Chapter 239: Retirement 2
Needless to say, this passenger was Lin*, who was taking a taxi to the Fairy Mansion, and the reason why he did this was because he didn't bring a penny with him when he went out, and he had nothing but a ticket, so he had to take a taxi to the Fairy Mansion and let them pay the fare by the way. His soft words, which he thought were normal, did not know that he had made the driver suspicious, or at least re-examined. The brother works at the fairy headquarters, and the brother-in-law works at the fairy electronics, which are both large and rich companies in the world, and it is said that the salaries of employees are much higher than those of many small bosses. However, he definitely didn't think about a certain family, he didn't have to think about it, the members of the Li family would take a taxi like them, in Beijing, just a phone call, the Li family compound would immediately send a car over, and he needed to toss like this! However, he quickly overturned his thoughts, and when he saw a person who seemed to be seen somewhere walking towards his car, when he suddenly remembered that this person should be the general manager of the famous Fairy Electronics, his whole person was stupid, especially when he saw the passengers who still paid the fare and the "big guy" hugged warmly, no matter how stupid the person was, he knew who this retired pilot was! However, he was really clever enough, and immediately took out a pen and paper, asked for a signature when the other party paid the fare, and insisted on not paying the fare. It's just that Peng Xuefeng didn't dare to be special, and then his bodyguard was "embarrassed" to drive away the "unsatisfied" driver comrade......
Suddenly, seeing this "world-famous" younger brother, Peng Xuefeng could not hide his surprise, and when he received the call, he couldn't hide the joy in his heart, and almost immediately sent the news back to the compound, "This guy is finally back." He understands the choice of this little brother, many people around him have this kind of thought, and they also know where they are hiding during this time, except for his hometown in the countryside, he has no intention of deliberately hiding, and he really can't run anywhere, not to mention that he also knows that his family has no intention of letting him "disappear", but he didn't expect to come back so late, until the Spring Festival comes, he will rush back, if it is two days late, the whole company will have a holiday! At this point, he did not agree with his father-in-law's approach, and he didn't ask about his younger brother's situation for half a year, "I can really calm down"! Seeing that his younger brother's color was good, he felt that he was normal except for his body being a little thin, which made him a brother-in-law relieved. Although he is said to have no blood relationship with their brothers, and there may be less affection, the Li family does not treat these "outsiders" as outsiders, and they all treat them equally, and he also feels content, and gradually has a deep affection for their brothers. Personal affairs are everyone's affairs, everyone's affairs, and the affairs of the whole family, and he is very clear about the relationship between them, and he understands how much pressure this younger brother is under, and there may be some pain that they don't know, but along the way, he didn't ask anything, and everything "wait until I get home"!
In fact, it was not too late for the Li family compound to get the news, and it was already known when Lin * left his hometown with his front foot and before he stepped out of the village with his back foot. My aunt was not worried about his state, so she called Beijing as soon as possible, "betraying him", the old man was not very relieved, especially seeing that he had never let go of his mind. And his return home did bring some changes to the compound, at least those who were worried about him breathed a sigh of relief, "just come back"!
The news that Lin * finally appeared was immediately spread, becoming the last topic of the Spring Festival this year, at least a dozen groups of reporters have gone to the Li family compound to confirm, although no useful information has been found, but in any case, people have put aside half of their hearts, many rumors are self-defeating, and the rest is the rhetoric of those experts. In fact, the timing of Lin's return home was relatively good, first of all, the Military Commission had approved his application for retirement, and more than a month had passed; Secondly, public opinion has decreased a lot, gradually falling from the initial peak of discussion, which is in line with Lee's low-key style; Third, the Spring Festival is approaching, people are relatively busy, and they don't have too much energy and time to continue to pay attention, and everyone seems to have decided that he is missing. Therefore, he quietly returned to the Li family compound and lived in the noisy compound. There are too many people in the compound, there are really too many, almost everyone who can come back has returned, adults, children...... It's so noisy that people can't be idle, so many men, women, bachelors...... It is definitely the most lively house in the entire West Garden, and the visitors who appear from time to time are really unbearable, at least some of the neighbors who are closer do not want to go over, and even their own family members often hide out. Putting that aside, the atmosphere in the compound was quite good, except that some people always had a faint sadness on their faces.
People have been talking about this matter, and they have been arguing about the influence of the Li family in it, and the general opinion is that they are skeptical about their role, but in fact, he has not consulted with his family at all beforehand, and no one has expressed similar hopes, the Li family does not want to cause trouble, and tries to avoid it, but they are definitely not afraid of things, and everyone is carefully guarding their family interests. Therefore, for his self-sacrifice, the brothers all remembered it in their hearts and felt pain in their hearts, but no one was worried, because they were sure that this brother could come out of the shadows and would be able to engage in other careers, and as long as he was willing to do it, what could not be done?
Perhaps, the saddest person in the whole family now is the core of the whole family, the indisputable center Li Mengze, perhaps, only he knows best how much pressure his son is under, career, love, what a normal man should have, all lost, isn't it too cruel? In his opinion, the loss of his girlfriend is the biggest blow, because he has experienced it, but he can't do anything about it, his son can only stand up on his own, in order to further take on more family responsibilities, and only by standing up by himself can he live a truly happy life. As a member of the Li family, they are not afraid of losing their careers, they can completely rely on their own abilities to create a world, and as a member of the Li family, they should not be emotionally fragile, everyone should value their lovers, but falling out of love is not only them; Anyone has the freedom to choose, they can go and choose others, and anyone has the right to reject them! Therefore, he is very dissatisfied with his son's state, this child has too little social experience, has not yet realized the complexity of life, he is like a teenager, his thinking is not mature, and his ability to resist is not enough...... Li Mengze is sad, but also because as a father, they did not arrange an environment for their children that is completely suitable for their needs, Guokang does not like real estate management, but now he is engaged in this job, although this is also his own choice, and * was originally a genius soldier, but gave up because of family reasons, other children are likely to start a career, but they have to dissipate their abilities around the family chariot they have started, and even some people have not succeeded in their careers so far...... Of course, it's not that he blames himself, he has always thought very openly, he has delegated all his powers, his children have the right to make their own choices, I believe they should be able to adapt to the environment, and he has completely fulfilled the responsibility of being a father, no one can deny that he is a good father!
During the Spring Festival, the two sisters went to their in-laws' house with their husbands for the Spring Festival, and some brothers also took their wives to their father-in-law's house, although the compound was a lot quieter, but it still seemed more crowded. At home, only he and Zikang are still single, of course, the other single person has not returned, it seems that he is still in Vietnam, and the entire Li family, only a few of them have not yet married, although they can live with their parents if they are not married, but it is another family, in their family, it just seems more lonely. This taste is very uncomfortable, especially the family dares to make any jokes, no one cares about their identity as a disciple of the Li family, jokes, they are all authentic members of the Li family, and no one cares about his status as a "combat hero", what about the major general, no one takes this as a thing, perhaps, it is only a powerful fist that has an effect! Therefore, he often stays with Zikang, and when he is really angry, he takes someone out of anger, which also makes someone the most angry person in the family, the smallest, and his skills are not as good as his brothers, not to mention that two people shoot together, and they are embarrassed to complain to some people!
Lin * is trying to forget the past, and Liu Yingchen is also trying to forget the past, she knows that he has returned to Beijing, and she knows his request, but she decided to forget this relationship, because she also has a family to protect, born in a military family, from great-grandfather, to grandfather, to father, no one in the family is not a soldier, and in her generation, it should also be related to soldiers; Although I don't want to join the army, I hope that my husband is a soldier! She is guarding her beliefs, just as he is guarding his beliefs, it seems that, to some extent, the love between the two is destined to be fruitless, they are both too assertive, and the influence of the family is too profound...... Liu Yingchen was determined to give up this relationship, since it was no longer possible, meeting would only add unnecessary troubles, and even gave up the opportunity to meet him, so they missed the last chance to unite with each other. This seems to be the arrangement of fate, she didn't expect him to miss him so much, he didn't expect her to be so decisive, and what people didn't expect was that it had an immeasurable impact on their future!
Note: At the beginning, I didn't realize the breakup of the two, but they still broke up, just like Wang Zhaoyun's car accident back then, I am very sorry. I couldn't help but be excited, so I wrote a poem, titled "Linhuai Wang":
Looking back suddenly, many of the past have become empty, years of hard work have changed their faces and smiles, once dashing Marché, looking at the railing; The beauty is on the side, the wine and food are finally leftovers, and the grandeur is all a fluke, and the happy fool is dreaming, the king of the yakshas.
Politics, the military, and the economy are always topics of interest to people, and they are things that they debate endlessly. The war in Southeast Asia is undoubtedly an event that has attracted global attention, in fact, people are more interested in the contest between the first and second ranked countries, one is a rare millennium power, which has been ahead of the history of human civilization for more than a thousand years, and the other is a globally recognized emerging power for a hundred years, which has affected almost all corners of the world. One is a representative of the Eastern countries, the other is a representative of the Western countries, and even the strong confrontation between the Confucian civilization and the Christian civilization, which attracts people's attention extremely strongly! At the same time, almost everyone was shocked by the final outcome of the war, and military experts and commentators mercilessly pointed out whether they wanted to or not, that the United States was "defeated in the war in Southeast Asia", which was one of the very rare failures since the founding of the country, and that it was a big step out of the sphere of influence of another superpower, and since then, "the Far East has largely been out of control."
Although the war was very attractive, this war was only a local war at best, and it only lasted for more than five months, and in fact it ended in less than four months. Just after the war in Southeast Asia began, or a little later, the North American-American homeland was undergoing another war, and this "war" was a commercial war, which some people called "the secondary battlefield of the Southeast Asian War."
Although in modern times, there have been wars all over the world, but North America has rarely been directly affected by the war, especially the military conflicts between countries, but commercial wars continue to break out here, it can be said that this is the most frequent area of global business wars, whether it is Europe, or Japan, or the so-called "Asian Tigers", and even emerging markets such as China and India, all regard North America, especially the United States, as an important area for business wars. The reason why we want to mention the North American business war is for a reason, first, due to the serious impact of the economic crisis, especially the ulterior motives of individual countries, the major markets have blocked each other, and three major markets and two regions have been formed around the world, China, North America and Europe are the three major market areas, and the two major regions are relatively separate Far East, including Asia and Europe and the United States, and most of the internal integration of the market has been carried out during the economic crisis (which has formed a serious impact on world integration). Second, before and after the war in Southeast Asia, there was a phenomenon in which Oriental companies opened up the European and American markets, especially the North American markets, in the two major market areas of the East and the West, which were clearly distinguished, and the momentum was so great that it was described by the word "war." Third, the two sides of the business war were clearly divided, mainly Japanese companies and local companies in the Far East, and these two countries were closely related to the war in Southeast Asia and were deeply affected by the war, so economists and commentators called the market war in North America "war", which also shows the cruelty and regional nature of this business war. Let's put it this way, during the economic crisis, North American companies made every effort to open up the North American market and strive for an early recovery of the market, and European companies also regarded the European market as the focus of development, trying their best to compress the living space of international companies, and Far Eastern enterprises focused on developing the Chinese market, in fact, forming an exclusive market combination; On the other hand, the European and American markets opened up to each other relatively early, as early as the beginning of 39 years ago (at that time, Far Eastern enterprises were also unable to participate in the competition), which caused an unfavorable situation for some Far Eastern enterprises, after all, the weight of the Far Eastern market is not as large as the European and American markets, so it has become their necessary choice to fully develop the European and American markets.
As a result of the Far East War, the big companies in the Far East survived, but all of them were greatly damaged, although they were one step ahead in technology, and for them, they had to go out of the Far East, and the companies of Japan and South Korea were the most powerful, and the war in Southeast Asia further forced them to break out of Asia and go all out to open up the world market. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to say that if the war had not broken out, the companies in a stalemate would not have changed their efforts decisively, or at least would not have gone all-in, although they also knew that it would not be appropriate to focus on the Chinese market. However, the war forced them to quickly abandon the Chinese market, and during the war, any excessive efforts could only achieve counterproductive results, so they took a defensive position in China to maintain their existing market share, and set their sights on the North American market; At the same time, the ZG government also welcomes companies from both countries to enter the North American market, especially the United States, and has signed some "supplementary agreements" with the two governments (mainly some bank loans and government subsidy agreements). Japan and South Korea and North Korean companies began to enter the North American market in early February, which is their large-scale entry after many years of withdrawal, which directly had a great impact on North American counterparts, North America and China, the latter is a direct participant in the war, some industries have begun military control, and American companies are far from reaching such a point, therefore, the resistance to their entry is not very large, plus there is a relatively good market foundation before, therefore, it quickly achieved certain results.
Although the Americans have never had a favorable impression of Japan, especially as allies, they have also studied the specific content of the "Japan-US Alliance Treaty" and know that the responsibility is not on the part of the Japanese. For Japanese companies that were forced to enter the North American market, at the beginning, their confidence was not very sufficient, and their spirit had long been worn out by their Chinese counterparts, but they suddenly found that the North American continent, which is still very rich, is really a blessed land, this market is easier to do, people are richer, and their ideas are more international...... And the opponents are not stronger than before, or even inferior. Although their funds are relatively tight, but there is a leading edge in technology, customers are very knowledgeable, and savvy consumers also know which is better or worse, and the Far Eastern products represented by Japan are obviously a grade higher, even if they are the same products, the price is more affordable, and the service is better! This has led to interesting phenomena: first, Japanese companies have increased their investment in the North American market, and some companies have even borrowed money from banks to strengthen their North American branches; Second, European and American companies are suddenly faced with a small dilemma, they have funds, but the technology is slightly inferior, at least in the short term, it is difficult to catch up! According to the industry information detected by the fairy, the profits of Japanese companies as a whole rose by more than 30% in March, and from March to August, profits rose by an average of 35% in the same period, which is quite a good performance, even after deducting the recovery factor of the market, the monthly profit has increased by more than 20%. Although their profits have risen by more than 30% in the same period, they know that the upside of the domestic market has been very limited, the war has ended, and some hidden advantages no longer exist...... The most important thing is that "it is necessary to open up the world market", and this first choice is North America, which is said to be full of opportunities and traps for adventurers!