"Uncle, my dad arranges for people to patrol around the village every day. Since the village has a large population, the ancestral graves are safe for the time being. You don't have to worry."
Zhang Xu quickly comforted him.
"It's good that nothing happened!" Zhang Chongxin breathed a sigh of relief immediately, "Although our old Zhang family is not a famous family, it is still passed down for more than ten generations. We must pay attention to this matter, otherwise when our brothers go down in the future, we will all
I am too embarrassed to see my ancestors."
"Boss, you can rest assured that I'm here."
Zhang Hao took the opportunity to ask: "Uncle, how does the village plan to protect the ancestral graves?"
"Your father rebuilt the ancestral tomb before. The target was too conspicuous. I discussed it with several uncles in the village and planned to move the tomb." Zhang Chongyi replied solemnly.
"Moving the grave? Where?"
Zhang Chongxin followed closely and asked.
"It's right next to it, but in order to avoid being discovered, the new tomb won't have a headstone or a monument. When order is restored one day, the ancestors will be moved back."
Zhang Hao frowned and tried to suggest: "Second uncle, can't you just move it to the urban cemetery? There are official personnel there to manage it, so it's safe, and it's also convenient for us to go back to visit the graves."
Before Zhang Chongyi could speak, he heard Zhang Chongxin repeatedly rejecting:
"No, no, what do you know, a kid? Our ancestral tombs have good feng shui and cannot be moved easily."
"Dad, what age is this? So many dignitaries are buried in the cemetery, and I haven't heard of anything bad?" Zhang Hao had a black line on his face.
"If it doesn't work, it won't work. You don't need to interfere in this matter." Zhang Chongxin always insisted on his opinion.
What if the feng shui of ancestral graves is not good?
How could he, a poor and humble boy from a mountain village, counterattack and become a master?
Besides, my son is even better than his predecessor. These are all the virtues accumulated by his ancestors. Isn’t it a joke to move them to the cemetery?
Zhang Hao wanted to give a few more words of advice, but was interrupted by Li Dajuan: "Okay, listen to your father on this matter. Moving the grave is not a trivial matter and will affect the fortunes of our descendants."
Zhang Chongyi followed closely and said: "Xiao Hao, actually the cemetery is not that good, and thefts and excavations are also banned frequently. It is better to stay in the village!"
"How is that possible?" Zhang Hao asked in surprise.
"There is no way. The unemployment rate is too high. In order to survive, as long as they can make money, people will do whatever is immoral. If this continues, society will be in chaos sooner or later."
Zhang Chongyi sighed helplessly.
This is also the main reason why their family chose to "leave their hometown". It is too risky to stay, especially in rural areas, where almost all the people are gone.
"Actually, digging coffin boards is pretty good. At least it won't hurt anyone's life. Some desperadoes are really cruel and unscrupulous."
In order to take care of everyone's tolerance, Zhang Xu did not explain too much, but simply explained it in one sentence.
Yang Huaqing said in surprise: "Don't the police care?"
"Alas, in fact, rural areas have been autonomous for a long time. The higher authorities don't want to control them at all, and they can't control them. Even the most basic water and electricity cannot be restored."
Zhang Xu let out a long sigh.
"How do you live without electricity?"
Yang Huaqing asked curiously.
"There is an emergency generator in the village, which can provide power for one or two hours a day. During the rest of the time, I either sleep or go to the city to do odd jobs. As a result, I accidentally spent two or three years in a muddle."
Zhang Xu replied.
Zhang Chongxin turned to look at Zhang Chongde: "Fourth, where is your family? How is life in the city?"
"Our family can still persevere." Zhang Chongde nodded, and then changed the topic: "Actually, life in the city is not much better than in the countryside. Some families with a weak foundation are really precarious and worry about life every day.
The whole society is very repressive.”
Zhang Aiyu also lives in the city, and she felt the same way when she heard this: "Life in the city is indeed not easy, and water, electricity and heating bills are a huge expense.
In order to save money, some families are reluctant to turn on more lights. I have a neighbor next door with a family of four who consume less than five kilowatt hours of electricity per month on average."
"So economical? What should I do if my children do their homework?"
Yang Huaqing said in surprise.
"Just use the school lights, the electricity in the school is free." Zhang Aiyu lamented.
Zhang Hao saw that the atmosphere at the scene was a bit gloomy, so he quickly interrupted: "Uncle, do you want to visit my company?"
"Of course I have." Zhang Chongyi said without hesitation.
"Well, let's do this. Everyone is very tired from riding in the car. Let's rest for two days. I will take you there the day after tomorrow."
"I'm not tired of the sleeper berth, how about tomorrow?"
Zhang Chongyi seemed a little impatient.
Zhang Hao looked at the others and saw no one objected, so he nodded: "Okay, then tomorrow, after the tour is over, I will take everyone around the city."
Zhang Chongyi waved his hand: "There is no need to go to the city. There will be plenty of opportunities when we move here."
"Okay, everyone use your chopsticks, the food will be cold if you don't eat it." Li Dajuan greeted quickly.
Zhang Aiyu immediately picked up the chopsticks and helped the big pudding brothers each pick up a large chicken drumstick.
The twins said thank you, then grabbed the big chicken legs and gnawed them with joy. When everyone saw this, the greedy people were attracted out, and they all started to use their chopsticks.
Zhang Xu took a large piece of braised pork and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it gently, and his mouth was instantly filled with the greasy oil. This feeling was so fascinating.
Li Dajuan also helped her niece with a piece of ribs: "Shuangshuang, come and have a piece of ribs. I see how thin you are, so hurry up and make up for it."
"Thank you, auntie!"
Li Shuang smiled sweetly.
"My aunt's house is just like your home. You're welcome. You can eat whatever you want."
"I...I know!"
Li Shuang ate the ribs in her mouth and spoke vaguely.
…
Early the next morning, after having breakfast and sending his sons to school, Zhang Hao set off with his large army, accompanied by Zhang Chongxin and Steven.
Soon, everyone arrived at the group headquarters.
Zhang Chongxin pointed to a pair of office buildings in front of him and introduced: "These two office buildings were bought by Xiaohao. Several companies under his name, except Shuguang New Energy Company, basically all work here."
"Hey, with such a good location, these two office buildings should be worth a lot of money, right?" Zhang Xu exclaimed.
"It's okay. It was very cheap when I bought it. It only cost one billion in total."
Zhang Hao explained casually.
Li Ningtao was stunned: "According to the current housing prices, should these two office buildings cost 10 billion?"
"Absolutely!" Zhang Hao nodded.
"So...it skyrocketed tenfold?"
Everyone couldn't help but look envious. Real estate was indeed the most profitable!
"For your own use, it doesn't matter whether the house price goes up or not."
Zhang Hao Fern Circuit.
"Okay, stop yelling." Zhang Chongxin laughed and cursed, "It's getting late, let's go in quickly!"
Zhang Jiayi received the news and was already waiting at the gate. When she saw everyone arriving, she hurriedly greeted them:
"Dad, you are finally here."
Seeing his second niece, Zhang Chongyi immediately said hello: "Jiayi, I haven't seen you for so many years, you have become a strong woman now."
Zhang Jiayi smiled slightly: "Second uncle, your old body and bones are still so strong. My dad is two years older than you, and now he is on crutches."
"Hey, your dad suffered too much when he was young, otherwise he wouldn't have achieved anything later."
Zhang Chongyi said with sincere emotion.
Zhang Chongxin waved his hand: "Okay, I'm in good health now, you don't need to worry about me."
Zhang Jiayi gave a wry smile, then greeted everyone one by one, and finally pointed to her eldest son and introduced:
"I am my eldest son, Kevin, and next to me is his fiancée Kelly. They just got engaged last month."
"Hello, second grandpa, hello, third grandpa..."
The young couple greeted each other one by one.
"The talent and beauty of the man are such a perfect match!"
Zhang Aiyu pulled Kelly and praised her.
Zhang Chongyi reached out and patted Kevin on the shoulder: "Kevin has grown so big. The last time we met, I remember he was still in middle school. Time flies so fast!"
Zhang Hao looked behind the second sister and couldn't help but wonder: "Second sister, where is this guy Cao Fan?"
"Unfortunately, he went to the city for a meeting early in the morning. Before leaving, he asked me to help him say hello to his second uncle. He also said that he would be the host tonight and treat everyone to dinner."
Zhang Jiayi replied.
Zhang Chongyi waved his hand: "It's okay, work is important."
"Okay, then we'll go to the boss's house for dinner tonight."
Zhang Chongxin said decisively.
Next, Zhang Jiayi led everyone to visit the entire group, including Cao Fan's artificial meat company. Everyone was shocked.
In particular, Southeast Fishery Company's extremely high welfare benefits make everyone envious. If it weren't for the fact that this job is extremely unstable and they won't last long, Zhang Xu and others would even have the idea of giving up starting a business.
At noon, the group had a simple meal in the company canteen. Probably knowing that the chairman was coming to visit, the canteen specially added two meat dishes.
During the lunch break, Zhang Xu, Zhang Kun and Li Ningtao took the opportunity to pull Zhang Hao aside.
"Brother, what do you want from me?"
"Zhang Hao, brother... I have something to ask you." Zhang Xu said slowly.
"What's the matter? Just tell me."
"Ahem..." Zhang Xu cleared his throat, and then got straight to the point: "Do you think the plantation is in trouble?"
"Plantation? It's not bad. The profits are very stable."
Zhang Hao gave a conservative opinion.
The main reason is that the butterfly effect he brings is too great, and things in dreams may not necessarily have reference value. The price of gold is the most obvious example.
"Is it similar to your mushroom growing company?"
Zhang Hao nodded: "Well, except for the production process, other aspects are roughly the same."
"Zhang Hao, the three of us will not hide it from you. We want to jointly set up a small plantation company. Although we can't make a lot of money, we can at least support our family."
Zhang Xu finally revealed the answer to the mystery.
"Have you thought about it?"
Zhang Hao looked thoughtful.
Zhang Kun rushed to answer: "Zhang Hao, we don't ask for great wealth, as long as we can ensure the livelihood of the whole family, this is the safest project we can think of."
"Yes, you also saw my dad's attitude yesterday. He has been obsessed with me all day long about contracting the orchard. If I don't do something, he will nag me to death."
Zhang Xu put on a dejected look.
Zhang Hao tried to persuade: "Actually, there is no need to do it. After all, doing business is risky. I have prepared the work for you. You can easily make millions a year. Do you want to think about it again?"
His first reaction was that he hoped that his relatives would keep to themselves and try not to cause trouble to their families. It was worth spending more money for this.
"Cousin, although we are relatives, we can't trouble your family with everything. Besides, money alone is not enough these days. Food is the foundation."
Li Ningtao immediately expressed his attitude.
Zhang Xu and Zhang Kun nodded again and again.
"Okay, since you want to invest in the plantation, I will definitely support you strongly." Zhang Hao paused and glanced at the three of them meaningfully: "Tell me, is there anything I can help with?"
Zhang Xu suddenly became energetic: "Well... we still lack some start-up funds..."
"How much money are you short of?"
"Zhang Hao, you also know that investing in a plantation costs a lot of money. Although the three of us have no worries about food and clothing, we don't have much savings. Especially Ning Tao and I, we suffered heavy losses in our previous business and lost a lot of money."
Zhang Xu explained tactfully.
Zhang Hao didn't speak, waiting for the other party to quote.
Zhang Xu swallowed his saliva and continued: "In the past few days, we have conducted relevant investigations and inquired with several plantation owners. After final discussion, we plan to invest 300 million yuan to build a small plantation first."
"Three hundred million? It's not much money..."
"Cousin, this 300 million is indeed not much to you, but to the three of us, it is already an astronomical figure."
Li Ningtao smiled bitterly.
Zhang Hao said simply: "I can lend you these 300 million..."
"Really?" the three of them said in surprise.
Zhang Hao nodded and then added: "But I have a condition."
"What conditions?"
"The competition here in Huicheng is fierce. I hope you can invest in Minde. That is the new base camp for us Laoshan people. It can save a lot of trouble."
Zhang Hao replied.
The reason why he made such a request was that on the one hand he wanted to drive away the three companies; on the other hand he also wanted to reduce investment risks so that he would not have to wipe their butts.
As for the opposition from the local businessmen in Minde, it was just a small plantation, so he still had some face.
Zhang Xu was a little surprised: "Minde? The Minde city where the Minde era was?"
"Brother, it's that Minde." Zhang Kun rushed to answer, "Zhang Hao is right. We do have many businessmen investing in Laoshan. I remember that around the beginning of the year, Laoshan and Minde formed a sister city.
, both sides even have special direct flights.”
Zhang Hao smiled and added: "Actually, Minde Times has been acquired by us Laoshan people a long time ago, and my wife is the largest individual shareholder."
"I see, then let's go to Minde."
Zhang Xu is not a sloppy person either.
Besides, people have to bow their heads under the roof. If you don't agree to this condition, you may still be able to borrow money, but the relationship between the two parties will definitely be greatly affected.
Zhang Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Well, after you move here, I will personally accompany you and introduce you to the Tongxin Association."
"Tongxinhui?"
"Tongxinhui is the former Laoshan Chamber of Commerce."