Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 1027: Collateral Branch

Don't forget that Lu Shaohua was the technical director of an Internet cafe in his previous life. He had nothing to do all day. Apart from reading novels, the rest of his time was basically spent playing games. To use his words from his previous life, he was killing time.

After being reborn, Lu Shaohua laid the foundation for this life. His time was squeezed, but it did not mean that Lu Shaohua forgot his hobbies in his previous life. He still liked reading novels and playing games.

But then again, when it comes to playing games, his family owns an online game company, and Lu Shaohua can play any game he develops, and he doesn't have to worry about equipment, but it's different with novels.

The situation has been better in the past two years. ***Novel.com came out. In the past few years, Lu Shaohua worked hard to search for novels on the forum and acquired them. As a boss, Lu Shaohua can find novels to read at will, and even when he sees something attractive, he can ask the author to bring over his saved manuscripts to read first.

Of course, Lu Shaohua is a businessman after all. He can estimate how much profit ***Novel.com generates every year. If he acquires ***Novel.com, and with the backing of Phoenix Group, it will not be difficult to make ***Novel.com the largest Chinese website in the world.

Not only is it not difficult, it will be very easy, and can even be done a long time in advance.

However, what Lu Shaohua needed to do most now was not to consider whether to acquire ***novel.com, but his stomach seemed to be protesting, and Zeng Yuling was also crying, so he had to go downstairs to eat.

When he returned home, all the meals he ate were cooked by his mother. Lu Shaohua missed her very much.

To be honest, Lu Shaohua has eaten all kinds of good food and wine over the years, but no matter how delicious the food outside is, he always feels that it is not as delicious as the food cooked by his mother. So, Lu Shaohua had a big appetite and ate three bowls in a row, which was considered the largest amount of food he could eat.

After dinner, needless to say, a large group of people sat in the living room, doing nothing but drinking tea.

Kung Fu tea is a major symbol of Chaoshan people. In addition, Lu Shaohua has maintained the habit of drinking tea over the years. When he returns home, tea is even more indispensable.

While drinking tea, he took out a cigarette, handed one to his father, and threw the rest to Li Shangkui and Du Xiaofeng to share.

Du Xiaofeng and others are orphans. They came to Lu Shaohua's hometown very early. It turned out that Lu Shaohua asked them to protect his family and help with the fruit business at home. However, they did not expect that they would live there for more than 20 years.

Up to now, the Lu family’s fruit business has ceased, and Du Xiaofeng and his family have grown old. They got married here, and Lu Jiayao built a house for them. They now have children and are reluctant to leave, so they simply stay here, protecting Lu Shaohua’s family and living a country life.

In fact, ever since Lu Shaohua sent more people from Africa, Du Xiaofeng and his team no longer had to protect Lu Shaohua's family. They were just the captains of the bodyguard team, arranging the bodyguards' shifts on a regular basis, and the rest was just playing the role of a housekeeper in Lu's family.

Lu Shaohua would never forget the contributions of his old ministers, so financially, he would give them a sum of money from time to time so that their generation, and even the next generation and the next generation, could live without worries.

However, Du Xiaofeng and the others turned down Lu Shaohua's money every time and refused to take it. The reason was simple: they already considered themselves half members of the Lu family, and as long as they had a worry-free life, money was no longer important to them.

This created a very strange phenomenon, as Du Xiaofeng and his family seemed to have become a branch of the Lu family.

Lu Shaohua did not say anything about this situation. Instead, he felt that it was good. A family could not be maintained solely by the Lu family name. If so, it would not be possible to develop into a large family even if it developed for another hundred years. The addition of side branches was completely necessary.

But think about it, Du Xiaofeng and his family's children are already in their teens, all in middle school, and are about to take the high school entrance examination. What will be the future of their children? Lu Shaohua, the actual person in charge of the Lu family, can't just remain silent.

"Xiaofeng and others, your children are now of high school entrance age. Do you have any promising prospects? If you have, send them to study in Hong Kong. The educational philosophy there is better than that in China." Lu Shaohua said calmly.

"My two kids are not good at studying. I plan to send them to Zhijie after a while. Let Zhijie train them and then they can come back to follow Brother Guobang." Du Xiaofeng seemed to have thought about it a long time ago.

"Yeah." Lu Shaohua nodded, without refutation of Du Xiaofeng's decision. After all, in his opinion, Du Xiaofeng had already made a decision, and a former soldier would not change his decision. "Then find a time to send it over. The environment over there is not bad."

After saying that, Lu Shaohua looked at Fang Jiasheng and asked, "Brother Jiasheng, what about yours?"

"My daughter is fine, but my son loves to fight. He has fought many times with Xiaofeng's two guys. I plan to let them continue fighting." Fang Jiasheng also expressed his opinion.

Fang Jiasheng's meaning was very clear. He sent his daughter to school and his son to the Tiger Roar Base in Africa to let them practice and experience the war. When they come out in the future, they will follow Chen Guobang and, if possible, follow in their father's footsteps.

What else could Lu Shaohua say? He could only agree. He then asked a few more people, and found that few of them could read. They were all like their father, loving to fight. They all said they wanted to be sent to Africa.

This made Lu Shaohua very helpless. Their fathers were military men, and they were all special forces soldiers. They must have trained them a lot when they were young, and this must have gradually influenced their next generation.

However, they are now considered members of the Lu family, and they know very well what Lu Shaohua has behind him. It is not impossible to send their son to the army, but they don't want to. After all, in the eyes of their parents, following the Lu family is definitely a good place to go, and it is hard to say whether things will change in the future if he goes to the national army.

Are you kidding? They have experienced the revolutionary-style education in the army. It took them decades of cleansing to get rid of it. If their sons are also raped in the future and point the gun at Lu Shaohua, it will be difficult to deal with.

Furthermore, they knew very well what the African Tiger Roar Base was. Going to that place would definitely allow a person to grow and become stronger, and when he returned in the future, he would definitely be a talented person who could be of great use.

Lu Shaohua naturally knew a little about what Du Xiaofeng and the others were thinking, but he didn't say much. It was their choice, and Lu Shaohua didn't want to interfere. But Lu Jiayao was different. He had no idea what was going on in Africa, so he interrupted. "I think it's better to send those guys to the army."

Lu Jiayao's proposal was met with head shaking, which meant rejection. This made Lu Jiayao a little confused. In his opinion, Africa was a place that couldn't be poorer. What kind of education could a teenager get if he was sent there?

Furthermore, in Lu Jiayao's mind, the army was the place to deal with those naughty people. As for Africa, he didn't know anything about it. "Did I say something wrong?"

Lu Shaohua was extremely depressed by his father's question, but he couldn't say anything. He couldn't say that he had built a base in Africa, because if he did that he would definitely be scolded by Lu Jiayao for treason.

However, Lu Shaohua's inability to speak does not mean that Du Xiaofeng and the others cannot speak, but Du Xiaofeng's approach was very subtle and he did not point it out. "Brother Lu, do you know where the security guards in the villa are coming from?"

Lu Jiayao shook his head, indicating that he didn't understand.

"They are from Africa. In the world, there is a profession called mercenary, and those people are retired mercenaries. Their retired mercenary group is the largest mercenary group in the world, and the leader of this mercenary group is Li Zhijie." After a pause, Du Xiaofeng seemed to be afraid that Lu Jiayao did not know who Li Zhijie was, and continued. "You have also met Li Zhijie, he is our comrade-in-arms."

Lu Jiayao was no fool, he reacted quickly and glanced at Lu Shaohua, seeing that the latter had no expression on his face, Lu Jiayao understood, it turned out that his son also had a mercenary group.

Du Xiaofeng's comrades-in-arms are the same as Chen Guobang and his companions. In the early days, Lu Jiayao knew that Lu Shaohua had recruited many of Chen Guobang's comrades-in-arms. With this speculation, it was not difficult for Lu Jiayao to discover that his son had connection with their mercenary group.

Shaking his head, Lu Jiayao was very depressed, but he didn't say anything. As the saying goes, children and grandchildren have their own blessings. What Lu Shaohua does is not something he, as a father, can control. Well, even if he wants to do this, he probably won't do it.

Putting this topic aside, Lu Jiayao brought the topic into a casual one, which actually eased the atmosphere in the hall. Everyone expressed their opinions and said whatever they wanted to say, so it wasn't so dull.

"Xiaohua, the city leaders came a few days ago. What they meant was that our city's economy is very backward. Let's see if Phoenix Group can return to the city to invest?" Lu Jiayao suddenly remembered and said.

Who is Lu Shaohua? How could he not understand what those city leaders mean? On the surface, they seem to want to attract investment, but in fact, they come for their political achievements. It is nonsense to say that the city's economy is backward.

Well, they are worried about the city’s economy, but once the Phoenix Group settles down, their political achievements will come and the path to promotion will be broad.

Lu Shaohua's choice was to turn a blind eye to these people and treat them as transparent. If the environment in his hometown was good, Lu Shaohua would not need them to say much. A small investment could boost the economy of the entire city. However, Lu Shaohua really did not want to say much about that environment.

It was because of the environment that Lu Shaohua had never returned to his hometown to invest. This time was no exception. Lu Shaohua shook his head and said, "Dad, when those people come again, tell them that I will come back to invest after all the pests are killed."

It goes without saying that Lu Shaohua's meaning is very clear and does not require any further explanation.

...(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation at *** (***.***). Your support is my greatest motivation.)