The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 225 A Few Things About the New Year

Xu Jiuyang didn't have a good Spring Festival. The main reason was that after his father went back in September, he blurted out that Xu Jiuyang was an actor and had found a girlfriend.

So, a bunch of relatives and friends were waiting for him to bring his girlfriend home, but when he returned, he said that he had already broken up with his girlfriend, which definitely earned him a lot of boos.

Well, they certainly won't say anything to his face, and might even offer some words of comfort like "you'll find someone better in the future." But in private, they'll inevitably say he's bragging, or that his dad is bragging.

This is a bit of a headache. Xu Jiuyang isn't afraid to talk about it, but the problem is that his father is very concerned about his reputation.

In his past life, he only played some third-rate roles, yet he could still boast about them with great restraint in front of his relatives. In this life, he not only writes novels and wins awards, but he also played the second male lead in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

Because of this, the father, whose threshold had become higher, was naturally a little unhappy that his son hadn't brought his girlfriend home.

Fortunately, my father considered himself a scholar and couldn't be without a legitimate reason, so he didn't say much during the Spring Festival. He just kept asking him, "Give me the truth, do you really have a girlfriend?"

For a few minutes, Xu Jiuyang really wanted to take out Yangyang's photo and throw it in the old man's face, telling him that he had been promoted to grandfather!

Unfortunately, he couldn't do that, and he didn't even dare to bring the photos he took with Li Xiaoran, Gao Yuanyuan, and Fan Bingbing home.

It's very simple. If he reveals all of them, then he has to explain his relationship with them. If he only reveals a portion of them, the women who didn't reveal the rest will ask him why.

Although they hadn't discussed the issue, Xu Jiuyang's intuition told him that it would eventually turn out this way.

Therefore, to avoid such trouble, he had no choice but to leave all the photos in the capital.

It's just a matter of being nagged by my parents a few times. Anyway, I'm leaving on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, so it doesn't matter.

"There's 20 yuan in this card. It's for buying a house for the family. Don't even think about apartments; if you're going to buy a house, buy a villa." Before leaving, Xu Jiuyang handed a bank card to his mother and then said this to his father.

"Do you think I need to consider buying a house for the family?" Dad said with his usual dissatisfaction.

“Of course I’ll consider it, since it’ll be in my name,” Xu Jiuyang said bluntly. “Remember, it has to be a villa.”

"Buy a villa, buy a villa!" Dad said impatiently.

It's no wonder Xu Jiuyang gave such instructions. In his previous life, his father was betrayed twice. He got up early but arrived late, but he still managed to save up some money and spent over a million yuan to buy a large apartment in a fairly upscale neighborhood in the suburbs of the provincial capital.

For the first seven or eight years, it was alright to live here. But later, with the development of the provincial capital, the suburbs here, which were already bustling, became even more lively, and naturally many minor officials moved in.

After my father sold his company and started enjoying his retirement, he set up a residents' committee in the neighborhood in order to contribute his remaining energy. While he made some friends, he also offended some people, so he was constantly bothered by trivial matters.

Since that's the case, why not stay in that run-down neighborhood in this lifetime? Wouldn't it be better to buy a small townhouse? Anyway, before buying a duplex in my previous life, my dad visited several villa developments.

So, taking advantage of the opportunity to give money to his family, he demanded that the house be registered in his name, and then insisted on buying a villa—everything seemed so natural.

perfect!

Of course, 20 is indeed a bit low, but it's not that Xu Jiuyang didn't want to give more; it's just that 50 had already been given to Sister Xiaoli to buy Sina stock.

He had been planning this for a long time. After all, the stocks of the three major portal websites were one of the best investments at this point in time. Unfortunately, they were listed on NASDAQ, and it was really hard to buy them without connections and channels.

Putting everything else aside, once you give your money to a middleman, how do you know if he actually uses it to buy stocks? For someone with absolutely no connections or resources, this situation is completely unpredictable. If someone really wants to scam you, they have plenty of ways to do so.

As for why he entrusted Xiaoli instead of someone else, it's simple. First, he recommended Sina's stock to Xiaoli; second, Xiaoli has Hong Kong citizenship, which gives her an advantage in this area; and third, and most importantly, she gave birth to his daughter.

Although Xu Jiuyang currently gets along fairly well with Gao Yuanyuan, Fan Bingbing, Li Yunxin, and Angela, this money represents his entire fortune. What if he entrusts it to them, and they deliberately swindle him, then pitifully apologize and promise to compensate him several times over?
As the saying goes, economic independence comes before personal independence.

Although he rationally believed that the likelihood of Gao Yuanyuan and Li Yunxin doing this was low, he dared not gamble.

As for Sister Xiaoli... although she's not 02% sure she won't do that, it doesn't matter. Just consider it money for her daughter's milk powder. Anyway, it's already 5, and by May she'll have made over a million.

In fact, Xu Jiuyang didn't expect the 20 yuan to be of much use, and his mother would probably save it for him to use when he got married in the future.

However, once this money is given to the family, there will be a reason to interfere in family affairs in the future.

Although my dad is capable and insightful, when it comes to simple investments... haha.

After retiring, he realized he couldn't just sit around and do nothing, so he had to find a way to invest, which led him to buy shops.

If you're going to buy a shop, then buy a shop. But don't buy a standalone shop; buy one of those large, individual units in a shopping mall.

Then, in the city center of the provincial capital, the companies that wanted to renew their leases after a few years wanted to lower the price. The scattered landlords managed to unite and hold on, but then they started fighting amongst themselves. Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, and they haven't earned a single penny.

There's another piece of land near a bus stop not far from the residential area. When I bought it, I thought it would appreciate in value as the bus stop expanded, but many years have passed, and it's still in the same state of stagnation as it was at the beginning.

Only that independent shop, which is relatively close to the university town, consistently generates income and its value steadily increases.

After that, my father invested in a sand and gravel plant, but within six months, the owner was arrested for involvement in organized crime.

He then invested in a mushroom farm, which is said to be exported to Europe. He even went to the site to check it out before making the decision.

This time, they persisted for a year, but the boss went to jail for illegal fundraising. By the time Xu Jiuyang was reborn, his family still hadn't received the money.

In addition, he also invested in a nursing home, saying that since his son doesn't come home anyway, the old couple will live in the nursing home in the future.

Thanks to the fact that the owner of the nursing home was relatively old and genuinely wanted to make it a success, this time it took a relatively long time, lasting a little over two years.

Then the boss died unexpectedly, and his son, who took over, embezzled funds to speculate in funds and lost money. Similarly, when Xu Jiuyang was reborn, his family did not receive any money.

Even so, the old man was still not giving up. Hearing that a town in the suburbs was going to build a cold chain logistics center, he went to the shopping mall they were building next to the center and bought a small shop.

This was the longest period, with problems only arising six years later. The cold chain logistics company had some issues with its paperwork, which the newly appointed town leadership refused to acknowledge, leaving the cold chain logistics center barely surviving. To make matters worse, the contract clearly stated that the first three years would be rent-free.

Just as I mentioned before, it has been incurring losses for over ten years.

Now things are fine, Dad can lose money however he wants—as long as it's his own money he loses—after all, his son will be the breadwinner from now on.

Putting that aside, after returning to the capital, he slept all the way through. After everyone who was supposed to sleep had fallen asleep, he began the preparatory meeting for "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber".

(End of this chapter)