Chapter 405 Why Isn''t This Happening As Scripted
The past three years had been precisely the busiest period Julian Shaw had experienced.
He was slowly letting go of Lanyard Construction and selling off all sorts of fixed assets. Other than
the estate in Ningcheng City, the estates in other cities had all been concentrated back by him in
exchange for cash he could spend on other types of investments.
Had Lanyard Construction not been founded by Mr. Shaw and been considered memorabilia, he
would not even have wanted to keep the estate in Ningcheng City.
The changes in the business market were too tremendous. The real estate industry that had
profited the most in the past was not profiting as much three yearster.
Out of the top 10 tycoons in Canada previously, five of them had been involved in the real estate
business. Now, only one of them was left and he rankedst.
Due to Julian’s timely turn over to fund StarTech Co. and following the leap in the electronic industry
in addition to his precise investment vision, he was still firmly upying the position of the
wealthiest man.
StarTech Co. had prepared its own homebrand StarTech for the past few years, which focused
specifically on producing all sorts of electronic products. They had already marketed the second
generation of StarTech products that included sales overseas.
Thepany had been especially sessfulst year due to Jacob Shelby’s effort. There had
been a breakthrough in SL System’s advancement that had allowed it to surpass the DC System by
far. This had opened up international market opportunities for it. N o otherpany in the world
was capable of matching StarTech when it entered the limelight during these years.
Behind the tremendous expansion were naturally Julian, Seth Leeds, and Jacob’s hard work and
effort.
After the reformation of StarTech Co, Julian was appointed as CEO in charge of nning the
company’s strategies, Seth was appointed as the operations director in charge of running
production operations, while Jacob was in charge of improving the technology.
Each of them held 20% of thepany''s shares, which added up to a total of 60%, while the
remaining 40% share was channeled out for financing purposes.
However, thepany''s biggest shareholder... was Susan Shelby!
Julian''s share of thepany was under Susan''s name, while Jacob forcefully gave Susan his
share as a gift.
Susan had not done anything yet she had ended up being the biggest boss of thepany.
She felt very frustrated about this too.
It was fine that she had Julian''s share because there was no need for them to split everything so
clearly.
Jacob had also given her his patent dividend previously and had now given her his share of the
company too. Susan was always looking for an opportunity to return it to Jacob, yet as soon as she
brought up this topic, Jacob''s expression would turn cold and there would be nothing Susan could
do to convince him.
It was good that no outsider was aware of the fact that Susan was the main shareholder of the
company.
Otherwise, Julian might not necessarily triumph over Susan to be the wealthiest person in
Canada.
"Daddy is noting back, huh?" Chesney Shaw’s dejected voice pulled Susan back from her
emotional train of thought.
Susan looked at Chesney piteously and said softly, "Be good, Chesney. Daddy ising back
later."
"So... Will daddy still read me bedtime stories today?" Chesney looked at Susan piteously.
"Of course," answered Susan.
Chesney was delighted.
Susan kept her daughterpany during dinner. In the beginning, Chesney kept fussing about
waiting for Julian''s return. It was only after 10 o''clock that she was not able to stand it anymore. She
washed up and got into bed before falling asleep.
Susan noticed that Chesney was sound asleep and covered her with a nket before getting ready
to leave.
Then, a deep voice was heard.
"Is Chessie asleep?"
When Susan looked up and saw Julian, she could not help chuckling. "She just fell asleep."
"I had to sit in for an emergency video conference from overseas today, so I got home a littlete.
Sorry." Guilt shed past Julian''s eyes involuntarily.
"It''s fine with me, but our child Chessie has been constantly nagging about you telling her bedtime
stories," said Susan softly.
Julian made his way to the bedside and looked at his sleeping daughter. His expression rxed.
He stood there for a while before Chesney seemed to sense something. She opened her eyes at
once.
"Daddy." Chesney''s eyes lit up at once when she saw Julian. "You''re back, daddy."
"Are you awake?" Julian could not help smiling.
"Hmm. I want to listen to bedtime stories." Chesney jumped for joy at once.
"Sure, I’ll read you one." Julian pulled out arge pile o f storybooks. "Which one would you like to
listen to today?"
"This one." Chesney pointed to a book joyously.
Julian flipped open the book and began reading slowly and leisurely.
His voice was deep and rich with attractiveness. Chesney leaned in his arms and listened to the
story i n content.
"A daughter is her father''s lover from a past life. I suddenly feel that my presence is very redundant
here." Susan heaved a sigh.
"It''s not redundant, it''s not redundant. Mommy is the best." Chesney giggled, walked over, and gave
Susan’s cheek a heavy kiss.
Susan could not help smiling. "Alright, get back into bed, or you’ll get cold."
Chesney let her parents tuck her into a ball. Then, she suddenly remembered something and pulled
a pouch from under her pillow.
"Daddy, I''d like to ask how much you make in a day." Chesney looked at Julian piteously.
A few days ago, a little friend of hers had told her a story in kindergarten.
That little friend had told her that his father was very busy too and did not have time to keep him
company every day. As a result, he had collected a year’s worth o f allowance and then asked his
father, "Father, how much do you make in a day?"
His father had said, "About 10,000 a day? Why?”
The little friend''s allowance had been a little more than 10,000 in total. Thus, he had said, "Then I
shall give you 10,000, daddy. Will you please keep mepany for a day?"
The little friend had told her that upon hearing that, his father had applied for leave and spent a day
ying with him!
Chesney had thought about it and remembered that she had over 3,000,000 on hand, so she
wondered if she could buy her father''s time for a few days.
Feeling wonderful hope, Chesney waited for Julian''s answer eagerly.
Julian was stunned for a moment before he said casually, "How much do I make in a day? A few
hundred million, I guess."
A few hundred million?
Chesney was stunned at once. "How many zeroes are there in a few hundred million?"
"Eight zeroes," said Julian patiently.
How many zeroes were there in 1,000,000?
Six zeros?
How long did she have to collect money just to umte 100 million?
Chesney''s heart was racing.
Boohoo... That was not in the script, right?
Chesney suddenly felt upset and bawled aloud.
''My daughter cries at will. What should I do? I shall wait for an answer on the line. It''s rather urgent.''
Julian and Susan hastily pacified their daughter.
They appeased her for a long while before Chesney finally told them the cause of themotion in
a stuttering voice.
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Upon hearing that, Julian found it amusing yet touching. He made a promise to keep Chesney
company more from now on, only then managing to stop his daughter''s tears.
They put their daughter to sleep once again and then Julian and Susan left the room with gentle
movements.
"It''s true that I''ve been a little busy this month." Julian wrapped his arms around Susan and said
guiltily, "I haven''t spent as much time with you and Chessie."
Susan chuckled and said, "Thepany is so busy. It''s already great enough that you can still
come home every day."
Julian did not speak but he gave Susan''s head a soft kiss. There were ineffablyplicated
emotions in his voice when he said, "Susie, three years have passed."