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Chapter 76 Mencius's Discussion: You Can Eat

Deng Ning nodded and smiled at his beloved son.

Jiang Yuan immediately understood what her mother meant.

Let alone these so-called behemoth platforms.

Even their powerful backers, Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu—

These are all companies that his family has invested in.

Moreover, Vision Capital is the largest shareholder.

Jiang Yuan shook his head. Around 2000, the internet experienced a massive boom, and in the future, major companies would go all out to attract investment, especially angel investors.

Because of him, the Jiang family became so rich in the 1990s that they had nowhere to spend their money.

Jiang Mingli started investing and founded Vision Capital under the name Jiang Yuan.

His generosity has made him one of the most prominent angel investors and philanthropists in the business world.

Actually, his father didn't understand investing at all.

Jiang Yuan remembers that she wasn't fully developed intellectually when she was a child.

He has memories, but his behavioral norms are completely incomprehensible to him as an adult.

This kid, whenever his dad has a big decision, he has him consult a fortune teller and flip a coin to make a decision.

He actually found the bug, and his investments went smoothly time and time again.

Jiang Yuan's "Lucky Koi" passive ability was practically automatic; God had given him the best possible setup.

But that's normal. As the chosen one of Heaven, before he gained his intelligence, the one who received the most favor was actually the one who was most favored, with all the good things falling on his head.

As they grow older, they learn to seal themselves off —

Jiang Yuan actually felt that her mother discovered the bug, and her father just copied it from her.

Don't be fooled by his father's obsession with the Three Kingdoms and his constant use of terms like "hero" and "powerful ruler."

But if this guy really went to the Three Kingdoms period, he would be just an average Zhang Fei in terms of martial prowess.

Only I do —

Jiang Yuan doesn't have a deep impression of how Tencent made the investment.

But Ali remembered it clearly.

Back then, Lao Ma looked just like his old self, with long hair. He would even film himself when he went door-to-door to sell his products, and he did the same when he was trying to attract investment.

They found Jiang Mingli, a well-known angel investor and philanthropist in the business district.

Old Ma used his silver tongue to his advantage.

The company's prospects and business path are depicted as a vibrant scene of fierce competition, boundless opportunities, and a vast, promising future.

In Lao Ma's words, attracting investment has become nothing more than a series of flowery speeches.

The road ahead is already smooth and promising, and we have a comprehensive understanding of the industry landscape; all that's missing is the most difficult initial investment.

But who exactly is Jiang Mingli?

He had absolutely no idea about prospects or future paths, let alone the way Old Ma delivered his speech, which was filled with idioms and English phrases.

Jiang Mingli acted on his gut feeling!

He felt that Lao Ma looked like a long-haired hoodlum.

They even brought a camera to film them; you'd think they were making a memoir of a successful person.

This guy doesn't look like a good person at all.

Jiang Mingli immediately wanted to refuse, but his mother, who had brought little Jiang Yuan to play, held him down and started flipping a coin—a rather absurd situation.

The only thing that Jiang Yuan thought was good was...

Old Ma couldn't attract any investment, so he even considered seeking Japanese investment.

After he tossed the coin, his mother waved her hand dismissively.

The major shareholder is no longer Japanese capital, but his family.

This can also be considered one of the benefits of not having developed superhuman intelligence as a child.

Otherwise, Jiang Yuanzhen felt that without her, in some parallel universe, perhaps the major shareholders of Tencent and Alibaba would be foreign companies.

So Jiang Yuan wasn't wrong to say he wasn't short of money. He just wanted to experience life and didn't want his family's money.

Penguin distributes dividends every year, and Pony Ma implements a balanced shareholder return system.

Each year's profits are not used entirely for further expansion; instead, a portion is distributed as dividends, and the dividends distributed each year are more than enough to spend.

Jack Ma's Alibaba, on the other hand, basically doesn't distribute dividends and focuses entirely on expansion.

There are other companies, but I'm too lazy to mention them.

Like Huayi Brothers, which wanted to cooperate with him before, it actually had Tencent and Alibaba as shareholders, which meant that he also had a stake in it.

We've been working together for a while now, but not as actors.

But Jiang was willing to come out and experience life without bringing a penny or using any resources.

Without anyone knowing, they would approach him to act.

He found it interesting.

Otherwise, what else would we need to rely on at home?

Simply remove the seal from the jade pendant, make a wish, and activate the power of fate's favor.

After all, the family's assets were all acquired through his birth and the blessings of fate.

"These are the platforms we really can't afford to offend."

Jiang Yuan casually remarked, "We actors can't fight city hall."

Deng Ning immediately understood that his son's attitude remained unchanged.

I don't want too much interference from my family.

Then let's respect him. As long as the brat doesn't risk his life in the war, it's fine.

Although he always said that his son was protected by God, Deng Ning dared not gamble, for war is always merciless.

Deng Ning said in a friendly tone, "That boy should give our Xiao Yuan some pointers; he doesn't understand these intricacies."

Meng Ziyi nodded his little head and assured Deng Ning, "Auntie, I will take good care of Jiang Yuan for you, and I will definitely not let him offend anyone."

"Once I become famous, I want everyone to know about Jiang Yuan."

Sister Meng has gone mad again; I don't know how she's going to let the world know.

"When you're rich, will you want to plant cilantro all over the world?" Jiang Yuan laughed.

Mencius found it strange: "Why? I'm just so-so about cilantro."

"But I hate houttuynia cordata, yet you, Jiang Yuan, like it."

Meng Ziyi lay on the table with a wicked grin, "When I'm rich, I'll make sure the whole world is forbidden from growing houttuynia cordata."

Deng Ning said leisurely, "Ziyi, Auntie also likes to eat houttuynia cordata."

Meng Ziyi jumped up and immediately bowed, saying, "Oh, Auntie, then I'll have the whole world planted with houttuynia cordata."

Deng Ning chuckled; this kid was really interesting.

"Just kidding."

Deng Ning laughed and said, "I don't care whether I eat it or not, but Auntie would suggest you plant onions and celery to cure your son's picky eating. Auntie used to be annoyed by him for that when he was little."

Mencius raised his eyes, his bright eyes glancing discreetly at Deng Ning, finding him incredibly endearing.

I was happy to know that she wasn't really angry.

The girl mustered her courage and whispered, "Actually, I don't like celery either. Auntie, can I just grow onions?"

This made Deng Ning laugh even harder.

After exchanging words, Deng Ning did not forget Xu Jing.

"Jingjing, thank you for your hard work, Xiaoyu. I'll send you some wild mushrooms tomorrow, and Xiaoyuan will cook them for you."

"It's not hard work, Auntie."

Jingjing quickly shook her head and said, "I can cook. I've cooked stir-fried mushrooms before, so there's no need to trouble Brother Yuan. I'm the assistant."

"That won't work."

Deng Ning laughed and said, "The wild mushrooms I sent are poisonous. Only Xiao Yuan knows how to cook them. If you don't handle them properly the first time, you'll get poisoned."

Upon hearing this, Jingjing and Sister Meng shrank back. Why would they eat mushrooms if they are poisonous?

Deng Ning smiled gently again; her smile hadn't faded all night.

"Then I'm going to rest. You guys should rest early too."

"Yes, Auntie, get some rest."

Deng Ning glanced at her precious son.

"Mom, if you miss me, just send me a message, and I'll reply."

Jiang Yuan thought about how his mother had been sending him fewer messages these past few months because she was afraid of bothering him while he was filming.

He used to be a war correspondent abroad, and his mom would send him a message every few minutes to make sure he was still alive.

"Get some rest. Tomorrow I'll find a chance to teach Dad a lesson about not night fishing anymore; he keeps waking you up in the middle of the night."

Jiang Yuan knew that her father, Jiang Mingli, could be a bit oblivious at times, and once he took a liking to an activity, he would become overly obsessed with it.

"Yes, he's definitely my good son. He knows how to care for his mother."

Deng Ning smiled and waved, then hung up the video call.

Mencius took Jiang Yuan's phone and turned on the front camera to look at his face.

"What are you looking at?" Jiang Yuan asked her curiously.

"Let me check if my makeup is inappropriate for my aunt."

"But the video is dead, so there's no use taking a picture now. Besides, it looks pretty good, there's no problem."

Meng Ziyi leaned close to Jiang Yuan's face, tilting her chin up as she asked, "Jiang Yuan, do you think my face isn't very pleasing?"

Jiang Yuan was taken aback: "Why do you ask that?"

Mencius held her face in her hands and said with a worried expression, "Everyone says I have a foxy face, that I'm ugly, and that I look like a mistress."

Jiang Yuan thought for a moment and asked, "Are there more people praising your beauty or calling you ugly?"

"Then more people say I'm pretty," Meng Ziyi replied, tilting his head and thinking for a moment.

"That settles it then. People can say whatever they want."

Jiang Yuan said seriously, "What you need to do is focus on positive comments, instead of engaging in malicious criticism and infighting. People might just be jealous of your appearance, that's why they're attacking your face. Who in their right mind would nitpick a beautiful woman?"

"Hehe, am I a great beauty?"

Meng Ziyi's pink lips curled up, and her bright eyes narrowed with pleasure as she stared at Jiang Yuan, hoping to be praised again.

Jiang Yuan patted her head: "You're a great beauty, but I've never seen you care so much about other people's bad comments before. Aren't you supposed to be very strong?"

"I'm not strong, and I shed tears too." Meng Ziyi shook his little head like a rattle drum.

"Then don't cry next time. Tell me if you're sad."

"Okay, sure."

Meng Ziyi muttered under his breath, "But what if I really don't look like the kind of person my parents like in front of my aunt—"

She then realized that her words were somewhat ambiguous, since she and Jiang Yuan hadn't yet established any relationship.

To say this now would be presumptuous and only cause trouble for Jiang Yuan.

"What I mean is, what if your aunt thinks that the friends you make, like me, are bad women?" Meng Ziyi said with a smile.

Jiang Yuan chuckled; so this was what Sister Meng was trying to undermine through internal strife.

"No, my mom really likes you, doesn't she?"

Jiang Yuan said, "Don't overthink it. Go back, wash up, and go to sleep."

Upon hearing this, Mengzi glanced at Jingjing, who had finished cleaning up the trash and was standing in the entryway preparing to leave.

"Then I'm leaving."

Mencius said in a low voice, then called out loudly, "Jingjing, wait for me."

With that, he pretended to get up and left with Jingjing.

out the door.

Jingjing asked curiously, "Sister Meng, aren't you going to stay with Brother Yuan a little longer?"

"Ah, why do you think I should stay a little longer?"

Mencius asked anxiously, "Is she acting so eager?"

Although she really wanted to.

"No reason, I just thought you'd play some games with Brother Yuan."

Quietly sighing, "But Brother Yuan's scenes are almost finished filming, so he really won't have time to play anymore. It's good that he takes a break."

Upon hearing this, Mencius pursed his lips.

It seems there really isn't enough time.

Jiang Yuan went into the bathroom and took a shower.

After coming out, I planned to check my phone and reply to some messages before going to sleep.

I've only replied to a few messages so far.

bang bang.

Suddenly someone knocked softly on the door.

Jiang Yuan checked the time; it was almost one o'clock, and someone was still coming to see him at this hour.

Could it be that Jingjing needs to talk to him about something?

Jiang Yuan put on her slippers, got up, and opened the door.

Jiang Xin was standing in front of the door, listlessly looking at the door number. When the door opened, she asked, "Sleeping so early?"

"It's getting late, you're getting off work so late today."

Jiang Yuan was surprised that it was Jiang Xin who contacted him, and casually asked, "Is there something you need?"

"Can't I contact you if there's nothing wrong?"

Jiang Xin's tone was quite impolite. If Jiang Yuan hadn't known that she was just that straightforward, she would have thought that Jiang Xin had come to cause trouble.

"Speak like a normal person, or I'm going to sleep."

Jiang Yuan showed no mercy and made a move to close the door.

"How come you have an even more fiery temper than me?"

Jiang Xin quickly stopped her, saying helplessly, "My assistant bought some barbecue. I came to ask if you wanted to eat some together?"

That's all? Jiang Yuan didn't expect Jiang Xin to come to his door in person to invite him. He could have just had his assistant say so.

"Are Zhao Liying and Huo Jianhua here too?" Jiang Yuan asked.

Why are they there?

Jiang Xin asked in surprise, "My assistant didn't buy many, so how could there be enough for so many people?"

"Then thank you."

Jiang Yuan wiggled her fingers. "You didn't buy much, yet you're still thinking of inviting me."

"But you don't have a large frame, so are you subject to strict dietary controls?"

Jiang Yuan glanced at Jiang Xin's muscular and plump figure and sighed, "Your assistant actually dared to buy you barbecue to show off, she's really bold."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xin retorted angrily, "Do you think I'm fat?"

"No."

Jiang Yuan shook her head and said seriously, "She's quite healthy, with a plump and round face."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xin's lips curled up. "You little brat, you even know how good a voluptuous figure is."

For some reason, being praised by Jiang Yuan always puts her in a good mood, and Jiang Xin's voice softened a bit: "Do you want to come and eat? You can help me share the burden and reduce my intake. I even helped you with your lunchbox during the last makeup session."

Jiang Yuan then said, "No, I just ate something and I can't eat anymore. Let your assistant eat more to help you."

Jiang Yuan's decisive refusal made Jiang Xin blush again.

"Your emotional intelligence is even lower than mine," Jiang Xin said angrily.

"No, there isn't one yet." Jiang Yuan shook her head with a smile.

Jiang Xin's high, heaving chest made Jiang Yuan look away, unwilling to look at what was improper.

He thought of Li Yitong again. Li Yitong's breasts weren't large, but they were very cute, and when she was deeply in love, she would hug his head.

Jiang Xin noticed Jiang Yuan's respectful gaze, which increased her favorability towards him, but she also felt inexplicably disappointed.

She snorted loudly, "I won't invite you next time. I'll just drink and eat meat with Xiao Jing by myself."

"Well then, have a pleasant late-night snack with your assistant."

Jiang Yuan showed no sign of distress at not being invited again; instead, she waved sincerely.

Jiang Xin stomped her foot, turned around and left, ignoring this idiot.

Jiang Yuan glanced at Jiang Xin's back and realized that she did indeed have a large frame, no wonder she often had to lose weight.

In this respect, we have to envy Li Yitong.

Li Yitong is naturally light-boned, and despite having the same body type, she weighs five or six pounds less than others.

Shaking her head, Jiang Yuan closed the door and lay back down on the bed.

Bang bang bang.

The knocking sounded again.

Jiang Yuan looked puzzled. Was Jiang Xin really going to come back again? Was she determined to get what she wanted?

However, Jiang Yuan had grown up with this kind of persistent girl.

Many people are not only determined to invite him to dinner, but some are even more determined to get into his bed.

Sometimes, while chatting, I would show it to my boyfriend, hoping to ignite his lust.

"I really won't eat it."

Jiang Yuan opened the door, saying helplessly.

"What won't you eat?"

Standing at the door, Meng Ziyi, with her bare face after removing her makeup, still had exquisite features and asked in a daze.

Has she been exposed?

Meng Jie blushed. Before she could even speak, Jiang Yuan already knew her purpose.

Oh dear, she really made a huge decision.

You are not allowed to refuse to eat!

"You can eat that."

Mencius blushed and whispered.

Jiang Yuan:?

Jiang Yuan: What do you want to eat?