Chapter 315 We Are All Willing to Be Maids
The shore of West Lake.

Jiangnan Villa.

In the early morning, the sun rises in the east.

Su Mingzhe, who was doing homework with Si Teng, suddenly heard a woman singing in the garden to practice her voice.

"..."

"When I loved you, you were poor and studying hard."

"When I left you, you were on your way to a successful degree and were enjoying your wedding night."

"..."

Su Mingzhe and Si Teng finished their homework and walked out of the bedroom. They heard the woman still singing and couldn't help but complain:
"Did this Nanlan have a romantic relationship with a human scholar in ancient times? How come she is so obsessed with "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio"?"

"I asked Xizhu, there's something you might not know."

Si Teng was in a good mood and responded to the man:

"When Nanlan was in the Song Dynasty, she fell in love with a talented man, so she pretended to be his cousin, married him, had children, and lived happily for several years. Later, her identity was suspected, and her mother-in-law forcibly separated the two. In order to protect the talented man and the child, Nanlan even forced herself to marry another powerful nobleman, became his second wife, and gave birth to two sons for him."

"Is she stupid?"

Su Mingzhe was originally listening quietly, but when he heard that the orchid fairy had given birth to three sons in a row, he couldn't help but complain.

When the Kari give birth, it is just like the vampires undergoing the first embrace ritual, and the development of offspring will inevitably consume a lot of their own energy.

Ok?
vampire?
By the way, after Selina performed the first embrace ceremony on Michael, she has been sleeping in the cellar. It has been more than ten years and she hasn’t woken up yet.

I'll go check it out later to make sure nothing goes wrong.

After breakfast, Si Teng went out shopping with Chisan.

Her family is rich, and Si Teng spends money generously.

From the 1930s to now, more than 80 years have passed.

Thanks to Si Teng's lavish spending, she has bought six commercial streets in Yuhang City alone, including but not limited to more than 120 office buildings and commercial buildings.

Throughout China, it has purchased more than 600 buildings, more than 500,000 shops, and more than 3,000 companies in various industries.

Su Mingzhe and Si Teng have been husband and wife for so many years, so they finally understand each other.

Si Teng spends money when she is happy, and she also spends money when she is unhappy. She spends money when she has nothing to do, and she spends even more when she has something to do.

Spending money is the most common way Si Teng expresses her emotions.

As a man, Su Mingzhe should be able to infer whether Si Teng is in a good mood or a bad mood from the items she buys every day.

For example, in the last century, Si Teng sent people to acquire more than ten pharmaceutical companies at one time.

After the acquisition was completed, Su Mingzhe discovered that Si Teng acquired the pharmaceutical factory because she was unwilling to have him go to work every day and disliked that he had less time to spend with her at home.

After Su Mingzhe gave up his work at the pharmaceutical factory, Si Teng stopped acquiring other pharmaceutical factories.

For example, in the last century, when Si Teng took the money to buy a commercial street, she was angry that Su Mingzhe was unwilling to accompany her shopping.

When Si Teng bought a commercial building in another place, she was probably angry that Su Mingzhe did not accompany her on a trip.

Wait a minute.

Si Teng had something in her mind, but she didn't say it, just waiting for the man to guess.

Sometimes Su Mingzhe is busy and has no time to pay attention to her, and then Si Teng will buy a lot of things at once.

Whether useful or not, I bought them all and brought them home and piled them in the bedroom.

Today, Si Teng took Chisan out shopping, and of course she went shopping.

Su Mingzhe walked towards the back garden alone.

The chrysanthemum fairy, who had just lived her second life, was preparing to go to kindergarten accompanied by the orchid fairy.

When the two girls saw Su Mingzhe, they quickly greeted him:
"Good morning, sir."

"Morning, have you had breakfast?"

When Su Mingzhe saw the two women, he stopped and thought for a while before asking them, "You two are both in your second life now. Have you ever thought about going out and living a free life?"

The two women were a little confused by the man's sudden question and asked cautiously:
"Sir, don't you like us staying here?"

Su Mingzhe waved his hands quickly and said:

"That's not the case. I was thinking that the international situation is generally stable now, so you can go out and take a look. There's no need to be trapped in this place."

"Sir, we feel very good living here."

The chrysanthemum spirit and the orchid spirit were both in their second lives. They were young in body and mentality. Seeing that Su Mingzhe had no intention of driving them away, they joked with Su Mingzhe:
"If the master and the lady agree, the four of us sisters are willing to acknowledge you as our master and become your maids."

"What era is this? You still need to recognize your master and have a maidservant as your concubine."

Su Mingzhe laughed dryly and changed the subject.

These tribesmen who came from feudal society have very old-fashioned ideas and must be criticized!

In fact, the orchid fairy and the chrysanthemum fairy dared to joke with Su Mingzhe only because they saw that Si Teng was not around.

After all, we have known each other for more than a hundred years and have been through ups and downs together, so there is no harm in making a joke.

Of course, if Su Mingzhe had taken the opportunity to ask them to recognize him as their master, they would not have hesitated.

In this world, strength is ultimately paramount.

As Su Mingzhe is at the top of the world's combat power, it is quite an honor for her to be his maid.

The orchid fairy was in a hurry to send the chrysanthemum fairy to kindergarten, so she didn't chat much with Su Mingzhe.

Su Mingzhe continued to walk towards the back garden. The bodies of the plum fairy and the bamboo fairy also began to age, but they insisted on waiting for the chrysanthemum fairy and the orchid fairy to grow up completely and recover their previous life's magic power before they were willing to enter Nirvana and enter the second life.

Su Mingzhe respects their choice.

"Sir, would you like to go down to the cellar?"

Watching Su Mingzhe push away the rockery, the bamboo demon reminded: "The vampire hasn't woken up yet."

"I'll go down and see how she is doing now."

Su Mingzhe said as he came to the cellar.

There was no light in the cellar, and a coffin made of golden nanmu wood was placed in the center.

Using its roots to probe into the coffin, the dark aura inside the coffin became even stronger.

Selina was still lying inside, eyes closed, breathing deeply.

"These vampires can really sleep for more than ten years, or even hundreds of years. No wonder they can't beat the werewolves who have strong fertility and go into a frenzy every time the moon is full."

Su Mingzhe confirmed that Selina was fine, put the coffin back in place, and left silently.

After Su Mingzhe left, Selina in the coffin's eyelids trembled slightly, and then she regained her composure.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Su Mingzhe woke up from his nap and drank a sip of chrysanthemum tea made with orchid essence.

I packed up my fishing rod and was about to go fishing in West Lake. Before I went out, I saw Si Teng and Chi Shan coming back with depressed expressions.

Seeing Su Mingzhe's surprised look, Chishan explained:

"Sir, my wife and I went shopping in the supermarket this morning. When we checked the accounts, we found that the two supermarkets that the government recommended us to acquire last year were losing money."

“Can supermarkets still lose money?”

Su Mingzhe was stunned and frowned:

"We own the supermarket and the upstream and downstream industries. The product and operating costs are so low. How could we possibly lose money?"

Si Teng sat in the pavilion, holding the man's purple clay teapot, and drank a cup by herself. Then she sighed and explained:
"Both supermarkets are old companies that have been in business for nearly a hundred years. If the companies were operating normally, they would naturally be profitable. However, the aging of the employees is particularly serious, there are a lot of retired workers, and the employee benefits are particularly good..."

After Su Mingzhe listened, he understood what was going on.

Since the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty in the last century, China has been re-established for more than a hundred years.

The social issue of 'aging' is not just a problem for the two supermarkets, but an issue that the entire society needs to consider.

No wonder the government bought two lucrative supermarkets.

“In fact, it’s not just these reasons.”

Seeing that the two people looked unhappy, Chishan couldn't help but say:

"The development of e-commerce in recent years has also taken away a lot of supermarket business."

Su Mingzhe nodded slightly. These reasons are all objective.

However, if you lose money in business, you have to consider the objective reasons, but the most important thing is to look at the subjective reasons.

Su Mingzhe asked: "Does our supermarket have its own e-commerce platform?"

“Yes, but not much business.”

Although Si Teng is very smart, she does not have a strong talent for business.

"Leave it to me. This supermarket business won't make up for the loss."

Su Mingzhe thought about it and came up with a few ideas. He sent them to the company's group executive president via his mobile phone, asking him to come up with a feasible plan as soon as possible based on the method he mentioned.

Sometimes, although a century-old store represents brand and honor, it also represents a rigid operation of the organization and too many people.

The supermarket problem is easy to solve.

Even for Su Mingzhe, this is not a big deal.

However, the problem of an aging society and a host of other problems are getting worse.

If the government does not solve these problems in a timely manner and guide public opinion, social conflicts will become increasingly intense.

For example, marches, demonstrations, rising crime rates, low fertility rates, low marriage rates, and even negative population growth rates.

These problems are not rare in China and will occur everywhere.

Seeing the man solve the problem of the supermarket losing money in no time, Si Teng felt much better.

Su Mingzhe took Si Teng to the West Lake and took a pleasure boat to go fishing.

The pleasure boat was the same one that was built with rosewood in the 1930s. Its total construction cost was as high as more than 30 million yuan, which amounted to more than 3 million US dollars at the time.

There are three floors on the deck and two floors below, a total of five floors.

From bow to stern, the ship is 58 meters long and 16 meters wide at its widest point.

More than 500 cubic meters of red sandalwood were used.

If we were to build a pleasure boat like this with rosewood now, the material cost would be close to 2 billion.

If other expenses are added, it would cost at least 3 billion yuan to complete the task.

Well, the exchange rate between the Chinese currency and the US dollar is now three to two.

In other words, converted into US dollars, the cost price is also 2 billion US dollars.

The cost of building a conventional-powered aircraft carrier is roughly this number.

A pleasure boat is equal to an aircraft carrier!
No problem!
Unfortunately, when fishing on such an expensive pleasure boat, you still can’t catch any fish.

(End of this chapter)