NOVEL NEXT Chapter 738: Difficult to Understand
Su Xiaoxi's current mood is hard to describe.
Chen Lu's father is still as formidable as ever, even when he sits in front of you in the most unassuming manner, anyone who knows his identity would.
Almost have to be respectful and deferential.
More unsettled than her was her best friend, Yang Zi.
So my best friend is waiting for someone like this.
Just casually taking out billions, letting you use it however you want, not requiring you to separate from his son, just asking you to accomplish something with it.
He didn't specify exactly what, nor the extent to which it must be accomplished.
Essentially, just one condition, up to you.
What kind of wealthy family can so easily take out billions to give to a girl who isn't even confirmed as their daughter-in-law?
At this moment, she felt that Su Xiaoxi's three-year wait was not wasted at all.
Are you joking? Even with these billions, it would be hard for a straight-A student to earn this in a thousand years, right?
"Uncle Chen, I..."
"Don't refuse, because you may not fully understand our family's standards and rules for nurturing the next generation."
Chen Pingsheng said, "Overseas for three years, Chen Lu invested in 37 stocks and 57 companies in total. In the first year, he had a net loss of 1.8 billion, in the second year a loss of 2.9 billion, and in the third year, with the U.S. stock market crash, he lost 4.6 billion at once.
"Such an amount is just a test for him given his status; the biggest difference between ordinary people and him is in the cost of trial and error. Ordinary people only have about three chances in their lifetime to change their destiny, which translates to three chances of trial and error. If all three lead to mistakes, they are essentially done for, with little chance of rising again.
"Chen Lu spent three years in middle school with you, during which he should have started gaining business experience and personal skills through repeated trials, given his status, but during those years, he always interacted with you in the most ordinary way.
"In high school, he started his trial and error later than his two sisters by a step, and just like the past three years, he also had three years of loss, which is actually quite normal. The family never denied his actions because he had a lot of room for trial and error.
"To succeed in life, one must find a job or industry that they truly love and are passionate about; only then can you dedicate all your passion to strive for it.
"Even if you, Su Xiaoxi, save as much as possible and reject the help from our family, you will only drift further away from Chen Lu. The reason being the fundamental difference in your perspectives, especially when it comes to spending money. Whether it's Chen Lu's two sisters or his friends, they all spend money like water.
"I forgot to tell you, his sister, Chen Xinyi, earned over 30 billion overseas during her three years in college.
"Of course, you might think this number is exaggerated, but you must know that she invested over 20 billion. Making over 30 billion in three years with a 20 billion investment is not exaggerated at all.
"The reason I'm telling you this is solely to let you know that our family has always believed in big inputs for big outputs.
"We won't give you a million and expect you to earn a hundred million during college, we'll instead give you two billion and expect you to turn it into three billion in four years, which is a 50% return on the investment amount."
Chen Pingsheng has made it very clear; their family doesn't need an economical daughter-in-law, they want women who come from good backgrounds and have capabilities.
Er Ya, Chen Xinyi's annual allowance is in the billions. When she invests, she always makes money by investing heavily.
Facts have proven that she can indeed make money.
Su Xiaoxi is different. No matter how smart she is or how good her grades are, she can only improve through constant trial and error.
As far as Chen Pingsheng is concerned, he does not believe there is any genius for making money in this world.
He only believes a person can develop through continuous trial and error.
It's extremely hard for children from ordinary families to rise greatly, mostly due to the lack of significant trial and error opportunities.
Throw billions into investment and even a fool could do it.
With some people responsible for guiding on the side, they can quickly become perceived geniuses by outsiders.
Currently, Su Xiaoxi, in their eyes, is just a pure, flawless blank slate.
This blank slate similarly needs continuous honing to truly become talented.
Chen Pingsheng considers himself a very responsible father.
Even when Chen Lu lost over a hundred billion in these three years, he didn't utter a word of criticism.
Instead, he encouraged him to continuously summarize his experiences.
Their family's annual net profit is no less than a trillion.
A family with daily net earnings of 300 million has this foundation, so losing a hundred billion over three years to develop a good successor is nothing.
It's a minor drizzle within a drizzle.
Five years ago, when his daughter wanted her own super island, he could also spend over 50 billion to fulfill her wish.
Er Piya loves to play exciting battlefields, so he could invest hundreds of billions to fulfill her wish as well, allowing her to hunt around a mountain with a Barrett.
In a word, when you're this wealthy, no dream is out of reach.
Dream something at night, and it can be realized by day.
Er Ya doesn't return to the country mainly because such things can't be played with domestically.
Think about it, with the things she likes, would she look for an ordinary person as a boyfriend?
If your family doesn't have a couple of hundred billion, you can't keep up with her pace of entertainment.
She's had a blast these three university years.
Often inviting a whole dorm of friends, all being young ladies from top aristocratic families, to her place to conduct mountain hunts or whale hunts with a superyacht at sea.
Er Ya doesn't have many friends domestically but has many overseas.
They're all from families with so much money that they can't spend it all.
Su Xiaoxi attempting to blend into such a household based solely on thriftiness is completely unfeasible.
That would just make her even more out of place.
Naturally, she has high looks and is indeed a very pretty young girl.
However, looks mean nothing to such a family, it's merely a basic requirement.
An'an controls half the entertainment industry; what kind of beauties hasn't he seen?
Su Xiaoxi immediately felt pressured, "Uncle Chen, I will work hard."
"Take your time to adapt. As you know, Chen Lu wasted three years in middle school just to be with you, and now he is even forgoing an overseas college opportunity to attend the same university as you domestically. Understand that for him, like his sister, attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) would be ideal."
MIT, where those who are admitted based on grades.
That's undoubtedly the academic elite among elites at the world's top-ranking tech institution.
If not through grades, admission is still possible.
By getting recommendations from a few celebrities, and the family donating a few hundred million USD.
Converting to RMB translates to spending tens of billions to buy a spot.
With such palpable efforts, it's easy to anticipate the kind of backgrounds for those who don't rely on academic achievements.
That's the true reason why Er Piya thrives over there.
She was innately talented, spent heavily, and those in the same class are children of internationally recognized families.
They can easily play together.
Birds of a feather flock together, so to speak.
If Chen Lu wasn't insistent on returning, attending such a university would be best for him.
Although domestic top universities also have quite a few rich people, none are as wealthy as Chen Lu.
Those whose families have assets reaching billions generally send their children abroad as early as possible.
Even families with assets exceeding a hundred million will strive to send their children abroad.
Chen Lu... truly stands out.
While touched, Su Xiaoxi silently worries about their future, mainly because she fears, knowing full well she isn't actually worthy of Chen Lu now.
Even with relentless effort, it would still be the same.
But in the end, Chen Pingsheng provides her three chances.
If she can't make it, then those two billion are likely to buy out her childhood with Chen Lu.
Or else, another way where Chen Lu marries Shen Xi and Su Xiaoxi becomes his lifelong lover.
An openly recognized lover.
With conditions like theirs, it wouldn't be considered a grievance against Su Xiaoxi.
Chen Pingsheng thinks this is the most likely outcome.
He wouldn't object to such a scenario either; it counts as one of his selfish desires as a father, perhaps.
He just isn't explaining this now.