Reaching the age of thirty, my income randomly doubled

Chapter 611: Chapter 404: This Deserves a Beating

We wrapped up a small drinking gathering at ten o’clock in the evening, and then everyone returned to their homes.

Because the next day was the weekend, both kids at home were still wide awake when bedtime came around.

Chen Pingsheng had planned for the spoiled brat and Er Piya to come to Guangdong to learn Cantonese, but it turned out these two were something else.

Upon hearing someone in her class speak Cantonese, Er Piya went over and offered to teach them Mandarin instead.

The spoiled brat was even more ridiculous, insisting that Huaxia people should speak Mandarin and to get familiar with “Plastic Mandarin”.

Twenty days in, the only Cantonese the two sisters had managed to pick up was… “Puk gaai.”

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“Chen An’an, shouldn’t you check the time?”

“I did, it’s only ten o’clock.”

“It’s time to rest at this hour.”

“Just a tiny bit later, please.”

Chen An’an was still watching short videos on the computer, while Er Piya was soaking in the outdoor pool.

“Dad, should we go out and have fun together tomorrow since it’s the weekend?”

“I have to visit the battery factory tomorrow morning and won’t be free until the afternoon.”

“Oh, then I’ll wait for you to be free in the afternoon.”

Not sure what she was up to, the next day, Chen Pingsheng drove his Cullinan to Tengde Era primarily to check the technological progress there.

A bunch of technical experts in the field of batteries gathered around, spouting a host of technical terms.

There wasn’t much he could understand.

Although technology wasn’t his forte, he had no problem grasping the direction to take in investment.

After listening to reports for over four hours and having a preliminary understanding, he left.

In half a year’s time, Tengfei New Energy’s cars would hit the market.

By then, he and many other excellent entrepreneurs would be facing a tough battle; he couldn’t afford to take it lightly.

However, at noon, there was good news from Xiangjiang: Melon Seed Used Cars went public with a successful IPO, valuing the company at 12 billion.

Subtracting the 2 billion he personally invested upfront, after cashing out 30% of the shares in the IPO, there was still 1.6 billion left that could gain random multipliers.

The sum wasn’t too large, so he rolled the golden dice in the car. @@novelbin@@

The resulting multiplier was “4”.

Adding to the principal cashed out of 3.6 billion, the total came to exactly 10 billion, a nice round figure.

Chen Pingsheng hadn’t even had time to rejoice when, waiting for a red light, “bang,” someone rear-ended his car.

Who could be so careless as to hit a Cullinan?

Chen Pingsheng stepped out to check and found it wasn’t a car collision but a young delivery guy who was in a hurry.

The delivery guy was close to tears, squatting on the ground, not knowing what to do.

Such was life.

Around them, a crowd quickly gathered, and some even started to take pictures with their phones.

Chen Pingsheng asked the delivery guy, “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine, but your car…”

“There’s nothing wrong with my car. Get up, it doesn’t look good for a grown man to squat on the road like this.”

There was a small scratch at the rear of the car, fixing it at the original manufacturer would cost tens of thousands and wasn’t something that could be easily dealt with.

But such a small scratch was no big deal and wouldn’t affect the driving experience at all.

Not to mention asking the delivery guy to pay for damages, Chen Pingsheng even helped him straighten up his electric bike before leaving.

By the time he got back, it was one in the afternoon, and Shen Youwei had cooked a few dishes at home.

Chen An’an and Er Piya had a simple meal at home and waited earnestly for him to return.

“Dad?”

“What’s up?”

“You said you’d take us out to play this afternoon.”

“Oh… I ran into a little incident on the way and nearly forgot about it, you two get ready, let’s go now.”

The spoiled brat and Er Piya happily grabbed a few small things.

Their visits to Shenzhen were quite rare, and there were lots of fun things to do here.

But it all boiled down to having money.

Chen Pingsheng took them to Underwater World, where Er Piya thoroughly enjoyed herself, and Chen An’an started to like taking pictures and checking in everywhere.

As a father, all he could do was to record every happy moment for his daughter.

So that when she grows up, she can look back on these memories.

“Dad, I want to take some pictures with you too.”

Chen Pingsheng gave a thumbs up to the little dolphin, but got criticized by Chen An’an.

She said he couldn’t pose at all.

At his age, how could he possibly do those exaggerated poses young people liked?

“Dad, take a photo with sis too!”

That was doable. Er Piya, who was acting like a little boss with her hands on her back, was scooped up into his arms with a flick of his hand.

In another two months, she would be four years old.

Even her big sister felt like time was flying by.

The family of three took photos everywhere, and by the time they headed home, it was already seven in the evening.

They hadn’t really bought anything; they were just strolling around, checking in, and taking mementos.

Chen Pingsheng, who had just made a big chunk of money, naturally needed to plan rationally.

As planned, he first called the overseas investment department.

After learning that Tesla’s market value had risen to 71 billion US dollars, he wasn’t deterred by the high valuation.

Instead, he decided to take out eight hundred million US dollars to buy another 1% of the total shares from the secondary market.

His earliest shares of Tesla were priced at around 35 billion US dollars, not even forty billion.

In just one year, the value had doubled, making it clear that he had made a considerable profit on this investment.

Now he was ready to throw in more than five billion again, waiting a few years to see if it could double once more.

The spoiled brat even thoughtfully brewed him a pot of tea, and then sat quietly watching him trade stocks.

Honestly, without being a market maker, it’s hard to win at stock trading.

He only bought for the long-term and didn’t bother with short-term speculation.

“Dad, can I learn to trade stocks too?”

“What for? You want to learn how to make money from money too?”

“No, I just want to learn more money-making skills from you!”

After checking his held stocks, Chen Pingsheng turned off the computer.

“You could certainly learn more about this, but I haven’t asked you yet, how much of that two hundred million pocket money do you have left?”

“I haven’t found a suitable opportunity to spend it yet.”

Chen An’an felt disheartened at the thought; it was bad enough not needing to earn money, but now even spending money had become a challenge.

“In that case, I’ll open an account for you to practice trading stocks.”

The spoiled brat was still too young, so the account had to be opened in her mother Song Yanxi’s name.

It was a good idea to let her learn stock trading at a young age; whether she makes or loses money didn’t matter, since her annual goal was just that modest.

It was all about gaining experience for herself.

The spoiled brat was rather excited, even at her young age she dreamed of making a few hundred million in the stock market a year.

Her little dreams, however, were just fantasies.

Er Piya quietly sneaked in, “Dad, I heard everything you said to sis just now.”

“And?”

“I want two hundred million pocket money a year too.”

“I’ll stuff you with a couple of lollipops. At your age, where would you even put two hundred million pocket money, in your diaper?”

Er Piya fumbled with her little hands; she was definitely familiar with the figure of two billion.

After all, with it, she could be the coolest kid in her class.

She didn’t care; if her sister had it, she wanted it too.

Alright, usually at times like this, she would have to face her sister’s frying-pan-sized fist.

Not listening at a young age, she’d get dominated by her older sister.

Actually, there was no favoritism here. Once Er Piya reached her sister’s age,

she would have most of what she should have.

As for now, a beating would keep her well-behaved for a while.