Chapter 2417: Long-term Meal Ticket

"You agreed?!"

Upon hearing his son-in-law's answer, Li Yalin felt both surprised and faintly elated.

Although he had called Old Master An a "feudal relic" to his face, he himself had actually been swayed by the old man's logic long ago.

He knew that while being a "feudal relic" was indeed something that should be criticized to a certain extent, he also agreed with Old Master An's logic: a surname needs to be passed down.

Regardless of whether it is a boy or a girl, as long as there are descendants who carry that surname, that lineage will surely continue to be passed down.

However, once a break occurs in the middle, that lineage will completely exit the historical stage within a few decades.

Therefore, if his son-in-law agreed to let his daughter's child take the surname Li, then his own family's lineage could continue to be passed down.

Precisely because of this, hearing that his son-in-law had agreed, he felt extremely excited inside.

However, he also hadn't expected that his son-in-law, a high-achieving student who had always held himself in high regard, would be so easily swayed by An Chongqiu.

The son-in-law seemed somewhat ashamed at this moment.

He awkwardly took the initiative to explain: "Dad, it's not that I have no backbone... it's just that the conditions offered by the An family are too tempting... Even if I worked hard for a lifetime, I could never leave so much money for my descendants..."

At this moment, the son-in-law was just urgently trying to explain the reasons for his compromise with money.

Yet he didn't realize at all that his compromise was actually the result Li Yalin had been looking forward to most.

However, in order to wash away the humiliation to his dignity, he continued to explain: "Dad, what Uncle An said is about the same as what you just said. He means to first take 100 million USD to set up a trust. The trust will be managed by the An family's trust company. Moreover, because the An family's trust company relies on the resources of the entire An family, their returns are much stronger than the vast majority of trust companies on the market. So, there can be at least an 8% annual return. As long as I fulfill my promise, after eighteen years, this trust can be conditionally unlocked!"

As he spoke, the son-in-law continued, unable to hide his excitement: "Dad, I did a rough mental calculation. If an 8% annual return can be guaranteed, calculated with compound interest, then after 18 years when the child comes of age, this money will turn from 100 million USD into a full 400 million USD!"

Speaking of this, the son-in-law's emotions became even more impassioned. Unable to suppress his feelings, he blurted out: "Dad, Mom, Yuanyuan! What is the concept of 400 million USD! By that time, even if we don't touch the principal of these 400 million USD, if we continue to calculate based on an 8% annual return, then the annual interest alone would be 32 million USD!"

"32 million USD! And that's every single year! By then, we can take out these 32 million USD from the bank every year!"

"Even if inflation becomes more severe in the future, 32 million USD is absolutely enough for a family's daily expenses for a year!"

"When the time comes, we can provide the child with the highest standard of living and the top-tier educational resources, allowing the child to leap into that tiny, elite fraction of society! This is a class leap that will take them to the top in one step!"

"Moreover, besides the 32 million USD in annual interest income, the principal of 400 million USD remains untouched. In this way, as long as the An family trust company we rely on doesn't go bankrupt, we can continue at an 8% interest rate forever!"

"But, even if the trust company goes bankrupt, so what? The law has long stipulated that the trust company's own assets and the clients' trust property are completely separated. Even if they go bankrupt and are liquidated, they can't liquidate our money! We just need to change to another trust company and transfer the rights and interests."

"In other words, as long as the United States still exists, our money will always be there! This is the eternal preservation of assets and the eternal prosperity of the family!"

When the excited son-in-law said this, his heart was already racing and his breathing was rapid.

His face was flushed red, sweat was pouring down like rain, his eyes were unconsciously widened to the extreme, and all the blood vessels were faintly bulging.

Li Yalin was a bit dumbfounded listening to this, and he couldn't help but ask: "100 million USD... can have such great energy?!"

The son-in-law nodded heavily without hesitation: "That's right! Dad! In the hands of the rich, 100 million USD has exactly this much energy!"

As he spoke, he added: "Of course, the most important point here is that the An family can guarantee us an 8% net annual return. Uncle An said that if the market environment goes down and the 8% net return cannot be reached, or even if there is a possibility of loss, the An family will also make up the 8% net profit for our trust. For example, under normal circumstances, 100 million USD would become 108 million USD in the first year. But if the market environment is bad this year and the 100 million ends up as only 90 million, the An family will take out 18 million to ensure our trust remains at 108 million!"

"With the An family as a backer, we don't have to worry about losses at all. We just need to wait for the trust income to be unlocked after eighteen years!"

Li Yalin's wife and daughter were already stunned, while Li Yalin subconsciously said: "Xiao Sun, isn't this too much money? What virtue or ability does our family have to accept so many benefits from others? This is really too inappropriate..."

What Li Yalin said was not a lie.

After hearing his son-in-law finish calculating this account, he realized that the An family didn't just want to give him a sum of money; what they were giving was a promise without a time limit, an eternal promise.

As long as the An family exists, the An family will guarantee the benefits of this trust.

This is equivalent to the An family issuing a long-term meal ticket to the Li family, and the face value of this meal ticket is extremely high.

Therefore, although he looked forward to his son-in-law being able to agree to An Chongqiu's request, hearing this, he also felt that this favor was too heavy, and he really couldn't afford to accept it.

But his son-in-law, seeing that he was somewhat hesitant, immediately said nervously: "Dad! You must not think the wrong way, Dad! This is an excellent opportunity for our family to leap over the dragon gate. If we miss it, we will regret it for the rest of our lives!"

As he spoke, he hurriedly winked at his wife Li Yuanyuan and blurted out: "Yuanyuan, hurry up and persuade Dad!"

Li Yuanyuan was also frightened by this number, but she was a bit different from her father.

Li Yalin had been a policeman his whole life and had long since looked past life and death, so he actually didn't care about money at all.

Otherwise, with his relationship with the An family, he could have resigned from his police job at any time in the past few decades of his life and gone to the An family to beg for a meal.

And the An family would definitely have given him excellent treatment. With the An family's style of doing things and financial strength, perhaps he, Li Yalin, would be worth billions of USD now.

But Li Yuanyuan was different.

Li Yuanyuan's living conditions and environment from childhood to adulthood could barely reach the level of the American middle class, but there were simply too many American middle-class people.

Moreover, Li Yuanyuan had grown up studying and living in the United States, a capitalist country flowing with material desires, and she had a lot of understanding of the lifestyle of the upper class, and at the same time, she yearned for it exceptionally.

It was just that she knew before that yearning was yearning, but there was simply no opportunity to realize it.

But now, she suddenly realized that a rare opportunity was right in front of her, within reach.

So she hurriedly said: "Dad... even for the sake of the child, you must accept it. If we have this trust, Sun Hui and I can completely have a few more children. In this way, our family will suddenly become prosperous."

Son-in-law Sun Hui also couldn't help but blurt out: "Right, right, right! We must have a few more children! And these children can all take the surname Li. I raise both hands in agreement, I have no objections at all!" ===== CHAPTER 2418 =====