One of the signs of aging is a fondness for gold.
Among the Kang Family members present, the youngest Kang Zhichao was soon to turn fifty, so gold still held considerable appeal for everyone.
Of course, it wasn’t just because of their age, gold sometimes gives a sense of security more than money.
Hence the saying, “In times of prosperity collect art, in times of chaos hoard gold.”
The current global environment was indeed unstable, causing gold prices to soar. Thus, when they saw the eight gold bars in the safe, everyone present was naturally shocked.
Gifting gold bars as a birthday present was too much of a shock for the ordinary members of the Kang Family.
Old Master Kang himself was so surprised that his beard quivered, “Yang, are all these gold bars for me?”
“Yes!”
Yang Hao smiled and nodded, “Everyone else gives red packets, I decided not to give one.”
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“Good!!”
Kang Jingchun couldn’t even hide his excitement, uttering ‘good’ twice, then his eyes were fixed on the gold bars and couldn’t be moved away.
“Yang, you’re really going all out!”
“Yang, you’ve really opened my eyes!”
“They say Yang is a billionaire for a reason!”
Kang Huimin, Kang Huifen and others sighed, but everyone’s eyes were still on the eight gold bars; if Yang Hao hadn’t been there, they would surely have rushed up to take a closer look.
Investment gold bars from banks weren’t uncommon; for instance, Kang Huimin’s house had two 50g bars.
However, those two bars of hers had been hard to accumulate, and they were only 50g each. Now the gold bars Yang Hao had given were 200g each, and he had offered eight of them all at once.
Kang Huimin quickly made a mental calculation, and based on the current gold price, these eight gold bars were already worth over a million.
Before Yang Hao’s arrival, Kang Huimin had been thinking about clinging to his coattails, but whether it could succeed or not, she wasn’t sure.
Additionally, although the internet claimed Yang Hao was worth several billion, those were just rumors, and Kang Huimin wasn’t certain about the actual figure.
As the saying goes, “Hearing is false, seeing is believing.”
A birthday gift from Yang Hao worth over a million, his billionaire status was confirmed completely!
Kang Huimin was even more determined to latch onto this opportunity.
The appearance of the eight gold bars also severely stirred the nerves of Kang Zhichao and Wang Huixin.
As the youngest son and daughter-in-law of Old Master Kang, they naturally assumed they were closest to the eight gold bars.
After all, by tradition, Old Master Kang’s estate would be inherited by his sons, and he had two sons.
The elder son, Kang Zhifei.
The younger son, Kang Zhichao.
Kang Zhifei, being a businessman, was worth tens of millions.
Among these siblings, he was the most successful; due to being busy with his business, he would only arrive in Xiangyang tomorrow.
However, Kang Zhifei was the one who had covered all the expenses for their father’s birthday banquet, making him the most contributing child.
Indeed, the eightieth birthday celebration of Old Master Kang was also arranged by him, but as the eldest son, taking care of such matters was to be expected.
Because Kang Zhifei wasn’t short of money, he had mentioned during a drinking session with his younger brother Kang Zhichao that he didn’t want a penny from their father.
The day their old man passed away, if he decided to leave his estate to his two sons, Kang Zhifei would voluntarily give up his share.
Therefore, Kang Zhichao felt that the eight gold bars would most likely end up in his hands.
But when his elder brother Kang Zhifei had said this, Old Master Kang had no significant assets, just this old residential building and a modest amount of savings.
But now things were different.
Just the birthday gift from Yang Hao was worth over a million, even for Kang Zhifei who was worth tens of millions, this was not a small amount of money.
After all, Kang Zhifei’s wealth included real estate, and if asked to extract a couple hundred thousand in cash, it would probably be quite difficult.
“Eight gold bars, that’s over a million.”
“We need to keep an eye on these gold bars!”
Wang Huixin stared at the gold bars for a while, then leaned close to her husband, whispering in his ear.
Kang Zhichao nodded, “I know, no need to tell me!”
“Look at your second and fourth sisters, they are staring too hard.”
“We need to be cautious around them, lest the old man in his confusion decides to split these gold bars equally!”
Wang Huixin muttered under her breath again.
“No way.”
Kang Zhichao gently shook his head, feeling that he understood Old Master Kang fairly well; the old man was traditional and most likely would leave his wealth to his sons.
Everyone had their own schemes; the eight gold bars truly tested human nature.
However, Li Manshu was not too surprised, nor did her face show much fluctuation of emotions.
She probably knew about Yang Hao’s current net worth; to him, eight gold bars were truly just a small gesture.
For Li Manshu, seeing Yang Hao giving away gold bars like this was not surprising at all.
Her ex-husband’s status had changed dramatically; not to mention other expenditures, just the soft furnishings in Star Cloud Bay cost millions for a few beds and mattresses alone!
Spending over a million on a birthday visit was nothing unusual for him.
But the more she thought about these things, the more uncomfortable Li Manshu felt inside, regretting not slapping herself hard for not cherishing her wealthy life and becoming an ex-wife, living miserably!
Li Manshu gently patted the back of Xixi, who was sleeping soundly; her daughter was indeed very fortunate, living in Rome at such a young age!