Zhang Yansheng opened his phone and saw the message from Xu Lichen.
“I have finished all my winter vacation homework!!!”
Not only did he spread all his homework on the table and took a photo, he also posted a "hands on hips" video.
Zhang Yansheng turned off the phone screen and looked up.
“I have finished all my winter vacation homework!!!”
Zhang Shuocheng stood with his hands on his hips and his belly sticking out, looking extremely proud.
School was about to start, so Zhang Yu and Zhang Huan brought the children to visit the old lady. The old lady asked Zhang Heling and Zhang Shuocheng whether they had finished their winter vacation homework. Before Zhang Heling could answer, Zhang Shuocheng rushed to show off to the old lady.
Everyone laughed.
Zhang Heling also quickly said: "I finished it a long time ago. Shuo Shuo just finished it yesterday."
Zhang Shuocheng put his hands on his hips: "Then I've finished it on time too!"
"Okay, okay, just finish it." The old lady smiled and said, "But think about it, if you can finish it early like your sister, then you can have fun later."
After asking the elementary school students, he asked the high school students: "How are Xiaolin and Yanyan?"
Zhang Yansheng's cousin Zhang Lin attends a private school. He said, "We have very little homework during the winter vacation, but we do have several practical activities." Then he talked about it.
When it was Zhang Yansheng's turn, she simply said, "It's all done."
Compared with Zhang Lin's vivid description, Zhang Yansheng's description is concise and to the point. Zhang Huan glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, disliking that she didn't know how to please the old lady. Zhang Yansheng knew it well and ignored him.
Zhang Yansheng was studying in the city's key preparatory class for top students, so the old lady knew how much homework he would have. The old lady knew exactly what she had done during the winter vacation.
She just smiled and nodded.
Finally, I asked the only person in the family who was a college student.
Before Zhang Qi could say anything, her aunt said with a smile, "Qi Qi is busy discussing a project recently. I'm a little worried that she will delay her studies, so I want her to finish this project as soon as possible."
"No." Zhang Qi said, "I've already told you, it won't affect my studies. The school courses are quite easy for me."
The old lady naturally asked, "What project?"
My aunt said modestly, "She has taken a fancy to a TV drama project and plans to invest in it."
Hearing this, Zhang Yansheng raised her eyes and looked at Zhang Huan, and Zhang Huan was also looking at her with sharp eyes. The father and daughter's eyes met and they looked at the old lady together.
The old lady smiled unchanged: "What TV series?"
Zhang Yu was a little helpless, but he couldn't stop his wife and daughter.
His wife was a young lady who was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and had a smooth life. The only downfall was that after she married him, she was outshined by her sisters-in-law and lost the favor of the old lady.
He thought these were all trivial matters. They didn't live with the old lady and they only saw her once a month, so there was no need to worry about it.
But his wife just couldn't get over it and couldn't let it go.
After her brother's wife passed away, her niece Zhang Yansheng lived with her stepmother and gradually became irritable and extreme in recent years. The wife had finally let go of the past, but the niece suddenly seemed to come to her senses and regained her youthful ingenuity, always outshining Qiqi in front of the old lady.
The wife exploded.
She scolded her daughter harshly at home, making her unable to raise her head and tears streaming down her face.
Later, he was forced to invest with his daughter and must not be suppressed by his niece Zhang Yansheng.
No one can stop her when she gets into a willful way. Zhang Yu has no choice but to compromise. He finds several projects for Zhang Qi and takes her to select and analyze them. In fact, this TV drama project was not his favorite, but Zhang Yansheng invested in a movie, and his daughter also wanted to invest in film and television projects.
Since the project seemed relatively safe, Zhang Yu agreed.
But Zhang Yu knew in his heart that no matter how highly his wife praised Zhang Qi in front of the old lady, the old lady must know what was going on.
In front of his second brother and niece, he couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed and had to turn his face away.
When the old lady asked, the aunt looked at her daughter with a smile. Zhang Qi leaned forward and explained it to the old lady in detail.
"The original work is very famous, and the author himself has millions of fans on Weibo."
"Several of the main actors have their own traffic."
…
The old lady just smiled and listened, finally nodded and asked Zhang Yu: "How much money do you plan to invest?"
Zhang Yu glanced at his wife, and his wife raised her eyebrows at him forcefully. Zhang Yu had no choice but to say, "I plan to give Qiqi 20 million to let her test the waters."
The old lady nodded: "Okay, even if I have to pay, it won't hurt my bones."
The eldest aunt and Zhang Qi looked at her expectantly. The old lady was as steady as a rock and said with a smile: "Since this is Qiqi's first investment, let's do this. Grandma will support you with another 5 million."
Zhang Qi is still young, and her aunt is a mature lady with expressive expressions on her face. It is difficult for either of them to maintain a smile on their faces.
The old lady gave Zhang Yansheng 20 million!
Zhang Yu shouted, "Qiqi, why don't you thank grandma?"
The mother and daughter woke up as if from a dream and forced a smile to express their gratitude.
The old lady smiled faintly.
On the way home, Zhang Huan said to Liang Yingying and Zhang Yansheng who were about to get on the car: "You sit in the back. Yanyan sit in the front, let's talk."
Liang Yingying was a little confused. Isn't it always the case that the wife sits in the front and the children squeeze in the back?
Zhang Yansheng opened the car door and sat on the passenger seat. Liang Yingying was a beat slow to react and was the last one to get in. She sat behind Zhang Yansheng unwillingly.
Zhang Huan was driving, in a good mood, and said to Zhang Yansheng, "Your great aunt, oh, your great aunt..." Zhang Yansheng rolled his eyes and said, "You're just short of humming a little song."
Zhang Huan hummed: "I just hummed, so what?"
Zhang Yansheng: "He looks like a shrewd person who has achieved success. It's so ugly."
"You know shit!" Zhang Huan was unhappy. "I told you, you are young, you don't remember. Your aunt used to love to step on your mom. Your mom is worse than her in every way, except that her family conditions are not as good as hers. She looked down on your mom in every way and always wanted to compete with your mom. But she couldn't win every time!"
At that time, Zhang Huan was happy both at home and outside, and he and his wife were in harmony. He seemed to be in a state of success in life.
Things haven’t been so good since my wife fell ill.
"Let me tell you, your aunt must have known that your grandmother gave you 20 million, and she's getting anxious. Hehe, hehe." Zhang Huan laughed. Just as Zhang Yansheng described, he had the look of a villain who had succeeded.
Liang Yingying, sitting in the back, yelled, "Twenty million?!"
The voice she shouted at Zhang Huan was sharp and thin. There was a sudden sound, and Zhang Huan was so frightened that the steering wheel in his hand slipped.
"What are you yelling about!" Zhang Huan cursed into the rearview mirror, "You scared me!"
Liang Yingying was silent for a moment, and asked cautiously: "Um, husband, what's the matter with the 20 million?"
Zhang Huan had just been frightened, his heart was still beating, and he said unhappily: "Yanyan made an investment, I gave her 10 million, and mom gave her 20 million."
Liang Yingying felt like her heart was beating like it was going to explode.
It’s actually more than 20 million! It’s 30 million!
"Yan, Yanyan is still a child. Giving her so much money..." Liang Yingying used all her energy to control her expression and tone. "Is it appropriate?"
Zhang Huan just said to her, "It's none of your business." and ignored her.
Liang Yingying felt her temples throbbing and her blood vessels were about to burst.
Her monthly spending limit is two hundred thousand. This was the treatment after being converted to a regular employee. Before being converted, when she was just a mistress kept by Zhang Huan, Zhang Huan gave her a monthly allowance of 50,000 yuan.
After entering the Zhang family, her credit limit quadrupled, she had a legitimate identity, lived in a big mansion, and had a luxury car and driver to drive her around. Liang Yingying really felt like she had reached the pinnacle of success.
Apart from the annoying burden left behind by Zhang Huan's ex-wife, she really has nothing to be dissatisfied with, really.
Just now at the old lady's place, I heard Zhang Yu and his wife say that they would invest 20 million yuan in Zhang Qi. In her mind, the couple was putting on a show for the old lady. Zhang Qi was still a student, so why should she vote? To put it bluntly, it was Zhang Yu who was directing everything behind the scenes.
When the old lady said she would give 5 million in support, Liang Yingying sneered in her heart. Okay, now I understand. It turns out that my uncle and his wife just wanted to make money from the old lady.
She didn't take it seriously at all, whether to invest or not.
But suddenly, Zhang Huan told her that he gave Zhang Yansheng 30 million investment?
Thirty million, that must be the amount she has spent as Mrs. Zhang for more than ten years! He just casually gave Zhang Yansheng a child?
At least Zhang Qi is still a college student! At least she is the eldest granddaughter! Who is she, Zhang Yansheng? Just a little furry kid!
Liang Yingying felt her head buzzing and she wanted to grab Zhang Huan's neck and yell at him: All that money belongs to Zhang Shuocheng! How could I give it to Zhang Yansheng!
But reason told her that she couldn't do this!
Emotions and reason were conflicting in my mind, and my chest felt like it was being pressed down by a huge rock, making it hard to breathe. I even saw Zhang Huan in front of me twice. Zhang Yansheng's voice was heard in my ears, asking vaguely, "How about... you... invest... in... the... play, and... the... report?"
Zhang Yansheng ignored Liang Yingying and asked Zhang Huan: "What was the return on investment for the TV series you invested in before?"
Zhang Huan was shocked and said, "That's it. I didn't make a lot of money, but I didn't lose money either. It's not that meaningful."
"Sister Xiao Mo told me that Director Xie's film was a blank in the domestic film and television industry, so people were reluctant to invest, so they sought external financing." Zhang Yansheng said, "She said that normally, TV series and movies that are sure to make money are already consumed by the industry, and there is no shortage of funds. Therefore, those that can be released for financing usually have problems of one kind or another."
"She's right. I only understood it later." Zhang Huan said, "Cross-industry investment has this kind of risk. It's not an area you are familiar with, so you don't understand it. It's easy to be fooled. Your uncle Liu was fooled out of 80 million yuan before, and it was all wasted."
Zhang Yansheng asked: "Do you think Sister Qiqi's project can make money?"
Zhang Huan said, "How should I know? I haven't done any research. What conclusion can I draw based on her empty words?"
Zhang Yansheng knew the popular young actors mentioned by Zhang Qi, and he even had a vague impression of the name of the drama. But Zhang Yansheng couldn't remember what the drama was like. She never watched the drama at first because she was not interested in the subject matter.
"Let me ask Sister Xiaomo." She suddenly remembered.
I immediately called Maureen and asked, "Sister Mo, do you know about this project?"
What a coincidence, Maureen actually knew.
"I'm not particularly optimistic about this drama," Maureen said. "If you have other options, I don't recommend you to invest in this one."
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