Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 421 Family Benefits

"What's wrong? Why so suddenly? Is it important?"

Zhou Xianyang paused for a moment before asking, "Are you in a hurry? My mobile phone factory has just developed a new phone, and Motorola's people will be here in a couple of days."

"It has something to do with you, but not much. If you're busy, then forget it. I'll talk to someone else first."

Zhou Fengnian paused for a moment and then continued, "It's just a family meeting. I can tell you another day."

"Then you go ahead and get busy. Let me know when you get back."

Zhou Xianyang quickly said, "No, no, Dad, you really are something. You could have just told me over the phone first."

Zhou Fengnian on the other end of the phone said, "It's hard to explain over the phone, let's leave it at that for now."

“Then I’ll go back tomorrow. I can rest tomorrow, and I’ll go with Qing’an.”

Zhou Xianyang was feeling a bit uncomfortable being lured in. Thinking that the people from Motorola might not arrive for another two days, and that they could still make it back now, he quickly agreed.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Xianyang clicked his tongue and went to his subordinates to arrange things for the next two days. He was completely controlled by his father and had no choice but to go back.

The last time we had a family meeting was during the Chinese New Year, when Zhou Fengnian said he could use his power to help out a little in the future.

Although Zhou Fengnian wasn't allowed to take action openly afterward, simply mentioning his name would be enough to keep them informed throughout the country should any trouble arise.

Generally, no one would want to provoke a high-ranking official, especially one with considerable power.

When Zhou Xianyang returned home and found Bai Qing'an, he discovered that his wife was doing yoga while watching TV.

Upon seeing him return, Bai Qingan turned and asked, "Why are you back so early today? Is everything alright at the company?"

"No, Dad wants us to go back for a family meeting. I've already sent someone to buy tickets at the train station. Do you want to come with me?"

After Zhou Xianyang finished speaking, he added, "However, he said that this matter has little to do with us, and it's okay to go back a while later. But I'm curious about what he's talking about, so I plan to go back today."

"Let's go then. There's nothing fun in the neighboring city. I'm going to stay in Beijing to take care of my son and daughter after I go back."

After Bai Qing'an finished speaking, she got up to pack her things. She had been away for long enough, and there were no movies or TV series to film recently, so she might as well stay in Beijing and keep her mother company.

“Okay, I’ll go back next month too. Once I’ve settled things here, I’ll go back to be with you and the kids.”

After Zhou Xianyang finished speaking, he helped pack up, then got off the bus and got into the car, which soon headed towards the train station.

His security personnel had already bought tickets in advance. Although soft sleeper tickets were available at this time, they were often empty due to their high price.

So even for trains departing an hour later, there are still plenty of sleeper tickets available.

It takes about seven or eight hours to get back to Beijing from the neighboring city. It's almost time to get off work now, so they won't arrive in Beijing until midnight.

But it made no difference to Zhou Xianyang, since he had a driver and someone would pick him up even in the middle of the night.

"Third brother, don't cook today. I had the restaurant prepare it and deliver it before I came. It's not too cold today, so it will definitely be warm by then."

After Zhou Weitian arrived at the house, he greeted Zhou Fengnian and said that usually the two brothers would cook together.

However, he's been too busy lately, and now that he has a rare break, he's too lazy to do anything.

Zhou Fengnian said, "Alright, then I'll have Master Yang go back first."

Now their family has grown, and Zhou Fugui has five children in his great-grandchildren alone. Moreover, he is in very good health and sometimes fantasizes about whether he will be able to see his great-great-grandchildren.

There are quite a few people in the Zhou family now, and this time Zhou Fengnian also invited the Song Weinan and Xu Zhenyu families. Logically speaking, these two families are not considered part of the Zhou family, as they were not allowed to marry into the family. However, they have always been with the Zhou family, and they have never missed any events during the New Year or other times, so Zhou Fengnian invited them as well.

However, the younger generation didn't call out much unless they were adults; only five people from Zhou Xianyang's generation could participate.

Once everyone had arrived, the food and drinks from the Imperial Kitchen were quickly delivered. However, for the family to eat, they needed three tables, and it was still a bit crowded.

The dinner table was filled with laughter and chatter. More than twenty years ago, when they were laughing and chatting at the dinner table, it was back when Zhou Fengnian bought meat coupons on the black market and brought meat back with him.

Now everyone can eat meat dumplings every day, but the relationships between family members haven't changed.

After finishing their meal, Zhou Yan, Qu Ying, and others were cleaning up the dishes when Zhou Fengnian called over his father, Zhou Weitian, Zhou Jia'an, and a few others, and they headed towards the study in the backyard.

Zhou Xianyang and his brothers even brought over a few chairs in advance. They knew that Zhou Fengnian had called them over for what was to come, so they were somewhat looking forward to it.

Besides Zhou's father, the next generation consists of Zhou Fengnian and his four children. However, Zhou Chunhua and Zhou Xiaomei did not come; instead, Song Weinan and Xu Zhenyu came instead.

The next generation down is Zhou Xianyang and his four children, which also happens to be one per family.

The study is already a bit cramped; if it hadn't been built so large initially, there wouldn't be enough room for anyone to sit down now.

Zhou's father asked, "Third son, why did you call everyone here?"

"It's a rather important matter. I can't tell you the specifics, but all I can say is that it's a perk."

Zhou Fengnian said with a rather solemn expression, "I can take you to a place where you can become healthy, stronger, and live longer."

There are many benefits, but the number of spots is limited. The spot I've been allocated is only available once a year, so you will all be able to get one eventually.

He was referring to the injection of second-generation cell evolution serum. The extraction of second-generation serum is also very troublesome, and the annual output is not much, about twenty or thirty cells is the limit.

This not only requires human cooperation, but the extraction process is also very troublesome; there may be many more in the future, but considering the number of experimental subjects, Zhou Fengnian can only be allocated one spot per year for the next seven or eight years.

There might be more in the future, and then his family members will all be able to get some.

After all, Zhou Fengnian was the inventor; without him, there would be no serum, which is why he was able to get so much.

Even cadres of higher rank than him can only use them themselves; it's impossible to allocate one to them every year.

"It sounds like the Water Curtain Cave."

Zhou Xianyang couldn't help but ask, "Dad, what is this? How did you do that? Is this something you've been researching lately?"

"Don't ask so many questions, just know that there is such a benefit available."

Zhou Fengnian waved his hand and said, "I can't tell you any more, and I can't let you know what it is. Just know that I won't harm you."

"Only relevant personnel can know what this is, and once they know, they must keep it a secret forever and be subject to surveillance. All they need to know is that it's a good thing, and a very rare and wonderful thing!"

After hearing Zhou Fengnian's words, everyone was so surprised that they didn't know what to say for a moment.

They were a little confused; they didn't know anything, only that it was a good thing, and that there was only one such event per year.

Zhou Fengnian would never harm them; this is beyond doubt in everyone's mind.

"My supervisor originally suggested that I use this first, but I thought that my health is still good, even better than some young people, so I'll give it to you first."

Zhou Fengnian turned to his father and said, "Let's give the spots for the first two years to you two. We'll decide who wants them later. But don't worry, there are spots every year, and basically everyone gets one."

(End of this chapter)