Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 587 Ten Years in the Blink of an Eye
"Old Li, what do you think about this?"

"I think we can send someone to arrange a meeting with their boss first, and then talk things over."

"What's the point of talking about this! Didn't you see they were paying those short mules two thousand yuan a month? If they don't lower that wage, nothing we talk about will make a difference."

Upon hearing this, the heads of several powerful families present all fell silent.

As seasoned businessmen, they were well aware of what such high wages meant for the poor.

This means that the poor people will treat Qiangsheng Company like their living parents, and anyone who dares to go against Qiangsheng Company is going against them.

At that point, let alone whether they can continue to make a fortune, they'll be lucky if they can even maintain their current scale.

unless,

Unless they follow the example of the powerful corporation and pay those short mules the same high wages.

But how is that possible?
If that were the case, they wouldn't even be able to break even, let alone make money; it would be a blessing from their ancestors.

"What can we do? We can't just stand by and watch them take all our business away, can we?" Mr. Qiu, the owner of Far East Bank, frowned.

It's worth noting that their banking industry had just experienced a bank run two years ago, and hadn't even recovered yet when they were confronted by a formidable tiger like Qiangsheng Bank.

If left unchecked, given the reputation and strength of the Qiangsheng Group, it probably won't be long before they can squeeze these established banks into bankruptcy.

"How about we send someone to invite their boss out for a talk?" Old Li suggested again.

In his view, everything is negotiable. Rather than sitting and waiting to die, it's better to see what conditions the other party has.

"Then let's talk!" After a moment of silence, the others also spoke up to express their opinions.

After all, they've clearly tried many underhanded tactics and found them ineffective before they finally came together to discuss this.

Otherwise, given their pride, why would they go to such lengths for a newcomer?

However, to their surprise, just one day later, their subordinates relayed a message from Li Guoqiang:

"Talk? Talk your mother's ass!"

Upon hearing this, they were all furious, but only for a moment.

In terms of financial resources, they can't compete; in terms of strength, they can't do anything to Li Guoqiang; and in terms of competition, they are no match for Li Guoqiang.

Therefore, it seems that they have no other way to go but to slowly wait for death.

In the blink of an eye, ten years have passed.

The two-story residential building that was originally located next to Repulse Bay has been transformed into a super-large seaside estate, which not only has a viewing tower that is over a hundred stories high, but also dozens of villas and mansions.

These luxury homes not only feature facilities such as swimming pools, gardens, basketball courts, tennis courts, and children's playgrounds, but also have professional service staff who ensure that the owners can enjoy the most attentive service anytime, anywhere.

Among them, the large mansion in the very center, with its helipad, houses seven or eight private helicopters, which can reach the city airport at any time.

That day, Li Guoqiang was in his large mansion, listening to reports from Big Fool, Fighting Cock Qiang, and some senior executives of the group, when a tall, graceful young woman ran in from outside and plopped down on Li Guoqiang's lap.

"Brother Qiangzi, I've received my graduation certificate from Hong Kong University. You should keep your promise and let me marry you, right?" Zhu Caixia asked expectantly.

"Alright, stop fooling around. Can't you see I'm doing serious business?" Li Guoqiang pulled the pair of slender arms off his neck and then scolded him in a somewhat annoyed tone.

"No, I want you to say yes to me!" Zhu Caixia glanced at the group of Da Sha Ge who had all lowered their heads, twisted her body like a worm, and looked at them with a coquettish expression.

"Alright, alright, I promise you, I promise you, okay?" Li Guoqiang said helplessly.

He originally arranged for Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani to go to school with his children, hoping to broaden Zhu Caixia's horizons and see if he could change her mindset.

Unexpectedly, even today, after graduating from university, Zhu Caixia is still persisting in this way.

Since that's the case, he had no choice but to reluctantly agree to let her stay by his side.

"Wow!" Zhu Caixia's eyes lit up. She immediately stepped forward and stamped the document, then ran out excitedly to tell Xu Yuping the good news.

After she ran out, Big Fool, Fighting Cock, and the others dared to raise their heads and look at Li Guoqiang with envy.

"Alright, you can continue!" Li Guoqiang waved his hand and gave the order in a low voice.

"Yes!" Douji Qiang hurriedly agreed upon hearing this, and then continued to report:

"After ten years of development, our Qiangsheng Group has successfully become the uncrowned king of Hong Kong. We have businesses in every industry, and our tax payments account for 70% of the entire Hong Kong economy."

Furthermore, we have purchased at least 30 percent of the land in various districts to build various residential communities and commercial centers.

In addition, our Qiangsheng Group has become a top-tier business group in countries such as Japan, the United States, Canada, and England, especially in basic livelihood industries such as oil, coal, natural gas, food, retail, electricity, roads, and water conservancy, where we have already captured at least 3% of the market share.

Next, we will continue to invest in and promote high-tech industries such as medical, electronics, automobiles, and aerospace, striving to become the world's largest and most advanced technology group within the next ten years.

Finally, there's Johnson & Johnson's most important fishing company. Today, the company not only has operating rights to more than 500 seaports worldwide, but also more than 100 million fishing boats and 10 cargo ships.

Among them, on the island base in the high seas, there are two aircraft carrier battle groups brought back from Taiwan, which are specifically there to escort our cargo ships and fishing boats.

Furthermore, since the beginning of this year, we have already deployed researchers and escort fleets to control and develop the Arctic continent and open up new shipping routes.

It is anticipated that in 20 years, we will relocate the headquarters of our Qiangsheng Group to the Arctic continent, and then gradually expand towards the moon.

Currently, after internal auditing, the assets of our Qiangsheng Group have reached 3 trillion US dollars, and we have more than 100 million employees.

Most of them are miners and guards from Africa. Their debt ratio has reached over 30%, with nearly one trillion US dollars in debt.

However, your personal gold savings at our Powerful International Bank amount to a full 20,000 tons, more than three times that of the United States.

This gold alone is worth trillions of US dollars.

At this point, Doujiqiang looked at Li Guoqiang with an uncontrollable sense of admiration.

No matter how he thought about it, he never imagined that in just ten years, Li Guoqiang would become the world's richest man with a net worth of trillions of US dollars.

Moreover, no one knows that he is the world's richest person.

He found it hard to imagine that if things continued to develop this way, would the world be controlled by their Qiangsheng Group?

Unfortunately, Li Guoqiang doesn't have that idea yet. His gaze had already been set on the boundless starry sky several years ago, instead of on the ground.

In his view, instead of arguing with some countries on the ground, it would be better to find a way to move his family to the moon in his lifetime.

To this end, he even secretly arranged for all the elite aerospace talents from the United States to be recruited and then dispersed around the world to conduct related research.

He refused to believe that with his massive funding, even after several decades of effort, they still couldn't cultivate a spacecraft.

Of course, that's all for the future. Right now, he wants to go back to Beijing and enjoy life.

Shortly after, Da Sha Ge, Dou Ji Qiang, and the others, having finished their reports, all got up and left the mansion, returning to the Qiangsheng Group headquarters in the Central and Western District to implement Li Guoqiang's instructions.

Luo Huijuan also came down from upstairs quietly and sat down next to Li Guoqiang.

"Wife!" Li Guoqiang smiled slightly and called out softly.

"Hmm, is everything arranged?" Luo Huijuan nodded slightly and asked softly.

"Heh! Actually, there's nothing much to arrange. The group's operations are all on track now. As long as there are no problems with the enforcement team, there won't be any issues."

Li Guoqiang chuckled lightly, then answered with a relaxed expression.

Since the incident ten years ago when Luo Huijuan misjudged people, Li Guoqiang has set up an enforcement department within the group, modeled after the Ming Dynasty's Embroidered Uniform Guard, which is directly under his leadership as the boss.

Then, in addition, he would occasionally use teleportation to conduct targeted investigations, which basically allowed him to firmly control the Qiangsheng Group, this large ship.

In this situation, he has lost count of how many people have been sunk to the bottom of the sea and fed to sharks in the past decade.

How many people, because of their exceptional talent, have risen from obscurity to become powerful regional officials?

"Now that everything is settled, shouldn't we go back?" Luo Huijuan's face revealed a hint of anticipation.

In those ten years, she did return to Beijing to visit Li Dawei and Yao Meilan. For example, in 76, she went back with them to help them through that unforgettable earthquake.

However, as she grew older, as the situation in China became clearer, and as she grew tired of seeing all the sights around the world, her homesickness grew stronger and stronger.

Moreover, compared to her situation, Shang Xiuzhen, Pan Qiaoyan, and others haven't seen their families for almost thirteen years.

Therefore, seeing that many restrictions have been lifted in China this year, and that the bee farms in Jinshanbao are facing being acquired by Qiangsheng Cosmetics Company, they all have the idea of ​​moving back to China to live.

As for Qiangsheng Group, just as Li Guoqiang just said, it can be managed remotely.

“Sure! Anyway, there’s nothing much going on here for now, so it’s time to go back and take care of some things.” Seeing Luo Huijuan’s eagerness, Li Guoqiang immediately nodded and agreed.

In fact, in the past ten years, in addition to the tremendous changes that have taken place in the Qiangsheng Group, the situation of Jinshanbao and Siheyuan has also changed a lot.

The most important thing is that a few years ago, during the reform and opening up, he resigned from his position at the Beekeeping Research Institute and severed ties with the Beekeeping Research Institute for Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen, Pan Qiaoyan, and others, and then asked someone to help them immigrate for work.

In other words, all the women and children around Li Guoqiang are now in Hong Kong with legitimate reasons and legal identities.

Outsiders are unaware that Li Guoqiang is the head of the entire Qiangsheng Group. They think he is just a small manager at Qiangsheng Cosmetics Company, specifically in charge of beekeeping affairs in Jinshanbao, China.

This time, he was going back to represent Qiangsheng Cosmetics Company to acquire the entire bee farm in Chang County. He also planned to take Qu Yinfeng, who was over seventy years old, and Xu Dani, who was already a graceful young woman, back to Jinshanbao to settle down and return to their roots.

In addition, during these ten years, Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen, and others did not have any more children with Li Guoqiang.

Only Ma Shufen, Erniu, Zhu Caiyan, Qin Jingru, and Yu Li gave birth to five daughters for Li Guoqiang in the same year, and they are now exactly 9 years old.

His nine sons, now exactly twelve years old, are all very handsome and dashing. Together with his five daughters, they form the "Nine-Five Supreme," representing his supreme status in the Qiangsheng Group.

Soon, at Luo Huijuan's invitation, Shang Xiuzhen, Pan Qiaoyan, and others came out of their respective villas and mansions, bringing their children to Li Guoqiang's place.

"Come on, Sister Yuping, Aunt Liang, Aunt Yinfeng, please come and sit down." Luo Huijuan immediately greeted Xu Yuping, Liang Xianglian, and Qu Yinfeng to show her respect for them.

Originally, Xu Yuping and Liang Xianglian could have become concubines in this family, but they voluntarily gave up that opportunity for Zhu Caixia and Erniu. They then helped serve the whole family day after day for ten years, truly deserving of praise for their hard work and great contributions.

In addition, even though they are almost fifty years old now, they still look like they are in their thirties and don't look old at all.

As for Qu Yinfeng, without Li Guoqiang's help, she would already have a full head of white hair by now.

Once everyone was seated in the living room, Luo Huijuan first looked around, then solemnly announced:

"Qiangzi and I have already discussed it. In a couple of days, we'll go back to Jinshanbao together, and then return to Beijing after we've dealt with things there."

Upon hearing this, everyone became excited, even the children.

Especially his five beloved daughters, who immediately ran to Li Guoqiang's side and asked with delighted surprise:
"Daddy, are we really going back to see Grandpa and Grandma?"

(End of this chapter)