At around 10 p.m. on December 4, 1972, our flight arrived at Palembang International Airport.

We left the airport with our luggage and belongings and met George and William in the plaza outside the airport.

Then, we rode together in the business car of Jiashidi Asset Management.

In the car, George talked to me.

George said, "Byron! You've arrived at your parents' hometown! This is Palembang, Sumatra! Palembang is a port and commercial center city! Your family's business is mainly concentrated here! It's a bustling and quirky city! Tomorrow, we're going to do a lot of things! You live in our company apartment, don't go outside just yet! I'm afraid that your grandmothers, uncles, and aunts will not be good for you! ”

I said, "Okay! We're at your disposal! ”

At 11 p.m., we arrived at the apartment dormitory area of Jiashidi.

It's a short distance from the sea, you can hear the sound of the waves, and there are guards standing guard and patrolling all around.

George arranged for us an apartment suite and they also live in this apartment complex.

The service staff took us into the room, helped us turn on the air conditioner in the room, and then closed the door and left.

It's at the equator and it's hot!

We've sweated a lot on the road!

After we put away our luggage and belongings, we showered and changed clothes.

Then, have a coffee chat in the living room.

Qiao Yan said: "Alas! It's so hot in this place! People here should only know that there is summer! I don't know if there is winter! ”

I said, "Yes! My grandfather and other grandparents, it was so hard to come here from the mainland to make a living! ”

Qiao Yan said: "I don't like this place! It's so hot! No matter how rich you are, you won't be happy! ”

I said, "Yes! After tomorrow, I will inherit the assets of the entire Jia Group and become the master here! I really don't know how to manage them in the future?! ”

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At 8 o'clock in the morning on December 5, the service staff brought me and Qiao Yan breakfast.

Shortly after we finished breakfast, a Jiashidi company clerk came to our room and wanted to take us to George's office.

Qiao Yan and I took the cash box, information box and briefcase and followed him.

George's office is located in an office building not far from the apartment complex.

We went into George's office, where George and William were waiting for us.

Everyone sat on the couch, drinking coffee and talking.

George said, "Byron! We're going to the local courthouse soon! You immediately prepare a separate cash portion of $500,000! Pack them up! Go to the office of the judge of the court and give him a gift! Of course, the court here will charge you a normal fee of $500,000! This judge's Chinese name is Liao Jincheng! He's your grandma's cousin! He helps you with the inheritance! ”

William prepared a gift box for us.

Qiao Yan and I put $500,000 in cash in it and wrapped the box in the same way as a gift.

After these things were done, Qiao Yan and I took gift boxes, cash boxes, information boxes, briefcases, etc., and followed George and William to the local court in their company vehicles.

When we arrived at the courthouse, Qiao Yan and William waited in the courthouse reception room, and George asked me to carry the gift box with him to the judge's office to help us.

We entered the judge's office, and Judge Liao Jincheng was waiting for us alone in the office.

Judge Liao, who has a certain Chinese appearance, is a man in his 50s.

After shaking hands and greeting Judge Liao, George introduced me to Judge Liao.

Judge Liao smiled in broken Chinese and said, "Oh! Byron! I'm a cousin of your grandmother! What a pleasure to see! ”

I said, "Judge Liao! Hello! This is a gift from your grandson! Laugh it off! ”

I gave the gift to Judge Liao with both hands, and Judge Liao took over the gift box and weighed it!

Judge Liao smiled and said, "Byron! You're so kind! You should first go to the court's certification window to fill out the application form and pay the fee! I discussed something with Dr. George! ”

So Judge Liao locked the gift box in the safe in his office.

I went to the reception room to find Qiao Yan and William to go through the formalities, and the inheritance was reviewed and finalized.

This process is similar to the court procedures in Europe and the United States, which is also the application, payment of fees, verification of the identity of the parties, review of case materials and evidence, and the issuance of the Final Judicial Review of Inheritance by the presiding judge.

We have paid $500,000 for the judicial review of the estate.

However, the presiding judge issued the "Final Judgment of Judicial Review of Inheritance", not in court, but in his office.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, I successfully obtained the "Final Judicial Review of Inheritance" to inherit all the assets in my father's name and the Jia Enterprise Group.

Judge Liao shook my hand and said, "Byron! You're so good! Inherited such a huge family property at such a young age! Now, you are the true king of the Jia family! In the future, if you have difficulties, come to me! We are relatives! ”

I said, "Thank you, Judge Liao!" Will definitely visit you again in the future! ”

Judge Liao handed me a business card of his, and then, with our belongings, Qiao Yan and George and William left his office.

Outside the courthouse, we took the Jiashidi company business car back to the Jiashidi company headquarters.

After returning to George's office at the headquarters of Jiashidi Asset Management, we had a meeting.

George said, "Byron! At 2 o'clock this afternoon, we will go to the business administration, land and real estate management departments to change the identity of the property owner such as the business license, land certificate and real estate certificate of the inheritance! Your work on your parents' inheritance is over! When I come back from my errands, I will call your father's former assistant, Mr. Zheng Hailong, and you can talk to him! ”

I said, "Okay! I'll listen to you! ”

After the meeting, we had lunch in the staff canteen of Jiashidi, and then went to the apartment to rest.

At 2 p.m., Qiao Yan and I took the cash box, information box and briefcase with George and William to the local business administration, land and real estate management department to change the identity of the property owners such as the business license, land certificate and real estate certificate of the company and enterprise I inherited.

Since these offices are all concentrated in one office building, we completed the entire inheritance transfer at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

Through this process, I basically figured out the assets of my father and the Jia Group.

In August 1965, my father had already injected all the assets of a 5,000-hectare rubber plantation in Kalimantan by reciprocal exchange of the value of the shares of the listed company with the value of the property rights of the rubber plantation, and I had just inherited the listed company.

The main business of this listed company is the production of automobile and aircraft tires and rubber products, as well as the manufacture of automobiles and aircraft.

As a result, I inherited the following assets:

three coffee plantations with a total of 3,000 hectares located throughout Sumatra;

three gold and silver mines located in various parts of the South Seas;

a gold smelter and a silver smelter on the island near Palembang;

A total of 6,000 hectares of urban construction land are located throughout Sumatra;

8,000 hectares of industrial, commercial and agricultural reserve land near Palembang City;

The residential, commercial, office and villa areas located in the urban area of Palembang involve 3,000 hectares of land and more than 5 million square meters of ancillary buildings;

A 2,000-hectare deep-water modern logistics terminal located on the Palembang waterfront, which was invested and built by my father after inheriting his grandfather's legacy.

It is located in the office building of Jiashi Group in the office area of Palembang, and is an international trading company of Jia's agricultural and sideline products.

This company is mainly engaged in the export trade of rubber, coffee, spices, fruits, rice and other agricultural and sideline products, and at present, Mr. Zheng Hailong is the general manager of this company.

Located in the office building of Chia's Group, a property in Palembang's office area, Chia's Minerals & Metals International Trading Company.

This company is mainly engaged in the export trade of non-ferrous metal ores, non-ferrous metals and other products, and at present, Mr. Zheng Hailong is the general manager of this company.

Located in the office area of Palembang, the office building of Jiashi Group, a Jiashi Enterprise Group Management Corporation, this company is mainly responsible for all the asset management of Jia's Group and the coordination, supervision and audit of the daily operation and management of the enterprise, etc., at present, Mr. George serves as the general manager of the company, and Mr. Zheng Hailong serves as the executive deputy general manager of the company.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, when we returned to the headquarters of Jiashidi and George's office, Mr. Zheng Hailong was already waiting for us in George's office.

Zheng Hailong is a middle-aged man of about forty years old, of medium height, however, he looks very young and capable!

Zheng Hailong's skin is darker, he looks more like a local, and he doesn't look like a Chinese anymore, but he is very proficient in both Chinese and English.

After we met, George introduced Qiao Yan and me to Mr. Zheng, and Mr. Zheng immediately rushed over and hugged me tightly!

Mr. Zheng let go of me, looked at me carefully with tears in his eyes, and said, "Yicai! My master! We're finally meeting! You look too much like your father! ”

George smiled and said, "Sea Dragon! Let's sit down for coffee and talk slowly! ”

Everyone sat on the couch, drinking coffee and talking.

Mr. Zheng said, "Byron! Let me introduce myself! My ancestors followed Zheng He's fleet in the 17th century, during the Ming Dynasty on the mainland, and came to Palembang! The locals here are called "Ba Lin Bang", which was originally called the Old Port! The Ming Dynasty set up an administrative agency, the Jiugang Xuanwei Division, here, so my ancestors took root here! The Zheng family and the Jia family are world friends, and my father is your grandfather's entrepreneurial partner and assistant. Your grandfather is a newcomer, and it's called a newcomer here! But, your grandfather is a business genius! He worked with the local Dutch and Chinese to successfully found Chia's Enterprise Group! And make Jia Group a large local conglomerate! As a result, my father became the first generation of senior management of the Chia Group! Here, people of Chinese descent are divided into three categories, one is newcomers with relatively pure Chinese ancestry, and the other is the descendants of early immigrants, who identify with Dutch rule and receive Western education and culture. My father belongs to overseas Chinese! One group is also the descendants of the early immigrants, who have integrated into the local indigenous people, called Baba Nyonya! ”

After drinking coffee, Mr. Zheng said: "After your grandfather and my father succeeded in their careers, they married wives and started families, and your grandfather married the daughter of the Liao family!" My father married a local expatriate woman! Soon after, your dad and I were born in two families! Your father is more than two years older than me! We are both the eldest in the family and have grown up together! Read and study abroad! When I was studying in Europe, I knew some of your father's Mr. George! After graduating from college, all three of us will have a Juris Doctor and an MBA! Your father invited Dr. George to Palembang to start a business and help manage the family business! After the three of us return to Palembang, your father will inherit the Jia family's inheritance! Mr. George and I started helping your dad run and manage the family business! Byron! That's my basic background! ”

I said, "Uncle Sea Dragon! Thank you for your contribution and hard work to our Jia Group over the years! ”

Mr. Zheng said, "Byron! You're welcome! I am a friend and a brother to you! You're like my own son! Everything I do is as it should be! ”

George smiled and said, "Oh! That's great! Sea Dragon! Your father and son have known each other! I'll hand Byron and Qiao Yan over to you right now! Help them get acquainted with the family business! Tomorrow morning, you bring Byron and Qiao Yan here again, and I will sign a new "Asset Entrustment Management Contract" between Jia and Jia Shidi with Byron! And so, my mission is complete! ”

Mr. Zheng smiled and said, "Okay! Thank you so much Dr. George and Dr. William for your hard work! You said, after Byron and Qiao Yan came here, we have sorted out the manor where Byron's parents used to live! Now, I'm going to take them there to live! ”

George smiled and said, "Sea Dragon! You're getting more mature now! I'm completely relieved of you! Take the babies with you! Remember, protect them and give them more Chinese food! They are very new to Western food, they are pure Chinese! ”

Everyone laughed!

So, Qiao Yan and I went back to the apartment where we lived to pack our bags.

After saying goodbye to George and William, we took our cash box, information box, briefcase and luggage with Mr. Zheng's car, and left the Jiashidi headquarters to go to the Jia family estate.

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