The first Saturday of the first month of the new year.
The Su family holds a year-end gathering of the Su family at this time every year.
This kind of gathering is not compulsory, and all clan members can participate.
But most of the relatives and friends of the Su family will come over.
When Su Mingzhe, Su Mingpei, and the young man walked towards the backyard of the main building of Su Mansion, Su Mingpei introduced Su Mingzhe:
"Second brother, this is our cousin Bai Xiaowen, the son of Uncle Long from the third aunt's grandma's family. He has just returned to China and is preparing to start a business. Don't you also want to start a business? The office is temporarily arranged in Kangrong Building, with two floors for each of you.
Stay close together and we can communicate often."
"Xiaowen, this is your second brother, Su Mingzhe, the only son of your second uncle's family."
"Second brother."
Bai Xiaowen's grandparents, Su Mingzhe's third aunt and uncle, went abroad in their early years. Bai Xiaowen was considered the third generation. His Mandarin was a bit stiff, but he was still polite and said hello to Su Mingzhe first.
The three of them chatted and came to the backyard.
Su Wensheng was chatting with several tribesmen when he saw two nephews and a cousin coming over. He waved to the three of them to sit quietly next to him.
"The global situation in 2008 was not very good, but we survived. I have received definite news that the authorities will rescue the market after the Spring Festival. This is an excellent opportunity for development."
Su Wensheng encouraged everyone and started discussing and assigning tasks.
Although the Su family is considered a century-old family, life is not easy.
After a century, the company was busy developing and paid out hundreds of millions in dividends every year.
Su Mingzhe has 15% of the shares. In 1989, he received more than 600 million, an average of 70 million a year.
The other 50 or 60 families receive an equal share of one to two million per year. After paying personal income tax, each family gets only two million per year.
For ordinary people, two million a year seems to be an astronomical figure, and they may not be able to save so much money in a lifetime.
But for a wealthy family like the Su family, an income of two million a year doesn't leave much money except for daily expenses.
Therefore, many tribesmen find jobs in companies and continue to receive a salary.
Some tribesmen are just waiting to die, so they should be treated as idlers in the company and placed in an insignificant place.
Some tribesmen can endure hardship and will be trained slowly. If they are indeed capable, they will be promoted to senior management positions.
Su Wensheng arranged work tasks for everyone, and even had a meal together at noon.
In the afternoon, Su Mingzhe was called over by his seventh uncle Su Wensheng and asked why he wanted to start his own business, what were his thoughts, what were his plans, etc.
Su Mingzhe didn't 'talk nonsense' like he did in the previous world.
Although his seventh uncle Su Wensheng treats him well on weekdays, he is not his biological father after all.
In the previous world, Su Mingzhe dared to brag casually with Lin Yuanxing, it was because of his biological father, who must have been very tolerant of him.
When chatting with Uncle Qi, you must take it easy.
The uncle and nephew chatted for more than an hour. Su Wensheng was also afraid that his nephew would fail to start his own business for the first time and cause psychological pressure, so he took the time to give some guidance and check.
Su Wensheng had a lot of work, and he felt that the conversation was about the same, so he let Su Mingzhe leave.
For the next afternoon, Su Mingzhe wandered around the Su Mansion. When he met a relative, he chatted for a while. When he was tired of chatting, he played poker with a few young people.
Soon, the time came to six o'clock, and many relatives and friends of the Su family began to come in one after another.
Su Mingzhe and Su Mingpei worked as doormen at the door for a while, and then each welcomed their friends.
Su Mingzhe welcomed a brother and sister:
"Haokun, is this Jiang Lai? We haven't seen her for more than two years, and she has become a grown-up girl. If we meet her outside, I wouldn't even dare to recognize her."
After hearing Su Mingzhe's words, Jiang Haokun immediately frowned and said in a bad tone:
"Su Laoer, you are a slippery boy, don't teach my sister a bad lesson."
Brother and sister Jiang Haokun and Jiang Lai are characters in the TV series "Mr. Good".
In this world, the Jiang family and the Su family are considered family friends.
Jiang Haokun and Su Mingzhe have been playmates since childhood.
However, this Jiang Lai seems to be studying abroad and we haven't seen him for more than two years.
Su Mingzhe led the two of them toward the backyard while reasoning with Jiang Haokun: "Haokun, what you said is wrong. Girls should praise them more at home."
"When this girl is at home, if her family doesn't praise her too much, when she grows up and meets some of the messy people in society, she will be easily coaxed and taken away with a few sweet words."
"How do you say that? If you are new to the world, I will take you to see all the prosperity of the world; if your heart has gone through vicissitudes of life, I will ride the merry-go-round with you."
"If you, the eldest brother, don't teach you these principles, if Jiang Lai calls me 'second brother', I will definitely teach her."
Jiang Haokun has been serious since he was a child. After Su Mingzhe said a few words, he was speechless and could only curl his lips and smile coldly:
"You have so much sense, but I haven't seen you find a girlfriend yet."
"How do you know I don't have a girlfriend? Zou Yu is my girlfriend now."
When Su Mingzhe talked about this, he couldn't help but tell him about how he beat up Zhao Tai and Yao Bin a few days ago, and Zou Yu came to visit him, and he took the opportunity to express his feelings.
Jiang Haokun frowned when he heard this. He had been in poor health since he was a child and could not exercise strenuously. Just hearing Su Mingzhe fight with others made him unbearable, so he quickly took out his asthma medicine from his pocket and sprayed it.
Jiang Lai and Su Mingzhe had not seen each other for more than a year. They were a little reserved at first. But when they heard that Zhao Tai and Yao Bin were beaten by Su Mingzhe, their eyes immediately lit up and they looked at him with admiration:
"Second brother, can you beat more than a dozen people by yourself?"
"Of course. If you don't believe this, you can ask Zhao Tai, Yao Bin and the others."
Su Mingzhe saw Jiang Lai becoming his little crush, and smiled from ear to ear.
Jiang Haokun coughed coldly, attracted the attention of the two people, and then glared at Su Mingzhe:
"Su Laoer, please don't lead my sister into trouble, okay? My sister has been very well-behaved and cute since she was a child, just because you often brought her some weird toys and said some messy things. Now this girl is acting crazy all day long. I
Her parents can't control her at home."
"Brother, have you ever said that about your sister?"
Jiang Lai was immediately unhappy when he was told that. He pouted, crossed his arms, and looked like I was very angry and would ignore you.
Jiang Haokun is cold-faced and sarcastic, with a standard "tyrannical president" personality. Naturally, he will not coax his sister so easily.
Su Mingzhe and Jiang Haokun started talking about other things.
Su Mingzhe and Jiang Haokun are both key successors trained by their families, and they have many things to worry about.
"You want to study abroad in the lighthouse country? No, what do you think about this? Don't you know whether the moon in foreign countries is round? Don't you know whether Jiang Lai has had a good time abroad in the past two years?"
When Su Mingzhe heard Jiang Haokun's words, he immediately thought of the plot of "Mr. Good". Jiang Haokun went to the Lighthouse Country, so there wasn't much time left before Lu Yuan was imprisoned, right?
Jiang Haokun sighed helplessly and said:
"It's all arranged by my family. The family business requires me to go there to meet some business partners, and I can't refuse."
Because the Jiang family has only a small number, even if Jiang Haokun is not in good health, he still has to shoulder the mission of supporting the family.
Su Mingzhe had no choice but to advise him:
"Then when you arrive in the Lighthouse Country, remember to contact Lu Yuan. After that boy went to the Lighthouse Country, all year round, except for sending a message during the Mid-Autumn Festival and Spring Festival, you still know that he is still alive. At other times, you will not get back even if you send a message."
Jiang Haokun nodded after being told, and then helped explain:
"Consumption is expensive in the Lighthouse Country, and Lu Yuan has no money. How can he go online every day and reply to your messages? You are not a beautiful woman."
really.
Internet communication costs in lighthouse countries are very expensive.
Some people in China always say that foreign fruit mobile phones are very cheap. A fruit phone that costs 5,000 to 6,000 yuan in China only sells for 3,000 or even 2,000 yuan abroad.
These people don't know that although foreign fruit mobile phones are cheap, the communication costs of using their mobile phones are very expensive.
Often a year's worth of phone calls can be used to replace a fruit phone.
The situation in China is completely different.
Although mobile phones are expensive, communication fees are cheap.
The average person's monthly communication fee is about one hundred yuan, and some are even as low as fifty or sixty yuan, which is less than one thousand yuan a year.
These two price differences are actually a problem of the operators.
Domestic telecom operators are all state-owned enterprises. Although they also consider profitability, they are more about convenience for the masses.
It's different abroad. Without profit-driven, everything is bullshit!
This also leads to the fact that foreign technology updates are very slow. Anyway, it can still make money. The technology is reserved and can be updated slowly in the future.
In China, as long as there is a new technology, the government will drive the market and upgrade it.
Jiang Haokun talked about his plans and asked Su Mingzhe about his future plans:
"Do you have any plans to join the company as an intern?"
"What do I do in the company?"
Su Mingzhe looked surprised and said: "I am sick".
"My seventh uncle is now in charge of the Su Group. He is not yet forty. My third uncle and fourth uncle are also in their prime. Even if I join the company, I won't be able to take on important responsibilities. I can only be a small boy.
I don’t want to join the family business.”
"You want to start a business?"
Jiang Haokun frowned and knew the elegant meaning after hearing the string. He and Su Mingzhe had been friends since childhood, so naturally he could hear Su Mingzhe's thoughts at once.
"Yes, the future is the Internet era. I have done some research on this aspect and just want to start an Internet company."
Su Mingzhe is still planning to register a Golden Dragon Software Company and then create a Chinese operating system.
One of the basic elements of doing business is that it is better to do something raw than to do something familiar.
It is easiest to make money if you are familiar with the business.
I am doing this in both worlds, so there is no need to make any detours.
"Whether it's the Internet or not, it's quite popular."
Jiang Haokun talked about some of his ideas, and then suddenly started to persuade: "Why don't you come with me to the Lighthouse Country? There are many talents in Silicon Valley there. You can find any kind of talent you want, and it will be very convenient to start a business on the Internet.
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Su Mingzhe sneered, pointed at his forehead, and sneered:
"You think I am you. I am nothing without my family. I have real talent and have learned a lot, so why should I go to Silicon Valley? Besides, do you understand the basic elements of Internet entrepreneurship? Internet
Although the foundation of the company is talents, if you want to make profits as soon as possible, the most important thing is the market. Our country’s rigid needs are more than those of Europe and the United States combined. If I go to start a business there, won’t I be looking for something far away?”
Jiang Haokun understood the meaning of Su Mingzhe's words. With thick eyebrows and big eyes, he actually looked mean and said:
"Su Laoer, you mean, the project has been confirmed, right? For the sake of our brothers, I will invest 10 million for you and hold 30% of the shares. How about it?"
"You're thinking shit!"
Su Mingzhe rejected him without hesitation, but he didn't insist on saying anything. During the business discussion, he still paid him a price:
"If you really want to invest, if you spend 10 million, I can consider giving you 5% of the shares."
Jiang Haokun immediately quit:
"I think you are crazy about money. You only want ten million from me for five points of shares. Do you think I am a fool?"
The reason why he was willing to invest was mainly because Su Mingzhe was backed by the Su Group and basically would not lose money no matter what he did. That's why he thought about investing and making some pocket money.
Unexpectedly, Su Mingzhe was so dark-hearted.
Su Mingzhe smiled slightly and stopped trying to persuade this good friend.
Sometimes, opportunities just slip away like this.