Chapter 7 She Wants to Start a Company
The large villa where the Lin family usually lives is located in the most traditional villa area in Beijing. It would be difficult to walk home in such a community without a car.
The luxury car entered the wooded neighborhood. In the darkness, the streetlights glowed warmly, not overly glaring, but rather conveying a sense of just the right tranquility. Each home here has its own entrance and courtyard, cleverly separated by greenery, making it virtually impossible to see neighbors.
The Lin family’s villa is located in the core of the community, with the best view. It covers an area of more than 1,000 square meters and has only two floors above ground.
The car pulled up to the front door, and Lin Ruoyan returned home with a well-prepared mood, only to find the lights in the first-floor living room dark. Her brother should have been home by now, probably still busy working in his private study on the second floor.
Upon learning that his sister had returned early, Lin Ruxu temporarily put down the work in his hands and went to the first floor.
The maid, Mrs. Chen, was very perceptive. Seeing Lin Ruxu was about to go downstairs, she hurriedly turned on the light on the first floor.
The prodigal system quickly warned: "This Chen's wife probably doesn't consider you a family member. She acted as if she didn't even notice you coming back. When your brother came downstairs, she was busy turning on the lights. What a clear discrimination. Such a servant deserves a good lesson."
Lin Ruoyan could understand Mrs. Chen's thoughts.
Sister Chen had been working as a maid at the Lin family since Lin Ruxu was a child, before her real daughter was even born. Sister Chen's priority was definitely the young master, Lin Ruxu, whom she had taken care of since childhood. She hadn't formed any familiarity with the unfamiliar Lin Ruoyan, who had just been brought home, and it was impossible for her to fully pay attention to her.
She came home quietly today, and Mrs. Chen didn't know whether she went straight upstairs to rest. The lights in the first-floor porch and stairwell were on, so why would Mrs. Chen bother to turn on other lights?
However, according to the original novel, the real daughter simply doesn't look down on the servants, bossing them around. Fearing they'll look down on her, she becomes even more arrogant and nitpicky. The servants quickly discover the real daughter's naiveté and incompetence, and they play dumb, ignoring her, further escalating the situation. The real daughter is often scolded outside, but when she returns home, no one greets her. She feels isolated, and even the servants don't respect her, which infuriates her.
Lin Ruoyan doesn't want to experience this kind of day.
She never felt that being a maid was inferior. After all, compared to the maids in the mansions, she, a lowly worker, didn't earn much more, nor did she necessarily have any real dignity. So she had already made up her mind to be polite to the maids in her house, so that everyone would be happy and I would be happy too.
I remember that Mrs. Chen had been distracted for the past two days. In fact, it must be because of something going on at home. In short, she was short of money. This was easy to deal with. Lin Ruoyan planned to find an opportunity and use this as an entry point to establish a sincere and trusting friendship with Mrs. Chen.
After Lin Ruoyan made up her mind, she ignored the provocation of the prodigal system.
She hadn't walked a few steps after entering the house when her feet started to hurt, so she simply sat on the sofa, intending to discuss future arrangements with her brother.
Lin Ruxu glanced at her watch and asked in confusion, "It's still early, why didn't you stay at the party longer?"
According to the plot, Lin Ruxu missed the charity reception tonight because she had an important business meeting tomorrow. That's why the original book's real daughter was unrestrained and behaved in a shameful way.
In fact, Lin Ruxu was relieved that his sister had returned early. She didn't seem unwell. Was she just not used to such celebrity gatherings and was making an excuse to leave early? Then he couldn't help but blame himself. He shouldn't have been so absorbed in work and should have accompanied his sister to the cocktail party.
Lin Ruoyan knew that her brother's time was limited, so she took advantage of his concern and quickly recounted her experience at the party, especially commenting on the two blind dates:
"...Wu Chenghao is a talented person. He talked to me about the PHS business, and I suggested he start planning ahead in the mobile phone hardware and software business. That actor, Wei Xu, is quite handsome, and he's honest and upright. He told me upfront that I was only paying for his company. I listened to him reciting his lines, and I could tell he was full of emotion and his acting was pretty good. If he gets a good script, he'll definitely become a star."
Lin Ruxu wondered if her sister had misunderstood something. She had clearly explained to her before she left that she was going there just to go on a blind date, make friends, and meet someone she liked and fall in love with. Why did it feel like the content of the meeting was a bit off track?
Of course, he didn't dare to ask directly, so he said tactfully, "What else? Where are the others?"
"Oh, I also know Fang Yue, a powerful woman in the real estate business in the south. She might be planning to expand into Beijing. If she can find a way to acquire land through legitimate channels sooner rather than later, she'll have a promising future. Brother, Fang Yue is very optimistic about the development of the national real estate market. I also think that the price of commercial housing in Beijing will continue to rise. Why don't we buy a few more houses while they're still cheap?"
At this point, Lin Ruxu no longer dared to let her sister's imagination run wild, so she got to the point and asked, "Do you have a favorite marriage partner?"
Finally getting to the point, Lin Ruoyan put on a serious expression and replied, "Brother, I don't want to get married. I plan to start my own company."
Lin Ruxu couldn't say no, but he thought his sister must have been influenced by Fang Yue or some other strong woman, and suddenly changed her mind and wanted to start a company. He said tactfully, "Life is more than just marriage and family. If you want to start a company, I won't stop you. You'll know how hard it is if you try. So what kind of company do you plan to start?"
"Let's open a real estate company." Lin Ruoyan didn't expect her brother to be so easy to talk to. Maybe it was because his family was rich, so he opened the company casually without even asking her how much money it would cost.
However, before she transmigrated into the book, she had only worked in a real estate company, so she was familiar with the structure. This way, she didn't need to look up information when pretending to open a company. She could just say a few words without worrying about her brother's questioning, and it was also easier to make up lies.
The prodigal system silently grumbled: [Capital "Fu"! The host even skipped the most brain-intensive part of starting a company and simply copied the real world and opened a real estate company. Even if a real estate company has a complete structure, the initial human resources investment is very high. Buying a piece of land and launching a major project can easily cost 100 million yuan a month. So this is the structure. It really is much faster than buying a bag.]
Unexpectedly, Lin Ruoyan's lazy answer only confirmed Lin Ruxu's suspicions. He secretly complained to Fang Yue. Fang Yue should just be a strong woman and be proud of herself. Why did she drag his sister into starting a real estate company? His sister didn't even graduate from high school and used to work on an assembly line. How could she understand the ins and outs of real estate?
Moreover, there are so many state-owned enterprises in northern China. Even if welfare housing allocations have been abolished, these large enterprises have invested in employee welfare housing and sold it at low prices. I heard that such houses only cost 30,000 to 50,000 yuan. In short, every family has a house to live in. Even if the company doesn't care about it, there are also ancestral courtyards and land that are waiting to be demolished to live in affordable housing. Why would anyone spend more money on extra commercial housing?
But his sister is so eager to start her own business, how can he, as her brother, discourage her?
Anyway, starting a company wouldn't cost much, so it would be better to let her experience it herself and then quit. In the future, she would know how easy and comfortable it would be to find a man to entrust her life to while she became a housewife and raised children.
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