novelraw Chapter 634 - 635: This Is the Difference
Chapter 634 - 635: This Is the Difference
Chapter 634: Chapter 635: This Is the Difference
Gong Zhuang looked at his brother’s expression and suddenly felt a panic in his heart. Although he was confident that his brother should maybe agree, he really had no confidence inside.
"Bro, um..." Gong Zhuang, who was uneasily fidgeting, truly felt as if he were sitting on pins and needles. The silence was too unbearable, making him feel like he was facing a superior.
Gong Tao didn’t know what his younger brother was thinking below. He was just pondering how to chat with Gong Zhuang. After thinking for a while, he said, "You’re really planning to sell the exercise books?"
"Yeah." What? After waiting for so long, that’s the result? What’s the meaning of this, Gong Zhuang was a bit puzzled.
"Do you have the distribution channels for that? You know it’s something the kids stirred up, including printing, which they funded themselves, in addition to borrowing quite a bit." No matter who it was, Gong Tao maintained a consistent standpoint, saying that it was all the kids’ efforts, and as a father, he was just running errands.
This way, even if it got back to their hometown, he could say it was the kids’ doing and watch if those shameless Gong Family people would really try to snatch money from the kids.
Does he mean he’s worried I’d owe money? This made Gong Zhuang a bit upset. He didn’t have much money, but the goods he took weren’t much, and he wouldn’t leave debts unpaid.
Even in the past when he had no money, he would just take small advantages and never left without paying.
"What I mean is, if you really want to do it, you should go back to establish channels and then expand the market so you can earn more. Otherwise, if people see these books are good and start pirating them, won’t you suffer losses and earn nothing?" Gong Tao explained why he asked the question, seeing that his brother didn’t look well.
"I was thinking that if Ni Zi and the others have such a good idea and good topics, and you’re willing to do it, then you should work together to make money."
Upon hearing Gong Tao’s words, Gong Zhuang’s expression improved, and he started to think about his brother’s question. Indeed, he had no connections in the education sector and no way to promote the books.
If he couldn’t sell these things and those who knew their value took them out to pirate, wouldn’t it mean others profit instead? The more he thought about it, the more Gong Zhuang didn’t like it.
But just not doing business like this, he wasn’t happy either. It seemed a shame to give up on such a good thing, let alone if his own kids practiced with those exercises, would they get into Jing University?
Wait, although he had no connections with those people, he had sons and daughters. As long as their scores were good, couldn’t they be used for advertisement?
Of course, the premise is that his son’s results must be good, as that’s the strongest persuasion.
"Bro, I know what to do now." Gong Zhuang sincerely apologized to Gong Tao, earlier thinking maybe his brother didn’t want to see him succeed or wasn’t willing to give him such an opportunity.
Gong Tao understood well, he was worried that such a good thing would be ruined by Gong Zhuang, not making money, and ending up with him and his wife complaining. Once agreeing to give Gong Zhuang a chance, of course, he hoped he could do well and make it big.
After Gong Tao and Gong Zhuang analyzed thoroughly, he was just about to take a break. Discussing these issues was really exhausting mentally.
"Bro, you really let Ni Zi and the others handle it all themselves, not managing the money in their hands?" Gong Zhuang had previously heard that the money Gong Ruwen and the others earned wasn’t handed over and was entirely managed by themselves. He thought it was just the daughters lying for their own benefit.
Now that he heard it confirmed from his brother’s mouth, Gong Zhuang was shocked. This wasn’t a small sum of money; how could his brother allow them to earn money on their own?
Look at his own kids, though it’s just over one hundred yuan, and after buying gifts, they didn’t have much left. Gong Zhuang didn’t want this money left with them.
Manage? Gong Tao knew that nowadays many parents wouldn’t give their kids too much money, even pocket money was limited, not to mention New Year’s money was taken in the name of saving for them, none of which he ever did.
"Knowing the hard work in earning money, I think they’d be reluctant to spend frivolously."
"All sorts of ways to deny kids money only make them crave it more, and once they have it, they think about buying this and that. But have you seen Xiao Ming and the others ask to buy toys once they had money?" Gong Tao felt that ever since Gong Ruwen and the others started managing their own funds, it became much easier.
"When Ruwen and the others wanted to spend money, even on food, they’d deliberate a long time because they were spending their hard-earned money." This really wasn’t Gong Tao talking nonsense.
Whether it was money from picking herbs or doing business, it was all money they earned through hard work. "Before, Guang Ran was spending money carelessly left and right, but now he absolutely won’t spend where it’s unnecessary."
"Really?" Gong Zhuang, who also grew up without any pocket money, felt the same when he became a father, believing he couldn’t give kids too much money, or they’d get into trouble.
Seeing other parents around doing the same, it didn’t seem like a problem. But after hearing Gong Tao’s words, he felt it all made sense. However, giving so much money to his sons made him a bit uneasy.
Seeing Gong Zhuang’s conflicted expression, he also knew changing his mindset on this wasn’t easy. It depended on whether Gong Zhuang was willing to give Gong Jiaming a chance and whether Gong Jiaming could withstand the test.
"Bro, I’ve thought about it, and I’ll give Xiao Ming and them a chance." Why were Gong Ruwen and them good at both academics and making money? It was because his brother gave them a chance. If his kids had such opportunities, wouldn’t they also become as successful as Gong Ruwen and them?
Thinking about it, Gong Zhuang was excited. Who wouldn’t want their kids to be successful? If the brother’s method of nurturing Gong Ruini and them could be learned by his own children, wouldn’t they also be just as capable as Gong Ruwen?
Gong Zhuang arrived in Beijing yesterday, although he was troubled by work issues, he really learned a lot about what his nieces and nephews were doing from his brother, it made him envious.
Others might only wish for their kids to have good grades, but Gong Ruwen and they not only had excellent personal grades, but even boosted the entire class’s performance. This was truly not an easy feat.
Yet Gong Ruini and they managed just that, and Gong Zhuang learned about the school Gong Ruini and them attended, which surprised him. Although it wasn’t the best elementary school in Beijing, it was good enough, and many children of officials studied there.
What concept is this? It means in the future, Gong Ruwen and them would know several peers with powerful parents, which implied that as long as they didn’t make foolish mistakes, their network would outmatch the one in the Southern Small City.
The more Gong Zhuang thought about it, securing his second brother Gong Tao’s big leg was essential, and he had to let him know his intentions.
"Go back and talk it over with your wife, the Miao Family isn’t bad." Although Gong Tao didn’t know why the Miao Family also provided Gong Ruini and them with stuff, maybe just for good rapport, since the Miao Family were doing so, he was not foolish, and of course, intended to accept their kindness.
More importantly, the Miao Family was much better than the restless Cao Family and Wu Family.