Spending Christmas with Nong Qingying in Iceland.

The New Year's Eve celebration that followed was reserved for Nangong Tian and Jiang Yu.

The Hong Kong official organization put on a fireworks display in Victoria Harbour. Su Yehao was on the deck of his yacht at the Central Pier, enjoying the fireworks up close. Many spectators gathered on both sides of the harbor, and the atmosphere was exceptionally lively, once again marking the end of 2001.

In the past year of 2001.

Su Yehao's business didn't improve much, simply filling in the gaps and continuing to further optimize the allocation of assets.

Although he couldn't double his net worth as he had in previous years.

Fortunately, the base was already very large. Through Google, the asset management company, and the Internet business in the mainland, his wealth on paper still increased by about four billion U.S. dollars, smoothly weathering last year's bear market and completing the bottom-fishing work ahead of schedule.

The new year had just begun, and Su Yehao was already preparing to give himself a big vacation this year. After all, the funds on hand were useful, the asset layout was basically saturated, and the market was still slowly declining, so there wasn't much room to operate.

After more than four years of aggressive expansion, it was time to take a break during the bottleneck period...

January 3, 2002.

Master Jiang and his wife hosted a dinner, inviting Su Yehao and his parents.

Jiang Yu's mother also invited Nangong Tian, but Nangong Tian declined with an excuse, so as not to make the atmosphere awkward.

Su Yehao didn't think much of it and didn't force the little girl to go with him. At six o'clock that evening, he took his parents to a small restaurant called "She Wong Fun."

This restaurant wasn't exquisite and looked a bit old from the outside.

Mother Tang said at this moment:

"It's been almost twenty years since I've been here, right? I remember the first time, you brought Master Jiang and them here for dinner. I tried a bowl of snake soup with you, and I didn't expect it to be so delicious. I came several times after that."

"It's been almost twenty years, right? You like to eat its snake soup and sausage. It's rare that the old Jiangs still remember."

Father Su was very happy.

The so-called high-end restaurants all over the street had long become tiresome for their family.

On the contrary, this kind of authentic old restaurant seemed more interesting. Master Jiang and his wife had worked at Sihai International for so many years, and had known Su Yehao's parents for half their lives, so of course they wouldn't choose the wrong place to eat.

Su Yehao ate snakes, but he was also quite afraid of live snakes.

He carefully entered the store, glad that it wasn't like a seafood store, displaying live snakes for immediate selection. There were a few tables in the store, no different from other restaurants.

He immediately saw Jiang Yu, who was standing at the entrance of the back kitchen, watching something.

Su Yehao approached and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Ah, you're here. Uncle, Auntie, my parents are in Room 1, waiting for you to play mahjong. They just caught a very long snake. I'm watching how they slaughter it. It seems to weigh more than three catties." Jiang Yu said.

"...There's nothing to see. It's enough to eat it."

Su Yehao hurriedly glanced at it, goosebumps almost breaking out, and pulled Jiang Yu up the narrow stairs.

Father Su greeted the restaurant owner's wife, and the two actually knew each other.

If it were other customers, the owner's wife of She Wong Fun would probably have forgotten them, but Father Su, the son-in-law of the wealthy Tang family, was considered a prominent figure back then, even if his reputation...wasn't very good, he was ultimately memorable.

To be a gigolo like Father Su, his limelight had long overshadowed Grandpa Tang, so he must have had some ability.

Going upstairs first, Su Yehao arrived at the private room and greeted Jiang Yu's parents.

Master Jiang said enthusiastically, "You're here. I was worried that you wouldn't be able to find time today. Jiang Yu said you were paying attention to the situation in the United States, and it seems like they're about to take action?"

This referred to the U.S.'s dispatch of troops to the Middle East. Su Yehao had spent money to buy information, so he already had a good idea. He calmly replied, "It's been confirmed. It's estimated that it will be announced to the public after the holiday. There's probably a 90% chance. It's a big deal."

Some time ago, Master Jiang heard the news that Jiang Yu brought home and had already taken the money from stock speculation and bought products from 5s Asset Management Company.

Su Yehao helped his father-in-law with the handling fees and the like, so how could he make money from him?

Hearing this, Master Jiang was a little worried and asked, "Then the stock prices of military and oil companies will probably fluctuate greatly."

Su Yehao smiled and said, "I've bought a little of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, but the positions are relatively low, and the stock prices have already risen quite a bit."

"Oh, let's take a look at the menu first and see if there's anything you want to eat..."

Coming to She Wong Fun was mainly for eating snake.

Snake soup, snake stew, and ginger snake were all on the menu. Su Yehao didn't add any dishes.

The relationship between the two families was such that there was no need to be polite. After Father Su and Mother Tang arrived at the private room, they started playing mahjong while waiting.

Father Su tapped the mahjong machine produced by Midea Group and chatted about it as an interesting anecdote: "Midea, which I acquired before, didn't have a mahjong machine product. Later, it was Little Hao who recommended it to me, so I asked the company's R&D department to give it a try. I didn't expect that after the product was made, sales were particularly popular in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The total sales volume is at least seven or eight hundred million RMB."

Master Jiang smiled and said:

"Of course it's profitable. Look who came up with the idea. My family also bought one, spending more than four thousand yuan. This price is a bit expensive for mainlanders, but it will definitely be even more popular in the future. I've seen the news about 5s International Financial Company. I remember that it's helping companies like Jinling Bank and Conch Cement to go public. Hai-ge, if your Midea Group goes public, you'll definitely make a lot of money, right?"

Father Su immediately smiled:

"What was the situation when I first financed it, and what is the situation now? The sales volume has more than doubled, and the money invested has at least tripled. The stock market has not been very good in the past two years, so it's time to pick a good time to finance a sum of money for expansion."

Eating fried peanuts, Su Yehao interjected:

"There's no need for that for the time being. After going public, it will be subject to supervision, and small things will be magnified into big things. It's not too late to wait a few years. With the consumption potential in the mainland, it's only just starting. Even if it goes public, it's not like holding the shares in your hands and eating dividends. There's no difference at all."

The Sihai International Group has taken too big of a step, and the money it lacks is far from being made up by the Midea Group.

With Su Yehao's help, Father Su didn't have much pressure. He joked at this moment:

"Look, I can't say anything about the family business. Adding the shares of the mother and son, I'm just a small shareholder. Nowadays, when I meet people, we talk about Little Hao. My presence is negligible. The newspapers rarely write my name. If they do, they write 'Su Yehao's father' so that people can remember."

Master Jiang laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth. He said to him:

"Just be content. Ask around on the street, and what others envy the most is you, building a two-hundred-billion-dollar casino whenever you want. A bunch of young masters from wealthy families are just waiting to die, making their families worry. Hai-ge, if you retire now, even if you drink tea and grow flowers all day long, there's no big problem."

The door of the private room was opened.

The restaurant owner's son brought in a large pot of thick white snake soup, smiling and saying:

"The sports car with the license plate su666 outside must be yours, Prince Hao. Remember to remind me when you leave after eating, so I can hear its roar. I probably won't be able to afford it in my lifetime. It's good to take a few glances to enjoy it..."