Vol. 1 - Ch. 31 - The Handyman

Upon hearing Li Han's words, the old slicker seemed somewhat relieved, "So that's it, you little..."As he spoke, the old slicker crossed his arms, "What? Do you need some professional advice from your uncle? I've been in the stock market for many years, and I have some insights..."

Insights on losing money? Li Han rolled his eyes secretly, but still continued smiling, "No, these stocks need to meet certain conditions to keep rising. In plain words, we need enough people to buy their stocks..."

"Oh... I see. So, we need to artificially push up their stock prices to give investors' confidence, right?" The old slicker suddenly realized, "And you still say you're not a stock manipulator?"

"How can this be considered as manipulating the market?" Li Han smiled bitterly, "We are just trying to boost the stock prices of these companies and the investors' confidence in them, so that these companies can raise more funds. As the saying goes, 'Even the smartest housewife can't cook without rice', even the most capable CEO needs funds, right? With funds, there will be performance, and the company's stock will naturally rise."

"Alright, no need to say anything more, Uncle understands!" The old man patted his chest and laughed, "So, you need to recruit a group of people to buy these stocks with you, right? Leave this to Uncle!"

"If you're worried, you can wait a little longer," Li Han added, "Although I've chosen all potential stocks, I will also pay close attention to their situation. For example, when the company has negative news, or when key core members are replaced, these special situations may affect their company's stock, and I will sell them in time..."

"Yes, of course." The old man nodded readily, "Give Uncle some time, and I promise to convince these fake old slickers."

You're also a fake old slicker... Li Han muttered in his heart, then smiled and asked, "Uncle, what's your name?"

"Oh, my name is Chen Jianjun." The uncle said, patting Li Han's shoulder, "And yours young man?"

"My name is Li Han." Li Han took out his phone, "Anyway, let's add each other on WeChat first?"

After exchanging contact information with the uncle, Li Han left the stock exchange with suppressed excitement. He had finally persuaded this old slicker to be his handyman! Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ NøvᴇlFirᴇ(.)nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of nøvels early and in the highest quality.

With the help of this old slicker, in the future, he could gather a bunch of stock investors to buy with him. The points provided by stocks and finance were enough for him to earn Big Data points, which made him feel great.

When Li Han returned to the Baizhe Cake Shop, it was already half past ten in the morning.

"I'm back!" As soon as he reached the door, Li Han shouted.

"You don't come to help when it's the busiest in the morning, you're such a..." Wang Man complained unhappily as she came out of the kitchen, but then she saw Li Han riding on an electric bike and was immediately surprised, "You bought an electric bike?!"

"Yeah." Li Han smiled proudly, "Although it's still a temporary license plate, since the regular license plate needs to be reviewed and will be issued after seven days."

Speaking of which, Li Han glanced at Wang Man, "By the way, what did you just say about me being a security guard?"

But before he could finish his sentence, Wang Man pounced on him, then lifted her beautiful leg and sat behind him excitedly, "Quick! Drive and let me experience it!"

"No problem! Hold on!" Li Han replied with a smile, and drove the electric bike onto the road.

And Li Jia stood in the shop, shaking her head with a motherly smile, "You two might as well get married on the spot."

"Don't go too far, just go around here!" Wang Man commanded from behind him, "Hehe, now you can help us deliver takeout in the future! Do you know how much money we can save by self-delivery?"

Feeling the soft touch from behind, Li Han was a bit distracted, "Can I handle it alone?"

"No problem! Our shop doesn't have that many orders, and the locations are very concentrated. Basically, the customers are all within one kilometer distance, it's very profitable, okay?" Wang Man excitedly patted his shoulder.

Her happiness was simply overflowing, and Li Han was amused by her, "You said you can laugh so happily on the back of an electric bike."

"Electric bikes are quite good, no need for a driver's license." Wang Man said cheerfully.

"Some women would rather cry in a luxury car than laugh on the back of an electric bike." Li Han sighed.

"Then they deserve to cry," Wang Man said irritably, "Alright, alright, let's go back. Jiajia can't handle everything alone."

Li Han found Wang Man to be incredibly adorable in this respect, a simple electric bike could make her so happy.

"So why am I working so hard to earn so much money?" Looking at the smile on Wang Man's face, Li Han couldn't help but mock himself.

However, just in case, the money earned could always be put to good use.

After buying the electric bike, because changing the shop's status from dedicated delivery to self-delivery required a period of review, Li Han didn't need to deliver takeout for the time being. But in fact, their shop didn't have many takeout orders, at most twenty or so a day.

Seeing that it was almost noon and time for lunch, Li Han took out his phone, "What do you guys want to eat? I'll order it for you."

"I brought food." Wang Man said with a smile, "I made it myself, want to try?"

"Wang Man's cooking is delicious, I mooch off her every day." Li Jia added.

"If I eat yours, what will you two eat?" Li Han was a bit hesitant, "I'll order another takeout, let's mix and eat."

So, Wang Man heated up the food she brought in the microwave, and Li Han ordered a roast chicken. The three of them sat in a circle in the kitchen, and Wang Man also opened her lunch box.

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes, stir-fried pork with green peppers, braised pork, and stir-fried cucumber with ham sausage, these four dishes plus a full box of rice.

Li Han didn't stand on ceremony and first picked up a piece of braised pork to eat. The fatty part of the meat melted as soon as it entered his mouth, but it wasn't greasy at all. The lean meat underneath crumbled with a light bite. The taste was just right, a perfect balance of salty and sweet, and one could taste a hint of star anise and bay leaf.

With this piece of fatty meat and a mouthful of rice, Li Han was immediately intoxicated and closed his eyes; this is too appetizing...

Then Li Han tasted the scrambled eggs with tomatoes. Because it was already made in the morning, the soup of the scrambled eggs with tomatoes had soaked into the rice. The perfect balance of sour, sweet, and salty made people sigh, indeed, scrambled eggs with tomatoes over rice is the best.

Next was the stir-fried pork with green peppers. Li Han originally didn't like eating green peppers, but the green peppers in this stir-fried pork with green peppers were already very soft, and the soup of the meat had completely soaked into the green peppers. Plus the final stir-fried cucumber with ham sausage balanced all these flavors...

"Oh no, I ate more than half a bowl without realizing it..." Li Han came back to his senses, covering his mouth and muttering to himself, "Sorry!"

"If you like it, eat more." Wang Man said with a smile, "If you like it, I'll make more in the future and bring it to eat together. But you have to give me a meal fee every month, okay? Three hundred a month."

"Wouldn't three hundred be a loss?" Li Han asked doubtfully.

"I'll charge you the cost price." Wang Man laughed cheerfully, "As long as you lend the electric bike to me when you're not using it, I can drive home faster than taking the subway. And with an electric bike, I can run several markets in the morning and buy all their discounted goods!"

Her triumphant expression made Li Han want to laugh, "No problem, I get home faster by subway than by electric bike anyways."