Prince charming, your persona has collapsed!

Liu Shuo's sense of chivalry was obviously outdated, but after returning from abroad, Zhou Yuwen found that he had a very obvious shortcoming: he lacked people he could use. Not the kind that money could buy, but the kind who were truly loyal to him.

Zhou Yuwen thought that if he hired live-in maids and bodyguards abroad, it would cost at least a million a year. So, if it was so costly, why not train his own people.

Most of the people in the Xuhuai Association that Liu Shuo ran before were young people who were bad at their studies and admired the brotherhood of the world. Of course, some of them were decent at their studies, but it was just too difficult to rely on them to produce loyal talents for himself.

Zhou Yuwen's idea was to have Liu Shuo set up a foundation. Then, relying on the Xuhuai Association's network, identify those who come from humble backgrounds but are diligent and eager to learn. In such cases, he could fund their education, examine their character and ability, and for those slightly less capable, he could sign a contract to have them join the company after graduation as management trainees. For the better ones, he could take them in as confidants. These people live at the lowest levels of society and have already lost faith in life, but they are willing to work hard. As long as they are treated sincerely, Zhou Yuwen believed that they would be more than willing to work loyally for him.

Additionally, Zhou Yuwen instructed Liu Shuo to make more connections with remote areas after the New Year, using his name to build Hope Elementary Schools in various mountain areas. And among these, find some with tragic backgrounds, like those without parents, whom Zhou Yuwen could support through their education. If their character was good, he would directly bring them abroad to work in the future.

After hearing Zhou Yuwen's plans, Liu Shuo was a little reluctant because he felt it was too wasteful to spend money like that. Besides, spending real gold and silver to train them wouldn't necessarily make them completely loyal to him.

Isn't there a saying that goes, "Most of the loyal ones are butchers, and the heartless are scholars"?

Once people have seen too much and know too much, they start thinking for themselves.

Liu Shuo had such insight, and Zhou Yuwen was very pleased. But Zhou Yuwen said, while this money might seem like a large expense now, if they train ten such people, even if only one turns out to be truly loyal, then they have profited.

Zhou Yuwen told Liu Shuo to study English well, as their stage in the future couldn't just be domestic; they all needed to go abroad.

"Ah? Abroad? Brother, please have mercy on me! I'm clueless about English." Liu Shuo immediately pleaded.

Zhou Yuwen said, even if you don't know, you'll have to learn.

"I'm telling you, this time when I went abroad, I bought an estate about the size of our county." Actually, it was only a quarter of the size, Zhou Yuwen exaggerated a bit, and told Liu Shuo that it had mountains, forests, and even leopards and bears; everything belonged to him, and he was the master of that land.

Upon hearing that Zhou Yuwen had leopards and bears over there, and hearing Zhou Yuwen say that they were all his, Liu Shuo got excited. He asked Zhou Yuwen, "Brother, do you mean you are raising leopards abroad?"

"Sort of, I also plan to raise tigers and elephants. I've set up a herd of horses, and if you come, we can ride horses together!"

Liu Shuo got even more excited, saying good!

"So if I go, can I also raise a tiger?"

"Not just one tiger, you can raise a whole group, but the premise is you have to learn English well."

"Okay, okay!"

With that said, Liu Shuo agreed. While driving, he expressed that he would definitely study hard, and then enjoy life abroad with Brother Zhou!

Two hours passed quickly. After chatting casually, they were already driving into Xu Huai's territory.

At this moment, Zhou Yuwen's phone rang. It was a call from his mother.

His mother asked Zhou Yuwen where he was.

Zhou Yuwen replied that he was about to exit the highway.

"Which exit? Your dad and I are waiting for you at the west exit!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuwen frowned slightly, "Didn't I say not to pick me up? Why did you guys decide to do it anyway? It's such a long way, wouldn't it be more convenient for me to just drive home directly?"

His mother Yang Lirong sighed, and her voice carried some dissatisfaction, but indeed it was the truth. Yang Lirong told Zhou Yuwen that it wasn't just her and his dad coming to pick him up this time, but also his aunt, uncle, younger uncle, and three aunts had all come.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuwen became even more confused—wait a minute, what's with the younger uncle and three aunts? Did he even have these relatives? Why did he feel like he had never met them?

Yang Lirong replied to Zhou Yuwen, saying they had met. They had visited once when he was born.

"Aren't you the accomplished one now? Your dad and I originally thought of keeping a low profile, but somehow they found out that you were coming back, so they came to our house early in the morning. Then your dad thought that our house couldn't accommodate so many people, so they just decided to pick you up."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuwen found it amusing and said that his dad was truly something special.

"Well, since they're all here, when are you getting off the highway? They've been waiting quite a while."

Zhou Yuwen said soon.

After driving on the highway for about twenty more minutes, they finally exited from the western highway exit. As soon as they turned right, Zhou Yuwen noticed lined up along the non-motorized lane off the asphalt road were a series of small cars, forming a long queue.