Chapter 1305 - 1307
Zhao Gang was also a bit shocked that after just a casual chat with the kids, their whole home-buying plan had taken a big turn.
"The speed you guys move at..." It really made him feel like he was getting old and just couldn’t keep up with them anymore.
"Our speed is absolutely top-notch." Zhao Guangran was actually hoping his own old man would find it all too much trouble and not want to bother anyone, so he could help kill off Zhao Xuran’s idea.
At first Zhao Gang really felt like this was making trouble for people. It was just a place to live; there was really no need to toss people around like this. But he couldn’t stand up to all of Zhao Xuran’s insistence.
"We really can renovate it like that for us?" The only thing Zhao Gang worried about was this: what if they bought the factory and in the end weren’t allowed to remodel it? That would be a headache.
That actually was a real issue, but Zhao Xuran wasn’t worried at all. He gave Zhao Guangran a glance.
Helpless again—once more, he was the unlucky one at this moment. "Dad, I guarantee we can definitely get this done."
Can this kid really handle it? Zhao Gang remained skeptical, but he didn’t show it.
Their son was grown now, and here in the United States he’d carved out his own patch of sky.
"We’ll entrust this tough mission to our very own Zhao Guangran." Zhao Gang noticed that Zhao Guangran had his head down and wasn’t talking, and remembered what Zhao Xuran had discussed with him before.
When he heard the old man speak, Zhao Guangran really worried the old man would say something unflattering about him. Luckily, he didn’t. "Don’t worry, I’ll definitely get this done."
To keep from making his dad sad, this time he really had to perform well. He couldn’t let his dad bring up in the future how he’d failed to take care of this.
Zhao Xuran also let out a breath of relief. He’d really been worried his dad would say something that would upset Zhao Guangran. Even though these past few years in the United States had gone pretty well for him, in their parents’ eyes, this son really could be pretty unreliable sometimes.
"This time we’re counting on you, Guangran." When it came to Zhao Guangran, Zhao Xuran trusted him completely.
Even if this kid liked to brag and embellish his words, he was still fairly reliable.
But Zhao Xuran was still a little worried. Just earlier he’d seemed completely clueless about these issues, and now they were asking him to handle all this. Could he really pull it off?
"Relax. I don’t know how to do it, I don’t even know where to start—but I can ask John." The reason Zhao Guangran could sound so confident was exactly because not knowing wasn’t a problem.
"Here, you let the professionals handle professional matters. John might not be that old, but there’s no way he’d pass up such a good opportunity." On this point, Zhao Guangran was really sure.
So sure? That made Zhao Xuran a bit suspicious. Maybe this so-called John his younger brother kept talking about wasn’t actually that reliable.
See, his big brother just hadn’t adapted to how things worked here. "There are lots of rich people across the States, but most of them have long-term agents they work with. When they need to buy a house or order a custom car, there are people dedicated to handling it for them."
"We might not be rich yet, but an ambitious agent who wants to build something isn’t going to let us slip away." That was why Zhao Guangran felt so sure.
"John is an ambitious guy. He doesn’t have much of a network, but he’s serious and responsible. Bro, don’t worry, once we tell him, he’ll get it done. It’s just a matter of fees."
What he didn’t say was that if this kid failed to get things done properly this time, they could just switch agents next time they had a similar need.
"John’s a good guy." Dai Liren was also very satisfied with him.
"Then I’m relieved. We’ll be counting on him to rent out the place when the time comes."
"You’re really going to rent it out?" Zhao Guangran honestly couldn’t figure his big brother out. It’s not like they needed that bit of rent money, so why would he agree to rent out such a nice place?
Was he being stingy? Or was his big brother short on cash lately? Otherwise why would he be so eager for money?
"What’s the point of leaving it empty? Otherwise where’s the money for property tax supposed to come from every year?" It was just that he had some money, that’s all. "There are going to be more and more places we’ll want to invest in later."
He’d just squeezed some money out of Zhao Guangran for an investment. Even though this time the total wasn’t huge, what was clear was that this wouldn’t be the last time—there’d be plenty more in the future.
Under Zhao Xuran’s stare, Zhao Guangran felt all kinds of embarrassed. "I know, I know." Sigh, that was pure black history.
"Alright, you two go talk about your partnership." Enough, he had to leave. If he stayed, his big brother would just keep staring him down.
"I’ll go talk to John." Zhao Guangran made a phone-call gesture and went into the study to make the call.
After kicking the house matter over to Zhao Guangran like that, Zhao Xuran turned his gaze to Dai Liren.
Even though he’d already agreed to invest, Zhao Xuran was still used to sitting down and talking with people. Even if he didn’t know anything about this industry, didn’t understand code or programs or whatever, he wasn’t about to just throw money in without asking anything.
It didn’t surprise Dai Liren at all that Zhao Xuran would come to him. If Zhao Xuran just put in money and didn’t talk to him, that would actually make him uncomfortable.
When he saw Dai Liren let out a long breath of relief, Zhao Xuran said, "Why do you relax the moment I come talk to you?"
"If you didn’t talk to me, that’s what would make me uneasy, because that’s not who you are."
"Sure, I’m from the Dai Family, but right now I’m relying on myself. If I wanted to lean on the Dai Family, I wouldn’t have thought about coming to the United States in the first place."
"If I’d stayed back home, everything would’ve been way easier."
On that point, Zhao Xuran agreed. If Dai Liren had stayed in China and wanted to start a company, that would’ve been a piece of cake. If he needed money, people would line up to hand it to him.
Orders would appear on their own, and the kind where people paid first and picked up the goods later at that.
"The reason I agreed is because your family has helped us a lot." Zhao Xuran didn’t feel he was being out of line saying that; he figured whatever had been weighing on Dai Liren before was probably because of this.
Dai Liren knew that was exactly it, and his face immediately didn’t look so good.
"It’s true the Dai Family has helped me a lot, but when it comes to investments, I’m serious. Not to mention getting the money back."
Zhao Xuran thought back to what Zhao Guangran had said earlier. "I don’t care if Guangran says we can get a thousandfold return."
Dai Liren was dumbfounded. "I really can’t promise we’ll make that much." To get people to invest, of course you had to exaggerate the profit outlook a little, but he hadn’t exaggerated it that much.
"I promise I’ll work hard to make money, but I really never said we’d make that much." That kind of money—Dai Liren didn’t even dare imagine it.
He honestly didn’t know if this unreliable brother of his was helping him or digging a pit for him.
Knowing that Zhao Xuran didn’t understand much about computers, he used simple language to explain the project he planned to do and his expectations for it.
"I don’t really know how to describe the project to you in detail." Realizing how vague that sounded, he quickly added another line.
Go to that kid Xiao Zhi? Just thinking about that full-on fanboy expression, Zhao Xuran could already picture how Gong Ruzhi would answer.
"Forget it, I’ll ask him. But can Xiao Zhi go over there to learn in the future?" Whatever, no matter how this project turned out, he’d just treat it as giving Xiao Zhi a chance to learn.
Think of it as paying some tuition. How can you learn anything without paying tuition?