Chapter 119

Zhen Zhen went to the mine. People came to inspect in the past few days, so Zhen Zhen put all the gold into the space.

After half a year, the gold in Zhen Zhen's space had piled up into a small mountain.

Although Zhen Dafu's gold had been improved, it still did not meet Zhen Zhen's requirements. She spent a lot of money to introduce several experts from abroad to use new equipment to purify the gold.

At the same time, Guoguang Feed has also entered the development stage. If nothing unexpected happens, Guoguang Feed will have a very high market share in the surrounding areas.

At this time, Xu Wei brought good news, saying that Xin Yao County was going to annex several nearby counties.

This news surprised Zhen Zhen.

"Annex the county? What do the higher-ups think?"

The counties near Xinyao County are all well-known poor counties. The province is working on poverty alleviation and hopes that Xu Wei can lead the surrounding counties to become rich.

It seems like a good thing. If Xinyao County grows bigger, it may be established as a municipality. However, the impoverished county will hold Xinyao back.

Xu Wei explained that it was a good thing for him. Xin Yao had left the surrounding counties far behind. If this wave of annexation was successful, Xin Yao would have a chance to become an independent city.

The new Yao Ming was brought up by Xu Wei, and he sees this as a challenge.

Meng Nan is an impatient person who does what she says. She and Meng Xi helped Si Ya choose the cover, buy the publishing book number, and help Si Ya find an experienced publisher.

Si Ya felt that her book was not good enough, but this publisher named Zhao Zhisheng was particularly optimistic about her.

“Don’t think that what you wrote is a pile of shit. Even if it is real shit, there are dogs who like to eat it!”

Si Ya was still unsure, "I am not yet an adult and I am still in school. People will think that the book I write is childish."

"Who isn't childish? These days, as long as you're brave enough, you'll have a place in the publishing industry!"

Zhao Zhisheng is a tough guy who has made many well-known writers famous.

Logically speaking, a publisher as experienced as him would look down upon a young girl like Si Ya who had just started out.

What's more, he used to make famous the up-and-coming figures in contemporary literature, but Si Ya wrote romance novels, which are read by young people and cannot be compared with the level of traditional literature.

But Zhao Zhisheng just wanted to write romance novels. The romance novels of the Gulf Islands are very famous, but there are no famous romance novelists in the mainland.

Zhao Zhisheng thinks that if someone can specialize in a certain category.

If you write romance, just write romance; if you write suspense, just write suspense; if you write war novels, just write war.

This kind of expertise is currently lacking in the country!

Zhao Zhisheng wanted to train some professionals, and Meng Nan had given him so much.

Two months ago, Zhao Zhisheng's wife fell ill and needed a considerable sum of money for treatment.

Meng Nan helped him fill the hole without saying a word.

Zhao Zhisheng's wife's illness was cured, so naturally he had to repay this great favor.

Zhao Zhisheng worked diligently to help Meng Hao promote her new book. Meng Hao's ID card used the name Zhen Xin, so he used "Meng Hao" as a pen name.

With the help of Zhao Zhisheng, Meng Hao's new book achieved good results as soon as it was released.

"Xinhua Bookstore has placed this book in the best position. I have also contacted the Bay Island and Hong Kong, planning to cooperate with the publishers there to promote this book."

Meng Hao was unsure, and always felt that everything happened too fast and didn't seem real.

She always thought that she was an ordinary person, her sisters were so outstanding, and she was the only one who was dull.

She never thought well of herself, but she became a best-selling female author before she even reached adulthood!

Zhao Zhisheng also said that the book became a huge hit after it was released, with pre-orders exceeding 50,000 copies!

At this rate, selling 300,000 copies won’t be a problem!

Meng Nan said, "If it sells well, we can develop it into a TV series and find a famous female star to play the role. I guarantee that our Si Ya will become very popular!"

Si Ya felt guilty, "Sister, I don't deserve this."

"She's worthy of you, of course! This is what our little princess of the Meng family should be like! Your second sister said that you have a quiet personality, so you're more suitable to stay at home and write, and help us take care of the family."

Si Ya felt warm at heart because of the comfort from her sisters.

When she returned home, she saw that both Hao Po Po and Zhen Xin Department Store had set up book stalls at the entrance and were helping her sell books.

Zhen Zhen also held a stack of books and asked her to sign them. "When you become a famous writer, grandma can sell these books for a good price."

Jiao Huilan also gave Si Ya's new book as a gift to the store members.

Meng Eryong said he wanted to open a bookstore for Si Ya and only sell Si Ya’s books!

Even Tao Aihong was not left out. She found some people to write advertisements on the walls of various villages to promote the book.

Even the chickens, ducks and geese in the countryside have been promoted.

It is said that Meng Hao promoted this book to the whole country when she was interviewed by CCTV.

Si Ya thinks her family is exaggerating!

Jiao Huilan smiled and said:

"Your father is even more outrageous. He insisted on asking the workers to read books to the pigs! He said that if the pigs in the pig farm listened to his daughter's books, they would become smart and capable of being naughty!"

Jiao Huilan's happiness is ruined. The eldest daughter is a good moneymaker, the second daughter is the Olympic diving champion! Now the third daughter has become a famous female writer!

Each daughter she gave birth to was better than the last.

Thinking about how she once wanted to take a pill to change her sex life and give birth to a son, Jiao Huilan is sincerely grateful to her mother-in-law for enlightening her, which allowed her to have three lovely and capable daughters!

"Si Ya, you must be filial to your grandmother. It is thanks to your grandmother that you three sisters are where you are today."

Si Ya nodded and couldn't help but rush over to hug her grandmother. Smelling the scent of laundry detergent on her grandmother's body, she felt so happy!

At this year's sports meeting, people suddenly discovered that domestic athletes were all drinking a red bottle drink.

There was no concept of product placement in those days. Everyone just thought the red drink bottle was too eye-catching. When the TV camera cut to a close-up, everyone strained their eyes to see clearly what the new drink was called.

"Red Sun? I've never heard of it!"

"It's said to be a new drink from Zhenxin Food Factory! Or is it a sports drink?"

"It's really a big company, it can't be wrong!"

"Let's go buy a bottle and try it!"

The weather was getting hotter. Air conditioning was not yet popular in the summer of 1989, and the sales of beverages were rising day by day. There were not many beverages on the market. Relying on the market share of Zhenxin Food Factory, Hongri soon became the first choice product of major stores!

After drinking this drink, not only does it quench your thirst, it also makes you feel more energetic!

The advertisement of Red Sun Drinks is also magical. Basketball players are playing basketball on the playground, but suddenly they feel tired and thirsty and have no motivation to continue the game!

At this time, Red Sun drink came out of nowhere. The athlete drank it in one gulp and felt full of strength. He jumped up, picked up the filled sun and threw it into the basket.

The advertising slogan is even more brainwashing——

Thirst, your body is even more thirsty! Red Sun Sports Drink will inject you with unlimited energy!

Therefore, people all know that there is a kind of drink called sports drink, which is good for the human body and is the best sports companion!

People can never deny the blessing of luck when they succeed.

For example, in the summer of 1989, the mainland beverage market had not yet opened up, the market competition was fierce, and the advertising return rate was high.

Due to multiple factors, it was predictable that Red Sun Drink emerged this summer and became the best-selling sports drink in the country.

Red Sun Beverages have good sales, and there are dozens of large trucks gathering in front of the Zhenxin Food Factory every day, all waiting for the factory to ship goods. The goods are then transported away.

They raced against time, fearing that they would miss out on the drinks and be unable to explain to the distributor.

Hongri is selling like hot cakes and the children in the family also love to drink it. My third child likes to play basketball and drinks Hongri every day. He also gives it to his good friends for free.

"Drink less beverages, it's not good for your health." Zhen Zhen warned.

How could a teenage child listen to Zhen Zhen?

Sanwa held the basketball in one hand and put his arm around Zhen Zhen's shoulder with the other, laughing like a duck being strangled by the neck.

So, what Zhen Zhen heard became:

"Ha, milk, I only drank one bottle. Ha, ha, it's okay to drink less. Ha, ha, ha, I got the first place in the grade in the exam, is there any reward? Ha, ha, ha, ha, give your eldest grandson some money to treat his friends to a movie!"

The little boy in his puberty period couldn't afford to get hurt, so Zhen Zhen took out twenty yuan and gave it to him, just as money to help with the disaster.

Sanwa patted her on the face and left happily.

Time passed quickly and it was the first month of 1992. Zhen Zhen was preparing to close the store and return to Batou Village to celebrate the New Year. Just as he was about to lock up the shop, he saw Xu Wei riding a motorcycle towards him, saying that he wanted to discuss something with him.

Xu Wei's motorcycle is so cool, it doesn't match his outfit at all.

Zhen Zhen looked at this cool boy and said with a smile: "You really look like a playboy! I didn't realize it before."

Xu Wei joked, "You said, when did I not look like a gentleman? That was when I wore a shirt, a suit and a tie. I was too formal. You didn't see it!"

"Yes, it's hidden too deeply."

Zhen Zhen smiled and brought Xu Wei a cup of fruit tea.

Xu Wei smiled and said, "Is Zhenxin Department Store doing good business this year?"

"It's quite good. Xinyao has annexed several surrounding counties. Although they are all poor counties, under the leadership of the leaders, the roads in the county have been repaired. It also supports the planting of peppers, medicinal herbs and other flowers in several surrounding counties. Everyone's life is better than in previous years."

When life gets better, ordinary people will spend the money they have.

What’s more, the price control failed in the past few years, and people were frantically hoarding supplies. They rushed to buy supplies as soon as they saw them. It was so outrageous that they bought electric fans that didn’t work in winter!

The department stores had so much stock, the stores were almost cleared out by the common people.

It was Zhen Zhen who came out to host the meeting and said that she had confidence in the country's regulation and asked the people not to waste money and to hold on to it tightly. This would prevent Xin Yao County from being exploited by those with ulterior motives like other places.

Zhenxin Department Store has a good reputation and Xu Wei was very happy to hear that its business was good.

Xu Wei said:

"I came to Daguo this time to discuss something."

It turned out that Xinyao County was developing well and the county seat had some money. Xu Wei was a second-generation Beijinger and, upon hearing that the real estate industry in Nanhai Province was developing well, he wanted to take the county's money to Nanhai to speculate in real estate.

Last year, Zhen Zhen bought some land in Nanhai Province in the name of the company.

A few years ago, the land price in Nanhai was not high, only a few hundred yuan per square meter. After Zhen Zhen acquired the land, he did not rush to develop it, planning to wait until the price reached a higher point before selling it.

There are also two plots of land near the sea, which she plans to use to open a hotel.

Xu Wei had inquired about it. "The land price in Nanhai Province is not expensive. The real estate market is going crazy. All the hot money in the country is pouring in! It is said that the house price can increase by hundreds of yuan per square meter in a day! Yes, one square meter! If I am not tempted, am I still a human being?"

Xu Wei planned to help the county make money, and he also wanted to make some money for himself, so he let Meng Daguo be the director of the new Yao Nanhai Office.

He could then register the money under Meng Daguo's name and let Meng Daguo help him make some personal money.

He wouldn't trust anyone else with this kind of thing, but he was completely confident in handing it over to Meng Daguo.

The Meng family is rich and they don't care about his little money at all.

Meng Daguo had originally planned to go there, but now that Xu Wei came to him, he just thought of it as doing Xu Wei a favor.

Meng Daguo handed Xu Wei a cigarette and pretended to hear about the South China Sea for the first time.

"Leader, can you really make money in the South China Sea?"

"Yes! Why not! You can take my letter of introduction and apply for a bank loan. You can invest 20 million here and sell it there, and you can make 7 million! This money is easy to make, like it fell from the sky!"

Meng Daguo is a steady man. In the past two years, his family opened a department store and sold Guoguang feed. The drinks from Zhenxin Food Factory have also become popular all over the country. The Meng family's assets have increased several times and are about to reach 100 million.

Meng Nan started a sportswear brand and also helped Si Ya to open a small company to help her publish books.

Si Ya is also doing quite well. Her last book, "Double Undercover," sold well, and she later published a basic booklet, which sold a total of 2.5 million copies at bookstore stalls!

This number is really scary!

The Meng family felt that everything was going too smoothly for them. If they could make a lot of money in real estate, their assets would increase several times over!

This is too exciting, who can stand it!

With the support of the county and Xu Wei, it would be easier for the Meng family to buy houses and land in Nanhai Province, and Zhen Zhen also planned to take the opportunity to enter the real estate market.

She is old, about to turn sixty, and flying is really a pain for her. Most of the time, she is the one who gives the orders and lets her sons and grandchildren do it.

Seeing that his mother wanted to enter the real estate industry, Meng Daguo had agreed with Meng Hua to meet in Nanhai, so he took the approval note and money given to him by Xu Wei and boarded a plane to Nanhai.

When Meng Daguo got off the plane, he thought he saw wide streets, just like those in an island country. However, he never imagined that it was so desolate outside, without even a traffic light on the road.

The islanders do not live a wealthy life, but there are many high-rise buildings built there, which seems very incongruous.

"Brother!" Meng Hua, with his suit on his arm, raised his hand to greet Meng Daguo, "My second brother is not here?"

"No, Sanwa is taking the college entrance exam this year, so he has to stay home to look after the child."

"Time flies. Sanwa is going to college. Is Mengxi going to retire soon?"

"Soon. This child has won many gold medals, but I think life is not just about gold medals. I want her to study, do business, and do something else."

Meng Hua agreed with Meng Daguo's idea. Meng Xi has done enough for the country and won dozens of gold medals of various sizes. It is time for her to live her own life.

With the support of his mother, Meng Hua also came to Nanhai a few years ago and bought some land, but he didn't expect that the real estate in Nanhai would be so hot after not coming there for a year.

It's like celebrating New Year every day and having a wedding every night. The speed at which money is made is so fast that even someone like Meng Hua, who is used to money, feels scared.

The next day, Meng Hua and Meng Daguo went to register a company.

The two had bought land before and had already registered a company, but they were only in real estate, so it was not a bad thing to register a few more companies.

Currently, there are more than 20,000 real estate companies in this small city with a population of 1 million, most of which are shell companies, but Meng Hua and Meng Daguo came with money.

After they registered the company, the two employees brought by Meng Hua went to various departments to treat people to dinner and dances and to build relationships.

When they had almost run the route, Meng Hua and Meng Daguo started to build houses. While developing real estate, they also bought other people's houses and resold them.

"Brother, how much money did mother give you?" Meng Hua was puzzled.

Meng Daguo had nothing to hide from his brother, "I gave him 100 million!"

Meng Hua was stunned. He knew that the Meng family's assets were at least 100 or 200 million, but he didn't expect his mother to be able to come up with so much cash.

"Where does so much cash flow come from?"

"It's all thanks to the gold mines and gold shops. You know my mother. She doesn't like luxury, nor does she care about food and clothing. She just likes to hoard money and gold."

Meng Daguo was full of pride when he mentioned his mother.

Meng Hua was also very proud, "Mom is really not an ordinary person. Did she tell you when to withdraw your investment?"

"I was told to sort out my assets here before the end of the year and go home for the New Year."

Meng Hua had an idea in his mind. Tan Zheng had also passed on some information, but it was not that accurate. He had some guesses about his mother and planned to act according to her information.

They came to Hainan at the right time. A few years ago, land prices in Hainan were only a few hundred yuan, and house prices were just over a thousand yuan. In just two or three years, house prices in Hainan have risen to two or three thousand yuan.

"Based on the current situation, it can be doubled again!"

Meng Daguo has so much money in his hands, it would be a lie to say he is not nervous.

He spent money too quickly on buying land and building a house, and had spent more than half of his money.

Of course, the money was recovered quickly. In just two or three months, not only did the principal return, but also the profit of nearly 50 million was returned!

The South China Sea at that time was really crazy, and it also made Meng Daguo understand what the market is and what the game of capital is.

The weather was getting warmer, and Sanwa's college entrance examination was over. Zhen Zhen was experiencing her grandson's college entrance examination for the second time, but she was not as nervous as the first time.

Sanwa is very calm and has good grades. He has always regarded Meng Nan as his goal and wants to go to the same university as Meng Nan.

Zhen Zhen is not worried about his grades. Even if he fails to get into Tsinghua University, it doesn't matter. One cannot demand perfection in everything. She cares more about her child's major. Choosing a good major is the most important thing.

Sanwa wanted to study finance before, but Zhenzhen suggested that he study the Internet. However, Sanwa had no interest in the Internet because the mainland's Internet was not yet connected to the rest of the world at that time.

He thinks the Internet is a fallacy.

Zhen Zhen found some books and magazines for him to let him know what the Internet is for.

When Sanwa learned that he could program software websites by writing code online, he became very interested in building the Internet world.

Sanwa decided to learn computer.

The results came out, and although Sanwa didn't do as well as Mengnan, he was still able to get into Tsinghua University.

With two students from the same family attending Tsinghua University, you can imagine how glorious the Meng family is!

Meng Eryong was so excited that he picked up Sanwa and went to the yard to make money while crying.

Tao Aihong also cried bitterly. She hadn't achieved much in her life. She wasn't as good as Jiao Huilan in her career, and she wasn't good at dealing with people either. But she raised a good son!

"My son is so great!" Tao Aihong cried while hugging her third child.

Sanwa was a little embarrassed to be held, "My grandma is the calmest one, look at her, she doesn't change her expression!"

"Your grandma has seen the world. Dad can't compare to her!" Meng Eryong cried and laughed.

He quickly called Meng Daguo and Meng Hua to tell them the good news, and informed the villagers. Sanwa also called Meng Nan.

Meng Nan settled down in Beijing and is promoting her sportswear and sports shoes brand. The brand is doing well and has a high market share.

Meng Nan was unwilling to give up, as he felt that making money from clothing was too slow, and had been waiting for Sanwa to go to Beijing so that he could take him to the stock market to make money.

Sanwa and Meng Nan talked on the phone for half an hour, whispering to each other, and no one knew what they were planning.

When his grandson was admitted to National Tsing Hua University, Zhen Zhen was happier than anyone else. With a wave of his hand, he asked Zhenxin Department Store to organize an event to celebrate the event. He also organized a free candy event so that children from all over the county could share in the joy.

Zhen Zhen took the wedding candies to Old Lady Meng's room and told the old couple the news. Old Lady Meng was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. She pushed Old Lady's father Meng beside her, but found that Old Lady's father Meng didn't respond for a long time.

Zhen Zhen walked up and felt the breath of Old Lady Meng's father, only to find that he was gone.

Mrs. Meng wanted to cry, but she felt there was nothing to cry about. "I just heard someone shouting outside. He asked me what was going on, and I said it must be Sanwa who got into Tsinghua University and came to tell him the good news! He was so happy when he heard me say that, but who would have thought that he would be gone before he could even get out."

Zhen Zhen felt sad. Old Lady Meng and Old Lady Meng's father were not her parents, nor were they her biological mother-in-law. But after traveling through time and space to the present, she got along quite well with the old couple.

Over the years, she has been taking care of Old Lady Meng and Old Lady Meng's father.

How could Zhen Zhen be emotionless?

It was a happy death for Old Lady Meng's father. He lived a good life over the years, without any illness or misfortune, and passed away with a smile on his face. Zhen Zhen said that he had a good life.

Zhen Zhen handled the funeral for Old Man Meng and buried him in Batou Village, next to his parents.

Meng Daguo and Meng Hua came back and cried bitterly.

The family went to the mountain to bury old lady Meng. Zhen Zhen accidentally knocked over a glass of wine, and Wu Wa immediately said:

"Grandma, don't give my dad too much alcohol. Be careful that he gets drunk and gets scolded by his parents downstairs!"

The child's innocent words made the whole family smile. Death is just a separation. What is important is our attitude towards death.

From then on, Grandma Meng will sow a seed of longing in the hearts of her children.

After Mrs. Meng's father passed away, she would occasionally feel dazed. Fortunately, there were many people at home and Sister Qian often called her over to play cards, so Mrs. Meng didn't have time to be sad and was in a pretty good state.

In the evening, Cheng Su brought a foot bath tub to Zhen Zhen, "Auntie Zhen, come and soak your feet."

Zhen Zhenjian was simply afraid of soaking feet. In such a hot day, who soaks their feet in hot water every day?

"It's too hot. I'm sweating all over. Can you let me rest for two days?"

“Winter diseases are treated in summer.”

Cheng Su didn't care what she said. She forcibly took off her socks and asked her to put her feet back on.

Ever since Grandma Meng passed away, the Meng family seemed to have realized a reality—

People will die. The next one to go is Old Lady Meng, and the next one to go is Zhen Zhen.

So, Zhen Zhen became the big panda in the family.

Cheng Su soaked her feet and Jiao Huilan cooked ginseng chicken soup for her, which made her look fair and rosy, and even younger than she was in previous years.

Several children also hugged her and said, "Grandma, please don't die. Please never leave me."

Zhen Zhen is really grateful to these filial sons and grandsons!

She was soaking her feet when Jiao Huilan came in with a red envelope and smiled softly:

"Mom, Sanwa got admitted to university, and as his aunt, I want to give him a red envelope. How much do you think is appropriate?"

When Meng Nan was applying for college, Tao Aihong was reluctant to give him a red envelope, and Jiao Huilan did not mention it either.

She is a broad-minded person after all.

Zhen Zhen took out a red envelope of 2,000 yuan from the cabinet and said, "This money will be paid by mother."

Jiao Huilan knew that her mother-in-law loved her, and although she was happy, she was too embarrassed to ask her mother-in-law for money.

"Mom, my daughter-in-law is rich. Our Focus Women's Clothing has opened nearly 200 branches across the country. How can I not even come up with 2,000 yuan?"

"What's yours is yours, but I can't let you suffer any loss."

Zhen Zhen insisted, and Jiao Huilan had no choice but to accept her kindness.

Sanwa is 182cm tall, taller than Meng Daguo, and quite handsome, but he just likes to make money, and his personality is a bit like Meng Hua.

Zhen Zhen bought a suitcase for Sanwa and prepared bedding, clothes, socks and other things for him.

"You should bring a few more down jackets. Beijing is cold in winter and you can't get frozen. Buy daily necessities like washbasins at school to avoid the inconvenience of taking the train."

It was the first time for Sanwa to travel far away from home, and he would be away for four years. He was both nervous and excited.

He hugged his grandmother and kissed her several times, "Grandma, your eldest grandson will miss you when he leaves. You must call him often."

"Okay!" Zhen Zhen smiled.

"You must take good care of yourself. When your eldest grandson makes money, he will buy you the best things in the world!" Sanwa's eyes turned red as he spoke.

Zhen Zhen's eyes were filled with tears. Of course she would be reluctant to let go of the child she had raised with her own hands.

But she knew in her heart that all fate has a time limit.

There is nothing permanent in this world; separation is the eternal theme.

Zhen Zhen patted Sanwa's back and coaxed him like he did when he was little, "My Sanwa is the most obedient and filial. Grandma is waiting for you at home."

The third child cried louder and louder, and the fifth child, seeing that his brother was leaving, also cried and refused to let go.

"Can't you leave later?"

Sanwa cried and shook his head, patting his butt, "Xiaowu, Xiaoshuiwa, be filial to grandma. When Sanwa makes money, I will buy you a computer!"

Wu Wa wiped his tears and nodded while crying, "Brother, please come back soon. I am too lonely now that you are gone!"

Sanwa didn't want Meng Eryong to see him off, nor did he want Tao Aihong to follow him. He packed his simple luggage and boarded a long-distance train.

At the other end of the train Mannon was waiting for him.

They want to take a stab at the stock market.