Chapter 339: Secretly meet your daughter first
Some people often say that people need to live with clarity of mind, and that if you give up something, you will gain something.

But it is difficult for most people to live a transparent life. This is not a problem of knowledge, but a problem of experience and thinking.

In the 1960s and 1970s, people couldn’t even get enough food to eat, and many people spent their whole lives just wanting to fill their stomachs.

By the 1980s and 1990s, many people in cities were basically able to eat enough, but they began to pursue eating well, dressing well and having fun.

After all, people only make a fuss and have all kinds of worries when they have enough to eat.

Therefore, a person who sees things clearly is either someone who has nothing, or someone who has achieved great enlightenment.

Jiang Cheng escaped for half a year and lived alone in the wilderness overseas for more than two months. During this half year of self-exile, he also figured out a lot of things.

There is a cause for every effect, and this situation was caused by Jiang Cheng’s greed when he was young. Escaping will not solve the problem. If Zhou Lingying doesn’t want to see him, he can’t escape from his children as well.

Jiang Cheng spent the New Year of 1995 away from home, and returned to Changcheng after the New Year. He had his hair cut at a private barber shop in Changcheng, and his beard was shaved clean.

I cut my hair into a shorter buzz cut. I’m not as vain as before. Although I don’t have any special hairstyle, it’s still a mainstream style.

In the past six months, I have been living in the open air. Unlike before, I would pay attention to maintaining my image. Especially after living in the wilderness for more than two months, although I have the help of space, there is no danger and I am not hungry.

But the whole person has changed a lot. His skin has become darker, thinner and more haggard.

Now that he had his hair cut, Jiang Cheng had a resolute image. People tend to gain weight in middle age, but after half a year of being a homeless man, his figure was actually in good shape.

Now a haircut costs two yuan. Jiang Cheng still remembers that before the reform and opening up, a haircut only cost thirty cents. It was even cheaper in the county town, only twenty cents. This has increased tenfold. In another twenty years, most cheap places will cost twenty yuan for a haircut.

After coming out of the barber shop, Jiang Cheng did not go home, but went to the third good girl Jiang Nian Nian. This girl had no opinion, was very obedient, and was easy to fool.

Now Jiang Niannian is a wealthy woman with a net worth of tens of millions. VCD and DVD are just the beginning. If she does well this year, in addition to the disc player, she can make a lot of money from discs. There is a market of about 10 billion this year, so it is not difficult to make a few hundred million.

The price of VCD players will definitely drop this year. Jiang Cheng was the first to copy VCD because he had foresight. But there are many people with foresight in this era. In just half a year, several domestic brands of VCD players have appeared.

Foreign brands like Panasonic are not counted, and there are also domestic brands like Aido and Shinco. Anyway, if someone knows the technology, they can calculate the cost casually and see how much profit there is.

Jiang Niannian didn’t have a strong opinion. Now a ‘Yinian’ VCD was still selling for 2,300 yuan. Sales were already declining, but because ‘Yinian’ was the second VCD produced, and because it was produced in Hong Kong, Hong Kong products were perceived to be better than domestic products.

In addition, Jiang Cheng invested millions in TV advertising at the beginning, and “Jiangdonglai” has supermarket sales points in more than 60 cities.

Therefore, even though the price of ‘Yinian’ is a bit high at present, it is famous because it is a copycat product. Although it is obviously a copycat product, it is more famous than ‘Wanyan’ which developed the VCD.

In the case of other VCD price wars, “Yinian” only experienced a slight decline in sales.

In fact, the cheaper the VCD price, the better it is for Jiang Cheng. Although one machine can earn thousands of yuan, the base is too low. In a market worth tens of billions, if it is the original price, the sales volume is only a few million machines.

If the price of VCDs dropped to a few hundred yuan, almost every household would buy them to watch movies, and the disc market would be huge. Even if you rented a disc, it would cost at least one yuan to watch a movie, and some discs had two sides, A and B, each costing one yuan.

There are a lot of movies in Hong Kong. People who have VCDs can easily spend hundreds of dollars on discs.

Anyway, with the popularity of VCDs and discs in recent years, it won’t be difficult for Jiang Niannian to become a wealthy woman.

Jiang Cheng came downstairs to the Yinian company. He wanted to call his daughter first, but because he had been to a deserted island overseas a while ago, his cell phone had no signal. It happened that there was not much communication fee in his cell phone, so it was shut down.

No matter how powerful the space is, if you put your phone in the space, the monthly communication fee will still be deducted. Even though Jiang Cheng is very rich now, he is still not used to paying too much at once.

Jiang Cheng walked straight into the company. He didn’t know whether Jiang Niannian was at the company or in the warehouse outside the company arranging for people to ship the goods.

However, Jiang Niannian was only active in delivering goods at the beginning. She was actually a little lazy. Later, after she got used to being the boss, she arranged people to deliver the goods.

Jiang Cheng came to his daughter’s office and found the door was closed. Jiang Cheng pressed the handle and the door did not open, indicating that it was locked. No one should be there, otherwise the office would not be locked in the daytime.

“Who is it? What’s the matter?”

Just when Jiang Cheng was about to leave and go to his own office, a voice came from the room. It was his daughter Jiang Niannian’s voice. It was really strange, why would she lock the door in the office in broad daylight?

“Niannian, it’s me.” Jiang Cheng shouted at the door in a fatherly voice.

Jiang Niannian in the room did not respond immediately, as if she was busy with something. Jiang Cheng even seemed to hear his daughter bumping into something and making some noises from outside the door.

The door was opened after a while, and Jiang Niannian was the only one in the room.

“Dad, come back.” Jiang Niannian said in a panic as she looked at her father whom she hadn’t seen for half a year.

Jiang Cheng felt a little weird about Jiang Niannian’s expression. He had been separated from his daughter for half a year, so why did she avoid him when she saw him? Shouldn’t she be surprised and give him a hug?

As a father, Jiang Cheng feels embarrassed to hug and kiss his daughter, as she is so old, unless she takes the initiative to hug him.

“Why are you locking the door in your room alone?” Jiang Cheng walked into the office and asked.

“Dad, I got up early this morning. I felt sleepy after coming to the company, so I slept in the office. I was afraid that others would disturb me, so I locked the door.” Jiang Niannian said nervously.

“You have been a sleepyhead since you were young. Um~ Nian Nian, do you know what happened between me and your mother?” Jiang Cheng asked embarrassedly.

When Jiang Cheng left Changcheng half a year ago, his eldest daughter Jiang Zhaozhao told him that he had a woman and a child outside. The other children didn’t know, but half a year had passed, and before he left, he had been “in conflict” with Zhou Lingying.

It was just that the conflict at that time was avoided from other children. At least when Jiang Cheng left, other children did not understand why their parents were fighting so fiercely. “Dad, your sister later told us about your situation. Dad, how could you find a woman outside and have a child outside.”

Jiang Niannian had recovered at this time. She hadn’t seen her father for half a year, so she sat right next to her father.

“Dad made a mistake, but I have always loved you, your sisters, and your brother since you were young.” Seeing his daughter sticking close to him, Jiang Cheng put his arm around her shoulders.

Alas, raising a daughter is like this. When my daughter grows up, I have to be careful about how much I want to get close to her. Fortunately, Jiang Niannian knew that he had a woman and a child outside, so she was still willing to get close to me.

“Dad, I know you have loved us since we were young. It’s okay on my side, but on mom’s side~.” Jiang Niannian said to comfort her father.

After not seeing her father for half a year, Jiang Niannian felt that her father had aged a lot and felt a little distressed. But for some reason, the father in front of her became more charming.

“How has your mother been doing in the past six months?” Jiang Cheng asked.

Facing this question, Jiang Niannian didn’t know how to answer. If she were to talk about how her life was, she would definitely have no worries about food and clothing, but for more than half a year, she had hardly been happy.

Jiang Zhaozhao briefly talked about his mother’s situation, and then continued, “Dad, before the Chinese New Year, the two women from your life came here to look for you. They met up with mom and us, and they had a meal together in a restaurant.”

This is so exciting. Jiang Cheng didn’t know what to say when he heard his daughter Jiang Niannian’s words. The women outside actually came to the door to “beat” him. It was good that the wife of the principal wife didn’t bring anyone to beat up the mistresses, how dare they come to Changcheng to find the principal wife.

“Don’t tell your mother that I’m back. Go get me a cell phone with a SIM card. Then ask your sister, younger sister and younger brother to come here.” Jiang Cheng said.

At present, Jiang Cheng didn’t know Zhou Lingying’s attitude. If he rashly let her know that he was back, he was afraid that she would be angry again. But he asked his children to help slowly test her attitude.

If Zhou Lingying cannot accept his presence, Jiang Cheng plans to buy a house in Changcheng and spend time with his children in private. It is impossible for him to not contact his children if his wife does not accept him. He really cannot bear to do that.

“Okay, I’ll buy it for you later. Dad, why don’t you go back to your office first? There is tea there. I’ll ask someone to get you a bottle of boiled water.” Jiang Niannian said.

“I won’t drink tea. I’ll just lie on the sofa in your office and watch TV. By the way, if there are any new movie discs recently, I’ll lie here and watch a movie.” Jiang Cheng stretched lazily and reluctantly let go of his hand from Jiang Niannian’s shoulder.

“Dad, um~~, the VCD player in my office is broken, and it always can’t play any movies. You have new discs in your office. Every time there is a new movie, I will put a copy in your office.” Jiang Zhaozhao stood up and said when she heard that her father wanted to watch a disc in her office.

The VCD player was broken, which was not a small problem. Jiang Cheng had someone in Hong Kong make a copy of the machine. It was said that it was slightly improved. If it was so easy to break, this copy was not as good as the one developed by his own team.

Jiang Cheng was really bored at this time and wanted to see what Hong Kong movies were available, so he got up and went to his office.

Let Jiang Niannian buy a mobile phone. In fact, Jiang Cheng already has a mobile phone, so he just needs to apply for a card.

But the mobile phone that Jiang Cheng had bought was thrown away in the space like a brick. Nowadays, there are small mobile phones, produced by Motorola. This mobile phone is a bit like a walkie-talkie, and the price is ridiculously expensive, but for the Jiang family, it is nothing.

After Jiang Cheng left Jiang Niannian’s office, Jiang Niannian hurriedly tidied up the office before leaving to buy a mobile phone and apply for a card for Jiang Cheng.

After Jiang Niannian left the company, she called Jiang Zhaozhao and Jiang Panpan.

Jiang Panpan is still in Changcheng. Her plan is to open several travel companies in China, mainly in cities with better economies. She plans to open up tourist routes to Hong Kong, stay in luxury hotels in Hong Kong, and enjoy buffet seafood dinners.

Jiang Zhaozhao actually planned to go to Shenzhen to visit his cousin Jiang Juan recently. Jiang Niannian remembered it after leaving the company and forgot to tell his father. The company he founded in Hong Kong has been divided up by everyone.

In Jiangdonglai in China, the highest position currently is general manager, and there is no president or vice president.

Jiang Zhaozhao went to Shenzhen without any intention of being superior to Jiang Juan. During the Chinese New Year, Jiang Juan went back to her hometown to celebrate the New Year. Jiangdonglai was the property of their Jiang family, not the so-called Hong Kong businessman, so Jiang Juan was naturally told about this.

Jiangdonglai is in the third expansion phase. It has not been in a rush to expand in recent years, not because of a shortage of funds, but mainly due to the cultivation of talent.

This time, they are preparing to enter more than 50 prefecture-level cities, almost doubling their expansion. The expansion plan has always been planned by Jiang Juan, and they can’t just change the generals at the last minute. Even if the people are not replaced, the emergence of a boss will have a negative impact on the company’s members.

This year, Jiang Zhaozhao will lead the team to move into Jiangdonglai, where she will serve as the general manager. Jiang Juan will serve as the vice president, and she will still be the top leader until a president appears.

As for the position of president, Jiang Zhaozhao will naturally take it up after he becomes familiar with the company.

Jiang Cheng had no idea that the properties under his name had been divided up years ago. He arranged the position himself without authorization from his 100% controlling shareholder.

This kind of situation only occurs in Jiang Cheng’s company. Other companies basically have several shareholders, and the appointment of senior management cannot be so casual.

In Hong Kong, the company’s veterans knew Shen Li, and when she spoke up, no other shareholders raised any objections.

They are paid wages and bonuses, but not dividends. It doesn’t matter to them who manages the company or whether it is profitable. The chairman didn’t show up, so there is no need for everyone to go against the chairman’s wife.

In China, there are not many senior executives, and many department heads don’t know who is above them. They just need to be responsible for the department they are responsible for.

If someone comes to the company to be the general manager or president, and is given a fake appointment letter, no one may notice.

Jiang Juan went to the Shenzhen headquarters right after the Chinese New Year and held a meeting with everyone there. She said she would serve as vice president, her job content would remain unchanged, but a new general manager would be transferred there after the Chinese New Year.

The personnel appointment was just discussed, and no one questioned it, and it was passed. Because everyone felt that they were not qualified to question it, as it was a decision made by the company’s top management, and it might even have been decided by Hong Kong.

All you have to do is obey the leader’s arrangement. Jiangdonglai’s salary in China is not low, and the work is easy. No overtime, various holidays and bonuses.

Everyone is doing well, and no one will stand out as a troublemaker, giving the impression that they are disobeying the leadership’s arrangements.

(End of this chapter)