Back at the hospital, Li Qiyu asked Xiao Wu if Song Yian had any other properties. Xiao Wu said he didn't know.
Li Qiyu came to her senses and remembered that Xiao Wu was sent by Old Man Song. Song Yian hadn't initially intended to inherit Old Man Song's property, so he must have been on guard against Old Man Song's people. So she called Wang Shu.
Sure enough, Wang Shu knew a lot more than Xiao Wu.
On the phone, Wang Shu looked shocked. At first, he didn't want to expose Song Yian's personal secrets. But after learning from Li Juan, who interrupted, that Song Yian was now bed - ridden, he frowned and began to think seriously.
"I don't know everything clearly. Old Song was so afraid of being poor and lacked a sense of security. So his investments were very scattered, here and there. But he had an excellent eye and basically made profits on all of them. Besides the hotel, he also seemed to have invested in real estate. Oh, he's also a major shareholder in XX Music Company." As Wang Shu was thinking, Li Juan took out a pen and paper to write it down, while Li Qiyu started counting on her fingers.
Just the companies that Song Yian fully owned or held a major stake in numbered five. Among them were listed companies like the hotel, and also small enterprises that developed steadily and had good returns.
Li Qiyu felt her mind was not enough to handle all this. After Wang Shu finished listing, he added another sentence.
"We privately call Old Song the money - spreading boy. He loves investing. Whenever he sees a good project idea, he wants to invest. So although there wasn't much cash in his account, he actually had quite a few external assets. As for the names of those companies he invested in just for fun, I'm not very clear. I reckon Old Song himself might not be clear about them either."
Li Qiyu: "..."
After hanging up the phone, Li Qiyu sat on the stairs without saying a word for a long time. She and Li Juan had come to the stairwell to find a quiet place to make the call. There were no stools in the stairwell. At this moment, completely stunned by the news, Li Qiyu didn't care about that and just sat down on the stairs.
Li Juan held the shorthand notebook, looking very embarrassed.
"Um... Madam... what should we do now?"
Counting Song's and Li's Film Industry, there were already seven known companies. It was hard to imagine how Mr. Song had managed all these companies. Just hearing about them made one's head ache.
Li Qiyu grabbed her hair. When she looked up again, her eyes were filled with collapse.
"Is he a rabbit? Is he a rabbit in the Chinese zodiac? Even a crafty rabbit only has three burrows. How many does he have?"
Li Juan licked her dry lips and tried to persuade Li Qiyu.
"Um... Madam, this is the property Mr. Song left for you. You can just take this as a surprise."
"One or two are surprises, three or four are scares, five or six..." Li Qiyu didn't want to say more. She even wanted to rush into the ward right now and wake Song Yian up.
Let whoever wants to clean up this mess do it.
Seeing Li Qiyu was extremely collapsed, Li Juan could only silently close the notebook and persuade her, "Madam, the most urgent thing now is to deal with Song Yunsheng and Song's. This is the most pressing matter. Li Juan and I have worked with Mr. Song for many years and know his ability well. Most of his industries, like the hotel, should be able to operate independently. There won't be any problems in the short term."
Of course, all of this was based on the premise that Song Yian could wake up.
If he couldn't wake up, all these things would be Li Qiyu's responsibility.
Although more money was a good thing, for so many companies, even if they were all sold, it would take three to five years to settle the accounts.
So it was understandable that Li Qiyu was collapsed.
Li Qiyu wasn't afraid of Song Yunsheng, but faced with so many companies, she had to back down. She looked up at Li Juan and asked pitifully, "Can I just not want all these companies?"
Li Juan advised, "Then wouldn't Mr. Song's painstaking efforts be in vain?"
Li Qiyu felt powerless. She cursed Song Yian, the "rabbit" who dug holes everywhere and hid things, in her heart thousands of times.
At this moment, Zhou Donglin in Song Yians's dream sneezed.
He opened the window and saw that it was snowing.
This winter was colder than usual. In previous years, people were still wearing thin shirts at this time, but now it was already snowing.
Not only the weather was cold, but also the court had been very quiet recently. Every time Prime Minister Zhou came back from the court, he would shake his head and sigh, saying, "It's hard to fathom the emperor's mind."
"Dad, what's wrong?"
Facing his son, Prime Minister Zhou didn't have anything to hide. He directly told him the situation in the court.
"His Majesty has been favoring Concubine Xiang recently. In the court, he has promoted Concubine Xiang's brother to be a general, trying to rival General Li. Other ministers, guessing the emperor's intention, have started to suppress General Li. General Li has had a hard time recently."
Zhou Donglin didn't understand. "The Li family has been loyal for generations. Now that the enemy is invading, His Majesty should value General Li more. Why...?"
Prime Minister Zhou sighed and said, "The tall tree catches the wind. Old Li shouldn't have married his daughter to the emperor. The queen is loyal, but unfortunately she is too straightforward and doesn't understand the sinister nature of human relationships. Her position as the queen may not last long."
Zhou Donglin understood what his father meant, but he felt uncomfortable when he heard his father belittling Li Qiyu when talking about the court situation. He said indignantly, "Dad, look at what you're saying. Is loyalty and kindness a flaw? Does everyone have to be hypocritical?"
This son always got stubborn when it came to Li Qiyu. Over the years, Prime Minister Zhou had gotten used to it. He chose to avoid his son's edge. "I won't talk to you. You're just obsessed."
With that, he was about to leave.
But Zhou Donglin just wouldn't let him. He blocked Prime Minister Zhou. "Dad, you have to apologize."
"Apologize?"
"Yes, apologize to the queen."
Prime Minister Zhou was cornered by his son and could only say very perfunctorily, "Okay, okay, I apologize. I shouldn't have slandered the queen."
He suddenly thought that it was really the right decision to stop this son from going into the officialdom. If Zhou Donglin entered the officialdom, he would definitely have the same temper as the queen. He would be calculated by others and still help them count the money.
Just as Prime Minister Zhou was thinking this, Zhou Donglin brought up this matter.
"Dad, I'm the new champion of the imperial examination. Why did you ask the emperor to send me so far away?"
Zhou Donglin took the imperial examination behind his father's back and became the champion. He thought he could enter the officialdom, but he didn't expect that his father had out - planned him!