Who would still be a social slave when they are so rich?

Chapter 292 Crisis is also an opportunity!

After settling everyone down, Su Chen pulled his mother Chen Shufen aside and started asking her.

"Mom, why are you all coming to the capital? It shouldn't be for tourism." Su Chen looked at Chen Shufen with a puzzled look and asked.

If the Second Aunt and the Third Aunt had come along, Su Chen would have believed that they were here for a trip, but just seeing a large group of men coming along, he knew without a second thought that they were not here for a trip.

After all, there is a mountain in the southwest called Shudao Mountain. There are very few men who can climb over this mountain. At least in Su Chen's eyes, his father and two uncles have not climbed over this mountain so far.

Chen Shufen did not respond to Su Chen's question immediately. Instead, she looked at Su Chen with a surprised expression.

Su Chen felt a little uneasy. Just when he was about to ask again what was going on, Chen Shufen started to explain, "Have you been so busy lately that you even forgot your birthday?"

"Huh?" Su Chen was stunned for a moment when he heard that, and quickly took out the mobile phone from his pocket to check the date. Today is June 26th, and Su Chen's birthday is June 27th, which means that tomorrow is his 26th birthday!

Suddenly, Su Chen felt as if his heart was hit hard by happiness, and his nose also felt a little sour.

You have to know that Su Chen was originally from a rural area in the mountains. His parents went out to work when he was young, and he grew up with his grandparents. Children in rural areas basically don't have the habit of celebrating their birthdays.

Over time, Su Chen no longer had much pursuit for his birthday. Even after he graduated from high school and started working, when he delivered cakes to his deliverymen, he always fantasized in his heart that he would buy a cake to celebrate his birthday.

But every time it always ends up in nothing, either because I am too busy to remember or because I feel there is no need for it alone.

We are just busy making a living, how can we have the time to celebrate!

"Mom, you're so nice!" Su Chen happily stretched out his arms and gave Chen Shufen a loving hug.

"Pa~" Chen Shufen slapped Su Chen's hand and muttered softly, "You are so grown up, why are you still like a child?"

Although he was saying words of reproach, his face was filled with a happy smile.

"I came to the capital to celebrate your birthday this time. It's all thanks to you. If the situation at home hadn't changed drastically, I wouldn't have thought of traveling so far to celebrate your birthday."

Chen Shufen said with a melancholy look on her face. She naturally knew that her son had never celebrated his birthday properly since he was a child, especially with his family.

This time, I was able to come to the capital to celebrate Su Chen's birthday, thanks to Su Chen's father, Su Zhiyun. During the dinner, if he hadn't casually asked, "Is Xiao Chen's birthday coming soon?"

Chen Shufen might not really think of this part.

It’s not that she didn’t know Su Chen’s birthday, but the hot pot restaurant was extremely busy, especially this year when they opened up the Chengdu market. They did everything themselves, including site selection, decoration, and finding food partners.

It was also during this month that the Chengdu store was barely stabilized, and it was also during a meal when everyone was celebrating the success that Su Zhiyun said those words.

Later, everyone discussed it and decided to come to the imperial capital to celebrate Su Chen's birthday, and to relax and appreciate the scenery of the imperial capital.

As for why Su Chen’s second aunt and third aunt didn’t come, it was because there were two elderly people at home and someone had to stay at home to take care of them.

As for who to keep, no one had an idea for a moment.

Everyone knew that it was more troublesome to have too few people than to have equal distribution of resources. Finally, after a discussion, the men in the Su family decided to let both of them stay so that they could take care of the elderly while also taking care of the affairs in the hot pot restaurant.

"Mom, don't say that. The fact that our family business has developed to this point is all due to your own efforts. At most, I just played a guiding role!" Su Chen responded with a smile.

From the very beginning, Su Chen let his family open a hot pot restaurant simply to change the financial situation of his family and his two uncles. However, he did not expect that his mother's superb craftsmanship would make the hot pot restaurant bigger and stronger.

In just less than a year, it has grown from a small 18th-tier city in Fuzhou to one of the leading hotpot restaurants in the Fog City, and has even opened restaurants in the neighboring provincial capital.

All of this... is the result of the hard work of my mother Chen Shufen and everyone in the family. Su Chen sees this clearly.

Hearing this, Chen Shufen's mouth curled up slightly, and she gently pinched Su Chen's face and said, "You kid only knows how to say nice things, but mom likes it, hahaha!"

The women in the mountains of Shu Road never suppress their emotions, and their joy, anger, sorrow and happiness are fully reflected in their actions.

My mother, who is a chef, has greater strength in her hands than the average man, but the key point is that she herself doesn't know the degree of strength and thinks that the force she uses is very light.

When Chen Shufen hit him, Su Chen felt as if his face was clamped by a pair of pliers.

"Ouch, that hurts, Mom, you didn't use any gentle force on me."

Su Chen escaped from Chen Shufen's care with difficulty, gasping for air and rubbing his face.

Surprisingly, this scene happened to be seen by Chen Fei who came in with some fruits. He didn't expect that the domineering boss would become a dumpling in front of his mother and be rubbed by anyone!
I couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.

"Haha~ Uh~ Burp!" Chen Fei just laughed twice when he saw Su Chen giving him an unfriendly look, as if saying, "You're laughing at me, right? You're done."

Chen Fei was so frightened that his laughter died out. He quickly put down the fruit plate in his hand and ran away.

"Mom, it's all your fault. Now my boss's authority has probably reached rock bottom in Chen Fei's heart!" Su Chen said with a resentful look in his eyes.

No one wants to make a fool of himself in front of his friends or subordinates.

Chen Shufen also understood that it was true just now. After all, Su Chen is no longer the ordinary farmer's boy.

"Ahem~" After coughing twice awkwardly, he said, "I'll go see if your dad has finished cleaning up," and turned and walked towards the room.

Su Chen was left standing there with a confused look on his face.

Looking at Chen Shufen's departing back, Su Chen shook his head helplessly and couldn't help but sigh, "Alas~ No matter how rich and powerful you are, you are still just a child in front of your parents."

Thinking of Chen Fei who had just run away, Su Chen walked straight towards the front yard.

After a while, tiger roars were heard coming from the front yard, mixed with the faint voice of a person shouting "Don't come over here", but it was suppressed by Fat Tiger's voice.

After having a simple lunch at home, my mother and her family planned to go out for a stroll in Shichahai.

Although I have never been to the imperial capital before, I have heard of the great name of Shichahai.

Originally, Su Chen planned to go out with them and serve as their tour guide for half a day, but what Su Chen did not expect was that his proposal was directly rejected by his mother Chen Shufen.

They even put it in a nice way: I want to travel around by myself. If everything is introduced clearly, then there will be no fun in traveling!
Helplessly, Su Chen could only settle for the next best thing and let Chen Fei go with them. If they encountered something they didn't understand, at least there was someone who knew, and they could avoid some unnecessary trouble. This time, Chen Shufen didn't refuse, and the group walked out of the courtyard talking and laughing.

Su Chen had just sent his mother and others to the door and returned to the middle courtyard. Before he could even sit down, the phone on the table rang.

When Su Chen looked at the caller ID, he was surprised to find that the call was from Raymond.

You know, if Raymond didn't have something important, he wouldn't call him easily. What's more, it was only about six or seven o'clock in the morning on Raymond's side. It seemed that something must have happened.

He quickly took the phone and pressed the answer button!

As soon as the call was connected, Su Chen asked, "Raymond, what's the matter?"

"Boss, there is a major civil unrest in Mozambique, and it has now spread to the entire country. The local blacks specialize in robbing Chinese businesses, and even the local army has gotten involved."

"I'm calling to ask if we can send a team to the plantation to prevent any accidents."

Raymond told Su Chen everything that happened in Mozambique.

You know, Su Chen had told him before that he didn't need to pay too much attention to the situation of the plantation, but he thought that the person in charge of the plantation was his boss's eldest cousin.
A small team of professional intelligence personnel were arranged to monitor the situation around the plantation, and even personnel were placed into the plantation.

At first, Raymond didn't want to call Su Chen and was ready to handle it himself. Such things were commonplace for their IPS and they were able to handle them with ease.

It was his think tank who dissuaded him from this idea in time. After all, the boss had personally ordered them not to interfere in the affairs of the plantation. If they intervened rashly, the boss would definitely blame them after knowing it.

After thinking about it all night, Raymond finally decided to call Su Chen to explain the situation in Mozambique and ask for his boss's advice.

"Great unrest, affecting the entire country?" A look of surprise flashed across Su Chen's face when he heard the news.

When Su Chen bought the plantation in Mozambique from the Huang family, he got a good understanding of the country and found out that the whole country was very poor.

We have provided a lot of assistance to Mozambique, from building roads and bridges to popularizing agricultural planting and economic assistance, which really took a lot of effort.

But now the indigenous blacks in Mozambique are actually extending their evil hands to those friends who selflessly helped them survive.

Su Chen had seen it on the Internet before, saying that Chinese people are now very popular in Africa. They are simply walking ATM machines. In the eyes of local black people, Chinese people are a symbol of rich people.

Naturally, many crooked ways have emerged, such as requiring tips to get a stamp at customs, and stopping people on the road to ask for tips.

Su Chen had previously thought that this was a situation with extremely low probability, but now Raymond told him that the blacks in Mozambique specifically targeted the Chinese industry, not only robbing supplies but even setting fire to warehouses.

This was something Su Chen had not expected. The reason he bought the plantation was not only because of the rich resources of the Mozambique savannah, but also because there was a lot of aid from the country, which made it easier for his brother to do things.

But I never expected that things would develop to this point.

It really is the real-life version of “The Farmer and the Snake”!

"I remember that the plantation area is about 40 to 50 kilometers away from the nearest city. There are only a few small villages scattered around. The total population is no more than a thousand people, right?"

Raymond on the other end of the phone was also stunned when he heard Su Chen's words. He didn't expect that Su Chen knew something about the situation over there.

"Yes, Boss, it is just as you said!"

"Hmm~" Su Chen responded and fell into deep thought.

Raymond could only hold the phone and wait for Su Chen's arrangements.

After about ten seconds, Su Chen continued, "You should have arranged for someone to keep an eye on the situation at the plantation. Don't arrange anyone for now. Let's see the situation first."

Hearing this, Raymond's heart tightened. He didn't expect that his boss knew about his operation.

"There are nearly 200 people on the plantation, and they have a lot of armed guards. If they can't suppress those unarmed native blacks."

Su Chen did not say the last words, but Raymond on the other end of the phone understood it immediately and felt a sudden chill in his body.

After thinking carefully about what Su Chen said just now, it is true. Those small villages can only organize two or three hundred adults at most. If they can't resist even with weapons, they are really useless.

Even if someone in a nearby city sets their sights on the plantation, the intelligence team will be able to learn about the situation in a timely manner and make corresponding preparations.

"I understand, boss!" Raymond's voice couldn't help but become heavier when he responded.

Just when he thought his boss was going to hang up the phone and was about to take the phone from his ear, he heard a message coming over, "Unless it is absolutely necessary, you are not allowed to show up!"

Hearing this, Raymond felt relieved. It seemed that his boss was still a man of integrity.

He also called Adam privately to inquire about the situation of his boss's cousin, and understood why his boss arranged for his cousin to come to Africa.

Raymond looked down on people who gambled to the point of abandoning their families, but since he was of a noble identity, Raymond had to take him seriously.

What if the relationship between the two gets better one day? Raymond will stick to the principle of not offending others easily if possible and just do his part.

After hanging up the phone, Su Chen opened Douyin and searched for things about Mozambique, and found that there were many related videos on Douyin.

He watched several videos in succession, and the content was just as Raymond had told him before. Groups of indigenous black people from Mozambique robbed Chinese stores. The fire protection was poor, and many of them even dismantled and took away the machines.

Local Chinese businesses have organized teams to resist the invasion of the indigenous black people, and some have even directly used the slogan "All beings are equal"!
"I didn't expect the situation in Mozambique to become so chaotic. It's even worse than what Raymond said."

Su Chen put his phone on the table, frowned slightly, and thought about the plantation.

In Su Chen's opinion, the plantation will definitely be affected, but the extent should not be serious. After all, it is far away from the city and sparsely populated. How could those black people in the city walk dozens of kilometers to come here to cause trouble?

Unless it is organized and certain local departments are jealous of the interests of the plantation, even if Chen Fan cannot resist, he still has Raymond as a backup.

"Brother, this great turmoil is a crisis but also an opportunity. It depends on whether you can seize it!" Su Chen murmured softly while looking out the window.

(End of this chapter)