also?
Noticing Ye Yun's choice of words, Qin Zheng's eyes darkened slightly, but he didn't press further and simply gave a curt "hmm" regarding Cai Manni's matter.
"She said that the other party was doing business abroad. Before the crackdown in China, the whole family fled abroad and did very well. Now that China is opening up and the country is developing its economy, they have started to move their business back to China and have become the focus of support. They are also the wealthy bosses that everyone admires."
Ye Yun couldn't help but click her tongue.
"She previously mocked Tang Shu, saying she could only be a tool for a political marriage to marry Gu Jin. When she was making sarcastic remarks about Tang Shu, did she not consider her own position?"
Qin Zheng scoffed, "Who knows?"
That's not right.
Ye Yun suddenly noticed a blind spot and frowned in confusion. "Logically speaking, Elder Cai is a very famous person in the military region. Since ancient times, people have always been officials, not businessmen. Elder Cai holds an important position. How could his daughter marry someone who is in business?"
"This brings us to the allure of financial resources."
Qin Zheng clearly expected her to ask this question. He pinched the tip of her nose and explained in a calm tone, "Old Cai is getting on in years and recently retired. After retiring, he did not settle down to enjoy his retirement. Instead, he invited all the capable and promising young people in the provincial capital who were starting businesses, intending to enter the business world. Therefore, Cai Manni is the first pawn he has thrown out."
Ye Yun was speechless with astonishment.
"They're already retired, they could just lie down and do nothing, why do they have to get up and compete with young people for a living?"
This behavior is truly incomprehensible.
Ye Yun scratched the back of her head and said with a complicated expression, "Is his retirement pension not enough to live on?"
Qin Zheng: "Who knows?"
"..."
Okay, okay, that's what I'm saying again.
"I reckon he wants to maintain his status and power." Qin Zheng thought for two seconds, seemingly lost in thought. "Wife, once someone leaves, the tea cools. Interactions between people are all based on interests. Now that Old Cai has retired from the army, it's like he's suddenly empty-handed. He's no longer the founding general that everyone feared. It's fine in the short term, but in the long term, as new forces rise, who will remember him as a founding elder?"
It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.
A person who is used to being in a high position is used to giving orders. How could he possibly get used to being a leisurely old man all of a sudden?
Moreover, Mr. Cai only had one daughter, Cai Manni.
Now he has lost his status as a founding father, and his only daughter, Cai Manni, has not entered officialdom and has no intention of doing so to maintain the family's glory. As Qin Zheng said, once people leave, the tea cools down. After a long time, no one will remember him anymore. Will his descendants live off his meager pension?
Ye Yun immediately understood.
"So he wants to enter the business world, to take advantage of his remaining influence and connections, and make good use of them to secure a stable future for himself and his descendants. Otherwise, when he is old and frail, no one will remember him anymore, and the once-famous Cai family will disappear without a trace."
"You truly are my wife."
Qin Zheng put his arm around her shoulder and unconsciously rubbed her arm with his warm hand.
Whether he was tired or lamenting the impermanence of life, Ye Yun heard him sigh noticeably.
Ye Yun couldn't help but ponder for two seconds.
It was already dark outside, and the lights were on in the room. Qin Zheng's angular face was reflected in the glass window, and his long, narrow eyes beneath his thick eyebrows seemed to be filled with a thousand thoughts.
She couldn't help but turn around, looking intently at the man in front of her.
"So, Mr. Qin, why don't you just tell me what you think? Do you plan to attend Cai Manni's wedding?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
