My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot-Chapter 478: Trial

The old master praised, "You’re absolutely right."

Aunt Yao came over and called everyone to dinner.

So everyone moved to the dining room, where the old master had clearly thought everything through beforehand, even deciding how much startup capital to provide Lu Youxi as he told her about it.

Zhou Shuyan then said, "Grandpa, how long have you been thinking about this? Why bring it up so suddenly today?"

The old master openly admitted, "This is a test I’m giving her, to see what the girl is capable of and how far she can go."

"With Little Pink Book and Hexing Rice achieving so much, you still want to test Youxi’s capabilities?" Zhou Shuyan couldn’t help saying.

"It’s also to see how far her abilities can ultimately take her. If she does well this time, there’ll be other challenges waiting for her in the future," said the old master.

Xu Jingmin gave a cry, "This is almost like the test you gave Shuyan back in the day, one would think you’re preparing Youxi to be the successor."

"When husband and wife are of one mind, they have the strength to cut through metal," said the old master. "Youxi and Shuyan are both highly capable. If the two strong parties join forces, why worry about the development of the Zhou Family? If I could see Chengzhou grow stronger in both of your hands, then I’d have no regrets."

Everyone present was shocked. Was the old master suggesting that Lu Youxi and Zhou Shuyan co-manage Chengzhou?

"Why are you so surprised?" the old master teased Zhou Shuyan, "What, you don’t want Youxi to co-manage Chengzhou with you?"

"How could I not? If Youxi is willing, it would make things a lot easier for me," Zhou Shuyan didn’t mind at all. "Honestly, I wouldn’t have a problem if Youxi took over completely, I’d retire early."

"Dream on," said Lu Youxi, unenthused.

"The specifics of how responsibilities are divided, the two of you can decide. Whether the new industries Chengzhou ventures into are handed over to Youxi and you take care of the old ones, or whether you both handle them simultaneously, that’s for you two to decide," the old master only provided a general direction and his opinion, letting them know he was not opposed to Lu Youxi also taking a leadership role in Chengzhou.

Zhou Shuyan and Lu Youxi nodded their heads.

"For now, Youxi, you first make a breakthrough in the real estate industry," said the old master. "Go back and plan carefully, then report back to me."

"Alright," Lu Youxi nodded. "But I already have some ideas now."

"Let’s hear them," encouraged the old master.

Lu Youxi said, "I’m thinking of not entering the real estate market under the name of Chengzhou, but under the identity of a new company, keeping Chengzhou’s involvement unknown."

"Chengzhou is too big a target, too easily drawing attention. Better to enter the scene low-key with a new company. After all, we have the connections, and we won’t lose when it comes to networking. And if networking isn’t an option, entering quietly won’t draw combined attacks from others."

The old master responded with a smile, "You little rascal, how much do you enjoy playing the fool to catch the wise?"

This little rascal is so shrewd!

"Do you think my idea is feasible?" Lu Youxi asked with a smile.

"Indeed very good. Otherwise, the entry of Chengzhou into real estate would make quite the commotion. Everyone would think there’s a fortune to be made in real estate, and forces that weren’t planning to enter might come for a share of the pie."

The old master thought of Lu Youxi’s idea, his smile creasing his cheeks, "Better to keep it quiet, definitely better to keep it quiet. It also prevents those real estate companies from fearing us encroaching on their territory, joining forces against us while we’re still unsteady in the market."

"That’s what I was thinking," Lu Youxi nodded firmly.

An old man and a young woman looked at each other at this moment, exchanging knowing, mischievous smiles.

Zhou Shuyan: "..."

Why had he never noticed the old master was so cunning?

Xu Jingmin: "..."

Why had she never noticed Lu Youxi was so cunning?

Others might not know, but Lu Youxi greatly admired the old master’s vision.

Because she knew that next year it would be announced that the 2008 Olympics would be held in the Imperial Capital.

By then, the surroundings of each Olympic stadium and pavilion would see real estate prices skyrocket.

Of course, in the future, the price of real estate in any part of the Imperial Capital would soar.

But right now, no one knew that the Olympics bid would succeed next year, nor where the venues would be located if successful.

She remembered from her past life where the venues were chosen; those areas were not even central parts of the city and were still quite remote.

For this reason, before the venues were built, that area didn’t just lack high real estate prices, it didn’t even have buildings yet, otherwise, there wouldn’t have been such a large space available for the construction of various venues.

Because it hadn’t drawn attention, the land was quite cheap, one could even say ridiculously so.

Thinking of the prices real estate would reach in the future, the profit margin would be much greater than buying any other plot of land.

With this thought in mind, Lu Youxi began to pay attention to the land bids in the Imperial Capital.

After Zhou Shuyan had taken a shower, he came out to find Lu Youxi sitting on the bed leaning against a pillow, with her laptop on her lap, currently monitoring the auction of land plots in the Imperial Capital.

"You already have a plan?" Zhou Shuyan sat down next to Lu Youxi, tilting his head to look at her computer screen.

"I want to bid for this plot," said Lu Youxi.

What a coincidence it was, there would be an auction next month, which included the very plot Lu Youxi had her eyes on, the one that would start to be selected for the construction of venues once the Olympics bid was announced to be successful.

Lu Youxi, of course, wouldn’t choose the venue from her previous life.

The Olympic venues from the previous life were too notorious, and having lived in the Imperial Capital for many years, Lu Youxi could recall the exact location and rough size of the venues with her eyes closed.

Hence, the plot Lu Youxi chose was in the vicinity of those venues.

"Do we have a map of the Imperial Capital at home?" Lu Youxi turned to ask Zhou Shuyan.

Zhou Shuyan: "..."

They really didn’t have one ready at home.

"You need it now? Then let’s print it out," Zhou Shuyan got up again," There’s a printer in the study, just search for the Imperial Capital map online, wait a moment."

Lu Youxi then made no effort to move, leaving it to Zhou Shuyan to handle it.

After about ten minutes, Zhou Shuyan came in with a map.

"There wasn’t any paper big enough at home, so I just took the area you were looking at, enlarged it, and printed it out," Zhou Shuyan explained. "If you want to look at other areas, I’ll go print them too."

"This is enough," Lu Youxi took the partial map of the Imperial Capital that Zhou Shuyan handed to her, "Aren’t you clever?"

Zhou Shuyan raised an eyebrow in amusement, "Why do I feel like you’re using some sort of encouraging teaching method on me?"

"How can I call it ’teaching’ with you?" Lu Youxi said with a smile. "It can only be said that I greatly appreciate your meticulousness."

"Fine then," Zhou Shuyan sat back down next to Lu Youxi, "But why are you interested in this plot?"

"Do you know much about this area?" Lu Youxi asked.

Zhou Shuyan shook his head, "Chengzhou hasn’t ventured into real estate, so I really know nothing about this area."