Xue Ling couldn't be smarter, and he immediately understood the hidden meaning in his words.
"how?
Do you feel that you have not reached the peak of your life, so you are not willing to step down?"
Xue Heng walked around the steering wheel and chuckled: "The one who knows me is Ling Ling.
You said I'm in my early fifties, but it's been nearly thirty years since I started working with my uncle after graduation, and then with you, and I always feel that I have to reach a peak, otherwise I really can't give up.
ah."
"What does 'peak' mean?"
Xue Ling couldn't help but laugh and asked: "Every mountain is higher than the other. Where can you find the real peak?"
Xue Heng pouted aggrievedly and said: "The earth is so big, and the highest peak is Mount Everest.
If you don’t take a look, try it, and measure it, you won’t know which mountain is the real peak.”
Xue Ling sat comfortably on the table and chair and asked funnyly: "Then what do you use to measure your peak?
Um?
How much money do you make specifically?
Or which position will you reach?"
"This... I don't think I've thought about it yet."
Xue Heng explained: "But I always have an intuition that the peak of my life has not yet appeared - I have to endure it for a while."
"How stupid!"
Xue Ling laughed and scolded: "Why don't you realize that your physical and mental strength are not as good as before?
Why don't you realize that your ideas are no longer suitable for the current social situation?
Why don't you intuitively understand that every previous stage has its peak and climax?
Is it possible that those things can’t be your ‘Mount Everest’?”
"No way!"
Xue Heng argued: "They are none of them. How can I deceive myself and others?"
Xue Ling couldn't help but roll his eyes and his expression became serious.
"A Heng, I advise you to step back, otherwise your body may not be able to bear it.
Look at you, Uncle Lan and Aunt Lan fell ill at the same time recently, and your family has hired two nannies. However, you go to work during the day and stay with the elderly at night, and you are still exhausted mentally and physically.
My uncle and aunt are getting older and older every year, and your physical strength is getting worse every year.
You can still fight now, but are you sure you can still fight in the next few years?
Have you ever looked in the mirror?
You have a lot more gray hair recently than before."
"I -" Xue Heng was still unwilling and whispered: "I am old in body but not old in heart. I am quite confident in myself."
Xue Ling shook his head: "A Heng, you and I are not outsiders, there is no need to say some hypocritical words.
Let me ask you, you have followed my dad when you were young and vigorous, and now you have been the general manager of a branch for many years. When did you never have confidence in yourself?
When people get old, how can their hearts not grow old?
Your ambition can no longer keep up with your energy, do you know that?"
"I just need an 'Everest' of my own."
Xue Heng explained depressedly: "As long as it appears, I will immediately retreat.
Only when it appears can I be willing to settle down and live the rest of my life."
Xue Ling still shook his head: "Why do you bother forcing yourself like this?
Aren't you aware of the fierce struggles within the group and the strong pressure from the scientific research department in recent years?
Duoduo recently fired a dozen middle-level leaders in their forties simply because their ideas were outdated and their technical operations could not keep up with the times.
To be honest, they actually work very hard, but as they are getting older, they can no longer keep up with the "wolf-like" corporate culture that Duoduo advocates, so they have to resign voluntarily.
Running a business now is very different from what it used to be."
"I...maybe I have to start a new business."
Xue Heng pursed his lips and said: "This way we won't be restricted to this height.
The branch has always depended on the group to live its life, and I can only depend on this level.
After I stabilize for a while, I will withdraw some of the money to invest in a new project."
"Um."
Xue Ling listened patiently and asked: "What project?"
Xue Heng seemed to have thought about it before, saying: "Private hospital project."
"oh?"
Xue Ling asked: "Which aspect?
These are not your expertise, so don’t try them easily.”
Xue Heng couldn't laugh or cry: "Can't you have more confidence in me?
Can't you just wish me well?
If I quit like this, I will regret it for the rest of my life! Really!"
"real?"
Xue Ling sighed helplessly: "If that's the case, then go ahead and vote."
She was worried that if he voted, he might really regret it for the rest of his life. If he didn't vote, at least he would just have hidden expectations in his heart and be a little unwilling.
Anyway, he is not short of money now, and he does not have to worry that if he fails and falls, his family will not be able to survive.
Xue Huan is now very powerful, and she cannot afford to watch him lose.
"Yeah?"
Xue Heng snorted softly: "Your tone is very perfunctory!"
On weekends, the city is full of traffic, and in many places it is impossible to move even if it is blocked for half an hour.
The two of them drove slowly and continued to chat about the previous topic.
Xue Ling nodded: "I am indeed perfunctory, and it is impossible to support it.
First, I really don’t have the time or energy to strive for a second career, so I have to do what I can.
Second, I am not familiar with this industry, so I will not support it rashly."
Xue Heng shook his head: "Don't be afraid, Ah Huan and his wife are very experienced.
I plan to buy a piece of land on the outskirts of the city and develop it into a high-end private hospital, where the best doctors and nurses will work, with a first-class environment, first-class equipment, and first-class services."
"Um."
Xue Ling asked curiously: "What then?
How to reach your ‘Everest’ quickly?
According to what you said, how many hospital chains would you have to open at least and how many years of investment would it take for you to be able to make a profit?"
Xue Heng replied: "About ten or twenty years.
I plan to open a chain of hospitals. Then I can follow the chain store model and open branches, let others join in, and then look for opportunities to go public."
When Xue Ling heard that his intuition was very unreliable, he reminded: "Hospital services are much more complicated than ordinary services, and it will take at least five years to build a good reputation for a hospital."
After pausing for a second, she reminded again: "You are in your early fifties now, and you will be over fifty in five years.
If you can go public twenty years later, you will be in your seventies at least."
"You will not age until you are over seventy!"
Xue Heng said: "Look at my father and my mother, they are still very tough in their seventies."
Xue Ling was weak: "Tough is very tough, but it is also true that you can't do it.
Then work hard and spend money to build a hospital! Come on!"
"Do you... feel bad?"
Xue Heng couldn't help but ask: "Aren't you going to invest in it?
If this project is done well, you can still make a lot of money in the future!"
Xue Ling shook his head: "No, I'm different from you. My mentality is very good. When I get tired and can't keep up, I can just quit automatically. There is no need to pursue the peak or not.
When I was young, I loved to fight. It was instinctive and inevitable.
Things are different now. I just want to spend more time with my family and children.
Whether you are at your peak or not, just adjust your mentality."