Siheyuan: Rebirth of a comfortable life starts with Shazhu

Lou Xiao'e, heavily pregnant, came downstairs, looking at her children playing with doting eyes.

He Yuan was riding on He Xinghua's stomach, her little hands reaching for her brother's armpits.

There was no other reason; her own brother had just tickled her, and she had to get revenge.

But there's nothing I can do; my arms are too short and I'm too weak.

With a slight deflection, He Xinghua neutralized He Yuan's attack.

"Hmm... Hmm... Hmph..." The little girl's attack failed, and she pouted and started to sulk.

"Alright, alright, Yuanyuan, your brother has been busy all day."

"...Helpless, Lou Xiao'e could only step forward to mediate."

Otherwise, the two children could wrestle on the carpet all night.

One of the biggest shortcomings of children from wealthy families is that they rarely have a complete childhood.

Or rather, their childhood was actually most influenced by money.

He Xinghua was alright; when he was born, Lou Xiao'e was only moderately wealthy.

So he had a few playmates when he was a child, the kind of playmates he could play with by peeing in the mud.

But Ho Yuen has been a little princess of Hong Kong Island since birth.

This meant that she couldn't find any playmates at school.

To be honest, in all her business dealings, Lou Xiao'e has more enemies than friends in Hong Kong.

There's no way around it; business people's positions are always linked to global trends.

Right now, the mainstream group on Hong Kong Island consists of businessmen who are close to Taiwan and focused on their daily lives.

Lou Xiao'e's path to wealth relied on the mainland.

They are natural enemies with those businessmen.

Over the years, Lou Xiao'e has dodged countless attacks, both overt and covert.

Many dangers were detected and eliminated by her or her allies as soon as they were first revealed.

Even so, Lou Xiao'e protected her family with multiple layers of protection.

Ah Biao has a dedicated security team to protect the safety of her two children.

This kind of protection will definitely affect the child's happiness as they grow up.

At least He Yuan was one of those affected.

Although He Yuan was coaxed down by Lou Xiao'e, she clung to her mother's leg and whimpered.

It wasn't until Lou Xiao'e stepped forward and, under the guise of brushing dust off He Xinghua, pretended to slap her son twice that the little girl cheered up.

"Grandma, Mom, I saw An'an at Grandpa's restaurant today." At dinner time, He Xinghua thoughtfully fed his younger sister and sent her to play in the toy room before telling Lou Xiao'e and Tan Yali what he had seen.

During this period, Tan Yali was immersed in the newly built rocking horse factory, setting up the sales framework.

According to He Yuzhu's suggestion, the most important thing for the rocking horse factory is not production, but sales companies in various places.

Of course, it's not just Hong Kong Island.

If it were just Hong Kong Island, given Tanya's experience in the business world, it wouldn't take much of her energy.

What she wants to build is a sales network covering the entire Chinese-speaking region.

She also secured the agency rights for several major regions of the arcade games on Xiao Rizi's side.

They're already making money there, and it's extremely profitable.

That's just how this industry is; the research and development sector, although it generates the most profit, is where the profits are highest.

However, the research and development process is lengthy and requires huge investment, which is not suitable for Tanya Li, who is currently semi-retired.

On the contrary, setting up a sales network is a sure way to make money, as long as you acquire the necessary resources and establish a good marketing framework.

The next step is to gradually refine the marketing framework.

This doesn't require Tanya Li to spend too much of her energy.

And she also has an ace up her sleeve.

With several thousand men under his command, opening dozens or even hundreds of arcades on Hong Kong Island was a piece of cake for Lai Hongchang. Tan Yali's focus, however, lay in two areas: finance and talent selection.

It can only be described as extremely profitable.

She set up her stall for a few months, and after deducting costs and dividends for her subordinates, the remaining profit was equivalent to more than half a year's worth of profit from her previous business.

Therefore, during this period, Tan Yali's impression of He Yuzhu was as good as it could possibly be.

She never expected that He Yuzhu could point out a golden goose to her daughter with just a simple gesture.

Of course, she also consulted a business advisor.

According to those consultants' analysis, the timing of her arcade business is perfect.

Hong Kong Island's economy is booming again, and it's a time when ordinary people on the streets have money.

Traditional entertainment still mainly consists of dance halls and casinos.

Those are not very legal and are a mixed bag.

Not suitable for teenage consumers.

In arcades, you can get by all day with just a few dollars.

The key point is that those shops were all owned by Lai Hongchang, so not many thugs dared to cause trouble there.

Of course, the consultants weren't just saying nice things.

Some problems were also analyzed, one of which was that the entry threshold was too low.

Another point is that it's still too profitable.

I reckon it won't be long before those big and small gangs start coming in to make a living.

Therefore, Tanya Li did not expect to make huge profits from video game consoles in the long run; her eyes were still on the rocking horse.

As for the game consoles, she only needs to manage the distribution rights well, and then she can enjoy the benefits of being among the first to market.

Upon hearing that He Xinghua had met his half-sister, Tan Yali did not show any disgust as usual. Instead, she smiled with interest and said, "I heard that your sister is even prettier than He Yuan, is that right?"

Her current change in attitude is largely due to He Yuzhu's previous visit and his open communication with her.

Especially when she learned that He Yuzhu had even put his career on hold in order to come and visit Lou Xiao'e.

All her grievances and complaints against the He family vanished because of her daughter.

They weren't just saying nice things; they genuinely wanted to do things for Lou Xiao'e.

Given the facts, what has she, as a mother, to complain about?

“Yeah, An’an is even prettier than those celebrities.” He Xinghua couldn’t help but grin foolishly as he said this.

He hadn't forgotten the scene when he met He An today.

He led his foreign friends to Tan Family Restaurant to taste Chinese cuisine.

They happened to run into He An walking down the street.

When their eyes met, He Xinghua was completely captivated by the beautiful and delicate girl.

He An blushed when she saw a handsome young man staring at her.

If Yu Li hadn't seen the change in expression on He An's face as they passed each other downstairs...

Although Yu Li didn't think much of it, she still took the opportunity to hint to He Xinghua about the girl's identity.

During this period, He Xinghua frequently appeared in newspapers and magazines, so Yu Li naturally recognized him.

If He Xinghua hadn't known the girl's identity, he might have pulled off a scene where a rich young master spends a fortune to win a beauty's favor.

This is also a common predicament faced by wealthy young men.

Their adult relationships often involve such melodramatic plot twists.

The girl he truly fell in love with turned out to be his half-sister.

There's nothing we can do about it; their father was just too much of a womanizer.
Therefore, Duan Yu spent his entire life loving someone he could never have.

Fortunately, He Xinghua was aware of the He family's situation and knew how many younger brothers and sisters He Yuan had.

This kind of humiliation will only happen once. (End of Chapter)