This day, Qin Chuan spent almost all of it busy.
At noon, he went out with his brothers to have a meal at the best restaurant in the county town. During the meal, his brothers took out the account books and reported the year's income.
First, Big Brother Qin Yang reported the income from the building project and the sand quarry.
Over the course of this year, the building project's net profit was 1.5 million yuan, and the sand quarry's profit was 2.2 million yuan.
The total came to 3.2 million yuan!
This profit wasn't considered too high. For the building project, apart from starting the second phase of construction, they had been waiting for orders from the government. However, the government seemed to be facing difficulties with insufficient funds and a tight treasury. The delay stretched into the next year. The sand quarry, on the other hand, had good profits.
Due to its monopolistic nature, newcomers were quickly surpassed, and its profits exceeded that of the building project.
Next, Chen Jinyu reported the performance of the renovation company, with a net profit of 2.85 million yuan!
This was a very good result. A portion of this high profit was due to the early cooperation with the Xinhua Electronics Factory.
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Combined with the fact that the renovation company was now renowned as the number one in Yongnan County, many families would think of them first when renovating their homes, leading to continuous growth in their business.
Qin Chuan calculated that his total income in Yongnan County had reached six million yuan. He was very satisfied with this achievement.
After all, for most of the year, he had adopted a hands-off approach to the businesses in his hometown, delegating power to his brothers. This money was essentially earned while he was lying down, and he was quite content.
"Big Brother!"
"After lunch, tell the finance department to give each of you – including yourself, Second Brother, Dao Ge, Yao Dong, and Xiao Guang – a bonus of 200,000 yuan each!"
"As for the other brothers who followed, you can decide on their rewards yourself. A few thousand yuan is within your discretion!"
Qin Chuan said.
As soon as he spoke, everyone at the table's eyes lit up, their faces filled with excitement and enthusiasm.
They remembered that last year, everyone received only 50,000 yuan. They never expected their bonuses to increase to 200,000 yuan this year, a fourfold increase.
Although they had anticipated Qin Chuan's generosity, such a significant reward exceeded everyone's expectations.
"Jinyu, you are solely responsible for the renovation company. It's different from them, and you've generated more profit and put in the most effort. Your bonus this year is 300,000 yuan!"
"Go directly to finance when you get back and tell them it's my instruction!"
Chen Jinyu stood up. "Thank you, Boss!"
"The Boss is generous!"
"The Boss is awesome!"
"Wishing the Boss a prosperous career and abundant wealth!"
A chorus of flattery erupted from the brothers, making Qin Chuan beam with joy.
Since they had made money this year, he naturally wanted to be more generous. He was never a stingy person, especially when it came to his own brothers.
However, at this moment, Qin Er Ge stood up and said, "Xiao Chuan, I cannot accept this 200,000 yuan!"
"You have helped me too much this year. I will not accept this money!"
Qin Chuan looked at his second brother, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded. "Alright, then we'll exclude you. When Second Brother becomes the boss of a car dealership, we'll ask him for a red envelope!"
A wave of cheers and laughter erupted from the group, anticipating the day Qin Gang would become a big boss.
In the afternoon, Qin Chuan received a call from Fang Rumei in Longcheng.
"Qin Chuan, our financial statements are ready. Guess how much money we made in just one hundred days?"
Fang Rumei's voice was strained with an effort to suppress her excitement, but Qin Chuan could still sense her barely concealed elation.
"How much?!"
Qin Chuan asked instinctively.
Although he had a rough estimate in mind, he didn't know the exact figure until the finance department prepared the detailed statements.
"In these mere hundred days, our turnover reached a staggering 231.85 million yuan!"
"The net profit was as high as over 92.57 million yuan!"
"My goodness, do you know how excited I was when I learned the final numbers from the finance department?"
Fang Rumei exclaimed loudly. Even through the phone, Qin Chuan could feel her rapidly beating heart.
Qin Chuan's usually steady heart also began to pound. Such a colossal figure was enough to make even him lose his composure, because it was truly immense, an almost blinding achievement.
He wondered, in this world, which company could generate such astonishing profits in a mere hundred days? And the key was that the Mi MP3 had only been released in two rounds; there was still plenty of time to sell more and continue making money!
A money-printing machine couldn't compare. This was truly picking up money, no! It was even more insane than picking up money!
In just a hundred days, they had not only recovered all their invested costs but also made substantial profits. Qin Chuan was deeply grateful for this era, realizing that as long as one stood in the right wind, even a pig could fly.
"Qin Chuan, do you know? I calculated that after deducting all expenses, including the share for Kunlun Laboratories, each of us would receive over 35 million yuan net!"
"Just thinking about this number makes me so happy I can't sleep!"
Fang Rumei was genuinely ecstatic and chatted incessantly on the phone.
Qin Chuan was also very happy. This achievement proved that his hard work over the past year had finally yielded the greatest rewards.
Over the course of this year, his total income exceeded forty million yuan.
With this money, the coming year would be one he eagerly anticipated.
His business empire would begin to take shape, embarking on a true conquest of wealth.
After ending the call with Fang Rumei, Qin Chuan let out a long sigh of relief.
In the blink of an eye, it was the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, the last day of 1999.
Qin Chuan, his two brothers, and his parents drove back to Nanyang Village.
According to tradition, this year they needed to offer sacrifices to their ancestors and paste couplets on the door.
Additionally, Qin Chuan's family would celebrate the New Year in the county town this year and not return to the village.
When the villagers saw Qin Chuan's family return, they became incredibly enthusiastic, lamenting that the Qin family had truly produced a dragon, becoming more and more remarkable.
As Qin Chuan's business grew, many people from Nanyang Village and surrounding villages were working at the Xinhua Electronics Factory, the renovation company, the sand quarry, the supermarket, and other places, securing a stable income.
Facing the praise of the villagers, Qin Shuren and Jiang Cuihua were the happiest. However, the elderly couple had learned to be low-key and remained very humble.
In the afternoon, the family bid farewell to the reluctant villagers and returned to the county town.
His parents now lived in a detached courtyard house located in the center of the county town. They had recently bought it, and it was quite spacious. In the words of the elderly couple, they couldn't get used to living in an apartment and found courtyard houses more comfortable.
As dusk gradually fell, a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner was served.
The entire Qin family gathered together. However, this year was different from last year; Li Ya was absent, but a mother and daughter were present.
This mother and daughter were Ye Meiyun and her daughter Niuniu. Qin Chuan had invited Ye Meiyun and Niuniu to his home to celebrate the New Year's Eve dinner together.
Everyone in the Qin family was very familiar with Ye Meiyun, the mature and elegant factory director, so the atmosphere remained very good.
Of course, they were all unaware that a certain scumbag son had also taken advantage of her, and she might become one of his daughters-in-law in the future. Otherwise, the atmosphere might have changed.
Everyone raised their glasses to celebrate the arrival of the New Year.
During the dinner, various celebratory messages came through everyone's mobile phones. Qin Chuan's phone, in particular, rang almost non-stop, with messages and calls, drawing frequent glances from others.
Finally, Qin Chuan felt a bit embarrassed and took his phone outside.
He received New Year's greetings from Alisha, who was vacationing in Sanya, and from Fan Bingbing. He also received a New Year's call from Shang Honglian, who informed him that she had also returned home for the holidays and would visit his house tomorrow.
Qin Chuan felt a headache coming on when it came to Shang Honglian. He was currently entangled in romantic debts and truly dared not get involved further. It was a pity that this girl seemed rather persistent.
Finally, there was a call from Li Ya.
Facing Li Ya's well wishes, Qin Chuan's heart was filled with complex emotions. He didn't even know which city Li Ya was in. He had asked her multiple times, but she refused to tell him.
She only said that she was living well and did not need him to worry about her.
After ending the call with Li Ya, Qin Chuan found a phone number and proactively sent a message, wishing her a happy New Year.
A reply quickly came back: "Where did you get my phone number?"
Qin Chuan countered, "Yang Zimo, didn't you change your phone number? Why did you know it was me immediately?"
"Hmph! None of your business! You scumbag!!"
Teacher Yang cursed hatefully, and the two of them began a playful chase, as if returning to their old days, enjoying themselves immensely.
As the clock struck midnight, firecrackers blared in unison, and fireworks illuminated the courtyard of the Qin family, blooming into beautiful clouds in the sky.
"Hello, 2000!!!"
Qin Chuan shouted, his voice cutting through the night sky, carrying far and wide.