Douluo: A Century-old Legend I Am the Second Uncle Chenxin

Chapter 1336: Chen Clan’s New Power, Changes in the Core (3K)

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You know, building a college is a huge project that costs a lot of money. From site selection and planning to building construction and the provision of teaching facilities, each item requires a lot of money. How to allocate it between the two parties is a problem.

Of course, many key issues are involved, such as the acquisition of land and the ownership of the college.

In the end, it was decided that Chen's family would be built, they would provide the land, and both parties would share the property rights equally.

This is not only to share the cost, but also to reassure them, and it will also reduce the political cost.

The Chen family spent a lot of money, and they also contributed a lot.

Land is very valuable. After more than 2000 years of existence, there is not much vacant land. In addition, they also need to make great efforts to communicate with various industry associations.

The two major areas of Fasno and Barak are under the charge of Xue Chuxin and Xia Qingyun, and are also the foundation of the Chen family's layout in the northwest.

For these two major areas, we naturally need to concentrate resources and focus on construction, and it would be best if professional warrior academies were set up to cover the entire area.

If the academy is later expanded to cover the entire territory of Fasno and Barak, there will be 23 counties waiting to be developed.

Even if we discount the number of colleges, we can calculate it based on 10 counties, plus the subsequent establishment of schools in other areas where the elders are located, as well as advanced colleges.

The annual funding required starts at at least 3 million gold coins, and this is just a conservative estimate. The upper limit is a bottomless pit.

This is just the cost of training soldiers.

Don’t forget that the recruitment and training of soul masters, the backbone and main force of the Jinyiwei, also requires huge financial investment.

The Jinyiwei is a huge money-eating beast, and the annual cost is as high as hundreds of millions of gold coins.

In other words, in a few years, the Chen family's overall annual expenditure will exceed the 10 billion threshold.

It can be seen from this that if Chen Xiaojun, as the CEO of Chen Family Economy, does not quickly open up money-making channels, develop supermarket lines, launch cigarettes, launch Chen Family currency and enter the financial field as soon as possible, the Chen Family’s finances will sooner or later be dragged down by this huge demand for funds.

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Adopting Chenjia currency to gradually replace some official currencies will not only reduce excessive dependence on official currencies, but also have a huge advantage that cannot be ignored.

Relying on the Chen family crystal card, the Chen family conducts transactions with various forces and large institutions, avoiding possible financial supervision and tracking behind the official currency.

This strategy is just like the East Asian country on the blue planet using its own RMB cross-border payment system CIPS to avoid the SWIFT regulatory system of the United States.

Although Chen Xiaojun is not sure whether the officials of Tiandou and Xingluo Empire have noticed this phenomenon and tried to apply it to their own financial systems, this move undoubtedly provides risk control for the Chen family in the financial field.

And this is exactly the fourth major thing that Chen Xiaojun has planned in his mind - the expansion of the circulation of Chen's crystal cards.

Discuss the circulation of Chen's crystal cards between the Chen family and Barak, Poseidon Island, Chang'an Military Region, Southern Five Counties and other authorities.

This is by no means a simple business transaction, but rather it is like obtaining the authoritative endorsement of various forces, which will greatly enhance the credibility and status of the Chen family currency.

Looking ahead, Chen Xiaojun plans to promote currency swap cooperation between the Chen family currency and the kingdoms of Barak, Haagen-Dazs, the South, and Poseidon Island.

In this way, not only can the liquidity of Chen family's currency be greatly increased, but its currency value can also be effectively stabilized, laying a solid foundation for the long-term development of Chen family in the financial market.

At this moment, Bo Xian'er, Xia Qingyun, Xue Chuxin and Xue Churan, as the persons in charge of the relevant actors, had an extensive, in-depth and "constructive" conversation with Chen Xiaojun.

Well, actually, they were just haggling over every little thing and the atmosphere was quite intense.

Their words were sharp, and each of their opinions was full of adherence to their own power and interests; Chen Xiaojun did not back down in the face of the four elders, and argued with reason, striving to gain the greatest benefits for the Chen family.

Anyway, the door is closed to the outside now.

Most of the other men in the Chen family chose to remain silent and listen quietly.

In this Douluo Continent, we have to admit that in terms of training and acumen in the financial field, men are generally inferior to women, unless they are professionals who specialize in this field.

Regarding this, Chen Xiaojun already has plans to train people, such as Chen Chen and Ji Boda.

Ji Boda is now the deputy director of the Strategy and Large Project Investment Department of the Economic Management Department, and Chen Xiaojun still holds the position of director concurrently.

At that time, Chen Xiaojun, Mu Lingyun and Ling Yunxiao, the three ministers and deputy ministers, each took charge of a department.

In addition, Chen Xiaojun also had a preliminary discussion with Xia Qingyun and Bo Xianer on the core point of local currency swap.

However, this is just the tip of the iceberg. There are still many details that need to be carefully negotiated by people on both sides.

In fact, once the Chen family crystal card was launched on the market, the first to keenly capture this trend were the two economic actors that had the closest ties with the Chen family - Fighting Soul City and Liuli Chamber of Commerce.

After holding the elders' meeting, Douhun City quickly began to prepare its own crystal card system.

After all, given the status and strength of Fighting Spirit City, small currency transactions are not its focus.

In the field of issuing currency crystal cards, apart from secular dynasties, only super powers like Fighting Soul City have the corresponding strength and resources to promote it.

In comparison, the Liuli Chamber of Commerce is slightly inferior in this regard.

Although it has extensive channels and strong economic strength, it lacks the powerful force and military support that can suppress the entire continent, and it is extremely difficult to independently issue currency crystal cards. The advent and promotion of the Chen family crystal card clearly reflects the status and specifications of the Chen family on the continent.

It not only represents the Chen family's active exploration in the financial field, but also demonstrates the Chen family's ambition to break the traditional financial structure and gain more voice.

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As everyone left the hall one after another, the originally noisy space gradually became quiet. At this time, only Chen Zixiu, Bo Xianer, Lu Xueqi and Zhang Xiaofan were left.

They sat together with serious expressions and began to discuss some more profound matters and their arrangements with each other.

Since Lu Xueqi took over the position of the second elder of the Chen family and the deputy leader of the Worship Pavilion, the rights and obligations that came with it followed her like a shadow.

Chen Zixiu and Lu Xueqi did a good job on the balance of power, one giving while the other holding back, with a good sense of relaxation and tension.

Lu Xueqi's two positions had been approved at the last clan elders' meeting.

However, it was just a false alarm at that time, because Lu Xueqi herself did not show up.

It was not until she stepped into Chenlin Village this time that she officially took office and started a new journey in the Chen clan.

And their partners, Bo Xian'er and Zhang Xiaofan, two of the top ten masters on the mainland, were also involved in or involved in the vortex of Chen family affairs.

These four people formed the core power circle of the Chen family. They transcended the boundaries between the main lineage and branches of the Chen family and stood at the top of the clan's power structure.

This is undoubtedly a newly established power team, marking a major change in the power structure of the Chen clan.

In the past, the main branch of the Chen family had absolute say in clan affairs, and almost all clan affairs, big or small, were decided by the main branch.

Although the clan elders' council was the highest authority in the past, it was actually more of an auxiliary institution and a rubber stamp.

Today, the Chen clan is gradually transitioning to a more complete model.

In daily routine operations, the main line still plays a leading role and maintains the stable operation of the clan.

However, above it, there is another more macro-level power structure.

And the four of them are the ones who grasp the strategy.

It has to be said that the main lineage headed by Chen Zixiu showed great courage and extraordinary foresight. They dared to break the old pattern and actively promoted the rational distribution and optimization of clan power.

Speaking of which, this system design is somewhat similar to the Pope Hall and the Worship Hall of the Spirit Hall.

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On the other side, as soon as Chen Cong and Chen Xiaojun stepped out of the hall, they were enthusiastically "intercepted" by Ma Tianyang and Ma Zhibin, father and son, and were pulled away without any explanation.

Now that Chen Yu is injured, among the senior members of the Chen family, asking Chen Cong to discuss the matter of Ma Wencai's followers is undoubtedly the most effective way, which can raise the level of the relationship between the two families from a personal incident.

Moreover, Chen Cong has a significant influence on Chen Xiaojun.

As for Chen Xiaojun, although Ma Zhibin had had some initial contact with him before, the matter was ultimately stuck at his level.

The father and son of the Ma family tried their best to "persuade them with reason and move them with emotion".

Chen Cong and Chen Xiaojun were really at their wits' end after being pestered so much that Chen Xiaojun finally gave in and said they would talk about the matter after the provincial preliminary round of the Gaoying competition was over.

Chen Xiaojun also admitted that he admired Ma Wencai's perseverance, but that was not enough.

In his eyes, Ma Wencai is fundamentally different from Zhu Wuneng and Dugu Fu.

Let’s put Zhu Wuneng aside for now. As Dugu Fu is the eldest son of the Dugu family, he is gifted and a genius, and he has the potential to become a Titled Douluo.

Since he was young, he was trained by the Dugu family as the future patriarch and core of the military force. The family did its best to pave a smooth road for him.

Even so, Chen Xiaojun still carefully planned a path for him to advance the Five Elements of Poison to deepen his potential.

On the other hand, Ma Wencai, because of his martial spirit, could only climb up step by step from the bottom with difficulty.

In his current state, he has not yet reached Dugu Fu's initial level.

His perseverance is certainly an important guarantee and internal driving force for the evolution of Ma Wencai's martial soul, but this alone is not enough to completely ensure that his martial soul can evolve successfully.

This is an extremely real problem.

Chen Xiaojun has always been pragmatic. If someone does not have the potential to become a Titled Douluo, there is really no need for him to accept him as a follower.

Although Ma Wencai's martial spirit is unique and has good prospects in Chen Xiaojun's opinion, it is only a prospect after all and there is still uncertainty.

Simply put, Ma Wencai is a piece of pig iron that has not been tempered a hundred times and has not yet become steel. It still needs to be tempered and honed.

Finally, Chen Xiaojun said half-jokingly and half-seriously that if it was Ma Liang, he would accept it immediately, which made the Ma father and son shut up in disappointment.

Ma Liang is the candidate for the head of the Ma family. No matter how weak their waists are, no matter how much they desire the benefits of the Bachen family, they will never hand over the hope for the future of the family to others and become followers of Chen Xiaojun.

Unless the Chen family really becomes the overlord of the world as Chen Xiaojun envisioned, and the Ma family recognizes the superior status of the Chen family from the bottom of their hearts, there may be a slight possibility.

(End of this chapter)