Chapter 998: 993. Secretly Keeping a Kitten (Seeking Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets)

Zhang Ran only offered a few words of advice to Qian Li; after all, this was not something he needed to concern himself with.

Moreover, Qian Li is no longer an ordinary person now; with a net worth exceeding one hundred million, she basically lacks nothing.

Furthermore, due to Zhang Siyan's support, her connections are quite good, especially as Zhang Siyan's identity has been exposed, which has led to Qian Li being increasingly valued by many people.

Some people cannot find a way to approach Zhang Siyan, so they naturally come to find her; after all, she is Zhang Siyan's best friend, and basically, whenever Qian Li runs into any trouble, Zhang Siyan will stand up for her.

One can see the difference in this, so everyone holds Qian Li in high regard.

The reason Qian Li has been able to find the time to run over to Zhang Ran's house recently is also because of this.

In the past, many things within the company required her to do them personally, and some matters were very troublesome.

But now that is no longer necessary.

Now, as long as it is not an especially difficult matter, most people will not make things hard for her, and if they can grant a favor, they will.

However, Qian Li is also a person who knows when to advance or retreat; she has never thought about using the Zhang Family's influence to throw her weight around.

The benefits she currently accepts are all things she can pay back herself; she does not need Zhang Siyan at all.

Of course, Qian Li also understands that if it weren't for her relationship with Zhang Siyan, people would not give her so many benefits.

But as long as she understands the logic behind it and maintains a sense of propriety, then everything is fine.

Zhang Ran has also become slightly more relaxed; the matter of cooperating with Aili cannot be completed in a short while.

Not to mention that negotiations for new energy will take a long time, many things require time to be ironed out.

It is normal for a single clause to be negotiated for even a month or two.

Fortunately, everyone now understands that new energy is basically an inevitable trend; it is only a matter of time.

In the midst of this, everyone certainly wants to accumulate some advantages in advance.

To say nothing else, the market alone is a huge issue.

If Huaxia occupies a large share of the new energy market, then when a real change in energy occurs, Huaxia will occupy a first-mover advantage when competing for the market.

Of course, these are not problems for Zhang Ran to consider; what Zhang Ran needs to consider are the matters beneath these clauses.

There is also the matter that Aili needs to reach certain conditions with the oil tycoons in the United States.

Zhang Ran cannot truly set himself against all the oil tycoons; don't look at how one or two of them are nothing in front of him, but if they unite, Zhang Ran is no match for them.

Of course, this is not the most critical point; if it were really just that, then Zhang Ran might not fear them if he united with some others.

It is just that there are too many things involved; if Zhang Ran really did that, the United States would intervene, and then Zhang Ran would not just be setting himself against these oil tycoons.

Therefore, this matter requires Aili to negotiate slowly, and the conditions involved cannot be reached in a short while.

These all require time.

Zhang Ran is also preparing for future matters; everything needs to be done slowly.

"What are you two doing?" Zhang Ran lay on the rocking chair, appearing to be asleep, but in reality, he was thinking about things.

Susu and Taotao, the two little ones, were tiptoeing toward the house at this moment; ever since they woke up in the morning, the two little ones had run off to play at a classmate's house.

Returning in this state now, they had either caused trouble or done something wrong.

Seeing that they had been discovered by their grandfather, Taotao immediately gave a silly laugh and said, "Grandpa, I'm going back to do my homework."

Susu was the same, "Grandpa, I'm going back to do my homework."

After saying this, the two little ones immediately ran off; Zhang Ran did not stop them, but watching the two little ones' guilty appearance, he found it somewhat amusing.

When it was almost time for lunch, Zhang Ran got up, preparing to order takeout; of course, this takeout was not ordinary takeout.

It was from a private restaurant opened not far away.

This was something Zhang Sicheng had found; there was no help for it, although Liu Lu was not very busy now, generally speaking, there were times when she would be a little busy.

So at times, Liu Lu was unable to come back to cook, and the two children would sometimes eat outside.

Actually, according to their family's situation, let alone hiring one chef, it would be normal to hire ten.

But whether it was Zhang Ran or Zhang Sicheng and the others, they did not like outsiders living in their home permanently.

This would make them feel uncomfortable.

Let alone these chefs or nannies, even their own relatives would be very happy to come and stay at the house for three or five days, chatting until very late every day.

But if they were to live in the house for three or five years, everyone would feel a bit uncomfortable.

This is not for any other reason, but because of personal privacy, which everyone subconsciously wants to protect.

Of course, another point is that they are used to it this way.

Their house was not big to begin with, and if they were to buy another house for a nanny or someone, it would subconsciously create a barrier with the surrounding neighbors.

Although everyone now knows that the Zhang Family is rich, super rich.

But if you usually do everything differently from these people, then everyone will naturally and subconsciously become somewhat distant.

Others go home to cook every day, while you have a chef who has prepared dishes waiting for you to eat.

Once or twice doesn't matter, but over a long period, a barrier will naturally emerge.

The reason why everyone accepted the Zhang Ran family so quickly is mainly because of this point; everyone feels the same, and there is no big difference.

Of course, the most important thing is that Zhang Ran and the others also like it this way; otherwise, they would not wrong themselves just to accommodate others.

Zhang Ran wanted to knock on the door to ask what the two little ones wanted to eat, but very quickly, he thought of the two little ones' sneaky appearance just now, and curiosity immediately arose in his heart.

He quietly opened the door, and then he saw the two little ones huddled together; before Zhang Ran could look closely, he heard a cat meow.

"You're keeping a cat?" Zhang Ran suddenly spoke up.

The two little ones were so startled they jumped, then looked toward the door, and after discovering it was their grandfather, they immediately ran over.

"Grandpa, this little kitten is so cute, can our family keep it?" Susu began to act spoiled.

Taotao also looked at his grandfather with longing eyes; he didn't speak at this moment.

Don't look at how young Taotao is, but he is a smart one.

In such matters, it is better for his younger sister to step forward; Susu's influence is much greater than his.

Zhang Ran looked at the fluffy little creature and felt quite fond of it too, nodding as he said, "If you all like it, then keep it, but you must take good care of it."