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Chapter 629 Whip Me Hard! (Two Chapters Combined)

The Audi finally stopped at No. 28 Fuxing Road.

This is a hospital, officially called the "General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army," also known colloquially as "301."

There is a place specifically for the medical care and health maintenance of the capital's leaders. Of course, no one is an immortal god, and some diseases are incurable.

Therefore, many senior leaders also passed away suddenly in 301.

Yi Baoyu's grandfather is here. She came to the ward and looked around. The corridor was full of people.

Some just left, some just arrived.

Many of them are familiar faces from television, and what they say can be called "policy" in certain places or industries.

But now, they can only communicate in hushed tones, and even their footsteps are quiet.

The air was filled with the smell of disinfectant, and there was an indescribable sense of oppression, as if the power in one's hands and fragile life had met on a narrow path, creating a subtle and complex tension.

"Mom also said that the influence of the Yi and Xiao families has declined."

Yi Baoyu thought to himself, "Thank goodness I didn't believe it. Just look at this scene, the 'Yi Family' signboard is as shiny as ever!"

When Uncle Yi Boxiang saw some familiar faces, he quickly left his niece behind to greet them.

"Xiaoyu's back?"

Instead, it was that good-for-nothing father who took his place.

Yi Gege's biological father is named Yi Aoxiang, originally hoping that he would spread his wings and soar under the red sky.

The result was probably because the egg was too big, so it didn't fly away and just kept mating on the ground, resulting in Yi Gege having a lot of stepmothers.

Of course, Yi Baoyu will always be the legitimate heir, because her mother's surname is Xiao, and they are from a family of equal social standing.

Yi Aoxiang is currently the vice president of a trade association. This kind of position sounds like a nominal one where you just hang around and get benefits for nothing. All the member companies spend some money to support this President Yi.

"Oh, you're back."

In all the years Yi Baoyu has lived in Sweden, her biological father has visited her no more than ten times.

So the princess's relationship with her father was just so-so. She simply pouted and said, "Take me inside to see Grandpa."

Soon a nurse came over, helped Yi Baoyu put on a disinfected white coat and mask, and then led her to her bedside.

The ICU was quiet, with only the regular ticking of the monitoring equipment, like the cold second hand counting down the final moments of a life.

Yi Gege's grandfather lay on a hospital bed surrounded by various tubes, his cheeks deeply sunken, his skin a bloodless, waxy yellow, tightly encasing the outline of his skull.

He was fast asleep.

The once bold and unrestrained spirit of his youth is no longer visible in him; only the faint breaths beneath his mask serve as the sole proof that this body is still "alive."

The contrast between the figure and the one in her memory was too stark. Although Gege regarded everyone else as "minions," she still had some genuine feelings for her grandfather. Seeing his miserable state, she couldn't help but shed tears.

"Dad, Xiaoyu has come back to see you. The granddaughter you've been longing for is now by your side."

Yi Aoxiang crouched down beside his father's ear and whispered something.

Perhaps it was the bond of family that pierced through the fog of fate, or perhaps it was the long wait that finally brought back the returning family. In any case, Old Master Yi's withered fingers suddenly twitched.

Yi Aoxiang's eyes widened instantly, and he rushed out, shouting, "Doctor, doctor..."

Soon, hospital leaders in white coats poured in.

More leaders, dressed in jackets and dark green military uniforms, peered out the windows, eagerly awaiting their arrival.

The Yi family members in the corridor were even more excited, eagerly anticipating the return of the Lion King who had protected their family for decades.

"President Yi."

After a thorough and rapid examination, the vice president of 301 Hospital said with a grave expression: "From a medical perspective, the old man's basic bodily functions... have not shown any fundamental improvement. The reaction just now, we tend to think, is a stress reflex of the nervous system under specific stimuli."

"but."

The deputy director of 301 Hospital continued, "This kind of reflex is a positive phenomenon for the old man's consciousness. We suggest that if conditions permit, Miss Yi can come and keep him company more often."

"Xiaoyu, did you hear that? You must come and visit Grandpa more often..."

Yi Aoxiang turned his head and made a loud demand.

"Let's go outside, Chairman Yi."

The vice president of 301 said softly, "With the old man's current energy, he can't handle too many emotional fluctuations, and he's fallen into a deep sleep again."

As the group left the ward, the Yi family almost treated Yi Baoyu like a "hero," and even her third uncle, Yi Boxiang, patted his niece on the shoulder with admiration.

It was as if it were saying, "I knew your arrival would work."

Next, the "second generation of the Yi family" continued to welcome and send off visitors, exchanging ideas with one powerful and influential figure after another.

Ironically, the inner room is where the flickering candle of life is about to go out, while the outer room is where the silent operation of the existing order takes place.

If you want, even hospitals and morgues can become places for exchanging benefits.

As for the "third generation of the Yi family," they probably couldn't stand the oppressive atmosphere here, so they simply took Yi Baoyu with them and left 301.

They are all Yi Baoyu's cousins, or relatives of these people, and they all seem to be doing quite well.

Some are directors of real estate companies, some are famous jewelry designers, some are intellectual and talented women in the entertainment industry, and some are leaders of state-owned enterprises...

However, almost none of them have entered politics.

Because it was just too hard!
While some people may be able to skip certain steps, it's impossible to skip all of them; seniority still plays a significant role within the system.

Even if you have a smooth career, outstanding abilities, and extensive connections, you'll be nationally renowned at thirty as a division chief, thirty-five as a department head, and forty-five as a provincial or ministerial level official...

But in this position, you'll have to "waste" at least ten years before you can make any further progress, probably after you turn fifty-five.

Furthermore, you can hardly make any mistakes over the years, you must be strict with yourself and work tirelessly, otherwise all your efforts will be in vain.

Those princesses who never knew what "suffering" was from childhood, why would they be willing to give up the glamorous world to enjoy this ascetic life?
They hadn't even fully grasped the current situation, and were still boasting smugly in their thick Beijing accents:

"Xiaoyu, don't leave now that you're back! Come work at my company, I'll give you a vice president title, you won't have to worry about anything, just show up!"

"Come on, your construction site is so dusty! Come to Fourth Sister's place, you can wear top-tier jewelry as you please, and you'll be attending all the fashionable banquets. That's what you call life."

"Come to my place instead. It's just a matter of stamping two stamps a day. It's very easy. There are so many people in the cities and prefectures who have to be subservient to us."

……

The warm invitation from her older brothers and sisters made Yi Baoyu feel even more that "everything is still the same as before".

It seems that as long as the Yi family is willing, they have all the resources in society at their fingertips, once again proving that the mother's words were just alarmist talk.

However, Yi Baoyu didn't want to hang out with these older brothers and sisters!
She wanted to make her voice heard in the family, not be someone else's appendage! Another reason was that Yi Baoyu felt her older brothers and sisters were somewhat "failures".

At their age, grandfathers had already commanded tens of thousands of soldiers in bloody battles, yet they still limited their vision to a seal or a piece of jewelry.

No wonder my third uncle said that none of the other younger members of the family had outstanding abilities, and even if they were given a lot of resources, the result would still be a mess.

Just as the "three generations of the Yi family" were happily enjoying hot pot.

The "second generation of the Yi family" finally finished dealing with the day's tasks.

However, unlike their children who showed no sense of crisis, the eldest son Yi Jixiang, the second son Yi Aoxiang, the third son Yi Boxiang, the fourth son Yi Shu, and the fifth son Yi Huan gathered together with a serious air about the impending storm.

"Seeing that the old man's condition was not good, some people were clearly itching to make a move."

Yi Jixiang's gaze swept over his siblings, breaking the silence first.

Yi Jixiang was a professor at a military academy and occasionally published articles in some internal publications, thus belonging to the category of "red intellectuals".

"Damn it! Some people come here ostensibly to visit, but actually they just want to peek into the old man's remaining days."

Even a scoundrel like Yi Aoxiang could see through his hidden ulterior motives.

"Third Brother, what do you suggest we do?"

Yi Shu works at China Resources, a state-owned enterprise with a status comparable to CITIC.

Yi Huan works in the railway department and holds the rank of deputy director-general.

The railway sector was originally the Yi family's "base," but since 98, they have been clamoring for its dismantling and separation of government and enterprise.

This year, a leader once again raised the same suggestion. Although it was not adopted, everyone could see that it was just a tentative move to "test the waters."

This department will definitely be split up in the future, and the status of "the railway giant" will no longer exist.

Therefore, the Yi family's current position is actually more awkward than Yi Baoyu's mother described, and it is only supported by the third uncle who is on the cultural front and the old man who is barely clinging to life.

Yi Boxiang looked at the ICU ward and sighed softly, his tone tinged with a sense of world-weariness and worry:

"There are no invincible generals, nor tides that never recede. Ups and downs are the natural order of things. We are all in our forties and fifties now, so we must first accept this inevitable gap psychologically."

"Only if we accept it can we appease the younger generation later."

Yi Boxiang paused deliberately, letting this almost realistic judgment settle in the air.

Then, he calmly comforted her, "Of course, I don't mean that our family will collapse immediately. The family line left by the old man won't dissipate quickly, and our family name will still be very prestigious for the time being."

"I'm worried about years or even decades from now."

Yi Boxiang said with great concern, "Our family has no one to take over the reins in the next generation. Whether in politics or business, we can't see any outstanding juniors. If this continues, we won't be able to make our own voice heard, and we'll be completely eliminated."

This sentence silenced Wu Yi (the fifth person in the group).

Yes!

Currently, countless family resources have been invested in this group of nephews and nieces, but almost all of them have become unfinished projects.

"By the way, Xiaoyu might be alright."

Suddenly, Yi Boxiang, as if remembering something, said in front of his siblings, "Xiaoyu seems to want to enter the Internet industry, and she has even chosen to cooperate with Suhui."

"She's useless!"

"Biology Dad" Yi Aoxiang said directly: "Third brother, you have too little contact with Xiaoyu. She is a flower raised in a greenhouse. Her cognitive biases are too serious. I am too lazy to correct them. In the future, just give her a vice president or a director of a mining company."

The vice president or director of a mining company should be quite wealthy, but in these families, being rich does not equal having status.

For example:
Zhong Shanshan, the founder of Nongfu Spring and China's richest man, is certainly wealthy, but he is far from the status of Liu Qiangdong and Jack Ma, let alone Ren Zhengfei.

Ordinary people can drink Nongfu Spring water, or even just Nong Sao sweet milk, or tap water.

However, if the country were to lose Alipay, JD Logistics, and Huawei Cloud Computing, it might truly cause chaos.

When money reaches a certain amount, its significance diminishes; it is the influence one exerts on society that equates to social status.

Hearing Yi Aoxiang say that, Yi Boxiang was slightly discouraged.

I used to think that this niece had a discerning eye and could give me a glimmer of hope.

"I just asked the vice president in detail."

Yi Shu from China Resources said, "The old man has at most six months left, no later than next Mid-Autumn Festival. Third Brother, what should we do during this time?"

"Implement all plans that haven't been finalized yet! Finalize all promotions that are still disputed! Push forward all projects that haven't been agreed upon yet!"

Yi Boxiang said decisively, "We must take advantage of the fact that everyone still remembers the old man's kindness and shamelessly do all these things. During this period, no one will dare to compete with us or snatch from us. The higher-ups will also turn a blind eye to some of our actions because of the old man..."

These "second-generation members of the Yi family" are preparing for a period of "power indulgence" before their last protection disappears, in order to accumulate as much capital as possible for their inevitable decline.

"Should we tell the younger generation?"

Yi Huan asked hesitantly, referring to Yi Baoyu's generation.

Yi Boxiang thought for a moment: "There's no need to give specific reasons, lest they panic and lose their composure. Just ask them what their wishes are for the near future, and tell them as soon as possible, and we can help them fulfill them!"

……

"Xiaoyu, is there anything you'd like to do during your trip back to China?"

After leaving the 301 Hospital, Yi Aoxiang inquired about Yi Baoyu over the phone.

"Anything is fine?"

While still eating hotpot, Yi Baoyu asked casually.

Remembering his younger brother's words, Yi Aoxiang smiled and said, "As long as it's not like you're trying to pluck the moon from the sky, there shouldn't be any problems."

"have a look!"

Yi Gege really wanted to burst out laughing.

Mom, you've made a huge mistake this time!

The Yi family will always be the Yi family. Even my dad can speak in this tone, so wouldn't my third uncle and eldest uncle be able to "make their words law"?
"Things I want to do..."

Yi Baoyu wanted to beat someone up when he was in Sweden.

A whip was lashed hard at Traverse Technology because its founders disobeyed orders.

Later, Chen Zhe suddenly realized his mistake, and Yi Baoyu decided to forgive him for the time being.

Let this whip be lashed at Tencent, who's courting death by trying to steal my reply!
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