Chapter 1270 - 1272:
These past few days, Cai Ming has been busy with big matters in his catering empire, so he really didn’t take to heart the things his own wife was tossing around.
His wife has always been the type who can toss things up in all sorts of ways, and after they got their own niece, she became even more capable of stirring things up.
Anyway, everything she tosses around turns into money‑making ideas, so just let her toss away.
What Cai Ming didn’t expect was that this time she would toss out such a big piece of industry. "You didn’t get it wrong?"
My god, Cai Ming was truly stunned. Although he doesn’t understand Chinese medicine, that doesn’t stop him from knowing what Shiyu Hall is—absolutely a money‑spinner.
But clearly they could have just kept all the profits to themselves, so why bring them in? Cai Ming really couldn’t figure it out.
Could it be that Zhan Jing and the others are short of money? That’s really such a big joke that no one would believe it if you said it out loud.
"It’s to set up a sales company for the stuff that’s going abroad. Basically, we just don’t want to let people in R Country make a big chunk off it." And if they start this kind of sales company overseas, there might be pleasant surprises.
For example, as long as they open a company in some tax‑free place, then go invest in R Country directly, they can completely sidestep things on the domestic side.
It’s not that they’re thinking all day about not paying taxes, but once their family assets expand again, who knows how many people will turn green with envy and then who knows what kind of trouble will be stirred up.
That really wouldn’t fit their low‑key personalities.
"The Zhao Family is really sacrificing a lot this time." Even if they didn’t bring them in, Cai Ming wouldn’t see a problem, since this is Zhan Jing’s maiden family’s business.
Wan Qiweng was also shocked by what Renee said. "Ni Zi, you’re sure you didn’t get it wrong?"
Even though Wan Qiweng didn’t come from a family of doctors or pharmacists, she still knows that as long as you have a good secret formula, as long as the descendants don’t squander everything, life won’t be bad.
Now that Zhao Xuran is actually letting them in on something this good, of course Wan Qiweng is willing to put up money to invest, even if they have to set up a sales company over in R Country.
She doesn’t understand that market over there, but that doesn’t stop her from having confidence in the ointment.
If the Black Ointment didn’t work well, would it have R Country people all riled up in every possible way? They might get excited, but they wouldn’t lash out in such a gross way.
With an opportunity this good, there is absolutely no way they can miss it. "Do Xuran’s mom and dad agree?"
Even though she’s very happy to have such a good opportunity, Wan Qiweng is still rational. What she wants to know is how Zhao Gang and his wife view this matter.
No point in everyone getting all worked up, thinking there’s a nice stroke of fortune waiting for them, only for the Zhan Jing couple to disagree. Wouldn’t her mom be getting excited for nothing?
"They have no objections." If she hadn’t gotten a clear answer from the Zhan Jing couple, how would Renee dare mention this to anyone?
Entering the Japan market is something Zhan Jing has agreed to, but whether she’s willing to share this opportunity with others has to be decided by her.
"Then of course we can’t miss such a good chance." Once she hears that Zhan Jing and the others are all on board, there’s no way Wan Qiweng would refuse.
Who would be stupid enough to push away such a good opportunity? "So about the money?"
"When the time comes, we’ll transfer it directly from overseas, so it has nothing to do with any of us." For ease of capital operations and tax issues, Zhao Guangran had long since set up companies overseas for the few of them.
If they really invest this time, of course the money will be wired over directly from overseas, all sorts of convenient.
"Deal." Wan Qiweng doesn’t understand these operations. Since everyone’s doing it the same way, there’s no need for her to fuss about it—she’ll just wait to collect the money.
"We’ve already bought up our full share." The family is big, and they’ve got another little boy at home. Even though they’ll raise him in all sorts of ways and hope he can become self‑reliant, as parents they still want to leave the kids a bit more.
The same thing is happening with the Gong Tao couple. "When the time comes, the three of you siblings will split it."
People always say family property should go to the son. In Gong Tao’s view, as long as the children are successful, they won’t care if their other siblings get more.
Even though Gong Ruwen is just taking a small salary right now, is he really short of money? He’s not short at all.
Not to mention that domestically, Renee’s school keeps expanding, and her dividends won’t be small, and the dividends from the food factory won’t be small either, right?
Not to mention the financial trading Zhao Guangran is doing in the United States—does the eldest son get a small cut?
"Your dad really has to work hard now, otherwise I really won’t be able to keep up with you all." Gong Tao really feels a bit emotional. Other people’s dads are so impressive in front of their kids.
When it comes to him, Gong Tao really wants to cry—he just doesn’t have any fatherly authority.
"Dad, you still have to keep working at it." In Renee’s eyes, Gong Tao has actually been working really hard these past few years—for example, the furniture factory has been developing extremely fast.
And this is still before the home‑decoration boom has really taken off. Plenty of people still aren’t used to going to stores to buy ready‑made furniture, and even if they’re willing to spend on ready‑made pieces, once they see how expensive it is, they back off.
Gong Tao let out a grunt. "I’ve actually been thinking for a while now about whether I should get into the wood flooring business. Now I think I shouldn’t miss such a good opportunity."
Getting into wood flooring, huh—Renee thinks this is a good idea, but she has more in mind. "Dad, have you thought about sourcing wood from abroad?"
Why buy wood from abroad? Wouldn’t that be more expensive? It’s not like there’s no timber in the Northeast. Gong Tao really doesn’t understand why Renee would bring this up.
"How many years does it take for a tree to grow big enough to be usable? Furniture, flooring—no matter how big or how many forests you have, they’re not enough to keep cutting down."
Renee thought of what she saw when she went back to the Northeast last summer vacation. "Lots of once lush, green mountains now barely have any big trees left."
"If there are no big trees, how are animals supposed to live?" Renee knows she can’t stop trees from being cut down, but she can’t just watch her own dad enter a business that consumes huge amounts of timber without at least giving him a reminder or two.
"Uh, this, I..." Gong Tao really wanted to say there’s no way he can control that much, but he couldn’t very well start swearing in front of his daughter.
"Actually, Dad, if all our wood is imported, even though the material costs will be a bit higher, if one is imported wood and one is domestic wood, which would you pick?" To talk about environmental protection, it’s better to come at it straight from the angle of profit.
Is that even a question? "Of course the imported stuff is better."
"You have no idea, nowadays rich people just assume that imported stuff is better than domestic." Previously, Gong Tao really hadn’t thought much about this, because imports require a big upfront investment.
But if the income will be higher, then of course they should choose imports. "You said earlier that imported wood won’t be that expensive?" He vaguely remembers his daughter mentioning this.
See? Her own dad is tempted now. Renee nodded. "It won’t be much more."
"Dad, you’ll see that this way you can make even more." Renee once again gave Gong Tao a reassurance pill.
"Congratulations, Dad, you’ve found yourself a big money‑making opportunity."
"Once I make big money, I’ll take you all to the United States for a trip." Last time his wife went to the United States she stayed quite a while, but she was busy taking care of the new mom and the baby and didn’t get to have any fun at all.
Even though his wife said it was fine and that going to the United States was just to take care of people, did she really not want to have fun in her heart?