181: Birthday Party

Wang Cheng soon received a call from Yuan Xia, whose voice was full of vigor and vitality. Obviously, Yuan Xia wanted to say a lot. Who knew what Jiang Xuan had said to him, but Yuan Xia said that he was not going to adopt a child. His doubts were quickly answered. "Test tube baby?"

Wang Cheng was no stranger to those three words. Nowadays, the development of science and technology far surpassed what it was ten years ago. Scientists who researched IVF had also made greater achievements in this regard. He remembered seeing such topics on TV two or three years ago.

Yuan Xia was ecstatic. "Jiang Xuan said that instead of adopting a child, it would be better to have a test tube baby, have a child who is related to us by blood."

"But, can two men also have a test tube baby?" Wang Cheng felt that although he didn't know much about this research, it was impossible not to know that babies could only be cultivated by the combination of sperm and eggs. The sperm of two men ...... Did this technology exist now?!!

"I'm not very clear about this, but Jiang Xuan said that there is a chance. He won't be able to tell me the specific situation until it’s for sure."

Although it sounded a bit outrageous, Wang Cheng was happy that Yuan Xia had already untied his heart knot. He hoped that he could achieve his wish.

When David went out to work, Chu Yifeng had to open the door himself to get the courier brought by the security guard. When he returned, he saw Wang Cheng with his hand under his chin, displaying a dazed expression.

Hearing the sounds of unpacking, Wang Cheng saw Chu Yifeng, and turned towards him to sit cross-legged. "I want to ask you something."

"Say it."

"Is the IVF technology mature now?"

When Chu Yifeng heard his words, he stopped and looked him up and down. "Want?"

Wang Cheng gave him a blank look. "It's Yuan Xia. He has always wanted a child. He just told me about IVF. I’ve only heard of men and women, never men and men. I don’t know much about if it works, so I’m asking you. "

"The research of test tube babies should already be mature now. Many rich people who don’t have children will choose test tube babies. I’ve also heard of those who don’t have money doing it. As for men and men, I haven’t heard of it. Even if they can, it's still quite appalling, so it probably wouldn’t be out in the open."

In other words, it was still possible!

Chu Yifeng calmly added: "If you want to do it someday, you can tell me."

Wang Cheng was so stunned, he almost choked on his own saliva. Although he was also worried about the future generations, he still didn’t think about it too much. The scene of his second cousin's son crying was still vivid, but ... Wang Cheng’s unwilling eyes turned towards Chu Yifeng, "Boss Chu, someday, if you want to do it, you can also tell me."

If they were all men, then there was no need to care about who did it, right?

Chu Yifeng smiled and said nothing about it, but his smile seemed to hold a certain victory. Wang Cheng felt uncomfortable and ignored him.

Today, Mother Zheng went to the Zhou family mansion to personally tell Zhou Shichang about Wang Cheng's consent to being surnamed Zhou. The father and daughter had a discussion and decided to host a birthday party on the day of Wang Cheng’s birthday.

Wang Cheng’s previous birthday was in the first month. Because they didn’t know his original birth date, Papa Wang and Mama Wang regarded the day they picked him up as his birthday. Wang Cheng’s real birthday was on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, which was the Laba Festival [T/N: January 20th].

When Mother Zheng told Wang Cheng about this, Wang Cheng was a little bit surprised. This progress was too fast. He thought that he would just recognize relatives first, but they would announce it so soon?

"It's not too early. It's been a few days since you returned to the Zheng house. It's better for you to announce it earlier." Chu Yifeng saw through him.

"But you see what my mother and grandfather mean? They seem to want me to work in the Zhou Group." Wang Cheng came back to admit his relatives and didn't want their property. Although he also felt that money was almighty, as long as enough money was spent, it didn’t matter if you had more or less money.

Chu Yifeng said comfortably: "From the moment you decided to be Zhou Cheng, you were destined to be involved with the Zhou Group. The Zhou Group's status in the business world is higher than you think. There are many people who are watching it, but your grandfather can never watch it fall into the hands of outsiders. Don't look at him on the surface, in fact, he is more anxious than anyone else."

"Listening to you, you seem to know that my grandfather would not hand over the Zhou Group to my aunt? Why is this?" Wang Cheng didn't know much about these complicated situations. If he hadn’t shown up yet, and his grandpa wanted to save the Zhou Group from outsiders, he could only choose from his aunt's family. No matter how bad his aunt and Zhao Chenlin were, the blood of the Zhou family was also flowing in their bodies.

"Although your grandfather developed the Zhou Group with his own hands, the forces within have long been intricate. It’s more than your aunt who wants the Zhou Group."

"Do you mean, my aunt may join forces with other shareholders?"

Chu Yifeng took a piece of information from the coffee table and handed it to him, "It is not ‘may’, but it must be. Your grandfather was a fierce man when he was young. He was used to holding everything in his own hands; he will not easily delegate power when he is old. This is information about the Zhou Group, you can take a look."

The main industry of the Zhou Group was the hotel industry. The hotels under its name spread all over the country, and there were also many five-star hotels with a market value that already exceeded tens of billions.

The fact that the Zhou Group got this far was inseparable from Zhou Shichang's methods. He didn’t delegate power, so the people below him were always suppressed by him, let alone topple him down. Because he held the majority shares of the group: 51%. They may not exceed him even if all the other shareholders were united. Some shareholders held shares but never participated in the shareholders' meeting. No one knew who they were, so the number of truly gathered shares would never exceed 100%. The information provided by Chu Yifeng was relatively complete. Wang Cheng turned over a few pages. In addition to listing some of the industries involved in the Zhou Group, the important shareholders were also listed one by one, and even their interpersonal relationships were slightly mentioned. In addition, he also held the names of staff in important positions in the Zhou Group.

Wang Cheng turned it over and lamented, "When did you start to collate this information?"

“From the time you returned to the Zheng house."

In other words, before he returned to the Zhou house to meet his grandfather, Chu Yifeng had expected that he might go to the Zhou house, and helped him collect this information in advance?

Wang Cheng couldn't tell if he was moved or something else, but he believed that he was mostly moved. Just when he wanted to say a few sensational words to Chu Yifeng, David's aggrieved face suddenly passed into his gaze, his eyes drifting from time to time to the information in his hand as if he was complaining about something. Wang Cheng drew up the corner of his mouth, thinking that he might understand David's meaning.

When Chu Yifeng saw him with such a weird expression, he turned back and saw David standing in the courtyard and looking in through the window across them. He narrowed his eyes immediately.

[T/N: What’s happening is probably that Wang Cheng was moved by Chu Yifeng’s hard work, then saw David’s sad expression and realized it was most likely all David’s hard work.]

David was startled and flashed away quickly.

Wang Cheng was not so moved anymore. He sat cross-legged and prepared to digest this information.

Mother Zheng was solely responsible for the birthday banquet. She wanted to organize the banquet, the invitations, and so on, herself. Mother Zheng had not been so happy and busy for a long time. Father Zheng left her to toss. Slowly In your circle, it started to spread that the Zhou family would hold a birthday party.

Although the Zheng family and the Zhou family had acknowledged him, they did not announce it to the public. So, only a small number of insiders were informed. As the news spread, most people guessed who the host of the birthday party was in the Zhou family. The Zhou grandson’s birthday was long over. As for other people, the affairs of the Zhou Group was not a big secret. Even if they held birthday banquets for juniors, it had not been so grand in previous years.

Mother Zheng then handed over the prepared guest list to Elder Zhou. The list invited all those in the Imperial Capital who had clear-cut characters. Due to the Zheng family, there were also a lot of guests from the political circle. As long as they were ranked at the top of the Imperial Capital, they would not fail to be invited.

Elder Zhou was very satisfied after seeing it, and let Mother Zheng take care of it. He always thought that his daughter had immersed herself in a depressing world because Wang Cheng disappeared as a child, and did not contact the outside world. After reading this list today, he was relieved. After all, she was his most beloved daughter.

After getting the affirmation, Mother Zheng showed the list to Father Zheng and Zheng Jingen, and they added several people's names to it. Then, they were very satisfied.

"No problem, I'll get it now."

Zheng Jingen stopped her quickly, "Mom, remember to talk it over with Chengcheng."

"Should this kind of thing still need to be said by you?" Mother Zheng smiled at him nobly, her smug attitude quite obvious.

Father Zheng smiled and patted his eldest son on the shoulder. "Your mother's focus is now on your younger brother. As long as it is related to your younger brother, she will not forget it."

Zheng Jingen shrugged his shoulders, but said with a smile in his eyes, "Since Chengcheng has been found, we don’t seem to be in Mom’s eyes anymore."

"I think you're laughing in your heart." How could Father Zheng not know his elder son’s heart after all these years?.

Before Wang Cheng came back, Mother Zheng's world revolved around Zheng Jingen. It was okay when he was a kid, but after all, he still needed space when he grew up. Zheng Jingen was helpless in many cases, but he couldn’t say it. Now that Wang Cheng was back, he had it easy. Even Zheng Jingxue had joked about it, saying that the reason why he was so active in finding their second brother was to avoid the urgent stares of their mother.

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