Chapter 533: Chapter 201: Zelin, Did You and Shiqing Get to Second Base? (Part 2)

He added, "If there’s no money, at least there’s a life!"

"Dad, listen to you talking like money is the only thing between us father and son. Does that make any sense?"

The rascal first tried to appeal with familial sentiment, but Old Su remained unmoved.

If this little brat isn’t here to talk about something related to money, I, Su Jianjun, will write my name backwards!

Sure enough, soon Su Zelin revealed his ulterior motives.

"Dad, let’s get broadband!"

"Get broadband?"

Su Jianjun was slightly taken aback.

"Yeah, Dad, you also go to internet cafes, and the internet fees are expensive, three yuan an hour!"

"Here’s the deal: I’ll provide the computer, and you cover the internet fees. How about that?"

Su Zelin proposed.

There’s already a computer at home.

He managed to get an extra one from New Era during the holidays.

Since he is in the digital business, it’s not right to have no computer at home.

But due to the absence of installed broadband, it usually just sits at home playing single-player games.

"That could work!"

Su Jianjun was a bit tempted, but he felt there might be a catch.

The key issue was exactly how much the internet fee would be, so he asked, "How much does it cost to get broadband?"

"Not much, just three to four hundred!"

"Three to four hundred, that’s manageable!"

"Each month!"

The rascal sipped his tea and added.

You can’t rely on misleading in business; it needs to be done in a straightforward and open manner.

"Each month?"

Su Jianjun jumped up like an old fox whose tail had been stepped on.

"Doesn’t that come to a few thousand a year? That’s too expensive, not gonna do it!"

He didn’t mind a few hundred, but a few thousand seemed too unreasonable.

"Dad, can’t you do the math even a little?" Su Zelin shook his head and sighed, "At the internet café, three yuan an hour comes to seventy-two a day, which is almost two thousand two hundred a month!"

Su Jianjun rolled his eyes, "I’m not online twenty-four hours a day, it averages out to about an hour a day, so a hundred a month is enough!"

"Ha, Dad, ever think about why you average only about an hour online every day?"

"Because I’m a self-disciplined, mature man!"

"Oh, come on, it’s because Mom won’t let you!"

The rascal sneered, revealing the truth and making Old Su a bit embarrassed.

Su Zelin inherited this love for novelty from him. Once Su Jianjun got into the internet, it was like he’d opened the door to a new world, and clearly, an hour of internet a day wasn’t enough.

"Do you know why Mom doesn’t allow you to stay online outside for long? One, she hopes you stay home to keep her company, and two, she thinks the internet café fees are too expensive!"

"But if you get broadband at home, that’s a different story."

"If you’re home, Mom sees you, so she feels reassured, and with a fixed monthly broadband fee, if you tell her not surfing much online is a waste, she won’t control your online time, as long as you don’t get too obsessed."

"Dad, spending a bit more money is true, but spending is proportional to the experience!"

"Being online at home is so comfortable, no need to run to and from the internet café, and you won’t have Mom nagging or controlling your time. Any free moment, you can surf as you wish, isn’t it worth an extra two or three hundred a month?"

Su Zelin earnestly analyzed the pros and cons.

Su Jianjun was persuaded.

Unlike Su Zelin, the middle-aged man doesn’t like hanging out with buddies in internet cafes, and none of Su Jianjun’s friends go online, so without company, internet cafes aren’t that fun.

Plus, every time he goes online for a bit, the tigress calls to urge him, it’s not enjoyable.

Seeing that Su Jianjun was already wavering, Su Zelin struck while the iron was hot.

"Dad, you got a great deal here, my computer is worth over ten thousand!"

The rascal directly doubled the price; after all, Old Su had no idea about the computer market.

In fact, it was just a mid-range machine, about five thousand, which was certainly enough for playing CS, not to mention surfing the web.

That’s about a year’s worth of internet fees.

Of course, the internet fee will soon come down.

But no matter how you look at it, exchanging a computer for the long-term control of household internet fees from Dad was undoubtedly a pretty good deal.

"Dad, when I go to school later, isn’t that computer yours to use? I’ll only play during winter and summer breaks, so the rest of the time it’s all yours. So wouldn’t it be unreasonable for me to cover the internet fees?"

Su Zelin had a very sound argument.

Su Jianjun nodded.

This rascal’s proposal was quite honest.

Could it be that after always getting me into fixes, he finally had a change of heart?

Without thinking too long, Old Su made a decision.

"Alright then, it’s settled. You can’t take the computer away after the holidays!"

He was just afraid that Su Zelin might pull the rug out from under him.

"Dad, don’t worry, my school already has a computer. Why would I need so many PCs, play one with each hand?"

Su Zelin laughed.

Seems like Dad was truly getting taken advantage of to the point of being jumpy.

Su Jianjun continued, "But this is only my approval; you still have to persuade your mom!"

This daunting task, he feared he couldn’t accomplish it.

The last time about buying a car, it was also relying on his son to persuade the tigress.

"Leave it to me!"

Su Zelin patted his chest and guaranteed.

"I’m off to find Mom now!"

He quickly ran downstairs.

Without any surprises, Mom must be enjoying the cool breeze at the alley corner, chatting big with the neighbors.

The New Era ad aired on Zhejiang Province TV, Zhao Lixia was incredibly proud, telling everyone how her son’s company appeared on TV, loving it all the while.