Chapter 221: You plant flowers with care and they don't bloom; you casually stick willow branches and they grow into shade

"Weiwei, you two are spending money so recklessly, no amount of money can stand your squandering!" Hu Qingwan saw Lin Wei return with a pile of brand-name goods and gold jewelry, both happy and worried about Lin Wei and Chen Yang's future.

Lin Wei smiled and said, "Mom, I've already been very restrained. The main reason is that there are really too many good things in Hong Kong, some of which you can't even buy in Xingcheng. I don't get many chances to go out, so of course I should buy more."

Hu Qingwan, seeing her daughter still unaware of the problem, sighed and said, "This pile of stuff must be worth several million, right? It could match half a year's wages of a company in Qingshui City. If you keep squandering like this, Chen Yang's modest family fortune will eventually be wiped out by you."

Lin Wei stuck out her tongue. Actually, on the way back, she calmed down alone and also felt that this Hong Kong trip was a bit extravagant. But who let her have a husband who's good at making money!

"Mom, you don't need to worry about this. My husband's money-making ability is truly extraordinary! This trip to Hong Kong, I bought US stocks once, and in just one night I earned over two hundred million. The money I spend on shopping is nothing compared to his income—just a drop in the bucket."

"What did you say? Earned over two hundred million in one night?"

Lin Wei's words shocked not only Hu Qingwan, but everyone in the Lin family showed astonished looks.

"Is making money in the stock market really that easy?"

"I really can't say for sure." Lin Wei thought for a moment, then continued, "Anyway, among the stock traders I know, aside from those who trade stocks together with my husband, the others haven't really made any money."

Hu Qingwan curiously asked, "Among your classmates, isn't there anyone better at stock trading than Chen Yang?"

"No!" Lin Wei replied very firmly. Chen Yang's performance in the stock market is completely not what a finance graduate should have. If it weren't for having tested his body countless times, she would suspect her husband is an old man secretly using an ageless technique.

"Weiwei, you really need to cherish him." Hu Qingwan reminded Lin Wei: "The better Chen Yang performs, the more likely he is to attract girls. You'd better treat him well from now on, and not give other women a chance."

"Got it!" Lin Wei dreaded Hu Qingwan's nagging. She worried that if they kept talking, Hu Qingwan would start pressuring her to have a child. So she immediately got up, preparing to return to her own little nest. "Mom, I'm going back to rest now; I still have to work tomorrow!"

Hu Qingwan, seeing her leave again shortly after returning home, instantly became dissatisfied. "What's the point of a young lady wearing herself out like that? Chen Yang doesn't need your income. Just relax and have a child early—how nice would that be."

"Mom, we're both healthy; what's the harm in waiting two more years to have a child?" Lin Wei said, then bade farewell to Lin Jianguo, grabbed her handbag, and dashed off.

Hu Qingwan pointed at Lin Wei's disappearing back and complained to Lin Jianguo: "This girl really has no sense of crisis; someday she'll end up crying."

"Alright, you don't need to worry needlessly." Lin Jianguo felt Hu Qingwan's worry was a bit excessive. "Your father had people investigate for so long and found nothing. That shows Chen Yang can withstand scrutiny."

"Let's hope so!" Hu Qingwan genuinely likes Chen Yang as her son-in-law; she certainly doesn't want problems in their marriage.

Meanwhile, while Hu Qingwan was nagging about Lin Wei, Chen Yang, as a shareholder of Star Brilliance Financial Investment Company, was attending the company's opening ceremony held on the top floor of the Trust Harmony Building.

Yexin chose to locate the new company on the top floor of the Trust Harmony Building mainly because it's close to Chen Yang and Shen Anna. In case of sudden events in the stock market, she can quickly contact Chen Yang; if she has any worries in life, she can immediately go to Shen Anna to confide. Two birds with one stone!

However, since Yexin is also a shareholder, many businesspeople from Xingcheng came to show support today. Chen Yang dislikes crowds, so after the ribbon-cutting ceremony ended, he sneaked back to the Common Folk Agricultural Products Trading Company.

"Boss, we've spent a lot on advertising, but the promotion of the online sales platform is still not ideal!" Shen Anna has been feeling helpless lately. Despite wholeheartedly promoting the Common Folk Online Sales Platform, she ended up boosting the Common Folk sausage instead.

Currently, the online platform's sales are less than one-fifth of the physical store's. Meanwhile, the Common Folk sausage has become the best-selling star product in the physical store. Especially the improved 25-gram and 35-gram small packages of sausage—whenever stock arrives, it gets sold out instantly.

Truly, "you plant flowers with care and they don't bloom; you casually stick willow branches and they grow into shade."

Chen Yang actually understands Shen Anna's worries, after all, in his previous life, certain treasure network, certain evening-evening, also faced similar difficulties in their early stages. He comforted her: "Since the online platform's effectiveness is not ideal, let's first expand the scale of the physical stores. We'll strive to spread branches and franchise stores across all prefecture-level cities in Dongjiangsheng. Once the physical stores' influence expands, promoting the online platform will become much easier."

Shen Anna doesn't quite grasp Chen Yang's logic. She said, "If we have our own physical stores in every city of Dongjiangsheng, what meaning would the online sales platform still have?"

Chen Yang said, "The online sales platform targets consumers who don't have time to go to the market or physical stores to shop. These people have purchasing power but lack the time to buy what they need. We can not only satisfy their needs but also provide better door-to-door service. It's a perfect match—each gets what they need."

"Alright, let's follow your suggestion and first promote the physical stores." Shen Anna currently has no better option, so she can only accept Chen Yang's suggestion.

Chen Yang didn't want to put too much pressure on Shen Anna, and softly said, "Sister Anna, our company has only been established for a few months; achieving our current results is already quite good. My demands aren't high—if you can break even within two years and not owe employees' wages, that's enough."

Shen Anna laughed, "Your demands are really not high."

Chen Yang also chimed in with a laugh, "Contentment brings lasting happiness."

Shen Anna, however, sighed and said, "I don't want to settle for the status quo. If, as you say, the company can only break even, then to me that would be a complete failure."

"Sister Anna, I just don't want to put pressure on you." Chen Yang had already looked at the company's financial reports for the past few months; each month's profit has been increasing. This shows Shen Anna's work is outstanding.

But the harder Shen Anna works, the more complaints her best friend Yexin has.

To be frank, what annoys Chen Yang more is Yexin's nagging; its destructive power already rivals that of his aunt Chen Chunmei.

The key is, he still can't not be happy. After all, Yexin's role in his rise to success far surpasses that of others.

"Boss, pressure brings motivation!" Shen Anna sighed, "I'm already in my early thirties, my love life has been a failure; if my career also doesn't work out, what's the point of living..."

Alright..., as long as you think there's no problem, then go work hard! Chen Yang, seeing that he couldn't persuade her, could only give up. Being a boss, who wouldn't want their subordinates to be capable?