Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 459: Four hundred and fifty-nine Future Internet Cafe_1

Chapter 459: Four hundred and fifty-nine Future Internet Cafe_1

After a full meal, Ji Pianran also brought up the current situation within the company to Gu Chen.

"Following your advice, our company sought out many supermarkets, especially for distribution in Chuan City itself. Today, the distribution has been almost completed, and soon, in the streets and alleys of Chuan City, everyone will be able to see our Wang Laojik."

Speaking of this made Ji Pianran feel a great sense of achievement.

Seeing her own brand on the streets was like seeing her child receiving an award, a feeling akin to finally achieving enlightenment.

After hearing this, Gu Chen was also very happy for her, but he still cautioned Ji Pianran in advance, "The future might entail more financial outlay, so brace yourself mentally."

The costs for the fridge distribution are there, and with the countless supermarkets nationwide, this investment can become a bottomless pit.

Ji Pianran understood what Gu Chen meant; she had considered all these matters even before starting.

"Husband, I heard today that your internet cafe is charging one yuan per minute. A lot of employees are complaining that it’s so expensive. Could it be that using computers will always be this costly?" Ji Pianran asked Gu Chen.

Even for Ji Pianran, one yuan per minute felt expensive, and she would definitely not go herself.

After all, isn’t one yuan better spent on delicious treats for Tangtang?

"The rates for internet cafes will drop significantly, but at least not within the next three months," Gu Chen said to Ji Pianran.

The following three months would be his money-making period at the internet cafe.

He aimed to recoup all the invested costs in the first month, with the subsequent two months being his time to make a profit.

Only after hearing Gu Chen’s words did Ji Pianran let go of her worries, "Husband, if computers are so expensive, will many people actually use them?"

Ji Pianran asked a question that the vast majority of people would have asked in that era, because, quite simply, the illiteracy rate was still high!

Many people couldn’t even recognize Pinyin, let alone comfortably operate a computer.

However, as the post-80s and post-90s gradually graduated from university, computers would completely take over, and by then, computers would dominate all forms of entertainment until mobile phones went through their successive generations. It could be said that these two electronic devices would go on to monopolize the entire world.

"Computers are the future’s driver. I think future computers will look even better and be more convenient. Plus, I bet you’ll be able to watch clearer movies and listen to better music on them. Each one of us could video chat on computers, and listen to teachers give lessons. Future films could create a huge impact, maybe even phoning home to aliens," Gu Chen conjectured aloud to Ji Pianran about all the things a computer could do.

His words amused Ji Pianran, causing her to laugh heartily.

"Hahaha, husband, you’re really letting your imagination run wild. Aliens in films, you say? By that logic, couldn’t you also create dragons with computers? It’s not like a computer is an Immortal capable of seventy-two transformations," Ji Pianran chuckled, her understanding of computers evidently very limited. Gu Chen didn’t explain further but just fondly watched her.

When Gu Chen contemplated this issue himself, he too fell silent.

Perhaps many people in this era looked at the world in such a way, seeing many aspects of the world as incomprehensible.

To sum it up, could it be contentment with the status quo? Or was it because people’s desires were not as strong as they would be in the coming years?

Could it be that consumerism hadn’t yet muddled enough minds?

Gu Chen felt that he was constantly enhancing his own knowledge, allowing himself to see the world more clearly.

In hindsight, he realized he had once viewed many things far too simply.

Everyone’s success is not by chance, but the result of gradual accumulation.

Boss Gu patted Ji Pianran’s little head, telling her to sleep peacefully.

Looking up at the ceiling, Boss Gu found his thoughts soaring to new heights that night.

He knew that without such a trans-century vision, he would probably be just like many ordinary people.

The advantages he held were the fruits of all the smart people of that era, and he had simply replicated their success in advance.

The next day, Boss Gu awoke and went to wake up Sugar for school.

Sugar opened her eyes groggily, and after waking up, she kissed Boss Gu first.

"Daddy, do I have to go to school again?" Sugar had gone from initial disdain to now accepting kindergarten, but Boss Gu preferred to see this reaction as numbness.

Because Sugar couldn’t change the fact that she had to go to school, whether she accepted it or not.

This was almost like the inevitable path for everyone, from kindergarten all the way to university, twenty years spent on this journey.

Today, it was Boss Gu’s turn to drop Sugar off at kindergarten.

The kindergarten was still surrounded by many nice cars; it was evident that the children’s families were quite well-off.

In such a kindergarten, perhaps Sugar also had more in common to talk about with them.

After dropping her off, Boss Gu drove to the internet café.

The internet café was open twenty-four hours a day, and when he arrived, he found it to be as packed as ever.

Old Zhang had arrived much earlier than Boss Gu; he had been standing by the door the whole time, without going inside to check.

"Why so early today? Did you manage to appease your wife?" Boss Gu asked with a smile as he approached.

Old Zhang scratched his head a bit embarrassedly after hearing that, "After I went back last night, she’s never been so happy in her life."

When he said this, a smile appeared on Old Zhang’s face. He felt a bit guilty because for so long, he had not brought any surprises to his wife.

Yet, just yesterday, his wife had been joyful all evening.

They didn’t do much that night, just the two old folks lying in bed, talking about many dreams and all the things they wanted to do in the future.

It was an experience they had never had in their lives, as if everything was young again.

Boss Gu, looking at his simple smile, felt some relief in his heart.

It was because, in Old Zhang, he saw a reflection of himself; he didn’t want Old Zhang to become what he had been in the first half of his life.

He hoped that Old Zhang’s family could be happy and fulfilled, and all that he had done seemed like a way of making amends for everything he once did.

"Boss Gu, there’s breakfast I bought this morning at the bar for you," Old Zhang said at that moment.

Boss Gu nodded and went inside the internet café.

True enough, the breakfast was sitting on the counter. Seeing the food, Boss Gu felt a pang of familiarity.

At first, he wasn’t sure, but as soon as he opened the bag and smelled the aroma, Boss Gu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Wasn’t this from Qiwei Vegetarian?