New Year's Eve.
The lobby of Yunjian Villa in the 3rd ring of Shenxing City.
In the huge hall, all the crystal chandeliers on the ceiling and decorative lights on the walls were turned on.
All the sofas, vases and other decorations in the hall were removed and replaced with luxurious solid wooden dining tables and chairs.
The hall, which was originally very quiet, is particularly lively today.
Yun Xiaoxi, Mu Han and Shi Yao stood in the corner, quietly looking at the people in the hall. Yun Xiaoxi was familiar with each of these people. They were all her uncles, aunts, cousins, and cousins. In short, they were all relatives of the Yun family.
Of course, these are not the highlights. At the front of the hall stood three old men with white hair, two of whom were leaning on black crutches.
The three old men are Yun Qing, Yun Dong and Yun Qiang.
Among them, Yun Qing is Yun Jing's father and Yun Xiaoxi's grandfather. Of course, he normally doesn't care about anything anymore, and Yun Jing makes all the decisions at home.
Generally, he would only show up in person when there were major matters that needed to be communicated with the clan.
The others, Yun Dong and Yun Qiang, are Yun Qing’s younger brothers. This lineage also has a very important status in the Yun family in the cabinet.
Today is Chinese New Year, and all their important core personnel have gathered here, partly to have a reunion dinner and to keep in touch.
Another thing is that everyone gets together to discuss what has happened in recent years and future plans.
At this time, Yun Jing, Yun Tang and other young people were waiting respectfully beside Yun Qing and the other two.
At this time Yun Qing spoke.
"Let's not just stand there, let's sit down and chat!"
"OK!"
Director Yun and others did not object.
Then Yun Qing turned and said to Yun Jing.
"Please invite everyone to take a seat."
"good!"
Yun Jing immediately began to arrange for people to take their seats.
Yun Xiaoxi saw people starting to take their seats, so she kept looking outside. From time to time, a relative of the Yun family came in with a smile on her face, but Shen Qiu and his friends were nowhere to be seen.
She was a little anxious for a moment and kept muttering to herself.
"Why haven't you come yet?"
"Xiao Xi, what are you talking about?"
Shi Yao didn't hear clearly what Yun Xiaoxi said, and asked in confusion.
"No."
Yun Xiaoxi quickly waved her hand in reply.
"Really? I noticed you looking towards the door from time to time. Did you invite someone?"
Mu Han asked curiously.
"No way."
Yun Xiaoxi didn’t know whether Shen Qiu would come. After all, Shen Qiu didn’t seem to like the crowds.
At this time, Qin Lan walked over and said to Yun Xiaoxi with a smile.
"Xiaoxi, take your bestie to the table next to the main table. Also, you have to sit at the main table. Your grandfather and the others want to discuss something. You might as well listen."
"All right!"
Yun Xiaoxi nodded obediently in response.
Yun Xiaoxi quickly arranged seats for Mu Han and Qin Lan, and she sat obediently next to Qin Lan.
Qin Lan took Yun Xiaoxi's little hand lovingly and said to her.
"Xiao Xi, I know you don't like interacting with people, but you do need to chat with your cousins occasionally. You still need to have basic courtesy and attitude. Sometimes, empty relationships are also very important."
"oh."
Yun Xiaoxi replied absentmindedly.
Yun Qing, who had taken his seat at this time, spoke seriously to everyone at the main table.
"Everyone, let me say something that may spoil the mood. Ever since the beginning of the Night of Apocalypse, our lineage has been on a downward spiral."
"Oh my, uncle, it's not just going downhill, it's almost bankrupt, and many people have died."
Yun Tang immediately complained to everyone.
When Yun Jing heard this, his expression became even more silent. As the patriarch of this lineage, he could not escape responsibility for how things turned out.
Yun Tang seemed to be complaining, but in fact he was telling everyone that he was not good enough.
As expected, as soon as Yun Tang said this, everyone present started talking as if they had opened their mouths.
"It was really tragic. My property was washed away by the tsunami. I didn't have a plan to deal with it for a long time. In the end, I lost a lot of money."
"that is."
…
When Yun Xiaoxi heard this, she was about to speak up to defend her father, but Qin Lan held her hand.
She shook her head at Yun Xiaoxi, signaling Xiaoxi not to interrupt.
Yun Xiaoxi had no choice but to sit still obediently.
"Everyone is quiet."
Yun Qing said in a deep voice.
Everyone fell silent for a moment, and Yun Qing began to scold Yun Jing.
"Yun Jing, you really didn't do a good job in this regard. You didn't take good care of your brothers and sisters. Although the biggest reason we suffered was because we were mainly engaged in tourism, hotels and fisheries, which are sunset industries! In addition, there was a natural disaster such as the tsunami that flooded Missi City, but you also need to know how to comfort all your brothers and sisters, lead them out of difficulties, and be a guiding light."
"It's my fault. I really didn't do it well."
Yun Jing admitted it immediately.
At this time Yun Qiang also said in a cold voice.
"Brother, it doesn't matter who is right or wrong. What matters is what we should do next? If this continues, I'm afraid we won't even have New Year's Eve dinner next year, and we might even go bankrupt."
"That's right, don't expect the Zong family to support us. It's good enough if they don't ask us for money."
Director Yun also said this.
"I mean we need to change and transform. Our industry is no longer viable."
Yun Qing stated his proposal.
"Ah, transformation? What kind of transformation? Is this possible?"
"That's right. I heard that many families and groups are transforming, but they all failed and died even faster."
…
Everyone present started talking about it.
"Everyone is quiet. Although many families and groups have failed in their transformation, there are also some that have succeeded and are now thriving."
Yun Qing said to everyone.
"We have no objection to the transformation, but what should we transform? How should we do it specifically?"
Yun Dong and Yun Qiang looked at each other and asked.
"My initial suggestion is to recycle and refine materials and become a supplier of weapons materials at the same time."
Yun Qing pondered for a moment and put forward his own idea, which he came up with after careful consideration.
"This is a good suggestion, but the problem is that changing careers requires a lot of money, and we don't have any money right now!"
Yun Tang took the lead in crying poor.
"Yes, we are almost broke now, and we don't even have the first start-up capital."
…
"I think Yun Jing should be rich."
"Yes, Yun Jing is rich."
…
Everyone started to blame Yun Jing for everything.
Yun Jing frowned immediately. He could tell at a glance that these guys just didn't want to pay or pay the lion's share, but they didn't intend to give up their share and wanted to eat for free.
For a moment, everyone at the main table was very excited and talked non-stop.
Even though things haven't even been decided yet, people are eager to talk about them.
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