Chapter 19: The Rapids Retreat
According to the tradition of the Li family for more than a century, the children and grandchildren who take over the family business must be the head of the family and must be married.
In other words, only by starting a family can we start a business, and only then can we have a sense of responsibility to pass on the family business from generation to generation.
Moreover, the children and grandchildren who take over the family business must be present, and there is a little bit of a smooth handover, so as not to discord the brothers and tear up the huge family business for the sake of fighting for the family property. This is also for business reasons, because the handover will be attended by elders, fellow villagers, relatives and friends, which can take this opportunity to expand the network of the successor.
If there is an accident in the incumbent family, the Liu family will temporarily manage the business under the supervision of the principals until the successor designated or preferred by the head of the family is competent.
In the peaceful years, there is a certain rationality in such a inheritance. However, in an eventful time, it is important to keep up with the times.
Considering the volatile situation in Saigon, people have fired cold guns almost every day. The son has put a heavy pressure on Ng Dinh Diem again, and wants to deal with those big and small warlords with Ng Dinh Yen, and even made an errand in the United States. After all, almost no one in Vietnam, including the Viet Minh, welcomed Ngo Dinh Diem's return.
After Li Guanyun and Liu Jinghui communicated, the two began to prepare for today's shift ceremony.
At nine o'clock in the morning, dozens of wealthy businessmen and elders of the Chaozhou Gang who received the invitation rushed to the Borrowing Fu Temple (Yi'an Hall), and the distinguished guests of the Guangfu Gang, the Hakka Gang, the Fujian Gang and the Hainan Gang also arrived one after another, and Mr. Ma Guoxuan was warmly receiving them on behalf of the Chaozhou Gang.
Today is a big day for the Li family, no matter how many questions there are now, you can't ask them now.
Everyone simply greeted each other and stood in the viewing position very tacitly. I saw that in front of the shrine of Guan Erye, there were a dazzling array of tributes such as melons and fruits, red suckling pigs and steamed fish, and several principals such as Li Guanyun, Liu Jinghui and Wang Bo were all wearing brand-new clothes and standing in front of the shrine with Liu Jiachang and other juniors.
"It's auspicious!"
With a shout of temple blessings, Li Guanyun raised the lit incense and began to worship in a low voice: "Emperor Guan is above, there is a disciple Li Guanyun sincerely worships today, please bless the descendants of my Li family, healthy and safe; Please bless my Li family's business, prosperous, and wealthy; Please bless my Heshan children, unite as one, be loyal and righteous......"
Liu Jinghui and his son are Hakka, and the Hakka people worship Confucius and pay attention to "heaven, earth, king, relatives, and teachers", so naturally there is no need to bring them.
Today's worship is Guan Erye, who pays attention to "loyalty, righteousness, benevolence, courage and wisdom". To put it bluntly, it is to ask Wang Bo and other four outstanding juniors to assist Li Weimin in the future.
After he finished worshipping the gods and putting on the incense, Wang Bo's second son Wang Rehabilitation and cousin Wang Jinpeng took the incense handed by the temple blessing, and swore to Guan Erye that he would live up to expectations, and he would definitely be loyal and righteous, loyal and righteous.
After the juniors finished the incense one by one, they picked up the chopsticks and symbolically ate a few bites of tribute, which means "Nafu".
The whole ceremony was solemn and brief, Li Guanyun turned around to thank him, Ma Guoxuan and other guests came forward to congratulate, and encouraged Liu Jiachang, Wang Kangxing, Wang Jinpeng, Gu Pingchun, Gu Cailian, Li Jimin and other young people who were officially entrusted with important tasks and will be in charge of their own affairs in the future.
At the end of the ceremony, Liu Jiachang took the new "Li Family Standing Committee" back to open the "Standing Committee". Li Guanyun, Liu Jinghui and Wang Bo and other "old Standing Committee members" invited guests to come to the Zhonghua Restaurant and invited the old-timers and old friends to their retirement dinner.
"Brother Guanyun, I really don't believe it when I received the invitation, you did it too suddenly!"
"I didn't get married for the people, and I didn't even come back, it's too child's play, it's too child's play."
Even the "shipbuilding king" Wu Dayuan felt incredible, stared at him and asked: "In-laws, you are four years younger than me, and your health is very good." Jinghui is only fifty, what do you think? ”
Ma Guoxuan echoed thoughtfully: "Yes, what do you think? ”
Li Guanyun got up and made another round, picked up the cup and said with a smile: "I'm not afraid of the jokes of my elders, fellow villagers, and friends, although Guanyun has not yet known the destiny of heaven, he feels that his body, especially his spirit, is not as good as before, and Jinghui also feels the same." As soon as the two of us put it together, we decided that it would be better to leave late than to leave early, hand over the business to the children, take a good rest, and take care of the old age. ”
A fellow general asked suspiciously: "Are you really relieved?" ”
"Brother Yuan Si, I can't hide it, I was really a little worried when I made this decision, but I figured it out when I thought about it. Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, I can manage it for a while, can I manage it for a lifetime? Besides, there are no more than three generations of wealth, and the family business is the fourth generation in my hands, people can't be too greedy, everything is still good to go naturally. ”
"That'...... Then you really don't care about it in the future? ”
"No matter."
Afraid that they wouldn't believe it, Li Guanyun put down the cup and said with a serious face: "I've thought about it all, and in a few days, I'll take the girl and the girl to France." I bought a manor over there, planted grapes, made wine, and lived a life without fighting with the world. ”
There are many friends in France, including French people, and overseas Chinese who have immigrated to the past, so it will not be boring to go to France. Seeing that he had made up his mind, Ma Guoxuan couldn't help but ask, "What about Jinghui, is Jinghui going too?" ”
"Mr. Ma, I don't think the same as Guanyun, I hope to be able to return to my roots. I can't go back to my hometown now, but I can go to Hong Kong, at least closer to my hometown. ”
"I went to Penang (a state in Malay where there are a lot of Chinese)."
Without waiting for him to speak, Uncle Wang smiled and said, "Mr. Ma, as you know, the third child of my family married a daughter-in-law over there and settled a home." My grandson is almost three years old, and I haven't seen my family before, so it's not safe to go and see it. ”
One went to France, one to Hong Kong, one to Singapore, one to Manila, and one to Jakarta.
Saigon is full of dangers and treacherous clouds.
There are risks in doing business honestly, not to mention that his son has to work with Diem Diem. Staying in Xidi will only distract him, so it's better to go farther.
Besides, there is a way to go here, and I have many French friends, many of whom are dignitaries, and I may be able to help my son when I go to France.
As for Liu Jinghui's trip to Hong Kong, he actually went to take charge of the shipping company's business. The same is true for several other old guys, because the Li family has maintained the habit of diversifying risks and investments for so many years, and has properties in Penang, Singapore, Jakarta and Manila, but the wealth is not exposed, and outsiders do not know.
Ma Guoxuan didn't know why, so he was completely convinced.
Wu Dayuan asked with a sad face: "In-laws, what should you do with your mother-in-law's marriage for the people and Lijun?" ”
Li Guanyun laughed and said, "Brother Dayuan, don't worry about the children's marriage, we will definitely come back early when the time comes." Waiting to hold my grandson, I'm more anxious than you! ”
They talked and laughed, but a few of the bosses were not happy to eat, because they had to deal with young people next, and no one knew whether his son would divest or transfer his shares.
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