Thinking of this, the smile on Chen Yan's face couldn't help but fade a lot.
He looked at He Ruifeng and asked, "Uncle He, I don't quite understand what you mean..."
He Ruifeng glanced at Chen Yan.
This old fox seemed to see through Chen Yan's thoughts.
He pointed at Chen Yan and said, "You. Sometimes you just think too much."
"I don't mean anything else.. I just want to tell you. The fight between Zhao Xuan and Zhao Qingtian is an internal struggle within their Zhao family."
"It has nothing to do with an outsider like you."
"If you get involved like this, you'll probably end up getting no thanks. You might even end up getting yourself into trouble."
He paused, and added, "Although I don't like Zhao Qingtian very much. But to be honest, I am more optimistic about his choice for the future of the Zhao family. That may be the future development direction of a family like ours."
"As for Zhao Xuan, his choice may benefit the family in the short term, but in the long term..."
At this point, he shook his head and said nothing.
Chen Yan is not a person who trusts others easily.
So, even though He Ruifeng explained it, Chen Yan still quietly turned on his [inner earphones] and eavesdropped on He Ruifeng's inner thoughts.
As the [Inner Earphones] were turned on, the sounds from the outside world gradually faded away, leaving only He Ruifeng's old heartbeat beating slowly.
As his heartbeat progressed, He Ruifeng's inner voice rang in Chen Yan's ears.
"Hey... the Zhao family has been fighting so fiercely recently. I always feel like something bad is going to happen."
"Chen Yan is so deeply involved, it doesn't seem like a good thing."
"I really don't care about him. But it's Xiaoxue who fell in love with this silly boy."
"If I don't care about him, Xiaoxue will still be sad."
"And...think about it."
"Although there are many women around him, only the girl from the Zhao family can be compared with Xiaoxue."
"If we can keep him away from the Zhao family, it would be equivalent to keeping him away from that girl from the Zhao family."
"That's also a good thing for Xiaoxue..."
After listening to He Ruifeng's inner thoughts, Chen Yan finally understood what He Ruifeng was thinking.
Although He Ruifeng had some of his own ulterior motives , no matter what, he was doing it for his own good.
Thinking of this, Chen Yan thanked him sincerely.
Seeing that Chen Yan had listened, He Ruifeng nodded with satisfaction.
Although he didn't understand why Chen Yan was wary of him one minute and suddenly understood him the next minute, he just thought that Chen Yan was naturally smart and figured out the key points of these things.
After talking about the Zhao family, He Ruifeng took Chen Yan to the restaurant.
At this time, dinner had already been set up in the restaurant.
The dinner was not very sumptuous, with only four dishes and one soup. For a family like Chen Yan and He Ruifeng, it was already a bit simple.
After the two of them sat down, He Ruifeng said, "I don't treat you as an outsider, so I didn't prepare anything too sumptuous. After all... eating at night is not good for your health."
He glanced at Chen Yan and said, "When you are young, you feel as if your body has endless energy, and then you start to squander it wantonly. When you get old, you realize that it was just a gift from time."
At this point, he took a bite of green vegetables and said earnestly, "Exercise more and eat more green vegetables. Be responsible for your own body."
Listening to He Ruifeng's words, Chen Yan was actually a little touched.
After all, people are made of flesh and blood. It is comforting to see someone care about oneself.
But... when he thought about He Mengxue smoking and drinking, Chen Yan suddenly realized that this old guy didn't even take care of his own daughter, so what was the point of taking care of himself...
Chen Yan ate this simple meal while complaining in his heart.
While eating, He Ruifeng's topic inevitably turned to He Mengxue.
He asked rather politely.
"When are you going to marry Xiaoxue?"
Chen Yan: ? ?
At that time, Chen Yan almost spit out a mouthful of rice.
What the hell?
What is the problem?
He couldn't help but cough twice, swallowed the food, and then explained, "Uncle He, Xiaoxue and I are not in the relationship you think."
He Ruifeng's face did not change at all. He said "Oh" and then said, "Establishing a family is not something that can be done simply with money."
“You need resources and connections. You need relationships with local people and a large enough industrial chain.”
"When I was young, I was very competitive and I cared a lot about the continuation of my family line."
"But when I got older, I became more open-minded."
"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. It is enough to retain some shares to ensure the future generations have protection."
"As for who will manage the He family and take over the He family's assets after I retire, I don't really care."
"You can choose a professional manager like Zhao Qingtian did. Or, you can choose a son-in-law who is good to my daughter."
Having said this, he lowered his head to eat and stopped talking.
Chen Yan carefully savored the meaning of his words and suddenly understood why He Ruifeng mentioned Zhao Qingtian today.
In addition to being a reminder to myself, it was also to pave the way for his words!
His meaning was very clear: if Chen Yan could treat He Mengxue well, then he would be willing to retire, and then hand over the entire He family to Chen Yan for control, to prepare for Chen Yan's wedding, and let Chen Yan fill in the gaps.
And he didn't even have any other additional requirements. He only asked Chen Yan to reserve a certain amount of shares for the He family so that the future of the He family's children would be guaranteed and they could receive dividends and money every year.
It's a temptation, and a huge one.
Just as Chen Yan was thinking this, He Ruifeng said, perhaps because he was afraid that Chen Yan did not understand how great the temptation was, "You may think that as long as you have money, you can quickly develop to the current level of the He family."
He shook his head and said, "You think it's too simple."
Seeing that He Ruifeng had something to say, Chen Yan couldn't help but ask, "Uncle He, please give me some advice."
While eating, He Ruifeng explained slowly, "What do you think is the difference between our families and ordinary companies?"
Chen Yan began to think about He Ruifeng's problem.
He said that there is not much difference, because these families are actually relatively large enterprises. It is just that they mostly employ their own people and have been in charge of the enterprise for generations, so they have formed a family.
Seeing that Chen Yan had been thinking for half a minute without any result, He Ruifeng took the initiative to speak again .
"You probably think we are no different from other companies. Or, we just made the business bigger and passed it down for several generations, right?"
Chen Yan nodded slightly.
He Ruifeng smiled and said, "That's why I said you think it's too simple."
He put down his chopsticks and explained, "Let me tell you, the formation of our families is not actually due to size or age."
"It's the jobs we provide to various places, the radiating industries we bring, the fiscal revenue we pay to the government, and the brand influence we have across the country."
"This has allowed us to dig deep into the local area, and even hijack the local lifeline. It's too big to be removed."
Hearing He Ruifeng's words, Chen Yan's eyes narrowed slightly.
He Ruifeng said with some emotion, "The Internet has been around for so many years, why did so many families in the country not care about it in the early and middle stages?"
"Because, as everyone knows, in our country, money is not the most important thing."
He paused and said, "Let me tell you about the reform of a certain industry last year."
"At that time, for the sake of the people's livelihood, the country hoped that the industry would be planned and planned by the state, and then the industry rules would be determined, and then factories would be built in various provinces, production would be carried out, and then sales would be made within the province."
"In this way, the people can benefit, the state can manage more conveniently, and each province can also get income."
“However, it has been opposed in various places.”
"Because if the country follows this plan, then all related industries in various places will have to be completely rebuilt, which will have a wide impact."
"Moreover, some provinces are leaders in their respective industries, and one-tenth of their fiscal revenues depend on the contribution of this industry."
"If it is planned by the state, not only will the province lose its industrial competitiveness and a large part of its income, but many employees will also be laid off."
"So, the symposium was held again and again, but in the end, nothing came of it."
Chen Yan frowned deeply.
He Ruifeng lowered his head and took a sip of tea while continuing, "These are actually microcosms."
"Because when various places are making plans and developing new industries, they will actually ask us to discuss it together."
“Because we already have a great influence in the local area. During our development, many of the people who cooperated with us, benefited from us, and received our help have already been promoted.”
“Everything we do actually has a wide impact locally.”
"In addition, because of this huge influence, the main figures of our family are actually representatives in the province and city. If something happens, the relevant departments cannot deal with us directly. We have to report and ask for instructions first."
"There are also resources and relationships in other aspects. These are the huge wealth left over from our development over the past few decades."
At this point, he looked at Chen Yan deeply and asked, "Do you find it a little hard to imagine?"
"But you have to think about it this way. How could the accumulation of several generations of us be easily surpassed by you alone?"
Chen Yan considered his words carefully, "I don't think it's hard to imagine. I just think...is this not a good idea?"
He Ruifeng nodded first, then shook his head, "Good, and not good."
"In fact, it mainly depends on the intentions of the person at the helm of the family. If he has bad intentions, he will bring disaster to the people."
"Having good intentions can benefit the people."
“Also, don’t think this is a gray area.”
"Not really..."
"Because, when you grow to a certain level, business is bound to be linked to politics."
"If there is no strong support from the local area or the country, do you think you can be treated fairly in other places or other countries?"
“What I just talked about was the conflict between the state and the localities.”
"But if you compare it to the world and our country, the perception will be completely different."
Originally, after listening to He Ruifeng's previous stories, Chen Yan always thought that these families were a nuisance, but after being enlightened by He Ruifeng, he suddenly found that everything was actually different.
Some provinces are developed, while others are weak. However, the weak provinces do not want to live in idleness and wait for death, but also want to develop their own core industries and lead the local people out of poverty and into prosperity.
The same is true for our country. Although it was weak back then, it also hoped to develop domestic products step by step.
The same is true when we grow and expand abroad.
If you encounter unfair treatment in other places, in addition to finding ways to solve it yourself, you still have to rely on your own place for support.
If you are wronged in other countries, you need the support of your own country.
The world is not so kind: sometimes, you have done nothing wrong, but you are still treated differently.
At times like this, the local government and the country will always stand behind you.
Seeing that Chen Yan listened.
He Ruifeng said slowly, "So, this model is not wrong. What's important is whether the people who follow this model are doing the right thing or the wrong thing."
"We work hard to develop so that the local area and the country can't do without our colleagues. We should also think about serving the country and the people. We can't just do it to satisfy our own selfish interests."
At this point, He Ruifeng changed the subject and said, "And to achieve all this, you can't do it in a short period of time."
"If you don't have any business, you are destined not to have such a big influence."
"Without these decades of accumulation, you are destined not to have the resources and connections to do so."
"So, you can think about it carefully."
"As long as you are willing to be sincere to Xiaoxue, I can give you everything in the He family."
After listening to He Ruifeng's words, Chen Yan fell into deep thought.
Before, he really only thought about making money, and in order to make money, he got involved in industries that made money the fastest and were the "lightest".
For example, finance and entertainment.
As a result, he now understands that it is not enough to just be "light", but also "heavy".
After all, finance and entertainment do not bring much benefit or help to the local area or the country.
Maybe I should develop a new industry...
Seeing that Chen Yan was really considering it seriously, He Ruifeng did not disturb Chen Yan.
He lowered his head and started eating again.
After an unknown amount of time, it was the housekeeper's reminder that brought Chen Yan back to his senses.
"Master. The young lady is back."
Chen Yan looked up.
I saw that at some point, the housekeeper came to He Ruifeng's side, bent over, and reported to He Ruifeng in a low voice.
He Ruifeng nodded slightly, then looked at Chen Yan and said, "It seems that you don't really like this light meal of mine."
"How about letting Xiaoxue accompany you to eat something that you young people eat?"
After saying that, He Ruifeng slowly stood up, gestured to Chen Yan, and then walked towards the door.
Chen Yan also stood up and followed him out.
When they arrived at the door, the nanny opened it and He Mengxue was waiting there in the corridor outside.
She was wearing a white tank top.
The suspenders were long and slender, revealing her sexy collarbone and fair skin.
She was wearing a thin red suit, which not only made her fair skin look even more fair, but also made her look a lot more cool.
At this time, she was leaning against the wall, smoking a ladies' cigarette in her mouth.
The cigarette, the angular jaw, the white swan neck, the collarbone that could hold a coin, and the sexy whiteness made her look like she came out of a comic book.
However, just as Chen Yan hated her smoking, He Ruifeng obviously also hated her smoking.
So, when he saw her standing outside smoking, He Ruifeng immediately glared at her and said angrily, "Smoking again!"
"How many times have I told you! Cigarettes are not a good thing! They are harmful to your health!"
"You are a girl, but you didn't learn any good things. Instead, you learned all these bad habits!"
Hearing her father's words, He Mengxue turned her head and said nonchalantly, "Oh. It's stressful. Dad, you know..."
She was halfway through her words when she saw Chen Yan.
At that moment, she was stunned for a moment, then quickly threw away the cigarette, stood up in panic, and then put her hands behind her back, like a child who had done something wrong, blushed, and stammered, "Chen, Chen Yan. Why are you here?"
"I...I actually haven't smoked recently. I only smoked one today."
Seeing her like this, He Ruifeng: ...
Chen Yan glanced at He Ruifeng cautiously.
He Ruifeng's face turned purple with anger.
It was obvious that his daughter was not afraid of him, but of another man, which made him feel embarrassed.
Chen Yan felt a little embarrassed.
However... he was afraid that it would be more awkward if he didn't speak, so he coughed and said, "Uncle He invited me to his house for dinner."
Hearing Chen Yan speak, He Ruifeng snorted coldly and said to He Mengxue, "You are really arrogant now!"
"Originally I wanted to entertain Chen Yan with you. In the end, I asked you to go home earlier, but you came back just now!"
Hearing her father's words, He Mengxue blurted out, "I didn't know Chen Yan would come. I thought you called me yourself."
He Ruifeng: ...
"snort!"
Finding that his daughter had no eyes for him at all, He Ruifeng snorted angrily. Then, too lazy to say anything else, he just said, "Then you entertain Chen Yan for me!" and left this sad place.
He Mengxue had no idea that she had angered her father. She threw herself in front of Chen Yan like a little child.
She opened her mouth to speak, but perhaps remembered that she had just smoked.
So, she closed her mouth, opened her bag, took out a bottle of spray from it, and sprayed it into her mouth.
Afterwards, she blew into her palms and smelled them. After making sure that there was no smell of cigarettes in her mouth, she said happily, "Chen Yan. You came to my house without telling me."
"If I had known you were coming, I think I would have come a long time ago."
Chen Yan glanced at her and asked, "Why didn't you come back earlier?"
He Mengxue said, "I'm working overtime at the company. The company has a lot of things going on right now. Qin Ming is mainly responsible for Toutiao Technology, so most of the other things in the company have to be handled by me."
Chen Yan nodded slightly.
Then he looked He Mengxue up and down and asked softly, "Why are you smoking again?"
He Mengxue opened her mouth, wanting to make up an excuse to fool the other person like she did just now.
But in the end, she lowered her head and said with a bit of self-blame, "In fact, I never quit."
She said, "I also know that smoking is harmful to health. But... these are my only two hobbies. It's especially hard to quit every time."
"Plus, after leaving Wutong Group, the pressure was particularly great. You know what I was like a while ago."
"So... I just kept relying on cigarettes to relieve myself."
At this point, she was afraid that Chen Yan would be angry, so she quickly added, "But I have much less than before."
"I have always been obedient and tried to smoke less."
After that, she added quietly, "I drink a lot less than before."
Seeing how pitiful and aggrieved she sounded, and thinking of the pressure she had been under some time ago, Chen Yan felt a little distressed.
So he couldn't help but gently touch He Mengxue's head.
However, when He Mengxue looked at him with smug delight, he still glared at He Mengxue and said, "You still lack perseverance."
"If I say you quit smoking, I'll be with you..."
Before he finished speaking, He Mengxue immediately raised three fingers excitedly and said, "I will never reconcile with cigarettes and alcohol in my life!"
“I will never smoke another cigarette or drink another sip!!”
Chen Yan: …
For a moment, Chen Yan was too tired to complain.
Sister, you change too fast.
Are you a chameleon?
Chen Yan held his forehead.
Seeing Chen Yan's helpless expression, He Mengxue smiled a little proudly.
Chen Yan gently pinched her face and said, "Will you be able to quit smoking and drinking now?"
He Mengxue nodded vigorously and said, "Actually, cigarettes and alcohol are not that important to me."
"I have a lot of fun in my life. I think I have about a hundred."
"Cigarettes and alcohol only account for two of the items at most."
Chen Yan couldn't help but ask curiously, "What about the remaining 98 types?"
He Mengxue looked at Chen Yan and said seriously, "The remaining 98 kinds are... all kinds of missing you."
"You are the one I can never quit and can never leave."
Chen Yan: …
Chatting is one thing, but what’s the point of saying sweet words when you don’t agree with something?
But I have to say... listening to He Mengxue's sweet words, Chen Yan still felt warm in his heart.
However, he still didn't show it on the surface.
He just glanced at He Mengxue and said, "You just opened your mouth. The words are the most pleasant to hear."
This time, He Mengxue seemed to be serious. She took Chen Yan's hand, put it on her chest, and said, "I'm not just talking."
"I'm serious. Really serious."
Chen Yan looked at her and was a little moved for a moment.
If the place where his hand touched wasn't a little soft, maybe he would be moved for longer...
After coughing and retracting his hand, Chen Yan changed the subject, "I didn't eat much of the meal tonight. Uncle He asked you to take me to eat another meal. Please take me to eat."
Although she still didn't get an accurate answer from Chen Yan, He Mengxue was still very happy, probably because she could have dinner with Chen Yan.
The two went out for a meal together.
It was made by the He family’s chef.
A full meat feast with good color, aroma and taste.
This made Chen Yan feel the heritage of the big family again.
Although his net worth is similar to He Ruifeng's.
But he still lives in a house of only 200 square meters.
There is no one to take care of me.
In fact, with his wealth, he could find someone to take care of him. But... these people were hired from outside, so they were not always so reassuring.
Combined with what He Ruifeng said today about the relationship between the locality, the country, the enterprise, and the family, Chen Yan seriously considered his relationship with He Mengxue for the first time...
…
[Yu Qiaoqiao's Favorability: max] (Professional line is advancing...)
[Lu Man’s Favorability: max] (The fourth ring has been opened, but not completed)
[Zhao Ying's Favorability: 161] (The duel with Chen Yan was really exciting +8)
[He Mengxue Favorability: 188] (I like Chen Yan a little more every day, Chen Yan loves me so much, etc.) A series of positive emotions +42
[Wealth value: 1.13...40,000] (Daily expenses of several girlfriends in recent months + 1.13...40,000)
[Professional wealth: 300 million...100 million] (In the past two months, various cloud girlfriend companies have invested + 300 million...100 million)
[Fixed asset wealth value: 0]
[Cash: 13.5...3.6 billion+] (In recent months, wealth withdrawals +23.71...860,000, "Clay Figure Intermediate Knockout Tournament" +1.5...200 million, two professional wealth withdrawals +10.2 billion, operating expenses -1...2.7 billion, film and television company income +800 million)
[Fixed assets: 1.1...4.5 billion+]
[Priceable shares: 5.5...200 million (valuation)] (Toutiao Technology shares [doubled])
【Total assets: 20.2...0.1 billion】
Note: Companies that have not entered the capital market for financing are not included in the valuation calculation.
…
No words were spoken that night.
Early in the morning, the sun shines on Chen Erbaiyi.
In fact, when we say he has a fortune of 20 billion, this is after deducting all the water.
Chen Yan’s main wealth: Chen Group, has never entered the capital market and is not included in the calculation.
According to normal market valuation, there is no doubt that his net worth is around 30 to 40 billion.
Moreover, as several companies develop faster and faster, Chen Yan's wealth will continue to soar.
After getting up from the bed, Chen Yan did not skip breakfast just because he was a billionaire.
As usual, he got up, washed up, made himself breakfast, and ate while browsing the news.
Recently, the hottest thing is the release of "Dying to Survive".
With more than half a month of release, the box office of "Dying to Survive" has exceeded 4 billion.
Although its box office has plummeted due to excessive exposure and problems with the new film, it seems that there is still a lot of room for improvement.
What’s even more amazing is that even with such a high box office, the reputation of “Dying to Survive” remains high.
On the audience website, 30 to 40 million people still give it a high score of 9 or 8.
On professional websites, the score of "Dying to Survive" was even raised by 0...1 points to: 9...1 points.
Therefore, during this period of time, the Internet is flooded with information about "Dying to Survive".
Analyze the characters, roles, prototypes, and production company of "Dying to Survive".
Anyway, all topics related to "Dying to Survive" were brought out for hype and publicity.
You know, the highest box office for a domestic film before was only 2.4 billion, but now it has almost doubled.
"Dying to Survive" has ascended to the throne.
People from the entertainment and film and television circles also flocked out to follow his lead.
Many celebrities and practitioners posted their movie ticket stubs for "Dying to Survive" on Weibo.
Privately, in various small groups, everyone was excitedly discussing the success of "Dying to Survive".
All this is just like what happened a month ago when they were belittling "Dying to Survive" and praising "The Fortress".
If Chen Yan hadn't been in some shallow water, he would have thought that everything before was a dream...
In addition to the hit movie "Dying to Survive".
Another exciting event was Zhao Xuan's resurrection.
I don’t know what Zhao Xuan is thinking.
He did not "come back from the dead" in a low-key manner, but instead came out to publicize it in a very high-profile manner, saying that he encountered a fire and managed to escape.
Because of the injury, I have been recuperating in another place.
At first, no one understood why he was so high-profile. Later, when he led some "stubborn" members of the branch and broke into the headquarters of the Zhao Group, demanding that Zhao Qingtian reconvene the board of directors and let him become a director of the company, everyone understood his purpose.
First, he was worried about his own arrangements, fearing that Zhao Qingtian would kill him.
The second is to make all the gambles, so that those branches that are still wavering will believe in him and gather around him. In other words, as the saying goes: to build up reputation.
And it was unknown whether Zhao Qingtian was caught off guard by his move, or he really didn't care, or he had reached some agreement with Zhao Xuan in private.
Actually, they re-elected the board of directors at his request and successfully added him as a director of the company.
Therefore, in the two months since Zhao Xuan's "resurrection", Zhao Xuan has regained his rights and become an important director of the Zhao family's main branch.
This also completed the first step of his and Chen Yan's goal.
The latest news is that he frequently represents the Zhao Group to attend some activities or negotiations.
I don’t know if he bribed the media, but there are a lot of flattering words about him in the media.
This was obviously also Chen Yan and his plan: to prepare for his successful control of the Zhao family after overthrowing Zhao Qingtian.
After reading the news and gossip, Chen Yan put down his phone, finished his meal, packed up, and went to work.
Come to the company and your own office.
Chen Yan sat at his desk and began to think about what He Ruifeng had talked about with him last night.
He Ruifeng's story actually gave Chen Yan a lot of ideas.
This includes his plans for his own industry and the relationship between the enterprise and the local area and the country.
If he were just an ordinary person, it would definitely be very difficult for him to develop across industries, such as transforming from the Internet industry to a labor-intensive industrial industry.
But... he has a system and [Xiao Ha's Polaroid].
In addition, he now has tens of billions of cash in his hands.
He wants to enter a real industry, increase employment, and increase contribution and influence to the local area. In fact, it is very easy.
But...what industry is better?
As he thought about it, Chen Yan couldn't help but think of Qindao's specialty: ...
It's not seafood. It's water.
There is a mountain in Qindao called Laoshan.
The water source here is well-known throughout the country.
Qindao Beer and Laoshan Mineral Water both use water from here.
And these two companies have indeed grown into the pillar industries of Qindao.
Chen Yan thought, since he had such resources, could he try to develop in this industry?
We don't have to make beer or water. Then...we can make beverages.
Thinking of this, Chen Yan felt that his idea was very good.
However, he also knew that one person's plan was short-sighted, but two people's plan was long-sighted. So he thought about it and called He Mengxue and Yang Rou separately.
I want to hear the opinions of these two women who are closest to me and have made great achievements in business.
After the call was connected, Chen Yan first asked the two if they had other jobs.
After learning that they were fine, Chen Yan asked them to come to his office on this floor for a meeting, saying that he had something to discuss.
After hanging up the phone, Chen Yan tidied up his desk, left the office, and planned to wait for them in the office.
As a result, just as he walked out of the office door, a sweet voice came from behind Chen Yan, "Chen Yan~Good morning."
Chen Yan turned his head in surprise, and then saw Yu Qiaoqiao standing behind him, looking at him shyly...
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I thought about it for a long time and found that there is only one solution if I want to advance the plot while writing about daily life.
That is... adding more chapters. So, I just wrote a long chapter.
I had finished writing it a long time ago. But Qidian’s backend got stuck. I couldn’t update it no matter how hard I tried. I was very angry.
I've found the feeling a little bit. Let's see if I can continue to code more. Try to get it done earlier and update more often.