Chapter 88 After returning home, Xie Yu vividly described...
After returning home, Xie Yu vividly recounted the day's events to the old lady. The old lady exclaimed with regret, saying she should have gone out with her and seen the arrogant robbers.
Lu Li instructed Shen Lang to be careful, and also told Jiang Can to be cautious outside, as well as Xie Yu, not to go out alone easily.
Xie Yu's 18th birthday was celebrated in a grand manner.
Even the busiest Xie Yun rushed back that morning. This time, her birthday gift for Xie Yu was very different; it wasn't a bullet casing model anymore, but a diamond-encrusted watch.
Xie Yu exclaimed in surprise, "Brother, why did you think of giving me a watch? Did you run out of bullet casings?"
Xie Yun: "You don't like it? Then let's change it?"
Xie Yu quickly put the watch on his wrist. "Of course I like it! The diamonds on it are so beautiful! Big brother, let's use this style for gifts from now on."
Xie Shuo: "How did you know you changed the gift? Who gave you the idea?"
Xie Yun: ...
If Xie Yun doesn't want to say something, no one can get it out of her, but everyone thinks that Xie Yun has a female friend by her side.
He's already 22 years old; if he doesn't get married soon, he'll become an old bachelor.
Other people are 22 years old, and their kids are old enough to run errands.
Grandma Xie couldn't stop thinking about it. She also wanted to hold a sweet and soft baby. Her best friend's eldest grandson had a great-granddaughter who was beautiful and cute. She called out "Grandma" in a soft voice, which could make anyone dizzy.
Her eldest grandson doesn't even have a girlfriend.
Her second grandson has a girlfriend, but his fiancée hasn't graduated yet.
I should wait until I graduate and have a stable job before having kids.
I don't know how many years we'll have to wait.
She couldn't help but sigh, thankfully her health was improving and she could wait.
After celebrating her 18th birthday, Xie Yu soon entered the college entrance examination hall.
After finishing the exam, Xie Yu immediately gave away all her old books and notebooks. She was a good student, always ranking in the top three in her grade, and other people really coveted her used study materials.
The Xie family didn't dare ask Xie Yu how she did on the exam. Judging from her appearance, she must have done well, otherwise they wouldn't have kept not a single old book.
Xie Shuo and Xi Ling took her on a trip for a month, traveling all over China. When they returned at the end of July, she received her admission letter from Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
Xie Yu will be Jiang Can's junior sister from now on.
After a year of internship, Shen Lang received his graduation certificate and became a Level 3 Police Superintendent in the Public Security Bureau, which is a grassroots police officer. He was then promoted three levels to become a Level 3 Police Inspector and the deputy director of a police station.
Shen Lang is indeed young and has just graduated. During his year of internship, he solved many cases, big and small. The office was overflowing with banners presented to him.
He also received two awards for merit from his superiors: one third-class merit and one first-class merit.
Even the former director was promoted because of his contributions.
No one would dare to suppress Shen Lang; he has the Xie family behind him. Who would be so blind as to do that?
If you dare to suppress Shen Lang, the Xie family can suppress you.
Everyone enjoys working with Shen Lang; there's always something going on, but most importantly, there's no real danger. With Shen Lang's skills, dealing with criminal gangs is like dealing with kids.
They can also share in the credit.
Zhou Bing Studio's first film, "Double Crisis," has been released.
Because it was a new director, a new screenwriter, and a newcomer, it didn't receive much attention, and its release date was late in the summer.
Jiang Can and Shen Lang went to see it once, and the movie theater was only a quarter full.
The second time Jiang Can asked his roommate to go see it, the movie theater was already full.
The third time, when Jiang Can asked his family to go see the movie, they couldn't buy tickets.
Ultimately, Double Crisis grossed 25 million at the box office.
Jiang Can and Lu Man's investment yielded high returns.
This was just the beginning of Zhou Bing's career.
When Jiang Can was a senior in college, he chose to do an internship over preparing for the postgraduate entrance exam.
Lu Man went back to work hard at the company; the family business would definitely be hers. Her illegitimate brother, who always got zero in math, should at least learn addition and subtraction first. Her parents weren't divorced; her mother was still being kept in the dark. Lu Man had reminded her several times, but her mother didn't take it seriously. So Lu Man simply stopped reminding her and let her mother continue living in this daze.
She joined the company in her sophomore year of college. Two years later, she has climbed from the bottom to the middle management level, and the projects she has handled have all been very profitable.
Nothing is more important than having power and money in your own hands.
Her illegitimate younger brother is still young, so she has plenty of time.
Shen Yunxi is preparing for the civil service exam, while Xi Jiawen and Xia Kexin are preparing for the postgraduate entrance exam. The three of them spend every day in the library, working very hard.
Wenlan and his partners opened a studio and were making games. Jiang Can visited once. Wenlan and his partners rented a basement, which was in very poor condition. It was dark, damp, and the food was also very basic. They would just eat steamed buns and dumplings to tide them over. They ate and slept in the basement.
The most valuable things in the basement are a few computers.
Wenlan has completely fallen out with her family in the past two years. Her parents have stopped paying her tuition fees, thinking that she is just wasting her life. They were furious when they found out that she was playing games with some male classmates in the basement.
They invested all the money they had saved over the years. One senior even sold his house and car, but it still wasn't enough. He worked during the day and played games at night, investing all the money he earned into the game.
When Jiang Can came, he brought some food with him. He asked Wen Lan what she wanted to eat, and Wen Lan said she wanted to eat meat.
Jiang Can bought braised pork, big plate chicken, pork knuckle, boiled fish fillets, braised beef, Kung Pao chicken and other meat dishes, and also ordered ten meat-filled pancakes.
They also brought a bunch of company snacks.
When Wenlan saw the meat, her eyes lit up, but she couldn't bear to eat it all and saved half for dinner. She couldn't keep it too long; it was too hot in the summer, and she didn't want it to spoil.
A scruffy-bearded senior said, "If only it were winter, we could have a different dish every day and eat like this for half a month."
Wenlan nodded repeatedly as she ate the pancake.
Jiang Can couldn't bear to see them like this, so he invested 500,000 yuan in them, upgraded their equipment, gave them one of his houses to use as a studio, and even hired a nanny to cook for them.
Don't ruin your health; make sure you eat properly.
Wenlan and her classmates were moved to tears. They told Jiang Can, "We definitely won't let you lose money! Once the game is finished, it will definitely make a profit."
Originally, he didn't expect anything in return; he just wanted to help his roommate who had a dream. But after researching the game market, he found that their game was quite good. Although it was a work in progress, Jiang Can actually got quite addicted to it.
However, the game is really expensive. Wenlan tentatively asked Jiang Can if they could give them the money for hiring a nanny and buying groceries, so they could buy their own groceries, do their own laundry and cooking, and if they could rent out the house so they could continue living in the basement.
Wen Lan herself felt ashamed. Jiang Can had helped her so much, yet she still made such a request.
Jiang Can understood that they were genuinely short of money.
In just two or three months, 500,000 yuan has been spent. This game is really expensive.
No wonder these people live such a miserable life.
Jiang Can: "Call your boss over, let's talk this over in detail."
Wen Lan hesitated for a moment, "This game will definitely make money in the future, right now... Can Can, I'm not lying to you, it will definitely make money in the future."
Jiang Can: "Yeah, I know you're not lying to me."
Wenlan's leader is named Lin Xi, a senior from the class of '93. He graduated three years ago, has a good job, and a high annual salary. He bought a house and a car a year after graduation, but he has sold them all now and spent all his savings. Now he is working part-time at his former company and investing all the money from the part-time job into the game.
Lin Xi wanted absolute control and forbade Jiang Can from interfering in any of the game's strategies. If Jiang Can didn't accept this, then so be it.
Jiang Can didn't intend to get involved; she didn't understand games.
She gave Lin Xi two years. If the game couldn't be released within those two years, it would belong to Jiang Can, and she would find someone to continue developing it. What if the game became incredibly successful and Lin Xi ran off with it? She couldn't let her investment go to waste. Lin Xi agreed without hesitation.
Jiang Can had a lawyer draft a contract. She would cover all subsequent expenses of the studio and hold a 30% stake. Lin Xi would hold a 35% stake, Wen Lan would hold a 15% stake, and the other two would hold a 10% stake.
After signing the contract, Jiang Can transferred one million yuan to the studio.
Wenlan's studio no longer had to worry about money, he no longer needed to do part-time work, and he could even get a monthly salary, allowing him to devote himself entirely to the game.
Jiang Can isn't short of money; if he loses, so be it.
Moreover, she felt that she should invest more and cast a wide net to surely catch a big fish.
Money left in an account will only lose value; it must be invested.
In 1995, the price of gold was over 70 yuan. Now, four years later, the price of gold has risen to over 100 yuan.
Not only gold prices, but also housing prices and commodity prices are rising.
After thinking it over, Jiang Can decided that he should stock up on more jewelry and buy more houses and land.
No need to reschedule, let's do it today. In the past few years, I've bought six more apartments near the university town, all of which I use as staff dormitories. I've also bought several old, dilapidated apartments in the suburbs, all of which I've rented out. Jiang Can is mainly hoping for another round of demolition and redevelopment.
Buy a courtyard house!
She didn't dare go to see houses with the second-hand housing manager until Shen Lang was resting.
Xie Yu is also going to look at houses with us.
She has grown up and has acquired her first huge sum of money, enough to buy a house, a car, make investments, and spend it however she pleases. This is the disposable wealth that Xi Ling gave her.
Xie Shuo took Xie Yu to look at luxury cars and told Xie Yu to buy whatever he wanted, especially recommending one model that he really liked after test driving it.
The price is also very high, three million, which is just enough to spend all that money.
Xie Shuo was really looking forward to it; he had been wanting to buy a car lately, but Xi Ling wouldn't approve the money.
Xie Yu wouldn't buy it; it's clearly her dad who wants to drive! She doesn't care much about cars; if she needs to drive, she can just go to the garage and pick one out. Why should she buy it herself?
She needs to use this money wisely.
Upon learning that Jiang Can wanted to buy a house, she went with him to look at some properties.
Xie Yu spent 2.2 million yuan to buy a two-courtyard siheyuan (traditional courtyard house), and another 330,000 yuan to buy two old and dilapidated tenement buildings.
In Jiang Can's words, she felt that this place would be demolished sooner or later.
Jiang Can bought a three-courtyard siheyuan with a particularly beautiful back garden. It's 1,300 square meters in a great location, but the price is extremely high, over four million yuan.
Jiang Can felt a pang of regret when paying, but he still decided to buy it. This kind of courtyard house is a rare find.
Those who can afford this kind of courtyard house are generally not short of money.
The homeowner is a US citizen with a green card. He came back to sell his old house and plans to settle down in the US permanently.
If you miss this set, you might not be able to find a suitable one later.
But this house is so big, it can't just be left empty! Renting it out is fine, but with such a large area, renting the whole thing out is a bit difficult, so we have to rent it out by the piece, which makes me worry about damaging the backyard.
It would actually be a great place to open a high-end restaurant.
If you tidy up the back garden properly, the environment will be so beautiful and quiet. Eating here will instantly elevate your dining experience.
She bought two of those old, dilapidated tenement buildings on a whim.
These old, dilapidated houses are easier to sell. Young people getting married no longer want to live in tenement buildings; they want to live in apartments. If they don't have enough money, they sell their old houses.
Jiang Can didn't expect to get the demolition compensation immediately; he just wanted to save the money, convert the spare cash into real estate, and then rent out the real estate to collect rent.
With property prices continuing to rise, there's no way you'll lose money.
Jiang Can started working at Cancan Food Company, and Xu Rao was the happiest person because she could finally take a vacation.
Today, Cancan Foods has become one of the most well-known food companies in China. If you go to any supermarket, Cancan Foods will be the most eye-catching. When visiting relatives during the Chinese New Year, you can ignore everything else, but you must at least give a Cancan gift pack.
After handing over her work to Jiang Can, Xu Rao went on vacation to Hainan.
After sitting in the office for a few days, Jiang Can became even more convinced of the high returns on investment. Sitting in the office was tiring, and all these years she had been in charge of the big picture. When it came to handling the trivial matters, she couldn't do it as well as Xu Rao.
When Xu Rao returned from her vacation, Jiang Can was exhausted and quickly handed over his work to Xu Rao.
She goes to get off work and leaves on time every day, and unless something really serious happens, no one can get her to work overtime.
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