Southern Province, a highway.
An endless stream of cars was moving in one direction at the same time.
There are also countless aircraft in the sky, flying in the same direction.
The departure of a person is accompanied by the loneliness of a great era.
"Dad, there's such a traffic jam up ahead! Are we going to miss Jingyan Island?"
"Yes, judging by the current situation, I'm afraid we won't be able to drive a thousand kilometers in a few days, let alone make it to Jingyan Island!"
The man they called father stood up. He was already gray-haired, and wanted to give the founder of the Chen family a final farewell.
But he found that he no longer had the qualifications to go to Jingyan Island.
My father stood outside the car, looked towards Jingyan Island, and suddenly shouted:
"Have a safe journey, Mr. Chen!"
The remaining people also stood up at the same time, forming a strange sight on the highway. Everyone was wearing the same suit and tie, and had a white towel wrapped around their hands.
"Have a safe journey, Mr. Chen!"
The influence of a legendary figure finally materialized during the few days he was away.
Whether you know him or not, you have heard the name Chen Pingsheng countless times in the past few days.
And his story.
A symbol of the times, Shanghai's largest entrepreneur who established a good reputation for the people.
In his later years, he still spent all his wealth just to make life a little better for ordinary families.
His life was always low-key and no publicity was allowed.
After he left, countless biographies of Chen Pingsheng emerged like mushrooms after a rain.
They are displayed at airports, libraries, and included on major Internet platforms.
Many women said that if they were to marry, they would marry Chen Pingsheng.
And many men also said that if they were to marry, they would marry Song Yanxi.
Decades later, the couple were finally reunited in the next place.
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Economic Research Island.
The sky is covered with white and the snow is drifting for thousands of miles.
An An created a romantic scene for her father, a sunny and snowy scene, just to bid him farewell for the last time.
Hundreds of thousands of people on the island bid farewell to their spiritual guide with sorrow.
An An stood at the front and said in a loud voice: "Burial..."
With a simple word "burial", eight white-haired big men carried the coffin for Chen Pingsheng at the same time.
As the saying goes, people are famous during their lifetime and praised after their death. Chen Pingsheng did not write much about himself in the end.
Instead, he used only one sentence...Are you a hero? to summarize his not-so-short and eventful life.
As for his reputation, why does he need outsiders to evaluate it?
Thousands of cruise ships on the sea sounded their horns at the same time, and traffic in surrounding cities and even domestic areas changed because of him alone, which is enough to show how great his posthumous reputation is.
Hero or not... The Eighth Master wrote down his comments when he was modifying the coffin.
Who says the master's name is to protect the poor scholars in the world?
For seven consecutive days, Jingyan Island held a funeral for Chen Pingsheng, and all activities including work were stopped.
And the outside world is all praising Chen Pingsheng's name.
In fact, there was one of my father’s last wishes, which was that the Chen family must return to their original aspirations and retrace the path of their fathers.
We must not forget our original intention, but we must not forget the Chen family’s mission and responsibility.
After the funeral, An An gathered all the Chen family members on the island and prepared to retrace their father's steps.
According to my father’s last instructions, I went to look back at his past, and also to look at the story of how he met my mother.
Chen Lu, including Chen Wuyou, Chen Jiye and others, as well as the four generations of the Chen family who have now grown up, all have to follow the path their fathers have taken and walk it again.
In fact, An An also wanted to know. In his later years, her father often went out for several years, and when he came back, he didn't say anything.
But my father must have done something outside, but he just didn't tell the family.
Today, the Chen family’s wealth can be described as rich enough to rival a country, but the original intention of the Chen family that my father has always cared about is being forgotten more and more.
In his later years, my father only spent a small amount of time at the Chen family in Shanghai, and most of the time he was outside.
After An An announced his decision in the family, he quickly led all the Chen family members to embark on the journey to find his father.
Their first stop was their hometown, Wangcai Village.
My father has been earning his own living since he was very young, and he rarely causes our family to worry.
After fifty or sixty years of changes in Wangcai Village, people of my father's generation have long since left.
The remaining younger ones are at least in their seventies or eighties.
When talking about the three words "Chen Pingsheng", everyone looks proud.
"Mr. Chen, he is the pride of our Wangcai Village. He hasn't been back for many years."
Two old men in the village said:
"My father once said that Old Chen made great contributions to the village. She said that after the reform and opening up, most people in the city benefited from the demolition of their homes.
"And the children of these rural elderly people have left their homes one by one for big cities, which has made the once bustling countryside suddenly empty. Everyone is tightening their belts to buy houses in the city, and the living pressure of rural people is increasing.
"Mr. Chen said this to everyone when he was standing at the village entrance. Later he also said that there is hope for a new countryside where young children no longer yearn for the city, but spend more time with their parents and can develop well in their hometown.
"Everyone who heard it said, 'How is that possible? If that's the case, that would be great.'
"No one expected that this wasn't just a joke from Mr. Chen, but that he was really going to do this, and it would take him 50 to 60 years."
The old man in the village became more and more excited as he spoke. My father has been paying attention to rural development since sixty years ago.
He even proposed the idea of developing a new countryside, and the consumer entertainment sector must be improved accordingly.
This will allow young people to stay in the local area to develop and be willing to consume locally.
Working to earn money and spending on entertainment must complement each other.
The village elders took An An and the others to see the new school in their rural hometown, the rural health center, and the five-story entertainment and consumption center in the town.
These are the things her father devoted his entire life to.
He just didn't bother to deliberately publicize this aspect, otherwise his reputation would be even greater than it is now.
It may even become a legend in the business world that will never be repeated.
After becoming rich in his early years, Chen Pingsheng has indeed been thinking about his responsibilities and what he can do.
His help to the general public, including the development direction of new rural areas, has definitely played an indelible role.
In his later years, what he always hoped was that the Chen family would continue this social responsibility.
It’s not just about being a wealthy family and enjoying the existing affluent life.
In that case, the Chen family would be completely dispensable to him.
There isn't even much need for it to exist.
This is the main reason why Chen Pingsheng in his later years was always considering whether to disband the Chen family.
Later, because of An An's existence, he gave up this idea.
What the future of the Chen family would be like was actually completely handed over to the next generation the moment he closed his eyes.
Those who come before us plant trees, and future generations enjoy the shade, and all other matters will be at peace.
(End of this chapter)
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