Chapter 836: Chapter 836

Thinking of Fang Bai’s current net worth of tens of billions and his future income that would increase with the profitability of the Beauty Company, Su Licheng couldn’t help repeatedly swallowing his saliva, his heart growing hotter with excitement.

Although Su Licheng was already in his forties or fifties, he still didn’t let go of his profligate ways, enjoying eating, drinking, and making merry with friends, as well as collecting antiques, calligraphy, paintings, gems, and jades, and he often showed them off in front of his friends.

And no matter whether it was wining and dining, making friends, or collecting antiques, calligraphy, paintings, gems, and jades, all required a significant amount of money to Discover more novels on NovelHub - your gateway to endless stories. Even though Su Licheng was a direct relative of the Su Family and received a considerable dividend every year, that money still wasn’t enough for him. If it wasn’t for his wife Jiang Shan keeping a tight rein on finances, he would have squandered the family’s annual dividends long ago.

Originally, Su Licheng thought that once his son Su Yifei took over as the Family Head, he could secure some benefits for himself. But Yifei had confided to him that the Su Family’s wealth belonged to all its members and that he couldn’t misuse it for personal gain, or he would face the joint suppression of the family members, and potentially even lose his position as Family Head. Upon reflection, Su Licheng dropped the idea of making money through his son.

Now that he knew Fang Bai was a major shareholder of the Beauty Company, Su Licheng’s mind started to race. He thought if Fang Bai became his son-in-law, he could drop some hints when he was short of cash. Fang Bai, out of consideration for his daughter, would surely offer him some sort of financial tribute, wouldn’t he?

With Fang Bai having a net worth of over tens of billions, even a few billions slipping his way would suffice for his spending for a long time.

With this in mind, Su Licheng became excited, and his attitude toward Fang Bai shifted from cold to warm.

"Linglong, it’s enough to have your mother, your brother, and me here. You accompany Fang Bai and President Xia inside to sit!"

With a radiant smile, Su Licheng patted Fang Bai on the shoulder and said, "Fang Bai, from now on, consider the Su Family as your own family, and come over to visit often. Let’s father and son chat more and bond! Okay?"

Jiang Shan, seeing her husband change his tune so quickly, without a trace of shame, exchanged looks with her son Su Yifei and daughter Su Linglong, all of them shaking their heads and giving wry smiles.

Fang Bai, excellent at reading people, knew that although Su Licheng was somewhat dissipated and mercenary, he wasn’t inherently bad. Plus, as he was Su Linglong’s father, Fang Bai wasn’t going to quibble over matters and smiled, nodding in agreement, "Of course! I will definitely come often!"

Su Linglong led Fang Bai and Xia Chenyu to the lawn inside the Su Family Estate, and they sat down at a dining table that bore their names on placards; a server immediately brought them tea.

"Fang Bai, don’t take to heart what my dad said just now!"

After sitting down to the left and right of Fang Bai, Su Linglong spoke in an apologetic whisper.

Fang Bai chuckled and replied, "The love of a parent knows no bounds! Actually, what your father did wasn’t wrong; I totally understand him! In this world, which parent doesn’t wish for their daughter to marry a good man? Oh, by ’good man,’ I mean someone good-looking, with a good character, and a good family background, but most importantly, not lacking in money!"

Su Linglong sighed and said, "My dad is obsessed with money, always has the word ’money’ on his lips, and likes to spend recklessly, never knowing thrift. Our family’s annual dividends amount to several million, but that’s still not enough for his ventures. My mom has argued with him many times over this, and he’s never shown any sign of repentance... Ah, there’s just no dealing with him!"

Fang Bai stroked his chin, musing, "A love for money... A love for money is fine! Linglong, I’ll give your dad some money as a tribute later..."

Su Linglong hastily waved her hands and shook her head, saying, "My dad is the kind of person who always wants more. If you give him ten thousand today, and he spends it all, he’ll ask you for twenty thousand tomorrow. It’s fine if you give him the twenty thousand, but if you don’t, he’ll complain all sorts of things... Fang Bai, you mustn’t indulge my dad! And... and it’s not easy for you to make money..."

Xia Chenyu let out a snicker and said to Su Linglong, "Linglong, stop worrying about Fang Bai! He’s got so much money now that he’s actually troubled about how to spend it! Him giving money to your dad is just to win him over so that he won’t oppose you two being together."

Fang Bai said, "The one who knows me, is Chenyu!"

Su Linglong blinked and fixed her beautiful eyes on Fang Bai, asking, "Sister Chenyu just said that you’re the real power behind Beauty Company and that if you wanted, you could immediately become the richest person in the whole world... Is that true?"

Fang Bai responded, "What? Do I not look like I’m very rich?"

With a smile, Su Linglong shook her head and said, "Not at all! In my mind, rich people are like my dad, eager to buy the best things in the world to enjoy and then show off to their friends... You, on the other hand, give the impression of being, at most, a white-collar worker with a decent income!"

Fang Bai smiled wryly, pointed to his own nose, and asked Xia Chenyu, "A white-collar worker? Do I really look like a white-collar worker?"

Holding back laughter, Xia Chenyu nodded and said, "You really do! But even if you’re a white-collar worker, you’re the most handsome and richest white-collar worker in the world!"

"So still a white-collar worker then!"

Fang Bai sighed, "It seems being too low-profile isn’t good either; people don’t take you seriously! I’ve decided, tomorrow I’ll change my clothes, shoes, car... I need to package myself properly. Everything I eat, wear, or use has to be the most expensive and luxurious so that everyone can tell at a glance that I’m wealthy!"

Su Linglong and Xia Chenyu knew Fang Bai was just joking. When he had first led them on the path of Martial Dao, Fang Bai had said that the wealth and status of the world, to a Martial Artist, were like passing clouds, and that true power was all that mattered.

Conversely, if one possessed absolute power, wealth, status, and fame were all within easy reach.

Xia Chenyu’s dedication to expanding and strengthening Beauty Company wasn’t to gain wealth or status. It was her mother’s legacy, a spiritual token for her.

As for Dongfang Rushi in Yanjing, she was also indifferent towards wealth and status. Her reasons for being active in the business world were due to the heavy responsibility of her family’s legacy and fighting for the prosperity of her family.

Xia Chenyu, who already knew how much wealth Fang Bai had, leaned over to Su Linglong and whispered the amount in her ear.

After hearing it, Su Linglong’s face filled with shock. She covered her mouth and took a long while to recover her senses. She thought to herself, no wonder Xia Chenyu said Fang Bai was worried about how to spend his money; spending a few hundred billion US dollars in a short amount of time really wasn’t easy.

Moreover, every quarter Fang Bai’s account received huge dividends from Beauty Company, continually amassing his fortune like a snowball growing larger as it rolled.

Thinking of this, Su Linglong was no longer so opposed to the idea of Fang Bai giving some money to her father as a tribute.