When the car lights came in, a servant had already walked to the door.
Chen Qizhao took his hand off the voice chat button, frowned slightly and looked at the car turning into the garage, and saw two men getting out of the car. The middle-aged man was wearing more formal clothes and had a slightly awkward look on his ordinary face. The boy standing next to him was still young, wearing flashy clothes and looked a little unruly.
The person who came was none other than a member of the Chen family, that is, his father Chen Jianhong's younger brother.
Chen Qizhao's current nominal third uncle, the person next to him is not anyone but his cousin. The previous generation of the Chen family made their fortune, but the family relationships were not very harmonious. Later, Grandpa Chen divided the family property among the Chen brothers for their own development. Unfortunately, the other brothers were mediocre, and in the end, only Chen Jianhong seized the opportunity in his early years and grew the Chen Group to its current scale.
Some of them moved out of City S long ago, some went abroad to develop, and we basically lost contact.
Only my third uncle's family remained in S City.
Chen Qizhao did not have deep memories of these people, or rather, these people were dispensable. His third uncle was a complete opportunist. When the Chen family was prosperous, he squeezed into the group to share the dividends. But when the Chen family fell into decline, he was one of the first people to distance himself from them. He also came out to stir up trouble when there were some property rights disputes and took away a piece of land in the suburbs.
Uncle Zhang, the housekeeper, came over to give instructions, and the two followed each other into the house.
Chen Qizhao stood in the garden nearby without saying a word. He could probably guess what his good third uncle wanted to do by coming here today. It was nothing more than to find an opportunity for his son, or to ask his father for projects and money.
As he was thinking, his cell phone suddenly vibrated, and he remembered that he had not replied to Shen Yuhuai's message yet.
[-Zhao: I accidentally pressed the wrong button just now. ]
[-Chen Yuhuai: It’s okay, I thought something happened. ]
[-Zhao: Brother Huai, let’s talk later. We have guests at home. ]
"You took a long time to make the soup." Shen Xuelan came in from outside and saw her brother in an apron skillfully pouring the clear soup into the soup bowl that had been prepared in advance.
Shen Yuhuai: “It will be ready soon.”
Aunt Shen went home for the holiday, and Shen Yuhuai always prepared the New Year's Eve dinner. Shen Xuelan leaned against the wall, just wanting to see if there was anything else she could do to help in the kitchen, when she caught a glimpse of the phone next to the kitchen counter. "I just saw you playing with your phone. Who were you chatting with?"
Before she finished speaking, Shen Yuhuai turned off the screen of his phone.
“Come and help.” Shen Yuhuai said briefly.
Shen Xuelan glanced at his phone meaningfully, "Oh, here it comes."
When Chen Qizhao returned to the villa, his father had already started chatting with his third uncle.
As if noticing his arrival, Uncle Chen immediately put on a smile, "Qizhao is here? I just heard your dad talking about Feihong. This kid is so young but he has the demeanor of Shiming back then. Liyao, you should learn from your brother when you have nothing to do."
Cousin Chen Liyao was sitting next to them. He simply responded when he heard the words. He looked at Chen Qizhao for a while and then quickly lowered his head to play with his phone.
Chen Jianhong said politely: "Li Yao is not bad either."
"This kid is dull, how can he compare to Shi Ming Qizhao, and his grades are just average." Uncle Chen's tone was filled with a bit of disappointment, and he said to Chen Jianhong, "He tried to show off some time ago and said he wanted to go to my company to hone his skills, but after he went there, he worked for three days and rested for two days. My subordinates didn't dare to disobey him, so they didn't learn anything. Oh, by the way, big brother, do you have a simpler position? I'll send Li Yao to you and let him learn from Shi Ming, so that he can help me manage the company in the future."
Chen Liyao didn't say anything, but he looked at Chen Shiming.
"Learn from my brother?" Chen Qizhao suddenly laughed. "Forget it. He doesn't even teach me, so how can he have time to teach others? If you want to learn, why not learn from me? Feihong still has a few vacancies. It's not bad to come here and live a leisurely life."
Uncle Chen said, "You are still in school, how can you have the time..."
Chen Qizhao added: "My brother is still working. What? Uncle San looks down on me?"
Chen Jianhong said at the right time: "If you want to hone yourself, it is best to start from the basics. The affairs of the headquarters are complicated. It may be easier to start with Qizhao to study in the subsidiary. The two of you are of the same age and can get along better in normal times."
Chen Qizhao paid attention to the other person's expression changes, and sure enough, he saw an embarrassed look on Uncle Chen's face. This time, he was just looking for a job for his child. He just wanted Chen Liyao to make some money under Chen Shiming. Everyone knows that the projects under Chen Shiming are very profitable.
Uncle Chen did more things in his previous life. He was a man of little ability. Every time he came, he would bring an excuse of a project and ask Chen Jianhong to invest. In fact, this kind of investment always went down the drain, and the money invested could basically not be recovered.
The Chen family is large and powerful, and Chen Jianhong only has Uncle Chen in S City. Out of brotherly love, he didn't bother with him. But this kind of person is greedy, and making concessions again and again will only make him worse.
Chen Qizhao glanced at the restaurant. They chose the right time to eat, so there was really a lot to do. He said, "Uncle San has invested in many projects before. Everyone has their own expertise. The market is different after all. What you learned from me is really useless."
Uncle Chen said, "That's right. Qi Zhao still has to work on his studies. How can he let Li Yao bother you?"
Chen Qizhao smiled and said, "Uncle San also asked my dad for a lot of investment before. The project should be finalized now. Why not let my cousin practice? After all, it is best to start with our own business."
After he finished speaking, he asked again, "Third Uncle, business should be good this year, right? With so many projects?"
Uncle Chen didn't say anything. He did come here today to bring a project.
But after Chen Qizhao said this, he found it difficult to speak.
After Chen Qizhao's interference, Uncle Chen was unable to speak up and could only get close to Chen Jianhong.
He became so thirsty that his mouth was dry. He wanted to talk about asking for money several times, but was interrupted for unknown reasons. Seeing that it was getting late, Chen Jianhong took the initiative to say that he had something to do in the evening. Uncle Chen didn't want to keep him any longer, so he just glared at Chen Qizhao when he left.
Chen Qizhao watched Chen Jianhong send the person to the door and glanced towards the garage. He walked into the garage, and saw that Lao Lin had packed up the tools he had used to change the tire and placed them in the tool cabinet in the garage.
Chen Qizhao took a quick glance and walked to the car that Chen Shiming often rode in. He squatted down and carefully checked the replaced tire. Then he walked to the broken tire and carefully looked at the position of the iron nail. It did look like it had been punctured while driving.
Lao Lin has already gone into the villa and is not here.
Chen Qizhao walked to the car window and found that the car was not locked and the car key was still in the keyhole. He simply sat in, started the car, tested the accelerator and brakes, and only got out after making sure there was no problem.
"What are you doing here?" Chen Shiming happened to pass by and saw Chen Qizhao getting out of the car.
"No, your car looks pretty good." Chen Qizhao said, "Can you lend it to me later?"
Chen Shiming glanced at him and said, "Wait until you get your driver's license. Leave the keys inside. Uncle Lin will probably have to clean up later."
"Oh." Chen Qizhao closed the car door and looked away: "You didn't drive this car before, did you?"
"The previous one was sent to the parking lot for regular maintenance." Chen Shiming said.
Chen Qizhao asked: "Which parking lot?"
Chen Shiming said: "The one you raced with last time."
He said, "Chen Qizhao, you talk too much tonight."
"I'm in a good mood." Chen Qizhao withdrew his gaze.
The car that Chen Shiming was in the car accident in his previous life was a new car and it is not in the garage now.
Maybe he was just too suspicious.
After Uncle Chen left, the Chen family returned to peace and started to eat the New Year’s Eve dinner.
There were people sitting around the table, including the servants at home, eating together, and the food on the table was steaming.
"Don't you like your Third Uncle?" Chen Shiming sat next to Chen Qizhao and poured him a glass of wine.
Chen Qizhao said bluntly: "I don't like it. I can see that he wants money and power. If you like it? Why don't you tell him that you have changed your mind?"
Zhang Yazhi put the last dish on the table and looked at the two brothers in the distance: "No quarreling during the New Year. Both of you should say less."
Chen Shiming glanced at Chen Qizhao. In the past, Chen Qizhao liked to go out with friends to celebrate the New Year, and he couldn't wait to leave after eating the New Year's Eve dinner. But today, he got up early in the morning, and in the afternoon he followed Zhang Yazhi to watch her prepare the New Year's Eve dinner without urging him.
I even have the patience to sit in the living room and listen to them talk, whereas I used to go upstairs to play games.
Zhang Yazhi picked up something and said, "Try this. It's a new dish that mom learned last time. Eat more."
Chen Qizhao looked at the contents of the bowl and asked, "Mom, are you feeding the pigs?"
"If I could feed you like a pig, I'd be happy." Zhang Yazhi's eyes stopped at Chen Qizhao, "Xiaozhao, have you lost weight again recently? Why does it feel like you've lost the flesh on your cheeks?"
Chen Jianhong watched the mother and son talking calmly, his eyes staying on Chen Qizhao for a long time. He looked at Chen Qizhao's casual appearance, but his mind was thinking of other things. It seemed that they had not spent much time together for a while, and he could not see this child clearly.
Chen Qizhao was unusually silent. He did not speak much at the dinner table during this period, but he would occasionally respond.
But during the meal tonight, Zhang Yazhi asked several questions, and Chen Qizhao's responses were a little slow.
After dinner, Chen Qizhao did not return to his room, but sat in the living room to watch the Spring Festival Gala with Zhang Yazhi.
The Spring Festival Gala was broadcasting on TV. The funny skits and crosstalk did not leave any trace in Chen Qizhao's mind. He sat in the living room listening to Zhang Yazhi's occasional laughter. Next to him, Chen Jianhong was reading a financial newspaper, and Chen Shiming was reading a magazine. The family sat in the living room, busy with their own things, but Chen Qizhao felt that the atmosphere was particularly lively and did not feel annoyed.
Just after 12 o'clock, with a wish of "Happy New Year", Zhang Yazhi handed him two red envelopes.
Chen Qizhao's eyes stayed on the red envelope for a long time before he finally took it.
The vibration on the social software did not stop. Chen Qizhao sent a Happy New Year to Shen Yuhuai, and received a series of bombardments from Yan Kailin.
Chen Qizhao was in a good mood and simply gave a red envelope to the little brat Yan Kailin.
[-Zhao: [New Year's red envelope]]
[-Yan Kailin: I like people like you who are straightforward and frank! ]
[-Zhao: Oh. ]
[- Yan Kailin: I wish you make a lot of money this year, have a lot of luck in love, and have a baby soon. ]
[-Zhao: ...]
There were footsteps in the corridor. Chen Qizhao was about to open the door when he saw Chen Shiming standing in front of him.
Chen Shiming was wearing pajamas, holding a cup in his hand, "Yesterday I heard Xiao Xu say that you went to Feihong's technical department?"
After he finished speaking, he noticed that Chen Qizhao's eyes were on his hand, so he showed him the cup, "Water."
"I went there." Chen Qizhao replied, "Rongguang 2.0 is doing well, so I went over there to take a look. I heard that they want to continue to develop new products?"
The Rongguang project is very promising and is likely to become a key construction project of the group in the new year.
Chen Shiming also received many proposals related to the Feihong Rongguang series, but these were just plans, and the specific plans and processes had not yet started. There were too many things to do at the end of the year, so he put them on hold. As a result, I heard from Xiao Xu yesterday that Chen Qizhao also visited Rongguang Technology Department twice at the end of the year and made some suggestions.
"What do you mean by connected home appliances?" Chen Shiming asked bluntly.
There are too many electrical appliances on the market now, and many products have the same functions. Feihong Electric Appliances did perform quite well, but was gradually eliminated in the later market.
"Oh, you mean this?" Chen Qizhao explained in a natural tone, "Let me talk about smart home. This concept has been proposed for a long time, and many large companies abroad are also trying it out. Several major brands in our country are not doing much now, but haven't you noticed that the number of times they have launched new products has decreased in recent years?"
Chen Shiming paused for a moment and watched Chen Qizhao's performance. "That is indeed true. Other big companies are making technological innovations."
"The functions of the products have been developed to be similar, and most of them are simplified. With the current domestic development speed, it is definitely not enough to only develop affordable electrical products. The intelligent concept proposed by the Rongguang project is good, but this kind of intelligence is not complete. You might as well build a Rongguang intelligent system..."
Chen does have the capital to develop smart homes. After all, he started out in real estate and also has construction and electrical appliance companies under his umbrella. It is not difficult for him to create an integrated brand. In the previous life, the Chen family was one step late. Feihong Electric was dragged down by Yicheng and failed to embark on this path in advance. In the end, it could only watch other large manufacturers divide the market.
The momentum in this life is so good, it would be a shame not to seize the opportunity.
It will take another few years for smart home appliances to become popular in the country, so there is still time.
Chen Qizhao stopped talking when he noticed Chen Shiming's scrutinizing gaze.
Chen Shiming asked: "Why don't you say anything?"
"Wait a minute." Chen Qizhao came into the room and put a magazine in Chen Shiming's hand.
Chen Shiming: “?”
Chen Qizhao said, "I won't tell you anything else. If you don't remember it, it's all written in the magazine. You can look it up later."
Chen Shiming: “…”
Chen Qizhao reminded: "Page 8, turn it yourself."
The conversation between the two brothers paused briefly. Chen Qizhao saw Chen Shiming standing there with a magazine in his hand and was about to go back to his room.
Suddenly, a red envelope was extended to me.
Chen Shiming handed him a red envelope: "Take it."
Chen Qizhao answered the call after a while.
Chen Shiming asked: "Don't you want to say anything?"
"Oh." Chen Qizhao paused, "Dad gave me a card in the red envelope."
"..." Chen Shiming: "Leave some trouble this year."
The corridor was quiet and the two brothers returned to their rooms.
Chen Shiming knew that Chen Qizhao was interested in artificial intelligence and often read related books. It was not surprising to see this magazine in his room. After putting his things down, he opened the eighth page of the magazine. The article mentioned on the page was "Artificial Intelligence and Smart Home".
He hesitated and asked, "Really?"
On the other side, Chen Qizhao returned to the room and did not move. He looked at the three heavy red envelopes in his hands and did not speak.
After a long time, he unlocked the cabinet, took out a pile of documents, and finally put the three red envelopes at the bottom.
By the time he was lying on the bed playing with his phone, there were already a lot of messages accumulated in his WeChat account.
He clicked on Shen Yuhuai and saw that Shen Yuhuai had sent him a red envelope half an hour ago.
[You received the red envelope from Shen Yuhuai. ]
He had just received it and was about to say thank you when a picture popped up in the chat interface.
It is the gorgeous fireworks blooming in the night.
Chen Qizhao stopped and looked out the window at the quietness. There were no fireworks on their side.
[-Zhao: It looks nice. It’s very quiet here tonight. ]
[-Chen Yuhuai: Then let me show you the fireworks. ]
Suddenly, a video request popped up.
Chen Qizhao sat up from the quilt, straightened his pajamas before answering the video call. As soon as the call was connected, he saw that the video was facing the sky.
In the quiet dormitory, the sound of fireworks is accompanied by the whistling wind, and the gorgeous images are rich and beautiful.
The light from the mobile phone was reflected on Chen Qizhao's face. His attention was completely attracted by the fireworks and he watched them intently.
Shen Yuhuai stood on the balcony on the second floor, his hands on the railing, taking photos of the fireworks in the distance for Chen Qizhao, "It's not as lively as it was at midnight. If it continues for a while, it will probably stop."
Chen Qizhao stared at the fireworks for a while and was attracted by Shen Yuhuai's voice in the wind.
The other party did not appear in the video range, but the voice was very close, as if it was right next to my ear.
Suddenly, he felt that fireworks were a bit boring.
He kind of wanted to see Shen Yuhuai’s face.
Chen Qizhao: "What's that over there?"
Shen Yuhuai paused and asked, "Which way?"
"left."
Shen Yuhuai turned the camera to the left, "It's the exhibition tower in the west district. There will be a light show at night."
Chen Qizhao asked about a few more places, and suddenly said, "Is it stuck? It doesn't seem to be moving."
A voice came from the other side of the video, "Can you see my hand?"
Shen Yuhuai's hand appeared in the video range and waved. His slender hand was very close, and Chen Qizhao could see the watch on his wrist.
"I can hear your voice, but the image hasn't moved." He lied calmly, "The sound is a bit cut off now. Maybe the camera is stuck? Please switch it off."
There was no movement on the other side of the video, and the next second the video cut over.
Shen Yuhuai appeared in the camera wearing pajamas. Chen Qizhao subconsciously looked over and saw his jawline and Adam's apple.
While speaking, the other person's Adam's apple seemed to move, and the sound came through the receiver.
“Can you see it now?”
In the darkness, Chen Qizhao met Chen Yuhuai's eyes.
Shen Yuhuai didn't wear glasses tonight, and his eyes seemed to be filled with ink.
"Qi Zhao?"
Inexplicably, Chen Qizhao's gaze shifted to the other person's Adam's apple again, and he realized belatedly that his heart was beating very fast.
Suddenly, the other party hung up the video call.
Chen Qizhao's gaze paused for a moment, Shen Yuhuai had already sent a message.
[-Chen Yuhuai: It should be that the signal is not good on my side. ]
[-Zhao: Yeah. ]
[-Chen Yuhuai: It’s late too, go to bed early. ]
[-Zhao: Good night, Brother Huai. ]
The night wind was howling, and Shen Yuhuai's eyes stayed on the chat interface for a long time, thinking of the other party's rather blurry face in the night mode just now.
He typed: [Well, good night. ]
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Chen Qizhao didn't sleep well that night, and he seemed to be able to see Shen Yuhuai's face all the time while half asleep and half awake.
When I woke up, it was already bright outside.
The weather was nice on New Year's Day. Chen Qizhao got up slowly, washed up hastily, and prepared to go downstairs to eat.
But when he just walked into the restaurant on the first floor, he saw the butler busy in the kitchen.
The housekeeper saw Chen Qizhao, who looked grumpy after waking up, and his hand holding the tea leaves trembled slightly, "Second Master, the master is meeting a guest."
Chen Qizhao glanced at him and looked at the several cups on the table. "Oh, it's okay to drink tea during the day."
The housekeeper breathed a sigh of relief and continued to work.
As Chen Qizhao walked, he wondered who would come to pay New Year's greetings so early in the morning, took a bottle of beer from the refrigerator, turned the corner to the French window and looked towards the living room, and suddenly saw Shen Yuhuai sitting on the sofa not far away.
Sizzle——
As soon as the can was opened, the beer began to steam.
"Qizhao is awake? Come here quickly." Zhang Yazhi waved.
Chen Qizhao subconsciously took a step back and hid the cold beer behind him.
Shen Yuhuai looked in the direction of the voice and nodded at him from a distance.
The housekeeper was preparing tea in the kitchen. When he saw the Second Young Master hurried back, he asked, "Second Young Master?"
Chen Qizhao: "You are busy."
The butler had a little doubt, and then he saw the other party put down the cold beer in his hand, turned around and took a bottle of cold milk from the refrigerator.
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