Chapter 90

"Are you planning to create a website like Sohu or NetEase?" Song Hua only knew these three major portal sites for internet companies. He had also heard that such websites only made limited profits from meager advertising revenue, and he couldn't understand why his son would abandon the highly profitable computer room business to start an internet company.

"Both are products that provide internet services, but they have different business directions!" Song Chen shook his head. The older generation's understanding of the internet economy was only accepted under the impetus of the internet trend. Even the younger generation, who were more open to new things, had a bumpy start in understanding the internet. Moreover, a significant portion of internet users' first experience with the internet began with online games.

Suddenly, Song Chen's heart stirred, and he recalled a website that he had overlooked but played a crucial role in the early days of the internet.

While he was pondering, Huang Zhen smiled and said, "Although I don't know how profitable such a company is, if it can distract you from the highly profitable computer room business, I think it must be a great cause!"

In the face of Huang Zhen's probing, and the puzzled look in his father's eyes, Song Chen shook his head with a wry smile, "To say that such companies are profitable... achieving a break-even point within a few years is probably a pipe dream!"

Song Hua was speechless. Huang Zhen and Yue Hua exchanged glances and smiled even more brightly.

Song Chen continued unhurriedly, "But to say that such companies are not profitable is also not entirely true. At least as a concept, internet companies are very popular with investors! For example, foreign companies like America Online and Yahoo have initiated the internet wave! Today, a representative from a Hong Kong-based Wanda Fund approached me, wanting to invest in my website, which has only been online for a week. This is the charm of internet companies!"

"Someone is investing?" Song Hua asked with concern, "How much are they investing?"

"1.5 million US dollars for 50% equity in an independent company!" Song Chen shrugged nonchalantly, "I refused!"

"1.5 million US dollars!" Huang Zhen gasped, covering her mouth, her eyes filled with unmasked jealousy and worry. Her husband had worked hard for over a decade and, including real estate, had only a few million RMB, while he could easily make millions with a little effort... This was so unfair!

Seeing Song Hua frown, he asked, "1.5 million US dollars is equivalent to over 12 million RMB. Why did you refuse?"

Song Chen smiled slightly, glancing at Huang Zhen and said calmly, "Because their appetite is too big!"

"Your company has only been open for a few days, and they are already offering 1.5 million US dollars for the first month's salary of the employees! You should be secretly laughing, not complaining about their big appetite! I don't know who you're talking about!" Yue Hua, unable to hold back, mocked.

"Mother-in-law?" Song Hua said in a low voice.

Huang Zhen, though displeased with her mother's interference, smiled at her husband, "It's not that Xiao Chen is immature; after all, how long has he been in business? It's good for young people to have confidence! Even if they suffer... it's part of life's experience!"

Song Hua's face turned a deep red, looking extremely displeased.

Song Chen, however, remained calm, looking at Huang Zhen with interest and said, "Is that so? Auntie, after having a child, you seem to have become... more composed. Otherwise, you wouldn't speak to me in such a grandmotherly tone! You're not much older than me! However, the most successful thing you've done so far is seducing a married man! That's all..."

"Enough!" Song Hua roared, standing up and sweeping all the dishes on the table to the ground, waving his arms and shouting, "Enough! Do you still respect me? Do you? I'm not dead yet!"

Song Zhi was frightened by his father's wild roar and started crying. The nanny ran out of the kitchen in a panic to clean up the mess... Huang Zhen's face was pale, but she remained silent and proud, while Yue Hua looked embarrassed but clearly displeased...

Song Chen stood up, using a napkin from the table to wipe the food residue off his down jacket, and said indifferently, "This outcome was something I should have anticipated when you invited me to dinner!"

"You..." Song Hua glared at Song Chen, too angry to speak.

"Don't look at me like that, Dad! Your expression is telling me that the person who caused the divorce between you and Mom is me, right?" Song Chen threw the napkin on the ground and looked at his biological father with a cold smile.

"This is our choice!" Song Hua shouted at his son.

"This is your choice!" Song Chen said through gritted teeth, "Not Mom's, and not mine!"

Song Chen took a deep breath, looking at his biological father with a slightly weary tone, "But you're right, it's your decision, and no matter how dissatisfied I am, I can't do anything about it! I just have one last question for you!"

"Speak! Say what you have to say today!" Song Hua said irritably.

"At the time, when Mom found out about the woman you were seeing..." Song Chen pointed at Huang Zhen without turning his head, his eyes cold, "Who proposed the divorce?"

Song Hua's expression froze, and he fell into a long silence. Even without his father's answer, Song Chen could guess the answer based on his mother's character.

Song Chen admitted he had no right to question his father's private life because he himself had not done well, and even worse than his father. His father had hurt his mother, and he had hurt Zhang Ruoxi. The only fundamental difference was that he was not married, while his father was.

With red-rimmed eyes, Song Chen pointed at Huang Zhen and said coldly, "If I were you, I would never choose such an ambitious and sinister woman!"

Huang Zhen's eyes turned cold, and she stood up, scolding, "What are you saying! Do you think a little success gives you the right to act so arrogantly? Is this how you speak to your elders?"

"Truly an uneducated brat! I wonder how that woman raised you!" Yue Hua mocked, but received two pairs of cold, merciless eyes in return. Song Hua glared at his mother-in-law with icy eyes, feeling a surge of violent impulse but unable to vent it.

Song Chen coldly looked down on Yue Hua, deciding to confront Huang Zhen in front of his father, "I have no interest in the meager assets of the Song Group, so you can rest assured! You can walk your sunny path, and I'll walk my narrow bridge; we won't interfere with each other! In the future, if you want to have dinner with me, I won't refuse, but it should be private!"

"That's a joke! Do you think your father's assets of several million RMB are 'insignificant'? That's a joke!" Yue Hua said sarcastically.

Coldly looking at Huang Zhen, Song Chen lifted his chin proudly, "A frog at the bottom of a well! Rest assured, you'll soon see if I'm just talking big! For everyone's sake, I won't join the New Year's Eve dinner, so as not to ruin the appetite!"

Watching his son leave proudly, Song Hua's eyes were filled with pain. Undoubtedly, Song Hua wanted Song Chen to come home because he never wanted to lose custody of his eldest son, which was the main reason he and Li Wan chose to go to court rather than divorce peacefully.

But in the end, Song Chen chose his mother.

With the birth of his second son, he reduced his attention to his eldest son and became even more doting on his youngest, but this did not mean he was indifferent to Song Chen. On the contrary, he still had the intention to win back his eldest son. However, this time, he finally realized that unless he reconciled with Li Wan, he and his eldest son, Song Chen, would only drift further apart, and his wife and her family would only exacerbate the estrangement...

Standing outside the neighborhood, he watched the children holding firecrackers, lighting the small ones they had taken from a larger string, and then hearing the "pop" as they exploded, the children laughing and scattering...

In his previous life, did he have such beautiful memories?

Song Chen was lost in thought.

Reborn for nearly two months, he had been running forward nonstop, completely unaware that the New Year was approaching.

When he returned home, seeing his mother and Zhang Ruoxi sitting on the sofa watching a drama together, like a close mother-daughter pair, a warmth he hadn't felt in a long time welled up inside him.

Seeing Song Chen return, Zhang Ruoxi smiled gently and asked, "You're back!"

"Yep! I'm back!"...

Second update! Regarding the issue of Song Chen and the female lead, after this chapter, there needs to be a small summary—this is a point of criticism for both the author and "Empire." First, when I read the comments today, I realized there was a small bug in the initial setup of the protagonist's background: Song Hua and Li Wan's divorce would entitle Li Wan to a share of Song Hua's assets, but I forgot to address this detail. I will correct this in a few chapters. Thank you to "Cookie*Shavings" for pointing this out! Second, regarding the issue of Song Chen being a playboy. My intention was that Song Chen is a playboy, and a rejected one at that, so his desire to rise after rebirth would be particularly strong. If I were in his shoes, I would do the same—I don't believe you would remain faithful in the same hypothetical scenario. Of course, using the playboy persona and the background setup, it may seem abrupt. But it's important to understand that this is a matter of perspective. From Li Wan's perspective: she is first and foremost Song Chen's mother, and only secondly a victim of infidelity. Her son's playboy behavior would make her feel hurt and embarrassed, but she would not interfere with his private life. This is an extension of the protagonist's mother's character in "Rich in the World": Song Chen would feel guilty but unable to resist his desires, which is human nature. Regarding the female lead, the author's quick writing has led to "blank" and "unremarkable" character issues, for which I must apologize. Initially, I considered her as a mature woman, both mentally and physically (not more than 25 years old), and it's not strange for her to take the initiative with a man she admires. If the scene were set in a bar, it wouldn't seem so abrupt, right?

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