I Have 10 Trillion Dollars only Usable For Simping -
Chapter 774 - 586 Cao Xiugo_2
Chapter 774: 586 Cao Xiugo_2
Milk tea these days is really becoming more and more unusual.
After just a small sip, Jiang Chen set down the cup.
"Miss Cao, that’s my proposal. We can discuss the specifics."
"Did I say I agreed to cooperate with you?" Cao Jinse asked.
Unfazed, Jiang Chen replied, "As a leading enterprise in the country, I believe Jiuding Group certainly does not lack a sense of social responsibility..."
"Stop, don’t try to flatter me."
Cao Jinse interrupted him, "An investment of several billions is not a small figure, and Jiuding isn’t my personal company. I can’t be as capricious as you are."
"Miss Cao, I don’t think it’s being capricious," he said.
"Fine, I used the wrong word; it’s more spontaneous." Cao Jinse corrected herself.
Jiang Chen remained silent.
"Give me a few days to think about it, and I’ll give you an answer."
Cao Jinse didn’t ask anything.
Indeed.
What did she need to ask?
She really thought she was a naive and innocent college student.
From Jiang Chen’s earlier presentation, she probably already had a clear assessment of the project’s risks, the return on investment, and Jiang Chen’s objectives.
"Okay."
Jiang Chen nodded, not insisting further. Since the other party didn’t outright refuse and was willing to consider, it was already a decent outcome for him.
A ringtone sounded.
Cao Jinse picked up her phone and answered the call.
"Brother, I’m at that milk tea shop, second floor."
Clearly, it was that Mr. Cao.
Jiang Chen knew it was his time to leave.
"Miss Cao, then I’ll take my leave."
He spoke after Cao Jinse hung up the phone.
"Won’t you stay a bit longer? You and my brother might have a lot in common to talk about," she suggested.
Jiang Chen smiled, "To be honest, when I was studying, I was always scared of meeting teachers."
"That shouldn’t be the case. With your good grades, you should have been the teacher’s pet," she joked.
Joking aside, Cao Jinse didn’t force him to stay, "Then I won’t see you out."
"Miss Cao, call me anytime once you’ve made up your mind," he said.
Jiang Chen gestured like he was on the phone and then stood up.
Cao Jinse nodded, then noticing something, said, "Take your milk tea with you; it’s expensive."
Jiang Chen stopped in his tracks and then picked up the cup of durian milk tea on the table, priced at 28 dollars.
It was expensive.
But really, it wasn’t tasty.
After Jiang Chen left, Cao Jinse sat alone, absentmindedly sipping on her milk tea, deep in thought.
About ten minutes later, footsteps approached.
"Where’s your friend?"
Mr. Cao sat where Jiang Chen had been.
"He said he’s afraid of teachers, so he left in a hurry," Cao Jinse, regaining focus, replied with a laugh.
Mr. Cao also laughed, "As agreeable as I am, I’m quite popular with the students at Capital University. What’s there to fear?"
"Indeed," she agreed.
Cao Jinse sighed, "Perhaps it’s just that you have too strong an aura, brother."
Mr. Cao shook his head, smiling, "So, tell me."
"Tell you what?" she replied, puzzled.
"How long have you two known each other?"
Cao Jinse realized what he was implying.
"Brother, don’t overthink it. He and I are just acquaintances, if we can even be called that; we’ve only met a few times," she explained.
"He called me yesterday, said he had something important to discuss, so I agreed to meet here," she added succinctly.
Mr. Cao nodded, letting out a small sigh, "He seems like a decent young man, it’s a pity."
Cao Jinse chuckled in disbelief, "Brother, what do you mean by ’a pity’?"
No matter how exceptional a woman might be, in front of her brother, she is always like a child.
"He has such important matters to discuss, and you summon him here for a chat?"
"I didn’t want to; it was Aunt Lan who made the introduction. I couldn’t very well refuse," Cao Jinse explained concisely.
"He knows Lan Peizhi too?" The professor from Capital University seemed to have heard of the woman known as the ’Blood Guanyin’.
Cao Jinse nodded, "Yeah, and they’re on very good terms too."
Mr. Cao laughed in surprise, then fell silent.
"Brother, can you believe it? We’re barely acquainted, and he wants me to fork out several billion..."
Cao Jinse briefly recapped the situation.
Mr. Cao listened and smiled, choosing not to comment.
"Such a huge investment, I can’t even guess what he’s really thinking," Cao Jinse muttered.
"It’s rare to see someone you can’t see through," Mr. Cao chuckled, "Perhaps you’re overthinking it, and the person simply has a pure heart intent on benefiting the public."
"He is not that simple."
Cao Jinse said, then seriously gazed at her closest relative in the world, "Brother, do you think I should agree to his proposal?"
The man who once claimed he would never allow anyone to betray the Cao Family smiled warmly and affably.
"Jinse, I am just a teacher; you don’t need to ask me such questions, and I can’t give you an answer, but you should know, our Cao Family does not fail the world."
Cao Jinse’s gaze was complex.
The big brother of the past, how full of ambition and bursting with pride he had been.
"Brother, I understand."
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On his way off campus, Jiang Chen called Lan Peizhi to report the situation.
"I’ve talked to Miss Cao."
"What did she say?"
"She agreed to consider it for a few days," Jiang Chen dragged on, needlessly splitting what could have been said in one sentence into two.
Lan Peizhi didn’t mind his dithering and asked, "Did you two talk at Jiuding Group?"
"No."
Jiang Chen glanced at the exuberant students around him, looking at their carefree faces, and suddenly felt a pang of nostalgia for his time on campus.
It felt like I had just graduated, yet my state of mind seems as old as seventy or eighty.
Jiang Chen inwardly smiled wryly, then adjusted his mood and replied, "At Capital City University. I didn’t expect Miss Cao to have an older brother who teaches at Capital University."
"You’ve met Cao Xiugo?"
The tone at the other end of the line changed noticeably upon hearing this.
"Cao Xiugo? Who?"
Jiang Chen was puzzled, then realized, "You mean Miss Cao’s brother? Yes, I’ve met him. Miss Cao took me to one of his classes."
So, that Mr. Cao’s name was Cao Xiugo.
Cao Jinse.
Cao Xiugo.
True to the heritage of a prominent family.
Their names were extraordinary and unique.
The only blemish was Mr. Cao’s leg.
It’s uncertain whether it was congenital or due to an accident.
"...Are you very familiar with her brother?"
Jiang Chen asked tentatively, feeling that Lan Peizhi’s response to the mention of Mr. Cao was somewhat abnormal.
"What did you two talk about?" Lan Peizhi didn’t answer but asked in return.
"We didn’t talk much, just had a class, then I sat with Miss Cao in a bubble tea shop, she was waiting for her brother, and when her brother arrived, I left."
Jiang Chen walked towards the door as he recounted everything clearly and in detail.
Lan Peizhi fell silent.
"... What’s wrong? Is there a problem?" Jiang Chen asked, puzzled.
"Why didn’t you stay and sit for a while?"
Jiang Chen was taken aback.
There was nothing wrong with that question.
But coming from Lan Peizhi, it sounded somewhat off.
The Blood Guanyin he knew was always sparing with words.
Though confused, Jiang Chen still replied honestly, "Miss Cao did indeed invite me to meet her brother, but I felt it was somewhat inappropriate, so I declined."
"..."
Silence from the other end.
Jiang Chen was baffled.
"Let me know when she gives you a reply,"
After saying that, Lan Peizhi hung up the phone without further explanation.
Jiang Chen slowed his pace, and eventually stopped, looking back involuntarily.
Could there be something special about that Russian language teacher Mr. Cao?
Jiang Chen was curious about Lan Peizhi’s unusual reaction but didn’t dwell on it.
Whatever kind of person Cao Jinse’s brother was, it seemed to have little to do with him.
His most important task at the moment was to get Cao Jinse on board; that was the prerequisite for "making money."
Once this project was underway, every person who borrowed money would become a tool to help him "make money."
This method was nothing short of genius.
One person spending money could never match the speed of hundreds of millions doing it.
Of course.
All of this hinged on Cao Jinse.
If she refused, Lan Peizhi wouldn’t agree either, and without Lan Peizhi’s key, his money would be like a locked vault, untouchable.
However, Jiang Chen wasn’t too worried about this.
For some reason, even though they weren’t close, he had a gut feeling that the elusive noblewoman would eventually give him the answer he wanted.
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