Mixed in 1980

Chapter 287 Yuanyuan's Period Didn't Come
As for the Kwai Chung Harbour issue, Chen Fan pondered for a moment: "It's the same as before. Whoever tries to steal it will be targeted in the future."

"Okay, Mr. Chen!"

After the dial tone came through, Zhou Wenya smiled slightly: "Mr. Chen is truly a domineering CEO. The tycoons in Hong Kong should give him face, right?"

After 1985, Chen Fan kept a low profile in Hong Kong.

These years have been a period of great prosperity for Hong Kong's wealthy. With the recovery of both the property and stock markets and rapid economic development, everyone's wealth has been growing at a high speed.

Perhaps some fool will jump out.

If he really jumps out, he'll definitely get punished. Mr. Chen is no saint. If Li Ka-shing hadn't given up on acquiring Kwai Chung Port, he would still be being targeted today.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Wenya took out another document to look at. The negotiations to acquire Sanli Shipping Group were also coming to an end, and the contract should be signed after the New Year.

"From a personnel standpoint, it's probably going to be difficult to make arrangements!"

Zhou Wenya pondered for a moment. The senior management of Sanli Shipping Group were all originally from the Yang family, and many positions were held by relatives of the Yang family. After the acquisition, there would definitely be a major purge.

Chen Fan prefers delegating authority to centralizing it.

The subsidiaries must implement a rotating president system, separating human rights, administrative authority, and financial authority, with each of the three presidents having their own area of ​​responsibility.

Shipping is an area that Spark Investment has never been involved in before, and they don't have any talent in this field. They will definitely need to recruit in the future.

Hmm... Hire a headhunter to poach people!

Zhou Wenya did not hesitate and immediately called a headhunter to ask them to build a talent pool so that people would be brought in as soon as the acquisition was completed.

As for the recruitment interviews, Chen Fan has to handle them himself.

No one dared to overstep their bounds. Neither Zhou Wenya, Yu Jing, nor Wu Zhijie, who had just been promoted, dared to place senior executives in their companies.

Doing that will definitely get you fired!
Having followed Chen Fan for so many years, Zhou Wenya knows Chen Fan's temper better than anyone else. He can be very generous and magnanimous, provided that you don't touch his sore spot.

After finishing the phone call, I continued reviewing the documents.

The Yang family owns 70% of the shares in Sanli Group, while Hua Sanshao owns 30%. The negotiations are progressing smoothly so far. The Yang family wants two plots of land, while Hua Sanshao wants one plot.

The current disagreement lies in the valuation.

These are not difficult matters; it's simply a matter of bargaining. The three parties have little disagreement, and after some back and forth on the price, each party will likely compromise and the deal will be finalized.

After reviewing the information, Zhou Wenya rubbed her temples before getting up to go to Yu Jing's office to inform her of Chen Fan's instructions: a fixed price of HK$27 billion!
Also, acquiring ports in Southeast Asia!
The acquisition may not be successful, but it is necessary to make a splash. In fact, acquiring a port is not very practical at this stage, and few people will sell it to cash out.

The British sold Kwai Chung Harbour out of desperation!
Chen Fan didn't have high hopes for this matter. Thanks to economic globalization, shipping has been very developed in recent years, and there are very few port transactions.

Large-scale port transactions truly began after the 97 financial crisis.

At this point in time, the ports that can be acquired are Kwai Chung Port Terminals 1-3 and Felixstowe Port in England.

The only thing Chen Fan could acquire was Kwai Chung Port.

Even if the British were desperate for money, they wouldn't sell their home port to Chen Fan. And even if they dared to sell, Chen Fan wouldn't dare to buy.

The British are not exactly gentlemen.

They're deadbeats!

The British have a history of confiscating the assets of foreigners. Many oligarchs from Canada have gone to Britain and have been exploited by the British.

Having explained things clearly, Chen Fan didn't want to get involved any further. The Chinese New Year was approaching, and for the Chinese people, nothing was more important than celebrating the New Year.

"Teacher Xu, it's time for a walk."

Xu Jinqiu hummed in agreement and put on her long down coat: "Chen Fan, don't you think I look like a big round ball right now?"

Chen Fan affectionately pinched the bridge of her nose: "You haven't gained any weight, you're still a big round ball, it's all because of the clothes piling up on you."

"It's good if I don't gain weight."

Xu Jinqiu touched her nose: "You haven't seen what my sister-in-law looked like when she was pregnant. She gained a lot of weight and had a lot of trouble losing it after giving birth. I don't want my figure to be out of shape."

Chen Fan smiled and teased, "Being out of shape is a badge of honor for having children."

Xu Jinqiu spat at him and snorted, "Look at your hypocritical face. You keep talking about how slender branches bear abundant fruit, but if you lose your figure, someone won't even look at you."

"..."

Chen Fan gritted his teeth and said dejectedly, "Teacher Xu, in your heart, am I the kind of lecherous man who only cares about looks?"

"Yes!" Xu Jinqiu nodded.

"Keep being cheeky. If I weren't pregnant, I would definitely give you a good beating."

Upon hearing this, Xu Jinqiu slightly raised the corners of her mouth.

No matter what, I don't want my body to be out of shape. I should learn from my older sister in this regard. She had the wet nurse feed the baby as soon as she finished her postpartum period and made the most of the time to get back in shape.

After giving birth, the eldest sister's figure remained unchanged, and she even had more of a mature woman's charm than before giving birth, which fascinated Chen Fan.

Accompanied by Chen Fan, they walked around the yard a few times before returning to the house. After getting used to the temperature inside, Xu Jinqiu took off her coat, picked up a book, and leaned against Chen Fan to read.

It's Chen Fan's latest serialized novel, "Emperor Wu of Han"!
Starting with his first book, "The Most Beautiful Youth," Xu Jinqiu reads every non-Western-themed book written by Chen Fan, but her favorite is still "Chen Fan Sees the World."

I especially like that sharp style.

Sharp yet humorous, he always manages to write about bizarre things from abroad in a particularly funny way.

In recent years, Chen Fan's output has been extremely low.

They all write about historical themes, and it's not even possible to serialize one book a year. For example, this book, "Emperor Wu of Han," has only published the first volume so far.

The second volume is still being serialized, and the third volume is not yet finished.

Xu Jinqiu would read, but wouldn't delve too deeply into it. It was her own mother who particularly loved Chen Fan's historical novels, reading almost every one of them repeatedly.

After reading for more than half an hour, Xu Jinqiu closed the book and snuggled into Chen Fan's arms: "We should go back to our hometown for the Spring Festival next year, right?" "Definitely!"

With his hand on his wife's belly, Chen Fan smiled slightly and said, "When the baby is born next year, we need to go back to register it in the family genealogy and get red lanterns from the ancestral hall to hang at the front door."

Xu Jinqiu slightly raised the corners of her mouth.

The customs of my hometown are really interesting. I feel a strong sense of belonging there, and the atmosphere during the Lunar New Year is wonderful. From the first to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, every day is lively.

Before we knew it, it was New Year's Eve.

With a large family, the Spring Festival was very lively. As in previous years, Miss Zhao got up early and woke Chen Fan up to put up the couplets.

Then he went to the neighboring yard and called over a group of children to help hang lanterns.

This year, we bought a lot of lanterns, more than two hundred in total. If it weren't for a group of children helping us, Chen Fan would have worked himself to death and still wouldn't have been able to finish all the work.

It wasn't just about hanging lanterns; each lantern had a red paper strip hanging underneath it, with a red envelope attached and a question on it.

That's the question!
Miss Zhao knew how to have fun. She changed the riddles into various questions, so if the children wanted red envelopes, they had to figure out how to do it themselves. If they couldn't, they would ask the adults for help.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, all four families gathered together. The children were undoubtedly the happiest, eagerly opening their red envelopes as soon as they received them.

The amount of the red envelopes is random, ranging from 10 to 100 yuan. In one night, you can earn a year's worth of pocket money, which is quite generous.

Whether you can keep the red envelope or not depends on your own abilities.

"Uncle, I'll leave the red envelope with you."

While her mother wasn't looking, Xiaoxi slipped the red envelope into Chen Fan's pocket and sat down next to her uncle.

After the New Year, the little girl will be twelve years old.

Chen Fan sometimes sighs, how fast time flies. He was only three years old when he took her out of the Zhang family, she was like a little dumpling.

She's grown into a big girl now.

Xiaoxi has a very good temperament. Apart from "beating up her younger brother", she is very well-behaved at home, which is the complete opposite of the naughty Chen Yi.

"Does your mom still accept red envelopes from you?"

"Don't accept all of them, just leave me a hundred each time."

"So do you think I can keep the red envelope if your mom finds out it's with me?"

Xiaoxi was stunned for a moment; she figured her uncle was going to get a beating.

After thinking for a moment, I took the red envelope out of my uncle's pocket, went to my aunt, and stuffed the red envelope into her pocket, feeling a great sense of security.

My aunt-in-law is the most formidable.

He can easily charm his mother with just a few words, so he should be able to keep the red envelope for himself.

Little did they know, Chen Min had seen everything.

Chen Min slightly raised the corners of her mouth, not bothering to intervene. Her daughter was already twelve years old and could manage her own New Year's money, so there was no need to keep an eye on her.

Compared to her son, her daughter had a much harder childhood.

Born in the Great Northern Wilderness, she experienced hardship from birth. At that time, she had little breast milk, and it was thanks to Sun Hongyu's help that she was able to get some rice cereal from time to time so that her daughter could survive.

"Let the girl go to her godmother's house to wish her a Happy New Year tomorrow!"

As the company headquarters moved to Beijing, Sun Hongyu also moved there and settled down.

Sun Hongyu originally did not want to come and planned to stay in Guangzhou to manage the factory, but her family made things difficult for her.

That family is really something.

He kept asking for favors, and in 1985, he demanded that Sun Hongyu give him money to buy houses for his younger brother and sister. He would make a scene if she didn't give him the money.

Sun Hongyu wouldn't tolerate them.

After the divorce, she was considered unlucky to go back to her parents' home, and she didn't even have a place to stay. Why should she pay for their house?

Then that family sued Sun Hongyu.

Sue her for failing to support her elderly parents!

Sun Hongyu was furious, but she didn't deny it in court. She said directly that according to local standards, each of the three siblings should receive a share, and she would not be shortchanged on her share.

After dealing with this matter, Sun Hongyu went to Beijing.

The houses in Beijing are all ready-made, and she lives in Xinghuo Community. Unexpectedly, Sun Hongyu has a love affair with a resident in the community.

They are employees of the foundation!
Now they have their own children.

"Chen Fan, come back with me and take a nap."

After playing with the children for a while, Miss Zhao suddenly felt sleepy and came over to Chen Fan with a yawn: "Let's get up and keep watch at midnight."

Xu Jinqiu glanced at it and teased, "Oh, so impatient?"

Miss Zhao blushed and spat, "Comrade Qiu'er, you really have no shame, you dare to blurt out anything, ptooey... So what if I can't wait? You're a pregnant woman, you can't do anything, I'll make you drool."

Xu Jinqiu chuckled, looked Zhao up and down, and teased, "You can?"

"Pah, why can't I?"

"Your period should have started yesterday."

Upon hearing this, Chen Fan's lips twitched slightly. This older sister was truly caring; she even remembered exactly when Miss Zhao would have her period.

On the contrary, Miss Zhao herself looked confused: "My period? It hasn't come!"

P.S.: First update! Thank you all for your support!
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