Although Shen Lin said he would take Lu Xiaoshan to Beijing to handle business, in the end, due to various trivial matters, Shen Lin still came to Beijing with an assistant.
Because Zhao Honglian called Shen Hai and his wife before entering Beijing, as soon as Shen Lin arrived at the station, he saw his brother Shen Hai, whom he had not seen for a while, from a distance.
"Brother!" Looking at Shen Hai, who had obviously gained a lot of weight as he had wanted to see a while ago, Shen Lin greeted him enthusiastically.
Shen Hai was also very happy to see Shen Lin. While helping Shen Lin carry his luggage, he said, "Is your journey going smoothly?"
“It’s not bad. I bought a ticket for the night, slept well, and arrived at dawn!”
Shen Lin smiled and introduced the office secretary who followed him: "This is my colleague Luo Tieqiang."
Luo Tieqiang was only in his twenties. After graduating from high school, he came to Mihu Electronics Factory. After hearing Shen Lin's down-to-earth introduction, he felt moved and excited.
Ordinarily, his level would only serve Shen Lin at best.
Don’t underestimate the service staff around Boss Shen. This kind of job is not something anyone can do if they want to do it. Besides being smart, clever, and discerning, they also have one of the most important skills: being able to understand Boss Shen’s intentions. I understood it instantly and tried every means to implement it.
Even though he is an office secretary, he already feels very superior. Because he is qualified for this role, this in itself is a silent affirmation.
Now Shen Lin introduced him as a colleague. This kind of role positioning made Luo Tieqiang feel warm in his heart. Boss Shen's emotional intelligence is really not high.
Chen Hai shook hands with Luo Tieqiang enthusiastically.
"Brother, why haven't you seen your sister-in-law?" Shen Lin asked casually while following Shen Hai.
Shen Hai said: "Your sister-in-law has relatives coming to her house, so I rushed to pick them up."
Although Shen Hai spoke calmly, Shen Lin still felt that his brother's tone was obviously a little unhappy.
However, Shen Lin has always adhered to the principle of not getting involved and getting less involved in matters involving his brother and his wife. At this time, seeing that his brother was unwilling to talk, he didn't ask further.
"Brother, are you about to graduate as a graduate student? What are you going to do after graduation?" Shen Lin then changed the subject.
Chen Hai frowned and said, "Shen Lin, if you don't talk about this matter, I also want to consult you."
"According to your sister-in-law's idea, she wants me to stay in school and teach. But I have a very high chance of getting a publicly funded study abroad program this time."
Shen Hai hesitated and said, "What do you think I should choose?"
Although Shen Lin is not too familiar with academic matters, he knows very well that the treatment of the turtles will be quite high in the future.
Apart from anything else, under the same conditions, many benefits will fall on the turtles. People who are not turtles will sometimes lose out even if the conditions are better.
In his previous life, his brother seemed to have stayed in school directly, and was not awarded the title of associate professor until his hair turned gray.
Now that there is such a good opportunity, Shen Lin thinks it would be good to study abroad.
"Brother, I think you should study abroad. After all, if you take the path of academic research, you won't be able to say that you are engaged in research unless you go to a developed place to broaden your horizons."
"Everyone has said that when you climb high, you can see far away, and when you are near the sea, you have a broad mind. It is a rare opportunity like this. Don't you want to go out for a walk?"
When Chen Hai heard what his brother said, he felt a lot more relaxed. However, after taking a few steps, he shook his head and said, "But your sister-in-law, I'm afraid she won't agree!"
Shen Lin looked at the somewhat hesitant Shen Hai and said with a smile, "It's okay. I'll do some ideological work for my sister-in-law later."
While the two were talking, they reached out and stopped a taxi. After Shen Hai told the taxi an address, he smiled and said: "Shen Lin, I have already asked someone to renovate the courtyard house you asked me to buy for you. It’s almost done.”
"How about you stay here today?"
Hearing Chen Hai talk about the courtyard, Shen Lin suddenly became interested. Although he knew that Shen Hai had helped him buy a place in the inner city, he had never used it.
Come back now, just in time to take a look.
Soon, the car stopped outside an old courtyard that looked a bit full of vicissitudes of life. Shen Hai pointed around the courtyard and introduced it to Shen Lin.
Because Shen Lin had not come here many times in his two lives, he was not very clear about his position.
But he heard several place names that made his ears tingle, and these places were very close to Shen Lin's courtyard house.
As Shen Hai took the key and opened the courtyard door, what caught Shen Lin's eyes was a house with green bricks and green tiles. Not to mention anything else, the courtyard alone was as big as an acre.
"Shen Lin, when we bought this area, there were many small houses built by individuals in the yard. Didn't you say at that time that we wanted to keep the original appearance, so you demolished these things."
When Chen Hai talked about this courtyard, his eyes lit up. Although this courtyard did not belong to him, it was restored to its original state little by little through his arrangement.
So he felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart.
"Brother, those messy constructions will only lower the quality of this place. Just demolish them all."
When Shen Lin said this, he looked towards the yard and said, "What's the area here?"
"The area of this courtyard is more than a thousand square meters. It seems to have been the residence of a minister in the past. There are two courtyards in total. There is a moon door leading to it."
When Chen Hai said this, he said with some distress: "I don't know what you want with such a big yard. You spent a lot of money to buy them all!"
Shen Lin really didn't mind the extra money spent.
I can buy such a large courtyard now, but I won’t be able to buy it in the future. And according to the price of future generations, the value of this courtyard is definitely several hundred million!
"Brother, have all the procedures been completed?" Although Shen Lin had heard Chen Hai say such things, he still couldn't help but ask.
"Everything that needs to be done has been done, don't worry about that."
Shen Lin nodded and said, "That's good, we must put these things away."
Speaking of this, Shen Lin said: "Where is the house you bought?"
"Not far from here, we are not as bold as you, so we bought a small courtyard of 200 square meters."
When Chen Hai said this, he said sheepishly: "Shen Lin, the money your sister-in-law and I owe you, we can only pay it back to you slowly."
"It's nothing, brother, you helped me buy such a good house, and I will give you the small yard as a gift."
Shen Lin waved his hand and said, "But brother, could you please change it? The yard of two hundred is too small."
A yard of two hundred square meters is still too small? Shen Hai took a breath of cold air.
But looking at my younger brother, who has two courtyards, I finally stopped arguing with him.
This kind of comparison is really hurtful!
"Brother, please ask people to pay more attention later. If someone sells a courtyard house like this, help me get two or three more units."
Shen Lin waved his hand and said, "Don't be afraid of spending money. It would be good to buy a few more sets of this thing."
Shen Hai was a little frightened by the amount of money spent on a courtyard house, but this guy Shen Lin actually said that he would buy a few more units. This was too arrogant...
Although Chen Hai was full of feelings, he also knew that his brother was not short of money now, so he finally said reluctantly: "Shen Lin, this is no problem."
"But, I still want to advise you, why are you buying so many houses?"
Shen Lin looked at the serious old man and really didn't know what to say.
