Gu Shao ended the meeting and returned to his office. He saw Gu Xi fiddling with the things on his desk out of boredom.
To be precise, she was not fiddling, but tidying up.
The original layout of Gu Shao's desk had been tidied up by Gu Xi, and it looked completely different from before.
Previously, Gu Shao's office and desk were usually tidied up by the secretaries of the president. Sometimes, when Gu Shao was done tidying up by himself, the secretaries would tidy it up in a way that they thought was reasonable and beautiful.
Since he had not specifically requested for it, Gu Shao did not pay much attention to it.
When Gu Shao approached, he was surprised to find that his desk had been tidied up by Gu Xi, and it had become his favorite arrangement.
"Help me tidy up my desk?" Gu Shao asked.
Gu Xi was originally focused on tidying up Gu Shao's desk and did not notice when this person came in. It was not until she heard Gu Shao's voice from behind that Gu Xi was surprised and turned to look at Gu Shao.
Gu Shao's eyes had a hint of a smile. He raised his hand to rub Gu Xi's head and said, "Thank you."
Upon hearing this, Gu Xi grinned and said loudly, "You're welcome!"
As for the arrangement of the desk after she tidied it up, it was actually based on the arrangement of the desk in Gu Shao's study at home.
It was her own home, so she was most used to it.
"What are you doing here?" Gu Shao asked.
"Well … I went to the 'Youth Creation Competition' competition team to submit the information," Gu Xi said. She paused and looked at Gu Shao with sparkling eyes. "Then, our competition project was re-evaluated and passed."
"Yes." Gu Shao nodded.
"A teacher there told us about our idea. Dad, you have already made a real concept machine! Is that true? "Gu Xi asked, her voice filled with excitement and surprise.
Gu Shao nodded again and said, "For now, we'll call it'T&S '." This name was basically the same as Gu Xi's project name.
"So it will be exhibited to the public? Will it be released soon? "Gu Xi asked.
"Not for the time being," Gu Shao said. Then, he explained, "At present, this is only a concept for the time being. It represents the extent to which the technology can be realized. There are still a lot of things that need to be adjusted and tested. Moreover, there is still a long time before it can be released into the market."
— — That seems to be the case.
Hearing Gu Shao's explanation, Gu Xi nodded seriously.
"Right!" Thinking of something, Gu Xi said, "The teachers in charge of the competition said that the'T&S 'project is very promising and the response is very good. Is that right?"
"Not bad."
"Also, did you get the inspiration from our research project?" Gu Xi asked again.
"Yes," Gu Shao answered.
Gu Xi kept asking questions with a curious look on her face. Gu Shao was amused and asked, "Do you want to go?"
Yes!
This was Gu Xi's subconscious reaction.
However, after calming down, Gu Xi was a little hesitant. Although she was very curious about what her idea would look like when it was realized, Gu Xi was also afraid that if she saw the concept machine of 'Real Material' and the competition model that they made themselves, she would start doubting her life.
After hesitating for a long time, Gu Xi finally bit her lip and shook her head. "Not now …"
"Well, let's talk about something else first." Gu Xi suddenly looked at Gu Shao and said.
"What?"
"It's something very important." Gu Xi sat down on the chair in front of the desk and pointed at Gu Shao's chair opposite her. "Dad, sit over there."
Hearing Gu Xi's words, Gu Shao raised his eyebrows and a trace of surprise flashed across his eyes. However, he still walked behind the desk and sat down facing his daughter.
"Okay, what do you want to talk about?" Looking at Gu Xi's serious expression, Gu Shao tried his best not to laugh.
"I have a very formal topic to talk to you about, President Gu," Gu Xi said seriously.
"President Gu?" Gu Shao's eyes moved.
Gu Xi: "Uh, what about Comrade Gu Shao?"
Gu Shao: "Call me Dad."
"Oh, Dad." Gu Xi was terrified and obediently called him Dad.
"Go ahead."
"It's about the'T&S 'project. The future research and development returns and market prospects should be very good, right?"
Facing Gu Xi's expectant eyes, Gu Shao nodded and gave a pertinent evaluation. "Not bad. It's more in line with the needs of future market development. The channels that can be used are also good."
"So, this is a project that will make money in the future?" Gu Xi asked again.
"Yes." Gu Shao nodded. In fact, after the exhibition that day, a company had already contacted NTN and expressed their interest in the product.
"That's good." Gu Xi smiled and said, "Hey, Dad, this project has so much potential in the future, and it might even help NTN earn a lot of money. It should be a pretty good project with some creativity, right? Since the inspiration came from our project, then … "
Gu Xi smiled guiltily at Gu Shao.
Although it was difficult to say, Gu Xi gritted her teeth and made up her mind. She quickly and loudly said shamelessly, "Dad, shouldn't you pay us?!"
"Ah …?" Gu Xi's tone was obviously weak when she said the last word.
"…" Hearing Gu Xi's words, Gu Shao was stunned. Obviously, he did not expect this girl to say this.
Gu Shao's mouth twitched slightly. "Money?"
"Yes! Yes, that's right … "Gu Xi nodded her head. She came here to talk to Gu Shao about money.
Looking at Gu Xi's serious posture, Gu Shao wanted to laugh, but he still maintained a calm expression on his face. He asked calmly, "Not enough."
"Well …" Gu Xi thought for a while. "Two thousand! No, no, five thousand! "
After two seconds, Gu Xi asked with uncertainty, "Five thousand shouldn't be too much, right?"
Gu Shao's gaze lingered on Gu Xi's face for a moment.
He thought to himself, I don't seem to treat this girl badly. I don't usually eat or use less. Since when does this girl care about money? Doesn't this girl know that she can use her card as she pleases?
Gu Shao remembered that except for the time when she bought him a tie, Gu Xi had never used her card.
Gu Xi did not notice the smile in Gu Shao's eyes. She felt a little guilty.
"No, three … four thousand. Four thousand is fine." Gu Xi showed three fingers to Gu Shao, and then immediately jumped out one finger to show a "four" sign.
"Four thousand is really not too much."
"Yes, it's not too much," Gu Shao said. However, he could not let Gu Xi go on business deals in the future.
Although he could not guess why Gu Xi suddenly wanted to ask him for money, he remembered what his sister-in-law had said before. It was always right to bring up a daughter well.
Gu Shao took the phone and directly transferred the money to Gu Xi's WeChat.
He did not tell Gu Xi that her, Sheng Xiuyan, and Dong Mingming's names were originally on the special development list of "T&S". After the competition, NTN would also sign a contract with the creative of the project through formal procedures.
— —
On the other hand, Gu Xi was still unaware of Gu Shao's plan. When she heard the notification on WeChat that the money had fallen, her eyes lit up and she took out the phone from her pocket in surprise.
She clicked on the chat interface. When she saw the amount that Gu Shao had transferred to her, Gu Xi was shocked. She thought that it was already a surprise that Gu Shao had given her five thousand yuan, but it turned out to be four zeros.
She blinked and repeatedly confirmed that she had not made a mistake.
"Dad, did you press an extra zero?" Gu Xi handed the phone to Gu Shao.
"No," Gu Shao said calmly.
"Take it. The rest is your pocket money."
"Really?"
"Yes."
Hearing Gu Shao's affirmation, Gu Xi put the phone away with a clear conscience.
"Thank you, Dad. Also, I won't spend this money recklessly! "Gu Xi promised.
After repeatedly counting the amount of money on the phone, Gu Xi held the phone and jumped up from the chair opposite Gu Shao with satisfaction. She consciously ran to the sofa at the side and stayed there so as not to disturb Gu Shao's work.
— —
However, soon, Gu Xi's mind flashed and she thought of another thing.
"Dad, I thought of something else." Gu Xi jumped in front of Gu Shao again. However, this time, she was not here to freeload off the "anti-risk fund."
"What?" Gu Shao retracted his gaze from the documents in front of him.
"That is, can you create a maritime safety monitoring system? It's a monitoring and security system for international cargo transportation on the high seas. "Gu Xi tried her best to explain.
Just now, she suddenly thought of a plot in the novel.
In the novel, Lin Yize had the halo of the male lead and was a rich and powerful man at the beginning of the story. However, in reality, Lin Yize's power had not yet reached the level where it was unrivaled outside of the novel.
Lin Yize's power should have slowly grown over the past few years.
One of the major businesses that had greatly increased Lin Yize's financial resources was international cargo transportation.
Lin Yize's international cargo transportation was not entirely a legitimate business on the surface. The real profiteering was in a shady business in the dark. One of the most profitable businesses was the shady, high-return transportation that skirted the borders between countries in the southeast.
Therefore, Gu Xi wondered if they could use the power of the government to prevent Lin Yize from getting what he wanted through certain regulatory means before Lin Yize made a fortune. This would cut off his "source of income."
Since NTN could even create a national space safety system in the novel, this kind of maritime monitoring system should also be possible.
Gu Xi pondered in her heart.
— —
On the other side, when Gu Shao heard Gu Xi's words, he was slightly surprised. However, he seriously considered it for a few seconds.
"It can be done." Gu Shao said. He paused for a moment before continuing, "However, the transportation in China's waters is very safe, including the inflow and import of overseas goods."
"I know." Gu Xi nodded. This was also the reason why Lin Yize's business was carried out between countries in the southeast and not China.
"What if we provide such a security system to other countries, such as those in the southeast, which have complicated waters and frequent international trade but lack supervision?" After a pause, Gu Xi added, "For example, we can sell it to them."
"That's a good idea," Gu Shao said. At an angle that Gu Xi could not see, a look of deep thought flashed across her eyes.
Gu Xi still wanted to say something, but in the next second, Gu Shao said, "Have you done your homework?" Gu Xi stopped her.
— —
As it was Friday, before it was time to get off work, Old Master Gu called and asked Gu Shao to bring Gu Xi back to the main residence for dinner.
At the Gu residence.
After dinner, Gu Xi, Gu Yanxiao, and Gu Chenyi surrounded Old Master Gu to trick him into giving them red packets. Bah, they meant to play a game.
Their game was very simple. They would use the dice on the face of an emoticon to give a random number of points. If the number of points was low, they would give a red packet.
In the first two rounds, Gu Xi did not feel that anything was wrong. It was not until Old Master Gu rolled a one on the third round that Gu Xi felt that something was wrong.
Gu Xi clicked on the "one" emoticon sent by Old Master Gu and finally realized that the number of points on the emoticon would change randomly. Old Master Gu's emoticon was a picture of a "one" emoticon!
On the other end, Gu Chenyi, who had snatched another red packet, was desperately winking at Gu Xi.
After a while, Gu Xi received a private message from Gu Chenyi on her phone: [Keep a low profile. Grandpa's emoticon was specially made by Big Brother back then.]
Then, Gu Chenyi sent a smug emoticon.
Gu Xi: "…"
It turned out that this "game" had already existed for several years? And it seemed to work time and time again?
She had a feeling that these two people, as well as Gu Yanlin before they became rich, had often "swindled money" from Old Master Gu.
Gu Xi blushed with shame and could not help but complain.
On the side, while the grandfather and grandchildren were having fun, Wang Pei silently took out her cell phone and started watching dramas.
These little brats were simply unbearable to watch.
— — After fooling around for so many years, how could a shrewd person like Old Master Gu not know that he had been scammed? He was just finding a way to give his precious grandchildren pocket money in disguise.
— —
At this moment, in the study upstairs, Gu Shao and Gu Xuan were talking about Gu Xi's matter this afternoon.
"Today, Xixi asked me to develop a maritime transportation monitoring system for the southeast countries," Gu Shao said.
Gu Xi thought that she had already been quite subtle with her words, but little did she know that Gu Shao had already seen through her true thoughts.
Hearing Gu Shao's words, Gu Xuan was slightly stunned. Then, his eyes lit up, and he smiled and commented, "This is a good idea. The southeast is quite chaotic, so setting up a monitoring system would definitely sell well."
Using a system to recover a large portion of unofficial profits from a certain "individual investor" back to the government, the southeast countries would probably be very happy.
After saying that, Gu Xuan looked surprised again and said to Gu Shao, "You're saying that this idea was proposed by Xixi?"
"Wait!" Gu Xuan paused again and muttered, "Maritime transportation for the southeast countries … why does it feel a little familiar?"
Suddenly thinking of something, Gu Xuan's eyes widened slightly. "Oh right! The Lin family! Isn't that Lin Yize doing this business? "
This was something they had found out when they were investigating Gu Yaobai.
"Xixi wants you to set up a monitoring system and sell it to those countries. Don't tell me she wants to deal with the Lin family?" Gu Xuan was a little surprised. After thinking for a while, he slapped his thigh and laughed, "This idea is actually a good one."
However, Gu Shao said, "I hope that's not the case."
Gu Xi's life could be colorful, but back to the basics, he hoped that her life would be as simple as possible.
Simple and happy. As for those dark and gloomy things, they could just leave it to the adults.
However, what worried Gu Shao the most was what Gu Xi had experienced in the Lin family.
With Gu Xi's personality, if she had only been neglected in that family, Gu Xi shouldn't have been so guarded against the Lin family. She should have even strongly rejected and hated the Lin family, unless …
At this thought, Gu Shao's face darkened, and the dangerous look in his eyes made people tremble with fear.
Gu Xuan coughed softly and asked Gu Shao, "So, what do you think about Xixi's suggestion?"
Gu Shao looked up, "Yes."
Hearing this, Gu Xuan laughed, "Haha, isn't that it? Why are you still thinking about it? I support it too."
Then, Gu Xuan continued, "Speaking of which, Gu Yaobai hasn't been doing well in the country recently, so he has sent many things to the southeast. I guess he has borrowed a lot of Lin Yize's help."
When Old Master Gu released the news that Gu Yaobai wasn't the biological son of the Gu family, it wasn't just to vent his anger for his granddaughter, it was also a warning to Gu Yaobai.
The companies that had business dealings with Gu Yaobai all changed their attitude. Gu Yaobai's goods couldn't be sold, so they could only sell them to the southeast countries at a discount.
"However, Dad is quite calm," Gu Xuan laughed softly and said.
They were almost certain that Old Master Gu still had a backup plan regarding Gu Yaobai's background. However, they didn't expect that he still hadn't made a move.
Gu Shao glanced at Gu Xuan indifferently, "Yes, it's still not mature enough."
Gu Xuan raised his eyebrows, "You know what Dad is going to do?"
Gu Shao, "I have a rough idea."
After saying this, Gu Shao obviously didn't intend to explain further.
On the other side, Gu Xuan secretly pursed his lips. He was willing to bet that Second Brother was doing this on purpose! He didn't finish his sentence.
Just as he was thinking about this, two notifications interrupted Gu Xuan's complaints.
Gu Xuan quickly finished reading the messages and looked at Gu Shao, "Did their school have a monthly exam?"
Gu Shao, "…"
At this moment, the eldest son of the Gu family happened to walk in. When he heard Gu Xuan's words, he rolled his eyes at him without giving him any face, "Don't you know that your son has a monthly exam?"
Gu Xuan, "That …" He had forgotten to care about this.
The main thing was that Gu Chenyi didn't tell him about it when he got home.
Gu Xuan smiled awkwardly and heard Gu Feng ask, "You received a message from the teacher?"
"The teacher sent a WeChat message saying that there will be a parent-teacher conference next week."
Gu Feng nodded. Not long after, he also received a message from the third class's homeroom teacher. The content was similar to Gu Xuan's message.
Hearing the conversation between the two parents, Gu Shao took out his phone discreetly and glanced at the message board without batting an eyelid.
He didn't receive anything …
— —
A few minutes later, a new message finally popped up on Gu Shao's phone.
However, it wasn't a WeChat message, but a short message on his phone.
Moreover, it wasn't from the homeroom teacher, but a reminder from his bank account.
[Your secondary card ending with 0717 has … deposited 52099 yuan. Note: Weixin transfer.]
When he saw this message, Gu Shao's eyes immediately revealed surprise.
Deposited? 52099？
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