In Ode to Joy, there are two ruthless characters: one is Lucy, who is cold and ruthless on the surface, and the other is Zhu Zhe, who is thick-skinned and black-hearted.

Chen Cheng could be said to openly admire Zhu Zhe.

She is beautiful, but she usually has no time, energy, or spare money to maintain or groom herself, so she looks a bit weathered.

Yu Chuhui is a mechanical automation engineer. She is very smart, and her sharp tongue often leaves her roommate, the sanctimonious He Minhong, speechless.

Her background is not great; her father is a piece of trash who is idle and beats his wife. Mother Yu has even developed Stockholm syndrome from being beaten.

As for He Minhong, even Yan Zu's dog, having watched the show, would shake its head.

Tsk tsk, just shaking its head!

"Hello everyone, I'm Chen Cheng, I live upstairs in 2301. You are welcome to visit. I work in finance, so if you have any questions in this area, feel free to consult me," Chen Cheng said, nodding at the group.

"Free of charge!" Chen Cheng said with a smile on his face.

In his memories, there are actually many opportunities to strike gold, but his scale is too large, making them unsuitable for him to operate.

If someone shows sincerity and asks him for advice at Company Name, he certainly wouldn't be stingy.

Zhu Zhe's expression was indifferent, He Minhong looked dazed and silly, and only Yu Chuhui appeared very excited.

"Wow, Senior. Are you also a Ph.D.? That's amazing."

"Not quite, I took a leave of absence," Chen Cheng replied with a smile, then looked at Ye Zhenzhen, who was pouring water for everyone, "Unlike Sister Zhenzhen, she is the real academic genius."

Ye Zhenzhen rolled her eyes at Chen Cheng. "If you put your mind to school, would you need to take a leave of absence?"

"That's still very impressive." Yu Chuhui didn't mind and continued to shower her with flattery.

This is Yu Chuhui's survival philosophy; Ye Zhenzhen is the top-tier connection on their 22nd floor.

The friends of a top-tier connection must also be of very high quality, and she, Yu Chuhui, would never let slip an opportunity to make such high-quality connections.

After pouring water for everyone, Ye Zhenzhen also sat down to chat with them.

"Why are you cooking in the stairwell? I actually followed the smell down; it's so fragrant, I could even smell it upstairs," Chen Cheng said with a smile.

"Our range hood is broken, and we are in the middle unit, so the ventilation isn't very good, which is why we're doing it in the stairwell," Yu Chuhui said.

Chen Cheng nodded in understanding. "Oh, right, Xiao Yu, Zhen Zhen just said you're my junior. What year did you graduate?"

"I graduated last year."

"Graduated in '18, entered in '14. I graduated in '14, so we just missed each other," Chen Cheng realized. He didn't know he had such a connection with Yu Chuhui.

It's just that when he transmigrated over, he had already graduated from university and was on a plane to Ugly Country.

He remembered that before he transmigrated, he was also on a plane, but not to study abroad, but on an international business trip.

He was watching a TV show on the plane when he encountered turbulence, so Chen Cheng put his tablet away.

Later, he fell asleep, and when he woke up, he found himself on a different plane.

Just like that, he transmigrated inexplicably, without winning any jackpot.

The most interesting thing is that he didn't transmigrate with just his soul, but with his body.

Saying he transmigrated with his body doesn't seem quite right either, after all, he was over thirty before transmigrating, but after arriving, he had just graduated from university.

How to put it, it's like walking into a parallel universe and having his soul transmigrate into his parallel self.

After transmigrating, Chen Cheng merged with some of the memories.

The Chen Cheng of the parallel universe is from Yixing, and his parents hit the jackpot when he was a junior in college.

His parents were ordinary people working in Shanghai, but they came early, twenty years ago. Relying on their hardworking hands to run a small business, they eventually settled down in Shanghai.

They had just finished paying off their mortgage and had entered the middle class with no loans and a decent income, when they hit the jackpot.

In the end, it benefited the current Chen Cheng.

Ye Zhenzhen handed a washed apple to Chen Cheng.

"Thanks," Chen Cheng looked up at Ye Zhenzhen with a smile.

The two met in the school library. During the years Chen Cheng was in the Bay Area, they often hung out together, and Ye Zhenzhen often went to Chen Cheng's house for meals; the two were very familiar with each other.

They were in the "more than friends, less than lovers" stage.

Mainly because this Scum, Chen Cheng, never lacked foreign girls around him, from rock climbers at school to Hollywood, he never gave Ye Zhenzhen a chance.

The two just stayed as 'good friends' like that.

Anyway, Chen Cheng felt it was fine; at least they hadn't started, so it wouldn't hurt Ye Zhenzhen too much.

Seeing the ambiguous look between the two, Yu Chuhui couldn't help but tease: "Zhen Zhen, where's mine?"

"Go get it from the fridge yourself," Ye Zhenzhen said, swatting away Yu Chuhui's outstretched hand.

He Minhong, who was on the side, also stretched out both hands toward Ye Zhenzhen. "Zhen Zhen, where's mine?"

Ye Zhenzhen made a gesture of rolling up her sleeves. "Sigh, my short temper."

"Hong Hong, are you looking for a beating?" Ye Zhenzhen made a move to deal with He Minhong.

He Minhong quickly jumped off the sofa and ran.

The two messed around the sofa for a while before settling back down on it.

It was Yu Chuhui who was observant; she dragged He Minhong away, leaving space for the two to talk.

"Are you going back this time?" Ye Zhenzhen asked in a low voice, looking at the people in the kitchen.

"I might travel back and forth; you know I have a company over there. I came back to expand new business, so I'll be staying here for a bit longer," Chen Cheng smiled.

Ye Zhenzhen immediately beamed; at least he would be here often.

Having spent a long time with Chen Cheng, Ye Zhenzhen had learned how to hide her emotions. Her expression returned to normal in an instant, and she asked, "New business? What new business?"

She knew that apart from stock trading, Chen Cheng didn't seem to have any other business.

Stock trading had already made him financially free, and given her understanding of Chen Cheng's lazy personality, why would he go and do any new business?

"I plan to do investment in the country," Chen Cheng didn't hide anything.

"Investment? Stock trading?"

"Venture capital," Chen Cheng shook his head.

"Is stock trading no longer profitable?" Ye Zhenzhen frowned, concerned.

She knew that Chen Cheng had been trading stocks for the past few years, and from his daily life, she could tell that Chen Cheng must have made a lot of money in these years.

Suddenly wanting to do some venture capital nonsense, doesn't that just mean stock trading isn't making money?

"No," Chen Cheng smiled and comforted her, "It's just to diversify risk."

"Doesn't your family also have investments? It's the same thing. Spreading the risk."

Ye Zhenzhen is a second-generation mine owner; her family has two mines.

The brothers of the Old Ye family are all capable and united. Ye Zhenzhen's father is sharp-minded and has been in business for many years, earning a lot, and is a well-known 'entrepreneur' in the local area.

With money, they have also done plenty of external investments, with all kinds of assets like real estate, equity, bonds, and so on.

It's to the extent that even if Ye Zhenzhen just eats and waits to die and spends money like crazy, as long as she doesn't go run a company or start a business, the Ye family won't go bankrupt.

Ye Zhenzhen nodded. Although her mind was all on research, she still understood a little about family matters.

"Then you should still be careful, don't use leverage," Ye Zhenzhen still couldn't help but remind him.

Although Chen Cheng said so, how could Ye Zhenzhen not know that Chen Cheng had sensed risks, otherwise he wouldn't be talking about spreading risks.

Chen Cheng looked at Ye Zhenzhen's worried expression and chuckled.

(Little bear shrug gesture.)