Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is New Year's Day in '98.

During this period, Zhou Nan went to the capital again, and Xie Bing did not refuse to see him again, but when the two met, it was nothing more than a meal together, and they both avoided the "fundamental problem" intentionally or unintentionally.

Zhou Nan knew in his heart that Xie Bing did not treat him as a "passerby" and turned him away, which was already a good result. Xie Bing needs time to resolve the knots in his heart, and Zhou Nan also needs time to clear up the emotional entanglements in his heart.

Just after New Year's Day, Zhou Nan went to work in Lanhai Company as usual.

Although Zhao Chunlin proposed that Zhou Nan, who had no administrative position, was no longer suitable to serve as the director and general manager of Lanhai Company, and that the board of directors of Lanhai Company should be convened again, and the appointment documents should be passed to send a new general manager from Haidu Petroleum and Gas Corporation, but Hong Kong's Lan's Enterprise has not given a due response, and Zhao Chunlin has no choice but to wait patiently, while Zhou Nan can only continue to work.

Whether or not to do this general manager of Lanhai Company is a matter of indifference to Zhou Nan at this moment.

In other words, he has no intention of going. Even if Zhao Chunlin does not propose to replace the general manager, in the not-so-distant future, Zhou Nan will take the initiative to leave Lanhai Company. Although this departure time was much earlier than he had originally planned.

The purpose of his self-employment is nothing more than twofold: one is to make a fortune, to obtain a wealth for himself and his family, enough to have enough food and clothing, and eliminate hidden dangers in life. Temptations are everywhere in the officialdom, if you are poor and white, it is difficult to ensure that you don't get your shoes wet when you walk by the river for a long time; The second is to narrow and shorten the gap with Lan Ruo.

Feiteng Group has developed to the present, occupying more than half of the domestic market in the same industry; In Hong Kong, it has successively controlled Feiteng International and Guanhao Group, and the industrial chain has radiated to the Nanyang area. The cause is thriving, everything has entered the right track of the development of the good surname, the accumulation of wealth takes time, as long as the Feiteng Group is given a few more years, the Feiteng Group will definitely stand at the highest place in the economic field.

Zhou Nan himself is already worth more than a billion, and this number will continue to expand and improve with the passage of time, and he has undoubtedly entered the level of a first-class rich man.

And standing at the glorious high point of this life, the relationship with Lan Ruo also has a home and a settlement, Zhou Nan suddenly found that he gradually lost the motivation to continue to struggle in this field.

As a detached reborn who sees through the ups and downs of life and the meaning of life, money is just a numerical change for Zhou Nan, billions, billions or even tens of billions, and the difference is not big.

After less than two years of struggle after his rebirth, he has achieved more than ten years of achievements beyond his previous life, and rebuilt a business empire of the Zhou family.

Zhou Nan knew that if he continued along this trade route, all he could get was more money and industry...... When the accumulation of wealth becomes an inevitability, the challenge is lost.

From the first day of his rebirth, Zhou Nan planned his life journey. Entrepreneurship is only the first step, and then he has a higher, bigger and more far-reaching goal in life - to step into the real officialdom, grasp power, and realize his ambitions little by little.

In the current institutional environment, it is destined to be impossible; If Zhou Nan wants to devote himself to the official road, he can only "transfer" the wealth in his hands in time - Zhou Nan is ready to hand over the Feiteng Group to Lan Ruo and Zhang Ying, which is to pave the way for himself in advance.

No one really understood Zhou Nan's mind, including Lan Ruo and Zhang Ying, as well as Zhou Nan's parents. In the eyes of most people, how could Zhou Nan, a business genius with such a huge amount of wealth and calling for wind and rain in the business field, choose to "retire after success" at the most glorious time of his life, give up his good future, and go to another life path with an uncertain future.

Zhou Nan quietly waited for another opportunity in life, he didn't know if this new opportunity in life would also come in advance with the change of fate trajectory.

January 2 is Friday. As soon as Zhou Nan came to the office, he received a telephone notice from the Organization and Personnel Department of the Municipal Construction Committee, saying that next Thursday, the relevant leaders of the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee would talk to him.

Zhou Nan put down the phone, his eyes lit up, and the dazzling look in his eyes suddenly gathered at one point, and then looked through the window at a desolate courtyard between the north wind and the world.

He opened the drawer of his desk and took out a brown paper bag, which he had already signed the relevant documents for the transfer of equity and the change of the legal representative of Feiteng Group, and then dialed Lan Ruo's phone.

"Xiao Ruo, come over in advance, I have something urgent to discuss with you......" Although Zhou Nan's voice was very low, it faintly contained some kind of strange excitement, Lan Ruo felt a little surprised when she heard it, so she smiled and said softly, "Didn't I say that the Spring Festival would pass again...... Hee-hee, did you miss me? If you miss me, I'll go, if you want me to come over and help you do things, forget it, I'm dealing with the work at hand, preparing for the handover, and I can't spare time for the time being. ”

"I miss you, I think about it every day...... Okay, no kidding, I really have something, I can't explain it clearly on the phone, you have to come over, besides, my dad and my mom have mentioned it several times, I want to meet you! ”

Lan Ruo's voice became a little shy when she heard this, "I...... I'm a little nervous...... Zhou Nan, what do you think I should buy as a gift? What do your dad and your mom like, you tell me ......"

"It's a great gift for your people to come, and they don't need anything." Zhou Nan smiled lightly, "It's just that our house is small, and you, the daughter of a wealthy family, I'm afraid you won't be used to it......"

Lan Ruo was ashamed and said angrily, "Who said they were going to live in your house?" You're beautiful! Before we got married, don't fight those ghost ideas, I won't follow you! ”

"Hehe...... "Zhou Nan smiled, "It's decided, you hurry up, I think it's tomorrow, after dealing with the matter here, you can go back for the time being, but you have to hurry back and come back, and at the same time tell Yingzi a few people, come back together, I really have something!" ”

Hearing Zhou Nan's voice so formal, Lan Ruo had no choice but to agree.

………… After talking to Lan Ruo on the phone, Meng Chunting's phone chased after her.

On the phone, Meng Chunting's voice was very surprised, "Zhou Nan, this time the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee dispatched young cadres from the whole province to support the poor areas in the central and southern regions, when did you report your name......

Zhou Nan smiled, "Sister Ting, it's still the notice given to me by the Organization and Personnel Department of the Construction Committee, I read the notice and thought it was quite meaningful, so I filled out the form and reported it to Corey, why-you don't know?" ”

Meng Chunting frowned and said, "I didn't notice your name. Have you thought about it? You have a good career now, why don't you just quit public office and do it yourself, and why do you go to those poor and remote places to suffer that kind of hardship! ”

"Sister Ting, I want to try." Zhou Nan didn't explain too much, because he felt that he couldn't explain clearly to Meng Chunting. He can't tell Meng Chunting that he has lost interest in "making money" now and wants to seek a different direction in life.

Coastal Province is a large economic province that is half coastal and half landlocked, and it is also a province with a large population, in sharp contrast to the economically developed coastal areas, the economic development of the central and southern regions is slow, poor and backward. This uneven development in Primorsky Province is similar to the situation in the whole country, just as there is a difference between the northwest and the southern coast in the country.

In order to support the development of the impoverished areas in the central and southern regions, Zhou Xiaolin, the new secretary of the provincial party committee, began to promote the development strategy of "the coastal areas leading the inland, and the eastern part of the province aiding the construction of the central and southern regions".

Binhai Province's "Youth Cadre Aid Talent Deployment Plan" consists of a series of complete processes such as self-registration, organization inspection, prefectural and municipal recommendation, and unified deployment by the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee.

Zhou Nan quietly registered half a month ago, and he didn't even tell his parents in advance, because he knew that his father might not object, but his mother Yue Ping would definitely strongly oppose it.

With the basic conditions of Zhou Nan, it is inevitable that he will be selected by the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee. And Meng Chunting also learned about Zhou Nan's amazing choice after receiving a phone call from Deputy Minister Zhang of the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee.

Meng Chunting was silent on the phone for a while, from her heart, she felt that Zhou Nan's move was purely "blind toss", and it also had a little taste of young people's impulsiveness. But she had long been accustomed to "obeying Zhou Nan's words", and at the same time, she knew that the decisions he made were difficult for others to change, so she sighed and said softly, "The leader of the Organization Department said that young cadres like you who have academic qualifications, abilities and economic acumen are exactly what the central and southern regions are in short supply, but Zhou Nan, if you want to step into officialdom with two feet at the same time, your own enterprise ......."

"Sister Ting, I have prepared for me, I will enter the officialdom cleanly and innocently." Zhou Nan replied cleanly, but he didn't say it deeply, because he understood that Meng Chunting, who was sharp-minded, was thorough at all, and he didn't need to say much.

Moreover, he was reluctant to mention Lan Ruo's name in front of Meng Chunting.

Meng Chunting sighed faintly in her heart, knowing that what she expected was not bad, so she didn't ask any further.

Meng Chunting didn't think much about Zhou Nan and Lan Ruo's affairs, because she had already prepared for it, Zhou Nan would definitely get married and start a family, as for who she was marrying, for Meng Chunting, there was not much difference.

"Take the time to come to the house for a meal, I haven't seen you in a long time...... Chen Xi also misses you all day long! Meng Chunting whispered, her charming face couldn't help but turn red, but fortunately, Zhou Nan couldn't see it through the phone line.

"Well, I'll go over for dinner tomorrow night. By the way, how is Chen Xi's recent studies? Zhou Nan smiled and said softly.

"Not good...... Recently, I've been a little lax, and I'm going to take the college entrance examination in a few months, I'm as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, but this dead girl is not in a hurry at all, I see, this time don't talk about a famous university, as long as I can go to an undergraduate, I will burn high incense. When it came to her daughter's studies, Meng Chunting immediately felt that her head was big.

"Sister Ting, don't put too much pressure on Chen Xi...... Relax, if you have a good score in the college entrance examination, you will go to university in China, and it doesn't matter if your grades are not good, I suggest sending Chen Xi to study abroad...... Anyway, domestic education is like this, strict in and wide out, and you can't learn anything in college to be honest. ”

Zhou Nan said with a smile.

Meng Chunting was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly, "Go abroad? How much does that cost? Besides, I don't worry about a girl's family. It's not that you don't know the surname Chen Xi, you can't control yourself at all, if you let her go abroad and lose control, then it's okay! ”

"Sister Ting, money is not a problem, you don't have to worry about it. I promised Chen Xi that if she couldn't get into the ideal university, I would send her to the United States, or Hong Kong! Zhou Nan said softly, "You can control her when you go to college in China?" Sister Ting, don't always treat Chen Xi as a child, she is actually very assertive. ”

Meng Chunting was taken aback, and said in a low voice, "When did she look for you?" How can you fool around with her! Just go abroad casually, how can this work! Besides, I'm also a party member and leading cadre, if Chen Xi goes abroad, I ......"

At the end of the 90s, children who studied abroad at their own expense were not as common as they were later, especially the children of the families of party members and leading cadres, so it is no wonder that Meng Chunting had such concerns.

Zhou Nan sighed, "Sister Ting, is your face important or Chen Xi's future important?" We didn't do anything wrong, what are you afraid of? Okay, okay, don't argue, it's too early to talk about this, let's talk about it after the college entrance examination, maybe Chen Xi did well in the exam! ”

In fact, Zhou Nan had a sentence that came to his mouth and swallowed it back.

He originally wanted to say, "You are basically sitting in this position now, there is basically no room to continue to rise", but after thinking about it, Meng Chunting is a very strong woman, and she still has certain illusions about her career, so she will no longer export her enthusiasm.

Meng Chunting hung up the phone and didn't argue with Zhou Nan about this topic that didn't make sense in her opinion. Although she and Zhou Nan are not outside, if her daughter Chen Xi really needs money to go to school, and Zhou Nan, who has a lot of money, will not be hypocritical, but she will categorically not agree to Chen Xi going abroad, because it will affect her too badly.

Meng Chunting decided to go back tonight to have a good talk with Chen Xi, which completely dispelled her wishful thinking of going abroad. With this thought in her heart, can she still study hard to prepare for the exam?

Of course, the mother and daughter quarreled at home, Chen Xi called Zhou Nan crying, Zhou Nan was woken up just as he was about to sleep, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and get dressed and drove to Meng's house to serve as a firefighter.

This is not the first time that the mother and daughter have quarreled because of the college entrance examination.

Meng Chunting has never found out what the problem is, she has always regarded Chen Xi as a minor child, but in fact, Chen Xi is in her third year of high school, what don't you understand? What she resists the most is that her mother always keeps her under her wings like a hen guarding her calf, and does not let her go through the wind and rain to see the outside world.

Zhou Nan rang the doorbell, Chen Xi ran out to open the door wearing very revealing suspender pajamas and briefs, and when he saw Zhou Nan, he excitedly took his hand and said loudly, "Brother Zhou Nan, come and judge the reasoning, my mother is unreasonable!" Arrogant and domineering, hum, I'm addicted to being an official outside, and I'm also an official at home! ”

While Chen Xi was talking, the green little breasts kept rising and falling, and the two little white rabbits were almost about to break out of the shackles of the little pajamas, Zhou Nan was embarrassed not to turn his head, "Chen Xi, you hurry back and put on some clothes!" ”

Chen Xi suddenly realized that he was "undressed", his pretty face turned red, let go of Zhou Nan's hand, quickly returned to the bedroom and put on a loose bat shirt, and then came out and stood by Zhou Nan's side.

"Three watches in the middle of the night, what are you two arguing about...... I'm not afraid of neighbor jokes! Zhou Nan looked at Meng Chunting helplessly, strode over, and sat next to Meng Chunting, "Sister Ting, I've told you many times, Chen Xi is not a child anymore, don't you put on a parental style, okay?" ”

"She's cranky, she doesn't study hard, and she is reasonable?" Meng Chunting glared at Chen Xi unhappily, and said in a low voice, "Go abroad, don't even think about it, it's absolutely impossible!" You should hurry up and give me an honest review and preparation for the exam, and strive for a good score. ”

"Why! There are a few classmates in my class who are in contact with going abroad...... Why can't I go! Chen Xi twisted his head and pouted angrily.

"If you can't say no, you can't!" Meng Chunting lowered her face and glared at Chen Xi again.

Zhou Nan sighed, knowing that Meng Chunting has been used to being a leader for so many years, so that getting along with her daughter at home is also "with a leadership color", even if she has some activities in her heart and agrees with Chen Xi to go out, but at least verbally, she will not let go.

Zhou Nan secretly glanced at Chen Xi, and said with a smile, "Okay, if you don't go out, you won't go out, it's nothing." Chen Xi, you are obedient, continue to work hard to review, don't relax, if you have good grades, why do you go out, don't you say? ”

Zhou Nan winked at Chen Xi.

Chen Xi turned his back and smiled, but when he turned around, his little face tightened, he pouted, and turned his head back to his room unhappily.

The war between the mother and daughter ended, but the atmosphere in the Meng family's living room became awkward and dull. Meng Chunting wanted Zhou Nan to stay overnight, but let her daughter find out...... In a complicated mood, her eyes were red and she was almost in tears.

Zhou Nan looked at Meng Chunting quietly, knowing that she was a strong woman and a strong woman, and she wanted to be better than others in everything and everything, so although Chen Xi's academic performance was not very bad, it was "very poor" in her eyes, because her requirements were too high.

Zhou Nan reached over and hugged her into his arms, leaned over and kissed her on the forehead, then patted her on the shoulder and said softly, "Okay, go to sleep, I should go back too, my mother is still coming to the door for me." ”

(To be continued)