On the eve of the Spring Festival, Mr. Cheng submitted his resignation to me again, and Director Qian also submitted his resignation.

This time I didn't procrastinate, and I got it all right.

The two old men are not young, and it is already worth thanking for their help.

The technical director of the Toyowa is replaced by the deputy director. And the financial director of the head office is naturally the eldest cousin Xie Tingting.

On February 22, I received news from my eldest brother that Cheng Lao was going to celebrate his 81st birthday this year.

Cheng Lao only held his 80th birthday last year, and I will do it again this year, I am a little confused.

The eldest brother revealed that Cheng Lao said that the age of 81 symbolizes that he has gone through 81 difficulties in his life, which can be regarded as a complete merit and can officially retire.

I always feel like it's not that simple.

On February 25th, the 81st birthday of Chen Shu, the fourth-generation descendant of Pixian Douban Fenghe, and the old man, the birthday banquet was held in the Fenghe Museum, with a lively and warm atmosphere.

However, at 12:30, when Cheng Lao announced in front of all the guests present: When the traditional recipe of Pixian Douban Fenghe was passed on to his disciple Li Lin, Cheng Lao's children and relatives suddenly looked at each other, and the warm atmosphere instantly condensed......

Cheng Lao stood up and said: "I met Li Lin 6 years ago, although Li Lin is nearly 50 years younger than me, but I am very optimistic about him. ”

"In this life, there are countless people who want to worship me as a teacher, but I have refused, and many businessmen who want to buy the traditional production process of Pixian Douban have also been rejected by me. ”

"Li Lin is my only student, and my dealings with people depend on their character. Now, I have personally compiled the history of Pixian Douban, the Cheng family history and the traditional production process recipe into written materials in a few months, and the manuscript with a total of 7 pages and nearly 5,000 words has been officially transmitted to him. ”

As he spoke, he handed the manuscript into Li Lin's hands. Cheng Lao said again: "Li Lin is very persistent and serious about making Pixian bean paste, and I believe that he can pass it on well." ”

This marks the birth of the fifth generation of Pixian Douban Fenghe, but it also breaks the tradition of only passing on the surname "Cheng" in the past.

When Cheng Lao said that he would pass it on to Li Lin, Cheng Lao's children and relatives suddenly looked at each other, as if they didn't understand.

Subsequently, relatives and friends whispered something to Cheng Lao's children.

Cheng Lao's eldest daughter Cheng Qi said that she has followed her father to play in the Douban factory since she was sensible, and she can do it by removing chili stalks and pounding chili peppers.

Where there is us, there is Douban.

Although their brothers and sisters have been in close contact with Douban since they were children, and they also know that their father is the fourth generation of Pixian Douban, no one has ever mentioned to their father the idea of inheriting traditional crafts, but they also did not expect that their father would pass it on to an "outsider".

Dad's decision, we were very surprised, I only met Li Lin once or twice.

Before Cheng Lao said this decision, no one in the family had heard him say about it.

Forget about the transfer of the trademark of the Fenghe, but I didn't expect my father to even pass on the manuscript and in front of so many people.

Today is my father's 81st birthday, and we don't want to say anything.

Since Cheng Lao did not discuss with me, and announced it on this occasion, it shows that Cheng Lao has made a big decision.

I just quietly watched the development of the situation, Cheng Lao's move to Fenghe and the eldest brother, it can be said that it is righteous and thin.

Although he had made a promise to trade and accept disciples with Cheng Lao before, this time in front of so many relatives, friends and industry insiders, he personally passed on the Cheng family heirloom manuscript to the eldest brother, which has a very positive effect on Fenghe and the eldest brother, further confirming the authenticity of Fenghe, and allowing Fenghe to pass on the most authentic Pixian bean paste in a righteous and bright way.

Afterwards, I asked my eldest brother to take out 300,000 yuan in the name of the company and start repairing the Cheng family's old house.

I have been to the old house of the Cheng family twice, which is composed of nearly 20 large tiled houses, surrounded by bamboo forests, forming a small village. The gray tiles and white walls are slightly different from the style of northern Sichuan houses, but they look a little old. The village is very quiet, and Cheng Lao's sons and daughters have all entered the city, so there are not many people living there.

This renovation of the Cheng family's old house can make the place where Cheng Lao retire more comfortable, and can also make the Cheng family's old house and the old Fenghe Museum complement each other, so that future generations can more intuitively understand the development process of Cheng's bean paste.

On March 1, Li Ping called, and the second son of the Li family had sent someone to have preliminary contact with him.

On March 4, after the Lantern Festival, I arrived in Xiangjiang.

"Mr. Li, how is the situation?"

"Mr. Li take a look first, this is the last time you asked me to collect information about the second son. ”

Li Zekai, born in Xiangjiang on November 8, 1966, was originally from Chaojing County, Chaozhou, Guangdong, and later became a Canadian citizen, the second son of Li Jiacheng, a wealthy businessman in Xiangjiang.

In 1983, he enrolled in the Department of Computer Engineering at Stanford University.

In 1987, he joined Gordon Capital in Canada.

In 1990, he returned to Heung Kong and joined his father's Hutchison Asset Management Committee.

In 1991, Li Zekai was ordered by his father Li Jiacheng to invest US$400 million in Xiangjiang to establish StarTV.

In 1993, Li Zekai sold StarTV, which he had operated for many years, to the media tycoon, Australian-born and wealthy Murdoch for $950 million.

In the same year, Yingke Group was founded.

In 1994, he became a member of the Economic Forum and was selected as one of the 100 new generation leaders in the world by Time magazine. In May of the same year, Li Zekai achieved a backdoor listing in Singapore and changed the company's name to Pacific Century Asia Expansion.

From 1995 to 1997, Pacific Century Group developed real estate projects in Toronto, Kyoto, Tokyo and other places.

The prestige of "Little Superman" swept through Xiangjiang, and Li Zekai sold the satellite TV, which had no considerable profits, at a good price and won praise from all walks of life.

In 1993, Fortune magazine hailed Li Zekai as a young rising star in Asia.

On paper, he spent two years running satellite TV, and he has earned US$825 million from selling satellite TV, that is, US$412 million (about HK$3.217 billion) a year.

Even a listed company with good performance may not have such considerable profits, which shows that Li Zekai's financial skills are superb.

Thinking that it would not be once or twice to deal with the second son in the future, I asked Li Ping to collect the information of the second son for me last time.

Although I know some of the actions of the second son in the future, I really don't know much about what he has done before.

After watching the growth process of the second son in the early stage, coupled with the big drama that will be staged this year, I sighed: "This second son is really the material for eating big tea and rice." ”

It's good to have a good old man! But he really stands on the shoulders of giants.