Chapter 19: First Impressions

Lin Wei got out of the car, looked up at the construction site in front of him, and frowned slightly.

As the eldest lady of the Lin family, a veteran wealthy family in Xiangjiang, and the only daughter of Lin Yinglong, chairman of the "Lin Group", Lin Wei is not in a good mood now.

On this trip to the mainland, Lin Wei felt that he was under a lot of pressure and had a heavy burden.

Although his father is the chairman of the "Lin Group", the whole Xiangjiang knows that the real master and the real helm of the Lin family is his grandfather Lin Xiaotian, just because his grandfather is old and his health has not been very good, after a serious illness 10 years ago, he passed the position of chairman to his eldest son Lin Yinglong, and he turned to preside over the overall situation behind the scenes.

Lin Wei knew how much pressure her father was on. I think that when my grandfather was in charge of the overall situation, what status the Lin family had in Xiangjiang, and the Huo family, the Bao family, the Chen family, etc., were listed as the top wealthy families in Xiangjiang. But since his father took over, the "Lin Group" has been getting worse, although it still maintains the face of the old family on the surface, it has already been pulled down by the Bao family, the Huo family and others. Not to mention these well-established families, even compared with the newly promoted Li family, Guo family, and Wang family, the strength of the "Lin family" is far inferior.

A cruel and helpless fact: the current "Lin family" has been reduced to a second-rate wealthy family in Xiangjiang. And all this happened during the period when my father was in charge of the overall situation.

My father was open-minded and fair-minded, and his conduct in the world has an excellent reputation throughout Southeast Asia. But you must know that in business, "kindness" has never been an excellent quality. In the eyes of most people, his father's steady style of doing things is what caused the Lin family to become a second-rate wealthy family, and it is the key to hindering the further development of the "Lin Group".

"You can only keep it, you can't make progress", this is almost everyone's evaluation of my father. And such an evaluation also led to the precarious status of the father. You must know that the Lin family is not only a father, the second uncle Lin Yinghu, and the third uncle Lin Yingbiao, all of them are not idle. Among them, especially the third uncle Lin Yingbiao, as the youngest son of his grandfather, he was deeply loved by his grandfather.

"This child's personality and temper are actually the most like me. "Grandpa had said that more than once in public. Not only that, but the third uncle's ability and third uncle's determination to forge ahead are also well-known in the business field. Lin Wei privately speculated: If it weren't for the fact that his father was the eldest son of the family, if it weren't for his father's good character, although his ability was insufficient, he had never made any big mistakes, his grandfather might have deprived his father of his power a long time ago, and handed over the "Lin family" to other uncles at the helm.

Lin Wei even knew that the reason why his father's status was unstable should be related to himself. His father was the eldest son in the family, but he had only one daughter. And the second uncle has two sons, these two are still his cousins, even the youngest third uncle now has a son and a daughter...

Although her grandfather has loved herself very much since she was very young, she knows that her grandfather's love for her is just out of family affection, just simple doting. For example, compared with his cousins, grandpa has always been obedient to himself, but what about his cousins? In addition to love, grandpa is also strict with them.

Lin Wei is not a three-year-old child, Lin's ancestral home is Shanchao, and Shanchao's patriarchy is famous, and Lin Wei knows this. Now that his grandfather is getting old and his physical condition is getting worse and worse, at this juncture, due to his own reasons, Lin Wei also knows that this puts his father in a more disadvantageous situation.

"The mountain rain is coming... Lin Wei sighed in his heart.

Lin Wei recalled some things that his father said to him before coming to the mainland this time. In fact, this time to invest in the mainland to set up a factory, there is a lot of controversy within the family. When my father made this decision, although it did not provoke strong opposition, it also did not receive any support.

And Lin Wei knew that the reason why others did not strongly oppose it was because the project was supported by his grandfather, and it was precisely because of his grandfather's nod that the project was reluctantly passed.

Among these wealthy families in Xiangjiang, there are so-called "pro-China factions" and "pro-British factions". For example, the Huo family is the most typical and active "pro-China faction". The corresponding Guo family is the most standard "pro-British faction". In addition to these "firm" families, most of the other wealthy families, such as the Li family, the Wang family, the Chen family, etc., are actually so-called "centrists" like grass on the wall.

According to the thinking of most people in the family, they actually want to classify their family as "middle-of-the-road," and Lin Wei himself is also included in this kind of thinking. It's a pity that everyone, including Lin Wei, knows very well in their hearts: this kind of thing can't be done.

Since his grandfather's grandfather, his family has been labeled as "pro-China", and it can be regarded as the kind with a relatively firm position. Compared with the real top giants like the Huo family, it is only because the strength of the Lin family is not strong enough and the influence is not so great, so it is not so conspicuous, and that's it.

Before coming, my father told himself: This time I went to the mainland to invest and set up a factory, it was half a year ago, Huo Daheng actually came to visit his grandfather in person, and after the two talked secretly for a long time, his grandfather made this decision despite public opinion. Since the grandfather has made up his mind, of course he, who is the eldest son, must support him. Now that the mainland has started construction, and I heard that the progress in the early stage of construction is not very smooth, so I am ready to send Lin Wei, who studied architecture, to the mainland to preside over the overall situation.

Lin Wei looked up at the construction site in front of him again, and his eyebrows furrowed even tighter. Although before he left, his grandfather specially summoned him, talked to him for a while, and said a lot of words of love and encouragement, but the whole family knows that for the entire "Lin family", the scale of this project invested by the mainland is not large. This is like playing chess, and investment in the mainland is at most equivalent to a step of "idle chess" played by the entire "Lin collective".

Of course, this is not because of my ability to work, but because I have just graduated from university, and although I am studying at a prestigious university abroad, I have no work experience. The reason why I was sent here by my father was because no one in the family wanted to come over, and my father had no choice but to send himself over to preside over this "idle chess".

Thinking that she could only preside over one "idle chess", Lin Wei felt very unhappy in her heart, she felt sad in her heart, and while she was sad for her father, she also felt sad for herself.

Lin Wei, who was in an unhappy mood, walked towards the construction site, and soon, something that made Lin Wei even more unhappy happened. All of this is because Lin Wei saw the young man in front of him:

“。。。 Well, this guy's appearance isn't annoying, and this guy's smile... The smile was a bit special, but everyone else was busy, and he was the only one standing under the shade of the tree, looking like an idle person. What's more important is the guy's eyes ... Where are this guy's eyes looking?。。。 ”

This is the first time Lin Wei has seen Li Huayong, and this is also Lin Wei's first impression of Li Huayong.