Rebirth 1983: Building My Business Empire-Chapter 124 - 117 Eighty-Four Years

Chapter 124 -117 Eighty-Four Years

Waking up overnight, the outside was a vast expanse of white, the snowflakes still danced in the wind like willow catkins. Lu Jiaxin stretched out her hand to catch them, but the snow melted as soon as it touched her hands.

Xiao Qiu saw this and quickly came over to push her back into the room, “Miss, you’re frail and can’t withstand the cold wind, you might catch a cold.”

Today was New Year’s Day, units, enterprises, and schools were all on holiday, so they didn’t go out to set up their stall either.

Lu Jiaxin smiled. Everyone treated her like a porcelain doll, with so many do’s and don’ts: “Let’s go to The Forbidden City later to enjoy the snow.”

This suggestion met with opposition from everyone, Xiao Qiu said, “Miss, we’ll go to The Forbidden City with you once you get better, it’s not okay now.”

Because Lu Jiaxin had caught a cold twice in half a month in Yangcheng City, even though she hadn’t fallen ill again since returning to the Forty-nine City, everyone was still worried.

Knowing that going out was not feasible, Lu Jiaxin thought for a moment and had another idea, “Then let’s have hotpot at noon, it’s the perfect time to use the copper pot we bought some days ago.”

A while back when she was out shopping, she saw a copper pot for sale and bought it—the perfect weather to enjoy hotpot in heavy snow.

All young people, hotpot certainly had its appeal to them. Especially since they had stocked up on a fair amount of meat due to the cold weather, and their storage cellar still had potatoes, radishes, and napa cabbage.

After breakfast, Xue Mao, Qian Xiaoxiao, and the others got busy. Around eight o’clock, Lu Jiaguang called her, saying someone had brought in a batch of sheep from the Northwest grasslands, knowing her fondness for mutton he and a colleague had gone halves on a sheep, and he would have it butchered and sent over later.

This was truly a case of the pillow arriving as one fell asleep, Lu Jiaxin said with a laugh, “Big brother, I was just thinking of hotpot and you’re bringing me mutton. It’s a holiday today, tell Lu Ping and Lu An to come over to my place for hotpot, the more the merrier.”

Usually, Lu Jiaguang would definitely refuse, fearing the children might disturb Lu Jiaxin, but he happened to have a favor to ask of her, “Lu Ping is in his sophomore year now, and he’ll graduate the year after next. Your sister-in-law thinks that for the medical profession, having only a junior college degree is a bit insufficient and wants him to pursue a graduate degree, but the kid is reluctant. Jiaxin, you’re about the same age as Lu Ping, could you help persuade him?”

This was a significant matter, and of course, Lu Jiaxin wouldn’t refuse.

By ten o’clock or so, half a sheep was delivered, and with the fish, beef, shrimp, and six types of vegetables at Lu Jiaxin’s home, eight people had their fill at noon.

After eating, Lu Jiaxin pulled Lu Ping aside in the yard for a stroll, “You’re a sophomore this year, and you’ll be graduating the year after next, have you planned for your future?”

Lu Ping had the typical Lu family looks, with thick brows, large eyes, and a well-proportioned face, tall in stature but a bit shy. His entrance to the junior college had been a cause for celebration at home with Big Uncle Lu hosting a banquet. He shook his head and said, “After graduation, the school will assign me somewhere to work.”

Lu Jiaxin said, “Lu Ping, in the future, promotions and professional title evaluations in the hospital will definitely favor those with higher degrees given the same level of expertise, and your current education level will be a disadvantage. If you want a good career development, you have to keep studying, and it’s best to aim for a doctorate.”

She wasn’t familiar with medicine, but she knew that within the system education level was a criterion for selection. She remembered a video that left a deep impression on her. It featured a pediatrician with abundant experience and impeccable professional ethics, praised by both families of patients and colleagues. However, due to having only an undergraduate degree, he couldn’t receive a professional title or pay raise and regretfully left for a private hospital to make ends meet.

Lu Ping said nothing, as he had heard all this from his parents before.

Lu Jiaxin could tell by his expression that he hadn’t taken her words to heart, “When I was younger, my mother taught me to make snacks, which I was reluctant to do initially. Forced by her, I learned the skills. Later, when I lost my memory in the Ancient Capital, not remembering my own identity, I still knew how to make snacks. That skill saved and sustained me,”

Lu Ping nodded slightly, “I’ve heard about it from my parents. Miss, you’ve had a hard time.”

Lu Jiaxin continued, “I’m telling you this so you understand that our hope for you to pursue graduate and doctoral studies is for your good. Go ask around and see for yourself—the treatment for junior college graduates compared to that of undergraduates, and then master’s and doctorates.”

“Lu Ping, your life is your own. If you don’t wish to strive for better and prefer to go with the flow, no one can force you. Just remember, if one day you regret not having achieved what you aspired to, don’t say we didn’t warn you.”

Lu Ping fell into deep thought.

After four in the afternoon, Su Heyuan came by, bringing two bags with him, “Heming said you were not well, so he bought some sea cucumber and shark fin for me to bring to you.”

Welcome into the main room, Lu Jiaxin brewed a cup of tea for him and then asked, “Mr. Su, when did you return?”

As Su Heyuan was taking things out of his handbag, he replied, “I got back yesterday afternoon, Miss Lu, the six shoe designs you made sold very well, and this is your bonus.”

He took out a bulky envelope and placed it on the table. Su Heyuan explained, “Miss Lu, this is a company reward, not a personal gift from me. In Hong Kong, there is an unwritten rule that when big money is made, the boss gives substantial bonuses to key personnel. As the designer, you definitely deserve one too.”

Lu Jiaxin looked at the envelope, thinking it must contain several thousand dollars, and a smile crossed her face, “It seems like they made a few million, otherwise they wouldn’t be giving me such a big bonus.”

Without keeping her in the dark, Su Heyuan mentioned, “The shoes sold out as soon as they hit the market, and we’ve already made over one million by now, and we should be able to make another three to four hundred million in follow-ups.”

Of course, the profit mentioned here wasn’t solely from Hong Kong but included exports too, which he didn’t think was necessary to explain to Lu Jiaxin.

Upon hearing the profit figures, Lu Jiaxin knew they were catering to a high-end brand. She didn’t reach for the envelope, but instead, said with a smile, “Mr. Su, why tell me all this? Those six pairs of shoes were a stroke of inspiration, just luck, and good fortune doesn’t always come when desired.”

Her health wouldn’t allow for overexertion, and she was worried that giving full responsibility to Lu Jiajie would lead to failure, which was why she had to sell both the goods and the design drawings to Su Heyuan. Although she took a loss for a reason, thinking to buy her designs at such a low price again was out of the question.

Su Heyuan did indeed come this time intending to obtain new designs, “Miss Lu, if your new shoe designs are anything like the previous ones, you can name your price.”

“I’m not short of money right now.”

“No one ever complains about having too much money.”

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Lu Jiaxin said with a chuckle, “I think having enough to get by is fine. If you have too much money without the ability to manage it, isn’t that just like a child holding a gold ingot in a bustling market? Wouldn’t you agree, Mr. Su?”

From the very first transaction, Su Heyuan had already recognized that this young lady was remarkable. His prediction that she wouldn’t sell the designs this time around was also expected, “Miss Lu, the stock market in Hong Kong is not doing well right now. Are you sure you want to invest the remaining payment into stocks?”

Lu Jiaxin had played the stock market in her previous life, though she hadn’t studied it in-depth. However, companies that still existed thirty years later are safe bets, “I’m certain, buy shares of New World Development Properties.”

She couldn’t guarantee short-term market fluctuations, but she was sure that holding these stocks long-term would be profitable.