Chapter 63 I Sent Her Back

  Qin Shu listened to her younger brother and Jester discussing continuously, but she seemed to understand a little bit of what they were talking about. She only understood that Jester was going to invest domestically with several hundred million dollars.

  Then she couldn't help but click her tongue, she didn't expect that this boy who looked extremely ordinary would be so rich.

  This can't be his parents' money, right? Qin Shuyi, who didn't watch the news, could only make such self-conscious and reasonable guesses.

  She was even more surprised when she heard that her uncle Jiang would meet Jester in person.

  Moreover, she was all too familiar with her younger brother-in-law's temperament. He normally considered himself superior to others, looked down on ordinary people and never showed any warmth or kindness to anyone except family members, even when it came to work-related matters.

  Was it all because of Old Man Jiang's high regard for him?

  The elevator stopped at the top floor, and Jester's conversation with Yang Hailong also came to an end. For both parties, everything that needed to be said had been said, and everything they wanted to know was known.

  Jester stepped out of the elevator, still thinking about what Yang Hailong had just said.

  For Yang Hailong, the Jiang Department Head in his mouth might just be a real power department head, who will later become a territorial official and eventually enter the central government. However, in Jester's eyes, it was completely different. He came from the future, so he naturally knew that the Jiang Department Head in his mouth would become what kind of powerful existence in the future.

  One country under one ruler.

  Shanghai Stock Exchange

  Jester silently repeated the name of this city in his heart several times. This city, which had become a major metropolis in the Far East since its opening 100 years ago, was now completely disconnected from the world. However, Jester knew that it wouldn't take long for this once-great metropolis to regain its former prosperity and surpass it.

  This is the trend of the times and cannot be reversed.

  To be honest, his initial plan was to settle in Deep Town, after all, as a special zone, it had been developed for many years and the conditions were currently the best in the country. However, now that he heard what Yang Hailong said, he had other ideas.

  And Jester also believes that Yang Hailong took the initiative to tell him these things, and it's not just as simple as hoping he would go back home to invest.

  Jester could see it clearly, and the other party did not hide it either. He was indeed here to plead his case.

  It's obvious who he is speaking for; otherwise, there would be no need to add that one sentence about the transition.

  Is it Shen Zhen or Shanghai? One represents the present, and the other symbolizes the future. As for which one to choose, the result gradually became clear in Jester's mind.

  Just as Jester was about to reach the door of the conference room, he suddenly felt a tug on his clothes and turned around to see Qin Shuyi grasping his clothes with her white palm.

  Jester slowed down on purpose and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing?"

  When Jester asked this, Qin Shu's face turned red for a moment. She glanced at her younger brother-in-law and saw that he hadn't noticed her, so she walked into the conference room and whispered to Jester: "Don't tell anyone about that!"

  "What's wrong?" Jester asked, somewhat puzzled, did she know something he didn't?

  "Was it... was it..." Jester asked back, Qin Shu suddenly became tongue-tied, her face blushing bright red, and she said with great embarrassment, "It's just that thing you did for me the other day, tying my shoelaces!"

  "It's no big deal." Upon hearing Qin Shu Yan's words, Jester couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time. However, that incident of tying his shoelaces was indeed his own fault for being too rash. He didn't expect the girl in front of him to be so sensitive. Looking at her pouting face which had turned red with embarrassment, Jester could only nod in agreement.

  "Pull the hook." It seemed that Qin Shu still didn't quite believe Jester, and she looked at him with a suspicious gaze before stretching out her small finger like jade towards him.

  "Hanging on the hook for a hundred years without being allowed to change..."

  Helpless, Jester had no choice but to make a promise with his opponent that he would absolutely not tell anyone else.

  When she saw Jester and herself making a connection, Qin Shuyin's face also showed a satisfied smile.

  At this time, a voice came from the conference room, it was Grandpa Jester calling out to Jester to come in.

  Jester and Qin Shuyi walked into the conference room one after another, with Qin Shuyi's face still slightly red from bowing her head. Seeing this scene, Jester's grandfather had a strange expression on his face, and he immediately glanced at Jester, but Jester's expression remained unchanged, and he didn't notice anything unusual.

  "Who is this little girl?" Jester's grandfather smiled and asked Yang Hailong about Qin Shuyi's identity.

  "She's called Qin Shu, a student at USC and my niece. Originally, I had an assistant arranged for me when I came to the US, but he got into a car accident, so she volunteered to be my assistant instead. However... " Yang Hailong's laughter grew louder as he spoke, "But this assistant of mine is quite irresponsible. As an assistant to a commercial counselor, she hasn't even heard of the young entrepreneur who's been making headlines recently. I don't know what to say."

  Then Yang Hailong briefly told Jester about his previous meeting.

  This also made the people present reveal a kind smile, while Qin Shuyi glared at her younger brother with a vicious look, and she, who originally had a thin face, blushed again.

  She was still muttering under her breath, but even if Jester was right next to her, he couldn't make out what she was saying. It probably wasn't anything good, and the target was definitely still her little brother-in-law.

  When Yang Hailong said that Qin Shu was his niece, a hint of understanding flashed in the eyes of Jester's grandfather. Apparently, Jester's grandfather knew the other person's identity, so he smiled and said: "She is just a girl who has never done these things before, it's inevitable to make mistakes for the first time. Moreover, Miss Qin helped you because she saw that you were not capable enough. You not only didn't show gratitude but also made fun of her. How can you expect her to help you again in the future?"

  These words made a fleeting smile flash across Qin Shu's rosy face.

  But Yang Hailong could only be called awkwardly by Jester's grandfather.

  "Qin Shuyan... This name has a nice ring to it." Jester's grandfather said, then shifted his gaze to Qin Shuyan, murmuring her name under his breath before nodding in approval. "This is taken from the poem 'Moon Rising' from the Chen Wind section of the Guo Feng in the Book of Songs, isn't it?"

  After finishing speaking, Jester's grandfather still had some lingering thoughts and softly recited the poem from the Book of Songs.

  "The moon comes out bright, the people are happy. The worries and troubles are relieved, the heart is at ease. The moon comes out white, the people are joyful. The anxieties and cares are dispelled, the heart is comforted. The moon shines brightly, the people are delighted. The calamities and disasters are removed, the heart is sorrowful."

  Upon hearing Grandpa Jester's words, Qin Shu also nodded slightly in embarrassment, acknowledging it.

  "Mr. Li is really knowledgeable." A slightly younger man in the room spoke out in praise as soon as Jester's grandfather had finished speaking.

  However, Jie's grandfather seemed to be unimpressed with this level of flattery and smiled sarcastically: "What erudition? You're just trying to show off in front of me! In my day, I was just a cook and a soldier, but anyone who had attended a few years of private school would have read the Book of Songs."

  Then everyone burst out laughing.

  However, some people praised him, saying: "Don't be modest, sir. It's one thing to have read it before, but being able to recall it all after several decades is quite another matter."

  Jester's grandfather waved his hand and said, "There's no need to be humble. I'm clear about my own abilities. I can recall them just by flipping through them often. As Confucius said, 'Is it not a pleasure to learn and practice constantly?'". Then, the old man's tone changed as he looked at Yang Hailong who was still standing beside him, still smiling and saying, "So now we should have friends coming from afar, isn't that delightful?"

  "Yang Shen Zan, please take a seat." Everyone chimed in unison.

  Yang Hailong nodded, and after he sat down, the Chinese entrepreneurs participating in this symposium also took their seats. Jester found a position in the corner and sat down, while Qin Shuyi looked around and surprisingly followed Jester to choose a position in the corner as well.

  Jester smiled at her and Qin Shu also nodded with a pursed mouth.

  Jie Si came in and didn't bother to count the number of people carefully. Now that he saw everyone had taken their seats, he lazily counted them and found it was just like his grandfather said earlier - not many people were there.

  There were only about thirty people, which seemed like a decent number, but let's not forget that the West Coast is home to more than half of all Chinese Americans, with at least tens of millions of people. Thirty or so people are really insignificant in comparison.

  It can also be seen that many Chinese businessmen still have some distrust of the mainland.

  However, Jie Shi knew that in 1984, also known as the first year of reform and opening up, the real takeoff of reform and opening up officially began from this year.

  Actually, in this meeting, Jester wanted to know that Yang Hailong had already told him very clearly in the previous elevator. Now Yang Hailong, as a commercial counselor, is mainly talking to these Chinese who intend to invest in the mainland about the current treatment and benefits of domestic returnees investing in China, encountering some misunderstandings, and naturally having to explain them one by one.

  As someone who is clear about this period of history, Jie Si understands what Wu Tong Qi Ping and San Mian Wu Jian Ban mean, and doesn't feel anything out of the ordinary, after all, to him, it's already a 'historical' event that has happened.

  But for those living in the world's largest capitalist country, who have been mercilessly exploited by the evil capitalist government from the moment they started doing business, Yang Hailong's words about one after another of preferential policies that would never appear in a capitalist society sounded like heaven to their ears.

  The crowd that was stimulated by Yang Hailong's words and had been emotionally stirred up began to ask their own questions after Yang Hailong finished speaking.

  What they asked most was whether the mainland would go back on its word.

  After all, this is something the mainland has done before.

  It's no wonder they have such a deep impression of this.

  Yang Hailong said categorically, absolutely impossible.

  In short, the atmosphere of this symposium was very harmonious. The participants were all selected by Grandpa Jester beforehand, and none of those who had a close relationship with Taiwan were invited. The vast majority here are people who left the mainland for various reasons in the past but still have strong feelings for it.

  In other words, those who can attend this symposium have basically decided to return to China for investment after the Olympics.

  After the party, according to Yang Hailong's original plan, the next few days were supposed to be spent visiting the factories of several Chinese businessmen who had been arranged in advance. However, because of his previous harmless joke to Qin Shuyi, this thin-skinned girl had been holding a grudge.

  "I won't be your assistant anymore!"

  After the dispersal, in the corridor where people were leaving, Qin Shu Yan said to Yang Hai Long with a somewhat resentful tone.

  This made Yang Hailong somewhat cry and laugh, he never thought that this little girl couldn't take a joke at all. He tried to persuade her, but Qin Shuyi wouldn't listen, insisting on returning to Los Angeles. The problem was that he had already made an appointment with those Chinese businessmen, and as a diplomatic official, especially when attracting investment is a political task, it's absolutely impossible to break the promise. Moreover, he couldn't possibly let this little girl go back alone, could he?

  Yang Hailong shuddered at the thought, if he dared to let Qin Shu return alone, once she returned home and told his family about it, his good days in the country would be over.

  Who doesn't know that everyone at home treats this girl as a treasure, especially the old man. He truly holds her in his hands as if he's afraid of dropping her and holds her in his mouth as if he's afraid of melting her. The more Yang Hailong thinks about it, the more he feels that he is being cheap with his words, why bother making jokes at her expense for no reason.

  It just so happened that Jester was passing by at this time, and after hearing about it, he just smiled and said.

  "I'll send her back."

  PS2: I'm tired of shouting "Hell" all the time, originally it was set as Hell but as I wrote it became Nintendo, so from now on I'll just call it Nintendo, and I won't change the previous ones either.

  PS3: I used to be a fan of Nintendo, but now I think they're just rehashing old ideas with Mario and Zelda. However, I still have a lot of respect for their contributions to the gaming industry in its early days. I grew up playing Nintendo games, but now I'm a fan of Sony because they have the same attitude towards games that Nintendo used to have. Sony's first-party games are top-notch, especially the ones from Naughty Dog, Guerrilla Games, and Insomniac Games. If Sony becomes like Nintendo is today in the future, I'll be criticizing them too.