Tianzhou Third Hospital.
VIP Ward No. 3.
Xiao Chenggang, chairman of the Xiao Group, has been lying here for three months. During this period, the hospital issued three critical illness notices and he underwent three operations in total. Now he has only 30% of his life left, and the doctor said that he has an optimistic estimate of three years to live, and a pessimistic estimate of three months.
Damn, why are they always three!
He hates the number three!
Now, he was lying on the hospital bed, barely breathing, listening to his assistant's report.
"This month, the group's net profit fell by 3%, about 30% of its business has come to a standstill, and a bank loan is due next Wednesday..."
"Wait, can't you not mention the number three... Oh, can't you report some good news!"
Xiao Chenggang waved his hands irritably, feeling that he was in conflict with the three criminals.
After a pause, he asked unhappily, "How are those guys at home now? Are they fighting?"
"It hasn't really started yet, but it's almost like a fight." The assistant said cautiously: "The young lady and Master Jian have joined forces and reached an offensive and defensive alliance with many shareholders and directors. They want to remove Miss Lan from her position. The relationship between the two groups in the group is already tense. The negative situations I just mentioned are largely caused by their conflicts."
"It's really worrying. Having too many children is really not good. We should have listened to the country in the first place. Having one child is the most comfortable. There's no need to fight among ourselves for the family business now." Xiao Chenggang sighed.
The assistant said weakly: "Chairman, the country has changed to encourage people to have three children."
Xiao Chenggang glared and said, "If you raise the number three again, I will reduce your salary by 30%!"
Then, Xiao Chenggang covered his abdomen and grimaced.
"Chairman, I'll call the doctor over."
"No, this liver hurts three times a day."
"… "
Xiao Chenggang gritted his teeth and endured it for a while, then he let out a long breath and said, "You can ask the three largest shareholders of the group other than me to meet me this Wednesday to stabilize the situation first. I'm not dead yet, so it's not their turn to start an internal conflict."
The assistant nodded hurriedly and silently wrote three more threes on the notebook.
After finishing writing, the assistant hesitated and said, "Chairman, I have been with you for almost thirty years... uh, twenty-eight years. Can you allow me to say a few words?"
"Go ahead."
"Is that so? Until now, you still want Miss Yilan to take over, right?"
"Of course, everyone likes this child, but she is too frivolous after all. She is cunning but not tolerant. She is not a suitable successor." Xiao Chenggang analyzed: "Binglan has been with me the longest. She has been my right-hand man since I started from scratch. Now she can stand on her own. I feel most at ease handing the group over to her..."
The assistant listened silently, silently waiting for the "but" that was about to appear.
"However, Binglan's biggest shortcoming is that she is a girl." Xiao Chenggang shook his head and sighed.
If these remarks were to get out, they would certainly be met with heavy blows from contemporary female boxers.
It's just choosing a successor, but you're being gender discriminatory. Is there a throne to inherit in the family
Of course, the chairman of the Xiao Group is indeed a small emperor in Tianzhou.
The prototype of the Xiao Group is a family business, and the Xiao family is a large family. The family still retains the custom of favoring boys over girls, such as the old rule that women are not allowed to enter the ancestral hall.
Xiao Chenggang disdained these feudal dregs. After his ex-wife passed away, he had no plans to remarry. However, his old parents always cried, made a fuss, and even threatened to commit suicide, forcing him to find a partner and have children.
Because his old parents felt that Xiao Chenggang would not have an offspring if he did not give birth to a son, and they would be ashamed of their ancestors.
In the end, Xiao Chenggang was forced by those tribesmen to sleep with Yi Zhenzhen, and gave birth to a boy named Xiao Renjian, which calmed the dispute.
According to the old folks in the family, a business as huge as the Xiao Group cannot fall into the hands of a girl.
The reason is very simple. When Xiao Binglan gets married and gives birth to a child for the man, the Xiao Group will fall into the hands of an outsider.
This was Xiao Binglan's fatal flaw in becoming the successor, and Xiao Chenggang had to admit it.
However, he still favors his daughter and even refuses to get a marriage certificate with Yi Zhenzhen, just to avoid the situation where Yi Zhenzhen gets more than half of the family property if he dies one day (the old men in the Xiao family also agree with this point, women just need to give birth to babies and don't have to worry about the family property).
"Unfortunately, we can't delay it for too long. As long as the successor issue is not settled, the ground will always be a mess." Xiao Chenggang sighed again: "Old Jin, you should ask the lawyer to come. I have made a will."
"Are you planning to keep it a secret from your family and let Miss Lan be your successor?" Assistant Jin asked tentatively.
"Yes, but don't let the old guys at home know about it." Xiao Chenggang warned.
"But I'm afraid you..." Assistant Jin said halfway, and quickly changed the subject: "But the truth will come out eventually. Once they find out, they will definitely make trouble for Miss Lan every day."
"Then teach me a better way."
Assistant Jin thought for a while and said, "Get married."
"Find a man to marry into the family, and agree that all future children will have the surname Xiao. This way, no one will have any reason to oppose Miss Lan anymore."
"I've thought of this idea a long time ago. Do I need you to remind me? But the problem is that girl has a stubborn temper. If you find someone she doesn't like, your family will still be in turmoil."
Xiao Cheng just rolled his eyes.
At this time, the ward door knocked three times.
After Xiao Chenggang responded, the door opened and Xiao Binglan's graceful figure appeared in Xiao Chenggang's sight.
However, Xiao Chenggang was more concerned about the pretty boy following Xiao Binglan, and he inexplicably felt a very strange feeling about it.
"Dad, are you feeling better today?"
Xiao Binglan asked, standing beside the bed.
"That's great. It would be even better if I could smoke a cigarette and have a drink." Xiao Chenggang said half-jokingly.
"Dad, your joke is not funny." Xiao Binglan said with a stern face.
"I joke to keep myself in a good mood. The doctor said that if I want my liver to be healthy, I have to be happy."
Xiao Chenggang said with a smile, and glanced at the pretty boy again: "He looks quite unfamiliar, is he your friend?"
Xiao Binglan nodded, but she looked a little embarrassed and her cheeks were rosy.
Xiao Chenggang saw his daughter's shy look, and the weird feeling in his heart became even stronger.
Before he could ask, Assistant Jin gossiped, "Miss Lan, could he be your boyfriend?"
Xiao Binglan nodded again, her beautiful face looked delicate and charming, so rosy that it seemed to ooze water.
The air suddenly became quiet.
In the almost frozen atmosphere of the ward, the pretty boy came up and said gracefully, "Uncle Xiao, hello, I am Shen Yingnian, Binglan's boyfriend, please take care of me."
Xiao Chenggang's brain froze, as if he had Alzheimer's disease in an instant, and he said blankly, "What friend?"
Shen Yingnian repeated: "Boyfriend."
"Boyfriend what?"
"Boy friend."
"What boyfriend?"
"… "