My son is a reincarnated soul; I overheard his inner thoughts and became the richest man.

The KFC was blasting air conditioning and bustling with people.

Chen Xiaotian skillfully ordered the spicy chicken leg burger set meal and two egg tarts.

Carrying his tray, Chen Xiaotian sat down at a window seat on the second floor. He took a big gulp of his iced cola, glanced at Chu Yuan who was munching on a hamburger, and suddenly spoke:

"Auntie, would you like to start your own business?"

"Cough cough..."

Chu Yuan nearly choked on her hamburger, her eyes widening. "What did you say? Start a business? I'm only a sophomore!"

"So what if you're a sophomore? Bill Gates dropped out of college in his sophomore year."

Chen Xiaotian said earnestly, "I have money and ideas. You have connections and time. How about we partner up and do a big project?"

"A big project?"

Chu Yuan stared at Chen Xiaotian with a suspicious look. "Have you finished your homework?"

Chen Xiaotian took a sip of cola and said seriously, "I'm serious. I want to start an internet website and register an entertainment media company. But I'm only twelve years old, I don't even have an ID card, and I can't even get through the doors of the Industry and Commerce Bureau."

"So, I need someone to help me out. Auntie, can I borrow your ID card? You can be the legal representative and also take charge of the company's daily operations."

"Of course, I'll make the strategic decisions; you just need to execute them. As compensation, I'll give you 10% equity in each of these companies. How about that, pretty generous, right?"

Looking at his nephew who was talking so eloquently, Chu Yuan was completely dumbfounded.

A twelve-year-old child who is still in elementary school sitting in KFC, seriously discussing equity distribution and company structure with you—this scene just seems so incongruous.

"Hey, Auntie, what are you daydreaming about?"

Seeing that Chu Yuan didn't react for a while, Chen Xiaotian stretched out his small hand and waved it in front of her eyes, "Give me an answer."

Chu Yuan snapped out of her daze, took a deep breath, and was about to speak when a gentle female voice suddenly came from beside her.

"Oh? Chu Yuan? You're having lunch here too."

Chu Yuan subconsciously turned around and saw a young woman in a beige trench coat, with an intellectual air, standing by the aisle with a tray in her hand.

She quickly swallowed the food in her mouth, stood up, and greeted, "Hello, Teacher Su!"

The person who came was Su Jin, her counselor at Jiaotong University.

Su Jin smiled and nodded, her gaze falling on Chen Xiaotian with some curiosity: "This child is...your younger brother?"

"No, this is my nephew."

Chu Yuan explained, "Um... he's my cousin's child."

"Your cousin?"

Su Jin was stunned for a moment, then realized what she meant and looked at Chen Xiaotian in surprise: "You mean... this is Mr. Chen Feng's son? My God, I didn't expect Mr. Chen's child to be so grown up."

"Yes, my cousin got married early, but they divorced a few years ago," Chu Yuan added casually.

Just then, Chen Xiaotian blinked her big eyes and sweetly called out, "Hello, sister! Do you know my dad?"

elder sister??

Su Jin paused for a moment, then covered her mouth and chuckled softly, her eyes crinkling into crescents.

Chu Yuan instantly bristled, glaring at Chen Xiaotian and yelling, "Chen Xiaotian! I'm your aunt, and this is my teacher! You call her 'sister'? Where do you put me? Are you implying I'm old?"

Chu Yuan would only call him by his full name when she was extremely speechless.

Chen Xiaotian spread his hands innocently: "Auntie, calm down. I'm a very honest person. Of course I'll call a young and pretty girl 'sister.' If she looks older than her age, I'll definitely call her 'auntie.'"

"Actually, Auntie, you're quite pretty too, but given our seniority, I can't just call you that randomly. Let's stick to our proper titles."

"Sister, aren't you right?"

Looking at this witty and glib-tongued little guy who was only twelve years old, Su Jin was amused to the point of bursting into laughter.

Which woman doesn't like to be complimented on her youth and beauty? Especially when it comes from the mouth of a child who speaks without thinking, it seems even more credible.

So, Su Jin suppressed a laugh and smoothed things over: "Chu Yuan, I think this child is quite clever. It's alright, let him call me 'sister,' it sounds younger."

"Teacher Su, you..."

Chu Yuan sighed, rubbing his forehead.

How did this usually dignified and serious counselor also fall for this kid's sweet talk?

Su Jin glanced around at the packed seats and asked with a smile, "Mind if I share a table?"

Chu Yuan was about to ask Chen Xiaotian for his opinion, since they had just been discussing "trade secrets".

Before she could speak, Chen Xiaotian had already shifted his position further inside and patted the seat next to him: "Of course I don't mind, beautiful lady, sit here with me."

The greeting "beautiful sister" made Su Jin's heart flutter, and she sat down gracefully.

After a few casual words, Chen Xiaotian steered the conversation back to the main topic.

He looked at Chu Yuan and urged, "Auntie, are you going to agree to what I just said? Anyway, your second-year courses aren't too demanding. If you encounter a class that's easy, just skip it and help me manage the company."

"Ahem!"

Chu Yuan nearly choked on her cola, and glared at him angrily: "You want me to skip class in front of the counselor? Are you trying to get me killed?"

"Besides, starting two companies? Do you have the capital? That's not like buying a toy car; it costs money!"

Su Jin, who had been listening in the background, was also stunned, looking at Chen Xiaotian in surprise: "Start a company? You mean...you want to start your own business?"

"yes."

Chen Xiaotian said matter-of-factly, "If it weren't for the age limit, I would have gone to the Industry and Commerce Bureau to do it myself. Why would I need to go through all this trouble and ask my aunt for help?"

After saying that, he turned to look at Chu Yuan, his tone relaxed: "As for money, you don't need to worry about it at all. Although I'm definitely not as rich as my dad, I still have a few million in my own little savings."

"This money should be enough as seed funding in the early stages. If it really doesn't work, I'll ask my dad for more funding once it's all gone."

The noisy background noise from KFC seemed to disappear at that moment.

Chu Yuan and Su Jin both opened their mouths wide, staring blankly at the little boy in front of them who was gnawing on a chicken wing.

"A few million?!"

Chu Yuan's voice changed, "You have so much money? My cousin actually gives you so much pocket money?!"

That's way too exaggerated!

In those days, the price of housing in Shanghai was only a few thousand yuan per square meter.

Ten million is enough to buy twenty large three-bedroom apartments in the city center outright!

Su Jin was so shocked that she couldn't speak, and her gaze towards Chen Xiaotian was full of complex emotions.

Is this the world of the son of the richest man?

At only twelve years old, he possessed astronomical sums of money that ordinary people could not earn in several lifetimes.

Seeing the two men's expressions as if they'd been struck by lightning, Chen Xiaotian calmly took a sip of his cola, shrugged, and said, "Is it really that exaggerated? It's only ten million, not some astronomical figure."

"That's all?!"

Chu Yuan finally snapped out of her daze, her eyes sharp: "Tell me the truth, did you steal your cousin's bank card? Chen Xiaotian, this is no joke. If you don't explain yourself clearly, I'll call him right now!"

"Auntie, can you please not think of me in such a terrible light?"

Chen Xiaotian rolled his eyes and wiped his mouth helplessly. "This amount of money is nothing to my dad. He wouldn't care."

"Moreover, all this money is completely my own. My dad opened a supplementary bank account for me, and he gives me a fixed allowance of 100,000 yuan every month. Over the years, I've saved up several million yuan. The rest is all royalties I earned from writing novels when I was bored."

"Write a novel?"

Su Jin astutely grasped the key point and asked incredulously, "How old are you? What kind of novel can earn you millions?"

Chen Xiaotian grinned: "Sister Su, have you heard of the China Science Fiction Galaxy Awards?"

Su Jin nodded: "Of course, that's the highest honor in Chinese science fiction literature. How come you know?"

"More than just knowing."

Chen Xiaotian puffed out his chest, looking smug. "I am the author of last year's top prize winner, 'The Three-Body Problem'."

"What?!"

Su Jin nearly spilled her cola, her eyes widening in disbelief. "You wrote 'The Three-Body Problem'?!"

Chu Yuan was so shocked his jaw almost dropped: "Xiao Tian, ​​are you out of your mind? I've read 'The Three-Body Problem,' it's incredibly profound, how could you possibly have written it?"

Chen Xiaotian shrugged: "Absolutely. But to be honest, while writing hard science fiction is highbrow, it doesn't really make much money. What really made me rich were those mindless romance novels."

"Romance...?"

Chu Yuan felt like her brain was about to give out.

A twelve-year-old kid writing romance novels? And making millions? This world is insane!

"There's nothing we can do, the market demands it."

Chen Xiaotian shrugged. "You've probably heard of titles like 'That Kid Is So Handsome' and 'The Temptation of Wolves,' right? I made those up to cater to the market."

"Of course, I used several pen names to avoid being discovered. It's a pity that piracy is so rampant in China, otherwise my royalties would have been several times higher."

Upon hearing these resounding book titles, Chu Yuan's expression became extremely interesting.

"You wrote 'Temptation of Wolves'?!"

She pointed at Chen Xiaotian's nose, her voice trembling, "Last week I was hiding under the covers reading this book and crying my eyes out... Turns out, I was tricked into crying by a little brat like you?"

The thought that the heart-wrenching plots in the book were actually written by this little nephew of his, who was munching on chicken wings, gave Chu Yuan a feeling of idol shattering.

Su Jin couldn't help but chuckle, her eyes filled with curiosity as she looked at Chen Xiaotian.

This child is simply a prodigy.

"Ahem, let's not dwell on the past."

Seeing that Chu Yuan was about to lose his temper, Chen Xiaotian quickly changed the subject, "Let's talk about starting a company instead."

Chu Yuan took a few deep breaths, suppressing his shock: "Okay, tell me. What kind of website and entertainment company do you want to start?"

When it came to serious matters, Chen Xiaotian dropped his playful demeanor, and his eyes sharpened.

"Let's talk about the website first. I want to create a paid online novel reading platform."

"Although websites like Rongshuxia and Longdetiankong are famous now, they are all free. The authors rely entirely on their passion to create content, which is not enough to support themselves."

"I want to break this pattern and establish a VIP payment system where readers have to pay to read books. The revenue will be split 50/50 between me and the author."

"In addition, I will also set up an attendance bonus. As long as the author updates consistently every day, even without subscriptions, I will still pay a minimum salary."

"Only when authors can make money can literature be industrialized, which will definitely be a market worth tens of billions in the future."

Listening to this well-reasoned business model, a glint of interest flashed in Su Jin's eyes.

This doesn't sound like a child's idea at all; it's clearly the idea of ​​a seasoned business operator.

"What about the entertainment company?"

Chu Yuan subconsciously pressed for more information; she was already beginning to be persuaded.