A pleasant life in a courtyard

Chapter 535: Everyone’s Ending (Part )

Due to the special nature of the work of Li Xiang and his relatives and friends, there are many things that they cannot get involved in.

However, this did not affect their family's wealth, which grew exponentially during the years when the country's economy leapt forward.

Perhaps this huge wealth will make some people jealous, but it is beyond reproach from others because every penny is in and out of the account.

The sources of Li Xiang's wealth can be roughly divided into several channels.

First of all, there are patent fees. When the domestic patent law is promulgated and aligned with the international patent law, for any technology he develops, he will no longer have to rely on the higher authorities to determine a certain amount of compensation based on the transaction volume as before.

Although the patent is not exclusively owned by him, there is also a portion owned by the G family.

However, the domestic and foreign patent fees he can get every year are already astronomical figures.

Especially in the 1990s, when he initially opened up some of his patents to the outside world, Li Xiang specifically told the people who were sent to negotiate that they must take both the money and the shares.

Those giant companies that were directly cut off by Li Xiang in the mid-1980s are in urgent need of new technologies to revitalize. When state-owned enterprises from the East proposed to exchange shares for technology usage rights, although they struggled hard during the negotiation process and faced external interference and pressure, they finally knelt down in front of the new technology.

Li Xiang’s requirements were not high. Based on the size of these companies, he only proposed a 10%-20% stake requirement.

The contract also states that state-owned enterprises that hold shares in the company do not exercise their management and voting rights unless their decisions are deemed to involve national security and unfair competition.

In other words, as long as the giant companies in which they hold shares behave themselves and concentrate on running their businesses, Oriental state-owned enterprises will be the most harmless and friendly investors.

It is precisely because of the above-mentioned item, which is a contract clause that serves as a safety line for both parties, that the various plans envisioned by Li Xiang can be realized.

That’s right, how could the money in the domestic products industry be leaked?

Although big fish have more meat, small fish also tastes delicious. The G family is different from other individuals. The old mother's "digestive system" is still very good, and she will not be harmed no matter how much she eats.

The old mother was enjoying the meal, and Li Xiang was also happy to pick up the food behind her.

Qiu Fanghua, the hostess who is in charge of the household's income and expenditure, was even happier.

When Li Xiang handed her the passbook with a number of ten digits marked on it, she was stunned.

As for what Li Xiang said later, such as there would be money every year or the amount would be more each time, she could no longer hear it.

It’s not that Qiu Fanghua is ignorant, it’s just that the amount is too scary.

At a time when the per capita income was less than 2 yuan, a monster with an annual income of more than billion suddenly popped up. Anyone would find this incredible and even doubt their life.

Yes, when Li Xiang’s annual income reached hundreds of thousands, he was also a leader among the pack. Qiu Fanghua should have gotten used to it long ago.

But flying to the ceiling with great difficulty and being able to fly to the ceiling are two different concepts.

The former has reached the peak of their ability, while the latter is held back by boundaries.

Once the boundaries are released, he will show you what it means to fly higher.

With so much money at home, how to spend it became a headache for Qiu Fanghua.

I have paid taxes, done some charity work, and enjoyed myself, so it seems that the money in the card is not much less.

Just when Qiu Fanghua was frowning because of spending money, Li Xiang couldn't bear it and gave her an idea.

During this period, it is unlikely to spend a lot of money just on food, clothing and other things, after all, the consumption level is there.

But their family can't get involved in business-related matters, so what else can they do?

"Buy a house?" Qiu Fanghua's first reaction was that their family already had several houses, so why buy another one?

"Yes, we don't buy land, so as to avoid confusion later. We just buy the newly built houses at the market price, no matter they are residential houses or shops, as long as they are suitable, we will buy them. We don't have to be restricted to BJ City. No matter it is in the countryside or other cities, it's all fine, anyway, the policies have been relaxed." Li Xiang said with a smile.

After hearing Li Xiang's description, Qiu Fanghua immediately understood what he meant.

She held her chin and thought for a moment, if it was the market price, there should be no problem.

"I can still run around in this city. But if, as you said, we want to buy a house somewhere else, we all have to go to work, so who should we let go?" Qiu Fanghua said hesitantly.

As for the candidate, Li Xiang naturally already has one.

Otherwise, he would not have made this suggestion to his wife.

"Let Wang Sheng go. Didn't he come here a while ago because he was worried about the poor performance of the steel mill? Anyway, he is free now, so it's a good opportunity to let him go out and gain experience to see if he can be of use."

Li Xiang spoke in a nonchalant tone, acting like a wealthy man who didn't care about money.

Aunt Wang is an elder whom he respects. Since her son is having difficulties in making a living, he is willing to lend a hand.

Wang Sheng has a low level of education and was previously an ordinary worker in a workshop.

If Li Xiang arranges for him to work in a company again, then he will be able to foresee the end of the next 20 years until retirement.

Wang Sheng is not a bad person. Apart from a mistake he made when he was young, he has been blameless since then.

So Li Xiang didn't mind giving him a chance to choose.

The next day, when Wang Sheng was called over and received the first task assigned to him by Li Xiang, he felt his throat was extremely dry.

Drinking cup after cup of tea still couldn't quench my thirst.

"You want me to go to Shanghai to buy a house?" Wang Sheng unconsciously used a respectful title in his address, and even put emphasis on the word "house".

There are many interpretations of the word "lou", but in the common people's understanding, when it comes to "lou", it must refer to a house with many rooms.

If he was only asked to help with the sale of a house, Wang Sheng could still reluctantly help.

For someone like Li Xiang, who pushed the intensity to the maximum for the first time and asked him to help buy a house, Wang Sheng's heart was so nervous that it was suspended in the air.

"What are you afraid of? I'm not afraid of wasting my money, so why are you worried about it?" Li Xiang comforted him.

How can they be the same? Wang Sheng complained in his heart.

How much does it cost to buy a house? It must be several million.

Wang Shengguang felt a little scared just thinking about this number. If he didn't do it well, he would not be able to pay it back even if he was cut into pieces.

Faced with Wang Sheng's hesitation, Li Xiang did not force him, but asked him to go back and think carefully before telling him the answer.

I don’t know what Wang Sheng was thinking when he returned home, but he didn’t tell his parents and wife.

After thinking about it silently for a week, he came to Li Xiang and said he had taken it.

Adhering to the principle of trusting people when employing them and not employing people if you don't trust them, Li Xiang gave Wang Sheng 100% trust in this matter.

At first, Wang Sheng was just a novice in construction who knew nothing. In order to avoid being cheated, he used his connections and spent a large sum of money to hire a famous decorator in the hutong to go to Shanghai with him.

He told himself that even if the price was a little bit higher, he couldn't let Li Xiang buy something with quality problems. As it turned out, Wang Sheng lived up to Li Xiang's trust in him.

Although he has no talent for business, he is more than capable of doing what he is told.

From the first residential building to the subsequent shops, villas, farms and office buildings.

Over the years, he has been fulfilling his duties conscientiously and helping Li Xiang to resolve their family's real estate related matters.

Because the amounts involved in renting, selling, and demolishing were too huge, he did not even tell his family what he was doing for Li Xiang.

Whenever his family asked about it, he would just make excuses and run errands for Li Xiang.

To be honest, apart from Li Xiang and Qiu Fanghua, even their son Li Rui may not have the same idea as Wang Sheng about how rich the Li family is.

This time he went out to negotiate the renewal of several properties in Hong Kong. The old contract collected nearly 100 million yuan in rent per year for just one building, and he had to break that number no matter what this time.

Li's mother knew that Wang Sheng was helping Li Xiang with something, but she couldn't figure out what he was doing.

During the meal, Aunt Wang told me that he had been away for almost ten days and she hadn't heard him say on the phone that he was coming back.

On the way back, Li's mother suddenly asked, "Uncle Sheng, have you taken over your father's publishing business?"

"No, I haven't heard my parents mention it." Li Rui secretly glanced at his grandmother in the rearview mirror.

As he grew older, he knew some of the situations at home, but his parents warned him not to tell others about some things, even his own grandmother.

Maybe people become a little stubborn when they get older.

Once he makes up his mind about something, he will get stuck on it like a hundred or eighty cows that can't be pulled back.

Moreover, his grandmother has been particularly easy to be deceived in recent years and believes everything people say.

For example, telecom ZP, health products, and health-preserving gadgets, I get fooled every time, and it’s always different. No matter how hard I try to stop them, it’s useless.

His father had run out of tricks to deal with his grandmother. Apart from scientific experiments, he even used supernatural means. In the end, not letting her go out was the most effective trick.

Given his grandmother's situation, his parents said that it would be better not to let the old lady spend the family fortune without her noticing.

Li Rui coaxed his grandmother and talked about other things that happened at the dinner table at Grandma Wang's house, and soon diverted the old lady's attention.

"I'm telling you, don't tell your mother. Aunt Yun from your grandmother's family wanted to date your father at that time." Mother Li said mysteriously.

This was the first time Li Rui had heard of this. It turned out that there were such disputes between adults. Could it be that Aunt Yun treated him well when he was a child because she loved Aunt Yun so much?
"Then why didn't it work out in the end?" he asked curiously.

He glanced at his grandmother in the rearview mirror again, wondering if the old lady would object.

Li's mother did not notice it, but explained the situation to him in a serious manner.

"I heard from your aunt that it was your father who didn't want to. At first, I was wondering why he didn't want to, because Xiaoyun is a good child in all aspects. Later, when your mother came to us for the first time, I knew why your father didn't want to." At the end, Li's mother curled her lips proudly.

"Why?" Li Rui continued to ask following his grandmother's words.

Mother Li leaned forward and whispered to her grandson's ear.

There were obviously only two of them in the car, but they insisted on speaking in such a whispered tone.

"Why do you say that? Because your dad likes pretty girls."

Li Rui's steering wheel flicked instantly, and the car body swayed on the road.

If Li Rui hadn't regained his composure quickly, the grandfather and grandson might have had to report to the hospital today.

"Grandma, you are really amazing. How can you frame your own son like this? After all, my dad is a well-known man now. If this gets out, where will his dignity in the outside world be?" Li Rui replied, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

When Mother Li saw her grandson speaking for his father, she leaned back like a little child, crossed her arms over her chest and puffed out her lips.

"We are not in the same group anymore. Grandson, don't forget how good your grandmother was to you when you were a child."

"Yes, yes, my grandma loves me the most. The rest of the grandchildren have to stand back, right?" Li Rui coaxed her skillfully.

Speaking of this, Li Rui remembered something.

"My uncle said he would send my cousin back to school this semester, but now the new semester has started and I haven't seen him."

His mother even prepared a bedroom for him early in the morning specially to welcome her cousin.

Speaking of this, Mother Li couldn't help but sigh. Her grandson's studies are one of her few worries recently.

Over the years, although Li Xiaodi graduated with a doctorate and joined the army, his promotion has skyrocketed like a rocket.

But the result was that the higher his position, the more remote his unit moved.

For this, the daughter-in-law even gave up her job as BJ just to reunite with her husband.

The only two grandsons of the Li family were born in the army.

As the country becomes richer and stronger, the treatment of soldiers is getting better and better.

In order to facilitate the families of the soldiers accompanying the troops, all conceivable facilities were not left out just because they were located in the wilderness.

Although this unit has everything, it is not without shortcomings.

Although this school can solve the problem of kindergarten, primary school and junior high school, it is no longer able to solve the problem of high school.

Moreover, as the children's grades get higher, the teaching staff is no longer comparable to that of top cities like BJ.

Li Xiaodi and his wife are also worried about this, so they always bring it up every year when they return to Beijing to visit their relatives, but they always fail to do so because they can't bear to do so.

This time it seemed like they had finally made up their mind, and the Li family had made all the necessary preparations for it, but they didn't expect to be stood up at the last minute.

Time and time again, Li Xiang, the eldest brother, was so angry that he started cursing at home.

"He's still a general. Is this how a general should be? It's better for such an untrustworthy and worthless general to not be a general."

"Why are you scolding me? It's because you can't bear to leave your child. Li Rui grew up with us. You haven't experienced the pain of separation, so you can stand here and talk without any pain."

The brother-in-law was so scolded by his husband that he didn't dare to answer the phone. When he heard it was his husband calling, he hung up the phone faster than anything else.

The only person who could scare him this much was his big brother who had great power.

Li Xiang put his hands behind his back and snorted coldly.

Although I dare not say it out loud, I secretly muttered in my heart: "Women are too kind."

(End of this chapter)