63: Chen Qiu, whose net worth exceeds 100 million

The pink Wuling MINI smoothly pulled into the courtyard, and Xu Jia stepped out.

In the courtyard, a row of bamboo poles inserted into the ground formed a simple set of parallel bars!

A middle-aged man with slightly graying hair was holding onto the parallel bars, walking slowly.

This was Xu Changyao, Xu Jia's father, who was in the recovery period after being partially paralyzed.

"Dad."

"Why are you back so late today?"

"We've already finished eating."

Seeing his eldest daughter return home, a smile appeared on Xu Changyao's face.

"It's busy! I had to work overtime!"

"There's just too much to do at our bank toward the end of the year!"

Xu Jia said, sounding a bit exhausted.

She immediately stepped forward to help Xu Changyao back into the house.

"Where's Mom?"

"Auntie Zhang brought over some rice cakes this afternoon, so she wrapped some dumplings and took them over to her place."

"She hasn't been back for over half an hour; she's probably chatting at her place again."

Xu Jia nodded and helped her father to his room to rest.

She then went to the kitchen to warm up the food that had already gone cold.

Just as she finished serving the rice and picked up her bowl and chopsticks, she heard her mother, Lin Fang, returning.

Looking back, she saw her mother carrying another bag of rice cakes.

Before Xu Jia could speak, Lin Fang's eyes lit up upon seeing her, and she said impatiently.

"Have you been in touch with Chen Qiu recently?"

Seeing her mother's gossiping expression, Xu Jia knew she must have heard some rumors again!

She didn't answer, but asked instead.

"What is it this time?"

"I heard from Auntie Zhang that Chen Qiu had quite the grand entrance when he returned home tonight!"

"Two million-level luxury cars!"

"Specifically to transport a bicycle..."

"Tsk tsk, I heard that bicycle cost two hundred thousand!"

If it were before, Xu Jia would have been shocked to hear that Chen Qiu spent two hundred thousand on a bicycle.

But she had seen with her own eyes Chen Qiu spend over two hundred thousand on clothes... and she had personally helped pick them out!

Plus, after knowing about Chen Qiu's status as the president of the Cultural Industry Group, this two hundred thousand didn't seem like much to him.

"Didn't you say he's successful now? For a wealthy person, spending two hundred thousand is probably like us spending two hundred yuan."

Thinking of Chen Qiu's millions in savings, and then her own pitiful savings that barely topped ten thousand, when converted, Chen Qiu's two hundred thousand really was about the same as her two hundred yuan.

"But we didn't expect him to be this rich before!"

Lin Fang exclaimed in wonder!

Million-dollar luxury cars, millions in real estate—they could understand that!

A two-hundred-thousand-yuan bicycle, however, was pure fantasy to them.

"I heard Chen Qiu's net worth is estimated to be over a hundred million!"

For people living in the countryside year-round, someone with a net worth of ten million might be seen occasionally; they might even chat and brag with them during holidays.

But a net worth of over a hundred million? That was a level that came with an aura, a dragon among men, a glory to one's ancestors!

However, Xu Jia knew even better that Chen Qiu's net worth wasn't just estimated to be over a hundred million.

If you counted his shares in the Cultural Industry Group, he had a net worth of several hundred million!

"When he came back today, he had two female secretaries with him, and they looked just like movie stars!"

Hearing this, Xu Jia's beautiful eyes flashed slightly.

Could it be Yiyi and her master, Liu Qi?

But if it were Yiyi, she definitely would have come home.

Xu Jia thought about it and decided to ask her sister, Xu Yi, directly later.

Lin Fang, who was beside her, saw Xu Jia listlessly picking at her rice and said, frustrated by her lack of ambition.

"Look at you, you haven't made a move at all!"

"I told you to keep in touch and spend time with him, but you didn't take it to heart at all!"

Xu Jia looked at her mother helplessly.

"Mom, do you really want me to find a wealthy husband that badly?"

Lin Fang snorted softly.

"It's just because you two used to be so close!"

"We know him well, and he's successful—what parent wouldn't like that?"

"Smart girls would have already made their move!"

"Now look, the secretaries he brings with him are all great beauties. A little village girl like you definitely doesn't have a chance now!"

Xu Jia took a bite of rice and snorted.

"Why am I a village girl, and not a great beauty?"

Come to think of it, she had been personally certified as a great beauty by Chen Qiu himself!

"Besides, he brought secretaries—you're making it sound like something else!"

Xu Jia said, feeling a bit displeased.

"Haven't you seen those short dramas? Those seductive secretaries are all having affairs with their big bosses. Once the office door closes, who knows what they're doing inside!"

Hearing this, Xu Jia's red lips parted slightly; she almost wanted to tell her that her other daughter was his secretary.

So, was Yiyi also a seductress, spending all day in the office with Chen Qiu doing who knows what?

"Ahem..."

Xu Jia coughed a few times, almost spitting out her rice.

"You should watch fewer of those short dramas!"

Xu Jia rolled her eyes at her and took out her phone to send a message to Xu Yi.

"How are things these past two days?"

Xu Yi replied quickly.

"I've been following Sister Liu Qi to recruit people every day."

Xu Jia: "And you're recruiting great beauties?"

Xu Yi: "It seems like it really is..."

Xu Yi: "But this list Brother Chen Qiu gave us is really impressive; everyone on it is quite capable!"

Xu Yi: "After Sister Liu Qi interviewed quite a few, she kept wondering where Brother Chen Qiu found so many potential stars!"

Xu Jia: "That's why he's the president; he must have his own headhunting channels..."

However, thinking about how Chen Qiu was an oblivious block of wood when he was with her back then, yet now he was surrounded by flowers.

"Recruit, recruit more! When it's all beautiful secretaries, let's see if your little body can handle it!"

Xu Jia muttered to herself in a voice only she could hear, with a hint of jealousy.

Just then, as if in response to her thoughts, a message from Chen Qiu suddenly popped up.

It almost gave Xu Jia a fright.

Chen Qiu: "Manager Xu, do you know how to manage commercial properties?"

Xu Jia: "Did you buy commercial properties? Our bank's asset management services could help you get in touch with someone, but we also cooperate with professional companies... How many shops did you buy?"

Chen Qiu: "A whole street on Wenqin Road... 48 shops!"

Having just exited the chat interface to look for relevant documents, Xu Jia's finger froze on the screen.

"How many?"

"A whole street on Wenqin Road?!"

Xu Jia's beautiful eyes widened suddenly!

With her sensitivity as a bank employee, she subconsciously began calculating the value of the 48 shops in her mind.

The next moment, her breath hitched, and her pure and alluring face was filled with shock.

"Two hundred million..."

Even if it wasn't quite two hundred million, it was infinitely close to that figure!

This was far more shocking than the two-hundred-thousand-yuan bicycle Lin Fang had mentioned!

Commercial properties, and in the city center on Wenqin Road at that—these were high-quality assets that could definitely be sold or cashed out!

Xu Jia realized that she, too, had severely underestimated Chen Qiu's net worth.

To be able to spend two hundred million on shops, and even buy up an entire street, Chen Qiu's net worth might even be over a billion!

Buying a two-hundred-thousand-yuan bicycle for him, at most, was the same as her spending two yuan.

While Xu Jia was stunned, she saw another message from Chen Qiu.

"Oh right, don't misunderstand, I'm not asking your bank to help manage them."

"I want you to manage them!"

Upon seeing the message, Xu Jia froze for a moment; she could faintly hear her heart pounding and racing.