Chapter 862 Chapter 11: Rat's Nest
Tianhai City did have four major families.
The Su family outshines the other three families because of its connection with the government and the backing of state-owned enterprises.
The Xia family followed closely behind due to its advantages in international trade.
The Zhao family has a deep foundation. Their ancestors have accumulated so much that even if it shrinks a hundred times, it still has a certain scale.
As for the Jia family.
That is a real nouveau riche, a latecomer who has surpassed the others.
By promoting various internet-famous foods across the country and quickly becoming popular, and converting funds into commercial real estate development, its development momentum has been very rapid in the past two years.
But this was the situation three years ago.
Now the chairman of the Zhao family donated most of his family fortune to charity, and then disappeared with his son. Their whereabouts are still unknown. The Zhao family has fallen into decline and has been overtaken by Qi Jia, the current chairman of Hami Network Technology Co., Ltd.
Although the Qi family is not a prominent family, its current status has completely surpassed that of the Zhao family. In addition, the Qi family and the Su family have also achieved great success in entering the holographic gaming industry. Chaos and Abyss has now been promoted all over the world and has received wide acclaim.
After the new chairman Su Xue took office, the Su family vigorously expanded its territory. Now it is no longer the paper tiger family that only relied on government relations to enjoy privileges.
The Xia family's new energy industry is also thriving (go and give it a thumbs up), and it can be said that they are now competing with the Su family.
Only the Jia family seems to have hit a bottleneck, completely suppressed by the other three families. Although they have been trying hard to break through in the past two years, they have never been able to get out of their comfort zone.
As the new board member of the Jia family, Jia Ming is a returned overseas student with a high-end academic degree, and can be said to be packaged in a golden way.
But inwardly he is a useless person who does nothing but live off his savings.
That day he brought a few beautiful girls home again, but as soon as he got home he found the lights on and his father was sitting on the sofa looking at him with a serious face.
"Dad...w-why are you here?"
Jia Ming was so scared that he quickly asked the girls to leave.
Jia Chungang looked at his son with displeasure, and then sighed deeply.
"How many days have you not shown up at the company?"
Jia Ming poured tea for his father and said with a smile: "Dad, the company is so big, it doesn't need me."
"Nonsense!" Jia Chungang slammed the table and glared at his son, "You're my son and the future heir of the company! So many eyes on the board are watching you! Not to mention how much you've contributed to the company! And now you don't even show your face!?"
"All you do all day is hang out with your bunch of scoundrels!"
"Dad, those are all my good brothers."
"Bullshit! Your dad worked his way up from the gang! I, your dad, know who those people are best!"
Seeing that his father was really angry, Jia Ming quickly comforted him: "Dad, what's wrong with you today? Did anyone make you unhappy?"
Jia Chungang snorted coldly, picked up the teacup and took a sip.
"At today's corporate salon, that little girl from the Su family and that brat from the Xia family, barely even grown, outshined me! They're fine, but even that Qi family stole the show at the salon today! Do you know what others are saying about us behind our backs? They say we're just petty upstarts!"
"Dad, why are you angry with them? You started out by selling dim sum, and you've made it this far. Doesn't that speak volumes about your abilities?"
Jia Chun had just sat back on the sofa, and he seemed to still be angry.
"And that bastard Zhong Mingxiang, his ghost lingers even after his death."
"Zhong Mingxiang? Who is that?"
Seeing that his father's anger had shifted to another target, Jia Ming quickly continued the conversation and asked.
"He... is considered my senior. His grandfather and father are both very good dim sum chefs. I can be considered to have learned my skills from his family."
"Oh, isn't that our family's benefactor?" Jia Ming said with a smile.
"Humph, I gave him a chance to close that crappy snack shop and work with me, but he's a damn fool and won't listen."
Jia Ming knew his father too well. He was an ungrateful miser. How could he still remember the old times after he became rich? It must be that the man named Zhong had what his father wanted.
As expected, Jia Chungang said viciously: "If he had handed over the recipe left by his master, he would not have died and his wife and daughter would not have suffered."
"Dad, these poor people have never seen money. They've been guarding the things of the older generation their entire lives. It's harder than climbing to the sky to get them to understand. You said that Zhong Mingxiang is dead, so his family's recipe has been lost?"
"No." Jia Chungang waved his hand and said, "His wife should have got the formula. Humph, I didn't expect her to be such a reckless woman. I shouldn't have just broken her leg back then."
"Hey, Dad, you're too kind. If it were me, I would definitely arrest that bitch, humiliate her, and then force her to hand over the formula!"
Jia Chungang raised his head slightly, his eyes as sharp as knives, and glanced at his son coldly.
He felt a complicated feeling, a sense of pride and some worry.
His son was cruel and inhumane, just like himself when he was young, which made him feel both relieved and worried.
"The company is planning to develop a new product, which is a major project for this year. Hmph, these people are not as easy to fool as before. We need to give them some real products."
"Dad, how about you leave this matter to me and I'll help you get the formula?"
A cunning glint flashed in Jia Ming's eyes. He knew this was an opportunity to show his abilities.
Jia Chungang glanced at Jia Ming with a scrutinizing look in his eyes: "Can you do it?"
"Dad, do you know why you can't do it?" Jia Ming asked slowly, with a hint of provocation in his voice.
"Why?" Jia Chungang frowned slightly. He knew that his son's next words might make him uncomfortable.
"Because you are kind."
Jia Ming poured his father another cup of tea, his movements graceful and calm. "Although you acted very ruthlessly on the surface, you always left them a way out. Look, that damn woman is still alive and well. Isn't it all because you are still a kind person subconsciously?"
Jia Chungang was silent for a moment, then nodded slowly: "What you said makes sense."
"But I'm different, Dad. I don't have any bottom line when it comes to things."
Jia Ming's voice suddenly turned cold, and his eyes flashed with a chilling light.
Jia Chungang looked at his son deeply. He knew that this young man would be his right-hand man, but also a double-edged sword.
He had to use it carefully or he might hurt himself.
"That woman has a daughter."
Jia Chungang sneered and reminded: "You can start with her."
Jia Ming chuckled twice: "Okay, I love to attack girls the most, hehehe."
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