Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 670 Building a House

"So that's how it is!" Li Weiguo looked at Li Guoqiang and then smiled meaningfully.

Keep in mind, that's a full 300 million in taxable revenue!

Moreover, this is offered to individuals.

In other words, these three hundred million yuan are entirely Li Guoqiang's legitimate income.

Even if Li Guoqiang had a business partnership with a friend, that's a different matter and has absolutely nothing to do with the three hundred million yuan.

Even if Li Guoqiang didn't share the money with his friends, it would only result in one more economic contract dispute.

Putting everything else aside, if Li Guoqiang could just hold out for a year or two, he could earn tens of millions just from bank deposit interest.

Therefore, even if Li Guoqiang only earned two or three million, he could still make tens of millions by delaying payments.

In this way, not to mention his uncle, even Li Guoqiang's maternal uncle might not be as rich as Li Guoqiang.

Thinking of this, Li Weiguo's gaze towards Li Guoqiang unconsciously became more level, completely devoid of the scrutiny and condescension he used to show towards an unworthy junior.

"Oh my! Brother, you almost scared me to death! You made 300 million? How is that possible?" Li Weihua breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this, and then said somewhat irritably.

“Exactly, it’s obvious that this is impossible. Let alone earning 300 million, even earning 2 or 3 million seems unrealistic to me right now!” Liu Yuzhen nodded and then earnestly agreed.

"Alright, Dad, Mom, Uncle just doesn't know the specifics! Now that things are cleared up, that's good." Seeing this, Li Guoqiang quickly spoke up to smooth things over.

After saying that, he returned Li Weiguo's smile with a "long live understanding" expression.

"Yes, yes, yes, just explain things clearly." Liu Yuzhen nodded immediately, showing great respect, when she heard her son say that.

"Hey, Guoqiang, what are your plans for the future?" Li Weiguo glanced at Liu Yuzhen, who looked proud, and then asked Li Guoqiang.

“Uncle, I’ve already decided to open an investment company in Pengcheng with my friends,” Li Guoqiang replied earnestly as soon as he heard this.

"An investment company? What kind of investments does it specifically make?" Li Weiguo frowned, then asked somewhat seriously.

As far as he knows, many investment companies nowadays are just putting on a show.

They claimed to be making investments, but in reality, they were making loans.

Given the funds Li Guoqiang currently possesses, if he were to invest them all, the annual return would be at least 30 to 40 million.

It seems that the profits are quite substantial.

However, once something goes wrong with such borderline matters, money can't solve the problem.

Perhaps, even people will have to go in.

Therefore, if possible, he still doesn't really support Li Guoqiang going to do this.

"It's not decided yet! But the main focus should be on investing in some emerging high-tech companies, doing Series B financing, and investing in some film and television projects and MAC institutions, such as investing in making movies and TV series, creating internet celebrities, doing live-streaming sales, and so on." Li Guoqiang shook his head and then answered softly.

“Oh! That’s a pretty good idea. The country is currently giving strong support to some high-tech and specialized industries. If you can find some good projects and companies and invest some money, you won’t lose much money.” Li Weiguo’s eyes lit up, and he nodded in agreement.

After saying that, he paused for a moment, and before Li Guoqiang could reply, he continued to offer advice: "Also, remember not to put all your eggs in one basket. It's best to set a limit, for example, how much money can be invested in a project or a company at most. This can help avoid major risks."

"Okay, I've got it." Li Guoqiang's expression turned serious, and he nodded solemnly in agreement.

In fact, he never intended to invest all his money. Apart from the 100 million yuan he had saved in regular deposits and the more than 40 million yuan he spent on buying a house, he still has a little over 300 million yuan in his hands.

According to the original plan, he intended to invest 10 million in the first phase, and then invest another 90 million after the company was officially in operation, to make up 100 million.

Now that he has sufficient funds, he can double the planned investment, investing a total of 100 million yuan after deducting the initial and mid-term investments, and then investing another 100 million yuan once the company finds a good project.

In this way, he would still have 100 million yuan in idle funds and 100 million yuan in fixed-term funds.

Perhaps he could also consider investing that 100 million yuan of idle funds into the stock market and buying those blue-chip stocks.

If he doesn't need to use the funds at that time, he can just leave them to collect dividends, and he can earn at least five or six percent return per year.

If you need funds, you can choose to sell the stocks.

Anyway, no matter what, even if all the money in the investment company is lost, he can still live a good life with the remaining two hundred million.

Moreover, he also had so many precious supplies in his personal little world.

In short, he has absolutely no worries about the future.

After that, Li Weiguo didn't say anything more, but just chatted with Li Weihua about everyday things.

This approach, compared to Liu Mingwei's immediate scheming, is undoubtedly much more pleasant.

As they chatted, Li Weihua inadvertently let slip that Li Guoqiang wanted to build a new house in the village, adding that it was not easy to build a house nowadays.

Upon hearing this, Li Weiguo immediately turned to look at Li Guoqiang and asked, "Guoqiang, what kind of house do you plan to build in the village?"

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang raised an eyebrow and then said earnestly, "Uncle, actually, this is what I was thinking. Don't you have an old house that's about to fall into disrepair?"
Moreover, our ancestral home is right next to this house, so I was thinking that maybe our two families could chip in some money, demolish the house, and rebuild a country villa.

That way, when you return to the village, you'll have a place to stay, and you can stay more comfortably.

Furthermore, since half of the ancestral home belongs to you, if you're willing to give it to us, we can give you extra money, or we can contribute more when building the house.

"Is that so!" Li Weiguo was immediately tempted after hearing this.

In fact, even if Li Guoqiang hadn't mentioned this to him, he was already planning to renovate and rebuild the old houses in the village.

After all, he's almost 70 now, and it's time for him to think about what will happen after he's gone. Besides, he's retired and doesn't have much to do. If he can fix up the house in the village, he can go back every now and then to reminisce about his youth, grow some vegetables, and go fishing.

The only thing that made him hesitate was Li Guoqiang's suggestion to demolish and rebuild the ancestral home as well.

You should know that over the years, their ancestral home has long become a place for them to worship their ancestors.

Although it hasn't officially become their family's ancestral hall yet, it does hold memories for three or four generations of their family.

He wouldn't want it demolished if it weren't unnecessary; he would prefer it to be renovated.

“Uncle, if you think my suggestion is inappropriate, that’s fine. I’ll ask around and spend a little more money to buy a new plot of land from the village.” Seeing that Li Weiguo hadn’t said anything, Li Guoqiang quickly offered a way out.

Actually, if Li Weihua hadn't let it slip, he wouldn't have planned to tell Li Weiguo about building the house.

Because Li Weihua had already said that this would affect the harmonious relationship between their two families.

However, since he had already brought it up, in order to avoid Li Weiguo feeling that they were eyeing each other's old houses, he could only bring up the ancestral home.

In this way, at most Li Weiguo would think he was showing off because he had money, but he wouldn't think that Li Weiguo was after the other party's old house.

"Forget it, it's not that easy to get a decent piece of land these days!" Upon hearing this, Li Weiguo quickly waved his hand and rejected the idea.

Then, he turned to look at Li Weihua and asked in a deep voice, "Ahua, what's your opinion?"

"Well, I don't really have any objections. If it really doesn't work out, we can have Guoqiang demolish and rebuild our house!" Li Weihua was slightly taken aback, and then hurriedly expressed his opinion.

"It's not that bad!" Li Weiguo said hastily, waving his hand after hearing Li Weihua's reply.

After saying that, he turned back to look at Li Guoqiang and said seriously, "Guoqiang, in my opinion, we shouldn't demolish and rebuild our ancestral home. Anyway, our old house, including the outhouse and the yard, is more than 200 square meters, which is enough to build a villa."

How about this, see if you can find someone to design it properly, and build a villa with a main hall on the first floor, and then add two small buildings on each side.

Since the land belongs to our family, the cost of building the house will be split 40/60 between our two families. What do you think?

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang did not immediately reply, but instead turned to look at Li Weihua.

For him, the money spent on building the house was nothing at all; even if he were to pay for the entire construction cost, it wouldn't be a problem.

The problem is, with two families sharing a house, will any conflicts arise in the future?

"Brother, I think we should forget about it! It's not about the money, but about how we'll have a hard time explaining it to the children if we build this house." After a moment's thought, Li Weihua shook his head and politely declined.

After all, they are getting old now, and the future belongs to the children.

Even if there are no problems with the house while they are still alive, it's hard to say what will happen after they are gone.

Li Weiguo understood this as well.

When he heard Li Weihua say this, his expression darkened slightly, and then he nodded and said, "Alright! Since you think this method won't work, then forget it. But I still think it's not a good idea to demolish and rebuild the ancestral home."

After all, that's where we grew up, and it's our last remaining memory of our grandparents and parents.

"It's alright. As I just said, this matter should be based on your opinion. Anyway, Guoqiang hasn't gotten married yet, so there's no need to rush about the house." Li Weihua waved his hand and said with a relaxed expression.

"Hmm!" Li Weiguo felt relieved upon hearing this, then thought for a moment, and suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said, "By the way, do you remember Li Dezhu from our village, the one who had five daughters in a row and then died before they grew up?"

"I remember! What's wrong?" Upon hearing this, Li Weihua couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

As someone who has lived in the village for many years, he was very clear about Li Dezhu's family situation.

One reason for this was that Li Dezhu's wife, Wu Cuifen, often engaged in extramarital affairs in the village after Li Dezhu's death in order to support her children.

On the other hand, it was because Li Dezhu's five daughters did not turn out well when they grew up. It is said that the two eldest daughters initially became prostitutes and then married into other provinces.

The two in the middle were mistresses, and were even confronted by men. They later married men from other places.

The youngest daughter was left, and it seems she was a classmate of Li Guoqiang. Unlike her older sisters, she didn't become a prostitute or a mistress. Instead, she was tricked into having sex early on, gave birth to a daughter out of wedlock, and then lived with her mother.

“I heard that Wu Cuifen seems to have cancer and needs a lot of money for treatment, so she plans to sell her old house,” Li Weiguo raised an eyebrow and then answered softly.

"Is that so?" Li Weihua's eyes widened, his face full of surprise.

Then, he thought for a moment and hurriedly asked, "That doesn't make sense! Doesn't she have five daughters? If she took a little from each of them, there would be no need for her to have to sell the house."

Besides, their old house, apart from the land it sits on, doesn't fetch much money. You must have misheard, right?

"I'm not entirely sure about that. You can ask them when you get back. If it's true, you can buy their old house and rebuild it!" Li Weiguo shook his head and said earnestly.

In addition, somewhat coincidentally, Li Dezhu's old house and his old house were separated by a village road, making them neighbors facing each other.

If Li Guoqiang can actually buy the house, it will be perfect to demolish and rebuild it together with his old house.

In other words, like Li Weihua, he felt that this matter was probably not so simple, which is why he didn't think of it immediately.

“Okay, then I’ll go back to the village and ask around to see what’s going on!” Li Weihua nodded immediately upon hearing this, showing no sign of being in a hurry.

After all, according to regulations, the old houses in this village cannot be sold to outsiders.

Moreover, very few people in their village are like their family, wanting to find a place to build a villa.

So there's no need to rush at all.

Just as he was wondering what the problem might be, Li Guoqiang received a message from his old classmate Li Jianhui.

(End of this chapter)