It felt as though a long time had passed, but in reality, it had only been a brief moment—just a few seconds, or perhaps a dozen.
Lin Qi's fingers stopped tapping on the desk. The sudden pause almost left Anna unable to catch her breath.
Next came the verdict of fate! She swallowed and looked at Lin Qi.
"Sure..." When Anna heard those words, her entire body relaxed.
In fact, there were people in the Akiner Family who chose not to start businesses and instead kept the money. There were more than one or two of them, too. In every generation, some people would make that choice.
They might not have much business talent, and they understood themselves well. So they took the money, chose to "fail," and then reinvested it into the Family Fund. Their lives were not too bad either.
For Anna, starting a business did not mean much at the moment. She did not think she could overcome the companies in the incubator.
Even with the Akiner Family's support, she might gain many conveniences, but she would not achieve much success.
That was not the life she wanted.
But then Lin Qi's "however" made her heart rise again.
"I can't give you a share of the company on my own. That wouldn't comply with the rules I've established. However, we can use another method."
Lin Qi took out a pen, wrote a phone number on a slip of paper, and handed it over. "This is the number of a Private Equity Fund. Invest your money in this fund, and you should understand what I mean."
Anna took the slip and glanced at it before nodding. "Yes, I think I understand."
Her father, Patu, did not hold a particularly large percentage of shares in the Group Company, but