Reborn: I'll Never Fail My Childhood Sweetheart Again-Chapter 264 - 116: The Junior Schoolmate’s Mother’s Worries

The next day, after dinner, Su Jianjun went to Su Zelin's room.

At this moment, the layabout was lying on the bed reading a copy of "Super Dominating Century," a work by Xu Jingchen, a typical Hong Kong comic.

Hong Kong comics were once publications comparable to Japanese and American comics, absorbing characteristics from both Eastern and Western comics. They had the toughness of American comics without losing the delicacy of Japanese comics. They were beautifully crafted, typically small-sized with color pages, creating an extremely stunning visual experience in an era dominated by black and white comics. Their themes were daring, even involving bold topics like gang violence, thrilling curious readers.

Because of this, Hong Kong comics were once quite prosperous, with classic works emerging one after another. Besides "Super Dominating Century" read by Su Zelin, there were "Legend of the Son," "Super Weapon Magic," "Dragon Tiger Gate," "Rulai's Divine Palm," and even the "King of Fighters" manga originated from Hong Kong comics.

Readers of Hong Kong comics should have quite a deep impression; these comics have a common feature where almost all male characters are muscular men with lines that make many people drool.

However, Hong Kong comics also have a major drawback: their style is uniform, and the characters are heavily stereotyped. The eyes, eyebrows, noses, and mouths of muscular men all look nearly identical, and even the faces of women and men look somewhat similar.

The lack of distinguishable characters made readers feel thrilled after reading a few, but somewhat tired after reading more. Coupled with various subjective or objective reasons, Hong Kong comics gradually declined and faded from sight.

Japanese comics are different, with their diverse art styles catering to different types of readers, thus sustaining their popularity.

Korean comics that emerged later are somewhat similar to Hong Kong comics, with female characters having standardized influencer faces, slim waists, and long legs, looking quite stunning at first glance but also heavily stereotyped due to assembly line production.

Nevertheless, the lifespan and prosperity cycle of Korean comics might last longer than Hong Kong comics because they follow the niche paths, just like those special-themed island movies, always retaining a batch of loyal readers.

Seeing Su Jianjun, Su Zelin put the comic away: "Dad, what's up?"

"Zelin, it's like this. Your idea of investing in the B share market yesterday was very good. I plan to share it with Uncle Qin, what do you think?"

Su Jianjun wasn't one to dawdle; he stated his purpose upon entering.

The idea of investing in the B share market was conceived by Su Zelin, and even though he's his son, Su Jianjun felt consulting him was basic respect.

Of course, he thought his son would approve since the two families have such good relations.

Su Zelin laughed upon hearing this, as he originally planned to find an opportunity to get Qin Daqing to buy some B shares too.

Of course, it doesn't feel appropriate to take shares from Uncle Qin, and I'm not shameless enough to pull that off.

However, only taking from my dad isn't reasonable either; favoring one over another might get me scolded.

Now that Dad has taken the initiative to bring up this matter, it's just what Su Zelin wanted.

Moreover, with this, I can take the lead.

Thinking of this, Su Zelin popped up from the bed: "What, Dad, how can you reveal the good idea I painstakingly thought up to outsiders? It's too much!"

Su Jianjun clearly didn't expect his reaction to be so strong. He frowned: "What outsiders, Uncle Qin has been our neighbor for decades. As the saying goes, distant relatives are not as useful as close neighbors. We have such a good relationship; why can't we tell him your idea?"

"Even if they're old neighbors, it doesn't work! I'm your son, but I still have to take a share from you! It's not about the relationship, the key is that I need rewards! Otherwise, it will affect my enthusiasm for coming up with ideas in the future."

Su Zelin's twisted reasoning went on and on, and Su Jianjun was tongue-tied, only managing to speak after a while: "Then what do you suggest? Should we let Uncle Qin miss this great opportunity?"

Su Zelin coughed lightly: "Actually, there's a solution."

"What solution?"

"I must take a share from Uncle Qin too!"

Su Zelin's words nearly made Su Jianjun faint from anger.

Look at this, is this something one says? Doing a no-cost business with Dad is one thing, but actually wanting to calculate against the old neighbor, who might very well be the future father-in-law, how can you come up with this!

Never mind whether Qin Daqing would agree, if this deduction were truly made by his son, what would the Qin elders think? Would his son and their daughter still have any possibility?

Su Jianjun shook with anger: "Impossible, absolutely impossible, I'm telling you, don't even think about it!"

Su Zelin bit his teeth: "Alright then, I'll reluctantly take a step back. No need for a deduction on Uncle Qin's side, but your deduction must increase by fifty percent! That means if you earn more than one fold, you must give me one point fifty percent out of ten percent; if you earn more than two folds, you must give me three percent out of twenty percent!"

Su Jianjun nearly choked.

This kid is causing his dad so much grief; it's an outrageous filial act!

How did I manage to produce this offspring, should have been splattered on the wall back then!

"Either Uncle Qin gives me a share, or you increase yours, Dad, think about it! Of course, you can secretly tell Uncle Qin, but then I absolutely won't tell you any good ideas in the future!"

Su Zelin seemed not to care what his dad thinks, with an unbudging attitude.

"Fine, then increase it by fifty percent!"