Reaching the age of thirty, my income randomly doubled-Chapter 819 - 624: Spoiler Alert

Talking is one thing, but fulfilling Er Ya’s small wish is a must.

It’s just about making snacks super large, which is easily done through the channels of Snacks Dash.

After heading to the rooftop, he was about to relax in the rooftop hot spring.

Chen Fan came over with his new wife to find him, his cousin grinning sheepishly.

His new wife is quite pretty, originally from Sichuan, but her family is in terrible financial condition. The marriage was initiated online.

The basic deal was that whoever could build a big house for her family, provide for her parents’ retirement, and sponsor her brother’s education, she would marry them.

Perhaps having learned from previous experiences, Chen Fan’s parents were direct this time, shelling out over four million.

The deal was to marry Chen Fan for three years.

After three years, they could divorce, and she could do whatever she wanted, with the sole condition being no infidelity during those three years.

Chen Pingsheng didn’t have much to say about such matters. Rich people buying wives for marriage is nothing new.

The dumbest are those who send gifts in livestream rooms, spending all their savings in the process.

After he left, his younger sister Chen Qi came over again.

Now, the whole family lives together, all in this building, which makes dealing with matters particularly convenient.

This time, little sister didn’t come for anything too frustrating. The Lin Family, after being scolded, hasn’t stirred up trouble lately.

She wanted to talk about some of her own aspirations.

"Big brother, you’re living the good life!"

"You aren’t doing too bad yourself!"

"That’s for sure." Chen Qi rolled her eyes and said, "Brother, I’ve been in Golden Mountain for so long without a proper job. Why don’t you arrange something for me?"

"Oh, give it a rest."

Chen Pingsheng said, "You’ve been idle for years, never showed the slightest interest in doing something serious. Now suddenly you say you want legit work? Who’d believe that?"

"Brother... I’m being serious."

"Do I look like I’m joking to you?"

Well then… Chen Qi left dejectedly. She originally wanted her brother to give her some resources for starting a business. Looks like that’s not happening.

His little sister has way too many ideas; she wouldn’t last three days before switching to another plan.

Once his wife returned, Chen An’an stopped her livestreaming.

Her livestream room hardly had a few viewers on any given day, not much at all. She wouldn’t even shoot videos at home anymore.

Clearly, she learned from past experience and refuses to make herself famous.

Song Yanxi came over to discuss two serious matters. One was that her work in the health industry was going decently.

Tongxin Family’s pace of opening stores was rapid, and another thing was that her sister Song Wu agreed to get involved with that guy.

If everything goes smoothly, they might even marry this year.

This really wasn’t something to get too excited about, since the Song Family already has two grandsons with the surname Song.

Whether Song Wu marries or not, her life will be just fine.

Ever since everyone started living in the same building, daily trivialities have been plentiful.

Chen An’an invited Xiao Wenwen and Hu Tao over to her place to hang out the next day.

The youngest, Chen Lu, headed out to meet his favorite female classmate, Su Xiaoxi.

That girl is particularly cute and full of personality.

The youngest loves hanging out with her. As for Su Xiaoxi, her parents are big names in real estate.

The Su Family runs numerous businesses.

The days passed leisurely, and suddenly it was late July.

Er Ya’s super-super-super-large snack shop had its grand opening. This time, she learned something new.

Can’t make money through short video livestreams? Fine.

She used short videos to hype up the shop instead, which worked perfectly. The super-super-large snack shop quickly became another striking sight on Golden Mountain Street.

Whether this venture makes money or not is uncertain, but it’s definitely gone viral.

Chen Pingsheng didn’t bother interfering and headed over to open a barbecue shop after the village illness scare subsided.

Chang Fu even invited two old friends to gather over barbecue and beer.

"You’re living a rather relaxed life now, Old Chen."

"It’s manageable."

His leisure mostly comes from Tesla and NVIDIA’s surging stock performance.

With no financial pressures, how could he not live easy?

"You’re cruising, unlike Gao Hu, who spends all day doing livestream sales. Beats me why he’s bothering with that."

"Pointless or not, he still has to do it."

After a pause, Chen Pingsheng mentioned a big matter, "It looks like Mr. Pidai is about to face a major crisis. A lot of people who paid down payments might not get their houses."

"No way, isn’t he still riding high right now?"

"A surface illusion," Chen Pingsheng said. "I’ve received plenty of information about him actively transferring assets, trying to file for bankruptcy overseas to shove all his domestic debts onto society. If he pulls this off, he’ll surely be shunned by everyone."

Real estate developers are having a tough time nowadays, that’s a given.

But Mr. Pidai, whose debts have piled sky-high after years of prosperity, has come up with some cunning ideas recently.

What’s the plan?

Have Hengda file for overseas bankruptcy. If the bankruptcy is approved.

The company disappears, and the debt doesn’t fall on its operators.

Everything gets wiped clean.

Such an idea can only be described as ludicrous. If he succeeds, eight out of ten domestic developers might follow suit.

And then what?

Homebuyers emptying out three generations’ savings find the company bankrupt, the bank loans still need to be repaid, but their homes are gone.

If this happened in a gun-toting era of true equality, people would be taught a brutal lesson.

Shot till you learn.

The warning signs are already glaringly obvious, they’re just not erupting yet.

The moment it detonates, an economic earthquake is inevitable.

Keep in mind, this is one of the companies that have built the most homes in the country.

And the number of houses still undelivered alone totals at least a million units.

If trouble arises, how many will be left despairing and crying out?

Chang Fu wouldn’t have known about this matter had he not heard it from Chen.

"Old Chen, this could have massive implications, right?"

"Far bigger than you’d imagine. No private company could save it, and in the end, the whole society would have to pick up the pieces."

With debts running into trillions, even if you tied together the Xiangjiang Four Great Families, they’d struggle to find a solution.

Though Chen Pingsheng and Mr. Pidai were never friendly, he didn’t feel like mocking him now.

It’s mainly because the situation’s impact is far-reaching, the kind that sends chills just thinking about.

What ultimately becomes of Mr. Pidai, no one knows, and Chen didn’t bother guessing either.

The illness scare is merely a surface issue. The massive landmine buried beneath the real estate sector is the actual fuse that could drive the economy sharply downward.

For today, it’s just some casual chatter among friends. In his hometown, many people bought Hengda homes.

Those who’ve already received their homes are fine; for those who haven’t, trouble may be brewing.

If this thing explodes, the impact will be earthquake-level.

Chen Pingsheng finds it hard to predict what the aftermath would truly look like.

But when the dust settles, it’s usually the homebuyers who bear the brunt of the damage.

These people would likely end up as the unfortunate final scapegoats.

The real estate business these days—tough, indeed.