Chapter 281: Showing Cowardice
Chaozhou!
A city with its own traditional culture .
When it comes to burning incense, worshipping Buddha and paying homage to gods, Chaozhou definitely ranks top.
There are many such activities and ceremonies in Chaozhou every year, such as "welcoming the Lord" and "gods' travels". Generally, those who can carry the flags and take the lead are the wealthy and powerful people in the local area.
"Lao Xin, don't even think about it. If it's not your turn this year, it will be your turn next year."
Chaozhou High-Speed Railway Station.
Zhuang Cheng was comforting his friend, and the young man he was comforting shook his head with a wry smile.
"You don't understand."
"I really don't understand. Logically, you have good grades and are now managing a thriving company. Why doesn't your grandfather allow you to manage it?"
When Li Xin heard his friend's doubts, he knew the answer in his mind, but he couldn't say it.
In the eyes of ordinary people, the Li family is just a family doing business, but in fact, their family is only a branch of the clan, and the business they do belongs to the main line.
The main branch of the family is the one in charge of the clan, and these branches only serve the main branch.
The reason for this is that the people in the main vein are not ordinary people, they are all extraordinary people.
Stranger.
Li Xin heard this word from his father. At first he didn't understand what "yi ren" meant. It was not until he went to the ancestral temple with his father and met several people from the main lineage that he understood.
In the Li family, the words of the main branch are the imperial decree, and all disciples of the branch cannot disobey.
The reason why my grandfather did not allow me to continue managing the company and handed it over to my cousin from my eldest uncle's family was not because I made any mistakes in managing the company or because the company's performance was not good, but because the person in the main line had spoken.
My cousin has established a relationship with the people in the main lineage.
A friend of my cousin was taken a fancy to by a cousin from the main lineage. That cousin was not an extraordinary person, but because she was from the main lineage, she was deprived of the management rights of the company with just one sentence.
For the grandfather, my cousin is also his grandson, so it doesn't matter which grandson is in charge. And for the main family, it doesn't matter even more. As long as the company continues to develop and there is enough money to provide to the main branch, any son of the branch can manage it.
"Lao Xin, why don't you start your own company? With your ability, you can definitely make it bigger. I can invest some money, hehe...wait for the company to go public in the future and get a generous return."
"Don't dream. I will dilute all your shares before I go public."
Li Xin rolled his eyes at his childhood friend. The clan rules stipulated that disciples of the Li family were not allowed to leave the family to start a business. It was impossible for him to start out on his own in his lifetime.
"I didn't expect you to be such a person, Lao Xin. I was planning to wait until I pick up my classmates, and then when I welcome them, I will also take you out for some fun."
Zhuang Cheng looked like he was being let down. After the two of them made some sarcastic remarks to each other, a stream of people began to appear at the exit.
A few minutes later, Zhuang Cheng waved his hand and saw a handsome young man shouting, "Lin Ye, over here, over here!"
"Fuck, why do I feel like you're more handsome than when you were in high school, even though your appearance hasn't changed."
"The temperament, the temperament has been improved."
"Bah, you have a hammer temperament. Let me introduce you, this is Li Xin, a good brother who grew up with me."
"Hello."
Lin Ye shook hands with Li Xin. He came to Chaozhou for something. Zhong Shan investigated some information about Tai Sui for him. The final result was that there might be Tai Sui in the Li family of Chaozhou.
Ten years ago, the Li family spent two million to buy a Tai Sui that was dug out from a farmer, and the incident was even reported in the newspapers.
Of course, the newspapers simply referred to him as Boss Li, but Zhong Shan found out the identity of this Boss Li, a member of the Chaozhou Li family.
While Zhongshan was investigating, Lin Ye saw the message that Zhuang Cheng sent him half a year ago.
Zhuang Cheng and Lin Ye were college classmates. Lin Ye worked part-time while in college, so he didn't have many good friends. Plus, boys generally don't like to make friends with boys who are too handsome. As a result, after four years of college, Lin Ye only had two or three good friends, and Zhuang Cheng was one of them.
Unlike Lin Ye's work-study program, Zhuang Cheng's life in college was very carefree. However, Zhuang Cheng did not have the common problem of rich young men who were arrogant. On the contrary, he had a very good temper. He just didn't study very seriously, so at the end of each semester, he often had to borrow Lin Ye's study notes to make up for the shortcomings. Over the years, the two had a very good relationship.
After graduation, Zhuang Cheng had always kept in touch with Lin Ye until three years ago when Lin Ye was offline and the two of them had fewer messages. Half a year ago, Zhuang Cheng sent a message to Lin Ye because he met a girl from Raocheng in Chaozhou. He followed the girl back to Raocheng to play and took the opportunity to ask his local classmates from Raocheng to get together. However, Lin Ye, who was offline, did not reply.
Lin Ye sent a message back to Zhuang Cheng, but Zhuang Cheng immediately sent him a video. Lin Ye found an excuse for not replying the message, and the two chatted for a while, mainly Zhuang Cheng telling Lin Ye about the emotional trauma between him and the girl from Raocheng, and finally invited Lin Ye to visit Chaozhou when he was free.
Originally Lin Ye thought it was just a polite remark, but he didn't expect Zhong Shan to call back and say that the Li family in Chaozhou might have Tai Sui.
When Zhong Shan asked him if he wanted to contact the Li family, Lin Ye smiled when he thought of the conversation he had just had with Zhuang Cheng. Things in this world are really coincidental. It seems that he really needs to go to Chaozhou.
Therefore, he asked Zhongshan not to contact them in a hurry, but to contact the Li family after he arrived in Chaozhou, because the head of the Chaozhou Li family was also a consultant of the appraisal institute.
First get together with old classmates, then visit the Li family.
"Come on, get in the car, I'll take you to the hotel and arrange for check-in."
Zhuang Cheng was driving a G-Class. Lin Ye took a look at the tough lines of the car. A scumbag driving a G-Class was in line with Zhuang Cheng's personality.
After getting in the car, Lin Ye sat in the passenger seat, chatting with Zhuang Cheng and reminiscing about interesting things in college. Li Xin, who was sitting in the back seat, stared at the seat back behind Lin Ye, thinking.
Before picking him up at the station, Zhuang Cheng had told him that his classmate's family conditions were not very good and asked him to be careful with his words. He knew what Zhuang Cheng meant.
For them, going in and out of luxury cars is normal, but most ordinary people would feel timid and uncomfortable when facing luxury cars, just like ordinary people would subconsciously speed up their pace when passing by a luxury store while shopping in a mall.
Psychologically this is called showing weakness.
But now that he had met this classmate from Zhuang Cheng, he did not seem to be timid at all from his words and expressions, and seemed very relaxed and at ease.
If Zhuang Cheng was not joking , then his classmate must have had some opportunities after graduation, or at least seen a lot of the world.
