Chapter 774 Extra Chapter: Chen Group

Hangzhou, Chen's Restaurant Group Building.

Hangzhou has developed very well in the past few years. It has gradually gained momentum as a first-tier city, attracting many large groups to move their headquarters here. Chen's Catering Group is one of them.

Chen's Catering Group has a market value of 51 billion and is one of the giants in the domestic catering industry.

Three years ago, Chen's Catering Group moved its headquarters from the capital to Hangzhou because of the conditions offered by the Hangzhou Investment Promotion Bureau.

It was getting dark by now, and most employees had gone home from get off work, with only a few scattered floors still having lights on.

In the chairman's office.

Chen Xingchao, chairman of Chen's Catering Group, was flipping through a batch of documents.

Boom, boom, boom.

There was a knock on the office door.

Chen Xingchao raised his head and saw secretary Xiao Zhao coming in. He smiled and said, "Xiao Zhao, what's wrong?"

Xiao Zhao has a sweet voice, but he is very capable of doing things. Otherwise, the chairman's wife would not agree to let Xiao Zhao be Chen Xingchao's secretary.

Secretary Xiao Zhao said: "Chairman, my wife just called and asked you to go home early, saying that she had something to discuss with you."

Chen Xingchao nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."

Xiao Zhao did not go out immediately. He looked at Chen Xingchao and said, "Chairman, what else do you have to do? Are you going to get off work without me?"

Chen Xingchao smiled and waved his hand, saying: "Go, go home and rest, you don't have to wait for me in the future."

Xiao Zhao smiled softly, turned and left Chen Xingchao's office.

Chen Xingchao looked out the window and lamented: "I am too devoted to my work. If I don't pay attention, the whole day will pass."

Chen Xingchao actually didn't plan to work overtime. He just worked and forgot about time. When he came to his senses again, it was already dark.

After putting all the documents away, Chen Xingchao tidied up, picked up the car keys and prepared to go home from get off work.

Even the chairman of a listed company has to drive himself. He does not hire a driver.

Turning off the lights and coming out of the office, there were some overtime staff working in the President's Office. Chen Xingchao walked directly into the elevator without talking to these people.

Come to the underground parking lot and drive away.

Ten minutes later, Chen Xingchao drove into the community.

This is a group of villas in the suburbs of Hangzhou. Many wealthy people have bought villas here. What Chen Xingchao values ​​most here is that it is close to the group building. Unlike when he was in the capital, he had to drive more than half an hour to get off work every day. Sometimes, If you get stuck in a traffic jam, you might have to drive for more than an hour, which is so uncomfortable.

After driving into the underground parking lot of the community, Chen Xingchao walked directly into the elevator and arrived at his home.

In fact, you can also enter through the villa gate, but Chen Xingchao is used to parking his car in the underground parking lot.

Cross the lawn of the villa and come to the Western-style house. Enter your fingerprint and enter the house.

After changing his shoes at the door of the room, Chen Xingchao saw his wife and son sitting in front of the sofa talking.

Chen Xingchao said as he walked: "Chen Xiang, give your father a cup of tea. He's thirsty."

Chen Xingchao belongs to the rich generation, the pioneer generation, and he still has a reckless air about him.

Chen Xiang knew his father's usual temper, so he stood up and went to pour tea for Chen Xingchao.

Fang Qin, who was sitting on the sofa, looked at Chen Xingchao and frowned: "Why did you come back so late? You still smell of rouge and perfume. What did you do?"

Chen Xingchao's eyes suddenly widened and he said, "Fang Qin, don't make false accusations. You don't want to open your mouth in front of the child."

Chen Xiang, who was serving tea at the side, was used to his parents' bickering. In the past, his parents didn't dare to argue when his sister was in charge. But now that his sister is no longer living at home, the two of them are becoming more and more arrogant.

It's a pity that Chen Xiang, as a dignified man, does not have much status in the family.

Fang Qin rolled his eyes and waved, asking Chen Xingchao to sit over.

Chen Xingchao walked to the sofa and sat down, saying, "What's going on? Tell me."

Chen Xiang also brought tea at this time and handed it to Chen Xingchao.

Chen Xingchao took the tea, took a sip, and waited for his wife's next words.

Fang Qin said: "It's our daughter's business."

Chen Xingchao frowned and said, "What's wrong with Ziyu?"

Fang Qin said: "She's fine. I'm talking about her marriage. That girl has been urging us to agree to get engaged before. She only talked about how good Tan Yue is."

Chen Xingchao nodded and said: "Yes, I asked someone to inquire. Although this young man Tan Yue has been married once, he is still a good person. Wife, don't you dislike him for being a second marriage?"

Fang Qin slapped Chen Xingchao hard on the thigh and glared: "How could I dislike his second marriage? I mean, these two children are about to get engaged, but we haven't met yet. I thought we’d have a meal together anyway.”

Chen Xingchao said: "You said it before, but our daughter doesn't want to. Why do I feel like this girl is like a hidden beauty in the golden house? He hides his little boyfriend so tightly that he doesn't let us see him at all."

Fang Qin clicked her tongue and said: "This is a major event in life. We can no longer listen to her. We have to keep her in check."

Chen Xingchao asked: "What should I do? Do you want me to find someone to contact him again? Ask him out for a meal?"

Fang Qin shook his head and said, "That's not the case. Don't we have a ready-made person here who knows Tan Yue?"

Chen Xingchao was stunned and said, "Who is it?"

After saying that, Chen Xingchao remembered something and looked up at his son who had just sat down next to him.

At the same time, Fang Qin also looked at Chen Xiang.

Chen Xiang looked at me with a bit of discomfort, touched his nose, and said: "Mom and Dad, what are you looking at me for? I don't know what you are talking about. And don't look for me about my sister's affairs. I dare not. If my sister knows, she will definitely kill me."

Fang Qin smiled and said: "Son, don't be afraid. Your parents are here. Can your sister eat you? Besides, this is all for your sister's good. This is her life event. You don't want your sister to live unhappy in the future, right?"

Chen Xiang said: "I did meet Brother Tan Yue before, but I think he is a good person and is very suitable for my sister."

Fang Qin said: "Then you have to learn more about him. I also know that Tan Yue is very good, but he was married once before. Since the two divorced, there must be a reason. As the woman's family, we have to investigate for her future life."

"I still don't dare." Chen Xiang's voice was a little weak.

For so many years since he was a child, he has almost always lived in the "shadow" of his sister. After all, having such an excellent and capable sister is not a blessing for ordinary people.

His father once said that if his sister had not joined the entertainment industry to start her own business, the identity of the helmsman of the huge Chen Group would be his sister.

Fang Qin was about to say something about her son, but she saw Chen Xingchao staring and said, "What's there to be afraid of? With your bear-like appearance, can you do our family business well in the future?"

After the Chen Group became bigger, there were two opinions about the future successor. One was to hire a professional manager to serve as the general manager like many modern large groups. This is the way many companies now take after successful entrepreneurship. The other is for Chen Xingchao's descendants to inherit the industry, which is a family business.

From the perspective of pros and cons alone, the model of family business is naturally not as good as hiring professional managers. After all, no one can guarantee that the next generation of the company boss will also have strong capabilities.

But Chen Xingchao is still a bit conservative or feudal in his bones. He is unwilling to find an outsider to take over his group.

Originally, he wanted his daughter Chen Ziyu to be the future leader of the group. He only has a pair of children. His daughter has shown much more ability and courage than his son since she was young, so he prefers his daughter.

It's just that his daughter started her own business after graduating from college. Chen Xingchao thought it was a small business, but he didn't expect it to be bigger and bigger. Now his daughter's Brilliant Entertainment Company has exceeded the scale of their Chen Group.

The annual net profit of the entire group is only a few billion, and the box office of a movie produced by Brilliant Entertainment Company is 60 to 70 billion. Even if his daughter's company can only take half, it is very high.

So watching his daughter do her Brilliant Entertainment Company so well, Chen Xingchao was proud of his daughter, and silently closed his mouth to let his daughter come back as the successor.

Chen Xiang has always been afraid of his father at home, and with the pressure from his mother's eyes, he had to bite the bullet and nodded and agreed.

"Okay, I'll contact him." Chen Xiang took a deep breath and said.

Fang Qin nodded and said, "Okay, contact him now."

Chen Xiang blinked, looked at his mother, and said, "Mom, then tell me what I should say?"

Fang Qin thought for a while and said, "Just say that our family happened to go to Beijing to deal with some things, and by the way, we want to have a meal with Tan Yue, and ask him if he has time. We have never eaten together before."

Chen Xiang nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll tell him that."

Chen Xingchao drank tea while listening to the conversation between his wife and son, and his expression was a little dazed.

Time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, the little girl who used to follow him now has a partner.

Thinking of his daughter getting married, Chen Xingchao was reluctant, but he also knew that his daughter was already old compared to her peers. People of the same age around them have become grandparents.

"Get married, or she will really become an old girl." Chen Xingchao thought to himself.

Chen Xiang took out his cell phone, found Tan Yue's number, and was about to call when Fang Qin stopped him again.

"Chen Xiang, talk to Tan Yue again. Don't tell Ziyu about our contact with him, including the meal." Fang Qin said.

Chen Xiang was a little embarrassed, but still nodded.

Chen Xiang dialed the phone and spoke a little haltingly. Although he had Tan Yue's contact information, he hadn't called for such a long time. Now he suddenly called and talked, which was really uncomfortable.

Chen Xingchao looked at his son with a look of disappointment. A grown man, can't he speak masculine and strong?

With his shy look, how could he calm down the group of stubborn old men in the company?

A few minutes later, Chen Xiang hung up the phone.

"Mom and Dad, Brother Tan Yue agreed." Chen Xiang said.

Fang Qin nodded.

Chen Xingchao said, "Xiaoqin, you and Chen Xiang go, I won't go, there are too many things in the group."

When Chen Xingchao thought about meeting his future son-in-law, he had an indescribable feeling in his heart and didn't want to go.

Fang Qin refused directly and said, "No, you have to go. What's more important, the group's affairs or our daughter's happiness?"

Chen Xingchao always said what he meant in the group, but that was in front of other people. Facing his wife who had built the empire with him, Chen Xingchao was always obedient.

"Okay, let's go together." Chen Xing said, "When will we go there?"

Fang Qin thought for a while and said: "Tomorrow, we will go tomorrow."

"OK."

"Uh-huh."

Chen Xingchao and Chen Xiang both nodded in agreement. They knew the temper of the lady in front of them very well. Many of Chen Ziyu's tempers were inherited from her genes.

A temperament that tells the truth and a character that never procrastinates.

As long as there is a problem, solve it as soon as possible. If you can't solve it, you have to find a way to solve it.

It can be said that without Fang Qin, Chen Xingchao alone would be far from being able to make the Chen Group such a large scale as it is today.

There is a saying that behind every successful man there is a good woman, and the relationship between Fang Qin and Chen Xingchao is not the relationship between the front and back, but the two people who have been standing side by side at the forefront of the business game for so many years.

The next day.

Beijing, suburbs, airport.

Chen Xingchao, Fang Qin, and Chen Xiang's family got off the plane, got into the Chen Group's car, and headed to the city.

Although the headquarters of the Chen Group has now moved from Beijing to Hangzhou, the Beijing subsidiary is still very important to the entire group.

Black nanny car.

"We have arrived in the capital, Brother Tan."

"OK."

"That's troublesome."

"Uh-huh."

Chen Xiang hung up the phone and was about to speak when he saw a foot kicking towards him.

The owner of this foot is none other than Chen Xingchao.

Chen Xingchao glared and said: "Chen Xiang, I'm very surprised. Why do you always say uh-huh when you talk? What are you uh-huh? If you have something to do, just talk about it. If you don't have something, don't talk too much. Why are you so uh-huh?" "

Chen Xiang explained: "Dad, this is a style of speaking among young people nowadays, everyone is like this."

Chen Xingchao wanted to say something more, but Fang Qin glared back and said: "You are old now and can't keep up with the trends of young people. Don't hit Chen Xiang all the time when you have nothing to do. He has no confidence because of you." Yes, what’s wrong with him saying yes? Then when you were young, didn’t you drink with those officials every day?”

Chen Xingchao couldn't talk to his wife and turned his head away.

Fang Qin looked at Chen Xiang and said, "Chen Xiang, was it Tan Yue who called just now?"

Chen Xiang nodded and said, "Yes, Brother Tan asked us if we had arrived in the capital. He originally wanted to come and pick us up, but I said we had a special car, so we didn't let him come."

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