518: Preparing gifts

"It's alright, the cash is back to over 23 million."

Ye Su glanced at his bank card balance, calculating his current net worth as he walked.

The earnings from the Working Cat and the wealth-attracting watch, plus the 780 grams of gold accumulated by the Book of Wealth, could be counted as roughly one million.

The dividends from the game studio, short dramas, and Xingchao Garment Factory, along with the money lent to Ye Xin for buying a car, amounted to about five million.

He had invested 15 million in Yu Mingjun's company, and the meteorite in the system space was worth 12 million.

The scratch-off lottery tickets and lottery tickets to be sent to Zhang Fengmao could be counted as 3 million.

Last night, Shangwei New Materials released an acquisition announcement, claiming that a certain robotics company would acquire 65% of Shangwei New Materials' shares through a combination of negotiated transfer and tender offer.

As soon as the news broke, the stock price of Shangwei New Materials soared today. The 2 million worth of stock Ye Su bought last week had officially started its money-making mode; according to the intelligence, it would turn into 20 million by the end of the month.

"The rest includes a house in Splendid Mansion, a Lamborghini, two watches, the rose dividend contract from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the jewelry dividend contract from Poyun Group, the Secondhand Shop..."

After a rough calculation, if he counted the Shangwei New Materials stock he held at 20 million early, his current assets were already nearly 90 million!

"If next week's intelligence is strong enough, my total assets will officially break through 100 million!"

At the end of February, he was still a junior in college. Four months later, he had accumulated a net worth of 100 million. Ye Su was already very satisfied with this speed.

Moreover, as the system continued to upgrade, his speed of acquiring wealth would also grow exponentially.

According to Ye Su's estimation, by the end of this year, his total assets would increase by at least another 500 to 600 million.

If his luck was good enough, it wouldn't be impossible for his net worth to reach 1 billion by next New Year's Day.

"1 billion!"

In the past, Ye Su wouldn't have dared to dream that he could become a rich man with a net worth of 1 billion.

But now, it would only take one year for him to touch the threshold of 1 billion in assets.

He just needed to work for a few more years, accumulate more Mysterious Surprise Items like the [Working Cat] that could automatically generate income.

Once he built up brands in catering, clothing, and other areas, he could achieve a retirement life where he just lay back and collected money.

"With money and nothing to do, wouldn't retirement life be too boring?"

Carrying this [worry] about retirement life, Ye Su drove back to the house in Splendid Mansion and had the cleaning company tidy it up.

After returning home for dinner in the evening, Ye Su took his whole family to Splendid Mansion again to see if they were satisfied with the house.

The result was obvious.

The spacious house, the open view, the interior decoration worth over a million, plus the excellent location in the county, made Ye Jianguo and the others fall in love with this house at first sight.

"Since you all think this house is okay, shall we find a time to move in?"

Ye Jianguo and Su Wan looked at each other, had no objections, and nodded: "Alright, let's do as you say."

"Yay!"

Ye Ruo reacted quickly. After cheering, she immediately ran to the second floor: "I'm going to pick a room!"

Ye Xin reacted a step slower and also ran upstairs, shouting at Ye Ruo as he ran: "You have no manners, don't you understand what it means to respect the elder? If anyone is going to pick a room, I should pick first!"

Seeing this, Ye Su couldn't sit still and ran upstairs too, asserting his dominance: "I'm the owner, so I definitely have to pick first!"

"You aren't even home for a few days a year, what are you picking first for!"

The three siblings started a battle for rooms, making Ye Jianguo and Su Wan shake their heads helplessly.

But while shaking their heads, the couple also felt a sense of relief in their eyes.

In the end, amidst the noise, the three divided up the three empty rooms upstairs, leaving the last master bedroom with a bathroom for Ye Jianguo and his wife.

As for the empty room downstairs, it would be used as a guest room.

After arranging the rooms, they looked around with excitement.

It wasn't until after eight o'clock in the evening that the group returned home.

Ye Su, who had retreated to his room alone, locked the door and took out the [Lucky Dice] from the system.

[Host's total intelligence earnings for today: 472,831 yuan!]

The decrease in passive income from things like swimwear and short dramas caused Ye Su's earnings today to fall below 500,000.

"Let's go with one."

Following the old rule, after choosing the last digit of the earnings, Ye Su threw the dice.

Clatter—

The dice rolled and bounced on the bed, finally stopping on three.

"Sigh..."

He hadn't guessed the number again. Ye Su sighed, put the dice back into the system space, and switched to the [System Gold Shop] interface.

"Which one should I choose?"

He had to send the lottery tickets and scratch-offs to Zhang Fengmao tomorrow, and he had promised Zhang Xuantong yesterday that he would give her a gift.

Ye Su thought about picking a piece of jewelry from the [System Gold Shop] to give her tomorrow.

Having no experience in picking jewelry, Ye Su picked and chose for a long while before finally selecting a gold-inlaid jade pendant priced at 980,000.

"Master-level carving, filigree inlay craftsmanship, the main body is a piece of glass-species jadeite. The connection between the pendant and the chain is also inlaid with a few small diamonds and rubies. This gift should be presentable enough, right?"

Hesitating for a moment, Ye Su gritted his teeth and purchased the gold-inlaid jade pendant from the System Gold Shop: "Spend 980,000 to purchase the selected pendant!"

[Purchase successful!]

[Deducting payment, please wait...]

Buzz—

As his phone received the bank's deduction SMS, a blue light flashed before Ye Su's eyes, and a red gift box appeared in front of him.

Opening the box, it was, unsurprisingly, the pendant he had just purchased.

Taking it out and admiring it in his palm, Ye Su nodded with satisfaction: "Expensive things really do have their reasons for being expensive."

Thanks to the system's perfect craftsmanship, the pendant didn't look old-fashioned or tacky at all.

The inlay between the gold and the jadeite was tight and seamless, the details were handled exquisitely, and the lines were naturally smooth. Lying in Ye Su's palm, it was like a perfect work of art.

There was absolutely no problem with giving it to 19-year-old Zhang Xuantong.

Knowing a bit about the jewelry sold by the [System Gold Shop], Ye Su also knew that if this pendant were put up for auction, it would definitely fetch a high price of over a million.

"Alright, this is the one."

Putting the pendant back into the box, Ye Su thought for a moment and flipped through the [System Gold Shop] again: "Since I received a house worth nearly five million with a million-dollar luxury renovation, I have to return a generous gift. I might as well pick a piece of jewelry for Godmother too."

Choosing jewelry for Wu Lianfang was much easier than choosing a gift for that little girl, Zhang Xuantong.

Ye Su only flipped through it for a few minutes before deciding on a gold-inlaid ice-species jadeite Guanyin pendant, priced at 880,000, using the gold-inlay with gemstone technique. He paid the system with a slight heartache.

With a flash of light, a second jewelry box appeared before Ye Su's eyes.

At the same time, the bank sent another deduction SMS, showing that Ye Su's balance had dropped to over 21.5 million.