The entire Chen family gathered at the maternal grandparents' home in Heishitou Village, Wulituo, Shijingshan District. Although there were some ups and downs and everyone received some harassment.

But the overall atmosphere was still very excited. A world-renowned figure, the world's third richest person, has emerged. The simplest thing is that his family will no longer have to worry about money.

Grandpa Liu Dehou moved the table to the center of the main room and arranged chairs around it. Grandma Wang Xiulan cut fruit in the kitchen, while her two aunts helped pour water.

The whole family was eagerly waiting for Chen Yiran's call. He was currently in Australia, where the time difference wasn't that significant, but since he had just landed and was still in the car, they wouldn't be able to make a video call until he got to the hotel.

The family waited for nearly half an hour before Chen Yiran finally made a video call.

Grandpa recently learned how to use a computer and excitedly placed his laptop in the middle of the table. The screen showed Chen Yiran sitting by a swimming pool in a villa.

Chen Yiran first greeted everyone in turn.

"Grandma, Grandpa, Dad, Mom, eldest uncle, second uncle, eldest aunt, second aunt."

Grandma Wang Xiulan leaned closer to the screen and looked at it for a while: "You look so thin. The food outside must not taste good."

Although Chen Yiran is eating much better than her grandmother now, she still chimed in, "I haven't lost weight, but I'm definitely not eating very well. Nothing I eat outside is as good as what my grandmother makes."

Grandma said happily, "When you come back, I'll make you your favorite braised pork knuckle."

Chen's mother stopped her, saying, "Mom, let's get down to business first."

Grandma sat back down, and Grandpa asked curiously, "Yiran, tell Grandpa the truth, do you really have 50 billion US dollars?"

"Grandpa, that's net worth, not cash. Net worth means how much money my company shares are worth, but I can't sell the company for cash. It's like a house; you have to include it in your net worth, but you can't sell this asset either."

How much cash do you have on hand?

"In terms of cash, we have over a billion US dollars. Last year's company dividends, plus some previous investments in the stock market, add up to about that amount. I'm starting to lose track of it myself now; there's just too much money. Interest, various dividends, and bonuses—it's all a mess."

Grandpa thought about it carefully and said, "Then your shares are much better than the house. Your company makes money every year, right? Shouldn't you get dividends too? Unless the house is in a particularly good location, it won't fetch much money when rented out."

"That's the idea. In short, we definitely won't have to worry about money anymore. We'll have enough to last us for life, not just this lifetime, but the next and the one after that."

My little cousin poked his head in through the door: "How many Ultraman figures can six billion buy?"

The two aunts quickly went over and coaxed the two children out, then closed the door.

Chen Yiran continued, "Grandma, I have something to tell you. I've been thinking about this before, and I'm planning to set up a trust for the whole family. Simply put, it's about giving a fixed amount of money every month, like a salary. Each family will receive $100,000. Grandma and Grandpa will be one family, then there will be my eldest uncle's family and my second uncle's family, each receiving $100,000 per month."

Uncle Liu Zhi was taken aback: "One hundred thousand? That's too much."

Chen Yiran chuckled and said, "US dollars."

My second uncle exclaimed in surprise, "Over 600,000 RMB per month? How are we going to spend that?"

The eldest uncle shook his head: "Yiran, your mother already bought a new house for me and your second uncle. After my workplace found out I'm your uncle, they even said they'd promote me and give me a raise. I can't just refuse it all, but they don't need to give me so much."

Uncle Liu Cai chimed in, "Yes, me too. After the vocational school found out, their attitude towards me improved a lot."

Grandma Wang Xiulan slammed her hand on the table: "You two shut up!"

Neither of the two uncles said a word.

"Look at the kids you two raised. The older one only got 63 in math on the midterm, and the younger one only got 30-something in Chinese. How can they compare to Yiran? Now that you have money, you should just go home and educate your kids."

My second aunt said from the side, "Mom is right. He only got 30-something on a second-grade test, and you still want me to go to the parent-teacher conference. It's so embarrassing."

Grandma continued, "Just accept the money Yiran gives you. He has so much money now, he can't possibly spend it all anyway, why are you refusing?"

Uncle Liu Zhi wanted to say something, but was silenced by a glare from his grandmother.

My aunt Zhang Li, a nurse who has worked at the district hospital for over ten years, said with some joy, "Mom, actually I didn't want to do this job for a long time. The hospital's shift schedule is too chaotic, and I can't take care of the kids at all. Now that we've benefited from this, we might as well quit our jobs and stay home to take care of the kids. We can even come back to stay during the winter and summer vacations."

Second Aunt Wang Fang is also a nurse, working at the community health service center. She was introduced to Second Uncle by First Aunt. Now she agreed, saying, "We're family, so let's not stand on ceremony. If Yi Ran were just moderately wealthy, we wouldn't take this money no matter what. But given Yi Ran's situation, I'll accept it shamelessly. It'll be good for him to be at home, keeping an eye on that little rascal's studies."

The eldest uncle said timidly, "It's not just about the money. I'm a teacher, and it's really awkward for me to suddenly quit."

My second uncle leaned closer to my older brother, as if to say, "I'm the same way."

Grandma slammed her hand on the table again: "If you can't even teach your own children well, what kind of teachers are you?"

The two uncles exchanged a glance, then remained silent, their necks stiff.

But Chen Yiran knew that the matter was basically settled.

His family is small; his father's side has no close relatives. On his mother's side, only his two uncles are actually kind to him.

His first birthday present was a jigsaw puzzle that his two uncles pooled their money to buy.

Back in the year 2000, those large, exquisite jigsaw puzzles were quite a rarity, but Chen Yiran saw one on TV, mentioned it a few times out of interest, and her two uncles pooled their money to buy it for her. Although she never finished it, Chen Yiran still loved it.

After the main matters were settled, Grandpa began to talk about the village.

"Now that we have money, shouldn't we build something for the village? A few days ago, some leaders from the district came over and said they wanted to build a police station in the village. Actually, they're just taking care of us because you're too rich and they're afraid bad guys will come."

I was thinking, shouldn't we renovate the village properly? It's still a bit ugly right now. We could widen the roads a bit, and since there aren't many people left in the village, mostly older residents, we could pay for at least some repairs for each of their homes.

Of course, if they're willing to contribute, then we can just tear it down and rebuild it. Let me tell you, I don't really understand the specifics of how the "letting the rich help the poor" approach works, but it's never wrong for us to contribute some money to repair the house, right?

Chen Yiran nodded and said, "Okay, I'll have my dad contact Shougang Construction. We have a partnership with them. I'll have them send a few people over to survey the area and see how much it will cost to repair this section of road in the village. We'll also discuss how to handle the villagers' houses. The bill can be given to me directly later."

After everything was discussed, Chen Yiran didn't video chat for long before asking her grandparents for leave and leaving the family meeting.

He came to Australia to watch the game, and he needs to hurry up and catch the opening match.

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