Chapter 20: Worry-Free School for the Family

  Li Junshan looked at Li Yang, then glanced at Li Cheng, and after a few rounds of looking at the two people's faces, he finally sighed: "Okay, I'll call Shuqin over in a while, let's have a family meeting and discuss it thoroughly!"

  The reaction of the two sons was still satisfactory to Li Junshan. Some families had also received unexpected wealth, but often ended up with a broken family. Li Junshan did not want this money to make their home like that either, in which case it would be better not to have discovered that little thing and not have these good things.

  Shuqin, also known as Fang Shuqin, is Li Yang's sister-in-law and works in the same unit as Li Cheng. She is a very good woman who takes care of her family and treats the elderly well. After hearing the good news, she was excited but didn't say much, only telling Li Cheng to do whatever he thought best.

  Dinner was sumptuous, and suddenly a large sum of money appeared at home, which was a good thing. After dinner, Fang Shuqin cleaned up the table and all five people sat down. Li Yang's little nephew went to the bedroom to watch cartoons.

  Coughing, Li Junshan said first: "Now everyone is here, I won't say anything about the matter. Now there are 6 million more at home, what do you think we should do?"

  "Otherwise, let's renovate the house first. Yangyang is right, our home does need renovation. Now that we have the money, Yangyang won't have to bear the cost alone!" Li Cheng hesitated for a moment before responding.

  "There's no need to rush with the house, we two old folks have gotten used to living in this house, if it really changes, I'm afraid we won't be able to get used to it!"

  What Li Yang did not expect was that his mother would be the first to stand up and oppose, before when Li Yang wanted to help them alone, opposition could still be understood, but now that there is clearly money at home, opposing again would be unreasonable.

  After thinking for a moment, Li Yang understood why his mother did this. Although the family had money now, after having money, they first used it on themselves. His mother was also afraid that he and his brother would have some ideas, meaning that no matter what time it was, she always thought of the two brothers first.

  "Mom, what's not to get used to about the new house, especially since it's in the same location? Look at our neighbors, they've all renovated their houses and are living comfortably, aren't they?"

  "If I'm being honest, Li Cheng has always had the idea of doing business, so let him go do business first, then use the money to buy a good house for Yangyang in Mingyang, and save the rest, that way we'll be prepared for anything that comes up!"

  Li Junshan slowly said a sentence, Li Cheng and Li Yang both smiled bitterly, the two of them thought of their parents, but their parents were thinking of them first, now that they had money at home, no one was willing to use it first.

  "Actually, doing business is just talk, we are both teachers, who knows what good business to do, let's just follow Li Cheng's words, first renovate the house, you two elderly have worked hard for a lifetime, it's time to enjoy some peace and happiness!"

  This time it was Fang Shuqin who spoke, Li Junshan looked at his daughter-in-law and suddenly felt a surge of warmth in his eyes. They were all good kids, not fighting over money, but thinking of the old couple first.

  "Business?" Li Yang's eyes lit up suddenly, and he immediately said to Li Cheng: "Big brother, I remember you saying that running a school is very good nowadays. Why don't we open one? You, me, and our parents can all have shares. Having this school will be like having another source of wealth for us. The best way to make money is to let it breed more!"

  "Run a school?" Li Cheng's eyes lit up: "With 6 million, we can set up a medium-sized middle school. If done well, it's indeed a good business opportunity. Our whole family is in the education system, and the most suitable business for us to do is probably running a school!"

  "What do you think, Dad?" Li Yang asked Li Junshan again.

  Li Junshan, who was also present, was very moved. Li Junshan had been a teacher for his whole life, and schools were indeed the most familiar place to him. However, doing business in school was not something he knew how to do; all he knew was how to teach.

  Li Junshan thought for a moment and finally shook his head: "Isn't the school investment too big? What if it fails?" Older people just don't have the courage of young people, Li Yang and Li Cheng are thinking about what to do after it's done, but Li Junshan is thinking about what to do if it fails.

  Li Yang sat down beside Li Junshan: "It's okay, if it doesn't work out, we can just pretend we didn't find this little thing. Dad, you'll be retiring next year, and at that time, you can come to our own school to make a comeback, and when the time comes, big brother will be the principal, and you can be the dean of studies, and run the school smoothly!"

  "Dad, I think Yangyang makes a lot of sense. If it doesn't work out, we can just pretend the money was never there. But if it does work out, then we'll have a steady stream of income, which is better than anything!"

  Li Cheng also advised on the side that there was nothing more suitable for Li Cheng's business than running a school.

  "That's okay, but you and Shuqin can't quit your jobs. Take a leave of absence first and get the school started before saying anything!"

  After some thought, Li Junshan finally made up his mind. In important matters, Li Yang's mother had always listened to Li Junshan, and once he agreed, she didn't have any opinions either. The big matter of the Li family was thus settled.

  The issue of shares was quickly settled, with everyone pushing each other to compromise. In the end, they adopted a compromising approach: Li Cheng took 40%, Li Yang took 40%, and Li Junshan took 20%. This was what Li Junshan strongly demanded; if it wasn't divided this way, he would rather not attend his own family's school.

  In fact, Li Yang didn't take the shares seriously. This school was set up for his family members and he himself did not want to get involved in it at all. Even if he didn't have any shares, as long as his family members were happy, he would be satisfied.

  After everything was settled, Li Yang immediately transferred all 6 million to Li Junshan's account. Li Yang had originally planned to transfer 7 million directly, but Li Junshan refused, so he gave up.

  After the funds were in place, everyone got busy. Li Cheng looked very honest but not stupid, and soon he used his business acumen to get the county government to approve 30 acres of land for their school in the suburbs. The investment of 6 million was touted by Li Cheng as 20 million, which was the only way they could rent this batch of land at a very low price.

  Although there is a suspicion of taking advantage of the country, many people are doing so now. This time, Li's family is actually preparing to invest 6 million yuan to build a school, which is much more reliable than those who say 2 million as 20 million.

  It's now the end of the year, and Chinese New Year is less than a month away. The land has been allocated, but construction can't start yet. Li Yang doesn't understand the procedures for setting up a school, and everyone else is busy, so he becomes the most idle person.

  Li Yang decided to go back to the company ahead of time and supplement his knowledge of jade in the company. After all, Li Yang was going to rely on his special ability to gamble on stones and get rich.

  "Assistant Li, someone is looking for you?"

  The salesperson, Little Zhang from downstairs, rushed to the second floor to call Li Yang. After becoming an assistant manager, Li Yang also had an office, but his office was shared with finance, and Finance Director Zhao and Li Yang each had a desk.

  "Looking for me? Who is it?"

  Li Yang put down the book about jade he was reading and looked up in confusion, asking. He had just returned to work for three days, but Zhang Ying hadn't arranged any specific tasks for him, so he usually just read books to pass the time.

  Xiao Zhang shook his head: "I don't know him either, looks like a pretty cultured person, wearing glasses!"

  "Alright, you go down first, I'll be right there!" Li Yang thought for a moment, still couldn't remember who it was, and decided to go down and take a look before doing anything else.

  Upon arriving at the first floor lobby, Li Yang quickly spotted a middle-aged man in his forties wearing glasses with golden frames, standing beside him was Xiao Zhang.

  "That's our Assistant Li!" Little Zhang pointed at Li Yang and then left.

  "Hello?" Li Yang greeted him with a puzzled expression. This person was very unfamiliar to him, and Li Yang could confirm that he had never met him before.

  The middle-aged man stretched out his hand and carefully measured Li Yang: "Are you Li Yang? The Li Yang who won three times in Qingdao?"

  "Yes, it's me. I don't know what you want from me?" Li Yang was slightly stunned, when did the Qingdao thing spread to Mingyang?

  "Nice to meet you, nice to meet you!" The middle-aged man with glasses suddenly smiled and stretched out his hand to Li Yang: "I'm from the Mingyang Jade Stone Association. I heard that Mr. Li has consecutively won two big bets on jade stones in Qingdao, and I'm very curious. I'd like to get to know Mr. Li. Sorry for the intrusion!"

  "Jade Stone Association, you're also a member of this association?" Li Yang looked at the middle-aged man with glasses in surprise, and suddenly felt a thread of joy in his heart. He was worried that he couldn't learn about jade knowledge, but good things came knocking on his door.

  Since it's an association, they must understand a lot. Those bookish things are dull and difficult to understand, of course not as good as asking people directly. Li Yang had asked Zhang Ying about these questions before, but unfortunately, Zhang Ying, who wanted to pull Li Yang out of the quagmire, didn't respond.

  "Of course, I don't know if Mr. Li has time to come visit our association?" The middle-aged man with glasses smiled and nodded, Li Yang hesitated for a moment, looked at the clock on the wall, and then nodded: "I'm afraid not today, I'm still working, how about tomorrow? Tomorrow is Saturday and I have time!"

  "Alright then, it's settled. We'll be waiting for Mr. Li's arrival. Here's my business card with the address of our Jade Stone Association on it. You can just go there directly when the time comes!"

  The middle-aged man in glasses smiled and nodded, handed over a business card with both hands, and then left with a smile.

  Watching him walk away, Li Yang bowed his head and carefully looked at the business card. The man's name was Zhang Wei, with the title of General Manager of a company.

  "Cuiyu Xuan, not a bad name!" Li Yang nodded with a smile and put away the business card. This name is obviously related to jade.

  "I'm starting to admire my luck now?" Li Yang thought to himself with a sneer, quickly walking up to the second floor, whatever he wanted would come to him, just like timely rain.