Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 553 Cheng Family
While Li Yancheng and his family were enjoying the National Day holiday, at the Cheng family manor far away in Chou Country, the main members of the Cheng family gathered together to discuss the future direction of the family.

There is no need to discuss whether to return to domestic investment. Everyone has basically reached a consensus, that is, they agree to return to domestic investment, but there are still differences on the investment amount.

The reason why we can reach a consensus on returning to China to invest is mainly due to the discrimination issue on the Ugly side.

Although they have been here for more than 30 years, and some people even came earlier, their business here is getting bigger and bigger, and many European and American companies have to rely on Cheng for their livelihood. However, as yellow people, they still cannot completely integrate into the world of white people and are often treated unfairly.

Therefore, whenever possible, they would like to return to their homeland, after all, that is where their roots are.

It's not that there are no ones who hold opposing opinions. The main reason for the opposition is that the systems in China are different from those here. Some people have doubts in their hearts, worrying that their interests will not be guaranteed in the future.

However, this opposition is not particularly strong. For some things, you will only know whether the results are good or bad after you do them.

However, there are big differences in opinions on the investment amount.

Some people think that since the decision to invest has been made and domestic labor costs are particularly low, then choose a city with a port and convenient transportation and move those labor-intensive industries there, such as textile, clothing, toy and leather manufacturing plants.

Everyone agrees that the factories built with domestic investment are mainly engaged in labor-intensive industries, but it is questionable whether investing so much at once will result in a total loss.

After much discussion, there was still no consensus, and finally everyone turned their attention to the current head of the family, Cheng Huaigu.

Although the head of the Cheng family is in this conference room at the moment, his mind has already gone to the other side of the earth.

Before holding this family meeting, he had just received news from home that his eldest son, who had been missing for decades and had just been found, was now the deputy director of the Beijing Public Security Bureau.

The Cheng family has maintained constant contact with the country over the years and is very familiar with the levels of the cadres. It was precisely because of this that he was extremely surprised when he received this news.

He was somewhat suspicious that the person who passed the message had made a mistake, and that it was not the deputy director of the municipal bureau, but of the district bureau.

His son is only 39 years old this year, which is really a youngster in the political arena where seniority is particularly important.

But when I thought about what my wife and younger son and daughter-in-law told me after they came back about what they saw when they met my eldest son, I felt that the news seemed true.

This made him even more curious about his eldest son. He felt a little emotional and didn't know what his eldest son, who had been missing for many years, had experienced to have reached this point at such a young age.

Just as he was daydreaming, he suddenly felt that the conference room had become quiet. He quickly collected his thoughts and looked at everyone in the conference room calmly.

Of course he knew the purpose of holding this family meeting today. Now that he saw that everyone had quieted down and was looking at him, he knew that they could not reach a consensus and were waiting for him, the head of the family, to make a decision.

There are two kinds of opinions. One is more conservative and suggests starting with a small scale. The other group of people holds the opposite view and thinks that since they are investing, they might as well make it bigger and build more factories. Accordingly, the investment amount will not be low.

These two opinions happen to belong to two distinct groups of people, the direct line and the collateral line.

For the collateral branches, the distribution of interests within the family has been passed down from generation to generation for so many years and has long been fixed. If they want to gain more benefits, they have no choice but to break the current situation.

Returning to China to invest and build factories is an opportunity they see to break the existing pattern. Although there is a large element of gambling in this opportunity and no one can say for sure whether the policies there will change, they are still willing to take a chance.

The direct members of the Cheng family were not so willing to gamble. If they lost the bet, the cost would be too high. So although they agreed to invest, they were unwilling to invest too much when the situation was still unclear.

Some shares of the Cheng Group are also in the hands of outsiders, but those shares are small and scattered, and they can't play any role at all. Basically, as long as the Cheng family reaches a consensus, what they want to do can be passed at the board of directors.

If there is no internal unity, then it all depends on what the head of the family thinks.

Cheng Huaigu sat at the very top, with his elbows on the table and his chin supported by his hands, glancing left and right at the people sitting on both sides.

"Is my memory confused or what? Is this how we used to sit during meetings?"

He leaned back, raised his right hand and pointed to both sides, asking with a puzzled look on his face.

In order to prevent the relationship between the direct and collateral branches from becoming too distant and affecting the unity within the family, the Cheng family stipulated in early years that no matter when or where, the direct and collateral branches were not allowed to gather together, and they were required to always be united in facing external enemies.

Faced with this regulation, even if it was just for show, they had been doing a good job over the years, but today, for some reason, they suddenly sat on their own side.

Cheng Huaigu's sudden question made the people sitting on both sides look at each other, with a hint of embarrassment on their faces.

After both sides were silent for a while, the first person sitting on his left side opened his mouth and was about to say something, but Cheng Huaigu took the lead and shook his hand, blocking the man's words.

"No need to explain anything. I hope this is the first and last time. If I find this happening again, I will take back your voting rights according to our agreement. From now on, you can just stay at home and be rich."

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of everyone present changed drastically, as if they had forgotten about this.

As for money, each of them has no shortage of it in recent years thanks to dividends from the group. Now that they have money, the next thing they pursue is of course power.

Want to be a politician in the Ugly Country? Don't even think about it. This path is blocked. You can only rely on your voting rights to enjoy the pleasure of power in the group.

Once the right to vote is taken away, all they can do is eat and wait for death, which is unacceptable to them.

Seeing the serious expression on the patriarch's face, all the people sitting there, whether they were direct or collateral relatives, even Cheng Huaigu's younger brother Cheng Huaixin who had just wanted to speak, were now silent, sitting there with their heads down and not daring to say anything.

After glancing at everyone again and seeing that no one dared to look him in the eye, Cheng Huaigu cleared his throat with two dry coughs and then spoke.

“Ahem… remember what I said, I don’t want to see this happen again, I hope you guys take care of yourselves.

Okay, let’s continue with what you just discussed, Huai Xin…”

"Director Cheng..." When Cheng Huaixin heard his brother calling his name, he immediately raised his head.

The second name that "Huaijun" Cheng Huaigu ordered was the first person sitting on his right. He was of the same generation as him and should be called brother because he was the oldest among the same generation.

There are almost no people in the Cheng family who are older than Cheng Huaigu and active on the front line. There are people who are older than him but younger than him, but those people have no say either in the family or in the group.

Cheng Huaijun, who was called "Mr. Cheng", also raised his head.

Cheng Huaigu looked at the two of them, then at the others who were not named, and said softly: "And you, do you all remember what it was like when we left our homeland and set foot on this strange land more than 30 years ago?"

After that, without waiting for anyone to answer the question, he tapped the table twice with his left hand and continued, "At that time, we brought a little money and a boat, and nothing else.

It was the old patriarch's generation who, together with us, who were still young, fought hard to build up the current Cheng family. Back then, we left our homeland and came to this completely unfamiliar country where we couldn't even speak the language. We were not afraid, but were full of ambition.

Why are we afraid now that we are going back to our hometown? What are we afraid of? Are we afraid of losing everything we have now? Or are we afraid of suffering again?

Has the life of luxury over the years completely worn out your fighting spirit?"

"Director Cheng..."

Just then, Cheng Huaixin on the left spoke.

"Hmm? Huai Xin, what do you want to say? Go ahead." "What I want to say is that our fighting spirit has not been wiped out. The reason we hesitated is not because we lack fighting spirit, but because we can't fight against the will of the country.

When we came here, we had nothing except that little bit of money, but at least we had the man saved by the old patriarch to help us. And Mr. Cheng, you should be very clear about the influence of that man and his friends in Europe and the United States.

But the problem with the mainland is that the policy is unclear. Now it is good, what if it changes again? You, Mr. Cheng, are not unaware of the situation there in the past few years. If it happens again...

In business, there are gains and losses, and even losing everything is normal, but if it is confiscated by someone on false charges, I really can’t understand it.”

Cheng Huaixin's words resonated with everyone, even those from the side branches who supported large-scale investments had concerns in this regard.

Cheng Huaigu also agreed with his brother's words. The situation there in the past few years was indeed a bit scary, but...

"Who said that if we go back to invest, no one will help us?"

? ? !

Cheng Huaigu's words made everyone present's eyes widen instantly.

"Director Cheng, do you mean that we have someone in China? Is it an old relationship?"

Whether before liberation or after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Cheng family has always used their own fleet to transport supplies to the country. Especially after the founding of the People's Republic of China, they provided great help. They also have people who have a say in the foreign affairs department.

However, no one can guarantee whether these people will help them at the critical moment before something happens.

Because of the contributions made by the Cheng family over the years, many leaders admired them. Otherwise, they would not have agreed to let Li Yancheng meet them. In addition, in order to solve other subsequent problems and to silence the gossips, he was transferred from the Social Affairs Bureau, which had a relatively strict confidentiality system.

Cheng Huaigu doesn't know this yet, and no one will explain this to him specifically.

"We do have someone now. If you want to say it's an old relationship, then yes, but no."

His words were confusing. Cheng Huaixin looked at his brother and asked doubtfully, "Director Cheng, the old relationship you mentioned refers to..."

For a long time before, he was in charge of transporting supplies to the country, so he was very familiar with the foreign affairs department and the people responsible for receiving goods at the port. In his opinion, he should know the old relationship his brother mentioned.

But he really couldn't figure out who it was that could make his brother feel at ease. Was there such a relationship? Why didn't he remember it?
"Huai Xin, the person I'm talking about is both familiar and unfamiliar to you." Cheng Huaigu continued to keep the suspense and refused to finish his words all at once.

"Ah?" Cheng Huaixin was even more confused. What did this mean? What did it mean to be both familiar and strange?

Although everyone else in the conference room knew that the family had been transporting scarce supplies to the country, since this area had never been their responsibility, they were not familiar with the area at all. They only knew what had happened and had hardly any contact with the people there. At this moment, they could only watch the head of the family guessing.

"Who are you talking about, brother?"

Cheng Huaixin was so excited by his brother's constant suspense that he even changed the way he addressed him.

"You have met this person before, but we hadn't left the country at that time."

What the hell?

"Brother, can you please stop playing tricks on me and just tell me who it is? I've looked for it before, but it's been over 30 years, how can I possibly remember who I looked for then?

Besides, is this person trustworthy? What is his current status in China? If we want to invest, we need to grasp the trends of relevant policies in advance, and ordinary people can’t do that.”

"If he can't be trusted, then I really don't know who I can trust."

"Wow..." Cheng Huaigu's words caused an uproar.

Everyone began to discuss who could make the head of the family say such confident words.

Cheng Huaixin looked at his brother with great confusion. This time he did not continue to ask questions, but waited for him to give an explanation.

"Didn't I tell you that you looked for him before we left the country, but we never found him. We all thought he died in the bombing, but in fact he was saved by someone else."

Hearing this, Cheng Huaixin stood up immediately and looked at his brother excitedly: "Brother, have you found Jianwen? You found Jianwen? Is he still alive?"

But soon, the excitement on his face disappeared, and he frowned and said, "No, brother, even if we find him, we haven't seen him for more than 30 years. Why do you think he is trustworthy? What does he do now?

Also, when did they find him? How did they find him? Did he know his identity? He was so young at that time, he probably wouldn't remember anything, who told him his identity? Could it be..."

When the excitement faded, rationality immediately returned, and Cheng Huaixin quickly threw out a series of questions.

The others also looked at Cheng Huaigu with puzzled expressions.

When the old patriarch's eldest son and grandson went missing, the Cheng family, as well as the Cheng family's relatives and good friends, put a lot of effort into searching for him. They could be seen everywhere in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and Shandong, but they still couldn't find him.

If the eldest son is really found, he will be the Cheng family's legitimate first-in-line heir, and the interests involved are enormous.

Let's not talk about the others. Would the second son Cheng Jiansheng, who has been trained as the successor, be willing? Would those who follow behind the second son be willing?
Not to mention that the old lady left a will before she passed away. The will clearly stated that if her eldest grandson was found, then the shares of Cheng's company under her name, which were currently held by the retired old patriarch, would be inherited by her eldest grandson Cheng Jiansheng.

Those are shares worth hundreds of millions of dollars, who wouldn't be jealous?

There is also the old patriarch, who still holds valuable Cheng shares. Will he also give them to his eldest grandson? If so, then the eldest son will have a lot of shares, more than anyone else present except the patriarch.

This is a huge benefit. Will it lead to internal strife?

The most important thing is, as Cheng Huaixin asked, can the identity of this young master be confirmed? He has been missing for more than 30 years and suddenly appeared at this time. Is there any problem?
Faced with a bunch of questions thrown by his younger brother, Cheng Huaigu first raised his hand and pressed it down, motioning him to sit down, and only after he sat down did he slowly begin to answer him.

"Your sister-in-law and Jiansheng have already seen Jianwen this time. They are very sure that he is the Jianwen who was lost that year. As for when he was found, it has been a long time. It was someone from the domestic and foreign affairs department who took the initiative to come to me and tell me.

Jianwen himself can remember what happened that year. He has always known his identity. Let’s put it this way, if his leader had not asked him to do so, he would never have thought of recognizing his family.

I know what you are worried about. I can reassure you here. First of all, internal strife will not happen. Why? Because I, the eldest son, do not care about the property of our Cheng family.

Secondly, I have one more thing to announce. The person in charge of domestic investment in the future will be Jiansheng, so you don’t have to worry about losing all your money. For the first investment, I plan to invest personally.

If anyone wants to invest, I welcome it. If they have concerns, then it's okay to wait and see. If you want to invest in the future, we can discuss it.

I hope you all remember that we are a family, whether direct or collateral, this is all passed down from the past. In fact, we all have the surname Cheng and have the same ancestor. My name is on the family tree, as is your name.

In times of difficulty, we can think and work together. Now that life is better, I hope everyone will still remember their original aspirations.

Finally, I have to let everyone know that my eldest son is not planning to return to his ancestral home, that is, he has no intention of changing back to his original name.

The reason why I am so supportive of returning to invest is, firstly, because of the strong invitation from the country, and secondly, because of my status as the eldest son. He is now…"

(End of this chapter)