Back To The 80s: President's Doted Wife novel Chapter 198

Chapter 198: Chapter 198: Please Dive into Business

Responding to Cheng Su’s invitation, Old Zhou and his wife visited Cheng Su’s home the following evening for a casual chat.

Cheng Su sliced some watermelon, prepared some fine Pu’er tea, and put out a plate of fried peanuts and sunflower seeds, while they all gathered around the small tea table to talk.

"What are your plans for the future? You’ve got your house allotted to you, so you can continue living there even if you retire from the military, right?" Cheng Su asked.

Sister-in-law Zhou looked at her husband and said, "It’s up to him. Our Xiao Dong will graduate from university in two years. He’s currently boarding at school. If we don’t go back to our hometown soon, we might as well stay here a little longer."

Old Zhou’s hometown was in Shandong, and their son, Zhou Xiaodong, was attending university in a neighboring city.

"Will you be able to adjust to life back home?" Qi Taiguo looked at Old Zhou and suggested, "Why not pull some strings and find something to do here?"

"No worries, it’s also fine to rest for a while before deciding." Old Zhou seemed quite open-minded. "Nowadays, it’s not easy to pull strings. Obligations are heavier than mountains, and it’s not easy."

Sister-in-law Zhou bit her tongue and, seeing her husband didn’t speak, she swallowed her words.

Cheng Su cracked a couple of seeds and, hearing this, looked up at Old Zhou and suggested, "Commander Zhou, why don’t you consider ’going into business’ yourself?"

"Going into business?" Everyone turned to look at her.

Cheng Su nodded and explained, "Grandpa Xiao Ping is currently pushing for economic reform and opening up, isn’t he? It’s a good opportunity to ’go into business’ now, and who knows, you might make a big success of it."

Take, for example, one of Cheng Su’s customers, who came from the Air Force, later went into politics, and after some years, took up a CEO position in a business, only to return to a leadership role in a government agency.

What mattered most now was that Old Zhou’s family could build up a business; whether or not to enter politics in the future was something they could decide later.

And going into business now was undoubtedly an excellent opportunity.

"Listening to my sister-in-law, it does sound quite appealing," Old Zhou pondered for a moment and said, "But I’ve always been in the military, and I know nothing about doing business. I’m afraid I might mess it up."

"Who is born knowing everything? A baby doesn’t start speaking as soon as it’s born, does it? To start a business, everyone has to struggle and learn. Making it big is not easy, you may take losses, be taken advantage of, even go bankrupt. But if you’re afraid, you’ll never accomplish anything. It’s all about whether you dare to take the risk or not," Cheng Su chuckled.