this man is not calm

Chapter 408: Starting a Business and Keeping a Business
According to the general perception of the people, it is normal to get married at the age of 24 or 25, and it would be a bit bad to get married later.

At this age, people have just graduated from university or college, have been in society for a year or two, have a stable job, and their thoughts and cognition are mature. It is the right time to get married and have children.

Mei Wenhui is not opposed to starting a family, but he has been too busy with work in the past two years and his elders have not urged him much, so it has been delayed.

There is no rush, but his younger cousin Jin Shang is already engaged, which makes relatives and friends feel that the eldest son of Mei Laoer's family, who is several years older than him, should really consider getting married.

“If only everything could go this smoothly.”

Jin Shang glanced at Zhang Yunying who seemed to have little emotion, and thought of his cousin Mei Fengchun. The former had been on blind dates for two years and had met many girls, but had not heard of any suitable one. The latter was even more uncertain. She had not been involved in any scandal with any boy during her four years in college.

They are all children from relatively wealthy families, and it is not easy for them to get married. If they lower their requirements, they can certainly find someone who meets the requirements, but it is actually quite difficult to find someone who truly meets the requirements.

This is also the reason why there are many handsome men and beautiful women who seem to have good conditions but waste their time until middle age.

Listening to the two people talking beside him, the bored Zhang Yunying interrupted at the right time:
"Ashan, didn't you say that? Pretty faces are all alike, but interesting souls are rare to find! Money is easy to get, but a true friend is hard to find!"

"That's no reason for you to keep staring at pretty faces. Interesting souls aren't always there for you to pick and choose. You have to take them seriously! I heard that your aunt is almost mad at you. If you keep going on like this, I don't know how I can say anything good for you."

The Zhang family seems to be on the rise, but that is the result of half a lifetime of hard work by the hardworking second uncle Zhang Hua and the resolute second aunt Jin Lanyun. None of their children are smart enough to inherit the family business. Only the eldest son Zhang Yunying, who has been taught by God since childhood, has some potential.

In the words of my second aunt Jin Lanyun, each of them looks like they are here to enjoy themselves, not to take over the business.

When the elders are around, they can still provide some protection, but if they are gone, who can we expect to take on the responsibility?
I can't go back to the prairie to farm, raise cattle and sheep, right?
If that's the case, wouldn't all the suffering in the past have been in vain?
His parents are still young, so there seems to be no need to rush the next generation to take over, but they can't just sit around like this. They are not young anymore, and it would be more reassuring if they could focus on their studies after getting married and having children.

The eldest brother of the Zhang family, who seemed to be used to being criticized, responded with a snort in confusion:
"I also know that I'm not a business genius. I'm not good at either literature or martial arts. Working hard to maintain the business is the limit. And... I don't want to waste my energy on things I can't do. So, my mother's idea is to find a capable daughter-in-law who can manage the family business, so that I won't squander it all in the future."

"This... is just an excuse for being too worried. I personally think that cousin Yunying is pretty good. He may not be a brilliant genius, but he's better than average."

If one has normal IQ and personality, has gained knowledge and experience, knows himself well, respects the market, controls his emotions, performs steadily, takes over the family business well, and there is great hope of passing it on smoothly to the next generation.

Mei Wenhui leaned over and asked curiously:
"From what I can see, Xiao Zhang has a good character. To fight in the business world, you don't necessarily need outstanding talents. It's enough to be able to rationally use the resources you have. Man proposes, God disposes. There aren't many people like Ah Shang who are able to be 'unique' in an era..."

The cousin of the Mei family pointed at Jin Shang and said with a smile,

"To be on the rich list in less than three years, it takes a lot of background and a lot of ability. How many people in the past half century can compare to him?"

"That's true!"

"Besides, let me put it bluntly. If you can't be strong enough, and you find a wife who is too capable, aren't you afraid that the priorities will be reversed and the magpie's nest will be taken over by the cuckoo?"

Zhang Yunying was stunned at first, then replied nonchalantly:
"Don't worry about that. Although few of my father's relatives have made it big, my maternal uncle is still very powerful. Looking for a good wife is not the same as looking for a backer. In the future, when the Yue family thinks about the pressure here, they will know what to do..."

"With this understanding, your mother's worries are unnecessary."

Mei Wenhui gave a thumbs up, and Jin Shang, who was mentioned, smiled but said nothing.

Dating and getting married are completely different things. The former requires two people to think it through clearly, while the latter requires two families to get along well with each other.

To put it bluntly, with the support of the Jin family father and son, Zhang Yunying's future in-laws don't have enough time to get close to him, so how could they think of playing tricks?

Things on my aunt's side don't seem to be that simple either. If the relationships among the three families are good and I can stay stable, general conspiracies and intrigues will naturally stay away from me.

At this point, as long as the family business is intact, it can be basically guaranteed that most of the people around you are good people.

As the three of them talked, they walked a long way until they came to the edge of a beach where the tide was rolling in. They looked at the setting sun, which was spreading its glow over the distant sea. It was as if the sea surface was coated with golden light, emitting bursts of warmth that blew towards them with the blowing sea breeze.

"The sunset over the grassland is also very beautiful, but everyone is too busy to appreciate it. Only during a leisurely vacation can we have the time to appreciate the beauty of nature."

Zhang Yunying sighed like this.

In an era when material food was not abundant, not many people considered the issue of spiritual food.

Jin Shang crossed his arms and searched his memory, trying to think of some poems or songs that would suit the occasion. He came up with nothing, but then he heard Zhang Yunying hook his arm around his shoulder and come over to ask:

"I'm actually very curious. Logically, I was brought up too strictly by my parents. You and the eldest brother of the Mei family are both capable children from wealthy families. You don't seem to be anything special... It's just that... arrogant and domineering..."

"You mean the decadent life of a playboy who bullies men and women and lives a life of debauchery, right?"

"Yes, yes, that's what I mean. The gap between what's shown on TV and in movies is too big. Logically, your family background and influence are even more exaggerated than what others have shown. Making up stories requires logic, but reality doesn't. Those so-called arrogance and domineering people who flaunt their wealth are weak compared to you."

Driving a luxury car, bullying a few poor students, and suppressing new employees in the workplace, does that make you a domineering boss?

Poverty really limits the imagination of screenwriters and directors!
Even the seemingly down-to-earth police and criminal investigations, street thugs, urban workplaces, gang fights, etc., in Zhang Yunying's opinion, are far from the plots in film and television dramas.

This is just looking at the problem from the perspective of Jin Shang and Mei Wenhui. In the circle of rich second-generations in Beijing, Jin Shang has the deepest background among the three, but he is not the best. There are those who are more powerful, more arrogant, more low-key and unknown.

If Zhang Yunying had not seen a lot following his little cousin, how would he, who had only been out of the prairie for a few years, know what it means that there are always people better than you and there are things better than you?
"There's nothing to compare..." Jin Shang shrugged and asked mischievously,

"Cousin Yunying wants us to take you to the high-end clubs and secret clubs in the capital to see the world?"

"Hey, is that okay?"

Seeing that eager and curious look, Jin Shang couldn't help but laugh:
“I haven’t been there, so I don’t know.”

Mei Wenhui, who was walking side by side, added nonchalantly:

"I only went there once. I was entertained by a client. I didn't want to go, but I couldn't resist. I went in and sat for a while, talked about some things, and then left."

“Isn’t it fun?”

"Business places are just like that. If you can avoid going, then don't go. At our level, we deal in businesses worth hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars. It's not something that can change by just spending money at a 'lucky place'..."

"why?"

"not worth!"

Mei Wenhui answered seriously,

"Those so-called PR top names, or beauties of the same level, are easy for us to get. They are not worth considering as bargaining chips. If there are clients and partners who like them, just give them a hint and someone will rush to come to you. In fact, when we are doing business, we don't do these things. There is nothing to do. We occasionally get together with people we can talk to. I seldom go to clubs and clubs. I go out to sea on a yacht more often. There are special companies or teams to arrange it. It's free and safe..."

"Yacht party?"

"I don't know how other people play, but our little circle is quite casual..."

"Ashan, do you go there often too?"

Zhang Yunying poked Jin Shang's arm and asked curiously.

"No, I don't even have many friends. I don't have any good friends to party with. It's very rare for me to go out for fun. There's nothing special about it. I basically just stay at home and read books, play music, watch TV, etc..."

"Really? The dandies on TV start companies and start businesses to prove themselves, to show off their wealth and to pick up girls. You guys are pretty plain-minded. Don't eat grass near your nest."

"Business is business, and picking up girls is picking up girls. People who really value their careers rarely mix the two. Those who do this...are either mining owners who make money easily and don't know how to invest, or nouveau riche who are rich and show off, or prodigals who squander their parents' and elders' money."

After a pause, Jin Shang, who was answering questions, changed the subject.
"Have you noticed that I almost never bring in so-called buddies or relatives and friends in my business layout? In key areas, I will never turn them into a family workshop with many factions. Even my fiancée is just a consultant in the Finance Department to serve as a deterrent, not to deal with practical matters. The offline life sector is a secondary department. After a branch company is established and listed separately, Li Xuan will be transferred out, either to be a high-ranking executive in the headquarters or to be in charge of non-critical business areas..."

"Is that so? Shouldn't the husband and wife follow suit, join forces and conquer the world together?"

Jin Shang shook his head slightly and responded:

"At the beginning of a business or with a single business, it's easy to deal with everything under your nose. But in this situation, you have to distinguish between the big and small bosses, or in other words, the big and small bosses should not meet each other. It's best not to manage the same thing together. Otherwise, the boss's authority will be weakened, and the subordinates will not know who to listen to. Or, someone will simply use the boss's wife as a cover to pretend to obey but actually disobey. They want to keep a mistress, have a mistress, invest some money to start a company, and let her do it herself. No matter how bad it is, it will not affect the main business. If you really treat your business as a toy to pick up girls, your company is not far from death."

"Then... my mother wants to find me a capable wife, will that be a problem?"

Cousins ​​Jin Shang and Mei Wenhui smiled at each other, and the latter explained calmly:
"This is different! Ashang's business layout is on the road to becoming a super-large conglomerate. Your family's business focuses on agriculture and animal husbandry and its surrounding areas. It seems that the threshold is low and the moat is surprisingly wide. As long as you grasp the core competitiveness and grasp the scale of key contradictions, it is actually as stable as Mount Tai..."

"for example?"

"You have to experience the details yourself. In my opinion, a mature agricultural and animal husbandry cycle system, high-tech irrigation and drainage facilities, climate monitoring and crop rotation plans, the use of genetically modified organisms, the application and monitoring of fertilizers and pesticides, and a fully automatic unmanned supervision model, as well as the cold-resistant, drought-resistant, saline-alkali-resistant seawater rice planting and soil improvement, agricultural modernization and the coordinated development of new energy, etc., are all very promising fields. As for Aunt Jin, she probably wants to find you a daughter-in-law who is proficient in management, layout, finance, and internationalization. The two of you are in a good relationship. As long as you don't compete with your future wife for control and can tolerate others being in the limelight while you are subject to rumors, you are actually as stable as a mountain..."

Not only that, many leased plots of land, bulk cargo channels, transportation logistics, etc. are closely related to Jin Shang and Mei Yingnian's companies. There is no need to worry about the family business being taken away. As long as the cousins ​​do not fall out, it will be as stable as a rock.

In a small business, personal emotions may be mixed in and people may act on impulse. If the scale is billions, tens of billions, or even larger in the future, Zhang Yunying and his future wife want to fall out, the people who support them behind the scenes will rush to stop them.

Divorce means dividing up equity and property, which will be a complete clean-up. I don’t know how many people’s interests will be harmed. Who can bear this?
Even if you are pretending, you have to pretend to be in love with me. In the future, it will be your children who will inherit the family business.

And this is the real secret of so-called marriage alliance, why it is so important to have capable in-laws who are well-matched with you. In property transfers of this level, if you cannot control the situation, you will be skinned and devoured by the greedy tigers, leopards, jackals and wolves.

Mei Wenhui's warning made Zhang Yunying think deeply, and finally made him understand why his mother was in a hurry to come to Beijing to develop. The Zhang family was too weak, and it was not certain that they could get the huge wealth.

“My family’s problems are even more serious.”

Jin Shang said with deep emotion,

"It's not enough to isolate myself from Lao Jin. I can't let any flaws show up here. Not to mention having affairs and mistresses in the company, even my fiancée can't interfere with the highest decision-making power at will. Otherwise, the consequences will be unpredictable..."

Only by clearly distinguishing between public and private affairs can we avoid neglecting private interests for the sake of public interests and prevent private interests from affecting public affairs.

(End of this chapter)