Chapter 180 The Su Family’s New Year’s Party (23)

The first Saturday of the first month of the new year.

The Su family holds a year-end party at this time every year.

This kind of gathering is not mandatory, and all tribesmen are welcome to attend.

But most of the Su family’s relatives and friends will come.

When Su Mingzhe, Su Mingpei, and the young man walked towards the backyard of the main building of the Su Mansion, Su Mingpei introduced Su Mingzhe:
"Second brother, this is our cousin Bai Xiaowen, the son of Uncle Long from my third aunt's family. He just returned to China and is preparing to start a business. Aren't you going to start a business too? The offices are temporarily arranged in Kangsong Building, two floors for each person, and you two are next to each other, so you can communicate frequently."

"Xiao Wen, this is your second brother, Su Mingzhe, the only son of your second uncle."

"Second brother."

Bai Xiaowen's grandparents, Su Mingzhe's third aunt and uncle, went abroad in their early years. Bai Xiaowen is the third generation. His Mandarin is a little stiff, but he is still polite. He greeted Su Mingzhe first.

The three of them chatted and came to the backyard.

Su Wensheng was chatting with several clansmen when he saw his two nephews and a cousin coming over. He waved and motioned for the three to sit quietly beside him.

"The global situation was not good in 08, but we managed to get through it. I have received accurate information that the government will rescue the market after the Spring Festival. This is a great opportunity for development."

Su Wensheng encouraged everyone and started to discuss and assign tasks.

Although the Su family is considered a century-old family, life is not easy.

After the century, the company was busy developing and only took out a few hundred million yuan in dividends every year.

Su Mingzhe owns 15% of the shares. In the past eight or nine years, he has received more than 600 million yuan, an average of 70 million yuan per year.

The other fifty or sixty households in the clan share 100 million or 200 million yuan each year. After paying personal income tax, each household only receives two million yuan a year.

For an ordinary family, two million a year seems to be an astronomical figure, and they may not be able to save that much money in their entire life.

But for a wealthy family like the Su family, with an annual income of two million, there is not much left after daily living expenses.

Therefore, many members of the tribe find a job in a company and continue to receive a salary.

Some members of the tribe are just eating and waiting to die, and the company treats them as idlers and puts them in unimportant positions.

Some members of the tribe are able to endure hardships and will be trained slowly. If they are indeed capable, they will be promoted to senior management positions.

Su Wensheng assigned work tasks to everyone, and they had lunch together at noon.

In the afternoon, Su Mingzhe was called over by his seventh uncle Su Wensheng, who asked him why he wanted to start his own business, what ideas he had, what his plans were, etc.

Su Mingzhe did not make such "big statements" as he did in the previous world.

Although my seventh uncle Su Wensheng is usually nice to me, he is not my biological father after all.

In the previous world, Su Mingzhe dared to brag to Lin Yuanxing because of his biological father. His biological father must have been very tolerant of him.

When chatting with Uncle Seven, you must take it easy.

The uncle and nephew chatted for more than an hour. Su Wensheng was afraid that his nephew would fail in his first business venture and cause psychological pressure, so he took the time to give him some guidance and check things out.

Su Wensheng had a lot of work to do, and feeling that they had talked enough, he let Su Mingzhe leave.

For the rest of the afternoon, Su Mingzhe wandered around the Su Mansion. Whenever he met a relative, he would chat with him for a while. When he got tired of chatting, he would play poker with a few young people.

Soon, it was six o'clock, and many relatives and friends of the Su family began to come in one after another.

Su Mingzhe and Su Mingpei worked as doormen at the door for a while, and then they each greeted their friends.

Su Mingzhe was greeted by a pair of siblings:
"Haokun, this is Jiang Lai, right? I haven't seen her for more than two years. She has grown into a big girl. If I run into her outside, I wouldn't even recognize her."

Jiang Haokun frowned immediately after hearing what Su Mingzhe said, and said in a bad tone:

"Su Lao Er, you are so slick, don't teach my sister bad things."

Jiang Haokun and Jiang Lai, brother and sister, are characters in the TV series "Mr. Good".

In this world, the Jiang family and the Su family are old friends.

Jiang Haokun and Su Mingzhe have been playmates since childhood.

However, this Jiang Lai seems to be studying abroad and we haven't seen each other for more than two years.

Su Mingzhe led the two to the backyard while reasoning with Jiang Haokun: "Haokun, what you said is wrong. Girls should be praised more at home."

"When this girl was at home, her family didn't praise her enough. When she grew up and met some messy people in society, she would be easily tricked and taken away with just a few sweet words."

"How does the saying go? If you are young and inexperienced, I will take you to see the world; if you are experienced, I will ride the merry-go-round with you."

"As the eldest brother, you didn't teach me these principles. Jiang Lai calls me 'Second Brother', so I must teach her."

Jiang Haokun had always been serious since he was a child. After being speechless by Su Mingzhe's words, he could only curl his lips and sneer:
"You are the only one who makes a lot of sense, but you still haven't found a girlfriend."

"How do you know I don't have a girlfriend? Zou Yu is my girlfriend now."

When Su Mingzhe talked about this, he couldn't help but tell him that after he beat up Zhao Tai, Yao Bin and a group of people a few days ago, Zou Yu came to visit him and he took the opportunity to confess his love to him.

Jiang Hao Kun frowned as he listened. He had been in poor health since childhood and could not do strenuous exercise. But just hearing Su Mingzhe fighting with others made him feel a little unbearable, so he quickly took out the asthma medicine from his arms and sprayed it.

Jiang Lai and Su Mingzhe hadn't seen each other for more than a year. She was a little reserved at first, but when she heard that Zhao Tai, Yao Bin and the others were beaten up by Su Mingzhe, her eyes immediately lit up and she looked at him with admiration:
"Second brother, can you beat more than a dozen people by yourself?"

"Of course. If you don't believe this, you can ask Zhao Tai, Yao Bin and others."

Su Mingzhe saw that Jiang Lai was becoming his little fan girl and he couldn't stop smiling.

Jiang Haokun coughed coldly, attracting the attention of the two people, and then glared at Su Mingzhe and said:
"Su Lao Er, please don't lead my sister astray, okay? My sister has been so well-behaved and cute since she was young, but it's because you often bring her some weird toys and say some nonsense that this girl is now crazy all day long, and my parents can't control her at home."

"Brother, how can you say that to your sister?" Jiang Lai was immediately displeased when he was said that. He pouted and crossed his arms across his chest, looking like he was very angry and would not pay any attention to her.

Jiang Hao Kun is a cold-faced and cold-spoken person, a typical "domineering president" character. Naturally, he would not coax his sister so easily.

Su Mingzhe and Jiang Haokun started talking about other things.

Su Mingzhe and Jiang Haokun are both key successors trained by the family, and they have a lot of things to worry about.

"You want to study abroad in the Lighthouse Country? No, what do you think about this? Don't you know whether the moon is rounder in foreign countries? Don't you know whether Jiang Lai has been doing well abroad in the past two years?"

When Su Mingzhe heard Jiang Haokun's words, he instantly thought of the plot of "Mr. Good". Jiang Haokun went to the Lighthouse Country, so it doesn't take much time for Lu Yuan to go to prison, right?
Jiang Haokun sighed helplessly and said:

"It was all arranged by my family. The family business required me to go there to meet some business partners, and I couldn't refuse."

Because the Jiang family has few members, even if Jiang Haokun is in poor health, he has to take on the mission of supporting the family.

Su Mingzhe had no more words to say, so he could only remind him:

"Then when you get to the Lighthouse Country, remember to contact Lu Yuan. After that kid went to the Lighthouse Country, throughout the year, except for the Mid-Autumn Festival and Spring Festival, he sent a message and knew that he was still alive. At other times, he didn't even bring back a message."

Jiang Haokun nodded after being told, and then helped to explain:
"It's expensive in the Lighthouse Country, and Lu Yuan has no money. How can he possibly go online every day and reply to your messages? You're not a great beauty."

indeed.

Internet communication costs in the Beacon Country are very expensive.

Some people in China always say that Apple phones from abroad are very cheap. A phone that costs five or six thousand yuan in China is only three thousand or even two thousand yuan abroad.

These people don’t know that although foreign fruit phones are cheap, the communication costs of using the phones are very expensive.

Often, a year's call charges are enough to buy a new Apple phone.

The situation in China is completely different.

Although mobile phones are expensive, communication charges are cheap.

The average person's monthly communications bill is around 100 yuan, and some are only 50 or 60 yuan. In a year, it is less than 1,000 yuan.

The difference between these two prices is actually the operator's problem.

Domestic telecommunications operators are all state-owned enterprises. Although they also consider profitability, they are more concerned about convenience for the public.

It’s different abroad. Without profit drive, everything is bullshit!
This also leads to a very slow pace of technological updates abroad. Anyway, they can still make money, so they just reserve the technology and update it slowly in the future.

In China, as long as new technology becomes available, the government will drive the market and carry out upgrades.

Jiang Haokun talked about his own plans and also asked Su Mingzhe about his future plans:
"What are your plans? Are you planning to intern in the company?"

"What am I going to do in the company?"

Su Mingzhe had a surprised expression as if he was sick, and complained:

"My seventh uncle is now in charge of the Su Group. He is not even 40 years old. My third and fourth uncles are also in their prime. Even if I join the company, I can't take on important responsibilities. I can only be a small follower. I won't join the family business."

"You want to start a business?"

Jiang Hao Kun frowned, knowing what Su Mingzhe meant. He and Su Mingzhe had been friends since childhood, so naturally he could hear Su Mingzhe's thoughts at once.

"Yes, the future is the Internet age. I have some research in this area, so I want to start an Internet company."

Su Mingzhe still plans to register a Jinlong Software Company and then develop a Chinese operating system.

A basic element of doing business is that it is better to do business with someone you are familiar with.

It is easiest to make money if you are familiar with the business.

I do this in both worlds, so there is no need to take a detour.

"It's good to work on the Internet, it's quite popular."

Jiang Haokun talked about some of his ideas, and then suddenly persuaded: "Why don't you come with me to the Lighthouse Country. There are many talents in Silicon Valley over there. You can find any talent you want, and it will be very convenient to start an Internet business."

Su Mingzhe sneered, pointed at his forehead and sneered:

"You think I'm you? Without my family, I'm nothing. I have real talent, okay? Do I need to go to Silicon Valley? Besides, do you understand the basic elements of Internet entrepreneurship? Although the foundation of Internet companies is talent, the most important thing to make a profit as quickly as possible is the market. The rigid demand in our country is greater than that of Europe and the United States combined. If I start a business there, wouldn't it be a waste of time to seek something far away?"

Jiang Haokun understood what Su Mingzhe meant. With his thick eyebrows and big eyes, he actually looked servile and said:

"Su Lao Er, you mean that the project has been confirmed, right? For the sake of our brotherhood, I will invest 10 million in you and take 30% of the shares. How about that?"

"You're thinking shit!"

Su Mingzhe rejected him without hesitation, but he didn't say anything final. As a matter of business, he still gave him a price:

"If you really want to invest, take out 10 million and I can consider giving you 5% of the shares."

Jiang Haokun immediately quit:

"I think you are crazy about money. You want 10 million from me for 5 points of shares. Do you think I am a fool?"

The reason why he was willing to invest was more because Su Mingzhe had the Su Group behind him, so no matter what he did, he would basically not lose money. That was why he thought of investing to make some pocket money.

I didn't expect Su Mingzhe to be so cruel.

Su Mingzhe smiled slightly and stopped trying to persuade his good friend.

Sometimes, opportunities just slip away.

(End of this chapter)