Many people came to give gifts, not only Zhang Rong who was grateful to Cheng Feiyang, but even Liu Ying's father Liu Jun wanted to give Cheng Feiyang a Zhonghua cigarette. Liu Jun had a small company outside, so he was not short of money. He did not receive seniority compensation, but had some employee shares. Giving gifts to Cheng Feiyang was not to express gratitude to him, but mostly to maintain a good relationship with him as the CEO of Fulong Company.
But Cheng Feiyang refused. If he gave some eggs, meat, vegetables and fruits, he could accept it if it was a relationship with his old colleagues in the old compound, but if it was famous cigarettes and famous wines, Cheng Feiyang would nip it in the bud. Huatong Shanhai Company used to have good performance, but why did it get worse and worse later? One of the reasons might be that it couldn't keep up with the changes of the times, and probably the internal trend of giving gifts to build relationships.
When all the relatives arrived and saw the gifts piled up against the wall next to the dining table, my second father laughed and said, "Brother, you have built up this company, but you have also become corrupt..."
Cheng Feiyang waved his hand, "These are all gifts from old friends, but you are right, even if they are not worth much money, they are just a token of my appreciation. But if I accept these, the company will grow bigger and bigger, and it is inevitable that people below will follow suit. I accept the gifts with a clear conscience, but I cannot guarantee that others will not think that I have opened a loophole and take bribes in private. I will accept the gifts this year, and after the New Year, we will hold a staff meeting and make the three rules clear. In the future, we will not give these gifts, and we will not accept them even if they are given. We must strictly enforce the internal integrity style."
Cheng Ran found that his father was becoming more and more courageous. In fact, starting a business is a tough job. Carrying so many responsibilities and thinking about business strategies and strategies are also honing people step by step. Some things in Cheng Feiyang's bones are slowly showing in this process.
My aunt made her signature spicy chicken. Among the countless stir-fried red dried chilies, there were pieces of crispy and chewy chicken. It tasted spicy and tasty, and often made people drink water non-stop, but they were so addicted that they couldn't stop eating. My second aunt's specialty was garlic pork and spicy shrimp. In the pot stewed in chili oil, the white meat rolls were peeled off the shells of the lake shrimps, which were chewy and refreshing. My uncle's green pepper shredded pork was the most simple and natural. Every time I ate, I could dig a big bowl of rice with the shredded pork. Often, after eating, a group of children would still use their chopsticks to search in Erjingtiao's plate. They would feel like they had found a treasure if they found a little bit of minced meat. As for Cheng Bin, heh, it's okay if you ask him to fry an egg for you with an engineer shovel, but don't expect him to cook.
Sour fish-flavored eggplant, Kung Pao chicken mixed with crispy peanuts, refreshing cold shredded radish, white jelly... Finally, a big bowl of green vegetable and leaf soup, the most popular after getting tired of delicacies from land and sea, the reunion dinner is full of the taste of home.
Cheng Qi came back and told Cheng Ran about his board game entrepreneurial journey in college. He was very excited. He has now formed a small group to help with publicity and contact with sales outlets, covering several university towns in the north and east districts and twelve universities and colleges. After returning to school after the New Year, he will prepare to embark on the task of expanding to the west and south.
But when he heard that Cheng Ran had already found a publishing house and contacted newspapers, and was planning to use the resources of the computer newspaper for publicity, and expand sales nationwide through newspaper agents, Cheng Qi's enthusiasm caused by his small achievements was instantly crushed.
He was only a freshman, and although he was carrying out such entrepreneurial initiatives, the follow-up plans laid out by Cheng Ran still made him feel surprised and shocked by Cheng Ran's layout and ability to take action.
Cheng Ran knew about the problems of his elder brother Cheng Qi. In his later life, Cheng Qi also started some entrepreneurial projects in school, worked after graduation, and also started his own business with classmates, but without exception, none of them lasted long. He failed so many times that his confidence was probably hit. Later, he just found an ordinary job and never tried again.
After my uncle and aunt retired, their family in Shanhai City might be relatively well-off, but in the provincial capital where housing prices soared in the future, they would have to spend most of their life savings to buy a house. As a result, Cheng Qi's girlfriend, who was talking about marriage, broke up with him because of the house and the incompatibility of the family background. Cheng Qi was hit hard, and he never talked about love again after that...
In the final analysis, the eldest brother Cheng Qi has the drive but lacks the strategy. Cheng Ran can't tell him what to do one by one. Even if he tells him all at once, Cheng Qi may do it mechanically, which may not leave a deep impression on him. Moreover, if he is taught step by step, he may naturally accept such a result. Suddenly one day, Cheng Qi will be at a loss if he lets go.
It would be better for Cheng Ran to let him do the promotion and imagine what to do and how to start. He also took some actions, such as forming a team and expanding the promotion area from the university town to other areas next year, like conquering a city.
However, in the end, when he complacently told Cheng Ran about his achievements, Cheng Ran announced what he had done. The shock and gap caused to Cheng Qi would stimulate him to examine and think deeply about the entire layout design process, and then his horizons would be opened.
"I also thought that maybe one day, I could take over the entire Chengdu market..." Cheng Qi said angrily, "But you have already established connections with Computer News and contacted the publishing house, and are planning to expand your business to the whole country... This..."
Cheng Qi felt that his second brother was like a monster that he could not understand. The "妖" in this monster probably meant that he was very intelligent and almost a monster.
"I only have a few questions. I can't think of too many at the moment, so I'll share what I think. First, I'm still a college student. Can we really develop a national market? Second, I always feel that this is not a small matter. Can I graduate smoothly after finishing college in the next few years? Third, how big can this business be?"
Cheng Ran smiled and said, "There are so many college students starting their own businesses, and I have people here to cooperate with you. In fact, things are not complicated. Your team is just responsible for receiving and giving feedback, and using the inherent advantages of Chengdu to maintain the agency and publicity tasks, while I will be responsible for publishing, improving the content and production. As long as you arrange it well, these are not difficult things. Don't think that the problem will be big if the market expands to the whole country all of a sudden. In fact, it is very likely that the agents will take the initiative to come to you, and your team only needs to handle and coordinate their relationships."
"As for graduation... it's actually not that difficult. At most, I can just take a make-up exam later and I'll pass it anyway."
In this era, many universities are expanding enrollment, competing for students and resources, ranking and status. The employment rate of students is an important performance of a university. According to Cheng Qi, the teacher training college he studied in, what he learned in the past four years of university is not academic, and it is not as important as what he learned in high school. In fact, he wasted this period of time playing games in Internet cafes and participating in various club activities. In the end, he failed the graduation examination and usually had to take a make-up exam. In order to improve the employment rate, the school said that it was a make-up exam, but in fact it was just paying money to deal with it. As long as you take the exam, each person has an open book material, and you can check it out and pass it. So as long as you don’t really do anything outrageous in college, there is no problem getting a diploma.
Instead of following the previous trajectory and wasting time in college, it would be better for Cheng Qi to accomplish one thing like he is doing now, at least to lay the foundation for his career in the future.
"As for the third point, how big can it be?" Cheng Ran thought for a while, "I can't answer you. It can be big or small, but at least, it should be no problem to have enough food and clothing."
After Cheng Qi pondered for a while, he nodded, his eyes full of fighting spirit, "Then... just do it!"
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During meals, the whole family would routinely chat about everything under the sun, from small matters like anecdotes in daily life, reminiscing about the good and bad times, tracing back to history and humanities, to big matters like the international situation and world events, all could become topics of conversation.
But what the eldest uncle said at the dinner about the recent situation at the top level in Shanhai City sparked a heated discussion among the family.
"Mayor Li Jingping is in a state of panic this time. People now say that he is too ambitious to build Shanhai into an international tourist city, but as a result, bad habits have come in. Now drug dealers, speculators, and all kinds of people who want to find opportunities have all come in. Many elderly people and cadres miss the simple Shanhai of the past, and now they have a deep resentment towards Li Jingping..."
"Cheng Bin, you guys must be under a lot of pressure right now..."
Everyone looked at Cheng Bin, who actually acquiesced. With his status, it was naturally inconvenient for him to talk about the leaders in public. Even at home, he had to be careful about these things. The uncle was much more relaxed.
But Cheng Bin also knows that in the past two years, the crime rate has been rising sharply, reaching a high point compared with previous years. This is certainly a problem with the title of an international tourist city. After all, this has always been a drawback of many urban developments. A closed city can indeed easily maintain the ecology, including the environment, humanities, and simple folk customs. But once it is linked to economic development and tourism development, it is easy to be judged that poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people, and it is easy to have economic crimes and various social problems.
These are all the disadvantages brought about by economic development. As people enjoy the benefits of economic development and their living standards improve, these disadvantages will naturally arise, just like the connection between light and darkness.
Everything should be viewed dialectically. Cheng Bin thinks that Li Jingping is a practical man who is worthy of admiration.
“Although there are so many rumors in the outside world, I actually think...our Mayor Li has offended someone..."Although my uncle is only a department director in the bureau, he has always had some foresight. Without saying too much, in fact, Cheng Bin was able to reach his current position because my uncle had been checking on him at many critical moments in the past.
"I have noticed that after Li Jingping announced that he would gradually rectify coal mines, optimize resource allocation, awaken officials' environmental awareness, and vigorously investigate and rectify some chemical plants in Shanhai, some bad accusations against him began to increase. This has offended people... Mayor Li has achieved such results with these efforts. I dare say that if other people come, they may not necessarily do better than him... But now some of the hype is focused on these drawbacks. This is deliberately guiding public opinion to attack..."
"So it's actually very difficult for this person to do practical things. Maybe he can succeed here and hold the Shanhai International Tourism Festival, but he will still be criticized in the future."
Shanhai City has been built up as a tourist city, and its GDP has increased, but the crime rate has increased, the social atmosphere has become complicated, and prices have risen. These are also real realities. In fact, the biggest problem is the corruption that occurred during the construction of a branch venue for the tourism festival, and the recent spread of new drugs in Shanhai City. These are typical cases of a rat's shit spoiling the whole pot of porridge, which can easily give people a bad impression of a city and its ruling officials, and it is also a blow to Shanhai City, which is now in a new and rising period.
In fact, Cheng Bin is also under a lot of pressure from the Municipal Bureau. Recently, they have captured a "drug trafficking" gang in Shanhai City. Initially, they discovered a group of young people wandering around the city, secretly selling drugs, but in fact, these people are just henchmen. Their channels come from the inter-provincial Sichuan and Guangdong channels. The leader is a man named "Seventh Brother". This person is a big boss and has been hiding very well. He uses a man named "Zhang Gui" in Shanhai City as an intermediary agent to be responsible for drug sales in Shanhai and more remote areas.
Not long ago, a group of anti-drug police had a run-in with "Zhang Gui" at a dock, resulting in a police officer being shot and seriously injured. He is still lying in the intensive care unit, but "Zhang Gui" and his group escaped. The pressure on the public security side is also very high. This year's unit reunion is very heavy. Although Cheng Bin can come to the family gathering today, at eight o'clock, when everyone is watching the Spring Festival Gala, he will have to patrol several major traffic checkpoints and supervise some police operations. This is to prevent some criminals from thinking that the police are lax during the Spring Festival and carry out private activities.
With his keen sense of smell in his current position, Cheng Bin felt that there were some undercurrents in this city, surging silently... These undercurrents were rushing towards Li Jingping. When Li Jingping was affected or even hit, he would inevitably be affected...
He and Li Jingping are actually on the same front.
The atmosphere of the New Year's reunion diluted Li Jingping's worries. Seeing the whole family happy and joyful, he felt that this was a consolation after working overtime these days.
After all, why do they work so hard? It is all for the people in this city to be able to live a stable and peaceful life like their own family today.
The young people left the table early and started playing Three Kingdoms in Cheng Ran's room, and Gu Xiaojun also joined in. Although Gu Xiaojun was much older than them, for the Cheng brothers, he was like another older brother above Cheng Qi.
During the intermission, Cheng Ran handed a note to Gu Xiaojun.
Gu Xiaojun looked at some of the names on the public notice of a court verdict in Zhongshanhai written by Cheng Ran on the note, and was slightly surprised, "This is... ?"
"Last time I went to a game hall, I heard a group of hooligans talking about something like this..."
"... Anyway, when they talked about this, they mentioned a few names... I wrote them down, but I'm not sure if they are true. Based on my social responsibility as a citizen... How about you investigate this aspect?"