I'm the Demon King in Marvel

Chapter 599 Lin Hao's Mineral Water
Earth, Beijing, Lin Group Headquarters.

Thanks to the population migration caused by the great development of the interstellar era, the population pressure on the earth has been sharply reduced. The domestic population has been reduced from 1.2 billion at the beginning of this century to only half of that. Taking advantage of the dividends of the times, the cost of raising children for the people has been reduced, which has led to another round of population growth.

This round of great growth lasted for seventy or eighty years, covering three or four generations, and it is still on a stable upward trend, but the trend is slowing down year by year.

At present, the domestic population of the Earth is stable at around 800 million, and the dozens of habitable planets under its control each have a population ranging from 200 to 300 million, with a total population of over 10 billion.

The Lin Group is not a noble family and does not have the ability to take over an entire planet as a family foundation, so it can only establish its base on Earth.

As for the noble families that had already succeeded, they did not relocate their entire families like the big American conglomerates. Instead, they learned from the practices of the ancient families and left branches to guard the earth so as to achieve "blossoming both inside and outside the earth."

After so many years of development, the Lin Group has purchased a large piece of land within the Third Ring Road of Beijing and expanded the former headquarters building to form a small park dedicated to offices.

There is no other way. There are more and more industries. Even if we hold a regular annual meeting every year and each branch only assigns a part of its personnel to attend the meeting, there are still 10,000 to 20,000 people. It really won’t work if the place is too small.

The current president of the Lin Group is Lin Er’s eldest son and Lin Yi’s nephew.

Lin Yi got married late and only had two daughters when Lin Hao was alive. If the two daughters were capable, the three siblings of the Lin family would not mind letting the girls take charge of the family business. After all, Lin Hao had instilled the correct values ​​​​into them since childhood and did not have the idea of ​​favoring boys over girls. Unfortunately, Lin Yi's two daughters have been playing with Lin Shan since childhood and hate being bound. They only hope to learn from their aunt to live a free life and do not want to manage the family business.

Seeing that their two eldest daughters had become as useless as their younger sister, the brothers Lin Yi and Lin Er decided to train Lin Er's eldest son as the successor. Anyway, the three siblings had developed good habits since childhood and they would discuss things together, and there was no distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children.

Later, Lin Hao passed away, and Lin Yi, who was in his fifties, unexpectedly had a son in his old age. Lin Er then found his son to do some work and trained his eldest brother's youngest son as the next generation heir.

Regardless of what their children and grandchildren think, the three Lin siblings think that this "shift system" is good and is in line with the Lin family's fine tradition of discussing things together and never getting angry.

Lin Shan never got married and didn't have children until she was old, so it didn't matter. She had enjoyed everything she should have in this life. She had a harmonious family and had never encountered any troubles in the mansion. What else was there to be dissatisfied about?

Lin Yi and Lin Er think that the system of rotating inheritance is a good one, as it saves their descendants from fighting and possibly splitting up the family.

The only one who had a little resentment was Lin Er's eldest son Lin Chengdong. However, his father and uncle were still alive, and he didn't even have many shares in his name, so his little resentment would not turn into a big problem.

Thirty years have passed, and Lin Chengdong has gradually accepted the "shift system". As for how long this system can last, only God knows.

In the large conference room, President Lin Chengdong and his cousin, Vice President Lin Chengliang, were listening to the audit and management planning of the group's industries by the finance and administration departments.

"Presidents, the 'Sanjiangyuan' brand of mineral water has been losing money for more than eight consecutive years. Isn't it time to optimize it?" suggested the financial director.

"Indeed, the cost of interstellar transportation has been rising for three consecutive years. We transport water to other planets to sell, and we lose two tons of money for every ton we transport!" the administrative director echoed.

"Not only on other planets, but also on Earth, we are about to face an imbalance between income and expenditure. The retail price of two yuan has been maintained for eighty years. Although the sales volume is considerable, the labor cost and operating cost have been rising in recent years, and the profit margin has been getting lower and lower. The group is now spending money to support this brand."

As the accountant of the Lin Group, the CFO wishes all the businesses under his command to make money, which is a manifestation of diligence and responsibility.

Lin Chengdong, who was sitting in the first seat, did not speak. Lin Chengliang, who was sitting on his left, glanced at his cousin and expressed his opinion.

"That's not how you calculate the bill!"

"'Sanjiang' mineral water is a semi-public welfare product created by my grandfather specifically to improve the ecological environment of the source of the Three Rivers. It not only solves the employment problem of the population in many remote counties around the source of the Three Rivers, but also establishes a good reputation for the Lin Group's concern for its compatriots." "My grandfather successfully made the top management pay more attention to Lin's with this operation, and also received verbal praise from the big leaders. This allowed Lin's to catch the first ship in the early interstellar era. Otherwise, with so many people vying for it, how could a private company like us get a ticket?"

"Back then, some people said that Grandpa was not doing his job properly, but later on, who didn't praise Grandpa for his foresight?"

"The slogan of 'Sanjiangyuan' is 'Water from Hometown'. This mineral water once became the daily drinking water for the first generation of immigrants, expressing their homesickness. It was even praised by senior leaders as 'relieving the emotions of immigrants and making a positive contribution to interstellar development'."

"This is not just about a bottle of water, it's about the good reputation that our Lin's has built over the past 80 years. It's a moving billboard!"

"Why haven't you raised the price in 80 years? Just to keep this billboard lit!"

"How much do we invest in advertising every year? How much can we subsidize these mineral water factories every year?"

Lin Chengliang made a long speech with a firm attitude, that is, he had to sell everything he had to keep the "Sanjiang Brand" mineral water going, not to mention that these mineral water factories were nothing to the current Lin Group.

The reason why he made such a high-profile statement was that he actually had his own thoughts.

Although Lin Chengliang had never seen his grandfather Lin Hao since he was a child, his father, uncle, and aunt were all alive. They had told Lin Chengliang about his grandfather's deeds since he was a child. Lin Chengliang could feel their deep respect and admiration for his grandfather.

Therefore, Lin Chengliang firmly supports all the decisions left by his grandfather!

Lin Chengdong glanced at his cousin and smiled without saying anything.

Although my cousin is already 28 years old, his office fighting tactics are still immature, and he seems to have never believed that he will return the position of president to his uncle's lineage as promised after his retirement.

This action of eagerly raising the banner of grandfather was clearly an attempt to curry favor with the three elders in the family, and also a reminder to Lin Chengdong not to "violate the ancestral teachings."

"Chengliang is right." Lin Chengdong finally spoke: "'Sanjiang Brand' mineral water is a business card of our Lin family. It is reasonable to spend a little money to print a business card."

Seeing the two CEOs’ firm attitude, the financial director and administrative director no longer mentioned the issue of “industry optimization” and continued to report on the plans of other departments.

The Lin Group now has so many industries, and a few mineral water factories are really nothing.

However, the meeting was only halfway through when the CEO's secretary hurriedly opened the door of the conference room and ran to Lin Chengdong's ear and whispered, "Mr. Liu called you."

Hearing this, Lin Chengdong immediately stood up.

"Everyone take a break first."

After saying that, he walked towards the door. After taking two steps, he turned back and shouted to his cousin: "Chengliang, come here too!"

Since he was not against the "shift inheritance system", he should show it through his actions to prevent his young cousin from having wild thoughts and being criticized by the elders in the family.

(End of this chapter)