Nianyang watched Jiang Aiguo knowing he had money but didn’t immediately nod in agreement with her; instead, he was considering her, and her heart felt incredibly warm.
The smile on her lips became sweeter and more gentle, as she said, "Uncle, please believe me. I’m not an impulsive person; my calculations are clear. If I wasn’t confident, I wouldn’t want to take the risk."
Jiang Aiguo was a bit shaken by her words, but in the end, he still shook his head and said, "Even if you’re confident, this is your money. How can your uncle use your money to do business? Your gesture is too generous; truly, I’m embarrassed to accept it!"
Although he treated Nianyang as a daughter, in name he was only her uncle by marriage, with no blood relation at all. How could he rightfully use her money for business?
Jiang Aiguo couldn’t get over this hurdle in his heart.
Nianyang understood Jiang Aiguo’s concerns, so she spoke slowly, "Uncle, you don’t need to feel troubled. I’m not giving you money to do business for free; consider this money my investment in your fruit and vegetable base."
Nianyang was so eager for Jiang Aiguo to do business not just to help the Jiang Family; she had her own selfish reasons too. She wanted to go to school in Pingjing in the future and also promote Chinese medicine. How could she do that without some money?
In her previous life, she wasted too much time earning money, and there were many medical studies she hadn’t thoroughly researched. Now that she had the Jiang Family as her backing, she of course wanted to take advantage of it. Once the fruit and vegetable base was established, she could quietly become a shopkeeper and just wait to collect the money.
"Investment?"
Jiang Aiguo indicated that he didn’t understand the meaning of the word, while Sun Li and Jiang Tian beside him were also looking at Nianyang eagerly, waiting for her to explain.
Nianyang was taken aback, realizing that perhaps the concept of investment wasn’t known yet, so she slowly explained to them,
"Investment means buying shares and sharing profits. For this fruit and vegetable base, I’m providing the initial funds, and uncle, you’ll be in charge of operations and management. When the time comes, we’ll split the profits fifty-fifty!"
Jiang Aiguo’s eyes lit up, "Yangyang, where did you learn all this?"
This concept of investment and profit-sharing was something he had never heard of in his life. His niece was really a clever one!
"I read it in books. Now, foreign businesses are all about this profit-sharing thing!"
"Yangyang, what you said sounds good to me. Since you’re so confident, I, your uncle, will fully support you. But this fifty-fifty split you mentioned is too much; let’s change it. Just give me ten percent."
"No need, Uncle. Let’s stick with fifty-fifty, no changes needed!"
Nianyang also had her considerations. In setting up this fruit and vegetable base, she would at most handle the crop fields and find a supply point. The later operations and management would all be under Jiang Aiguo’s responsibility. Giving him fifty percent was very fair!
"No way, I didn’t contribute anything, how could I take fifty percent?!"
Although Nianyang painted a great picture of the fruit and vegetable base’s prospects, Jiang Aiguo knew that all things carried risk.
Everything was Nianyang’s investment, making money was fine, but what if they lost?
He would just provide the labor, while Nianyang provided the money. If it failed, she would lose everything. As her uncle, how could he take such a big advantage of his niece?
"Uncle, listen to me. This is just my initial investment. Later on, it will all be up to you. Besides, when we make money, we’ll definitely need to expand, and we might need to hire workers; there will be plenty to do then. I just need to be the shopkeeper, so a fifty-fifty split is the most fair."
After Nianyang’s earnest persuasion, Jiang Aiguo finally agreed. He thought, after all, Nianyang is his niece. When the money comes in, he would save it all to buy Nianyang a house in the future!