Chapter 15: Chapter 15: Scaring Them to Death [Please Favorite, Please Recommend]Lu Family.

    The Lu Family should have been resting by now, yet the whole place was brightly lit.

    "I have something to say!" Lu Hongbin, Lu Wenhao, and Father Lu said in unison.

    "Uh..." The three of them were stunned.

    "Eldest, you go first." Father Lu made the decision.

    "Dad, try this dish first." Lu Hongbin mysteriously presented a plate of boiled cabbage in plain water.

    "Boiled cabbage?" Father Lu was surprised: "Is this all you’re giving your dad?"

    "Dad, if you don’t want it, give it to me." Lu Wenhao was drooling on the side.

    "Eat, why not eat? With you making such a fuss, this dish must be extraordinary." Father Lu, shrewd as he was, immediately picked up some with his chopsticks.

    Then.

    "Hmm..." Father Lu’s eyes widened, and after a long time, he spoke with endless aftertaste: "Delicious, absolutely delicious. I don’t even know what words to use to describe it. It looks plain, but the aftertaste is lingering, fragrant but not greasy, top-notch!"

    "Tastes good, right?" Lu Hongbin smiled—this wastrel son came up with a dish that even conquered our old man, awesome!

    "Was this developed by Xu Yi?" Father Lu picked up the bowl with clear soup and downed it in one go: "Is there any more?"

    "I won’t tell you who developed it yet, let me first tell you how this dish is made." Lu Hongbin said teasingly.

    After Lu Hongbin finished explaining the recipe, Father Lu was astounded: "So extravagant? So many exquisite ingredients just for a cabbage?"

    "So, Dad, how much should this dish be priced?" Lu Hongbin smiled.

    "How much?" Father Lu chuckled bitterly: "Just the cost of the ingredients you mentioned is no less than a thousand yuan, so how much for this dish?"

    "Yeah." Lu Hongbin smiled craftily: "I’ve currently priced it at 998."

    "That’s a loss then." Father Lu frowned and then had a flash of insight: "Are you pulling a fast one on me, you rascal? You’re skirting the main issue, these ingredients may be expensive, but that doesn’t mean they can only make this little amount of soup!"

    "Sure enough, I can’t hide it from you, truly deserving of the title of an old chef." Lu Hongbin laughed.

    "Joking, you think you can deceive me?" Father Lu chuckled: "Stop beating around the bush, what’s the profit margin on this dish?"

    "Fifteen times." Lu Hongbin enunciated clearly, his eyes gleaming with gold: "And that doesn’t even include indirect profits. I’ve roughly calculated that with proper promotion and operation, it wouldn’t be difficult to earn an additional five or six million a year."

    "Great! That’s fantastic!" Father Lu was instantly overjoyed: "This is Xu Yi’s invention... No, wait, such a wasteful dish, could it be... Xiaobu, that wastrel?"

    "Impressive, impressive, you guessed it right away." Lu Hongbin looked admiringly.

    "Good! Good! Good!" Father Lu was exceptionally excited: "Our Xiaobu can even make money from his wastefulness, if we spread this around, it’d scare everyone to death, hahaha!"

    "Dad, don’t get too excited, that’s just a small sum." Lu Wenhao said dismissively.

    "What do you mean?" Father Lu was puzzled.

    "Xiaobu has also squandered out several billion." Lu Wenhao, without any elaborate schemes, stated straightforwardly: "He stumbled upon mobile CPU manufacturing technology and a technical genius. If he can get it off the ground, we’re talking about profits in the billions."

    "My heavens! This Xiaobu..." Father Lu was astonished, his second son was not one to lie; billions meant billions!

    "Of course, it’s not easy to cash out at the moment; we have to take it slow." Lu Wenhao shrugged and said, "But this money will be ours sooner or later."

    "Then, about keeping it a secret..." Father Lu stopped mid-sentence, "My worries are unnecessary. With your eldest brother around, I’m sure he’s got it covered."

    "Yes, Dad, it’s all taken care of." Lu Hongbin gave a wry smile and shook his head, "You have no idea. That Mr. Li was like he was under some spell cast by Xiaobu, completely devoted! I’m impressed!"

    "Don’t be impressed just yet, your brother just shocked me, now let me give you a shock," Father Lu said with a smile.

    "What is it?" the two brothers asked.

    "That guy with the last name Zhang called me just now, saying Xiaobu smashed one of his hotels," Father Lu said with a chuckle.

    "So he smashed it, big deal." Lu Hongbin waved his hand, "Xiaobu might be heartless and thoughtless, but Qianmin is by his side, there must have been a reason for the smashing."

    "You’re right. But that’s not the main point." Father Lu said with a sly smile, "Our family’s Xiaobu, he managed to coax Liang Lan back."

    "Liang Lan?" Lu Hongbin frowned, thought for a while, but came up with nothing.

    "Could it be Tian Jilan? I heard about this legendary senior back in school," Lu Wenhao suddenly said, shocked.

    "What?! Tian... Tian... Tian Jilan?" Lu Hongbin got scared, being a businessman he certainly knew of Tian Jilan’s reputation.

    "That’s right, it’s Tian Jilan," Father Lu confirmed with a laugh, "I heard that Zhang guy took advantage of her goodwill, and wanted her to be his CEO, but... heh heh, now she’s been brought back by our Xiaobu, hahaha! I can just imagine the look on Zhang’s face right now!"

    "Oh my god!" Lu Hongbin picked up his cup of tea and downed a couple of gulps to calm himself down, "Seriously! I’m impressed!"

    Seeing his eldest son’s reaction, Father Lu felt a bit smug, "Do you know how much Xiaobu spent to bring her back?"

    Lu Wenhao and Lu Hongbin glanced at each other, "A monthly salary of ten thousand, tips not included!"

    "Heh, how did you know?" Father Lu was taken aback.

    "Because, that tech emperor was offered the same," Lu Hongbin and Lu Wenhao said at the same time.

    "Oh!" The three looked at each other and suddenly burst into laughter.

    "However, let me make this clear, Liang Lan is not someone to be trifled with. Now that she has recognized Xiaobu, let’s not get involved and let things take their course. Especially you, Eldest, don’t set your sights on Liang Lan," Father Lu warned at the end.

    "How could I? It’s just wishful thinking," Lu Hongbin said with a wry smile, shaking his head.

    "By the way, now that we have several more talented individuals, shouldn’t we prepare things like housing and cars?" Father Lu said.

    "Well, I suggest we leave that to Xiaobu to handle, we just provide the funds. Otherwise, if Xiaobu isn’t happy with it, it’ll have been a waste," Lu Hongbin suggested.

    "Right, right, right, that was thoughtless of me," Father Lu patted his head.

    "But we could consider getting a bodyguard," Lu Hongbin continued.

    "No need for that either, I was so focused on talking about Liang Lan that I forgot about someone else," Father Lu said with a wave of his hand, smiling, "Xiaobu has also taken someone in, a Special Soldier instructor, Zhang Meng, same price. The bar smashing? It was him covering for Xiaobu."

    "This... Xiaobu’s luck is defying the heavens! A tech emperor, a Tian Jilan, and a Special Soldier instructor, all for ten thousand each! My god!" Lu Hongbin was somewhat collapsing.

    "You’ve got to be impressed!" Lu Wenhao also sighed.

    "Oh, and one more thing. Qianmin is not moving out either," Father Lu continued. sea??h thё Novel?ire(.)ne*t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    "Eh... Dad, let’s stop here for today. I need a moment to process," Lu Hongbin said helplessly—this little spendthrift got all this done in one day, catching up to what he did for half his lifetime!