In fact, it wasn't just Hong Kong City; the forces that later joined Zhao Qinglan's side included those brought in by Yi Ningxiang and those brought in by Hong Kong City entrepreneurs who joined early on. It can be said that their industries spanned various countries.
Zhao Qinglan became incredibly popular among these people, which made her career expansion much smoother later on. It can be said that she had friends and connections everywhere.
Even without considering the future, she quickly began to enjoy the benefits.
She had spent many days worrying and putting in a lot of effort, but even with the subsequent investment, she no longer needed to manage the operations, as multiple professionals were already handling it.
But Zhao Qinglan was still exhausted, both physically and mentally.
She originally planned to rest in the port city for a few days before going home.
Unexpectedly, invitations soon began pouring in.
Some wanted to express their gratitude to her, some wanted to talk to her about strengthening business cooperation, and others wanted to ask her for advice.
Various valuable gifts and rewards followed one after another.
The gifts delivered to my door were incredibly diverse, including famous paintings, antiques, precious jewelry, and even property deeds.
At first, Zhao Qinglan was shocked, but later she became numb to it.
This was the first time she had received such a generous expression of gratitude, and she didn't know how to respond.
Fortunately, after learning of her predicament, Madam Sun smiled and persuaded her to accept the gift.
“Following you, not only have they not suffered any losses, but they have also made a lot of money. What is this compared to what they have earned? Just accept it with peace of mind. If you don’t accept it, they will feel indebted to you and will feel uneasy.”
Because Madam Sun was also one of the original organizers, she received many gifts of gratitude.
Knowing that her aunt had accepted the reward and that her words made sense, Zhao Qinglan finally accepted the gifts with peace of mind.
As for those social engagements, she declined them all.
She just wants to rest now and doesn't want to socialize or do business.
After she had finished registering and summarizing the thank-you gifts, she finally went home.
Upon seeing her, Li Huai joked, "Our great hero is back."
Zhao Qinglan glanced at her husband. "Of course, aren't you proud?"
"My wife is so amazing, of course I'm proud."
Although he was not clear about the specifics, Li Huai knew that his wife's side had won very well this time because he had been paying close attention.
"You have no idea how many gifts I've received as thanks."
Not wanting to share it with outsiders, Zhao Qinglan showed her husband a booklet that her assistant had prepared.
Even though it's a thank-you gift, she needs to know who gave it and what it was from, so that it's easy to check later.
Li Huai took the book with great interest and began to read it, but soon he gasped in shock.
Each one of these is very valuable; if you add them all together, the total value is extremely high.
"Are you surprised?"
"It was indeed a surprise," Li Huai said sincerely.
"At first I was so scared I didn't dare to accept it, but I listened to my aunt and then I felt relieved enough to accept it."
"With so many valuable things, will everything be alright?" Li Huai asked, a little worried.
"Don't worry, everything will be alright."
"That's good."
"I'm also planning to share some of the contents with the children as gifts."
"Divide them all?"
"That's not true. I'll keep the ones I like, and the rest will depend on what they want."
"Whatever makes you happy." Li Huai smiled.
"Oh dear, I'm exhausted these past few days," she said, shamelessly whining to her husband.
Li Huai immediately offered a thoughtful massage service.
Not long after Zhao Qinglan returned home, her uncle called.
"Qinglan, I heard you've done something big again?"
Zhao Qinglan said modestly, "It's alright, Auntie is the best."
“Your aunt told me that she wouldn’t have taken on this responsibility if it weren’t for you.”
"That's because my aunt was willing to believe me."
"Qinglan, this time, your uncle also wants to thank you. Because of you, the country has suffered far less loss."
Hong Kong has only recently returned to China. If it suffers heavy losses because of this incident, it's not just a matter of how much money is lost, but also a loss of face for the country.
Zhao Qinglan became serious. "Uncle, when the country is in trouble, every citizen has a responsibility. I just did what I should do."
"Good, good, good!" Sun Guangming laughed loudly.
Because of the great things his niece and sister had accomplished together, he was praised by the senior leaders during the meeting.
He is proud to have family members who are always there for the country and the people.
So what if he has no direct descendants? Which of those old guys would dare to look down on him?
Zhou Yunting and his mother Yi Ningxiang also made a lot of money this time by following Zhao Qinglan.
It's not appropriate to give them any gifts since they are a family.
Yi Ningxiang was much more direct; she gave her daughter-in-law a large sum of pocket money.
Xiaoduo knew what her husband and mother-in-law had done with her mother, so she didn't refuse the pocket money and immediately went to thank her dear mother.
Zhao Qinglan was overjoyed to receive thanks from her daughter.
“Your mother-in-law gave it to you, so just take it and use Alipay. Oh, and Mom has a lot of nice things here. When you come back, pick out a few things you like.”
"My mom is truly the best mom in the world."
"You're just sweet-talking."
The third child, who was abroad, was unfazed by the serious things his mother had done.
With such a secret, he was no longer surprised by anything his mother did.
After taking care of things at home, Sanwa threw himself back into his studies and research.
Under his mentor's guidance, he completed an even more sensational paper.
With three heavyweight papers in hand, he has become quite well-known even in the international physics community.
Sanwa's name has also been included in the shortlist of candidates for the latest Physics Young Scholar Award.
Even putting aside whether you win an award or not, just being recommended is already a great honor.
After a year of studying abroad, Sanwa has already obtained a master's degree and is now aiming for a doctoral degree.
Domestically, Tsinghua University, the alma mater, was also proud when it learned that the third child had obtained a postgraduate degree and even entered the list of candidates for a certain award.
While Sanwa was still abroad, some people in the physics department suggested that they could contact him, in case there was an opportunity to bring this talent back to their school in the future, which would be a great boost to their physics department.
Once at Princeton, a place teeming with geniuses, Sanwa was able to shorten the time it took to obtain his graduate degree and even publish more impressive papers. No one could say that Sanwa had no future.
When the awards were announced, Sanwa won one, which was even reported in the news in China.
Looking at Sanwa again, his former physics classmate only felt that the gap between them was getting bigger and bigger.
They haven't even graduated from their undergraduate studies yet, but they've already obtained their master's degrees and won international awards.
It's really frustrating to compare yourself with others.
Zhao Qinglan and the rest of the family were naturally happy that their son won the award.
Sanwa's junior and senior high school classmates are now all proud to have been in the same class as him.
When I talk to people around me, they say, "That guy, he used to be my classmate, he's so awesome."
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