Financial freedom starts with smiling at life

Chapter 243 My eldest son is so outstanding!
"Mr. Jiang, Mr. Wei from Great Wall Motors and several other executives are having dinner at the North City Hotel. Do you need to come over and show your face?"

When Jiang Beicheng was about to go to the airport to pick up his stepmother and the others, Shen Jun called him and told him that the executives of Great Wall Motors had come to the Beicheng Hotel for dinner.

Lao Wei led a team on a business trip to Jiangnan City to test the intelligent driving capabilities of the new car, and Jiangbei City knew about this.

He has been paying close attention to the development of domestic automobiles, especially the transformation of the three major private automobile groups, BYD, Geely and Great Wall.

The three new car-making forces, NIO, Xiaopeng and Li Auto, as well as the up-and-coming Xiaomi, are all the focus of attention.

It is too late to enter the car manufacturing industry now, so Hailin and I have set our sights on the new energy vehicle intelligent driving trend, which is the second half of the competition in new energy vehicles. Lian Capital will invest in related technology companies that solve intelligent driving problems, and will also buy a large number of stocks of car companies with strong profitability.

Great Wall Motors is one of them.

Although its sales volume has been left behind by BYD and Geely, its net profit ranks first in the industry.

Despite the market's bearish outlook on Great Wall's stock, Lian Capital still bought a large number of Great Wall shares and planned to hold them for a long time.

He and Lao Wei, a multi-billionaire, have one thing in common when it comes to running their own businesses: they are full of passion and love for the industry.

In marketing terms, this passion and love means being responsible to our customers and ensuring quality.

The two also have many common hobbies, such as motorcycles and off-roading.

Knowing that someone is coming, it would be a bit unreasonable for the host not to go and receive them.

"Which store?"

"Halo Shop."

Jiang Beicheng instructed Shen Jun: "Go pick up grandma and the others for me. I'll send you the flight information."

"Okay, Mr. Jiang."

The task of picking up my stepmother and the others was left to Shen Jun. He packed up simply and went to the Halo Store.

"Boss Jiang." Xu Ru was also here inspecting the store today and came out to greet him, "Boss Wei is in the Ruyi box."

Jiang Beicheng nodded and walked towards the Ruyi box. Xu Ru went up first to greet the guests and seek their consent.

There is a Great Wall Motors factory in Jiangnan City. When the person in charge heard that the owner of Beicheng Hotel was coming to receive them, he solemnly introduced this legendary figure in the Jiangnan City catering industry to Lao Wei.

Old Wei waved and said, "Boss Jiang, come on, come on, sit down with us."

"Mr. Wei, I have admired you for a long time." Jiang Beicheng walked into the box and shook hands with Old Wei.

Looking at the Great Wall executives and media reporters at the dinner table, he asked, "Is the food to your liking?"

"Very good, Mr. Jiang."

"Boss Jiang, I've long heard of your name. It's a pleasure to meet you today."

"Boss Jiang and the North City Hotel are so famous. I want to learn from you."

"..."

The group of people were polite and took the initiative to make room for him, so Jiang Beicheng sat next to Lao Wei.

Old Wei pointed at the general manager of Jiangnan Great Wall Company and said, "He highly recommended Mr. Jiang's restaurant to me and said that I must have this meal.

Only those who have been to the North City Hotel can appreciate the new heights of the domestic catering industry."

"You're too kind, Mr. Wei." Jiang Beicheng said modestly with a fist clasped.

I asked him, "What was Mr. Wei's true experience with the meal? I hope Mr. Wei can give us some valuable suggestions."

Lao Wei shook his head and said, “I’m still explaining it to them, let’s see how other people operate in the service industry.

All employees of Great Wall Motors 4S stores should learn from you.

Excellent indeed.

If I had to say one bad thing, it would be that the waitress was too pretty and a bit business-like.

This is just my personal feeling, not someone else’s.”

Everyone at the table laughed.

Jiang Beicheng picked up the small porcelain cup on the table and clinked glasses with Lao Wei, “Anyway, I feel very honored that Mr. Wei is visiting the Beicheng Hotel.

You are also a private entrepreneur whom I respect very much. I offer you a toast."

Old Wei raised his glass and clinked it with Jiang Beicheng's, "Learn from each other."

Lao Wei is still very down-to-earth and a very upright person.

What Jiang Beicheng still remembers vividly is that a netizen left a message under his Douyin account calling him "Dad", and he replied sincerely, "Just call me Brother Jun!"
Be friendly.

After Jiang Beicheng finished his drink, he asked Lao Wei, "Mr. Wei, I have a personal question for you."

"Mr. Jiang, please speak."

“When will the Great Wall V8 be released?”

Lao Wei knew that what he was concerned about was the V8 power system for cars that Great Wall was developing, and the motorcycles had already been assembled and put on the market. When he heard this question, he guessed that Jiang Beicheng was an off-road vehicle player or a performance vehicle player.

"Is Mr. Jiang also an off-road enthusiast?" Old Wei asked curiously.

"To be honest, Mr. Wei, you and I have similar interests. We both love motorcycles and off-road driving." Jiang Beicheng continued with a smile.

Old Wei immediately raised his glass and clinked it with Jiang Beicheng, "It's really fate.

I made a friend with similar interests over a meal."

When people reach a certain age, making friends becomes very easy. Sometimes they can just get together because they have similar hobbies.

Everyone at the table smiled in response to Old Wei.

"Mr. Jiang, I can tell you that it will be soon. As for the specific time, we still need to discuss it internally and decide based on many factors." Old Wei confessed to Jiang Beicheng.

As a veteran off-road player, Jiangbeicheng is very much looking forward to the launch of the real domestically produced big V8.

"Mr. Wei, I'm waiting for your good news. I hope to be one of the first car owners."

"I invite you to a press conference."

"my pleasure."

The two chatted and clinked glasses again.

The general manager of Jiangnan Great Wall Motors saw that the boss and Mr. Jiang were getting along well, so he introduced Mr. Wei to Mr. Jiang, saying, "Mr. Wei, Mr. Jiang is actually a shareholder of Great Wall."

Old Wei looked at Jiang Beicheng in surprise.

Jiang Beicheng smiled and said, "The private equity fund I founded bought some shares of Great Wall Motors."

In terms of shareholding ratio, he is a very small shareholder.

However, since Great Wall’s executives gave him this face, he accepted it.

"Mr. Jiang is a young and promising man!" Old Wei shook hands with Jiang Beicheng again and praised him.

"Thank you, Mr. Jiang, for your recognition of Great Wall Motors."

This sentence is what Lao Wei really thinks.

To be honest, Great Wall has had a difficult transformation in recent years, with sales declining significantly. The broader market and competitors are all predicting the decline of Great Wall. Even private equity funds dare to buy a large number of stocks from the secondary market for long-term holdings, which still makes Lao Wei a little excited.

This is a recognition of their older generation of car people and the Great Wall brand.

"Mr. Wei, things will get better and better." Jiang Beicheng blessed.

Lao Wei called out to his subordinates at the table, "Let's toast to President Jiang together.

We are all family.”

"Boss Jiang, I toast to you."

"Boss Jiang, please give me your guidance."

"..."

Jiang Beicheng had a drink with them, and after showing his face, he decided not to stay here any longer. People at the dinner table might talk about some work-related matters, or even have internal discussions about issues related to new products. It would not be appropriate for him to stay here.

He said goodbye, "Enjoy your meal, everyone. If you need anything, just call the waiter.

Mr. Wei, let’s talk again when we have the chance.”

"Mr. Jiang, please wait a moment!" Old Wei took out his phone from his pocket and walked over and said, "Mr. Jiang, let's exchange contact information."

"Let me add you, Mr. Wei."

Jiang Beicheng added Lao Wei’s WeChat.

This is the first billionaire friend in his WeChat address book.

Climb up slowly. The higher you climb, the more contact you will have with well-known domestic wealthy people and private entrepreneurs.

Jiang Beicheng is now enjoying this upward social interaction. [Number of smiles: 401/1000]

"Please put Mr. Wei and his friends' expenses today into my account!" Jiang Beicheng instructed Xu Ru, "Don't disturb them unless it's something special."

Xu Ru nodded.

When he came out of the store, Shen Jun had just arrived and took him home.

On the way, he mentioned, "Boss Jiang, your uncle and his family are here."

Jiang Beicheng frowned slightly, not knowing where they smelled the scent from but followed him.

I guess my stepmother has suffered a lot.

……

"Do you still have the nerve to come back?"

"You'd better return the money you took away, or I will call the police immediately!"

"It's so shameless."

"I'm now doubting whether Jiang Yucheng is my brother's biological son?"

"Did you hear outside that the Jiang family is doing well now, and you want to come back and live a comfortable life again?"

"How can you be such a mean woman?"

"Yucheng can stay, you can get out now."

"..."

Faced with the harsh words from his whole family, Qian Li felt very uncomfortable and even wanted to cry.

She did get together with Jiang Tao for money, and she did not have a good relationship with Jiang's relatives, including Jiang Yucheng's grandmother Wang Ying. The relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was very bad.

But in all these years with Jiang Tao, she has never done anything to let Jiang Tao down.

Even pledging the company's shares to pay off debts was a choice made because Jiangbei City was unable to shoulder this responsibility.

The only thing I did wrong was being Jiang Tao's lover for several years.

These elders of the Jiang family said these things, but she never did them.

Qian Li looked at the old lady, really hoping that she would stand up and say a few words for her.

Her own explanation was pale and powerless in the eyes of these elders who were full of prejudice against her.

When they met in Sanya, she took the initiative to come back to pay tribute to Jiang Tao and Li Yun. The old lady did not object. Perhaps Jiang Beicheng had done a good job of persuading her grandmother and made the old lady accept her.

But now the little old lady said nothing.

Wang Ying's current attitude towards Qian Li is that he doesn't have that much hatred towards her, but he can't say he likes her either. Mainly because of the relationship with her as his younger grandson, he accepted the opinion of his eldest grandson Jiang Beicheng and treated her as a member of the Jiang family.

But she still remembered the unpleasantness between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

This old woman is a bit vindictive.

Not only Qian Li, but also all the relatives of the Jiang family in front of her, she also remembered clearly all those who took advantage of her son's misfortune when he left.

The mentality of the elderly is often like that of children, very stubborn.

It is difficult to change things that have been determined.

It was impossible for Qian Li to get the old lady to stand up and speak for her and shut up the relatives and elders.

Qian Li forced a smile on his face and politely called Jiang Huaqiang, "Brother, I came back to pay my respects to him and will leave after Qingming Festival."

Jiang Huaqiang: "Do you still have the nerve to see him? Do you know how hard it is for your nephew and the old lady in Beicheng because you took the money away?"

Jiang Zhou followed his father's words and said, "Ask these Jiang family relatives present here, who recognizes you as the daughter-in-law of the Jiang family?
If no one recognizes you, what qualifications do you have to meet my second father? "

"I think!"

Just when Qian Li was about to collapse, the door opened and a familiar voice was heard.

The voice instantly lifted her up from the brink of hell.

"Brother~"

Jiang Yucheng ran towards the door happily.

Jiang Beicheng smiled and picked him up.

The whole family looked at Jiangbei City in unison.

Qian Li raised his hand to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes and smiled.

"Brother, are you kidding me? Don't you remember how badly this woman treated you?" Jiang Zhou stepped forward and said excitedly.

He started cooperating with all his relatives to target Qian Li as soon as he entered the house today.

He felt that by helping his cousin Jiang Beicheng criticize Qian Li, he was helping Jiang Beicheng vent his anger, which would be beneficial to improving their brotherly relationship.

Last time, because of the bidding for the manor in my hometown, I was tricked by Jiang Beicheng and lost my job. I was too embarrassed to work in the construction industry, and now I can't find any other way out.

In the end, I still want to find a way to make money from my cousin Jiang Beicheng.

Qian Li just happened to come back, so he took this opportunity to ease the relationship between the brothers.

But I didn't expect Jiang Beicheng to say such a thing.

He got so excited that he went up to Jiang Beicheng to argue with him.

Jiang Beicheng reminded him, "She is your elder after all. If you are so disrespectful, can I treat the elders present today with the same attitude?"

He looked at his uncle Jiang Huaqiang.

Jiang Huaqiang lowered his head.

I didn't dare to look Jiang Beicheng in the eye.

Now in the entire Jiang family, Jiang Beicheng has much higher prestige than him.

Jiang Beicheng looked at Qian Li and explained, "I just went to receive an important guest and came back late.

I’ve been wronged.”

Qian Li smiled and shook his head.

At this time, everyone's attention shifted to the little old lady.

The old lady waved her hand, stood up and said, "Whatever Beicheng says is what it is.

It’s up to you whether you accept it or not.”

He reached out and took his grandson from Jiang Beicheng's arms, muttering, "Grandson, we won't listen to their quarrels.

Grandma will take you to the park to play."

"Mom, brother!" Jiang Yucheng looked back at Jiang Beicheng and Qian Li.

The two smiled and nodded.

Jiang Yucheng also smiled and followed his grandmother out.

Jiang Beicheng instructed Shen Jun: "Assistant Shen, go prepare dinner for my uncle and the others, and then arrange a car to take them back."

Shen Jun nodded and went to make arrangements.

Jiang Beicheng looked at the whole family and said, "Everyone is welcome to come to visit grandma and Yucheng at home.

Please don't worry about our family affairs."

Jiang Huaqiang shook his head, waved his hand, and called all the relatives, "Let's go eat.

On the day of Qingming Festival, everyone gathered together to raise funds to commemorate Jiang Tao and Li Yun.

A group of people followed him out.

The elders had something to say but didn't dare to speak it out. They thought that their generation could no longer bear Jiang Beicheng's favor, so they left a way out for the next generation. They still hoped that Jiang Beicheng could help his brothers and sisters in the future.

Qian Li and Jiang Beicheng were the only ones left in the room.

Jiang Beicheng smiled and poured a cup of hot water for Qian Li. "You've been in the house for so long, and you haven't even had a sip of water. Are you frightened by the aura of the Jiang family elders?"

Qian Li took it with a smile, “This is the first time I feel so helpless.

You must have felt the same way when your father passed away, right?
It's my limited ability that has caused you so much injustice, Beicheng."

Jiang Beicheng shook his head and smiled, "Take care of yourself!"

"I'm fine. I'll go to the grave on Qingming Festival and leave. I won't stay to continue to face the faces of relatives and friends around me." Qian Li praised, "With such an outstanding eldest son like you, I can just wait to enjoy a peaceful life."

(End of this chapter)