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Chapter 812: Cleaning up before leaving
Then Su Ningliu personally took Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen to Shanghai, and then arranged them in his old villa in Puxi. Although he knew that the old couple could not stay here for long, it was a big step forward in easing the relationship with their son.

The tense relationship between Ma Shouchang and his wife and their son is a very complicated issue. Suning even thought at one point that their son might be a live-in son-in-law. This is because their son's behavior is too strange, and his fear of his wife is far beyond the understanding of ordinary people. Even if he has no feelings for his parents, it would not be as excessive as in the original drama.

"Bingkun, your house is so big?" Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen looked around the interior of the old house, and then couldn't help but praise it in surprise.

"Haha, Uncle Ma, Aunt Qu, I have a not-so-good hobby, which is buying houses. I even bought real estate in Vladivostok. Maybe I subconsciously think that this is the only way to have a home feeling." Suning really likes buying houses and properties everywhere, because he still feels comfortable living in his own house.

"That's right! Only with a house can you have a home. The concept of housing is deeply rooted in our Chinese people." Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen looked at each other in surprise, and then nodded to Su Ning with deep emotion.

"Uncle Ma, I won't be staying here at this stage. You can just treat it as a trip. It's convenient to travel between Shanghai and Jichun anyway. You can lock the door and go back to Jichun at any time."

"Well, Bingkun, I'm sorry to trouble you."

"It's okay! Besides, I've found a very good nanny for you. This nanny is not good at speaking, which should be more suitable for your temperament." Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen are still a great help to him. Although they are retired now, it is hard to say when they will be able to help him, so Suning still plans to put an AI robot next to them.

"it is good."

"Uncle Ma, Aunt Qu, why don't you give your brother a call and we can sit down for dinner tonight so I can rush back to Jichun tomorrow." Seeing that Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen were both quite satisfied, Su Ning couldn't help but suggest that they have dinner together in the evening.

"No hurry! I have something to tell you, and you'd better be mentally prepared." Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen quickly looked at each other in shame. It was true that Suning took care of them in every possible way, but it did not solve a major crisis for Suning.

"Uncle Ma, what's wrong?" Suning was somewhat surprised at this time, and at the same time he had a bad guess in his mind.

"Are you running a Ningyuan restaurant in Jiangliao now?" Sure enough, Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen asked the key question as soon as they opened their mouths.

"Yes! It's a chain operation, and it can be regarded as a small attempt in Jiangliao Jichun." At this time, Suning was already convinced that it must be Suning's operation in Jiangliao that caused hostility. You know, the turnover of franchise stores is still terrifying, and jealousy and reporting are the most common things.

"Hey! Recently, there have been internal rumors that the leaders of Jiangliao are very dissatisfied with your Ningyuan Restaurant. The commercial complex in the Photon Plate cannot continue to be built. In addition, Ningyuan Restaurant must also be resolutely banned."

"Oh? Hao Dongmei's father can't control it either?" Su Ning couldn't help but ask what Hao Dongmei's father thought. You know, he has always been the most supportive of his business investment in Jichun.

"Yesterday, Hao Dongmei's mother, Jin Yueji, came to us. Knowing that our two families have a good relationship, she told me that we originally put your Ningyuan catering business on a pilot program. Now Jiang Liao and Ji Chun are very dissatisfied, so they can no longer force it."

"Okay! We'll deal with these matters when we get back to Jichun tomorrow. We'll ensure that Ningyuan Catering is shut down immediately, and the construction of the commercial complex and the remaining buildings in Photon Film will also be stopped." Suning always likes to do things quickly and efficiently. Since Hao's father is already in such a difficult situation, there is no need to continue to struggle in Jichun.

"Bingkun, will it cause your Ningyuan Group to suffer great losses?" At this time, Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen looked at Su Ning worriedly and asked.

"Of course! But it was just a pilot project, so if it fails, we won't be held responsible. After all, we anticipated this from the very beginning."

"Bingkun, I hope you can figure it out on your own."

In fact, Suning had indeed anticipated these situations a long time ago. After all, Jiangliao Jichun is located in an old industrial center, and is very resistant to Suning's "opportunistic" behavior. Some time ago, Hao's father used the word "pilot" to deal with it, but with the increasing number of Ningyuan catering franchise stores and the rise of photon commercial complexes, many people can no longer sit there, and Hao's father had to reluctantly stop all projects of Ningyuan Group in Jichun.

Maybe Mr. Hao also felt that Ningyuan Group had suffered a huge setback, so he just asked Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen to come and inform Su Ning. However, Mr. Hao didn't know that Su Ning didn't care at all at the moment, because no matter how aggrieved he was today, he might be comforted a hundred times more tomorrow, so Su Ning didn't mind suffering more of such grievances now.

In a shabby, dark alley in Shanghai, in a dilapidated old building, a family of five huddled in a crowded room on the third floor. A middle-aged woman kept complaining, "Ma Ming, why did your parents come to Shanghai so suddenly?"

"Huh? Maybe he's missing his child, so he should come to see Ma Xiaoyun." The middle-aged man named Ma Ming looked vaguely like Qu Xiuzhen, and this man was Ma Ming, the only son of Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen.

"Humph! What's so good about it! Our house is so crowded, where are they going to live if they come over here?"

"It's okay! They should stay in the hotel. After all, they are all retired cadres from Jiangliao Jichun. They don't need us to be responsible for their retirement." Knowing what his wife was most worried about, Ma Ming explained to his wife with a wry smile.

"Hmph! By the way! Where is the hotel they booked?" Ma Ming's wife certainly knew all these things, otherwise she would have been furious.

"Jinjiang Hotel."

"Huh! He's indeed a retired veteran cadre, so he's richer than us ordinary people."

"Enough! It's not easy for them to put aside their pride and come here, so you'd better say less." Seeing that his wife was still talking endlessly, Ma Ming couldn't bear it anymore and stood up for a while.

"Humph!"

Ma Ming looked at his obedient wife with a headache. In fact, he was now in a dilemma. As a son, he wanted to support his elderly parents, but unfortunately the reality did not allow him to do so. His monthly salary was just a drop in the bucket to support a family in Shanghai. Faced with work pressure and his wife's nagging every day, Ma Ming didn't know what the meaning of life was.

Then Ma Ming and his wife took their son Ma Xiaoyun to the Jinjiang Hotel, and then he saw Su Ning next to his parents. Although Ma Ming felt very confused, he was relieved after the two sides introduced themselves to each other. The dinner that night went relatively smoothly. Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen were reluctant to hold their eldest grandson, as if they were holding their childhood son whom they had never held. At this moment, they understood the greatest meaning of life, and the resentment towards their son slowly dissipated. They couldn't help but begin to understand the difficulties of their son's family. It is really too hard to live in this world.

Su Ning hadn't considered getting too close to Ma Shouchang's son, Ma Ming. After arranging things for Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen in Shanghai, he took the train back to Jichun, Jiangliao. Some might not understand why Su Ning was so kind to Ma Shouchang and his wife. That's because they didn't know how much help Ma Shouchang and his wife had given Su Ning. Su Ning, like everyone else, was willing to repay a small favor with a big one. It was nice that he was helping Ma Shouchang and his wife understand their obsession without spending any money. The first thing Su Ning did upon returning to Jichun was to halt all work at the Photon Slice construction site, remove all construction materials and equipment, and build a solid fence around the site. He also notified Ningyuan Restaurant to close down. This marked the end of his first phase of experimentation, but he hadn't expected such significant resistance.

"Leader, I'm here this time to withdraw from the joint venture on behalf of Ningyuan Group." Suning went to meet Hao Dongmei's father specifically, and then told him that Ningyuan Group wanted to withdraw its shares.

"Ah? That's not necessary! We just need to stop working temporarily." Hao Dongmei's father didn't expect that Ningyuan Group was so stubborn and knew everything about Ji Chun so easily.

"Forget it! I'd better withdraw my shares! Since the pilot has failed, there's no point in continuing the joint venture."

"Okay! I'll have Jiangliao Sanjian follow up on this matter."

"Thank you, leader."

After resolving the issue of the joint venture between Ningyuan Group and Jiangliao Sanjian, Suning did not continue to stay with Hao Dongmei's father. After all, the gap between Suning and Hao's father was too asymmetrical. There was no point in staying here. It would be better to understand other trivial matters in Jichun as soon as possible.

After leaving Hao Dongmei's father's office, Su Ning directly called over several people from the Ningyuan Catering franchise store and asked directly, "Yu Hong, Wu Qian, do you have any plans for the future?"

"Hmph! What arrangements can we make? You were the one who pushed us into starting a business, and it's only been shut down for a few months." As soon as Su Ning finished his nonchalant words, an enraged Wu Qian roared, "I don't care about anything now. You have to find me a job."

"Okay! Yu Hong, Wu Qian, I've found you a job at Jichun Ji Cantang. Even though it's just a temporary job, it's my apology to you." A king had no need to argue with unreasonable people, so he nodded and agreed without hesitation. He had already arranged jobs for them.

"Bingkun, it's not your fault. You were trying to help us." Yu Hong on the side did not blame Su Ning. After all, she and Sun Ganchao were still very good friends.

"Haha, it seems you're still suited to working and getting paid." Su Ning laughed nonchalantly at this point, also to ease the awkwardness of his good brothers drifting apart. Then he turned to look at the cunning couple standing beside him, "Debao, Qiao Chunyan, what do you two think?"

"Bingkun, is our Ningyuan Catering really going to fail?" Cao Debao and Qiao Chunyan were of course reluctant to give up such huge profits. They still looked at Suning in front of them with difficulty and tried to fight for it. The couple were much more cunning than Yu Hong and Wu Qian.

"Not for the time being! I asked someone to arrange for Qiao Chunyan to return to the position of deputy director of the District Women's Federation, which can be regarded as a reinstatement of her official position. As for Cao Debao, he will return to work at the soy sauce factory, but he will not be able to be the workshop director." Suning first shook his head decisively, and then told them the arrangements for them.

"Bingkun, thank you! Although Cao Debao can only be a worker now, he will still have opportunities in the future." Qiao Chunyan was naturally very surprised at this time, realizing that her obedience back then had earned her the preferential treatment today.

"Well, as long as you are satisfied, that's all I can do now."

After arranging all the affairs for Jichun, Suning took his family to Beituo Temple, and finally bid farewell to Guangming of Beituo Temple and moved to Hong Kong. You know, it was only 1979, and there would be plenty of opportunities to return to Jichun, the one he had been thinking about, so Suning's mentality was still very peaceful at this time.

Of course, the recent news is not all bad. The AI robot "Suning" was very successful in its business negotiations in Beijing. The Ningyuan Group's agricultural machinery manufacturing base was finally settled in Shanghai. Tsinghua University provided some technical support and held a 15% stake. The Shanghai local government invested 20% of the shares in the form of land. The remaining 65% of the shares were held by the Ningyuan Group, and the mainland agricultural machinery market was opened to Ningyuan Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing Company.

As for Ningyuan Automobile's desire to take the opportunity to settle in Shanghai at the same time, it was a bit troublesome. After all, the things involved were much more complicated. In the end, the AI robot "Suning" promised to only build a production base in Shanghai, and would not allow the produced Ningyuan automobiles to enter the mainland market for sales. All of them would be used for export to foreign automobile markets. Only then did the Shanghai automobile manufacturing base issue get what it wanted.

Although Ningyuan Automobile has a manufacturing base in Brazil, South America, with an annual production capacity of 500,000 vehicles, it still does not have a decent one in Asia, so it took so much effort to conduct business negotiations. Fortunately, the final result of the business negotiations was still very good, which was an unexpected surprise.

"Guoqing, it's a good thing that I didn't ask you to resign, otherwise we would both be in real trouble." Wu Qian looked at Xiao Guoqing with a face full of relief as soon as she got home, and her words implicitly portrayed herself as the female Zhuge Liang of the family.

"What are you complaining about! Hasn't Bingkun already arranged a job for you? Besides, you've been making less money in the past few months?" Xiao Guoqing was a little fed up with his wife's nagging and felt that Suning had done enough for them.

"Humph! Xiao Guoqing, is this enough to satisfy you?"

"What else do you want? You want Zhou Bingkun to give you his life? He's already helped us, isn't he?"

"Xiao Guoqing, do you have any ambition? Isn't Zhou Bingkun having an affair with Qiao Chunyan? And how could he arrange such a good job for her?"

"Shut up! If you keep talking nonsense, I'll cut you!"

"Xiao Guoqing, you only know how to show off to me at home! Zhou Bingkun has moved to Hong Kong with his entire family, and we, the whole family, have to squeeze together. Aren't you ashamed of yourself, a grown man?"

"Wu Qian, you can just go with any man you choose. Our Xiao family can't tolerate a Bodhisattva like you!"

"Xiao Guoqing, you..."

"Alright! Can you two stop arguing? You used to quarrel every day when we lived in that rough house, and now you're still quarreling after moving upstairs. Can you please let the elderly and children be quiet for a while?"

"Humph!"

(End of this chapter)