Reaching the age of thirty, my income randomly doubled

Chapter 669: Chapter 481: Marriage Alliance_2

“With my son’s excellence, he could have his pick of any fine lady in Magic City. The reason he took an interest in Shuiqing is, to put it bluntly, only because she has you two as her support.”

Shuiqing was obviously taken aback.

What does that mean? It sounded as if she was desperate to marry above her station.

She might have reluctantly accepted what was said before, but the following words really made her want to curse.

Tang Ma continued: “Mr. Chen, you run a great business. If Shuiqing were your own sister, our Tang Family would be like ants compared to your grandeur and we couldn’t possibly match such kinship. Since she is only your wife’s cousin, I’d like to know if my son marries her, will you provide something substantial to match the union?”

This was a total face-grinding insult to Shuiqing!

Only the Little Fairies on the internet would think it’s easy to marry into a wealthy family. In reality, if your social and family background don’t match up, you wouldn’t even pass the mother-in-law test.

Especially in a place like Magic City.

Pingsheng asked with a smile, “What exactly do you mean by substantial?”

Tang Ma wasn’t laughing; she was dead serious about arranging her son’s marriage.

If these issues couldn’t be resolved, then let’s remain friends, and not bother with in-law connections.

Climbing aboard the Chen Family tree was certainly something she wished for with all her heart.

The key issue was Shuiqing’s familial connection being a bit too distant.

That was her one point of discontent.

If the Tang Family ever got into trouble in the future, the Chen Family had neither the obligation nor the responsibility to help such a distantly married-off relative.

So, she wanted to negotiate the terms right from the start.

Tang Ma’s intentions were very clear; she hoped the Chen Family would set aside one billion to establish a dedicated online economy company for Shuiqing before their marriage.

The Tang Family would also put in fifty million.

Simply put, this billion was the bride price they expected to put forward.

The Tang Family was very clever; even fools knew that short videos made money.

Chen Pingsheng had landed two such major internet celebrity managing companies.

If he were willing to put forward one billion to set up an own online celebrity economic company for Shuiqing.

Even if the Tang Family couldn’t continue with the real estate business in the future, they would still have an excellent fallback plan.

And with Tengying Group overseeing from above, there’s no reason that the company would lose money.

The Tang Family thought this through quite well.

Or rather, Tang Ma herself did.

She had her plans well-arranged, but Chen Pingsheng couldn’t possibly agree immediately.

He needed to ask Shuiqing for her own opinion first.

If Shuiqing agreed, then what’s the problem with him giving her one billion?

After all, when he went to Capital City alone with his wife, Shuiqing was the only person who truly treated him as a brother-in-law.

In his heart, she was no different from a real sister.

It’s just that he didn’t like such materialistic negotiations.

Didn’t they see that Shuiqing was almost crying because of it?

On the way back, Song Yanxi made a point to call her cousin to ride in the same car with her, as she wanted to know Shuiqing’s own thoughts.

“Shuiqing, what do you think?”

“It’s too much, do I really have that hard a time getting married? Why does my brother-in-law have to offer a one billion bride price on top of that?”

Shuiqing looked fiercely adorable as she gritted her teeth.

Perhaps to comfort her, Pingsheng mentioned Chen Qi’s wedding.

“You’re in a better situation than my sister had it. When she got married, even her wedding ring was bought by your sister-in-law, and the whole wedding cost up to two or three billion.”

“What? You agreed to that?” Shuiqing asked, with a puzzled look at her cousin.

Song Yanxi nodded, “Indeed, at that time, your brother-in-law didn’t show it, but deep down, he wasn’t happy about it. It’s only that later on, Hu Lin was so devoted to Chen Qi that he now praises his past judgment to everyone.”

Shuiqing understood what her cousin and brother-in-law were indirectly telling her – money wasn’t the issue.

The main thing was for her to be satisfied.

And regardless of the Tang Family’s pragmatic approach, it’s true that they had a solid net worth of over a billion.

Tang Ma only had one son, and surely all the future wealth would go to him.

When calculated like this, a billion didn’t seem like a loss.

It was not unusual, after all, for a marriage in a wealthy family to require tens of millions for a decent bride price.

Shuiqing knew, to her cousin and her husband,

a one billion bride price was actually quite normal; what they couldn’t accept was probably just that Tang Ma didn’t give her any face at the dinner.

It just made her slightly embarrassed.

That’s why they didn’t agree outright and instead came to ask for her opinion later.

Song Shuiqing would be lying if she said she wasn’t touched; without her brother-in-law, marrying into the Tang Family would have been out of reach.

It wasn’t that she insisted on marrying a rich man.

It was just that her brother-in-law’s relationship greatly raised the bar for her choices.

Song Shuiqing didn’t act rashly; she wanted to inform her parents first and ask for their opinion.

Mr. Song and Mrs. Song would definitely agree.

After all, the Tang Family is a distinguished household in Magic City and they have an only son.

Marrying into such a family meant she wouldn’t have to worry about the daily necessities of life.

Mr. Song and Mrs. Song even personally brought many gifts to Chen Pingsheng.

It was more or less a sign of gratitude.

They certainly couldn’t afford a bride price of a hundred million.

But they knew that such an opportunity was a once-in-a-lifetime chance for Song Shuiqing.

Using his wife’s name, Chen Pingsheng set up an internet celebrity agency in Magic City for Song Shuiqing.

It was a move to elevate her status ahead of time.

The Tang Family allocated fifty million to this company and transferred Tang Li there too.

Anyone who had been in real estate for a few years could see the writing on the wall.

The real estate economy was no longer sustainable; internet celebrity agencies were now the trends.

Song Shuiqing instantly became ‘Little Miss Song’ of the company, and the Tang Family formally announced their marital alliance.

They set the wedding for this December.

She was now admired and envied, especially by those relatives who had come to Capital City with her.

If she could get a bride price of a hundred million, would they also manage such a feat when they got married?

That was probably the first thought on everyone’s mind.

Chen Pingsheng didn’t concern himself with these matters; to him, resolving Shuiqing’s marriage was still something positive.

The only younger cousin close to him that remained was Jiang Peiyao.

Jiang Peiyao had been with Tengying Entertainment for five years now, not too old nor too young, it was also high time for her to find a boyfriend.

Chen Pingsheng called her to the company for a private talk.

“Peiyao, I asked you not to get a boyfriend for three years, not for four or five, right?”

“Huh?” Jiang Peiyao’s face turned red all of a sudden.

“Brother-in-law, I’m still filming, how do I have time to date…”

“Don’t use filming as an excuse.”

Chen Pingsheng said, “Do I not know you? If you really wanted to be top-tier, with your connections, don’t you get whatever resources you want?”

“Brother-in-law, I’m already very content. If I use your status to snatch resources, wouldn’t that be bullying others?” Jiang Peiyao said obediently.

“Alright, stop changing the subject.”

Chen Pingsheng told her to sit down instead of standing there with her long legs.

“Tell your brother-in-law honestly, do you have someone you like?”

“No…” Jiang Peiyao replied softly, looking down.

Chen Pingsheng didn’t bother to ask further, “You haven’t visited our house in a while. No matter how busy you are, you should go more often.”

“Okay…” Jiang Peiyao softly agreed but seemed lost in thought.

Chen Pingsheng just wanted her to keep this in mind.

It’s better not to look for a partner in the entertainment industry; outside of that, the key is character.

No matter how rich, if the character isn’t good, they’re not worth considering.

She wasn’t some girl who grew up rich; finding someone more ordinary could also be good.

Of course, Chen Pingsheng didn’t say this.

Mainly because his little cousin was too beautiful, it wouldn’t be easy for an ordinary guy to marry her and for him to be at peace with it.

Finally putting down these two matters, his wife sent him a message.

Some relatives in the group were trying to slyly fish for information again.

About fairness and such; implying if one side got a hundred million as a bride price then the other side should get something too.

They actually wanted fairness in such matters? What were they thinking?

Did they really think he was a money-dispensing company? Chen Pingsheng didn’t bother replying to any of it.