Chapter 303: Fate is unpredictable, the sky will not fall
After finishing her call with He Youlong, Sophie's mother finally came back after waiting for nearly half an hour.
Sophie's father also came with her.
"Dad, weren't you on a business trip these two days? Why are you back?" Sophie couldn't help but greeted Su Bingran with surprise when she saw him.
Su Bingran has been on a business trip these two days and has not been to the hospital.
In just over a month, the crow's feet at the corners of Su Bingran's eyes became deeper. He also had a lot more white hair. His complexion looked worse than before.
The successful man who was full of vigor and ambition is gone.
Instead, there was a middle-aged man with a tired face.
The bags under his eyes are horribly large.
"Haha, I returned to the company at around nine this morning. I was in a meeting, assigning tasks to my salesmen. Then your mother called me and said that you were discharged from the hospital today, so I rushed over immediately ."
A happy smile appeared on Su Bingran's face.
"Hello, Uncle Su!"
Li Quan greets his future father-in-law.
"Okay, okay!" Su Bingran nodded, looking at Li Quan with a kind and grateful look. "You have made a great contribution to Xiaofei's recovery and discharge from the hospital. When Xiaofei is completely cured, you can choose a good day to arrange the wedding. Your aunt and I are really old now, and we are just waiting for you to give us two little grandchildren as soon as possible, and we will be satisfied."
Different times, different circumstances.
After going through so many things, Su Bingran no longer dared to act superior in front of Li Quan.
The wealth he had accumulated over the years seemed so pale and powerless when his daughter was diagnosed with leukemia.
It even became fat meat in the eyes of some people with ulterior motives.
Hong Yanjun and Robert teamed up to defraud him of 50 million. If Li Quan had not intervened in time to help him stop the loss, he would have ended up losing both his money and his life.
It is impossible for a fake expert to cure Sophie.
By then, Sophie will definitely die of illness.
Hong Yanjun and Robert would flee with the money. One of them had American citizenship, and the other had a US green card. As long as they escaped from China, they would never be able to get the money back in their lifetime.
"Dad, can't you wait until we get home to tell us?" Sophie was originally very happy when she heard Su Bingran urging her to marry Li Quan, but then he said the last sentence, asking her and Li Quan to quickly give birth to two little grandchildren.
How could a virgin like her bear it?
She was already shy to begin with, and now her face was flushed with shame, and she was stamping her feet in a coquettish manner.
"Haha, you're still embarrassed." Su Bingran couldn't help laughing when he saw his daughter's embarrassed look.
"You also said..." Sophie was so embarrassed that she couldn't even raise her head.
A lot of people are watching.
It's so embarrassing for a grown girl like her.
"Okay, okay, let's go home!" Su Bingran stopped teasing his daughter.
Li Quan was carrying a bunch of Sophie's personal belongings, boxes, etc. in one hand and walking behind Sophie.
Su Bingran had already taken some things from him and was walking in front.
The whole family was very happy.
Li Quan had already asked Professor Liu for a leave of absence.
He planned to escort Sophie home first, and then go to the Yanhuang Pharmaceutical Company, which he and He Youlong had co-founded, to shoot an advertising video.
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When I arrived at the hospital parking lot, I didn't see Su Bingran's BMW.
Li Quan was feeling strange when he saw Su Bingran walking towards an older black Honda Accord. Even though Li Quan didn't know much about cars, he could tell that the value of this Honda car would not exceed 50,000.
It is completely incomparable to Su Bingran’s previous BMW that cost nearly one million yuan.
"Dad, have you changed the car?" Sophie asked the question that was on Li Quan's mind.
"Heh... I thought there was no need to drive such a nice car, it consumes too much fuel, so I changed it to a Honda Accord. The fuel consumption of this car is less than 7 points, which is several times more fuel-efficient than the one we had before. The most important thing is that maintenance is also cheap."
Su Bingran explained with a smile.
In the past, Su Bingran was at least a middle-class wealthy man with a net worth of 50 to 60 million.
Driving a million-dollar BMW is nothing.
Now I am so poor that I have to worry about the price of fuel and maintenance costs for my car.
Also, as a sales manager, he must have to meet clients frequently. Driving such a poor Honda Accord to discuss business would definitely be a loss of status and might even make clients doubt the strength of his company.
If he hadn't had to, Su Bingran would definitely not have sold the BMW.
It seems that in order to raise the 50 million, Su Bingran not only sold his house, but also thought of many other ways.
Sometimes, when people are in a hurry to cash out, something that was originally worth a million may be lowered to half a million.
It is normal for Su Bingran's wealth to shrink sharply by 100 or 20 million.
He did not believe Li Quan's advice and acted on his own, which led to his current situation.
At that time, Li Quan told him that he would find a way to invite foreign experts, and even called He Youlong in front of him.
He just didn't believe it.
Instead, he privately sought help from Hong Yanjun, an acquaintance who was a doctor in the United States.
Ultimately leading to being deceived.
I really don't know what to say about him.
I made them all myself.
"Just put the gifts in the trunk and get in the car. I have to rush back to the company to deal with a backlog of matters later." Su Bingran urged.
The four people got into the car one after another, and the Honda slowly drove out of the hospital.
It arrived in less than five minutes.
Very close to the hospital.
"We're here, time to go home!" Su Bingran said to his daughter with a smile.
"Dad, where is this?" Sophie looked at the scenery outside the car. It was a very dilapidated old neighborhood.
"Haha! Didn't our family sell our house last time to hire a foreign expert to treat you? Your mom and I thought that we would have to run back and forth between the hospital and home every day. For convenience, we rented a house here temporarily. Although it looks old from the outside, the decoration inside is pretty good."
Su Bingran explained to his daughter with a smile.
It can be guessed that Su Bingran must be filled with pain at this moment, but when facing his daughter, he still has to put on a smile and comfort her.
I don't want to give my daughter any mental burden.
This heavy fatherly love made Li Quan feel that Su Bingran became particularly great.
"Dad... I am a burden to you and mom... wuwu..."
Sophie burst into tears.
Li Quan quickly lent her his shoulder.
"Why are you crying, kid? You're discharged from the hospital today. You should be happy. Money can be recovered even if it's gone. Besides, the 50 million wasn't stolen. You can get it back after the case is closed."
Su Bingran hurriedly comforted his daughter.
"Your mother and I have already discussed it. When we get the money back, we will buy this rented house. We will use the remaining money to buy you and Li Quan a big house as your wedding house. Your mother and I will live here in our old age, and you can come visit us whenever you have time."
The greatness of fatherly love is fully demonstrated at this moment.
He was willing to use most of his life-long wealth to buy a house for his daughter, but he and his wife lived in a shabby little house.
Their love for their daughter is truly selfless.
"Uncle Su, Sophie and I will find a way to buy a wedding house ourselves. You and Auntie don't need to pay for it." Li Quan quickly expressed his opinion.
The weight-loss drug he developed in collaboration with He Youlong is now available on the market.
As long as the advertisement is well-launched and the first batch of consumers know how good Li Quan’s weight-loss pills are, a word-of-mouth effect is guaranteed to be created.
By then, Li Quan will be fully capable of buying a house on his own.
"Xiao Li, I was wrong to humiliate you. But you should also understand my painstaking efforts. No father in the world is willing to let his daughter marry a man with no future. Through Xiao Fei's leukemia this time, we can also see that you are a responsible and capable man. We can safely entrust our daughter to you."
"Although Chairman He said last time that you can earn 50 or 60 million a year, we are all adults. Only a few people can make 500,000 or 600,000 yuan a year, let alone 500,000 or 600,000 yuan a year. I believe you know how expensive housing is in Shanghai. If you marry Sophie, it will be like our own child."
"Your aunt and I are willing to help you buy a wedding house. We definitely don't have any intention of looking down on you."
Su Bingran didn't believe at all that Li Quan could earn 50 or 60 million yuan a year.
There are only a handful of people in the entire Demon City who have such great abilities.
Anyone who can earn over one million per year is considered upper class.
Even Su Bingran himself, who has worked hard for so many years and has accumulated a wealth of customer resources, and has reached a considerable level of experience and ability, still only earns about 1.3 to 400,000 yuan a year.
This high income is only earned after I was promoted to the company's sales manager in recent years.
When I was a sales manager, my income was only 600,000 or 700,000 yuan a year.
He was able to accumulate a fortune of 60 to 70 million in just 30 years, thanks in part to his investment prowess and the continued rise in housing prices over the past decade.
On Sophie's birthday, He Youlong said that Li Quan's annual income could reach more than 60 million, but Su Bingran and others didn't believe it at all.
Even if the person who said this was He Youlong, they would not believe it.
Most people believe that He Youlong said this in order to bring Li Quan and Sophie together and deliberately raised Li Quan's status.
Li Quan knew that it was useless to explain now, so he could just buy the house and tell them later.
Sophie was sent to the third floor, which was a small apartment with two bedrooms and a living room.
The decoration of the house is not luxurious, it can only be said to be exquisite.
"Daughter, I have prepared the room for you a long time ago, and I have been looking forward to your discharge from the hospital. I didn't expect that your wish would come true so soon. Thank God and Buddha." Sophie's mother clasped her hands together and worshiped the sky outside the window again.
"Mom, it was clearly Li Quan who cured my illness. Please stop being so superstitious," Sophie said with some dissatisfaction.
"Don't talk nonsense, kid. Li Quan was able to cure you because of the blessing of the Bodhisattva. Look at the number of people suffering from leukemia in the world. Apart from you, who else has been cured of leukemia by traditional Chinese medicine?"
Sophie's mother was a particularly superstitious person.
"Sophie, stop arguing with your mother." Li Quan pulled Sophie.
"You were the one who cured me..." Sophie was still mumbling. However, she obeyed Li Quan's words very much and did not argue with her mother anymore.
"Do you think you can get used to living here?" Li Quan found that her room was very clean, and the quilt and other items were also washed clean.
The overall layout is quite cozy.
At least it's much cozier than Sophie's previous oversized house.
"Well, I can definitely get used to it. Do you think I'm really a rich girl who can only live in a luxurious big house and not an old small house? My parents have paid great attention to my ideological education since I was a child, in order to prevent me from being vain and becoming a gold digger. They took the bus to send me to school, and never bought expensive brands for clothes. Later, when I started working, they didn't spoil me and let me squeeze on the bus. They also had to set aside part of their own salary for financial management..."
When Sophie said this, she raised her face with a proud expression.
"Haha, your parents' education of you is undoubtedly successful. Poverty does not last for more than three generations, and wealth does not last for more than three generations. No matter whether you are destined to have that fate or not, it is always good to learn to live a hard life first. Otherwise, like in the news, when the fathers go bankrupt, the sons go from being the second generation of rich to the second generation of poor. In the end, they still have to learn to adapt to society."
“It is easy for people to adapt from bitterness to sweetness, but it is difficult to adapt from sweetness to bitterness!”
Li Quan strongly agrees with Sophie's family's educational methods.
Unlike some wealthy families, who give their children hundreds of thousands of pocket money every month, they keep their children in a honey pot from childhood to adulthood.
When the child grows up, he has been raised to be a giant baby who can do nothing but spend money.
This is very sad.
"Okay, I have something else to do, so I'll leave now. I'll come see you after work tonight. By the way, don't forget to practice the gymnastics I taught you. It 's very useful for your recovery ."
Li Quan warned.
"Got it! Be careful on the road!"
Sophie and Li Quan waved goodbye.
She was very happy when she was discharged from the hospital and went home. Living in the hospital is not as free as living at home.
"Uncle, Auntie, I'm leaving now. I'll come back to see Sophie in the evening."
Li Quan bid farewell to the two elders.
"Do you want me to take you back to the hospital?" Su Bingran asked as he stood up.
"No, no, it's so close, I can just walk back by myself. By the way, Sophie's diet must be strictly followed the standard in the hospital, and you must not give her random food. Now, as long as she can get through this period of time smoothly and let her body recover, she can be completely cured. If she eats forbidden food and causes the leukemia that has just been suppressed to relapse, it will be difficult to cure her."
Li Quan deliberately made the consequences sound more serious.
Su Bingran was fine, but Sophie's mother might be less educated and easily get clever by making some "tonic" food for Sophie to eat.
Then things will get worse.
Sophie is not cured yet and there are still leukemia cells in her body.
Even in some leukemia patients who have recovered from chemotherapy, tiny residues can still be detected in their bodies several years later.
Those tiny remnants are like sparks and have not been completely extinguished.
As long as the conditions are right, they will immediately come back to life.
This is also the reason why leukemia relapses.
After coming out of Sophie's house and walking out of the community, Li Quan couldn't help but be stunned.
"This place is less than a hundred meters away from the community where I live. It will be easy to date Sophie in the future." Li Quan couldn't help but smile strangely.
But think about it, it is very close to the hospital and the price is cheap, and only this old community has such houses for rent.
You can't rent it anywhere else.
In order to save time, Li Quan did not take the bus this time, but took a taxi and went directly to Yanhuang Pharmaceutical Company.
When he has money, he can consider buying a private car in the future.
Traveling can be very convenient. You no longer have to squeeze on the bus or wait for a taxi.
More than half an hour later, Li Quan finally arrived at Yanhuang Pharmaceutical Company.
Secretary Zhang knew he was coming and rushed to the door to greet him personally.
Li Quan went to inspect the factory and found that both production lines had been started and were producing weight loss pills in batches at full capacity.
It can be seen that He Youlong is very confident that the products will sell well, which is why he dares to stock up so much weight-loss pills.
Only a big boss with strong financial resources like He Youlong has the funds to stockpile goods.
Li Quan and He Youlong work together. One has technology, and the other has money, channels, equipment and experience. They are definitely a perfect match.
He shot some video footage on the spot, and then took a box of samples back, ready to use for filming and promotion at any time.
The design, material and workmanship of the packaging box are no worse than those of Hangu Group.
This also shows the strength of a company.
After Li Quan finished filming the advertising video, he inserted it into the short video he filmed with Sophie when she was discharged from the hospital. After editing and modification, he posted it online.
He was a little nervous, worried that his fans would not buy it.
On the other hand, he is also afraid that the Douyin platform will find out that his short videos violate advertising regulations and will limit or block him.
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About an hour after uploading, Li Quan opened the Douyin background to check.
Unexpectedly, the fans were so supportive that the video has been played over 400,000 times, received over 30,000 likes, and has received countless comments.
In addition, when Li Quan refreshed, the data continued to surge.
It seems that this is a hot hit.
More people noticed it.
In the general manager's office of Hangu Group, Ma Wangcai was checking the sales data of the recently promoted Hangu slimming pills and the customer response.
The rising sales trend made Ma Wangcai couldn't help but smile.
The weight loss drug promoted by Hangu Group did not disappoint him. According to this upward trend, it will soon become a hot-selling product.
"Boss Ma, Boss Ma, something bad has happened..."
Secretary Wang ran in in a panic.
"What's the matter? Tell me slowly. The sky won't fall as long as I'm here." Ma Wangcai shouted unhappily.
