The Jiangnan Guest House was heavily guarded, with half of the security guards on Xishan Island concentrated here. Outside the auditorium, there was a guard every three steps and a sentry every five steps to protect the safety of the group's summit.

In the auditorium, Zhao Hao cleared his throat and finally spoke:

"As you all know, I founded Xishan Company before, and soon became one of the richest young people in Ming Dynasty with the help of Xishan Company."

"Sir, please be more confident and remove the word 'one'." Wang Mengxiang joked with a smile.

"You can also remove the word 'young'." Hua Cha on the side also laughed.

Everyone started laughing.

What the two bosses, who have both been the richest men, said is right. The richest man in the Ming Dynasty today must be their Master Zhao.

I heard that the current share price of Xishan Company has exceeded fifty taels of silver. This is the result after the stock split.

Mr. Zhao's Xishan Company's shares alone are worth 20 million taels, right? The participants simply calculated.

Bullshit…

Young Master Zhao grinned and said, "I'm not saying this to brag. I just want to tell you that when I left Beijing and was on my way back to Jiangnan during the Dragon Boat Festival this year, I was thinking about what I should do next."

The meeting place immediately fell silent. Everyone was extremely interested in the young man's mental journey. On the bright side, it would help them better understand the leader's spirit in the future. On the dark side, it would help them cater to their needs in the future.

"Or, in other words, how should we spend our long life after having endless money?"

Hua Bozhen nodded heavily upon hearing this. This is true. Just as a full man does not know that a hungry man is hungry, a hungry man also does not know that whatever a full man eats, it will not taste good.

"I think most of the people who can sit here have the same troubles." Zhao Hao looked at everyone and said with a smile: "Even those who are not so rich now will soon face the same troubles."

Everyone started laughing again. Half of the people present were wealthy landlords and businessmen. Although they continued to make money, it was actually out of inertia... because they didn't know what else they could do to be more interesting besides making money? So they continued to make money.

The life of rich people is so simple, boring and dull...

The other half are either Zhao Hao’s students or people who follow him to seek the truth.

Or there are old people like Yu Jiachang and Gao Tiejiang who are content with their small fortune. How should they spend the little time left in their lives?

Painters and writers were even more obsessed.

The writer whispered, "How should I live the rest of my life?"

"Write the book well, don't be a eunuch." The painter answered firmly, but he couldn't answer himself...

Even Yu Ben and Hua An, who were managers in charge of business for others, were very interested in this topic.

Who wants to live a meaningless life?

~~

"Later, I finally figured it out, which is to do something meaningful." Zhao Hao said with a sincere and warm smile on his face: "So what is a meaningful thing? The ancients have made countless discussions, and I think Mr. Hengqu said it best."

Everyone listened to him word by word: "Establish a mind for the world! Establish a destiny for the people! Carry forward the lost knowledge of the past sages! Create peace for all eternity! These are the four most meaningful things in the hearts of us Chinese people."

"So I set up Jiangnan Company, oh, now it's called Investment Group."

Zhao Hao smiled and said to his subordinates with different cultural backgrounds: "Some people may not understand the meaning of these four sentences of Hengqu. You just need to remember that Jiangnan Group is a company that is determined to make Ming Dynasty a better place and let the people live a good life!"

After a pause, he smiled and said, "Of course, a company must be for the purpose of making a profit."

Amid the laughter of the crowd, Mr. Zhao's face darkened and he said, "But our Jiangnan Group will not suck the marrow of the common people, and will not be a parasite of the country!"

As he spoke, he slammed his fist on the table and said with great vigor, "I want to show the world that our Jiangnan Group not only makes money in an upright and clean manner, but also helps the people live a good life and makes the Ming Dynasty even stronger!"

"Good! Well said!" The participants applauded vigorously. If possible, who wouldn't want to be a good person? If they could make money and benefit the country and the people, I'm afraid all the bad guys would give up their evil ways and become Buddhas right away.

Of course, only Zhao Hao would believe such words. If someone else said it, it would only make people laugh.

"Some people will definitely doubt it, thinking how is it possible? There is only one steamed bun on the table. If you take a bite, others will have one less bite. How can there be a situation in this world where everyone benefits while no one suffers a loss?" Zhao Hao obviously knew this as well.

"Haha..." The participants laughed awkwardly. "If you say there is, then of course there is."

"Don't believe blindly, I'm not a god." Zhao Hao smiled, but said firmly: "But this kind of thing does happen!"

Everyone held their breath, afraid of missing a single word.

"It's simple to say. Just make a bigger steamed bun so that everyone can eat more. Or make some more buns and noodles and leave other people's buns alone. We can still eat our fill." Zhao Hao said calmly.

Master Hua showed an admiring expression and nodded, saying, "Cement is the steamed buns and noodles that you brought up."

"That thing doesn't taste good." Zhao Hao nodded and smiled, "But it does fill you up."

"Yes, cement has so many uses. It benefits the people and can make a lot of money. Isn't this a good thing for everyone?" Everyone was suddenly enlightened when they heard this.

Hua Bozhen and his subordinates were so proud that their tails were raised to the sky.

"Cement is just a specific example." Everyone heard Master Zhao continue with his earth-shattering words: "There is no need to hide it from you. In my research center, there are many other equally great or even better inventions!"

"Is there an invention like cement?" Everyone was shocked.

"There are currently eight that are on par with cement." Zhao Hao announced brazenly, "There are two more that will surpass cement in every sense!"

"Hiss..." The temperature in the room suddenly rose by two degrees, and everyone was so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths.

Including the managers of the summer resort.

"So what we made is so awesome?" Xing Yunlu's teeth were chattering with excitement.

"There must be something from our Institute 00!" Zhao Shizhen was full of confidence.

Wang Yingxuan took off his glasses tremblingly and wiped them again and again.

"Will we be kidnapped..." Qu Rukui trembled and did not dare to go home for the New Year.

~~

After everyone finally suppressed their hearts that were about to burst out of their chests, Zhao Hao smiled and pointed to his head and said, "There are more great things here! As long as time passes, the whole world will be completely changed by our Jiangnan Company!"

"I swear to follow you till death!" I don't know who shouted it first.

"We will follow you till death!" Then everyone raised their arms and shouted.

"I swear to follow you till death..." Even Xu Wei couldn't help but shout along, but after saying it he felt ashamed and wanted to dive into his wife's arms.

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