A column of clear water with a strong tea fragrance tilted out from the exquisite purple clay teapot in Liu Dong's hand, and slowly overflowed into the dark and thick tea cups on the exquisitely crafted old mahogany tea table.
Smelling the familiar and alluring aroma of the top-grade Wuyi Mountain black tea, Liu Dong couldn't help but put down the teapot, picked up the teacup and put it to the tip of his nose. After a gentle sniff, he took a sip with a satisfied expression.
After savoring the taste of **** in his mouth, he looked at the falling snow outside the window, as well as the green bamboos and lonely pines still standing proudly against the wind and snow. A quiet, leisurely and elegant atmosphere lingered in Liu Dong's heart.
It has been more than half a year since he returned from Germany, and Liu Dong has never left home again. Most of the company's affairs have been delegated to Feng Jianhui and the others. In addition to reading and painting, and visiting Panjiayuan and Liulichang in his spare time, Liu Dong really
I began to enjoy this kind of life like an ancient literati.
It was this kind of life that he yearned for that truly made Liu Dong realize the joy of life.
Now that things have happened, he never wants to go back to the days when he was running around and wandering around the world. Although his past life included many "infinite scenery on dangerous peaks", Liu Dong now enjoys being reunited with his family.
A leisurely life.
Of course, in addition to the reason that Liu Dong likes his current life, another very important reason is that he is about to become a father again.
When his daughter Niandong was born, he was not by Xia Yunshang's side, which has always been an irreparable regret in Liu Dong's heart. But when Wang Qiang and the others gave birth, Liu Dong was unwilling to leave similar regrets again!
As soon as he finished his thoughts, Liu Dong heard small and tiptoeing footsteps behind him. But he did not look back, but showed a doting smile on his face.
"Guess who I am!"
As the cute and tender children's voice sounded, a pair of delicate little hands covered Liu Dong's eyes.
"Of course it's dad's cutest daughter Yaya!"
With that said, Liu Dong turned around and held his five-year-old daughter in his arms.
"It's not fun at all. Dad guessed it again!" Looking at his daughter who was wearing a pink cotton-padded jacket and a white cashmere hat, with a round apple face and a pout that looked like Yuxue's cuteness, Liu Dong gently said
He patted her little head and said with a smile, "Then let's do it again, shall we? Next time, daddy will not recognize Yaya!"
"Humph, I don't! Dad is as stupid as Xiao Ming!" the little girl wrinkled her nose and said softly.
"Who is Xiao Ming? Is he stupid?"
"Yeah! Xiao Ming is my deskmate in kindergarten. He is so stupid that he doesn't even know that two plus two equals four! Hee hee!"
"Really? That Yaya must be very powerful!"
"Of course, I have already memorized the multiplication table! The teacher praised Yaya for being smart!"
Looking at the proud look on his daughter's round little face, Liu Dong smiled and praised: "Yaya is daddy's good daughter, of course she is smart!"
"Um!"
"Since my daughter is so smart, daddy should reward you anyway. Tell me what you want to eat for lunch, and daddy will cook it for you!"
"Really?"
"Of course, dad always keeps his word!"
"Then I want to eat braised prawns, okay?" As she said this, glistening saliva appeared on the corner of the little girl's mouth.
"sure……!"
"No!" Xia Yunshang, who had been watching the affectionate exchange between father and daughter from behind and felt satisfied, interrupted Liu Dong.
“Children can’t eat too much oil!”
Looking at her stern mother, the little girl shrank into Liu Dong's arms with a hint of fear on her face.
Out of guilt for his daughter, after Liu Dong met her, he became more doting and pampering. Liu Dong almost met all of his daughter's requests.
As a father, he really played the role of a 'loving father' almost 100%. On the contrary, Xia Yunshang was extremely strict in educating his daughter, and he also played the role of a 'strict mother' to the fullest.
However, their kindness and strictness are just right for their children's education.
"If Yaya wants to eat, let her eat. She is so young and is just growing up, so oil is nothing!" Liu Dong said.
"You know how to pamper her!"
"Haha, who is it that Yaya is my daughter? If I don't spoil her, who else should I spoil?" As he spoke, Liu Dong raised his hand and lifted his daughter onto his shoulders.
"Come on, Yaya, daddy will take you out to play!"
"Hehe, dad, drive...!"
Although his precious daughter regarded him as a horse rider, Liu Dong was still very happy.
Looking at them from behind, Xia Yunshang's originally serious face also showed a happy smile.
Originally, she had been worried that she would not be able to integrate into the Liu family, but in fact everything was completely opposite to what she had expected. The Liu family was not as high-ranking as she had imagined, but it was Liu Dong's parents who saw Yaya.
I fell in love with it at first sight. Moreover, the nickname "Yaya" was given by Liu Dong's mother herself.
Since Yaya came to the Liu family, both Liu Dong's parents and Liu Dong's grandparents have regarded the little girl as the apple of their eye.
If Wang Qiang and the others weren't due to give birth soon, and her mother was distracted, she might have hugged Yaya a long time ago and wouldn't let go.
After leaving the study, Liu Dong carried his baby daughter to the living room, leaving behind the laughter of the father and daughter sharing their family life.
Because it's still snowing outside, Liu Dong didn't take his baby daughter outside. Fortunately, Liu Dong's villa is big enough for the father and daughter to play.
However, before Liu Dong could play with his baby daughter for a long time, he saw the concierge outside walking in with Feng Jianhui, who was covered in snow and dusty.
Xia Yunshang, who had been following Liu Dong, saw this scene and knew that her husband needed to deal with business. So when Feng Jianhui walked into the living room, he had already walked to Liu Dong's side and took his daughter from his shoulder.
Next.
"Yaya, come down! Dad has to work!"
"No, I still want to play with daddy!"
"Listen to mom!" Xia Yunshang's pretty face tightened, and the little girl immediately calmed down, but it was certain that there was a bottle of oil hanging on her little mouth.
"Yaya, go play with mom first, dad will come find you later!"
"Then dad keeps his word!"
"Of course! Dad always keeps what he says to Yaya!"
"Then let's hook up!"
"Well, if you hang yourself with a hook, it won't change for a hundred years!" Liu Dong stretched out his little finger and hooked his daughter's crystal white little finger.
"Bye Dad!"
"Goodbye Yaya!"
Looking at his daughter who was being held by Xia Yunshang and walking into the room, Liu Dong's face was filled with kindness.
"Chairman, your fatherly and female life is really enviable!" Feng Jianhui walked to Liu Dong's side and smiled.
"Of course! However, you have already enjoyed the happiness of this kind of fatherly and female relationship! Why should you envy me!... Sit down!"
"What I envy is the leisure of the chairman! Unlike me, I have to worry about work every day!"
"That's no problem. If you want to take a break, I can give you a month's leave!"
"I remember what the chairman said! You can't break your promise then!"
"Haha, you can rest anytime you want!"
After a few simple jokes, Feng Jianhui got down to business.
"Chairman, I just received news from Mr. Zhang of Xuntong Group that Yahoo has been acquired by us!"
"Oh? After procrastinating for more than half a year, you finally succeeded?"
"Yes!"
"How much will the acquisition cost?"
"USD 75 billion, full acquisition!" Feng Jianhui said excitedly.
"That's good, now our layout in the Internet industry is finally completed!"
"Yes! ... However, this acquisition of Yahoo has consumed all the Google shares in our hands! Now many people in the global capital community are laughing at us for making a loss-making deal, using a promising company to exceed four
One-third of the shares were exchanged for a company that has begun to decline!"
"Humph, let them laugh at you! Anyone with a discerning eye can see the value of Yahoo. Don't pay too much attention to these so-called negative voices, just do our own thing! ...Also, tell Zhang Fan to let him
Immediately break up Yahoo according to our original plan! Competition in the Internet industry is becoming increasingly fierce. If we solve Yahoo's problems earlier, we will be able to occupy more markets earlier. We can't be careless at all!"
"Yes, I will explain this to Mr. Zhang!"
"By the way, how is Hanhua Telecom's development in Europe?"
"The hardware equipment in Germany, Italy, and Spain has almost been laid out. It may take some time in France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. However, now the company has begun to have good income. Although it is not yet truly profitable, everything is as predicted by the chairman.
Yes, 3G telecommunications is indeed an industry with hidden gold mines."
"That's good!" Liu Dong nodded.
It should be said that Liu Dong's policy change towards Hanhua Telecom was very effective. Although Hanhua Group lost the controlling stake of Hanhua Telecom, it won the help of the Wittgenstein family, which has great potential in Europe. In addition, in order to
Liu Dong also brought the Bouygues family into the group's development in France. Martin Bouygues, who had a cooperation project with Liu Dong in Yanjiao New City and had long had plans for the 3G telecommunications industry, received the invitation from Liu Dong.
After receiving the invitation, without any hesitation, Bouygues Telecom was injected as capital into the more powerful Hanhua Telecom, and took control of 12.4% of the shares, becoming Hanhua Telecom second only to Liu Dong and the Wittgenstein family.
The third largest shareholder!
Later, Hanhua Telecom was listed in Hong Kong and London. In addition to raising a large amount of funds for the development of the group, it also formed a huge interest group.
Driven by this interest group, the opposition of the declining Rothschild family is no longer as powerful a threat as it once was.
Coupled with the strong influence that the position of chairman of Manchester United Football Club brings to Liu Dong in the UK, Hanhua Telecom's development in the UK has almost become smooth.
If the rules hadn't allowed it, Liu Dong would have really wanted to acquire a football club in one of these European developed countries, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands.
“Has Hanhua Heavy Industry’s expansion yielded results?”
"I'm about to report to the chairman! The results are already there!"
"Oh? Good news?" Liu Dong was shocked.
"certainly!"
"Say it quickly!"
"Liebherr has approved our acquisition application. With the help of the Wittgenstein family, and the recent good relations between China and Germany, the German Ministry of Commerce has not set any difficulties for our acquisition! So, if nothing else, this
The world’s sixth top manufacturer of construction equipment will be acquired by us!”
"Great!" Liu Dong couldn't help but clap his hands and said happily.
"However, Chairman, this acquisition is not cheap! A full acquisition would cost US$45 billion!"
"It's only 45 billion US dollars. Invest all the money we earned from the company's listing during this period. If it's not enough, I will give you more!" Liu Donghao said angrily.
At the beginning, he set four core companies for the Hanhua Group! They were Standard Chartered Bank and Hanhua Bank in the financial industry; Hanhua Heavy Industries in the heavy industry; Xuntong Group in the Internet industry, and Pacific Ocean in the oil industry.
Petroleum Industry Company.
Needless to say, Standard Chartered Bank is one of the top ten financial giants in the world. After annexing Yahoo, China Telecom Group has surpassed Google and Amazon in the world's Internet industry rankings, becoming the well-deserved number one, and its asset value is even more
Nearly 150 billion US dollars, even in the global IT industry rankings, it is also known as the industry giant after IBM and Microsoft.
As for Pacific Petroleum Industry Company, through the connections of the Shatov family and after paying a certain price, Liu Dong successfully obtained the remaining assets of Yukos Oil Company and entered the Russian oil market!
At the same time, through Liu Dong's deliberate wooing, Said Abdullah also wanted to use Liu Dong's relationship to develop his career, and the two hit it off!
Two petrochemical companies with a capacity of 15 million tons and a total of 30 million tons have been established in Ningbo, China and Saudi Arabia. The one located in China is naturally Hanhua Holdings, and the one located in Saudi Arabia, Hanhua has obtained 49% of the equity.
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Even so, the assets of Pacific Petroleum Industries, which successfully entered the Middle East oil market, have soared. It is getting closer and closer to the US$100 billion baseline set by Liu Dong!
Only Hanwha Heavy Industries is the weakest. Even if it merges with Daewoo Marine & Shipbuilding, which ranks among the top ten in the world's shipbuilding industry, its assets still do not exceed US$25 billion!
Among the four core industries of Hanhua Group stipulated by Liu Dong, the strength is the weakest. Therefore, after changing the group's development plan and raising a large amount of funds through the listing of the company, Liu Dong's first thought was to expand Hanhua through acquisitions.
The strength of heavy industry.
As a result, companies with names all over the world, especially those with advanced technology, have become the targets of Hanhua Heavy Industries.
After working hard for more than half a year, I finally see hope!
Liebherr, a giant in the world's construction machinery industry, acquired it, and the construction machinery department of Hanhua Heavy Industry was able to develop rapidly.
Hanhua Heavy Industry, which has two major strengths, the shipbuilding department and the construction machinery department, is no longer as weak as before! Moreover, Liebherr's leading technology in diesel engines can also greatly enhance the strength of Hanhua Heavy Industry's engine department.
“What about ThyssenKrupp and TRUMPF Machine Tools?”
"They refused!" Feng Jianhui shook his head.
"If you refuse, just refuse! We have other goals!" Although he said this, Liu Dong couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
"By the way, acquisitions are important, but we should not relax our investment in technology research and development and talent training!"
"I understand! I think Hanhua Heavy Industries will not betray the trust of the chairman!"
"Yes!" Liu Dong nodded, "By the way, it's almost noon. Would you like to stay and have dinner with me?"
"No! I came to you just after I came back from the United States! Now I want to enjoy family happiness more than eating!"
"Haha, okay then! I won't force you anymore! We'll get together in a few days!"
"Then Chairman, I will take my leave!"
"I send you!"
Feng Jianhui nodded. Knowing Liu Dong's character, he did not refuse.
After sending Feng Jianhui out of the door, Liu Dong checked the time and did not return to the living room. Instead, he walked straight towards the kitchen of the villa.
"Zhang Ma, is the black chicken soup ready?"
"It's all stewed and put in the thermos bucket!" The middle-aged woman known as Zhang's mother quickly called the kitchen servant to put the thermos bucket in front of Liu Dong.
After unscrewing them one by one and taking a look at them, Liu Dong, who was extremely satisfied with their appearance and fragrance, tightened them again, picked them up and went out.
"Oh, this young master's temper still hasn't changed!"
Looking at Liu Dong's back, Zhang's mother, who had known Liu Dong since she took care of Mr. Long, looked at his hurried away figure and shook her head with a smile.
After putting the chicken soup in the car and calling Xia Yunshang, who was taking care of the housework at home, Liu Dong hurried to the best hospital in Beijing.
Lying in the most luxurious room here is Liu Dong’s confidante ‘Wang Qiang’ who is close to her due date and is about to give birth!
However, just when Liu Dong got out of the parked car, the cell phone in his pocket suddenly rang.
"What happened to Mom...?"
Before Liu Dong finished his sentence, he heard the anxious voice of his mother Wang Xiangmei, "Xiaodong, come to the hospital quickly, Wang Qiang is about to give birth!"
"What? Didn't the doctor say that the due date is three days away?"
"Don't worry about the due date. Your wife has been pushed into the delivery room now. You brat, come here quickly!"
"Yes, yes, mom, I'll be there right away!"
Liu Dong, who suddenly became anxious and panicked, slammed the car door and hurried towards the delivery room of the hospital without even taking the chicken soup from the back seat.
By the time he rushed all the way here, the red light on the delivery room had already turned on. Outside the door were his anxious mother and the bodyguards he had specially arranged.
"Mom, how's the situation?"
"do not know yet!"
"How long has Wang Qiang been here?"
"Ten minutes or so! By the way, call your dad and ask him to come over too!"
"Oh, oh, I know!"
After listening to his mother's instructions, Liu Dong had no choice but to patiently call his father. Liu Jianqing, who received the news, hurried over shortly after receiving the news.
After asking about the situation, he sat down next to Wang Xiangmei. But looking at the anxious eyes he kept looking at the delivery room, it was obvious that he was not at peace in his heart.
But at this moment, Liu Dong felt even more uneasy!
Listening to Wang Qiang's almost "heart-breaking" cry, Liu Dong felt as if a hundred claws were scratching his heart. All his usual poise and calmness were gone when it came to his woman and children.
Disappeared without a trace.
"Okay, stop dangling in front of me, you'll make me dizzy!"
Looking at Liu Dong walking around, Liu Jianqing couldn't help but said.
"Liu Dong, don't worry! Wang Qiang is in such good health on weekdays, she will definitely be fine after giving birth!" Wang Xiangmei couldn't help but comfort her.
"I know I know!"
After repeating a few words, Liu Dong sat down on the chair next to him for a few minutes. He couldn't help but stand up again and repeated the previous actions.
Looking at his son who was still walking around with an anxious, hesitant and worried look on his face, Liu Jianqing couldn't help but shook his head and said nothing more.
He knew that at this moment, unless Wang Qiang and her son were safe, it would be redundant to say anything to Liu Dong.
As time passed, the red light in the delivery room never went out, and Liu Dong's anxiety and worry became more and more intense. If his mother hadn't stopped him, he might have wanted to rush in several times.
"Wow……!"
"gave birth!"
After the loud cry of the baby rang out, Liu Dong's family of three stood up instantly.
"Mom and Dad, it's happening, it's happening!"
"Um!"
After more than ten minutes of loud baby crying, the closed door was opened from the inside.
The person who greeted the family's expectant eyes was a middle-aged female doctor with a fat face. After her eyes quickly swept over the faces of the three of them, she smiled and said: "Congratulations, mother and child are safe, and they are still twins!"
"Dragon and Phoenix twins! Haha!" After muttering to himself, Liu Dong was so happy that he fell into a daze.
At this moment, Liu Dong is really like all the fathers in the world who are welcoming the birth of their offspring. Ordinary people cannot be ordinary.
There is no so-called calmness, stability, wit and strategy. My heart is filled with the joy and excitement of being a father.
"Doctor, thank you so much. This is our little thought. Please accept it!"
While her son and husband were so excited that they didn't know where to go, Wang Xiangmei had already taken out the red treasure she had prepared in advance and put it in the doctor's hand.
Doctors didn’t reject red treasures like this, which represented happiness.
"Come in and take a look!"
"Oh!" Liu Dong reacted and ran in in a panic.
The first time he entered it, Liu Dong saw Wang Qiang lying on the hospital bed, looking pale and exhausted, but with a strong look of maternal love in the corners of her eyes and eyebrows.
He quickly walked over, held his lover's hand tightly, stroked her hair, and said softly: "Thank you for your hard work!"
"It's not hard for me at all! Xiaodong, look at our children, they look like you!"
As they said that, Wang Qiang and Liu Dong turned their eyes to the side, where the two babies had been cleaned and wrapped by the doctor and placed on the small bed.
However, compared to Liu Dong, Wang Xiangmei and his wife had already arrived at the crib first.
"Jianqing, look at their little noses, do they look like Liu Dong's when he was a child?"
"Well, they are quite similar! But my brother looks more like me, and my sister looks more like Wang Qiang!"
"A girl should look like her daughter-in-law, and she will be as beautiful as her mother when she grows up!" As she said this, Wang Xiangmei carefully picked up her oldest brother under the guidance of the doctor.
"Mom, can you give me a hug too?"
Seeing his father and mother hugging each other and not letting go, Liu Dong was so jealous that he couldn't help but speak.
"Okay, you, the father, also hug your son!"
With that said, Wang Xiangmei carefully put the small package in her arms into her son's arms, "Hold his waist with your left hand and his head with your right hand. The child's bones are soft, so be careful!"
"I know!"
Agreeing, Liu Dong carefully held his child in his arms.
Looking at his wrinkled little face and his two clenched fists, a kind of blood-blooded emotion flowed from the bottom of Liu Dong's heart quickly throughout his body like an electric shock.
This feeling was the first time Liu Dong experienced it, and it brought him an indescribable strong feeling.
After carefully looking at the swaddled baby, Liu Dong carried him to the hospital bed. Looking at Wang Qiang, who was pale and full of happiness, he said in an excited tone: "Sister Wang, you
Look, this is our child!"
"Well! This is our child!"
After looking at Liu Dong, holding his son's little hand with his right hand, and then looking at his daughter who was held in Liu Jianqing's arms, Wang Qiang's face became even more happy!