Zhao Mingyang called Cai Qimin and conveyed Wu Zhonghua's words to him. Cai Qimin asked Zhao Mingyang to drive to pick him up in the afternoon and pick him up early to buy some good ingredients.
Zhao Mingyang wanted to ask Cai Qimin, but it was probably inconvenient to ask on the phone. It was also possible that someone around him was inconvenient to ask, so Zhao Mingyang didn't ask in detail.
Zhao Mingyang arranged the time for the afternoon class with other teachers, and he attended it first. After finishing the class, he drove to pick up Cai Qimin.
When he arrived at the school gate, Cai Qimin got in the car and asked Zhao Mingyang to go straight to the market. He knew which store had fresh vegetables. If he ordered this, the morning market was gone, but he often went to one store to buy it, and that store left some fresh ones for him every day.
There were also some sea goods, which he had sent to Wu Zhonghua's house in advance.
Zhao Mingyang drove and asked curiously: "Brother, what does the Nan family mean?"
Zhao Mingyang asked about his doubts. Cai Qimin was a long-time smoker. He didn't ask Zhao Mingyang if he could smoke in the car and just lit it because he saw that Zhao Mingyang had a cigarette in the armrest box, which he probably had as a spare.
Cai Qimin lit it up and took a puff and said, "You really don't know?"
"What don't you know?" Zhao Mingyang asked.
"Then you don't know, and you don't ask if you know. This Nan family is the Yueqing Nan family. It is said to have a history of more than 800 years. In fact, it is just to find a famous person as the ancestor, and then recognize the ancestor. Nan Clan is the Nan family.
The ancestor is a famous person recorded in the Northern Song Dynasty.
In fact, the Nan family in various places also say that they are the queen of Nanqian, just to say that they are the queen of a famous family. However, the Nan family that is truly powerful is the Yueqing Nan family, because this family has been prosperous for more than a hundred years.
At first, most of the Nan family in Yueqing were country squires. What are country squires?
The squire class is a unique class in Chinese feudal society. It is mainly composed of scholars who have not passed the imperial examination or have failed to become official, local educated small and medium-sized landowners, small and medium-sized officials who have retired to their hometowns or have lived in the countryside to recuperate for a long time, and clan elders.
The composition of influential figures in rural society. They are similar to officials but different from officials, similar to the people but above the people.
Although some of them once held limited power, and a very small number of them may be promoted to government offices, on the whole, they have always been in the position of the Qing faction and the opposition faction of the ruling group in feudal society. They have obtained various social
Status is a typical manifestation of the feudal ruling structure in the operation of its rural social organization.
To put it bluntly, most squires are a group of people who are prosperous in the same area. The Nan family has a century-old foundation in Yueqing. You should be familiar with famous people in modern times, including Mr. Nan Huai.
The Nan family is mainly a combination of civil and military affairs. Some people go into business and some go into learning. They are truly a combination of chaebols and academics.
Their family had already gone overseas to do business a hundred years ago during the Republic of China. They said they went overseas to do business, but in fact their assets were transferred.
A group of people who are engaged in business have all gone overseas, while a group of people who are engaged in academics have stayed in China. Their families can live and work in peace and contentment at home and abroad and come and go freely, leaving themselves a large transfer channel.
The Nan family is very powerful and plays a decisive role in Wenzhou businessmen. Think about it, in overseas business circles, the Nan family has status, and in domestic academic circles, the Nan family still has status. If their family continues like this, basically there will be
It will be just as stable for a hundred or two hundred years.
This group of people from a big family really has a lot of background and powerful connections that you can’t imagine. You and I are really nothing compared to others. I can say that our current limit is probably
The threshold of others.
And our teacher Wu Zhonghua is the nephew of the old scholar in the Nan family. He is our teacher's uncle and we have always been in contact. You understand.
This time the teacher introduced us to the Nan family, which will ensure our stability for decades to come."
Zhao Mingyang nodded and couldn't help but shake his head and smile: "When I read movies, TV series and novels, I always thought that most of these families that are over a hundred years old are in Europe, America, Japan and South Korea. I didn't expect that we also have them here. Senior brother, are there many such families?"
"Let's put it this way, the two big families of Guang Province, the Ye family and the Chen family, are no longer a secret. There are also the Nan, Zhang and Bei Kong families that most people know. I won't go into details about them. The Rong family of Su Province, the Zhejiang family
In addition to the Nan family and the Qian family, there are quite a few such families.
In fact, there are not many in the north, including the Kong family. Due to the ancestral culture in the south, there are many families here, but no one pays attention to them. They hide them, so-called wealth is not exposed, and these families are all from the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.
I went out one after another, mostly overseas.
In the 1980s, they were invited back one after another by an old man to help with the construction of their hometown. In fact, some foreign capital is not necessarily foreign capital, but everyone thinks it is foreign capital, but it is still foreign capital in a strict sense. After all, it is not registered and established in the country.
of.
Why is it said that it is not foreign capital? Because according to our traditional understanding, whoever is at the helm, this is whose industry it is.
For example, many of the foreign investments we come into contact with were founded by those who left in the early days. For example, 50% of the richest people in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand, including those in the top 100, are descendants of those who left.
Take Zhejiang merchants for example. On the surface Jack Ma has the right to speak, but in fact, his voice is not as good as that of the descendants of the Nan family. This surname may not be a family, but the surname makes them all a family and an interest group.
, just like we are surrounded by the boat of Teacher Wu, even if the teacher is gone in a hundred years, we cannot break it. If it is broken, we will be scattered. When we gather together, we will become a force.
Of course, in terms of popularity, Jack Ma must be more famous than the current descendants of the Nan family. After all, these big families have not been very fond of being in front of the media in recent years.
In fact, there is a rule, and you may understand it after some research. Many overseas companies like to use the characters "zheng" and "tai", which actually mean justice, peace and prosperity.
From a rational point of view, the biggest difference between a century-old family in the East and a century-old family in the West is the feeling of family and country. This cannot be changed because Eastern people regard "family" as extremely important.
Family will be connected to roots and origins, especially those who get better off, the more they want to know the ins and outs of their own family. Don't think that those century-old families in the West are like idiots. They are all nouveau riche and have not yet understood the dynamics of big families.
In the long run, if things continue like this, it is inevitable that the east will rise and the west will fall, because the East has completely figured out the Western routines, especially China, which has a history of thousands of years. They understand us only the tip of the iceberg. "
Zhao Mingyang didn't expect that there really are so many century-old families. These families have been prosperous for two hundred years. He really saw something new again. It turns out that they went to sea a hundred years ago, and they were still the same powerful ones.
Yes, it turns out that the world has not changed.
Some of those who are pushed out are nothing more than new rich people. They have only been here for a few decades. The old and famous families can really hide.
"Ming Yang, haven't you noticed something?" Cai Qimin said.
Zhao Mingyang drove the car and said, "Brother, please tell me in detail."
"Have you not noticed that many professional managers and CEOs hired by some world-class companies are from Chinese who were born and raised in China? Why? Because our own people trust our own people. This is a century-old change. The world
The stage is about to return to our hands again. This change is inextricably related to the group of people who left early. Why does Europe have a good relationship with us now?
How many Chinese businessmen are there in Europe? Zhejiang businessmen, Guangdong businessmen, etc., millions of people are there. This group of people, the lifeblood of the entire economy, has been captured. These businessmen are doing business there, driving the economy and labor there.
, if they transfer assets and industries, they can bring down the economy there in an instant.
Why do you think the Europeans are so honest and arrogant? There is nothing you can do about it. If you can't beat them, you will join, so we have to go with the flow and move around with these people."
Zhao Mingyang understood what Cai Qimin meant. The next step may be international efforts, and many people will not be able to hide it. That is, the Eastern and Western families will compete, compete in strength, and draw their own camps. Some members of big families will directly
Those who came out were divided by last name, but those who came out were also a group of people who could show their faces and be suitable for exposure to the media.
In fact, Zhao Mingyang could also see that many foreign companies suddenly recruited someone in China to become the president of a world-class company. From this point of view, those foreign companies may have been Chinese originally, but it was not clear before. Now it is clear that they directly recruit a president.
Who am I and where do I come from? The capital of the East and the West has begun to compete head-on on the international stage. The East liked to hide it before, but now it can no longer hide it.
Zhao Mingyang still didn't see through some things, nor did he see through the Xu family. The Xu family might not be the only family of Xu Qingqing's grandfather, but Zhao Mingyang only saw this.
This is not to blame Zhao Mingyang. He had no contact with the Yueqing Nan family in his previous life. He didn’t know that the novel was made up by you, but it turned out to be real. However, he didn’t seem to understand or come into contact with it at all. This novel came from real life.
Is it true?
It's just that most people can't accept a family like the Rothschild family that has been prosperous for hundreds of years, especially a group of people who hate the rich. If you know that there are actually families in the country that have been prosperous for hundreds of years, you'd really be crazy.
It would be better for them not to let them know.
Zhao Mingyang drove to the market, and Cai Qimin bought some ingredients, then put them in the trunk and asked Zhao Mingyang to drive straight to Wu Zhonghua's house.
The two chatted about some things on the way. During this period, Cai Qimin's words instantly made Zhao Mingyang feel that all this had been figured out. Cai Qimin said: "Do you think those powerful people in the past did not understand wealth distribution and international investment? From the Silk Road
The road has already begun."
Yes, it has actually been around for a long time, but no one has paid attention to it. People in the past knew how to hire bodyguards, and hiring servants was also for property protection. China had trade relations with neighboring countries thousands of years ago, right?
It only started in the Republic of China. Indeed, many people have a misunderstanding that people only went abroad during the Republic of China.
It is probably unknown when this group of prominent families who left China left, but they were really too low-key.
This time, Zhao Mingyang really came into contact with these old and famous families.
It can be considered a breakthrough. Wu Zhonghua, as a thank you, led Zhao Mingyang into two gates twice, the academic gate and the prestigious gate. These two gates were a class breakthrough.
When they arrived at Wu Zhonghua's house, Zhao Mingyang and Cai Qimin started to work. Cai Qimin is also a good cook. He said that he often cooks at home, not because he loves his wife or anything, but because he likes to cook, and he can concentrate on it in the kitchen.
do one thing.
Zhao Mingyang also likes this feeling. Staying alone in the kitchen, accomplishing something very purposefully, and seeing results quickly. Every attempt can be summed up with experience.
This time, we mainly focus on local tastes in Zhejiang Province, which are actually similar to those in Shanghai and southern Jiangsu.
Cai Qimin said while cutting fish fillets: "Mingyang, have you discovered anything?"
"Um?"
"The stronger the taste, the worse the economy seems to be," Cai Qimin said.
Zhao Mingyang thought about it for a moment, and it seemed that it was true that the richer places seemed to have lighter tastes. For example, places in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Suzhou and Hangzhou were all really clean-mouthed.
"Is it a regional advantage?" Zhao Mingyang said.
"Yes, but not many, because there is no such thing as regional advantages in Zhejiang Province. This is why Zhejiang Province used to have many streets and alleys. Many areas also have regional advantages. The regional advantages are just amplification of these wealthy areas.
On the other hand, it is actually just an excuse that many people make for themselves.
In most regions with heavy flavors, they want to use as few vegetables as possible to prepare more meals that can fill the stomach without losing the taste and make it easy to eat.
Do you think most high-end restaurants focus on original and delicious food? Why?
Because it is not just as simple as wanting to fill your stomach, you want more, pursue more, desire more, desire more, then you will inevitably want more, then there is no shortcut, you can only choose to think everything
All ways to get it.
A single desire is nothing more than eating and drinking and some physiological needs. This is actually the most basic primitive need of most living things. This is why many people will say that in some areas, the poorer the population, the poorer they are, and the poorer they are, the poorer they are. If you look carefully, there will be some overlap.
, that is, heavy flavors and abundant food seem to be highly overlapping in many regions.
It’s just that you haven’t given up on both desires and you don’t have high requirements for them. If you break away from these two desires, it would be terrible, because there will be more desires, such as fishing and tea tasting, but most of them still pursue the most basic ones.
Desire is still the need to eat and physiological needs, but this requirement has been raised, and it is no longer a matter of being hungry.
It’s about pursuing quality. Then, there is a phenomenon. Either you change the people around you, or the people around you change you, or you leave.
Only if everyone in a circle has similar ideas can they stay together, and the greater the greed of people, they will definitely want the best in everything, the best schools, the best hospitals, the best environment, etc. This is how people can stay together.
The key is that it is not that people in some poor areas are better off and richer, but that people in this area generally do not satisfy the most primitive and simple desires. This is the concentrated group with the strongest greed.
If light food wants to make people appetizing, it must be full of color, flavor and flavor. Each one is indispensable. It must not only taste good but also look good. This is the quality requirement. The second step is to choose a mate. In addition to appearance, you must also be knowledgeable and knowledgeable.
Vision, etc. The province's requirements are not just those of the opposite sex, they must have good looks, a figure, and a more comprehensive understanding.
This is why some big cities have such a fast pace and work so much overtime. These people want to gain wealth quickly to realize their greed, such as eating well, buying good clothes, going on a trip, etc. He asked too many desires
It’s not easy to be satisfied.”
"Senior brother is right." After Zhao Mingyang responded, he washed all the fruits, put some on the fruit plate, and made some into fruit platters and fruit salads.
Today I plan to prepare ten dishes and two soups, four cold and six hot dishes, as well as a seafood soup and a vegetable soup.
"That's pretty much it. Just two of us," Wu Zhonghua said.
Zhao Mingyang cleaned the house again and bought some potted plants.
At 6:30 in the evening, a black Maybach parked in front of the old man's house. Two people got out, a middle-aged woman and a young woman. The middle-aged woman had curly hair and was wearing a white suit. The young woman had a short haircut.
Wearing shawl hair and a white dress, the two women gave the first impression of being ladies.
The driver took out the gifts from the trunk, and Zhao Mingyang and Cai Qimin quickly took them and took them into the house. The driver quickly drove away, not wanting to stay here too long and occupy the driveway and attract other people's attention.
"Uncle Wu, are you in good health?" The middle-aged woman stepped forward and asked Wu Zhonghua.
"Very good, you little girl has grown so big. I saw you graduate from elementary school from the time you were born, and then you went abroad. I can't even recognize you on the street." Wu Zhonghua laughed.
He looked at the women and invited them into the house.
Zhao Mingyang looked at the two women coming towards him. Are they mother and daughter? They do look alike. The old man wouldn't introduce a partner to him, would he?
It was probably impossible, he knew that he and Xu Qingqing were together.
Zhao Mingyang and the young woman looked at each other again. Zhao Mingyang always felt that this woman gave off a very strange feeling.
