Lu Jiaxin Extra 7
After dinner, the family of three took a walk in the back garden, with Nie Zhan pushing the stroller. After walking a little while, he suddenly rembered sothing he forgot to ntion: "I bought so things over there this ti, they’ll arrive in a few days."
"What did you buy?"
Nie Zhan suddenly rembered sothing and said, "I bought so paintings and jewelry, you can pick first, and whatever’s left I’ll choose so to gift to friends."
Lu Jiaxin nodded. Nie Zhan always brings her gifts when he travels, so she thought he ca back empty-handed because he was pressed for ti, but turns out it was in transit.
A week later, the items arrived.
When Lu Jiaxin returned ho, she saw eighteen boxes placed in the living room. Nie Zhan said so, so she thought it would be one or two boxes, but it turned out to be eighteen boxes.
She asked the bodyguards to open all the boxes. Lu Jiaxin found mostly jewelry and accessories, and besides these, there were watercolors, oil paintings, sculptures, porcelain, and glassware. What Lu Jiaxin liked the most were two crowns and a queen’s tiara, with huge gems that could dazzle one’s eyes.
Lu Jiaxin picked out what she liked, leaving the rest for Nie Zhan to handle. As the saying goes, in tis of chaos, gold is valued; in tis of peace, antiques. When tangible items are in short supply, antiques and art beco worthless, so it’s a good opportunity to collect more.
She called Yan Yijun and said, "Contact Li Qing and ask him to work with Lao Hei to help collect jewelry and antique paintings."
"Alright."
Because Lu Jiaxin liked them, Li Qing and Lao Hei worked very hard. Over two months later, they received more than twenty boxes of jewelry, oil paintings, and porcelain, mainly jewelry and sculptures. Because things were chaotic over there, jewelry prices were greatly discounted, even less than half of before. Of course, Lu Jiaxin wasn’t aiming to profit from the price but genuinely liked them.
Lu Zhao loved shiny jewelry, but Lu Jiaxin didn’t dare let her play with them. For one, so jewelry is sharp and could cause injury; secondly, so jewelry is small, and children at this age like to put things in their mouths, which poses a risk.
In the blink of an eye, it was sumr vacation, and Zong Shing called Lu Jiaxin: "Jiaxin, are you busy recently? If not, let’s go to Dahao for a few days."
The villa in Dahao was completed a long ti ago. However, after the villa was built, she beca pregnant and was afraid to bring the baby there due to their low immunity. So, it was left unoccupied after construction. The child is now over eight months old, so they can go for a few days.
Lu Jiaxin responded with a smile, "I’ll arrange for soone to clean up, we’ll head over next week."
She had taken Lu Zhao out once when she was over five months old, and the child had a fever upon arrival at the destination. The doctor suspected it was acclimatization problems causing the fever, so she’s now cautious about taking the child on trips.
Afterward, Lu Jiaxin called Yu itong. Hearing her ask if they should bring family, Lu Jiaxin laughed and said, "Nie Zhan is going on a business trip in a couple of days, so he can’t co with us. You can just bring the kids, husbands can be left out."
Yu itong returned to work after her maternity leave. She followed the lead of Zong Shing and Lu Jiaxin, having both a maternity matron and auntie to look after the child before they turned one year old. Once the child turned one, she felt two caretakers were unnecessary and kept just the auntie. Since the auntie’s only task is to care for the child, she works diligently for the high salary.
"My mischievous boy will be there, don’t mind the fuss!"
Because the child is especially naughty, he lovingly earned the nickna Pipi. Lu Jiaxin laughed and said, "No worries, there are maternity matron and auntie! They have their own ways with kids."
Indeed, for wealthy parents, apart from the worries of pregnancy dangers, everything else is sorted. When young, hire a maternity matron or nanny; as they grow older, hire tutors for one-on-one teaching, parents just supervise without having to do everything themselves.
Speaking of this, Yu itong hesitated and asked, "Jiaxin, I want another kid, but I fear it might be another boy?"
Lu Jiaxin knew she wanted a daughter, as she would hold onto Yinyin or Zhaozhao every ti she saw them, not wanting to let go: "A daughter isn’t necessarily gentle, likewise, not all boys are naughty."
Yu itong thought it over and agreed: "Then I’ll take a chance! If it’s a daughter, I’ll have fulfilled my wish. If it’s another boy, then it’s just not ant to be."
She wanted to have two children, a boy, and a girl for the perfect pair. Many around her have two, three, or even more children, which she wasn’t willing to do since she wouldn’t have enough energy to manage many kids.
Soon after, Lu Jiaxin called Hu Huihui, unexpectedly finding out she was pregnant and already experiencing pregnancy symptoms. With morning sickness, there’s no way she could make it to Dahao.
Co Saturday, everyone arranged to et at Dahao. Upon arrival, Lu Jiaxin saw Zong Shing had co alone: "Why didn’t you bring Yinyin and Xiaobao?"
Zong Shing waved her hand and said, "Your brother-in-law has plans with the racecourse for the weekend to take the kids horseback riding, so I’ll enjoy so peace."
Lu Jiaxin felt she had changed a lot, knowing how worried she used to be.
Handing the two children over to the maternity matron and auntie, the three went to swim in the pool behind. After a few laps, Yu itong was the first to call it quits and head ashore.
Lu Jiaxin swam for half an hour before coming out. As the weather was quite hot, she lay on a lounger in her bathrobe without changing clothes.
The three chatted for a while, and suddenly Yu itong said, "Jiaxin, the asymtric porcelain piece you gave last ti inspired . I showed the design draft to the director, and she thought it very creative, looks like I’ll be getting another bonus."
Lu Jiaxin hadn’t expected such a result from gifting a piece: "Us designers can’t be confined at ho; we need to go out and see more, that’s how inspiration flows endlessly."
Yu itong stated she had already planned with Tao Yong to take the child on a vacation to Hawaii next month. Except for the year she was pregnant, no matter how busy she was, she always found ti to travel two to three tis a year.
Zong Shing asked, "Jiaxin, I heard you bought quite a lot of jewelry and antiques there."
Lu Jiaxin didn’t deny it, nodding as she said, "You all know, I just love old objects. The jewelry and porcelain there are very exquisite, so I bought them to collect. Sister Shing, if you’re interested, you can also send soone to buy."
Zong Shing said, "I heard it’s quite chaotic there now, going there might be a one-way trip."
Lu Jiaxin did not deny her saying, "It’s indeed a bit chaotic there, but fortunes are sought amid peril. To earn high profits, many still take risks."
If Zong Shing wanted to buy, she could fully locate a contact in Russia. As long as the items are genuine, spending a bit more is worthwhile.
Listening to their conversation, Yu itong suddenly asked, "Jiaxin, I heard you provided loans to many mainland businesses through Evil Building 4’s branch, is that true?"
Lu Jiaxin smiled and nodded, "It’s true. But we’re a bank, not a charity; to get a loan, there must be a guarantor the bank trusts, not to ntion the 20% interest."
That interest rate was quite high, but considering the auction price of machinery equipnt, it really wasn’t much. Clearly, the price of a machine now is less than even a tenth of what it was before the sl dissolution.
Yu itong’s eyes sparkled: "A 20% interest rate, you must have made a big profit this ti."
Lu Jiaxin smiled without comnting further. Loaning to those mainland rchants might earn a small profit from high interest, but the real money is made in the privatization of state assets; moreover, Nie Zhan was trading ruble futures internationally with professional traders.
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