Chapter 16: Family Gatherings (6)
Lin Ming remembered that incident.
There was a lot of trouble, and the second uncle was once taken away by the public security organs and almost sentenced to prison.
Mother Fang Lan was worried about her second uncle for a long time. Lin Changqing entrusted some connections in this matter, and in the end, the second uncle let his driver take the blame, and he escaped.
In that era, with the rapid development of the economy, more and more people made a fortune and became rich bosses.
As soon as people have money, they begin to pay attention to the quality of life. I don't know when eating game has become an important flaunt for many wealthy bosses to enjoy the quality of life.
If you don't eat some rare animals every once in a while, you are embarrassed to say that you are a big boss with a net worth of millions.
For example, SARS, which caused a lot of trouble in early 2003, is rumored to have been caused by eating civets in Guangdong Province.
So at that time, the smuggling of wild animals was extremely rampant.
The second uncle was obsessed with ghosts, and when he was running passenger transportation, he actually started smuggling wild animals. Don't look at this way as a crooked way, but it is indeed very profitable. In the early primitive capital accumulation, the second uncle made a lot of money by relying on this way.
It is precisely because of these crooked ways that the second uncle's money came very quickly. As soon as he had money, he bought lines and cars, and then continued to develop his scale, and finally jumped from a small crew member to the largest private passenger transport company in Yuncheng, with a net worth of nearly one billion.
But at the end of 2002, the second uncle made a mistake. The delivery bus was intercepted by the high-speed traffic police, and many state-protected animals were found to be involved in illegal smuggling, and they were almost sentenced to prison.
It is said that that incident was done by the second uncle's nemesis, another big passenger transport boss, Boss Song.
The second uncle's money came faster than Boss Song, he bought more cars and lines than Boss Song, and his power became more and more huge, and gradually developed to the point where he could compete with Boss Song, who was the first to get rich at Yuncheng Bus Station, and constantly encroached on Boss Song's business and territory, which made Boss Song extremely jealous, so he reported the second uncle with a shady hand.
It's just that what Lin Ming didn't expect was.
The third uncle actually participated in it, and it can even be said that the third uncle was behind the scenes and betrayed the second uncle.
No wonder Fang Lan always said that the second uncle has always been cautious in his work, except for a few drivers and the third uncle, no one knows that he is engaged in smuggling, how can he be noticed by Boss Song, it is really strange.
It turns out that there is an inner ghost at all.
But.
What should Lin Ming say?
Ran to the second uncle to complain?
The second uncle is his own uncle, but the third uncle is not?
Dad Lin Changqing is an only son, and when it comes to cousin relationships, there are only relatives on my mother's side. The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, they are all their relatives, and they can't do anything to anyone.
After all, if you don't stop the third uncle, you will hurt the second uncle. Tell the second uncle, it is to hurt the third uncle.
Let everyone know the truth, can the third uncle stay in this family? Isn't the whole family going to be ruined?
Thinking of this, Lin Ming had a headache.
The temple is small and the demon is windy, the pond is shallow, and there are many kings, and every family has a scripture that is difficult to read.
In a small family, all kinds of intrigue and intrigue are really head-scratching. But everyone is a relative, and it is not good for anyone to tear their faces.
Lin Ming thought about it carefully and couldn't say it explicitly, so he could only think of a way to see if he could prevent that incident from happening.
This is good for everyone, neither exposing the third uncle, but also saving the second uncle.
Let's take it one step at a time.
Back at the dinner table, the banquet has come to an end.
The children ate quickly, and after eating, they went to play with their partners. At the adult's table, they were still chatting and drinking and eating slowly.
Lin Ming's mind was bothered by too many things, so he casually stuffed two mouthfuls of food, so he didn't have the heart to eat, so he ran to the side of the sofa to rest.
At this time, a handsome young man wearing a police uniform who looked like his aunt and mother walked in. It was Lin Ming's brother-in-law Fang Junlong, who wiped his sweat and said loudly: "I'm sorry big brother, there was a new case in the bureau, and I was so busy that I rushed over." ”
Everyone looked at him, and Fang Lan and Fang Xiaolan's faces were obviously happy. The second uncle and the third uncle and aunt are more ordinary, and the eldest uncle has a disgusted expression, obviously having a very bad relationship with this youngest brother.
"Alright." The uncle frowned, knocked on the table with his fingers and said, "How old are you, your clothes are not neatly dressed, look at the sweat on your face, ask the waiter for a hot towel to wipe your face and hands before serving." Seventh, the eldest is not a small person, it is time to find a wife, when I am as old as you, Fang Luoyang will play soy sauce. ”
The uncle's old problem has been committed again, and when he sees the little uncle, he can't help but count two sentences. In fact, the little uncle is not unproductive, in the early 80s, the eldest uncle and the second uncle came out to work to make money, to support the little uncle to study and study, the little uncle is smart and good at learning, obviously the score line is enough to get a book, but because he was determined to be a policeman since he was a child, he went to the criminal police academy and became a criminal policeman. Although the Criminal Police Academy is not counted as one or two books for special reasons, its gold content is second only to the People's Public Security University of the People's Republic of China, and the criminal police who read it from here have a very high gold content in the 90s, and the promotion speed is also very fast, which is equivalent to the later capital Mizuki coming out to take the civil service examination.
Because he was born from the academy, had a good diploma, and his own quality was excellent, he solved several big cases in a row, and his uncle quickly stood out, like a rocket, and in just five or six years, he was promoted to the captain of the Chengguan District Criminal Investigation Brigade. But there is a problem, I have been single for a long time, and I haven't asked for a wife.
In the eyes of the traditional thinking of the older generation who are not filial piety and have no descendants. This is a big unfilial thing, which not only provokes the grandparents to talk all the year round, but even the eldest uncle has to take care of this matter, and he can't wait to mention the order every day, and immediately find a wife for the younger brother.
But the brother-in-law often dismisses the eldest brother's words, and even often ridicules them, which makes the relationship between the two more and more stiff. It's like a parent with an arrogant attitude, and a teenager who is in the rebellious period, the two sides are incompatible, and it is easy to quarrel without saying a few words when they meet.
The little uncle moved a stool, dragged it to the side of the aunt and asked Fang Lan to move it there, and forcibly sat down next to the two elder sisters, only to ignore the eldest brother's chatter, and said perfunctorily: "I'm so busy with work, where is the time to find a wife." Yo, the food is good, and there are abalone and prawns, I eat a boxed lunch every day and almost vomit, and I can finally improve the food. ”
"Come on, come on, eat more." Fang Lan distressedly sandwiched a piece of abalone for her little brother and put it in a bowl.
Lin Ming was also about to go over to say hello to his little uncle, because his eldest cousin Fang Luoyang and second cousin Jiang Wei had already come over, and the three fox friends hooked their shoulders and chatted happily. Lin Ming didn't go to join in the fun, and at this time, his PHS rang out.
Lin Ming saw that it was Hou Wenhui.
So he quietly left the box and pretended to go to the bathroom.
Outside the bathroom, Lin Ming answered the phone.
"Mr. Hou."
"Hehe, Lin Ming. All the MP3 matters on my friend's side were discussed, and we paid 2 million, accounting for 42% of the shares. Mr. Zhao also agreed, do you want to come to the company to sign a contract? Tomorrow I will go to Guangdong City in person. ”
"As for the family gathering here, you and Mr. Liang can sign." Lin Ming thought to himself, Liang Xiaoyue and Hou Wenhui's shares together have exceeded 50%, if the two of them are willing, they can even completely override the Emperor Zhao Bin, and come and ask me what I mean.
However, Zhao Bin is not very in charge of things, and will only come forward to help take care of the company when it encounters a major crisis, so it doesn't matter whether it is overhead or not.
"Okay. By the way, last month's advertising investment and this month's advertising investment has accounted for more than 50% of the company's revenue, Mr. Liang and I would like to ask your opinion, will you continue to invest next month? "Hou Wenhui is a little sore now.
Because of the bet with Lin Ming last month, the company's advertising investment now accounts for a large part. Although the company's albums and income are indeed getting higher and higher, the housekeeper's mother-in-law's mentality of only getting in and not leaving still makes Hou Wenhui very uncomfortable, thinking about the next month's investment.
Lin Ming said unswervingly: "Of course, we must continue to invest, but we can gradually reduce the proportion of investment." Our advertising investment is not to promote our company, no one cares about the name of a record label, and no one cares which company a star is signed to. So what we want to promote is its artists and stars, when our advertising investment can be about the same? That is, when our artists have a certain reputation, and even everyone is a first-line, then we can use the old people to bring new people, and use their fame to promote our artists, without the company having to pay money and expenses to invest in advertising, at that time, we can stop this investment. ”
Hou Wenhui smiled bitterly: "I know what you mean, okay." I understand. If you don't use real money to cultivate a cash cow, how can a cash cow fall into money, I understand the reason. It's a pity that when I really want to pay, I still can't afford it. ”
"Huh." Lin Ming smiled: "Mr. Hou, look away." You actually understand this point, otherwise you wouldn't have agreed to my proposal in the first place. ”
Hou Wenhui accounted for 28% of the shares, Lin Ming accounted for 12%, and the two of them together only 40% of the shares. If he pulls Zhao Bin into opposition, even if the two of them think that the plan is feasible, they will still be stillborn and unable to implement it. So at that time, Lin Ming used a bet to persuade Hou Wenhui with 1 million advertising investment. As a result, after the 1 million voted, the albums of the New Era Band were sold well, which brought great benefits to the company, which made Liang Xiaoyue no longer oppose it, but gradually supported it. Now that advertising continues to invest, I hope to push out all the artists as soon as possible.
In this way, wait until the company's current top of the forefront of this group of artists become big names. For example, Wen Hu, Zhao Yue, Youth Boy, and New Era have all become popular first-line, so they can lead newcomers with old people and use their fame to promote the debut works of their fellow juniors and sisters, which is more effective.
When Jinsha debuted back then, it was JJ who spared no effort to push her, so that she could quickly become famous and popular all over the country. So the feasibility of this method is very large, but before the first batch of artists are popular, this method has no meaning.
So we still have to continue to invest in advertising and train the first batch of artists. Then we can put the old with the new model into the company to save advertising costs.
The two of them chatted for a while and hung up the phone, and Lin Ming went back to the box.
But at this time, the box was lively.
Uncle and uncle quarreled again!