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Xue Sumei said happily: "Xiao Zhou, you should buy a house as soon as possible, otherwise if you hesitate for a moment, it may be gone."

Zhou Chen nodded, then asked Yang Tao: "Taozi, what do you think?"

"Ah? Me, you just decide to buy a house, why are you asking me?"

With his mother right in front of him, Yang Tao had no courage to express any opinion.

Xue Sumei was anxious: "You kid, Xiao Zhou wants to buy a wedding house, how can it have nothing to do with you? Xiao Zhou respects you and only asks you, look at your attitude."

She was really disappointed with her daughter, as she had not inherited her decisiveness at all.

"mom……"

Zhou Chen knew that Yang Tao was embarrassed, so he said, "Auntie, please contact them. We can make an appointment to go and see the house. If it's okay, I'll buy it."

"By the way, Auntie, how high are the housing prices in your area? I am planning to buy a stock recently, which may require a lot of investment. After the investment, I will only have a few million left. If the houses there are too expensive, I will have to pay the down payment first."

"That's enough, that's enough. A few million is enough. We're not in the city center, so we don't need that much money."

Xue Sumei was very happy when she heard this. A few million was more than enough to buy the house over there, but Zhou Chen's mention of buying stocks caught her attention.

"Xiao Zhou, you said you wanted to buy stocks?"

Zhou Chen did not hide it: "Well, I recently took a fancy to a domestic stock. I think it has a rising trend, so I decided to test the waters and invest some money."

Xue Sumei asked carefully: "How much are you going to invest?"

"About 10 million."

"Ten million?"

Xue Sumei and Yang Tao both screamed in surprise, frightened by Zhou Chen's generosity.

"Xiao Zhou, are you sure about investing 10 million at once?"

Xue Sumei's heart was pounding with fear. Ten million was an astronomical figure to her. She was terrified when she thought that Zhou Chen was going to spend ten million to buy stocks.

Yang Tao was not much better off than Xue Sumei. She had worked hard over the past few years and had only earned a few hundred thousand yuan, but Zhou Chen's investment was 10 million yuan, which put tremendous pressure on her.

Zhou Chen said: "Don't invest all at once, but invest little by little. It takes a certain amount of time. Moreover, even the stock god can't say that he is sure of the stock. I can only say that you should pay attention at all times. As long as you are not too ambitious, you can sell it in time when you find that the situation is not good, and you can stop the loss."

Although he has only been studying stocks for a short time, he has already understood some basic knowledge. In fact, this is very similar to the nature of gambling. Never have a gambler's mentality and maintain a calm mind.

It is easier said than done. Zhou Chen observed for a long time and decided to buy it only after he discovered the possibility. If he was asked to buy some stocks he had never heard of, even if they were bull stocks, he would not dare to buy them easily.

"Xiao Zhou, I see you know a lot about stocks. How about you buy some for your aunt?" Xue Sumei said in a low voice.

"Mom, what did you say?"

When Yang Tao heard that Xue Sumei also wanted to invest in stocks, she was shocked and quickly stopped her: "Mom, stop it. Stocks are not something you can play with."

Xue Sumei retorted: "I can't, but Xiao Zhou is amazing. Xiao Zhou, Auntie believes in you. Do you think you can vote?"

"this?"

Zhou Chen hesitated for a moment. He dared to invest because the money was his own and he was not afraid of losing it. But if he brought Xue Sumei along, that would be hard to say.

Yang Tao kept winking at Zhou Chen. She didn't want her mother to do anything wrong.

Zhou Chen received Yang Tao's signal, "Auntie, stocks are something you really can't control. Although I invested, I can't guarantee that I'll make money."

"It's okay, Xiao Zhou. Auntie believes in you. I don't want to make much money, as long as I can earn enough money for food."

She does want to make money, but Xue Sumei wants to show off to her old sisters after making money. She is already at this age, but she can still make money, which is definitely better than others.

"Mom, can you please stop making trouble? You always do whatever you want." Yang Tao covered her forehead with her hands, feeling really helpless towards her mother.

But Xue Sumei ignored her and just stared at Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen had no choice but to say, "Auntie, how about this? How much do you want to invest? I'll cover the loss for you. If you lose, it's mine, and if you win, it's yours. How about that?"

Xue Sumei waved her hands immediately after hearing this: "No, no, that won't work. Wouldn't that mean I'm taking advantage of you? No, no."

Although she wanted to make money, she was not shameless enough to do this.

Zhou Chen then changed his words: "Then let's put it this way, Auntie, you put your money here, it's considered as an investment, if you lose, it's mine, if you make a profit, you give me a share; Auntie, this is not taking advantage, but a mainstream practice now, you give me the capital, I create the profit, and then we share it."

"Is that so? Don't lie to me." Xue Sumei looked at Zhou Chen with suspicion.

"How could I possibly lie to you? With our relationship, I wouldn't dare lie to anyone else but you."

Xue Sumei smiled: "I like to hear that. Wait, come to my place for dinner tomorrow and we'll talk about it in detail."

"Okay, I'll listen to you, Auntie."

Xue Sumei went to help Yang Tao pack up with a smile, leaving Yang Tao to complain to Zhou Chen.

"Zhou Chen, what did you promise my mother to do? She is such a person, well, it's hard to describe her in a few words."

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "It's okay. With your mother's cautious personality, she can only invest tens of thousands at most, or hundreds of thousands at most. I can afford this amount of money. The most important thing is to please my future mother-in-law."

"What future mother-in-law? I haven't even agreed to marry you yet." Yang Tao rolled her eyes.

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "It's only a matter of time."

"But are you really going to listen to my mom and buy the house across from us?"

Speaking of the house, Yang Tao was a little nervous, because in her opinion, if Zhou Chen was determined to buy it, it meant that he was really determined to be with her, otherwise he would not have bought the house opposite.

Zhou Chen said: "I have this idea. I don't have any relatives here. If I live across the street from your mother, she can take care of you in the future."

For Zhou Chen, it doesn’t matter where he buys the house. After all, he is not yet at the stage where he has to consider his children’s schooling.

After this chapter is updated, I still owe 14 chapters. I am still writing it. If I can finish it, I will update it.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 98: First Visit (Additional chapter for the reward from Qiyun Jinlong)

After Xue Sumei packed her things, Zhou Chen drove them back home and delivered all their things upstairs before leaving.

It was such a big house, and it was so hard to have a hostess for two days, but now she is gone. Zhou Chen, lying alone in bed, felt very melancholy.

After running on the treadmill for half an hour, Zhou Chen took a shower and went to sleep.

The trip is over, and the next step is to start working on the bridal shop. He has agreed on a time with the brand, and the goods will be delivered to his door in two days. The other party will also send a special person to explain the characteristics of the wedding dresses and the brand's features to the employees in his store.

The wedding dress brand that Zhou Chen cooperated with is a well-known brand both at home and abroad. In order to get this brand to settle in, Zhou Chen spent a lot of money.

But this is also something that must be done. After all, when you just open a store, you must have a famous brand to attract customers.

After these people came, Zhou Chen also planned to let Yang Tao learn with them. Yang Tao likes wedding dress design very much, so she will definitely be interested.

In addition to wedding dresses, photographer Zhou Chen has planned to get help from Hong Boda, whom he met while climbing Mount Tai. As for makeup artists and stylists, he found two through recruitment, which is enough for the time being. As for store clerks, he has not found all of them yet, but there are already three, which should be enough for the early stage of opening.

After all, they are not in the catering industry, nor are they a shopping mall. It is impossible for a large number of customers to flock to the business on the opening day. The wedding business he is in needs to ferment slowly. Even if there are customers, it is impossible to reach an agreement in a short time.

The next day, Zhou Chen notified the recruited employees to come to the store. There was nothing important to do today, just discuss salary and cleaning.

As for the salary, Zhou Chen had already found out clearly that it was a base salary based on the market plus commission. He neither paid more nor less. In the end, how much money the employees could get depended on their own abilities.

Zhou Chen was busy until the evening. He then went back to take a shower, change clothes, go to the supermarket to buy some nutritional supplements, and then head to Yang Tao's community.

"You kid, you're here, what else do you bring?"

When Zhou Chen arrived, Yang Tao's family was there. Xue Sumei was dissatisfied when she saw Zhou Chen carrying so many things.

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "This is my first time visiting you, and I don't know what to buy. I just bought some nutritional supplements. Auntie, I hope you don't mind."

"It's weird to buy things, come in quickly."

Zhou Chen put his things down and saw Yang Tao sitting on the sofa with her left leg on the coffee table, smiling sweetly at him.

In addition to Xue Sumei and Yang Tao, there were also Su Qing and a man in the room, whom Xue Sumei took the initiative to introduce.

"Xiao Zhou, you meet my niece Qing'er. This is Qing'er's husband. His last name is Duan, Duan Xifeng. Xifeng, this is the Zhou Chen we talked about, Xiao Zhou."

Zhou Chen immediately called out politely: "Brother-in-law, hello."

Duan Xifeng looked to be about thirty-five or thirty-six years old. He was wearing a black suit and looked like a successful man. He had a bit of a beard and didn't look very clean.

"Hello, Zhou Chen. I've heard about you from my aunt and the others a long time ago. And Guo Ran has also mentioned you to me a few times. Today I finally saw you in person. Sure enough, you are more energetic than they said. Come and sit down. The two of us are going to have a few drinks today."

Duan Xifeng acted very familiar with Zhou Chen and started to treat him as a brother, with a very warm attitude.

Before Zhou Chen could speak, Yang Tao, who was sitting on the sofa, said loudly: "Brother-in-law, Zhou Chen drove here, so he can't drink."

Xue Sumei immediately scolded with disdain: "You are the only one who talks too much."

Duan Xifeng said with a smile: "It's okay, it's easy to find a designated driver in Yanjing, just ask the designated driver to drive back when the time comes. Zhou Chen, I brought two bottles of good wine this time, you can't be so rude."

"No problem, then have a few drinks with my brother-in-law today."

When it comes to drinking, Zhou Chen has never been afraid of anyone. Coming from a state-owned winery, he often drinks raw liquor with an alcohol content of 70 or 80%, not to mention the finished liquor after processing. He wouldn't dare to say how much, but two kilograms is definitely no problem.

"Come on, Zhou Chen, come and sit down. You can eat soon."

Zhou Chen was pulled to the sofa by Duan Xifeng and sat next to Yang Tao, who smiled and put her arm around his.

"Tsk tsk, Taozi, you're hooking up so quickly. Aren't you reserved at all?" Duan Xifeng laughed at Yang Tao.

Yang Tao made a few faces and expressions. She was obviously much more lively in front of her home and relatives.

Xue Sumei and Su Qing were busy in the kitchen, while Duan Xifeng sat and chatted with Zhou Chen. The two men talked about everything under the sun.

Duan Xifeng was a very talkative person, chattering non-stop. Most of the time he was the one asking questions and Zhou Chen was answering, from the Civil Affairs Bureau to Zhou Chen's wedding dress shop...

To sum up, Duan Xifeng was trying to find out about his situation with a purpose.

Zhou Chen did not feel disgusted by this. This was normal. Before marrying off their daughter, who wouldn't take a good look at the man's family and character?

The meal was ready quickly. Zhou Chen helped Yang Tao to the dining table. The five of them sat at the rectangular table. Xue Sumei sat in the middle seat. On the left were Su Qing and Duan Xifeng, and on the right were Yang Tao and Zhou Chen.

Before she started eating, Xue Sumei suddenly said with great emotion: "It's been so many years, but this is the first time that so many people in our family can eat at the same table."

Yang Tao's father died when she was very young. Later, she raised her daughter Yang Tao and niece Su Qing alone. Later, Duan Xifeng joined the family.

But at most there were only four people. Now with Zhou Chen, there were five people. This made Xue Sumei happy but also a little uncomfortable.

"Mom." "Aunt."

Xue Sumei wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled, "I'm fine. Today is Xiao Zhou's first visit, so he should be happy. Xifeng, the task of accompanying Xiao Zhou for a drink is now up to you."

Duan Xifeng immediately replied: "No problem, Auntie, leave it to me."

The wine was ready, it was white. Zhou Chen wanted to pour it, but Duan Xifeng motioned him to do it and poured Zhou Chen half a glass.

"Zhou Chen, come here. I respect you. You are welcome to come here, and you are welcome to come here all the time in the future."

"Brother-in-law, I respect you. Don't worry, Taozi is here. I will definitely come often in the future."

"Hahaha……"

There was a sudden burst of laughter.

While eating and drinking, Zhou Chen and Duan Xifeng soon finished a bottle of wine. Duan Xifeng opened another bottle despite Su Qing's dissuasion.

"Xifeng, drink less. This is Zhou Chen's first visit. Don't get drunk."

Duan Xifeng often drinks wine because of his work, so he can drink quite a lot. He said, "Qing'er, don't worry. Look at Xiao Zhou's appearance. This little bit of wine is nothing to him."

Whether someone can drink or not can be seen after two glasses of wine. If someone like Zhou Chen drinks half a catty of wine without blushing, you can tell at a glance that he can drink.

Xue Sumei waved her hand at Su Qing, "Qing'er, let the two brothers drink. Xifeng has been eating with us for so many years, but no one has ever accompanied him to drink. Today, someone finally came to drink with him, so let them drink to their heart's content."

"Yes, yes, what aunt said makes sense." Duan Xifeng turned around and flattered her.

"Xiao Zhou, don't be polite. Just treat this place as your own home. Oh, no, I shouldn't be the one saying this. I'm afraid it won't be long before you say this to me."

"Brother-in-law..."

"Okay, let's stop talking. Taozi is shy."

Zhou Chen raised his glass: "Brother-in-law, this is for you. Let's drink slowly."

…………

After finishing two bottles of wine, Duan Xifeng's eyes were already blurry, while Zhou Chen's face was slightly red, but his mind was still very clear.

"Zhou Chen, you can drink quite a lot, not worse than me. Qing'er, do you have any more wine?"

Su Qing immediately scolded: "Forget it, look at you, what else can you drink?"

"I can still drink. I want to keep Zhou Chen company for long enough." Duan Xifeng shouted.

Su Qing covered his forehead with his hands, looking helpless. Xue Sumei quickly waved her hands, "Qing'er, take him to the sofa and let him sober up. I was worried that he would get Xiao Zhou drunk, but it turned out that Xiao Zhou was fine, but he was drunk."