Chapter 33: Do One's Best

On the way to the Shen Family villa, Shen Mo had a little fantasy in his heart, thinking that Zhu Kailan and Shen Yilong had somewhat recognized him and wanted to cultivate the relationship a bit.

When he arrived at the Shen Family villa, Zhu Kailan smilingly pulled Liu Yue away, and Shen Yilong led Shen Mo in front of two pigs, only then did Shen Mo understand that he was called over to slaughter the pigs.

Zhu Kailan led Liu Yue chatting happily inside the villa, while Shen Mo, along with the chef, the nanny, and the bodyguards, slaughtered pigs in a corner of the villa, and Shen Yilong stood aside smoking.

After bleeding the pigs, Shen Mo wanted to go find Liu Yue, but was stopped by Shen Yilong, who tossed him a cigarette, and the two squatted on the side watching the others butcher the pigs.

After a good while, Shen Yilong suddenly spoke: "I heard from Wenya that you can make a whole pig banquet, so I'll have to trouble you later."

"Mm." Shen Mo stared at the sky speechlessly, wishing he hadn't come.

Shen Yilong snorted with laughter: "My wife should be transferring shares to your wife right now."

Huh? Shen Mo was stunned, what does that mean?

"The marriage alliance between the two families, no matter how bumpy the process, has ultimately been completed, so the shares that should be given to the bride's family still need to be given." Shen Yilong explained calmly.

At this moment, Shen Mo's whole body was filled with strength.

A whole pig banquet—I must make it absolutely perfect today, and make Zhu Kailan happy eating it.

Stomping out the cigarette butt, Shen Mo rolled up his sleeves and walked toward the chef who was butchering.

"Step aside, let this master show you some knife skills."

"Some good dishes must use good meat, and good meat has to be cut out during the cutting."

Shen Yilong was quite speechless at this sight, this kid really is money-hungry.

However, Shen Yilong didn't quite dislike this kind of behavior.

Sometimes, blood ties are quite strange.

But not as important as a wife.

Inside the villa, Zhu Kailan handed a contract representing three percent of Shen Group's shares to Liu Yue.

Liu Yue didn't refuse either.

According to her several uncles from the Liu Group, Liu Group and Shen Group have now launched many cooperations.

With the marriage alliance completed, both sides jointly invested in building many factories, which are now all profitable.

But the person leading it was Shen Jiajia, which was also Shen Jiajia's main achievement at Shen Group in the past half year or so.

Liu Yue is still the heir of Liu Group, so she naturally strongly supports the marriage alliance and cooperation between the two families.

At the same time, Liu Yue also realized that Shen Group would be handed over to Shen Jiajia in the future.

This was probably also the reason for inviting her and Shen Mo over.

After figuring it out, Liu Yue also made a deal with Shen Jiajia, selling her three percent of Liu Group's shares.

Cooperation between big companies has always been like this—you are in me, and I am in you.

Shen Mo really made the whole pig banquet, which made Shen Yilong couldn't help but complain that this kid really does love his wife dearly—upon hearing that money would be given to his wife, he immediately put in great effort.

Zhu Kailan saw the table full of dishes and beamed with joy, praising that the relationship between Shen Mo and Liu Yue was truly excellent.

At the dinner table, Shen Yilong and Zhu Kailan asked about the matters of Yue Mo Media.

Liu Yue repeated what she had said to Liu Xinhua before, leaving Zhu Kailan and Shen Yilong utterly astonished.

The two felt it was a bit outrageous.

Shen Jiajia, however, found it very interesting and wanted to take a stake in Yue Mo Media, thinking it was a future sales channel.

Shen Group originally started from hardware trade, and Zhu Kailan and Shen Yilong caught the windfall of domestic steel scarcity and Russia's massive steel exports, soaring with the skyrocketing steel prices. But that doesn't mean Shen Group has no crisis.

That is the issue of sales channels.

Shen Group's business in Europe and America relies too heavily on those local people for sales channels, and over all these years, it's been very hard to break through.

To put it bluntly, if the distributors ask them to lower their prices, they have to lower them; if they ask them to raise prices, they have to raise them, otherwise their overseas business channels would instantly collapse.

Their Shen Family's hardware products wouldn't be sold overseas.

Shen Jiajia had an idea—why not open up sales channels through other means?

If Shen Group's controlled media and entertainment industries develop overseas, could they sell their products through online purchasing agents?

Of course, this isn't something that can be done overnight; it requires a very long-term plan.

But Shen Jiajia also briefly mentioned it.

Shen Yilong and Zhu Kailan didn't stop her—it's good for children to have their own ideas, they just need to watch.

If they could take overseas pricing power away from the overseas distributors, that would be even better; if not, it doesn't matter, anyway many of their Shen Family's factories are now built as joint ventures with overseas partners, and those distributors all have shares in the subsidiary products, so they won't price things recklessly.

These topics were all too high-end for Shen Mo to understand at all—he could only gnaw on a pork knuckle with shining eyes, and whenever they paused, he'd serve dishes to Shen Yilong, ladle soup for Zhu Kailan, scoop rice for Shen Jiajia, and wipe Liu Yue's mouth and such.

Watching the attentive Shen Mo, Liu Yue was very curious, and when Shen Mo was recommending the effects of pork trotter soup to Zhu Kailan, she couldn't help but laugh: "Hubby, you're very happy today."

Shen Mo nodded and grinned: "Isn't this coming home?"

【Of course I'm happy—you got Shen Group's shares, that's all pure silver; it's only right that I show some attentiveness.】

Liu Yue was touched inside—her own husband was helping her in his own way.

Shen Yilong scoffed at Shen Mo's words—this kid, it's because we're giving money, right?

Zhu Kailan smiled slightly and said nothing about Shen Mo's words.

Shen Jiajia, however, chimed in that everyone should visit more often in the future, there would be plenty of chances to eat together.

To these words, everyone chose to smile without speaking.

After dinner ended, Zhu Kailan asked Liu Yue and Shen Mo to stay, which made Liu Yue couldn't help but sigh—poor parents' hearts all over the world—then refused, she had a home, and there were still a pair of nannies at home who liked reading domineering CEO novels.

When they returned to the villa, Wang Ma and Li Sao had already cleaned up the house and prepared hot water.

The two nanny aunties, not seen for a long time, were as cheerful as ever, their eyes sparkling when looking at Liu Yue and Shen Mo.

The only regret was that Li Sao wanted to resign, wanting to go home and help her daughter through confinement.

Li Sao's daughter had married a scumbag, so now she could only keep the child and leave the father.

Liu Yue decisively refused, telling Li Sao's daughter to come live at the villa—anyway, she had another building next door, and she probably wouldn't be in Jinghai City for the next few months either.

This left Shen Mo very puzzled—why, exactly?

Liu Yue's explanation was simple: Li Sao's daughter Li Mingming was the Financial Director of Liu Group, and Li Sao had worked for the Liu Family for thirty years, having brought Li Mingming along with her since the age of fifteen.

Li Mingming had lived at the Liu Family home right up until graduation; she was one of Liu Yue's good friends.

So why resign? Just bring her straight into the household.

Li Sao was terrified, feeling it wouldn't do. Liu Yue decisively began to reason with her, opening with: "Li Sao, don't be silly. You saved my life—how could I possibly let you leave? Besides, isn't working here just the same as working anywhere else? And on top of that, you're my dowry maid."

The next morning, Liu Yue dragged Shen Mo, Wang Ma, and Li Sao along, and the three of them drove a cargo truck to Li Mingming's house.

(End of Chapter)