Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 724: Seven hundred and nineteen With the help of Xiong Qianyang

Chapter 724: Seven hundred and nineteen With the help of Xiong Qianyang

Old Yuan didn’t bother with those matters anymore.

This guy just up and walked away without saying much.

It left Gu Chen feeling quite awkward on his own.

Right at that moment, Xiong Qianyang suddenly spoke up, "With Mr. Gu’s culinary skills, if you teach a few chefs and then start opening branches to gradually accumulate resources,

it won’t take long before you become a well-known brand throughout the country. By then, the amount of money Mr. Gu can earn each day will certainly not just be ten thousand."

Xiong Qianyang suddenly said this.

Gu Chen had thought the guy was interested in investing.

But to his surprise, it didn’t seem like investing was on this fellow’s agenda.

So what was the purpose of his words?

Shortly after Xiong Qianyang finished speaking, many of the distinguished guests present suddenly lit up.

Before Xiong Qianyang had spoken, they hadn’t sensed anything special.

But after he finished, they felt as if they had discovered some business opportunity.

"President Gu, I am from Fengyu Investment Agency."

A person claiming to be from Fengyu Investment Agency stepped forward and said to Gu Chen with a smile.

He also directly handed his business card to Gu Chen.

"I am very interested in your restaurant!" he said to Gu Chen.

"Mr. Gu, my name is Lai, and I’m also in the restaurant business. This hotel has some of my investment in it."

"President Gu, I am from Hua Yi Investment Bank, and I’d like to discuss the restaurant business with you, please take my business card for now!"

Just like that, the group of esteemed guests around started initiating conversation with Gu Chen one after another.

At this moment, Gu Chen could see what Xiong Qianyang was really up to.

He hadn’t expected Xiong Qianyang to pass up the opportunity to invest himself.

Instead, to present the chance to these distinguished guests.

Wasn’t this openly laying the groundwork for him?

But why? Gu Chen couldn’t figure out Xiong Qianyang’s motives. Logically speaking, a person like Xiong Qianyang should be motivated purely by profit.

Yet, what he was doing now seemed to be all for Gu Chen’s benefit.

This made Gu Chen even more puzzled about what Xiong Qianyang was really thinking.

There were many people wanting to invest in Gu Chen’s business, and he responded politely to them.

He accepted their business cards as well.

However, Gu Chen had no intention of accepting their investments.

Qiwei Vegetarian wasn’t suitable for branching out, mainly because of the Spiritual Spring.

Spiritual Spring was something that absolutely could not be revealed.

If he opened branches, sooner or later too many people would know about it.

So for the sake of his shop, he couldn’t possibly accept any investment.

And about hiring chefs, if he really aimed to reach a nationwide scale,

how many chefs would he need to hire in total?

With so many chefs, could each and every one have such good character?

Even if Gu Chen vetted them all strictly, people ultimately change. Perhaps they are fine at the beginning,

but it’s very possible that with time, they might have a change of heart.

And then catch him completely off guard.

He couldn’t possibly keep running between a few cities, managing back and forth, right?

Hire a manager? The more people involved, the more likely problems would arise.

So no matter what he did, he couldn’t come up with a good way to avoid these issues.

Gu Chen had seen this problem very clearly.

Thankfully, no other issues arose during the banquet.

Except that the girl kept looking at Gu Chen with a very strange gaze.

The feeling was as if Gu Chen had lost the wager just now.

At this point, Gu Chen directly said to her, "My friend was just joking; you don’t need to take it to heart, there’s no need for that so-called..."

He didn’t want the girl to continue taking it seriously, for she seemed somewhat frightening when earnest.

But the more Gu Chen tried to dismiss it, the more stubborn the girl became.

"A bet’s a bet, I’ve said it already. I’ll keep my word; you don’t need to rush me."

After the girl finished speaking, Gu Chen was momentarily speechless. When had he ever urged her?

Given such a situation, Gu Chen just didn’t say anything else, thinking she could believe whatever she wanted.

Gu Chen realized that his kindness had been mistaken for meddlesome interference.

"Suit yourself."

At that moment, Gu Chen couldn’t be bothered to continue the conversation, feeling that anything he said would be a waste of breath.

Little by little, the banquet drew to a close.

Time passed bit by bit.

Soon, after many of the guests had left, Xiong Qianyang came looking for Gu Chen again.

"Boss Gu, if I may invite you over here," he said to Gu Chen with a smile.

Old Yuan closely followed behind Gu Chen at this time.

Xiong Qianyang, upon seeing Old Yuan, showed no reaction and instead asked with a smile, "Mr. Yuan, I’m not mistaken, am I?"

"That’s right, it’s me," Old Yuan said directly.

"Mr. Yuan, your jewelry business back then even made me jealous, but I honestly have no clue about the surprise attack that put an end to your business, and it truly has nothing to do with me. At Qianyang Commerce Association, we usually notify the other party before engaging in real business competition."

He said this to Old Yuan earnestly.

Upon hearing this, Old Yuan’s face showed no reaction.

As if he hadn’t heard a single word he said.

At that moment, Xiong Qianyang continued to speak to Old Yuan, "I just hope Mr. Yuan isn’t being taken advantage of by someone else."

"I know that these years our commerce association’s reputation hasn’t been good. I didn’t take this matter seriously at first, until later on, when I realized that indeed, public opinion can be fearsome.

Gossip can drown a person; one person’s words may not matter, but as it spreads from ten to a hundred, gradually everyone starts to have a poor impression of our Qianyang Commerce Association.

But logically speaking, if our Qianyang Commerce Association were really that terrible, how could we have achieved what we have today over these years?"

He said this to Old Yuan with utmost earnestness.

The look on his face seemed as though he wanted to properly explain the situation to Old Yuan.

However, Old Yuan didn’t seem interested in finding out.

Gu Chen, standing to the side, was somewhat surprised; he never expected Old Yuan to have been in the jewelry business.

In this day and age, the jewelry business was quite profitable.

Even during special periods, jewelry was still a sought-after solid asset.

Of course, the main force was gold; if it were diamonds, then they wouldn’t be valuable.

"Please, this way, Mr. Yuan, Boss Gu," Xiong Qianyang said.

It seemed that he wasn’t too concerned about Old Yuan’s attitude, apparently having given up on persuading him further.

So they went up to the hotel’s private room.

The private room was spacious and lavish, with only the three of them there.

"Ideally, I should have personally welcomed you this time, Boss Gu, but due to a busy schedule, I truly apologize," Xiong Qianyang said.