Rebirth of the King of Waves

Chapter 157 The family and the country are one

“Ah Shu! Listen to your grandpa! More than a hundred million, two hundred million, just put them in the bank, you don’t have to do anything, just live off the interest! You’ll live off it all in your lifetime! Two hundred million will earn you seven or eight million in interest a year. You’ll have a house and a car now, you don’t gamble, you don’t gamble, you don’t gamble, you don’t do drugs, you can spend more than 20,000 a day, you’ll never run out of money!”

"Dad! That big boss, that stock market guru, does he need you to teach him how to make money? Ah Shu! You tell me, right? He should definitely keep investing. A 10% return a year would be 20 million. Why not just let 20 million go to make 8 million? Dad, you don't understand anything, yet you still worry about others. If I listened to you, I don't know where I'd be working now!"

"Ah Shu, just do what you think is best. We're all laymen! We don't understand investing at all. But let me say something: gold prices have really been rising recently. Why don't you buy some and hold it for a while? Gold is a good store of value anyway. If you buy more gold now and put it in the bank, it might appreciate someday. Just buy ten million, and maybe it'll become twenty or thirty million someday. Haha, I'm just kidding, but you can take it as a reference..."

"Why is all you people thinking about is this kind of speculation? You have over 200 million yuan! Can't you do something more stable? With housing prices falling so much right now, if it were me, I'd buy some shops. The shops are empty anyway, no need to feed them. When the economy recovers, any one of those shops can be rented out for 200,000 to 300,000 yuan a year. And if it gets demolished, that's another sum of money. If it's not demolished, we can leave it to our descendants, ensuring a comfortable life for generations to come!"

"Isn't that what I said? If you just put your money in the bank and don't touch it, you'll still make millions a year. How many storefronts do you need to buy to collect millions in rent a year?"

"Dad! Money depreciates! In a few decades, two hundred million might only be worth twenty million now. What will twenty million be worth then?"

"Oh, twenty million isn't much? So you have twenty million?"

"Aren't you just arguing with me for the sake of arguing?"

"How about opening a shop, Ah Shu? I'm actually thinking of opening a beauty salon. Would you like to invest?"

"Why would you open a beauty salon? Do you even know how to run one?"

"I can hire people!"

"Hiring doesn't cost money, right? You're using Ah Shu's money to open a shop? Ah Shu, don't listen to them! Let me tell you, my Ah Xin is planning to study abroad..."

Around 1 p.m., Ning Guorong's living room was filled with noise.

These relatives, now quite drunk, couldn't resist offering Ning Bishu some advice. Just as the former elder had said that morning, it seemed as if Ning Bishu's money didn't belong to him, but to everyone who saw it.

Ning Bishu ignored him, simply replying dismissively, "How are A-Xin's grades these days?"

"It's alright..." Auntie looked at her son sitting at the children's table next to her.

Chen Xin and Xiao Taotao are the same age and will be taking the college entrance examination in a few months.

He was in an ordinary high school in the county town, with ordinary grades.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, getting into a self-funded associate degree program online is practically a sure thing.

Ning Bishu understood immediately and laughed, "Auntie, these days, diplomas don't mean much abroad. If Xin just wants a diploma, a mediocre bachelor's degree in China is basically enough. They don't care about your alma mater when you take the civil service exam; any university will do."

My aunt said, "The civil service exam is so difficult. Now even PhDs and other people are taking it."

Ning Bishu laughed and said, "If you don't take the civil service exam, your diploma will be even more meaningless. Nowadays, a lot of graduate students end up setting up stalls, and even junior high school graduates can set up stalls."

My aunt immediately exclaimed excitedly, "Then Ah Xin definitely can't go out and set up a street stall! If Ah Xin goes out and sets up a street stall, won't my family lose all face?"

Ning Bishu smiled but didn't reply.

My aunt suddenly asked again, "Hey, Shu, how about this? You can send my son, Xin, abroad to study first. When he comes back after he's finished his studies, he can work for you! He can run errands for you and help you out. We're all family, wouldn't that be great?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Ning Qian jumped up and shouted, "Oh, I'll pay your tuition first, then give you a salary, and later you can ask my brother Bi Shu to find a wife for your son, and it would be best if you bought a house for him too, right?"

My aunt was startled by the choking.

But since the deputy director had spoken, she didn't dare to object and could only say, feeling aggrieved, "Qian, don't joke like that. I never said I wanted Shu to find a wife for my Xin..."

"Alright, alright, how can anyone afford to keep asking for money like this? My brother Bi Shu is supporting three families on his own. Doesn't he need to make a living? Have you even asked my two sisters-in-law?"

Ning Qian spoke righteously and sternly, then suddenly changed the subject, "Brother Bi Shu, the city's investment attraction target for this year is 50 billion yuan, which is allocated to our area. The district's target is 10 billion yuan. Our bureau is allocated 4 billion yuan!"

Ning Bishu burst out laughing on the spot, "Holy crap, forty billion? You're talking to me about that?"

Ning Qian hurriedly said, "Don't worry! Don't worry! More than half of these were already finalized last year. Now there's only a shortfall of less than one billion. Our bureau has already divided up the tasks. I'm new here, so I didn't get much, just one hundred million."

Ning Bishu said, "Brother, isn't one hundred million a lot?"

Ning Qian said, "It's not much for you! Take out half of it to help me out for now, and we'll see in about six months..."

"So you're going to withdraw your investment and run away?"

"Huh? You've done that before?"

"Oh, Qingqing talked to me about it a few days ago."

"..." Mu Shanming and Ye Jingyang looked at each other, then turned their heads away and chuckled to themselves.

To be honest, the methods used in X state are indeed wild.

At the dinner table, everything was about business; there was no room for human connection.

Ning Bishu, of course, showed no mercy and refused everything, whether he could refuse or not.

Keep your wallet tightly sealed.

Half an hour later, seeing that everyone in the room was completely drunk, Ning Bishu didn't linger. Ignoring his cousin's family's earnest attempts to persuade him to stay, he called Bi Guifen, took a few of his own people, and left without a word.

Ning Guorong, with a stern face throughout, pretended to escort Ning Bishu to the elevator.

Just as the elevator doors were about to close, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu clearly saw that Ning Guorong's eyes looked like he wanted to devour them. Ning Bishu looked at the two brothers' awkward appearance and couldn't help but laugh, "Alright, we won't be seeing each other much anymore. Let's go to Jinling tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Mu Shanming glanced at Ning Bishu but remained silent.

A little while later, Ning Bishu took Bi Guifen home. Having nothing to do in the afternoon, he helped Mu Shanming tidy up his new home. After several hours of work, and watching the housekeepers clean the house inside and out, it was already quite dark in X Prefecture.

Mu Shanming took out a new set of bedding, put on bright red sheets, changed the duvet cover and pillowcases to bright red, and hung up several bright red lanterns, making the whole room festive.

If you just add a few more red double happiness symbols, it can be used directly as a wedding room.

The two of them remained silent, without saying a word.

Mu Shanming personally cooked a candlelight dinner for dinner.

After the meal, she quietly cleared away the dishes.

Ning Bishu remained seated in the living room, absentmindedly watching the news broadcast on television.

"The World Health Organization has proposed a three-year nationwide weight loss plan..."

Upon hearing this, Mu Shanming walked over and teased Ning Bishu, saying, "Look, even the country is urging you to lose weight."

Ning Bishu turned to look at her and asked, "How about I go downstairs and get a membership card? There's a gym right next door."

"Forget it." Mu Shanming rolled his eyes. "You probably don't even spend a few days a year here, so it would be a waste of time to get it done."

Ning Bishu smiled.

Mu Shanming urged, "Go take a shower quickly."

Ning Bishu cooperated this time and got up to go to the bathroom in the bedroom.

Then, after a quick and hasty ten minutes, without even drying my hair, I lay down on the bed.

He held his phone, quietly scrolling through short videos in his warm bed.

Today, news about everyone trying to lose weight has been all over the internet; you can see one every few minutes.

Ning Bishu thought to himself, "Maybe I should really get a card."

Since I have nothing else to do, it's a good idea to get some exercise.

Another half hour or so passed, and the sound of the hairdryer in the bathroom stopped.

Mu Shanming, dressed in a tank top, walked to the bedside, lifted the covers, and crawled in.

Ning Bishu put down his phone and turned to the side.

As soon as Mu Shanming hugged him, before he even started moving, his eyes were already full of longing.

"You don't mind that I don't have abs today?" Ning Bishu teased with a smile.

"I accept my fate," Mu Shanming said, blushing, and buried his head under the covers.

"Hiss~~" Ning Bishu inhaled, stroking her head. After a few seconds, he suddenly said, "Since you all like it, let's practice. It won't kill you. Just think of it as a matter of national unity, responding to the call..."

(End of this chapter)