Gong Changming completely ignored Gong Chengkun, or rather, he didn't care what others were saying, because after all this commotion, he only had one purpose...
"Let's split up the family." Gong Changming looked at Gong Changfan. "This Gong family can no longer tolerate me."
"Is it that the Gong family can't tolerate you, or that you can't tolerate everyone?" Gong Changhong's face showed surprise followed by anger when he heard that the family had split into two.
However, Gong Changming is the older brother, and he is not afraid of Gong Changhong at all. It would be a different story if it were Gong Changzhou.
That's just how people are sometimes; older brothers and younger brothers are just different.
Upon hearing the words "separation of the family," Gong Chengjue merely snorted coldly, "Uncle, the Gong family has never had a concept of separation; there is only expulsion from the Gong family."
How obvious is the difference between the two families? The latter left the Gong family without taking a single item from them!
Just a few days ago, Old Master Gong distributed the Gong family's assets to everyone. Perhaps to compensate for Gong Changming's inability to become the head of the family, the old master gave Gong Changming more shares and assets than the others.
If the family were to split up, these assets would be separated from the Gong family, which would weaken the Gong family's business empire.
"Second brother, I'll take your talk of splitting the family as just an angry outburst, but I don't want to hear it a second time." Gong Changfan looked at Gong Changming with a warning in his eyes.
Separation of the family?!
The Gong family has been able to grow to its current size and stand among the elite not only because of its strict family rules, but also because of the accumulation of wealth.
The idea of splitting up the family is absolutely impossible in the Gong family.
Gong Changming's actions are not just dividing the family; they're practically splitting the Gong family apart.
“Since things have already come to this, there’s no point in staying together.” Gong Changming made his intentions clear, and he looked at everyone. “It’s not uncommon for large families to break up these days.”
"The old man's body is barely cold, and you dare to mention the words 'separation of the family.' Second brother, you mentioned the family rules before, so you should be very clear that the rule that the Gong family can never be separated is included!" Gong Changhong said.
"If you don't even abide by the rule that juniors insult their elders, then how can I possibly abide by the so-called family rules?" Gong Changming retorted to Gong Changhong. "Or are you saying that you must abide by the family rules that are beneficial to you, and automatically discard those that are not?"
Ultimately, he just wanted Gong Chengjue to be subservient to him.
Even if Gong Chengjue wasn't at fault, he still has to apologize.
This would have been absolutely impossible in the past; Gong Chengjue would never have given Gong Changming any face.
But now...
Another reason why Gong Changming wants to leave the Gong family and propose a separation is probably because he is afraid that if things get out of hand with Gong Chengjue in the future, he might be expelled from the Gong family.
By then, there will be nothing left.
Gong Chengjue looked at Gong Changming and said, "Uncle."
"Big brother." Gong Chengkun interjected at the right moment, looking at Gong Chengjue. Was he going to submit in front of everyone in the Gong family?
"My words just now were indeed somewhat disrespectful to my elders. Uncle, as an elder, please forgive my outspokenness." If an apology could temporarily quell the current turmoil, then he would apologize.
The Gong family all know that it is extremely difficult to get Gong Chengjue to apologize, but now that he has apologized, this matter should be over, right?
However……
Gong Changming, however, felt that Gong Chengjue lacked sincerity, saying, "You questioned and argued with your elders; is it enough to just say an apology?"
Gong Chengjue looked calmly at Gong Changming, "What does Uncle want?"
"Kneel down and admit your mistake," Gong Changming uttered two words.
Even as the head of the family, Gong Changfan turned pale with anger upon hearing those two words. "Second Brother!"
Gong Changhong was even more furious, "Second brother, do you really want to cause trouble in front of the old man's spirit tablet?"
"Look at you all." Gong Changming looked at Gong Changhong, then at Gong Changfan. "Do you even have any sense of fairness? My uncle is making his nephew kneel down and admit his mistake. Is that too much to ask?"
"I have no say in the Gong family anymore, let's split up!!" Gong Changming shouted.
“…Let’s split up the family.” The fourth son of the Gong family also spoke up.
Gong Changfan looked at Gong Changming and the fourth brother with a sullen face and gave a cold smile, "After all this fuss, you just don't accept me as the head of the Gong family, do you?"
The two remained silent.
"You think I wanted to be the head of the family? It was the old man's idea. Why didn't you object in front of him back then?" Gong Changfan looked at them sarcastically. "Were you afraid that if you objected, the old man wouldn't even give you any of the property?"
"You hold various property rights in the Gong family, and now you're proposing to separate the family, which is just an attempt to force the Gong family out of the capital's top circles. How can you face the old man's high regard for you?!"
“If the old man truly valued us, he wouldn’t have let Second Brother… suffer like this,” the fourth brother said.
"How could he feel wronged?" Gong Changfan sneered. "Haven't the old man given him enough?"
"With the eldest brother gone, the second brother is naturally the eldest, but even the matter of carrying the coffin is not agreed upon by you all." The fourth brother chuckled twice. "Isn't this unfair? What will the people of the capital think of the second brother?"
Before Gong Changfan could say anything, the fourth brother continued, "Changfan, it's not that I'm criticizing you, but you really don't have the qualifications to be the head of the family. Look at how you've been since you took over. It's not just our own family members who are questioning you, but the entire family... not to mention the way you handle things in the group."
"Have you said enough?" Gong Changhong glared at the fourth brother.
"Third Brother, I'm just telling the truth," the fourth brother said calmly, not feeling that he had done anything wrong.
Seeing that another argument was about to break out, the butler quickly came over to ask for instructions. The mourning hall was half burned, and it needed to be rearranged immediately.
Fortunately, there are priorities, so everyone fell silent and focused on rearranging the mourning hall.
The fact that the Gong family had two arguments in one night shows that their current situation is not optimistic.
……………………
The Gong family patriarch lay in state for seven days, but the media did not fall silent because of the funeral. Instead, they speculated more about the future of the Gong family.
Of course, some media outlets also continuously replayed Mr. Gong's life story during these seven days.
Mentioning the Gong family's glory, one must also mention the Gong family's iron-fisted methods in smoothly weathering several economic crises.
City A
Su Ziqing closed the page on the computer in front of her and glanced at her phone unconsciously.
"Ding." The phone screen suddenly lit up; it was the WeChat notification.
She almost immediately picked up her phone, opened WeChat, and saw that it was a message from Lu Linghong. Su Ziqing couldn't quite describe the sense of loneliness in her heart.
She selected a voice message, and Lu Linghong's voice came through: "Tomorrow is Old Master Gong's memorial service. Are you attending?"
Su Ziqing paused for a moment before replying with a voice message, "I broke up with him."
Then Lu Linghong called directly. When Su Ziqing answered, she heard Lu Linghong's surprised voice, "You broke up with Gong Chengjue?"
Su Ziqing was somewhat surprised that Lu Linghong didn't know. Didn't Senior Brother Feng tell him?
Well, after all, neither of them liked Gong Chengjue, so they would definitely 'share' the news of the breakup.
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