When a person has too much money, how to spend it becomes a worry that is not a worry.
A set of clothing and shoes worth 300,000 yuan is as comfortable as one worth 3 million yuan. Si Mingyu and his wives do not need to use rare fabrics or inlay gems on them to show their status.
Three meals a day consist of just four dishes and a soup. I only add two more dishes on weekends, and even if I eat abalone and lobster every day, I still get tired of it. But all the ingredients, even the water, are harvested on our farm in Northeast China. Yes, every grain of rice, every vegetable, every drop of oil is a pollution-free product grown on our farm.
What defines pollution-free? It means one acre of land is used for growing vegetables, and the surrounding 40 hectares must remain natural and uninhabited. Many ingredients are grown naturally around the world, picked and flown in on the same day.
It wasn't really a luxury. If you could earn 300 yuan a day and spend 10 yuan on food, was that a luxury? Then Si Mingyu, with a daily income of 300 million yuan, wouldn't spending 10 million on food be a lot? He didn't actually spend that much, and besides, these things didn't taste particularly fancy. He wasn't a taste bud, so he couldn't tell the difference after being cooked by a famous chef.
Si Mingyu, Zhang Ningxi, and Lin Shirui were wearing couple watches, purely decorative, custom-made by Patek Philippe to his specifications. The raw materials alone cost over 100 million yuan, not including the labor. Since Si Mingyu had bought 30% of Patek Philippe's shares, 20 billion yuan was just two or three months' worth of savings.
Women all like to buy things, but there is a difference between buying things and buying things. Ordinary people think about whether they can buy an LV bag after saving money for half a year, while Zhang Ningxi and Lin Shirui think about whether their family can buy 10% of LV shares after saving money for half a year.
Of course, this is just a joke. Although Si Mingyu built a farm and raised pigs in order to eat pork, he would not buy a factory just to buy a bag.
In fact, the family only wears custom-made pieces from Aunt Zhao's clothing company. If they carry an LV bag to a large public event, Louisville will have to pay for it. This is the celebrity effect. Young, wealthy, and with top-notch looks, it's impossible for Si Mingyu's family not to attract global attention.
Nowadays, when major luxury brands release new products, they'll send catalogs to Ningyu Garden for Zhang Ningxi and Lin Shirui to choose from. Even if they don't wear them, buying them as gifts is a nice touch. Besides, these brands' daily necessities are quite creative, and there's always something beautiful and appealing to look at. Spending a few million a month on them is enough, which makes them worthy of such attention from the brands.
Of course, while Si Mingyu may spend money like water, he also invests a lot in charity. Not to mention the hundreds of millions of yuan in subsidies the East Asia Mingyu Charity Foundation provides to patients with rare diseases every year, even the chronic disease drugs produced by his own pharmaceutical factory give up huge profits.
As we all know, many medicines for treating chronic diseases need to be purchased and used every month.
For example, a bottle of a certain medicine costs $10 overseas but 50 yuan in China. A patient needs three bottles per month. Si Mingyu discounts the domestic price to 40 yuan. Even though it's only 10 yuan less per bottle, it saves a patient 360 yuan per year. How much less money would he make with millions of patients nationwide?
He sells several drugs at a discount, and this alone costs him billions of dollars every year. He simply doesn't want to make a big splash for a little fame.
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Headquarters building, office.
"Mr. Si, this is an invitation from the Magic City Business Association, inviting you to attend this year's Spring Festival party. I'm waiting for a reply outside." Baili Feixue sent an extremely exquisite invitation.
"I almost forgot about this." Si Mingyu took over.
Every New Year, Shanghai's business community holds a traditional New Year's gathering. While it's held by the business community, successful individuals from all walks of life are also invited. However, the bar for this event is extremely high, and those with limited wealth and fame won't be invited.
As one of China's most world-renowned tycoons, Si Mingyu was bound to be invited to such an event. Aside from the launch ceremony of his own chip manufacturing company in the second half of this year, he hadn't participated in any public events, not even the China Merchants Bank gathering.
There were countless people in the Chinese and global business world who wanted to meet him. Because his three groups were involved in so many industries, even the slightest bit of influence could make a businessperson of sufficient status rave about his wealth. This was also why Si Mingyu rarely participated in public events. Wherever he went, there were crowds lining up to meet him.
So this time, along with the invitation came a letter from Mr. Yu, the president of the Shanghai Business Association, who wrote it to him. To sum it up in one sentence, please be sure to attend.
It is convenient to make a phone call, but it does not appear as sincere as writing a letter.
"Tell the person who comes that I will attend on time." It's the end of the year, and it's good to get together with everyone. Besides, it's not good to offend Boss Yu.
"Okay." Baili Feixue responded and went out to reply.
This year's Spring Festival gathering was held on a cruise ship. The ship departed that evening, and attendees stayed overnight before returning the next morning. It's been held in a hotel every year, and Shanghai's top hotels have hosted it, so the ship was chosen as the venue because it was nothing new.
Three people can form a group, so Si Mingyu asked Zhang Ningxi and Lin Shirui who would go to the banquet with him. The results were surprisingly consistent: go by yourself.
Now that they each have their own company, they don't expect to make a lot of money, but just have something to do. Having meetings, looking at reports, and visiting branch offices every day is a fulfilling life.
But when it comes to public events, neither of them really likes going. Ordinary people see those extravagant banquets and events in movies and TV shows, but after attending too many of them, they become just that, surrounded by fawning ladies and young ladies, and they're really tired of it. It's more relaxing to just have tea, chat, or go out with a few close friends.
Okay, then go by yourself.
Si Mingyu only participated in fewer public events, but he still had more private activities. For example, he drank with Musk and listened to his bragging, ate McDonald's with Mr. Warren, attended charity events with Bill Gates, and listened to Larry Page talk about his company's artificial intelligence.
He's the most idle of the world's wealthy. On a whim, he'll call someone and ask if they're free for lunch, then fly over just to grab a bite. He's also been known to visit the King of Glory development team to see new hero skins, or go to Brother Cai's company and get him to play Genshin Impact.
After all, if you don't try, you'd be letting down your youth.
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