Love Affairs in Melbourne-Chapter 63 - 60 Love is Action (Extra - for @Lust Emperor Loneliness, the second Alliance Hierarch)

Chapter 63: Chapter 60 Love is Action (Extra Chapter for @Lust Emperor Loneliness, the second Alliance Hierarch)

Waiwai:

Answer =>

Why do you have to put yourself down while you’re putting me down?

Where exactly is the poor taste in choosing to be with you, and where is the taste too intense?

You used to say every day that you didn’t like the word "love." You said it was too heavy; every time I mentioned it, you corrected me and said we were too young to understand love.

Why is it that other people’s girlfriends worry about their boyfriends not saying ’love,’ but my girlfriend is so exceptional?

If I said something wrong, prove it by saying it to me just once.

Waiwai, your whole aura has changed, but one thing has never changed.

You’re always telling me not to do this or that.

Not to take collecting data for you too seriously, not to work too hard on understanding fashion.

This time I’m not listening to you; I have to prevent that years from now, you write an article about not meaning what you said.

I want to cut off the foundation of such a probability from the source.

I do enjoy collecting content related to you and understanding the industry you’re about to enter.

Whether the equation of fashion has a solution or not, I have to try and solve it.

The equation I wrote for you, you should have been able to solve back in high school. If you’re interested, just take your time to remember it.

Question =>

Will you say it to me?

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After the New Year’s Eve dinner, Yan Dabang gave red envelopes to the three younger ones and then planned to take his wife back to the hotel.

Yan Dabang refused Yan Yan’s offer to drive them back—the hotel was not far from Eureka Tower, and the couple knew the way back to the hotel from where Yan Yan lived.

A summer night is perfect for a walk by the Yarra River.

Mr. and Mrs. Yan Dabang were so busy with the factory back home that they hadn’t had such a relaxing moment in a long time.

"Do you really agree with Yan Yan and her unreliable cousin going to Europe to start a brand?" Yan Dabang asked his wife.

"It’s just you and your elder brother who keep saying Yan Ling is unreliable. Isn’t it just because he married an American wife and doesn’t plan to return home anytime soon? A kid who went to the United States alone at thirteen, graduated from Wharton Business School with an MBA, and then joined McKinsey—what about him is not reliable?" Lu Bingran has always disagreed with Yan Dabang’s opinion of Yan Ling.

"How reliable can someone be if they marry a foreigner? His family doesn’t even speak English. How are they supposed to communicate in the future?" Yan Dabang was strongly against his nephew marrying a foreigner.

But a nephew wasn’t a son, and Yan Dabang couldn’t really control much. Besides, if Yan Ling’s father couldn’t handle it, an uncle’s interference wouldn’t make much difference.

For Wenzhou people, it’s normal to marry someone from Wenzhou; marrying someone from elsewhere often faces opposition from family and friends, and marrying a foreigner usually causes a huge commotion at home.

Wenzhou is small, and most Wenzhou people do business abroad, but even overseas, Wenzhou people prefer marrying among themselves.

This way, everyone has a Wenzhou "root" and will likely return to Wenzhou eventually.

This sentiment keeps the Wenzhou people away from home very united.

"You’re just worried that your own precious daughter will follow Yan Ling’s lead and find a foreigner, aren’t you? Don’t think I can’t see through your little scheme. As soon as your daughter got to Melbourne, she was bored and wanted to learn English. Why weren’t you bored earlier?" Lu Bingran pointedly expressed Yan Dabang’s concerns.

"I have always been learning English. I know mechanical vocabulary—maybe not by heart, but there are hardly any terms Mr. Yan doesn’t recognize; otherwise, how could I sell machinery overseas?" Yan Dabang had his own opinion.

"Don’t be embarrassed to admit it. After your daughter left, was that all mechanical English you studied?" Lu Bingran asked with a smile.

"I was learning it for our future travels. If my daughter were here, of course, I’d let her translate; would I have a need to learn English on my own?" Yan Dabang still stood by his statement, unwilling to admit it.

"Are you really not planning to continue running Yanlu Machinery?" Yan Yan’s mom changed the topic.

Lu Bingran felt there was no need to keep dampening Dad Yan’s enthusiasm for learning English.

"I am not running it anymore; a person eventually needs to retire."

Over the past two years, the colleagues who started businesses together with me had either closed down or switched industries.

Those who successfully switched careers were in the minority.

By selling our company now, we could consider it retiring while we’re ahead.

Since we planned to immigrate to Melbourne, if we didn’t retire, one of us would have to come and reside here for immigration purposes. (note 1)

It would be fine if our daughter had already decided to stay in Melbourne.

But looking at her current stance, it’s still uncertain where she will end up.

If she’s not here, whether it’s you or me, staying alone in this foreign land, even the most beautiful scenery would become tiresome," Yan Dabang had seriously contemplated whether or not to continue with Yanlu Shoe Machine.

Entrepreneurs from Wenzhou who immigrate to Australia usually have their wives and children come over to fulfill the immigration residency, while they continue to manage the company in China.

If Yan Dabang really resented his wife’s strict oversight, sending her to Australia for a two-year immigration stay would be his best option.

However, deep down, Yan Dabang clearly didn’t entertain such thoughts.

"Are you willing to give it up? You’ve run the company for so many years, and it’s doing quite well now," Lu Bingran asked Yan Dabang.

"I have nothing to cling to; I’m not interested in branding, nor do I harbor dreams of making it into the Fortune 500.

Like others, I haven’t planned to use the accumulated capital to venture into real estate in the west or abroad.

The higher the profit, the greater the risk. I have no interest in that either.

Initially, my hope was to solve the problem of importing shoe machines for my older brother with my technical skills, while also providing for our family.

I enjoy working on technology, not running a company. If there were anything I couldn’t give up, I could still continue researching new patents anywhere.

The real question is, are you willing to let go? You’ve always said you don’t like machinery, just traveling the world.

Yet, it seems like you’ve become the busiest person in the company," Yan Dabang always felt that Lu Bingran had contributed more to Yanlu Machinery than he had.

"If you are willing to let go, why wouldn’t I? I’m not born to toil forever. Now that our daughter has grown up and hasn’t yet married or had children, it’s perfect for the two of us to travel around and see different places," Lu Bingran was somewhat moved.

Traveling the world was a dream they had shared when they first got married.

It was a dream so old that it hadn’t crossed her mind for many years.

In the summer in Melbourne, by the gentle breeze of the Yarra River, there were many old couples hand in hand, walking together.

Such scenes were uncommon back in our homeland.

Yan Dabang, following their example, took his wife’s hand.

Yan Dabang was not one for sweet talk, but he always expressed his love through actions.

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note 1:

For investment immigration, the first step is obtaining permanent residency (PR) in Australia. Within five years of obtaining it, you must reside in Australia for two years to be eligible for citizenship.

Failure to meet the residency requirements results not only in ineligibility for citizenship but also in cancellation of the PR.

However, for family immigration, it’s sufficient if one of the spouses meets the residency requirement.

The time when Yan Dabang and his wife prepared to immigrate was 2011. A year later, at the end of 2012, Australia introduced the Significant Investor Visa (subclass 188C), requiring an investment of 5 million Australian dollars to be maintained for four years.

The 188C, in terms of the investment amount required, was much more demanding than any previous Australian investment immigration visa.

Yet, the 188C only required residency for 160 days within those four years.

This residency condition was interpreted by most people as not needing to stay continuously for immigration purposes.

The Australian government, thinking that a high threshold of 5 million would control numbers, found that the 188C was overwhelmed by Chinese immigrants.

Globally, 88.8% of those granted 188C visas were from mainland China.

Before long, the Australian government, alarmed by the influx of Chinese immigrants, temporarily suspended the application for 188C visas.