Chapter 306 Cui Huiyi's Child
After having dinner with the third wife and her daughter, Chen Jinying sent the two back to the hotel.
She went to the management company office herself. For convenience, Yue Ning moved the trading company to the upper floor of the Baohua Building Management Company.
It is summer vacation now, and Yue Ning is either in Baohua Building or in the trading company.
Chen Jinying walked into the trading company. The telephones in the big office kept ringing. Seeing her come in, a pretty girl called out, "Chef Chen, are you looking for Ningning?"
"right."
"She's in a meeting. You might have to wait."
Yue Ning is checking the progress of the recent import of equipment for the mainland in the office. They originally planned to do the export business of mainland products, but in fact, the mainland import business is more.
Most of the equipment in the mainland is either second-hand goods from before the liberation or products from the period of Soviet aid, and there is a huge gap between them and the advanced level abroad.
After the country's doors opened, companies rushed to update their equipment, but the actual operation was easier said than done.
There was such a case in my previous life: China wanted to introduce its first automobile production line, so it first went to the United States to negotiate with General Motors, but GM offered too high a price; it then went to Germany to seek cooperation with Mercedes-Benz, but found that the most popular car on the road in Germany was not Mercedes-Benz, but Volkswagen. After inquiring, the business delegation decided to go to Wolfsburg to find Volkswagen, which eventually led to the glory of Volkswagen Group in China for 30 to 40 years.
In the business case class, everyone smiled knowingly at this coincidence.
In reality, Yue Ning truly felt that the company lacked basic understanding of the outside world and had fallen into many pitfalls in a short period of time.
For this reason, between operating the business themselves and entrusting Lianzhong to do the work, they chose the latter, entrusting Lianzhong to conduct preliminary business investigations, mid-term communication details and negotiations, and follow-up on the project progress in the later stages.
These projects came to us one by one. Now it is summer vacation, Yue Ning and everyone sorted out the project progress and assigned tasks. While everyone has time, they will send people to visit manufacturers for on-site inspections and follow-up.
The door to the conference room opened, and the office clerk, Sister Lily, said, "Ningning, Chef Chen is here, in your office."
Yue Ning pushed the door open and saw Chen Jinying drinking coffee. Yue Ning put down the documents and asked, "Sister, what did they come to see you for?"
Chen Jinying briefly explained the situation and handed a piece of paper to Yue Ning: "This is the basic information of my niece. If they hadn't left Taipei and that home, the three of them would not have had a good life. Although my third mother didn't give us much help, I feel sorry for her."
Yue Ning looked at the basic information on the paper and said, "It's a small matter. What's more, he is a graduate of National Cheng Kung University and stayed in Xingguang through internship. He is also a talent."
"Thank you."
Yue Ning smiled and said, "I have given the house key to Wu Ge. Sister, don't miss this wonderful time!"
Chen Jinying pinched Yue Ning's face helplessly: "You little bad boy."
Yue Ning put away the note, left the office at around four o'clock and headed for Qiao Garden.
Sister Huiyi is pregnant and has been suffering from severe morning sickness recently. She particularly likes hot and sour food. Among the hot and sour dishes made by the Qiao family servants, the best are the Nanyang-style laksa or tom yum goong, but eating them every day is boring. Yue Ning plans to make her a pickled fish.
Yue Ning's car drove into Qiao Garden, and Dahei and Xiaole rushed over together.
She touched the dog's head, greeted Uncle Hua Wang, and then entered the house. She saw Aunt Fang and asked, "Aunt Fang, is my sister back?"
"The eldest young lady arrived home at two o'clock in the afternoon. She should be sleeping, right?" Aunt Fang replied.
"Wake up, wake up!" Cui Huiyi came down from upstairs.
Yue Ning asked: "Are you feeling better today?"
"She eats after vomiting, and then vomits again after eating. My sister said she was the same, so I asked her how could she give birth to one child after another and still want to have another one." Cui Huiyi shrugged.
Mrs. Qiao came out and said, "When you give birth, the baby will be soft, sweet, naughty and cute, and you will want to have another one."
"Okay! Okay! I want to give birth to him right now." Cui Huiyi looked down at her flat belly.
"Just get through this month." Old Mrs. Qiao hugged Cui Huiyi, "Hold the big baby, I hope the little baby in your belly won't make trouble anymore."
"I'll make you some pickled fish."
Cui Huiyi followed the two into the kitchen. The dishes were all sent by Yue Ning: yellowfin fish for pickled fish, as pregnant women are picky eaters, so Yue Ning deliberately did not use river fish, but used yellowfin fish with delicate meat instead; grouper that Grandpa Qiao loved to eat; and curry beef brisket that my aunt loved to eat, which was already halfway cooked, so she just added some curry and cooked it for a while longer.
Yue Ning tied on an apron, removed the meat from both sides of the yellowfin croaker, chopped up the fish head, tail and bones, and fried them in oil to make soup.
As soon as Cui Huiyi smelled the smoke, she began to retch, and the old lady quickly asked her to leave.
The servant brought a chair and Cui Huiyi sat outside to chat with Yue Ning about business matters. Li De's sales hit a new high last month, and its stock price also hit a new high. Cui Huiyi's net worth has reached more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars.
This was a miracle in Hong Kong in the early 1980s, but it was still far behind the rich people around the world. At that time, the world's richest man had a net worth of 12 billion US dollars, while the richest man in Hong Kong had a net worth of more than 3 billion Hong Kong dollars. With a net worth of more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars, at this age, no matter whether it is a man or a woman, he can rank first in Hong Kong.
"What's this for me? I just took over my grandfather's family business. You are really amazing. Ning Xiaochu will go public next month, and your net worth will definitely exceed 100 million. You really started from scratch." After Cui Huiyi finished speaking, she started to chew on a sour plum.
Yue Ning smiled and said, "It was my grandfather and Qiao Junxian who took me out of the village. The fact that Qiao Junxian took me in has already opened the way for me to enter your circle in Gangcheng. In addition to the relationship between Uncle Mo and Grandma, Grandpa Qiao and Grandpa Cai treat me as a junior. I have the funds and connections. You call this starting from scratch? In fact, I am just a second-generation rich man starting a business like you."
"Others would like to say that they are helpless and self-made, but you are different. Even though there is the relationship between your grandfather and our family, and your uncle-in-law. But my relationship with you has nothing to do with them, right? You still insist that you are not self-made. If you say so, how many of the rich people in Hong Kong really started from scratch?" Cui Huiyi curled her lips, "The guy who has been very aggressive in acquiring land recently brags every day that he started from scratch..."
In his previous life, Yue Ning hated to hear those wealthy people who made their fortunes through the Yue family bragging about their experiences of starting from scratch, especially after they became rich. He wished he could completely erase all traces of support from his wife.
She had experienced the hardships of truly starting from scratch, and only she knew the feeling. Although she had accumulated knowledge and abilities from her previous life, as well as connections and resources, how could she be considered to have started from scratch?
"It's hard to start a business, and it's also hard to keep it going. Regardless of whether you started from scratch or not, you two are already the best among the younger generation in Hong Kong." Qiao Qiming walked in, followed by Qiao Junshen.
"grandfather."
"Grandpa, Brother Jun Shen."
Cui Huiyi and Yue Ning greeted him one after another. Qiao Junshen put his hand on his wife's shoulder and asked, "How do you feel today?"
"Neither good nor bad." Cui Huiyi missed the feeling of enjoying everything she ate before she was pregnant. She hoped that the baby would grow up overnight so that she could give birth quickly.
Qiao Qiming looked at Yue Ning who was cooking, and then looked at Cui Huiyi: "Huiyi! Jun Shen and I went to the cemetery to visit your grandparents and mother today and told them the good news that you are pregnant."
"Ah?" Cui Huiyi was stunned for a moment, her eyes moistened, "They will definitely be happy."
"I told your grandfather that Huiyi is very much like him. She has managed Lide better than he did back then. The child is truly better than his teacher," said Qiao Qiming.
Cui Huiyi smiled with tears in her eyes: "Grandpa, that's different. Grandpa had such a hard time back then, and he donated money during the Anti-Japanese War. When Hong Kong fell, he took out all the money in the British bank to buy food to save the people in Hong Kong. He was not only a businessman, but also a moral person throughout his life. I have never surpassed him, he is my role model."
When Gangcheng fell, Japan's front line in Southeast Asia was too long and it looted 80% of Gangcheng's grain reserves for military supplies.
Before the Japanese occupied Hong Kong, there were 1.6 million people here, and most of the grain reserves had been taken away. A large part of Hong Kong's food originally came from India, which was also a British colony. In order to prevent the Japanese army from supplying, the Allies banned India from exporting food to Hong Kong.
The port city was in the midst of a famine. A bag of sugar could be exchanged for a tenement building, and the bodies of people who starved to death on the streets were even cut up to satisfy their hunger.
Cui Huiyi's uncle Yu Jiahong's parents were taking refuge in Kolkata, India at the time. Xiang Lide contacted Yu Jiahong's father Yu Xiuli and bought some food through him. The British required that the food must be used to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Hong Kong.
Xiang Lide joined forces with Chinese business leaders in Hong Kong to negotiate with the Japanese.
The Japanese stipulated that the proceeds from the sale of grain must be in the form of military coupons.
At that time, the Japanese used military supply coupons to exchange for Hong Kong dollars. The British recognized the exchangeability of Hong Kong dollars and pounds sterling. The Japanese then used Hong Kong dollars to exchange for pounds sterling to purchase supplies.
Xiang Lide used the money deposited in overseas British banks to buy grain, and sold grain in exchange for military supply coupons. Although he had been prepared and avoided risks, he still ended up spending all his life savings.
"Yes! So I told him that the child in Huiyi's belly, no matter whether it is a boy or a girl, will be named Xiang Chengshan, and will inherit your grandfather's kindness and virtue." Qiao Qiming looked at her and said.
Cui Huiyi burst into tears. She admired her grandfather and took him as a role model, but how could she dare to ask Qiao Junshen, the eldest son and grandson, to marry him? Unexpectedly, her grandfather took the initiative to ask.
"grandfather......"
Qiao Junshen took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears: "Pregnant women should not cry."
Cui Huiyi couldn't stop crying anymore.
"It was Junxian who reminded me." Qiao Qiming looked at Yue Ning, "Ningning's life was bought by her father with his own life, and her craftsmanship and virtues were inherited from her father, so they should be passed on. I think your grandfather should also have a legacy."
Yue Ning, who was cooking, heard this and was actually discussing with Qiao Junxian that the child should take the mother's surname. She had never thought about passing on the surname to the father and grandfather. She was just talking about taking the husband's surname after marriage, and extending it to who the child should take. She was discussing with Qiao Junxian that Hong Kong City is a place that combines the two divided concepts of feudalism and openness. She simply thought that she didn't want to take the husband's surname after marriage, and the child could take the mother's surname. She wanted the child to have the right to take the surname.
Did he come back and tell his grandfather? Although his excuse was that he wanted to inherit her father's virtues, which was different from his own ideas, it was good for his grandfather to understand it this way.
I also helped Sister Huiyi to get her child to take her grandfather's surname, which was a pleasant surprise.
To be honest, it's rare for Grandpa Qiao's generation to accept that his eldest grandson doesn't take his own surname.
Yue Ning held up the spatula and said, "Grandpa, you are the most open-minded and virtuous old man I have ever met."
Qiao Qiming asked: "So, today, the most open-minded and virtuous old man, do you have rat spots to eat?"
"Yes, I have!"
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