"Patton, sometimes I really envy you for being able to keep doing what you like..." After a long time, Heidi gently raised her head in Chen Zhuo's arms, looked into Chen Zhuo's eyes, and said quietly.
Chen Zhuo gently rubbed Heidi's face with his hand and asked: "Heidi, last night you said that your future has been changed. What happened..."
In an instant, tears fell from Heidi's eyes again, and Chen Zhuo's chest was already soaked.
Holding Chen Zhuo tightly, Heidi buried her face in Chen Zhuo's arms and said: "Patton, from now on... I may never be able to see you again..."
Um...is it so serious? Chen Zhuo's heart seemed to be pulled by something at this moment.
Holding Chen Zhuo tightly, as if he would never be able to catch him again if he let go, Heidi began to tell the story while shedding tears.
(two)
The Albrecht family, like Germany today, was rebuilt on the ruins of World War II.
Heidi's story is more detailed. The fathers of the two founders of the Aldi Group were coal miners in the Ruhr area. Later, they contracted lung disease and the family's livelihood was difficult to maintain. They now opened a restaurant in the workers' district of Essen, their city.
A bakery, the younger son Outai worked as an apprentice in the current shop after graduating from high school, and the eldest son Karl was sent to a well-known dessert shop in Essen as a waiter.
After the war, the brothers returned to their hometown. Fortunately, their mother's shop was still maintained. In 1948, the brothers officially took over their mother's shop. At that time, all the shops were
A points system is implemented, that is, customers accumulate points for each purchase and receive discounts at the end of the year. But the idea of Albrechts is, why not give the discounts to customers right away? In other words: sell at a low price.
Adhering to this idea, the two soon expanded the scale of the food store. By 1950, the brothers had formed a small chain in Essen, with 13 branches. From then on, they used "quality standards"
Armed with the "cheap principle", Aldi expanded rapidly. In 1960, Aldi had 300 branches in Germany.
From this time on, the Aldi Group gradually changed the food supermarket into a comprehensive supermarket. At this time, the brothers handed over the management power to Dieter Brandes, a doctor of economics. Especially after the kidnapping incident in the 1970s,
The two brothers lived in seclusion and focused on the inheritance of the business and family.
(three)
Not only in the business operations of the Aldi Group, but also in the management of the Albrecht family established by the two brothers, there are also strict standards, systems, and procedures. It can be said that their descendants have been arranged from birth.
Once destiny is determined, individuals are not allowed to change it without authorization.
In this empire that has created business miracles, it has developed from the entrepreneurial stage of two brothers to the third and fourth generations of descendants in charge of management. As the traditional Chinese saying goes, "You can't get rich only in three generations." Basically, it has reached the third generation.
Those who can grow steadily and continuously after generations are already "from wealth to nobility" and have become "nobles" in a certain sense. A European proverb says, "A thousand millionaires can be created overnight, but it takes three generations to accumulate one."
"Noble", that's what it means.
According to the rules set by the two brothers, the descendants of brother Carl will be appointed to the "Purchasing Supervision Committee" to supervise the product procurement process, and the descendants of brother Outai will be arranged to join the "Expansion Supervision Committee" to supervise the store location selection process.
, they only supervise whether the procedures are reasonable rather than directly intervening in specific matters. Specific matters are implemented by a professional team in accordance with procedures and systems.
The family's highest authority, the "Aldi Foundation", will designate a "Crown Prince" from among the descendants by the family's highest authority, as the legal heir to the entire family's power over the group's strategic direction...
The family motto of the Albrecht family points out that Rome was not built in a day, nor was it built in one generation. Many things in this world require the efforts of several generations. The descendants born in this family need to make the family and industry better.
To carry it forward is our mission and God’s will.
These... Chen Zhuo could only remain silent. In his homeland, there are no more families. They have all been destroyed, and destroyed more than once. The 5,000-year-old ancient civilization is now full of prodigal sons and "rich second generations". Can you
It may not be passed down to the third generation. By the third generation of a certain family in Hong Kong, it has been "carved up" and has no "development" at all.
As for inheritance... No, the genes of inheritance and accumulation have been lost in the rounds of demolition. The whole society is full of profit-seeking and quick success, just like the emotion of a certain dynasty in history when it reaches a certain stage, always talking about etiquette.
The joy collapsed.
(Four)
The Albrecht family has no descendants. The elder brother Karl has two sons, and the younger brother Otei has one son. The second generation serves on the "Purchasing Supervision Committee" and the "Expansion Supervision Committee" respectively in accordance with family procedures and regulations. 60
After retirement, the shares will be divided equally among the children after death. At present, the first and second generations of the Albrecht family have all retired. The youngest of the second generation of the family is Heidi's grandfather, who is also 63 this year.
age.
In the third generation, that is, Heidi's father and uncle, Karl's branch has two sons and one daughter in the third generation. Outai's branch is still a single generation, with Heidi's father as the only son.
By the fourth generation, which is Heidi's generation, the fourth generation of Karl's branch had three sons and two daughters, while Heidi's father still only had Heidi, an only daughter.
In Heidi's generation, according to family regulations, there are two inheritance procedures. One is that Heidi's father selects a fourth-generation man from the Albrecht family from the Karl branch to become Outai.
The "heir" of the branch is inherited and passed on by him. Another procedure is that of Hai
Ti must marry a man from the fourth generation of Karl's branch, and their descendants will inherit Outai's career and continue it downwards to ensure the "purity" of the bloodline and to prevent the offspring from being the only daughter.
At that time, due to marital problems, the family lost control of its wealth...
As early as 10 years ago, the Albrecht family had discussed this issue many times. Because Heidi was only 12 years old at the time, it was too far away from the wedding time, so it has been unresolved. Heidi's father was about 40 years old at the time and was very young.
There may be another male, so there is no final conclusion, so the "heir" has never been chosen.
This is what Heidi just learned. This is the price of inheritance. Obedience and rebellion are actually a kind of trade-off...
Chen Zhuo listened quietly.
(five)
The great-grandfather's will specified that if Heidi still had no younger brother when Heidi's grandfather passed away, then the fourth generation of the family would be inherited by Heidi, and Heidi's inheritance would adopt the second method. After her brother Carl
The great-grandson, the fourth generation, chooses a man to marry Heidi...
When the will was announced, Heidi's entire family was present. As for the content of the will, Heidi had no right to refute it because it was a matter shared by the entire family. Carl's three great-grandchildren were all older than Heidi. Who ended up marrying Heidi?
Heidi's spouse has not yet been determined, but Heidi must make preparations first...
Heidi clearly put forward the "movement" on her side and expressed her objections. She would rather not have the inheritance rights of the fourth generation of the family... But the objection was invalid, because Heidi was not only the issue of the inheritance rights of the fourth generation, she also
The two most powerful elders in the family, Outai, were appointed as the "Crown Prince" by the richest man in Germany.
In other words, after Heidi officially gets married in accordance with family procedures, she will officially become the head of the family's highest authority, the "Aldi Foundation."
This head is a lifelong and "designated inheritance system". After Outai's death and before Heidi's marriage, this position will be managed by a "will execution committee" composed of a group of lawyers and the second generation of the Albrecht family. According to
They agreed that Heidi's wedding should be held within this year in order to fulfill the leader's last wish as soon as possible...
This is the price of inheritance. Obedience and rebellion are actually a trade-off...
It is easy to say it, and it is always clear and logical to give advice to others, but when this kind of choice is put on oneself and on the people related to oneself, who can really understand the feeling!
(six)
Chen Zhuo basically understood, that's why Heidi said sorry at the beginning in yesterday's phone call, because Heidi had already made the decision to say goodbye before that phone call.
This relationship ended so quietly before it even had a chance to begin.
