It was April 4th.
Li Ze drove to Shanghai Jiao Tong University with his son, Li Dong.
" Little Dong, give your Aunt Yuxuan a call and tell her to prepare…"
Li Ze drove into Shanghai Jiao Tong University. There was still some distance from the girls 'dormitory in front, so he asked his son to call Jiang Yuxuan first.
On the other side.
In the dormitory, Jiang Yuxuan was packing her things when she suddenly received a call from Li Dong. She knew that Li Ze had already arrived at the school, so she quickly stuffed the rest of her things into her suitcase.
"Yuxuan, your cousin, the second richest man in the country, is here to pick you up?”
One of Jiang Yuxuan's roommates couldn't help but ask with a hint of envy in his tone.
Back when Li Ze was ranked second on the Hurun Rich List, the major media outlets reported on it for quite a while. There were also many discussions online. How could Jiang Yuxuan's roommates not know?
He had thought that Jiang Yuxuan's cousin was just rich. Legendary Games and Zerun Technology were both his companies.
However, Jiang Yuxuan's roommates never dreamed that Li Ze would be so rich. His assets exceeded eight billion and he was ranked second on the national rich list!
This was not something that could be described as an ordinary 'rich man'.
Upon hearing her roommate's question, Jiang Yuxuan raised her head and smiled at him. She replied,"Yes, my cousin will be here soon. I have to go down quickly…"
"Oh, oh. Yuxuan, goodbye then…"
"Bye-bye ~"
After Jiang Yuxuan left, her roommates couldn't help but look at each other and couldn't help but start discussing.
"Sigh, if only I had such a powerful cousin. Although he was only her cousin and not her biological brother, cousin Yuxuan was the second richest man in the country!”
"As long as he says the word, Yuxuan won't have to worry about her job in the future.”
" That's right. This kind of super-rich person is not someone that ordinary people can come into contact with. Yuxuan has such a cousin. It's really enviable…"
While Jiang Yuxuan's roommates were discussing her enviously, Jiang Yuxuan had already gotten into Li Ze's car.
"Cousin, sorry to trouble you to pick me up again…"
Jiang Yuxuan said with some embarrassment.
Li Ze smiled." You don't have to be so polite with me. I'm your brother." Besides, it was something that happened along the way anyway.”
"Alright, let's go back to Jiang Prefecture now. When we reach Jiang Zhou, I'll send you home first, then I'll go back…"
"Yes!"
Jiang Yuxuan responded.
Then, she suddenly smiled again and said,"Cousin, the fact that you were ranked second on the Hurun Rich List has a huge impact.”
" When I came down just now, my roommate asked me directly if my cousin, the second richest man in the country, had come to pick me up. Hehe…"
"Ha…"
Li Ze laughed and said,"Really?!" However, you're all university students, and this is Shanghai. It's normal for your roommates to have heard of this information.”
"If it were any other small city, there probably wouldn't be many people who know about me.”
"Hehe, maybe."
Jiang Yuxuan didn't understand this either. She just smiled and replied.
After driving for a few hours and eating something at the highway service area, it was already past nine o'clock at night when they arrived at Jiangzhou.
It was almost ten o'clock when he sent Jiang Yuxuan home.
Because there were no street lamps in the countryside, the roads were not easy to walk on.
Therefore, Li Ze did not plan to return to his hometown in the countryside overnight. Instead, he went straight to the tube-shaped apartment he used to live in Jiangzhou with his son. He planned to stay there for the night.
He would return to his hometown in the countryside tomorrow morning.
Ever since he moved to Shanghai, Li Ze had not returned to this place for the past two years.
Now that she saw everything familiar in the house, she really missed it a little…
The next morning.
It was just seven o'clock when Li Ze called his son and set off for his hometown.
After nearly an hour of driving, the village ahead was finally visible.
As soon as Li Ze's car entered the village, many villagers immediately gathered around. Li Ze had driven this car back to the village before, so the villagers all knew that it was his car.
Ah Ze, you're back…"
Li Ze had just parked his car when the surrounding villagers immediately greeted him warmly.
"Yeah, I heard from my mom that the village is going to sweep the ancestral graves this year, so I rushed back.”
"Come, Uncle, smoke!"
Li Ze quickly responded with a smile and immediately took out a cigarette.
Yes, it was still Huazi!
However, this time, it wasn't a root, but one for each person.
He specially bought two boxes of Chinese seeds and threw them in the car.
The village in his hometown was not big to begin with. There were only forty to fifty families in total, and they were all from a large family.
Seeing Li Ze throw an entire piece of bamboo over, the villagers were shocked and even jumped in fright. They quickly reached out to catch it.
"Whoa, Ah Ze, your hair is tied up one by one, and it's Hua Zi's.”
A villager in his fifties caught the Chinese chess pieces that Li Ze threw over and couldn't help but give a thumbs up in praise.
Li Ze smiled and said to the villager,"Uncle Chunsheng is too polite. It's just a carton of cigarettes.”
"Haha."
The villager smiled and looked at Li Ze. He could not help but ask curiously,""Ah Ze, I heard that you're now the second richest man in the country? What kind of business have you been doing outside these past few years? How can you earn so much money? In just a few years, you've become the second richest man in the country!”
"That's right. I also heard from my kid that Ah Ze, you're very powerful now. You're the second richest person in the entire Xia country! I didn't expect our Shanwowo Village to have a golden phoenix like you!”
Another slightly older villager said emotionally.
"Brother Ah Ze, I also saw the news on the Internet. At first, I thought that it was just the same name as you, but when I saw that the photo was really you, I was sure.”
"Also, that Legend of Mir 2 is actually a game from your company. Many of my friends and I are playing Legend of Mir 2. This game is really exciting.”
The one who spoke was a young man in his twenties. He looked at Li Ze with excitement.
When Li Ze heard these words, he couldn't help but be stunned. He didn't expect that even the villagers in the village knew that he was ranked second on the Hurun Rich List…
Hence, Li Ze smiled and said,""The second richest person in the country? Actually, that list is quite exaggerated. Moreover, there were still many wealthy people in the country who did not show their faces and were not included in the list at all.”
"I'm the so-called second richest man in the country.”
The villagers obviously didn't care.
Still smiling, he looked at Li Ze and said,"No matter what, our village is proud to have someone like you.”
"When you meet people from other villages outside, straighten your backs!”
Li Ze was speechless.
However, he still had to rush home, so he didn't chat with the villagers any longer. After saying a few words, he quickly brought his son, Li Dong, home with a bunch of things.
He sat with his parents and chatted for a while.
At around nine o'clock, the villagers called Li Ze and his family into the mountains to sweep the ancestral graves.
After busying himself for half a day.
After returning to the village, the village organized the entire village to eat the flowing water banquet together.
However, Li Ze's hometown was actually quite poor. The ancestral hall in the clan was still made of mud bricks. Moreover, because it had been in disrepair for a long time, it was somewhat dilapidated. Although it was not leaking air everywhere, it was not much better.
The whole village set up a banquet in the open space outside the ancestral hall.
Li Ze and his father were specially invited by the village chief to sit at the main table.
After three rounds of wine, Li Ze glanced at the dilapidated ancestral hall and could not help but say,"Uncle Chunhe, I was busy with business outside and didn't have much time to come back.”
"When I came back this time, I was thinking of discussing with Uncle Chunhe to see if we could organize the old and young in the village to demolish the ancestral hall in our village and build a new, bigger ancestral hall.”
"In addition, the road into the village is not easy to walk on. Not only is it a muddy road, but it's also bumpy. Once it rained, it would be inconvenient for the old and young men in the village to go out. It was covered in muddy water.”
"Why don't we just repair the road leading in and out of the village? Hmm…Let's directly build a spacious asphalt road and make the embankment a little more solid so that it won't be crushed in less than three to five years.”
Without waiting for the village chief to speak, Li Ze continued,"Of course, I also know that our village isn't rich, and I happen to have some ability now. Therefore, I'll take care of the money for rebuilding the ancestral hall and repairing the road.”
"It's just that I don't have much time to come back. As for the exact operation, I'll have to trouble Uncle Chunhe and the old and young in the village to bear with it…"
When he drove back to the village for the New Year last year, Li Ze had thought about whether he should pay the village to repair the road.
However, Li Ze wasn't as " rich " as he was now. At that time, Zerun Technology had yet to take off, and Legend of Mir 2 had only started charging for a month.
Li Ze couldn't afford it either.
However, things were different now.
It was just building a road to the village and building an ancestral hall outside. A few million was enough.
A few million was nothing to him now.
No matter what, he himself had come from the village, especially since his parents were still living in the village.
He also had this ability.
He should improve the conditions of the village, build a road, and build an ancestral hall.
In ancient times, those squires even knew how to build bridges and pave the way for the villagers, accumulate good deeds, and gain a good reputation.
Li Ze was aware of this.
Moreover, if he paid to help the village repair the roads and build the ancestral hall, not only would he gain a good reputation in the surrounding villages, but it would also be beneficial to him if word spread.
If people knew, they would only say that they had not forgotten their roots even after they had become rich.
This was quite beneficial to his personal reputation.
After all, his parents had always lived in the village, and he did not have much time to take care of them.
Now, he was paying for the village to build roads and ancestral halls. If his parents encountered any problems in the future, and he was not by their side, the old and young men in the village would also help out a little.
This also saved him some worries.
Hearing Li Ze's words, the village chief was overjoyed. He said excitedly,"Ah Ze, are you really willing to pay for the road repair and ancestral hall in the village?”
The other villagers at the same table also looked at Li Ze fervently.
The village had long wanted to repair the ancestral hall, but they had been suffering from the fact that everyone was not well-off and the village did not have money in their accounts, so they could only delay it.
Now that Li Ze had taken the initiative to offer to pay for the construction of a new ancestral hall, and even the road to and from the village, everyone was naturally filled with anticipation.
"Of course!" Li Ze smiled.”
"How about this? I'll transfer five million yuan to the village's account first. If it's not enough, Uncle Chunhe, ask my father to let me know. I'll transfer some more money…"
Before Li Ze could finish, the village chief hurriedly said,"Enough, enough! How could five million not be enough? Wasn't it enough to build an ancestral hall and repair roads with so much money?”
"Yes, Ah Ze, it's not practical to spend that much money. Building an ancestral hall, even if it was a little bigger, would cover the entire field. At most, it would be more than enough to build a hundred thousand yuan.”
"After all, you're the one who's taking care of the money. Every family in our village has one or two people. It was nothing more than some material fees.”
"It's the same for the road construction. Even if the road is built all the way to the village road, it's estimated to be about one or two million yuan.”
Li Ze smiled and said,""Alright, I don't know anything about these things anyway, so I'll leave it to you uncles. However, I'll transfer five million yuan to the village directly.”
"If there's still money left after the ancestral hall is built and the road is repaired, then leave it in the village's account.”
"In the future, if the village wants to organize some group activities or invite other brother villages, there's no need for every family to pool money.”
"In addition, you can also buy some New Year gifts for the elderly in the village who are over 60 years old. It can also be considered as a little respect for the elders in the village as a junior who has been away all year round.”
Hearing Li Ze's words, the villagers at the same table all gave him a thumbs up.
"Ah Ze, since you have such intentions, we won't stand on ceremony with you. "How about this? You transfer the money to the village's account. Then, the withdrawal of this money will be handled by your Uncle Jianmin, your father, and me.”
"Only when all three of us agree can we withdraw this money. I don't dare to say anything else, but I can guarantee you that not a single cent of the money you gave to the village will be pocketed by others!”
The village chief said solemnly.
"Alright, then we'll listen to your arrangements, Uncle Chunhe.”
Li Ze didn't really care.
However, since the village chief had specifically made his father one of the three people in charge of the money, Li Ze naturally had no objections.
At least this way, he could prevent the money he donated to the village from being embezzled.
Even if Li Ze didn't care about this bit of money, if someone really embezzled the money he donated to the village, he would inevitably feel disgusted.
This money was for the village, not for a certain person or a few people to put into their pockets!
At the dining table, Li Ze chatted with the village chief about building the ancestral hall and repairing the road. After dinner, Li Ze went home first.
As for his father, he stayed in the ancestral hall.
Because the village chief was going to hold a meeting later to announce that Li Ze was going to donate money to the village to build a new ancestral hall and repair the road.
Li Ze was too lazy to participate. Anyway, he only needed to pay the money. The rest would be left to the villagers.
When the other villagers heard the village chief say that there was a sudden meeting, they were surprised.
When the village chief announced that Li Ze would donate five million to the village to build a new ancestral hall and repair the roads, everyone in the village was shocked.
How much was five million yuan these days?
It was a number that the villagers could not imagine.
In Jiangzhou, it would be considered good if the salary of a city dweller could reach 700 to 800 yuan a month.
Five million was equivalent to a person's income that could not be earned in a few hundred years!
After the shock, everyone looked at Li Ze's father with envy in their eyes. They envied him for having such a capable son.
At the same time, it was filled with respect.
After all, this was five million!
Moreover, this five million yuan was all for the village to use to build the ancestral hall and repair the road. It could be said to be a benefit to the entire village!
"Chunshui, your Ah Ze did a great job.”
"Uncle Chunshui, let's not talk about anything else. Ah Ze is now a big boss and must be very busy. He probably won't have the time to take care of you and Auntie. If there's anything in the future, feel free to tell the old and young men in our village!”
"Yes! Although we don't have much ability, in our small village, if there's anything you and Auntie need, just let us know.”
……
Li Ze's father, Li Chunshui, was originally quite distressed that his son had spent five million yuan in such a short time. However, when he thought of his son's current net worth of billions, he did not say anything more.
At this moment, hearing the words of the old and young in the village.
Li Ze's father immediately perked up after being stared at with respect and envy by everyone. His face was smiling like a chrysanthemum flower.
There was no need to mention how comfortable he felt in his heart!
She couldn't help but sigh in her heart. Her son had made a name for himself in front of the entire village.
From now on, he might not be able to do whatever he wanted in the village, but he was afraid that he would not be much different.
……
Li Ze stayed at home for two days. On Sunday, he said goodbye to his parents and left his hometown with his son, Li Dong. He was going to pick up his cousin, Jiang Yuxuan, and then return to Shanghai.
Before he left, Li Ze had already transferred the five million he promised to the village to the village's account.
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