Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!
Chapter 441 - 359: Showing Off Is a Man’s Romance

Chapter 441: Chapter 359: Showing Off Is a Man’s Romance

At the dinner table, Wang Yushan was baffled by her own husband’s ramblings.

She indeed had a bit of trouble understanding what Shen Guoqiang was talking about.

One moment he said that Youu Tea, despite its booming business, was actually short on money, the next moment he said that Shen Minglang’s top priority should be asking him for money, and then again he said he wouldn’t give him the money.

Confusing! The more she listened, the more confused she got!

You’re just running me in circles, husband!

In reality, given Shen Guoqiang’s acumen, although he didn’t understand the milk tea industry at all and never drank milk tea himself, he could tell that this brand’s expansion would be more difficult than the typical franchise model.

The financial strength behind it was extremely, extremely important.

On the other hand, when he said that what Shen Minglang should do most was to ask him for money, it was his wish that his son would see this point and have such a brain and business foresight.

The result was naturally disappointing to him.

As for whether to give him the money or not... well, that’s a whole other matter, isn’t it!

Give so much money to his son, to let him chase after the butt of a much younger college student, selling milk tea?

Why bother?

With such a big business at home, why not do something else?

Moreover, they were exploring a whole new field, an unknown territory.

Shen Guoqiang only had to learn a little bit to realize that compared to traditional milk tea, Youu Tea was revolutionary; it wasn’t the same business model at all.

Whether this entirely new business model could succeed or not was a question mark.

The risks were still quite high.

Businessmen pursue profit, and indeed, they would take risks for a sufficient return.

Hence why Marx wrote in "Das Kapital": Once there is a proper profit, capital becomes bold. If there is a 10% profit, it will be used everywhere; 20% and it becomes lively; at 50%, it will take risks; at 100%, it will dare to trample all human laws; at 300%, it will dare to commit any crimes, even risking hanging.

But the problem was, right now Shen Guoqiang couldn’t see the future of Youu Tea; he had even sentenced it to death in his mind.

Nor had he bothered to learn much about Youu Tea, only hearing a few mentions from people around him.

He was very busy lately, so busy that he barely came home, and it was uncertain if he would have a meal with his children even once a month.

Where would he have the inclination to understand about a milk tea shop opening in their own shopping mall, to seriously analyze its business model?

If it wasn’t for his own bratty son joining this milk tea team out of the blue, his interest might even be lower.

Those like him, who had been tossed around in the business world for many years, had seen too many good projects die halfway.

Making money is not unusual, but making it over the long term, that’s rare.

Shen Guoqiang wasn’t running a venture capital firm; he didn’t focus on various projects all day long. He cared much more about the industries his own assets were in.

One thing that troubled many second-generation rich parents was: I’ve built such a big empire for you, and you refuse to inherit it, insisting on doing your own foolish ventures!

Even Old Wang, who had been the richest man, might empathize with that.

At this moment, all Wang Yushan could do was to serve Shen Guoqiang more dishes.

In the relationship between father and son, she only acted as a buffer and dared not talk more.

Shen Minglang didn’t like her to begin with; she didn’t want to meddle in their affairs, lest she end up toiling thanklessly.

"Once Ningning is back, tell her not to follow her brother around blindly," Shen Guoqiang instructed.

"Okay," Wang Yushan complied.

Of course, she was well aware: Ningning wouldn’t listen to me anyway!

Sigh, it’s really tiring being in this family.

However, when the conversation turned to Shen Qingning, Wang Yushan remembered something.

"Oh, right, Ningning mentioned to me that she was very optimistic about Youu Tea," said the young stepmother.

"Oh? Is that so?" Shen Guoqiang raised his head, immediately curious, "Why does she think that?"

Wang Yushan: "..."

Indeed, in his heart, the son was a spendthrift heir, while the daughter was a potential business whiz.

The son running about outside, he thought was just fooling around, but his daughter saying she was optimistic about it meant she had something worth listening to.

Of course, Wang Yushan thought the same!

She also felt that Shen Minglang wasn’t as smart and competent as Ningning.

At this moment, the young stepmother looked at her husband and shook her head slightly, "She didn’t say."

Shen Guoqiang just nodded slightly and didn’t pry further.

Suddenly he asked, "This Cheng Zhu, is he Ningning’s friend?"

"He’s Wanzhou’s childhood friend, and then he became close with Minglang and Ningning," Wang Yushan clarified the relationships for the old father to understand.

"Wanzhou’s childhood friend?" Shen Guoqiang nodded again, but he didn’t ask any more questions and continued to eat.

Wang Yushan just felt exhausted.

—Being a stepmom is indeed tough!

This dinner that tired out Wang Yushan finally came to an end.

After the meal, she personally went to the kitchen to cut a fruit plate for her husband who had been busy with a trip for the entire week.

While Shen Guoqiang was back in the living room making phone calls, busy as ever.

When the fruit plate was ready and placed in front of Shen Guoqiang’s seat, she began to play with her phone.

Soon, she was drawn to Shen Minglang’s newly posted Moments.

How to put it, this Moments post baffled her, but she also felt like this person was gearing up for something big!

Just as Shen Guoqiang finished his call, Wang Yushan said to him, "Take a look, Ming Lang just posted a Moments, what do you think he means by that?"

The head of the Shen family took the phone with puzzlement, first seeing his spendthrift son’s selfie on the screen.

He was standing in a sea of tea, making a "yeah" hand sign.

This afternoon, Shen Minglang went to connect with a tea supplier, and looking at the tea field, he couldn’t resist taking a vanity shot.

And the caption that accompanied the photo was:

"Everyone, remember to watch the news on Monday."

Clearly, he was really quick to learn in the ways of showing off.

How Cheng Zhu taught him, that’s how he learned.

It can’t be helped, showing off is a man’s romance.

"What’s he up to now?" Shen Guoqiang frowned involuntarily as he viewed the Moments post.

Posting a Moments this flashy and being so secretive about it, who knows where he picked up this attitude?

He really disliked his son’s irresponsible demeanor.

"Why don’t you ask him? Or maybe you watch the news on Monday?" Wang Yushan suggested.

She was definitely not going to contact Shen Minglang herself, given their poor relationship.

"I’m busy to death, don’t have the free time," Shen Guoqiang said irritably, waving his hand dismissively.

Little did Wang Yushan believe a word of it.

Based on her understanding of her husband, he would definitely make time to pay attention on Monday, no matter how busy.

He, deep down, still cared about this good-for-nothing son.

—Heh, the old tsundere.

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On the other side, Cheng Zhu and Lin Lu had dinner together.

After lingering in the car for quite a while, they each returned to their own apartments.

They lingered for so long because Cheng Zhu was leaving on a business trip tomorrow.

He had arranged a meeting with Yue Dongyi for the morning the day after tomorrow, so it would be best if he settled down in Shanghai tomorrow.

Besides, he had planned to wander around a few shopping districts in Shanghai for some time.

Since they aimed to open a high-end viral milk tea shop, how could they overlook an international metropolis like Shanghai?

In fact, with Hang City so close to Shanghai, it would naturally be the first choice for Youu Tea’s second store.

Cheng Zhu’s goal for 2015 was to open at least 50 stores.

He knew the dazzling city of Shanghai inside out; he was familiar with all the shopping districts, having brought many girls there to shop in his past life.

After being reborn, he hadn’t visited Shanghai.

In his heart, he even had a thought: "If possible, it would be great to open right across from Starbucks, hahaha!"

Of course, that might be harder to pull off.

In reality, at this time, in Shanghai’s shopping districts, trying to get a milk tea shop in and secure a prime location was only going to be more difficult.

Even if you were booming in Hang City, it would still be challenging.

But now he had Pulin Capital backing him, with Shanghai’s top venture capital firm vouching for him, which naturally made a difference.

A lot of things would become much easier to handle.

Sometimes, to succeed in something, it’s not enough just to have the money.

Money is just the basic requirement.

As Youu Tea opened more and more stores in major cities, getting into other cities would become increasingly smooth.

"Before long, it won’t be us going around making connections."

"Rather, some shopping malls will come to us, asking us to join them," Cheng Zhu thought to himself.

He felt the day would come soon.

was going to be a transformative year!

Back at his rental, he first started preparing what he needed to take to Pulin Capital.

Then he began to pack his luggage.

During the process, he specially placed the tie Lin Lu gave him into the suitcase and didn’t forget to take a photo to send to her.

"I’ll wear it for the signing and the photo shoot," he typed.

Lin Lu immediately sent back a sticker of a bear dancing with its bottom shaking.

Providing some emotional value and making her feel more involved.

After packing everything he needed for Shanghai, Cheng Zhu went to the bathroom to freshen up.

Then he lay in bed and chatted with Little Lu for a while longer.

In the midst of their conversation, he also chatted with the counselor, making sure to ask for leave in passing.

Damn it, I even need to ask my own woman for leave!

Outrageous, truly outrageous!

However, Chen Jieyu, seeing him asking for leave, certainly wouldn’t refuse.

And so, he chatted with the two women until almost midnight before they said goodnight to each other.

Cheng Zhu turned off the lights in his room and put on a sleep mask.

Just as he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly remembered something.

Since he was going to Shanghai tomorrow, how could he forget someone?

He immediately picked up his phone and sent a WeChat message to his own plump artist, Hu Yan:

"I’m coming to Shanghai tomorrow."

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