Chapter 52: Persuading Shen Mo to Start a Business

After Zhou Yue finished introducing this experience, she steered the conversation toward novels so Zhou Fei could join in.

Perhaps because novelists all have plenty they want to express, and this was her strong suit, Zhou Fei began talking nonstop about her ideas.

Zhou Fei's goal was to open her own studio, or even a company.

Mainly doing novel adaptations.

Back then, Zhou Fei's reason for writing novels was very simple—she just felt those authors wrote terribly, so she did it herself.

Now Zhou Fei felt those adaptations were too ugly, and likewise decided to do it herself.

Originally, the money she had earned on her own wasn't quite enough, but now she had Zhou Yue and her biological parents—three pairs of filthy-rich dog-wealthy households—so she was going straight for the big launch.

As she spoke, Zhou Fei's gaze kept drifting over to Shen Mo and Liu Yue.

Zhou Fei felt Shen Mo and Liu Yue were perfect for starring in her drama.

Liu Yue cheerfully agreed, thinking it was wonderful.

After all, which beauty has never fantasized about performing a breathtaking scene and then setting the world ablaze with fame?

Zhou Fei talked about her views on the market.

Shen Mo felt it was very naive, because it was completely different from what Liu Yue usually talked about.

Zhou Yue, however, expressed that it was great, very thoughtful, and that she could strongly support it.

Shen Mo was puzzled.

【Why do I feel Zhou Fei's ideas are completely wrong, yet Zhou Yue still wants to support them?】

Liu Yue smiled and took a sip of juice.

Her drinking capacity needed to be saved for later when schmoozing with those old foxes.

In no time, all the guests attending the banquet had arrived, and Zhou's father and mother called Zhou Yue and Zhou Fei over.

Shen Mo took the opportunity to ask Liu Yue his question.

"Because no one succeeds at investing on the first try; everyone needs to go through failure and setbacks," Liu Yue explained lightly. "Zhou Fei has her own ideas, which is great, and Zhou Yue has money, so she can afford to let Zhou Fei fail."

Perhaps afraid Shen Mo would overthink it, Liu Yue paused and explained again: "Zhou Yue doesn't have any ill intentions toward Zhou Fei. It's just that investing and starting a business definitely requires step-by-step trial and error before you can form your own theory."

"Take me, for example. Back in college, I invested and failed one after another, losing over two hundred million."

Shen Mo was stunned.

【Wait, you lost over two hundred million?】

【I absolutely can't believe it.】

Liu Yue smiled faintly. No one succeeds right from the start. The reason no one knows—no, should say no one talks about it—is because Liu Yue later succeeded and made a fortune.

Taking advantage of no one being around, Liu Yue began telling Shen Mo about the investment failures of the people around them.

Zhou Yue was initially all fired up, ready to take on the world and defy everyone, and put her own money into investing in several hotels. She did everything according to her own ideas—location selection, marketing—and in the end, it proved a complete failure.

Zhao Yanyan had once founded a design company, ran it for three years, and lost a hundred and eighty million. It was brutal.

Shen Jiayun had also invested in startups and lost five hundred million.

Shen Jiajia invested in the internet during college, running a dating website, and lost a quiet sum.

These are the ones everyone knows about; there are many more that are unknown. Almost everyone, when making investments of tens of millions or hundreds of millions, lost money at first.

No one succeeds right from the start; they all stumble through the rough patches and gradually form their own investment, entrepreneurship, and management approach.

Practice yields true knowledge.

"So, hubby, after hearing my story, do you have any thoughts about starting a business?"

"After all, you're young, and you've learned quite a bit recently. You could go out and give it a try." Liu Yue blinked, smiling as she looked at Shen Mo.

She supported Shen Mo starting a business. A man—it's nice having him by your side, but occasionally he should rise to the occasion too.

Besides, she was there to back him up.

Of course, even if Shen Mo was useless at everything, Liu Yue would still provide for him. At the very least, Shen Mo was sincere about her, and she didn't need to test that.

【Why suddenly bring up letting me start a business and invest? I don't understand, and I don't respect this idea.】

【In this lifetime, my only investment is believing in the interest from the Big Four banks. My few hundred million in cash sits in the bank earning interest, bringing in several thousand a day. Why would I go start a business and invest? What if I lose money?】

With this thought, Shen Mo slowly said: "Forget it, I don't have much ambition."

"At most, at most, whatever you invest in, I'll follow along and put in some money."

Liu Yue smiled. Fine, hubby's way of thinking was good too.

Zhao Yanyan beside them rolled her eyes.

At this moment, Zhou's father and mother led Zhou Yue and Zhou Fei up onto the stage to begin their speech.

It was very brief—just an ordinary family recognition event, publicly stating that this whole real-and-fake heiress thing was an accident, an accident of switching babies at birth, with none of those messy events from novels.

This made everyone in the audience unable to hold back their laughter.

Shen Mo looked at the recording journalists and felt Zhou's father and mother were pretty ok—this was a genuine declaration to everyone.

A reporter asked how the Zhou Family's shares should be handled.

Zhou's father answered with a smile: "Both daughters are my children, and both are outstanding children. They may not necessarily be interested in my business."

Zhou's father timely turned on the big screen behind him, which displayed the growth experiences of Zhou Yue and Zhou Fei.

No need to mention Zhou Yue—the general manager of the hotels under the Zhou Family, she also had under her own name a chain restaurant company with two hundred stores and an organic vegetable farming company. She was a famous female CEO in the circle.

Zhou Fei's resume was slightly thinner, but she was also a web novel author who had risen on her own talent, with a net worth in the tens of millions.

Zhou's father took Zhou Fei's hand and stepped forward, saying earnestly to the reporters: "I am proud of my biological daughter who has just come home."

"All on her own, she reached the level of a ten-millionaire through her own ability, achieving a leap in social class. This is true strength—the strength of personal capability."

"I can say that she has already surpassed eighty percent of the second-generation heirs at tonight's banquet."

"I am truly, sincerely happy for her."

Quite a few of the second-generation heirs present had their faces darken. Hey, if you want to praise her, then praise her. Why are you insulting us?

After Zhou Father stepped down, Zhou Mother slowly stepped forward, took Zhou Fei's hand in the same way, and said earnestly, "I am equally proud of my daughter."

"I will support her in everything."

"I hope all of you can also be tolerant of her."

After Zhou Mother stepped down came Zhou Yue, who said with a smile, "My younger sister is very impressive. If I were her, I'm not sure I could have successfully crossed the class divide."

Zhou Yue's heartfelt smile and praise let everyone understand that the Zhou Family looked very stable.

"As for the concerns others have about fighting for power, sisters turning against each other, and so on, I just want to say one thing: our family is harmonious, everyone has their own career, and we won't come to blows over a little family property."

The people below raised their eyebrows wildly — is your Zhou Family's a little family property? That's a listed hotel group, with a market value of hundreds of billions.

"We all have our own careers. In the future, we may not necessarily be weaker than the Zhou Family."

This remark had a lot of showing off in it, but everyone was also quite convinced.

At the very least, they dared to say it out loud.

(End of chapter)