YiHan tugged at a corner of a blanket and hummed an affirmative sound. He didn't know what to say. In his last life, the old Mr Yan acted first. He had the advantage of being early and bought half of all the available areas. He earned so much from it that the entire Yan Group was significantly stronger for it. The remaining crumbs left by the Yan family was enough to produce batches after batches of real estate kings.
The five great families of the city were the Yan family, the Bai family, the Mu family, the Chen family and the Qi family. While there weren't many differences on the surface, in reality, some of them were stronger than the others. The Yan family was like a great, old oak. It had many branches and dominated both in business and in politics. It was already stronger than the other four families. After eating such a big slice of cake, it jumped straight up to be the top dog of the city. The Mu family slowly shifted its focus overseas because JingYuan went overseas. As Qi Kun was ill and Qi MingYang was a young man who wasn't crafty enough yet, they were rather weak. The Chen family had lost its heir, so they weren't stable. But then, the Bai family got into trouble. The Qi and Chen family each took a slice of the Bai family's pie, rapidly building themselves up. In the end, only three major forces were left in the city.
Now that he was reborn, he had only thought that his family would be fine as long as he didn't try and commit suicide. He never thought about helping his family get stronger, to be so strong that no one else would dare touch them. Among the five great families, the Bai family was the simplest of them all. There weren't a lot of them and they didn't have any political ties of their own. This was a fatal wound. That was why even though the Bai family was strong in YiHan's last life, it was still toppled over by other forces working together. As they say, a strong man trumps over ten martial artists. One had nothing to fear as long as they were stronger than the others. As for YiHan, he would never be the "soft spot" of the Bai family ever again.
The Bai family was gobbled up by the Qi and Chen family but they could only rise to the Yan family's equal in the end. It was obvious just how beneficial the southern suburbs were. In that case, if the Mu and Bai families could seize this chance, they'd definitely grow to be much stronger. Then, they wouldn't be so easily toppled. As for the Chen family, as long as TianYang was kept alive and he truly loved XueQing, then the two families would unite to be a single family with no grudges between them at all. From then on, only the Qi family would be left among their enemies. They wouldn't be able to do much. At the thought of that, an urge began rising in YiHan's mind.
However, just how could he convince his family and JingYuan that the southern suburbs, the "useless lands" would turn into a treasure trove? That's the main question.
In JingYuan's eyes, YiHan had went silent all of a sudden. A great frown overtook the younger man's face. Who knew what was going on in his mind? JingYuan started getting nervous. He had been traumatised by the incident where YiHan had mental breakdown while clutching at a shard of glass.
"What are you thinking about?" JingYuan asked in the softest voice he could muster. "Can you talk to me about it?"
YiHan snapped back from his thoughts and stared at JingYuan with wide eyes.
"If I say," YiHan started in a what-do-I-have-to-lose tone. "The southern suburbs would turn into land so precious that every inch would be worth its weight in gold, that there's a limitless business opportunity there, would you believe me?"
JingYuan let loose a soft sigh of relief. "Why wouldn't I believe you?" he said. "Did you receive some sort of news?"
YiHan shook his head. JingYuan tilted his head up and pecked him on the lips.
"You felt a business opportunity there?" JingYuan gently asked.
YiHan looked back dazedly. Felt a business opportunity? He had no such skill.
"I just feel that there must be some sort of potential in it," YiHan replied.
JingYuan lightly chuckled. He rubbed his cheek against YiHan's before rising and picking up his phone.
"Chen Hong," JingYuan said into the phone after dialling a number into it. "Take a look at the company's finances. We'll buy as many of the southern suburbs' lands as we can afford to."
"Don't ask that many questions. Just do as I say," JingYuan continued.
Then, he hung up, only to look up and see YiHan's eyes had went as wide as saucers. A smile burst out of him at that sight. He walked over to tap the other on the tip of the nose.
"What's with your expression? Is it that shocking?" JingYuan asked with a low chuckle.
"You believe me just like that?" YiHan was stunned.
"Of course," JingYuan stated in a matter-of-fact tone. "As if you would hurt me."