.

Merely, she didn’t explain that the project wasn’t given by her, but was something Han Lie fought for on his own.

If there’s no evidence to show, how could they possibly believe?

And Brother Lie had no intention of explaining, he merely smiled lightly, questioning Square Face, "Then Brother Fang, how did you do it? Share with me, I’ll learn."

Square Face ignored Han Lie completely, hastily trying to justify to Tang Xintian.

"Tiantian, what do you mean by solely relying on oneself? All of us are the same, with our family backgrounds out there, we receive invisible help no matter what we do, how can you blame me?"

Tang Xintian, with a cold face, didn’t respond, ignoring it as if she hadn’t seen it, leaving Square Face helpless, had to turn back to continue arguing with Han Lie.

His posture increasingly aloof.

"Old Wang and I both do city investment bonds, which is different from your kind of financial advisory, I can teach you no problem, but the question is, can you learn it?"

"Hahahaha!"

Kidney Deficient Kid immediately burst into laughter, provocatively glancing at Han Lie.

Wow, you guys are so awesome, do your parents know?!

Han Lie confirmed a certain suspicion, looking at Square Face with not admiration, but even a touch of pity.

Outsiders don’t understand, thinking that those in financing consultancy are pretty amazing.

Actually, that’s not true, most doing financial advisory are struggling, only a small portion are truly impressive.

The industry’s hierarchy of disdain generally goes like this—

Those doing private intermediary work are at the bottom tier;

Those doing corporate bonds are stable, but with low income, purely hard-earned money.

Those doing brokerage asset management projects and trust products make decent living, relatively high profit but hard products to sell, very energy-consuming;

Those doing off-balance-sheet bank projects depend on the situation, outcomes vary, but the ceiling isn’t high;

Those doing equity financing are quite impressive, with reliable connections they can get rich quick, but there aren’t always deals, in their coverage area there may only be a few targets;

Those doing city investment bonds are the kings, extremely opaque, each transaction yields great profits, business every year, they even get another meal by extending terms...