In Los Angeles, the always sunny film capital, it's always a joy and excitement to be all over the place.

At this time, the young man standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of an office building in the center of the Roma Linda apartment is overlooking the beautiful Mountain View Avenue with nostalgic eyes.

It wasn't until he heard the door of the conference room open and the footsteps that followed, that he withdrew his reluctant gaze.

"Kevin, congratulations" Mike, who was the first to walk in, walked up to the floor-to-ceiling window and gave the lad a warm hug. His Chinese name is Hu Zhongshu, and he is also a Min Nanzi smuggled with Xia Xiaofu twenty years ago. He is now responsible for the distribution of materials throughout the group. His greatest characteristic is that he has a good brain, and he attaches great importance to efficiency and speed.

The shareholders of the group who came in later stepped forward one by one to hug Lu Kaiwen. At the moment they are sincere. In this small group, unity is what they value most of all. This is the characteristic of the Fujian people, and it is also the foundation for these Chinese to gain a foothold and survive in the land of America. Once the person at the helm is determined, they consciously put away all kinds of emotions, and they only know how to assist with all their might.

"Seniors, sit down, let's wait for Uncle Cheng and John." Kevin Lu motioned for everyone to sit down first, and then sat down at one end of the long oval conference table himself, he was a little cramped. For the first time in his life, he faced these elders, and for the first time, he became the focus of their attention.

The wait, even if short, can seem long and dreary. Especially for the cramped Lu Kaiwen, he strongly realized for the first time that he was a Chinese, with black hair and black eyes, and ears full of Chinese, although he was not very adaptable, but as time went by, he felt more and more cordial and natural.

Lu Kaiwen's reverie outside the object was interrupted by Cheng Mengqiu's voice.

"Guys, I'm sorry. We're late. Cheng Mengqiu hugged his fists around.

"I'm not the main character today, but I'll have to do the opening line. I, an old immortal, will not be humble. He looked around at the crowd, and as far as his eye could see, everyone nodded. He finally met the eyes of the young man on the other side of the table, and Lu Kaiwen on the other side nodded as if he had been pardoned.

"Yesterday, Mr. Lu Kaiwen has signed all the documents, and Mr. Lu Kaiwen has inherited all the rights of Ms. Xia Xiaofu in Meidian Group." Speaking of this, Cheng Mengqiu paused, and he turned his gaze to John, who was sitting next to him. John nodded to everyone present.

"Today is the first board meeting of Mr. Lu Kaiwen on the first day of his tenure as chairman. Before the board meeting, I just said that those of us who founded Meidian Group with Xia Xiaofu should fully support Lu Kaiwen, and those who have different opinions on Lu Kaiwen's ideas can only open up today and say, out of this door, dare to have different hearts and abnormal people, don't blame us for not recognizing him as a Fujian. Okay, now I invite Kevin Lu to chair the board of directors. Kevin, tell me about it. Cheng Mengqiu sat back in his seat, and he immediately began to close his eyes as soon as he finished speaking, as if the next thing had nothing to do with him.

Lu Kaiwen looked at the elders around him, he opened his mouth, but closed his lips again.

For a moment, the conference room fell into embarrassment.

"Chairman, you can say whatever you want. Why don't we show you our company's financial report first, and then you can tell us something? Hehe...... "Hu Zhongshu, who was still sitting next to him, was on behalf of everyone to solve the siege, but there was inevitably banter in his tone.

"Yes, Xiaowen, just talk about it." Chen Amei next to her glared at Hu Zhongshu.

"Thank you, Aunt Kelly." Lu Kaiwen glanced at Chen Amei gratefully.

"All of you here are my elders. I'm still a student. In the future, I will depend on your help. Lu Kaiwen looked around, and every encouraging look made him warm and alleviated his embarrassment.

"As the chairman of the company, I have read the company's financial statements and used to be in the company with my mother to learn about the situation. I just want to ask you, do you think there is still a lot of room for development as a catering company? Kevin Lu mustered up the courage to ask his first question.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, they didn't expect this kid to start his first board with such a disdainful question.

Those of them who have always only known hard work can't figure out Kevin's thoughts for a while, so they don't want to answer.

"I'll answer it. We make a profit of nearly 10 million dollars a year, but I would like to say that no matter how hard we try, our performance has come to an end, and what awaits us in the future is continuous performance decline. Kevin Lu himself broke the embarrassment of silence. His courage was growing, and he was proud of his youth at this time. Be proud of your knowledge.

Everyone's eyes were full of doubt and disdain for a while.

"Kevin, why do you think that? We are growing every year, and that's obvious to all. You have to come up with a basis for this. Hu Zhongshu was still everyone's representative, and everyone nodded in agreement with his words.

"Good. Then I'll talk about my basis. First, look at our reports over the years. We're growing every year, but we're getting smaller every year. Am I right? Lu Kaiwen looked at everyone, and everyone nodded after hesitating for a while. His confidence grew even stronger with the nods of the crowd.

"Why is this happening? Very simple. What we do is catering. And it's a chain. Our taste is fixed, the ingredients are fixed, and the process is fixed. Personnel fixation. Customer pinning. Do you still need me to say it? But what about the cost, the salaries of the personnel have risen, the transportation costs have risen, the acquisition costs have risen, and the feeding costs have risen. Chain store opening costs have risen. All of you are in charge of each link, who can deny the basis of my calculations, tell me. Lu Kaiwen spoke more and more smoothly, and his tone became more and more aggressive.

Everyone still looked at each other and nodded.

"So, in the future, our performance will only decline. Second, we mainly deal in Chinese food, and we also have a strong local character. We started with Fujian snacks. This dooms us to a very low grade. Quantity, price, and convenience are our strengths, but these advantages are increasingly becoming disadvantages. In the context of high currency, we are destined to be eliminated. The Chinese immigrant cháo is no longer there. Their descendants have integrated into mainstream American society. Will they still favor our catering? I'm the best example of that. Which of you can deny me? The young man stopped and took a sip of the pure water in front of him. He waited for everyone's reaction. He needs this effect.

The effect was achieved, and he was able to convince everyone.

"Thirdly, it's here, everything that's happening here that we have to change, we have to change." As he spoke, Kevin Lu wrote a few words on a piece of paper and threw them on the table.

Everyone raised their bodies and looked at the piece of paper, on which were written a few words: "China, join the WTO." Olympic bid". Thanks to Xia Xiaofu's efforts and persistence, Lu Kaiwen writes Chinese very well.

Everyone was puzzled for a while, their age and their experience made it impossible for them to quickly understand Lu Kaiwen's intentions.

"China is undergoing tremendous changes, they have joined the WTO the year before last, look at our supermarkets now, Chinese goods are surging, what about Chinese food? There will be one in every supermarket, and there will be more and more of them. China's bid for the Olympics was also successful the year before last. China is increasingly integrated into mainstream American society. How do we do that? Do you still need me to say it? Lu Kaiwen looked at these elders eagerly.

"How?" Hu Zhongshu asked eagerly.

"Seize this opportunity and take advantage of our special status as overseas Chinese to participate in China's development." Kevin Lu replied firmly. His eyes peeked out the window, to the west, to the Pacific Ocean.

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