The Spring Festival of 2002 has arrived.

The family area of the Hanhua Group is bustling, with the crisp sound of firecrackers everywhere, and people who come and go all smile at each other's faces, saying New Year's greetings such as "Wishing you prosperity". Young people ride motorcycles and go out to play with their friends. Those who are well-off drive their own private cars, pull large bags of gifts, and go to meet elders, leaders or relatives and friends.

Back then, when the Hanhua Group was just a small Hanhua Machinery Factory, during the Chinese New Year, the factory leaders had to collectively go to the workers to pay New Year's greetings, and every family of workers living in the family area had to go. Today, Hanhua has developed into a large group of more than 200,000 employees, and there are more than 50,000 people in Xunyang's headquarters alone.

However, now the technology is also advanced, the factory is equipped with closed-circuit television, and the signal is directly connected to the cable lines of each household. On the morning of the first day of the new year, Lin Zhenhua and Xiang Zhe came to the headquarters office building and delivered a New Year's greeting through closed-circuit television, expressing their gratitude to the employees of the factory for their work in the past year in this modern way, and talking about the development plan for the coming year.

Employees also attach great importance to the speeches of the chairman and general manager, because the business situation in the coming year will directly affect everyone's income. There are also welfare plans such as how many new staff dormitories are built and how many university enrollment indicators are arranged for the children of workers, which are closely related to each family.

After the New Year's greetings to the employees of the whole factory. Lin Zhenhua and Xiang Zhe respectively called Xie Chunyan, Chen Weiguo, Zhu Tiejun, Lang Dong and other old leaders to pay New Year's greetings. After their retirement, these old leaders all moved to the suburban villas built by the company especially for them, where the mountains and rivers are beautiful and the air is pleasant. It is suitable for the elderly to spend their old age in peace.

The old leaders were very satisfied with the two successors, Lin Zhenhua and Xiang Zhe, and spoke highly of their work over the years on the phone, and then put forward some suggestions for future work from their own perspectives. The two of them even claimed on the phone, but for these suggestions, they can naturally only choose those who are good and follow them, and those who are not good will be deaf to them.

After greeting the old leaders in his company, he then greeted the relationship outside the company, including the leaders of various relevant departments in the central and provincial governments, the leaders of Xunyang City, important partners and so on. Bi Min, the director of the office, had already sorted out the list of people who needed to be greeted a week in advance. Lin Zhenhua and Xiang Zhe dialed the phone one by one with the list, and then said all kinds of kind words, and worked all morning, and finally their faces stiffened with laughter.

"Almost, huh?" Lin Zhenhua asked Xiang Zhe while rubbing his face.

"I think it's about the same." Xiang Zhe said exhaustedly. Whoever said that it is not difficult to move his mouth, let him go and give hundreds of people a New Year's try.

"Alas, it's still necessary to develop text messages for New Year's greetings, just send a group message, and it's OK." Lin Zhenhua imagined.

Xiang Zhe shook his head: "How can this work." For such a big thing as a New Year's greeting, it would be too impolite to just send a text message. ”

"Wait and see, in less than three years. Everyone will surely get used to text messages for the New Year. Lin Zhenhua said with certainty.

In fact, this kind of telephone New Year's greeting is just a formality, for people like Lin Zhenhua who have extensive business relationships. On the day of the Spring Festival, hundreds of people need to pay New Year's greetings, and they call one by one. I can't say a few words at all. Instead of that, why not use a simpler approach?

The first people to use text messages instead of phone calls to greet the New Year are likely to be slandered as not polite enough, or not grand enough. But when everyone feels the benefits of this approach, they don't care about it anymore. It's not that modern people are more indifferent than people in the past, it's really that the life circle of modern people is several times larger than that of people in the past, and if you don't change the way you communicate, you can't cope with it at all. …,

"Maybe." Xiang Zhe shrugged his shoulders, he really didn't have the energy to analyze whether Lin Zhenhua's prediction was reasonable, based on his experience, even if Lin Zhenhua's prediction was unreasonable, it would most likely be effective.

"Zhenhua, let's stop here, it's time to wait for someone else's New Year's greetings in the afternoon. I went first and went back to my parents' house for dinner. Xiang Zhe said.

Lin Zhenhua also said: "I also went to my father-in-law's house for dinner, and Yang Xin has already sent several text messages to urge me." ”

"Let's go, then." Xiang Zhe said as he walked out.

Lin Zhenhua seemed to remember something, and said: "Old Xiang, I suddenly remembered that I still have someone who hasn't given New Year's greetings." ”

"Forget it, let's talk about it in the afternoon, it's not too late for you to call again when you get home." Xiang Zhe said.

Lin Zhenhua smiled: "It's not necessary, this person is you." Happy New Year, old item, Wishing you prosperity. ”

"Me?" Xiang Zhe was stunned, he and Lin Zhenhua have been partners for so many years, and the relationship has reached the level of intimacy, and for a while he really can't think of greeting each other for the New Year. Hearing Lin Zhenhua's greeting, he suddenly felt a little emotional, stretched out his hand to hold Lin Zhenhua's hand, and said, "Zhenhua, don't you say that I really forgot, Happy New Year." …… Alas, the two of us don't seem to be used to greeting each other. ”

"yes, I'm so familiar with it. By the way, this time, the two of us have cooperated...... Sixteen or seventeen, right? Lin Zhenhua asked.

"Seventeen years." "It was 1985, the second year after I came back from the United States, and Hanhua was recruiting subcontractors all over the country. ”

"Haha, I remember when you came over, you said that you were going to apply for the general manager." Lin Zhenhua recalled the past more than ten years ago, and his heart was uneasy. At that time, Xiang Zhe was still young, and he returned to China with a Wharton MBA diploma, but he couldn't stand the reuse, so in a fit of anger, he ran to Hanhua and threatened to apply for the general manager.

"Who doesn't have a time when they are young and frivolous." Xiang Zhe said with some embarrassment, although he is really the general manager of Hanhua now. And Hanhua has expanded a hundred times compared with the past, but he is still ashamed of Meng Lang back then, and at the same time, he is deeply grateful to Lin Zhenhua for the opportunity he gave him.

"Old item. Don't say anything young and frivolous, we're not old now, are we? Lin Zhenhua said, "After the New Year, let's find a time to sit down and have a few drinks and talk about the things of the year, what do you think?" ”

Xiang Zhe smiled: "Haha, Zhenhua, haven't you heard from anyone." The sign of old age is that people like nostalgia. Now that you actually want to talk about the things of the past, do you dare to say that you are not old? ”

"Uh...... It's not nostalgia, it's about summarizing the experiences and lessons of the past so that we can develop better in the future. Lin Zhenhua quibbled with a smile.

Say goodbye to Xiang Zhe. Lin Zhenhua got on his bicycle and went straight from the headquarters office building to his father-in-law's home Yang Chunshan. It's not that he doesn't have his own car, but he just thinks it's unnecessary to ride a car in the company, and riding a bicycle can be considered a physical exercise.

"Dad, I'm waiting for you alone!" At Yang Chunshan's house. 13-year-old daughter Lin Fei pouted and protested, "You said you would come back at half past eleven, but now it's half past twelve." is still the chairman, there is no concept of time at all. ”

"Alas. No way, work is too busy. You'll find out when you become chairman. Lin Zhenhua patted his daughter's head and said with a smile.

"How. Have you been worshipping for so long just for the New Year? Yang Xin asked with concern while taking the dishes and chopsticks for Lin Zhenhua.

Lin Zhenhua said: "The company is bigger, and there are more and more people who need New Year's greetings. The rules of the Chinese are also cumbersome, some people obviously have already called them, everyone has already talked, they will turn around and call back again, or those words, but again. This delay has not been delayed until now. ”…,

Yang Xin pursed her lips and smiled: "This is a courtesy, if people don't call back, wouldn't they be too arrogant, just waiting for you to give them New Year's greetings, they also have to give you New Year's greetings, right?" Not to mention you, I also made a morning call at home this morning. ”

"Well, there are really a lot of units in your chemical equipment alliance, and since you are the secretary general, you can't help but give you New Year's greetings." Lin Zhenhua said.

The chemical equipment alliance was established more than 10 years ago when various domestic chemical equipment companies engaged in a general battle for the 450,000-ton ethylene project of Jiangbei Petrochemical, Yang Xin was unanimously elected as the secretary general because he was Lin Zhenhua's wife and coordinated the preliminary work on behalf of Lin Zhenhua.

Over the years, the alliance has been re-elected several times, but Yang Xin, the secretary general, has never been elected. On the one hand, this is because Hanhua is still the leader of the domestic chemical industry, and everyone holds Yang Xin, which is actually to give Lin Zhenhua face. On the other hand, there are also Yang Xin's own reasons, she is rigorous, and she is very friendly to people, and she has won the favor of various enterprises.

Both of them are the result of leadership, that is, the two of them are busy all day long, gathering less and leaving more. Daughter Lin Fei has always been able to throw Yang Chunshan and Wei Suping here, making her relationship with her grandparents closer than her parents.

"I said Xiaohua and Xiaoxin, can't you two have a little time to be idle?" The family sat down and began to eat, and Yang Chunshan asked Lin Zhenhua and Yang Xin while drinking a little wine.

"Dad, I want to be idle too." Lin Zhenhua replied with a smile, and at the same time raised his wine glass and touched it with his old father-in-law.

Yang Chunshan drank the wine in the small cup with a snort, smacked his lips with satisfaction, and said, "Since you want to be idle, let's be idle." You are now the chairman of 200,000 people, how can you run everything by yourself? You're going to have to mess with that, too...... What's it called, Fifi? ”

The old man couldn't think of any new words, so he could only cast a pleading look at Lin Fei. Lin Fei knew his grandfather's thoughts very well, and said for him: "It's called the art of leadership." ”

"That's right, it's called the art of leadership." Yang Chunshan said.

Lin Zhenhua looked at his daughter and suddenly felt a little sorry, her daughter could already say the word "leadership art", and this word was not taught by him. It is said that parents are the best teachers for children, and the time spent with their daughters at home is really too little for themselves and Yang Xin, who are parents.

"Dad, don't blame Xiaohua, now the company's development is also a critical period, and Xiaohua does not dare to slack off. Don't you know, the gas turbine sold by our company to Africa is still being transported at sea on the first day of the Lunar New Year. The other party asked that it must be transported to the site on March 10 to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony, do you say Xiaohua can not worry? Yang Xin exonerated Lin Zhenhua.

Yang Chunshan nodded, his children were busy with big careers, he, as an elder, was still very relieved, he actually didn't mean to accuse Lin Zhenhua and Yang Xin just now.

Lin Zhenhua said: "Dad, there's really no way, maybe this is the fate of our generation, right?" We are now in the time of catching up with the world's first-class level, and it is really like sailing against the current, and if we don't advance, we will retreat. When we catch up, we won't be so tired, and I believe that Fei Fei's generation will have a very leisurely life. ”

"Actually......" Wei Suping interjected, "Your father and I don't mean that I want you to help with anything at home, we are both in good health, Fei Fei handed it over to us, you can rest assured." What we mean is that we hope that you will be able to have another ...... when you are idle."

"Mom!" Yang Xin interrupted her mother's words angrily and funny, "How old am I, and am I still alive?" "You're only in your 30s, you're still young." Lin Zhenhua smiled, "Unlike me, I'm in my 40s." ”

"You're 41, I'm 39, we're only two years apart, okay?" Yang Xin smiled and patted Lin Zhenhua.

Yang Chunshan said seriously: "At your age, it's completely okay to have another one. I've always felt that you should have another boy......"

"Dad, don't say this in front of Fei Fei, right?" Lin Zhenhua hurriedly stopped Yang Chunshan's words.

In fact, as early as when Lin Fei was born, Yang Chunshan revealed this meaning. There are two aspects of his thoughts, one is that he thinks that Lin Zhenhua is an only son and needs to have another boy so that he can continue the incense of the old Lin family; The other thinks that Lin Zhenhua is now a big boss and needs a son to inherit the family business. However, it is inappropriate to say such words in front of Lin Fei after all, will she have a psychological shadow?

Wei Suping said: "It's okay, we told Fei Fei, and she also said that she wanted a younger brother." You have such a big family property, and you don't care about one more person, Fei Fei has no opinion. ”

"I agree!" Lin Fei raised his hand and said, "Many of the students in our class have younger siblings, especially those whose parents are the chairman. ”

"This is the ...... Let's take a long-term view. Lin Zhenhua poured his father-in-law's cup full of wine, and then took the cup and saluted him. Yang Chunshan had no choice but to retract the tirade he planned to lay out, and buried himself in drinking.

After lunch, Lin Fei ran out to play with classmates, Lin Zhenhua and Yang Xin said goodbye to Yang Chunshan and his wife, returned to their homes, and waited for those subordinates and partners who were looking for Chairman Lin's New Year's greetings. (To be continued......)