Chapter 1363 - 1235: Face-to-Face Talk 1

Chapter 1363: Chapter 1235: Face-to-Face Talk 1

As soon as she arrived at the hotel lobby, three figures, two tall and one short, stood up in the couch area. The ones grinning foolishly were none other than National Day, Little Jiu, and Miao Tianming.

Zhou Jiao waved at them with a smile and first said goodbye to Hu Xiaohui and her teammates.

"Oh my, isn’t this her son studying abroad? No wonder Comrade Zhou Jiao said she wanted to leave the group for a day."

"Seems like it’s at a nearby university, what’s it called again?"

"I think your family also has a relative’s child studying here? Want to give the kid a call?"

National Day raised his arm and waved to the departing elders, standing in place and grinning as he watched his mom walk in.

Zhou Jiao’s gaze lingered on her son, and as she approached, she first pulled over Little Jiu and took a good look at him, nodding repeatedly, "You’ve grown prettier, are you getting used to it?"

"Aunt Zhou." Little Jiu smiled with pursed lips, "Everything’s great, just miss you guys."

"This is your Aunt Hu Xiaohui, my old friend. You can call her Aunt Hu or Aunt Li; she’s a childhood friend of your Uncle Zhang."

As Zhou Jiao spoke, she pointed to Miao Tianming and smiled at Hu Xiaohui, "This is my brother, Miao Tianming, my mom’s most cherished younger generation, all are family."

"I’ve met once."

"Sister-in-law, long time no see."

"You’ve grown taller, are you getting used to being abroad so long?"

Zhou Jiao looked at the two with surprise.

"Sis, my Brother Xiao Wu took me to Brother Linzi’s place once, it was Sister-in-law who cooked us several dishes to go with drinks."

"Really? It’s fate then." Zhou Jiao said smilingly, taking a good look at her son, he’s been away for so long, she’s been dreaming about him.

He’s not skinny, his arms and legs are just right, in great spirits! Earlier, she worried whether something was wrong when this silly boy didn’t rush to her side.

Looks like he’s grown up and is paying more attention to his conduct abroad!

Just as this thought emerged, it quickly got shattered. National Day hooked his arm around her shoulder, "Mom, why didn’t you inform me? I miss you so much, I couldn’t sleep well last night."

Zhou Jiao laughed lightly, "Couldn’t hide it from you? How did you come over? I was planning to take leave and visit you after these days."

"I’m smart, I called my grandma. She said you were out, hmm, I found you!" National Day raised his eyebrows proudly, "Still want to wait until you finish and come see me, how could your son wait until then?"

"You came over, what about school? Will it affect your studies?"

"No worries, who is your son! Don’t you forget it’s summer break now, I just took leave from the professor, the old man is easy-going, he even wished me a pleasant holiday."

Zhou Jiao felt reassured after hearing him, "Haven’t eaten yet? I’ll treat you all to Western food."

"Mom, I want lobster."

"Alright, anything is fine."

Then the five of them really went to a gourmet Western restaurant.

Watching Zhou Jiao skillfully order and dine, Little Jiu felt quite down: the information from Qu Shengmei and Yi Tangtang wasn’t accurate!

But Zhou Jiao, chatting softly with everyone, was always attentive to her son and soon noticed something was amiss, her little son seemed a little off!

After the meal, the group didn’t rush back to the hotel Zhou Jiao was staying at but instead found a nearby coffee spot.

Hu Xiaohui wisely chose a table under the sunshade outside to rest, waving them into a booth to chat.

Little Jiu took this as an opportunity to stay, citing wanting to accompany his newly acquainted Aunt Hu.

Zhou Jiao did indeed have urgent matters to discuss with Miao Tianming and National Day, so didn’t hesitate to find a quiet spot.

Once seated, Miao Tianming opened his briefcase and handed it to Zhou Jiao, saying, "Sis, do you want to meet Lawyer Xue? He’s recently in Canada."

Zhou Jiao shook her head with a smile, "National Day has met him, it’s the same."

National Day gestured to them, pointed to the vacant spot on the table, and signaled the waiter for three cups of coffee, "Mom, Uncle, let me tell you a joke first."

"Back when Wen Yu came to my school once, he joked in Mandarin, ’You’ve lots of beauties at school here, look at that chick, she’s so hot. Do you think she’s into me, since she smiled at me?’"

As he spoke, National Day winked at both, "Guess what happened later?" He wasn’t planning to wait for their reply, time’s precious.

Then he laughed, "The foreign girl waved at us and said, ’Thanks,’ since then he’s too scared to joke around when visiting my school."

"That powerful? They understood?"

National Day nodded, "Over here it’s better, my professor mentioned he has several colleagues who went to our country early on, they can understand the simple stuff."

Zhou Jiao gave her son a mischievous sideways glance but didn’t disrupt their chit-chat, instead focused on looking through the documents.

Her National Day has a lot of cleverness.

He was merely reminding them to be careful of what they say in public, don’t underestimate everyone being blond and blue-eyed, one slip of the tongue and...

Was she naïve enough to forget this was a foreign land?

After flipping through the documents, Zhou Jiao kneaded her neck and pondered for a moment, using her large handbag for cover, she also took out an A4-sized notebook from her bag.

After opening it, she made modifications on it.

National Day saw this and winked at Miao Tianming: Look, isn’t my mom amazing? Whatever she does, she prepares ahead, you’re lucky!

Miao Tianming chuckled and patted him.

Zhou Jiao was too busy to pay attention to their little gestures. Recalling the stock codes she saw during the Wall Street visit this afternoon, she crossed out a few items and added some notes.

Indeed as Zhang Guoqing suggested, relying solely on data and financial newspapers without visiting a place firsthand would require reassessment of any business plan.

After finishing, Zhou Jiao placed the notebook on the table, tapped it with her fingers, indicating to Miao Tianming that the priority was official business, "Funds can start being slowly withdrawn by the end of this month."

"Sis, won’t that be too early?"

"Not early, the profits are too impressive, releasing all at once would create too much commotion. As always, safety first, clear all by the end of the year." Zhou Jiao nodded at the written dates, "Our next main venue is spelled out here. Withdraw carefully from that side and invest here, the loss won’t be big."

Miao Tianming nodded seriously.

"By New Year’s Day, January 1st, help me extract 1 billion and transfer it all back home, buy these stocks with the remaining 20%, shift all into the little devils’ side."

National Day gasped, looked at her in surprise, "Mom, isn’t it a bit too much?"

Zhou Jiao smiled wryly and shook her head, "Too much? After donating a portion, there’s not much left, I plan to do some substantial work."

Miao Tianming understood that initially over 80 million was invested in Italy, at present their worth multiplied by tenfold, a full over 800 million, leaving 70 million even after taking 1 billion.

Moreover, their stock market continues to decline, by year’s end if everything is withdrawn, they may even recover that 1 billion, but he still concurs with National Day’s viewpoint.