Mature companies didn't need Su Yhao to worry; they could earn huge profits on their own.

The family was also harmonious, maintaining a delicate balance. No one wanted to break this situation easily, and under the care of Nangong Tian and the others, life was quite comfortable.

Because his son was too capable, Su's father had no reason to continue striving. He handed over the work of Sihai International Group to the vice president, returned to Casino to settle down, and retired early.

From time to time, he would take Su Yehao with him to go deep-sea fishing, or make up the numbers when they were short of one for mahjong, chatting idly.

This kind of life was either very easy or boring.

One day in November 2010.

While playing mahjong, Su's father suddenly sighed and asked:

"The soil is already buried up to my chest, and at most there are only twenty or thirty years left, which will pass in the blink of an eye. What are you going to do, son? You spend all day playing mahjong with us old guys, or watching TV shows and playing games. You still have most of your life left, are you just going to drift along like this?"

Su Yehao looked at the bad hand of cards in front of him, sighed in frustration, and calmly replied:

"My head is hitting the ceiling, and I can't find a new life goal that requires me to do it myself, so what do you want me to do? Without you, Dad, Sihai International Group is still doing well, and the stock price has even risen a few points. Do you think the company would be that much different with or without me? If I don't live like this, what else can I do?"

"...Who told you to be so good at making money? In just over ten years, you've earned more money than others in dozens of lifetimes, and you've finished the road ahead of time, which made me retire early too."

Su's father played a card, sighed, and added:

"Do you know why I retired? Last month, your company's stock price soared, and the money you earned in just a few days was more than I earned in my entire life. It suddenly made me realize that staying in the business world was meaningless."

Su Yehao didn't want to take the blame for this, and said with a smile:

"You're blaming the bed for being crooked because you can't sleep. Sihai Shopping Malls has opened more than two hundred stores, and there are also more than seventy five-star hotels. This business was already coming to an end, it has nothing to do with me. Although I'm basically retired, I still have things to do, okay? For example, the charity fund is preparing to vigorously develop the marine ranching industry, using artificial breeding to replace wild fishing, to protect the marine ecology."

"Raising fish can protect the ocean?"

"Why not? The market demand is only so large. If there is cheap, artificially farmed seafood to fill the gap, fishermen will naturally choose to quit. Of course, it mainly depends on policies. Fishing moratoriums and releasing fish fry are also very important."

Father and son chatted.

A mahjong partner across the table asked, "I saw in the newspaper that you are also planting trees and creating forests, and running many forest farms?"

"Yes, I'm planting some valuable economic tree species to leave to future generations. For example, North American black walnut, white ash, wujin wood, oak, etc. Others think it takes too long to mature, but I don't care. I can treat it as a fixed deposit, holding it for fifty to a hundred years. While protecting the environment, it can also create some jobs, and the profits are quite good."

With a family fortune of over a trillion US dollars, Su Yehao's investment philosophy had long changed, and he no longer only focused on profits.

The scale was so large that even if only a small portion of the profits were distributed for environmental protection, charity, or scientific research projects, it could have an amazing effect, affecting all aspects of human life.

However.

Many things didn't require Su Yehao to do it himself, so he was still bored.

If he paid attention to maintenance and was lucky enough, he probably had fifty or sixty years of life left, and he really might just drift along.

...

After playing mahjong.

In the evening, he took a boat to Hong Kong to have dinner with Jiang Yu.

After years of accumulation, Jiang Yu, who was once a fiery, unskilled, and argumentative girl at Donghuang Rose Middle School, was already the well-deserved queen of the Chinese entertainment industry.

Since Nangong Tian shifted her focus to the fashion industry, the position of CEO of Tianyu Entertainment was given to Jiang Yu.

In the blink of an eye, the lively girl from back then was already over thirty and had a son and a daughter.

Sitting in the revolving restaurant of the Hong Kong Observation Wheel, Su Yehao ate coconut chicken hot pot and said:

"The projects in the north are restricted, and many subjects cannot be filmed. Set up a few more projects in Hong Kong and cooperate with Netflix to target the global market. I'm almost finished watching the popular American dramas."

Jiang Yu brushed her hair behind her ear and said unhappily:

"Urge, urge, urge, are you trying to kill me? It takes several months to prepare from project approval to filming. You can watch a dozen or twenty episodes a day. It's strange to keep up with your pace. You still need to exercise more. Accompany me for a morning run tomorrow."

Su Yehao shook his head and said, "It's a bit cold in winter. It's more comfortable to exercise at home. Last time I saw your dad, he said he was going to invest in electric cars. Is there any new progress?"

"It seems so. He also asked me to invest 3 billion Hong Kong dollars as start-up capital. Didn't Biguiyuan and Hengda, which you invested in, also plan to jointly invest?"

After listening to Jiang Yu, Su Yehao replied:

"That's right, the real estate business cannot continue in the long term. It is necessary to consider how to transform in advance. With the economic development of the mainland to this day, there are fewer and fewer opportunities. You can try to enter new tracks. In the future, most fuel vehicles may be replaced. The market size is quite large, and the initial investment will be relatively large."

Jiang Yu took a sip of chicken soup and said calmly:

"Let my dad do whatever he wants, so he doesn't always quarrel with my mom at home. I feel that Tianyu Entertainment should also transform and try to develop some new projects. The video website loses money all day long, and my head buzzes every time I look at the financial report."

"Internet companies aren't all about burning money to expand? As long as you maintain your market share, there won't be too much of a problem. It's not like our family can't afford to burn money."

Su Yehao supported his chin with one hand, staring at Jiang Yu for a long time.

Jiang Yu asked speechlessly, "What are you looking at?"

"Looking at a beauty."

"I'm not a beauty anymore. There are some eighteen or nineteen-year-old girls in the company whose skin and figures are so good. I've actually reached the age where I need to be careful about maintenance to avoid wrinkles. It's sad to think about it."

Jiang Yu continued:

"The earliest established Girl Emperor group is also getting older. Now, some of them are getting married, some are flying solo, and it's difficult to maintain. The company is planning to establish a new group."

"Time really flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, that little guy Tang Tianrui is almost in junior high school."

Su Yehao was quite emotional.

Although life was still long, passion and dreams had become very distant things, replaced by the desire for the family to be safe and comfortable every day.

Turning his head to look at the night view outside the window, the waters of Victoria Harbour flowed quietly, with tall buildings on both sides, and the night view was charming.

He still remembered the excitement when he first came to Hong Kong and saw his own building. At that time, he didn't dare to imagine in his dreams that he could have such achievements today.

After dinner.

Jiang Yu suddenly had the idea of going to ride the Ferris wheel at the Kai Tak Digital Hub.

It was their own business, so they got in directly by showing their faces. Sitting on the Ferris wheel, they could see the residential buildings that had been hoarding for many years nearby, which had just gone on sale last month.

A total of 330 apartments were launched, with an average price of about 140,000 Hong Kong dollars per square meter. They were snapped up on the opening day. The housing prices fell slightly in 2008, and then quickly rose again...