2003: Starting with Foreign Trade

Chapter 451: Get married?

"What the hell? Buy a house and get married as soon as possible?"

"No, if I remember correctly, Mr. Tan shouldn't be 22 years old yet, the legal marriage age, right? Is he in such a hurry?"

"It's full, it's full! The day the show airs is our boss's birthday, and it's also Qixi Festival, which our company all knows. But isn't the point you're concerned about a bit strange? Our boss is telling everyone to buy a house as soon as possible if they have the money, which means that house prices might rise."

"You think whatever your boss says goes? With housing prices so high these days, what's the point of buying a house? And is your boss going to build houses? Which big company doesn't build houses these days?"

"Make money and spend it as fast as you can, don't even think about taking a penny home."

"Haha, you guys are just jealous. Our boss really does build houses and sell them. If he sells them to us, they'll be cheaper than the market price. I'd love for our boss to build houses."

"Damn, are factory workers really that well-paid these days? Even the screwdrivers are dreaming of buying houses?"

Jealousy can make you unrecognizable.

CCTV really went out of their way by recording the program on August 19th, which is the Qixi Festival in the lunar calendar, and also Tan Jincheng's lunar birthday. They really put their heart into it.

Tan Jincheng is quite traditional and celebrates his birthday according to the lunar calendar. This year, he celebrated his birthday in Beijing.

If he hadn't come to the capital, Tan Jincheng would have forgotten that he owned a house here.

This small apartment in Zhongguan Village has been unoccupied since Zhang Xuhui went to work in Luzhou, and the dust inside is quite severe.

Zhang Suzhi and Li Jinzhen helped tidy up, bought some groceries, and the family cooked a home-cooked meal combining Anhui and Zhejiang cuisine, which they considered a warm feast.

"How come I didn't hear that you bought a house here too?"

"I forgot. I didn't live there much after I bought it. I gave it to Zhang Xuhui, who was transferred here at the time. After a while, I forgot about it."

This is really not Versailles. Flash's base in the north is only in Tianjin and Beijing. In Beijing, it only cooperates with the Institute of Physics, which is just a laboratory-type business and can't be considered a large industry.

Tan Jincheng bought this house simply because it was convenient to come over and he was too lazy to stay in a hotel. After Zhang Xuhui was transferred to the capital, Tan Jincheng rarely came here anymore. Usually, he would contact others through the company's internal software, Dingding.

Yes, it's the internal management software developed by the Hangzhou company that first commissioned Gu Yanning for her internship. The software's functions are being improved little by little. Tan Jincheng transferred some programmers from Orange Technology to be specifically responsible for its improvement and daily maintenance.

They even gave him the rather wicked name "Ding Ding," and there's already an online check-in feature, but it's currently limited to the computer version; the mobile app version hasn't been developed yet.

With the launch of the iOS system, Dingding's iOS client can be developed first. After the iOS system is tested to a sufficient extent, the Android system APP will be developed next.

This is what's called internal incubation; large companies often create such projects.

Initially, it was only used within the company for ease of management. However, as it grew larger, it generated some value and business opportunities, and it may even develop into an independent company.

Whether Dingding will eventually hatch successfully is uncertain for Tan Jincheng, but this thing has a really bad reputation. If such a thing does hatch in the future, it's hard to know how to deal with the criticism.

If all else fails, just spin him off into an independent entity with a completely different name from the two companies.

There's another reason why he doesn't come to the capital so often. If it weren't for work, Tan Jincheng really wouldn't want to come to this city. Every time he comes here, he always recalls some memories from his past life.

Many things fade with time, but some memories are unforgettable.

"You really are something. Why do you buy houses everywhere without keeping track of them? Are you planning to set up a private asset management team to manage your personal assets?" Gu Qingqing said with amusement.

"Hmm? It does seem like we could get one. I didn't even think of it until you mentioned it," Tan Jincheng said, surprised.

It seems he also owns a house in Guangzhou? Was it bought for him by Zhang Xupeng? I remember refusing it, but I have no recollection of whether Tan Jincheng actually bought it or not; I've completely forgotten about it.

It seems that this is indeed necessary. At the very least, we need to take stock and see what private assets we currently own, or how many houses we have.

It seems that wealthy people all have a team to help manage their private assets, and they also use these assets to make some stable investments, such as real estate, wealth management, etc., and some even establish family trusts.

Tan Jincheng is currently a wealthy man, but also a country bumpkin. Despite the booming investment of ByteDance's investment platform, his personal assets are a complete mess; he has no idea how much money he actually has.

It's just like what they said in the face-to-face interview: when you're not short of money, you don't care how much money you have, as long as it's enough to get by.

“Right, this messy state can’t go on, it’s a waste of resources.” After thinking for a moment, Tan Jincheng said casually, “Let’s talk about it after we get married. After we get married, we can manage our assets together.”

Upon hearing this, the small living room fell silent instantly. Gu Qingqing was stunned for a moment, Gu Hongshun and his wife exchanged glances, while Zhang Suzhi smiled knowingly.

Everyone could see the affection between the two, and they both believed they could be together. However, due to their age and studies, the adults didn't want to bring up marriage.

In the eyes of their generation, who were used to arranged marriages, two years of dating was a long time, and there was no problem with discussing marriage.

Before coming to the capital, Tan Jincheng was not yet of legal marriage age. Given his status, how could his elders possibly bring it up? Naturally, Gu Hongshun and his wife could not bring it up.

Although Zhang Suzhi is Tan Jincheng's biological mother, after returning from the sea, her son became very opinionated in everything he did, and his career grew bigger and bigger. As his mother, she couldn't interfere too much in her son's love life.

Moreover, late marriage and late childbirth are still the prevailing trend these days, which is why Tan Jincheng's remarks on the face-to-face meeting were truly bold, actually calling on young people to get married earlier.

If the program airs, this alone could become a hot topic of discussion among the entire nation.

This was the first time Tan Jincheng had uttered the word "marriage" in the two years they had been dating, and it happened without any warning, which explains the silence in the room.

Then it was time for Tan Jinyue, the little princess of FlashCar, to make her appearance. Due to her different upbringing, Tan Jinyue is more mature than other children her age and has a much larger vocabulary.

Tan Jinyue, who was running around the room, stopped playing when she noticed that everyone was silent. She looked at her brother with some curiosity and then walked towards him.

In Tan Jinyue's eyes, her brother is the best.

Her brother would buy her lots of toys, take her to his workplace to meet lots of people, and take her on car rides to play everywhere. Although she often didn't see her brother and missed him a lot, he would always bring her gifts and call her whenever he went on a long trip.

Tan Lihua lives alone in Yicheng, and the little girl can't see her father. Due to his personal experiences, Tan Jincheng actually raises his younger sister more like a daughter.

Therefore, Tan Jinyue felt double the love from her brother. Children's thinking is relatively simple; they get close to whoever treats them well.

"Brother, what's wrong? Why aren't you saying anything?" Tan Jinyue asked curiously, shaking Tan Jincheng's pants.

Tan Jincheng then realized what was wrong: "What's wrong? Isn't it normal for me to marry Qingqing? I'm almost 22 years old, and Qingqing will graduate in a little over a year. Is there a problem? Or is it that you, Uncle and Aunt, don't agree?"

"Haha, we have no objections. We've seen things clearly." Gu Hongshun laughed somewhat awkwardly.

When they first started dating, his future father-in-law dared to put on airs in front of Tan Jincheng, but now he really doesn't have that intention anymore. It's not that he can't, but that there's no need for him to.

He's a businessman, and he knows that some things, though possible, are meaningless. He's more concerned with gains and losses. While this way of thinking may be somewhat pragmatic, you can't say he's wrong.

At worst, he could only cause some trouble at the dinner table, since Tan Jincheng's alcohol tolerance was poor. As for Li Jinzhen, she had always liked Tan Jincheng, so there was even less need for her to do so.

"And what about you?" Tan Jincheng asked Gu Qingqing with a smile.

Gu Qingqing didn't say anything, just glared at Tan Jincheng, and started tidying up on her own. With just that one glance, the air in the room returned to normal.

"Oh, oh, oh, so sister is going to marry brother? Is it like on TV?" Tan Jinyue understood.

“Yes, just like on TV. You can follow behind your sister and help her lift her skirt, okay?” He picked up Tan Jinyue and said.

"Okay, okay, I want to throw flowers too!" The little guy in Tan Jincheng's arms clapped his hands and said.

You've watched a lot of TV dramas! You're so young and already so influenced by idol dramas, it's really not good.

"What nonsense are you teaching? Jin Yue is still young." Gu Qingqing said with a smile, a little embarrassed.

Children are indeed the best at enlivening the atmosphere. If it weren't for this little guy, we wouldn't know how to break the slightly awkward atmosphere just now. Since the main couple has said that they'll talk about it after the wedding, shouldn't the three elders ask when the wedding is?
But if you ask, you don't know what the person in question is planning. After all, given their current wealth and resources, marriage is no longer just a simple matter.

They really can't make that decision.

However, after hearing what Tan Jincheng said, they had a general idea of ​​what was going on. If things went smoothly, Gu Qingqing would officially graduate with her bachelor's degree in about one or two years.

Dating for three or four years before getting married is not a bad idea, since neither of them is that old.

(End of this chapter)