Siheyuan (courtyard house): My name is Shazhu!

"Yuzhu, there are rumors that you have a net worth of 20000 trillion US dollars. Is it true?" Zhou Songyu and her son Qin Huairu were both curious and looked at He Yuzhu with wide eyes.

"It's more than it should be; Hobbs's people underestimated it."

"More than 20000 trillion! I didn't realize you had so many assets? And they're mineral resources; it seems you were constantly out searching for mines those years."

"Mineral resources, aquaculture, and agriculture are the downstream commodities and the most crucial products in the industrial chain. Without them, what kind of industrial chain would there be? Of course, we need to buy more."

"Daddy, you have so much money! Why don't you share some with us? It doesn't have to be much, just another five billion US dollars will do."

"Why only 5 billion US dollars? Why not more?"

"Daddy, we now have 100 billion, which is 780 billion Hong Kong dollars at the exchange rate. We are billionaires here."

Having 150 billion US dollars makes you a super-rich person with hundreds of billions in assets. There aren't many like that here, and it significantly impacts our social standing when we go out.

"Mingli, what you said makes a lot of sense. Our family's 'Eight Great Vajras' are at least billionaires with assets in the hundreds of billions. They're quite impressive when they go out, and they could be ranked in the top five in Hong Kong."

I'll give you some more when I have time. The US dollar isn't very useful; it's just a pile of paper and it keeps depreciating.

"Daddy, what should we keep?"

"Scarce mineral resources and valuable financial products, as well as real estate in very good locations."

"How about converting most of it into gold and keeping 10% in cash?"

"That's a good idea; you can gradually buy gold."

"Daddy, I don't know how to do this. Could you do me a favor and have your investment department buy gold for us?"

"Go to Dongda Bank yourself. Your fund is there. If your conditions are right, they will help you. You can go there."

"Zhu Zi, do you have any investments that aren't included in your assets? Don't you have any gold mines in your mineral resources? Give some to the children."

"The company also has investments. In order to keep less U.S. dollars, I have been buying and buying all these years, including utilities, ports and mineral resources in the Europa region."

As for gold, we won't differentiate between them for now. Gold is different from other national currencies; it's a true hard currency and a country's ballast, which Malaysia needs.

"From this perspective, they have said a lot less. Your investment returns in Hong Kong have already exceeded 10 billion. Having more money is always a good thing."

Gold is useful, so keep it for now. They don't need it, so it doesn't matter. How much gold can a gold mine produce in a year?

Are you going to buy it or not? I'm concerned about your children; they're not young anymore. Boys should marry when they're of age, and girls should marry when they're of age.

"On average, each of our gold mines produces about 40 tons of gold per year, with a total output of about 500 tons."

"Not much. You have twelve gold mines, which is not a small number. If you don't have time at work, take better care of your children. None of them want to get married. It's all because you taught them to be like this."

"oh."

"What do you mean?"

"If they want to get married, they will; there's no need to rush them. Their generation is different from ours."

I can't argue with you.

"Zhu Zi, you should worry a bit. Mingzhi is already thirty, and Mingzhong is twenty-nine. They're well past the age of settling down and starting a family, but they don't listen to us." Qin Huairu was also anxious about her second daughter's marriage.

"Mingzhong will get married, and soon. He Guang and the others are picking out a marriage partner for him. As for Mingzhi and Mingxiao, I can't do anything about them; they're both destined to dedicate their lives to science."

"How can that be? Scientific researchers can get married too. If Mingzhong gets married, you're letting others pick out a wife for him? What are we supposed to do?"

"You can give them any advice you like. Mingzhong is different from them. This is an arranged marriage. He's not a self-made man; he's the future heir. His wife can't be too haphazard. Ideally, she should come from a prominent Malaysian family."

"We're not worried about Mingzhong, but what about the other children?"

"They don't want to get married, what can I do?"

"Daddy, I'm getting married this year."

"Sure, you can speak up if needed at the wedding."

"Mingwan has a boyfriend. When are you bringing him home so we can meet him?"

"I'll bring her back in a few days. She's a college classmate, also an art student, now a teacher at the University of Hong Kong. Her family is quite well-off."

"As long as you're satisfied, that's fine." Qin Huairu was happy again.

He Mingwan's boyfriend is good. Her two daughters have good taste in choosing husbands; they are not undesirable. The man's family is a political and business family.

What kind of Legislative Yuan member? He's not from a wealthy family at all. His mother's company has a market value of over four billion, but everything else is just so-so.

Her boyfriend's name was Peng Lu. The only downside was that he was the eldest son and grandson of Peng Lu, and his grandfather was still alive. Qin Huairu didn't care, though she didn't think anyone in Hong Kong would dare to bully her daughter.

The two families met and set the wedding date for March 18th, two months from now. The groom's family didn't want to rush things and needed more time.

He Mingwan agreed, and no one else would have any objections!

Only He Yuzhu clicked his tongue, "This woman is not simple. She actually wants to use someone else's strength against them. Since she is his in-law, she will not be short of benefits."

Let her be; it's a fact that they're related by marriage.

.......

"Youcai, what's the matter?"

"Mr. He, we clearly don't have enough ships right now. The Japanese want to order 900 million tons of various supplies from our company and Malaysia within three years."

Our two locations have an annual freight volume of 180 million tons, which is only 540 million tons over three years. The distance is short, so it's only about this much. At most, we can make three more trips and increase the freight volume by 50 million tons.

Because we also need to transport other goods, and Japan only has a transport capacity of 100 million tons per year, should we buy used ships or lease them?

"Don't worry about them. We only have so much transportation capacity. If they want to speed up the reconstruction of their homes, they can figure it out themselves."

"In my haste, I forgot that although they are in a hurry, they are very dependent on us. The price of our supplies is 20% cheaper than in Europe and the Little Eagles. Even though they have money, they will still try to save it."

"As for the Japanese, we can sell to them if they have a need. We don't need to restrict them or charge them too high a price, but we shouldn't let them control our mission."

I also hope they return to normal quickly. The stock and real estate markets are trapping a massive amount of capital that needs to be managed, and besides, what kind of people are they? They only get cocky when the economy is doing well.

"I'll arrange it."

"Please help me look up this woman, Wu Jiali, who is Mingwan's future mother-in-law."

"If it's her, there's no need to investigate. We investigated her a few years ago. She's a strong woman, a bit materialistic, but not seriously so. Otherwise, she's fine. She's the one who calls the shots at home."

She has two sons and a daughter. Her eldest daughter is already married, and her youngest son is still studying at Hong Kong University. Her husband, Peng Shen, lives up to his name; to put it nicely, he's cautious, but to put it bluntly, he's timid.

"Please help Peng Wujiali."

"It's nothing,"

He Mingwan's marriage still made Qin Huairu happy for a few days. With four daughters and one son, no one cared about her opinion. Their attitudes toward marriage were completely different from when she was young.

It's impossible for her to get married when she reaches a certain age, especially since her youngest son, He Mingli, whom she had raised with great difficulty, is pursuing a master's degree after graduating from university.

Besides studying, He Yuzhu did only one thing at school: talk about life ideals with female classmates and teachers. He Yuzhu felt that this kid had a bright future and was better than herself back then.

Teachers can take maternity leave if they're bold enough!

She never mentioned the Ho family name, but she was very generous and spent money without batting an eye, which made her very popular with many female workers!

He's known in the underworld of Hong Kong as 'Third Young Master'!

Upon hearing this, He Yuzhu smiled, thinking of 'the Third Young Master's sword.' Qin Huairu, upon hearing this, was so angry her teeth ached, repeatedly muttering, 'How did I manage to give birth to such a thing after all my hard work?'

"Try to look on the bright side. Mingli didn't do anything heinous. It's in a young person's nature to love to have fun. 'Enjoy life while you can, for tomorrow you may die.' I didn't have his environment back then."

"I'm not going to take care of your son anymore."