The atmosphere in the living room was solemn and depressing. Chen Hongtao was not surprised by what his mother Guan Jingxiang said. In the previous life, the situation was the same.

However, Chen Hongtao knew that the transfer of Mingzhu Group was just the beginning of the loneliness of the family. Not only was the entire property of his own, but even the courtyard house was left in the end, leaving only his mother with a long and long sigh.

Among political families, it is common to change the name and affiliation of commercial resources, especially in recent years, the country has gradually attached importance to politics and business separation. It is becoming increasingly difficult to not only actively strive on the political path, but also to hold its own commercial capital under its name and refuse to let go.

In the last life, Chen Hongtao's family of three developed in both military and political circles. Apart from Wang Jinlan, the nominal wife, there was no one in the family who was good at running a business.

However, this is not the most important reason why Mingzhu Group is transferred to Chen Hongtao’s uncle.

When Chen Hongtao's grandfather's public relations master was still alive, Mingzhu Group had a lot of care for the political background of the Chen family. It can be said that Mingzhu Group has the current scale and is inseparable from the support of the Chen family.

Even Chen Hongtao's mother Guan Jingxiang was able to be promoted step by step in ministries and commissions and become the director of the Propaganda Department due to the political resources of the Chen family.

Although the Chen family is deeply rooted in the political system of the Republic, its economic foundation is too weak. Especially in recent years, reform and opening up have made many people in the Chen family who hold authority realize the importance of business and money.

From the foundation and foundation of a big family, it is necessary to ensure that some people are in politics, protect the family in the officialdom, and maintain the family's power forever. Some people are also required to engage in business and support the family in terms of money. These two indispensable pillars for the development of a family and two indispensable support for the development of a family.

If you have money but no government, you may be regarded as fat by others. If you have politics but no money, you will inevitably make some unworthy mistakes in your economy. Power and money can be said to be complementary and mutual assistance, and neither is missing.

Obviously, the old Chen family also realized this at this time, so they had the idea of ​​truly absorbing Mingzhu Group into the entire family. Now it is proposed to transfer Mingzhu Group to Chen Hongtao’s uncle who is good at doing business. This is just the first step for the old Chen family to absorb Mingzhu Group.

This is not because Mr. Chen wants to seize Chen Hongtao's family's property. He makes such a decision. First, it can allow Mingzhu Group to develop continuously, and second, it can also allow Mingzhu Group to better provide economic support to the entire family.

Without everyone, where can we come from a small family? Not only Mr. Chen, but also Chen Zhengguo and Guan Jingxiang, can realize this.

Moreover, as the army, Chen Zhengguo and Guan Jingxiang are leading cadres of ministries and commissions, they are really not suitable to continue to control the huge group in their names, which is also a great obstacle to the political future of the two.

The reason why Chen Hongtao’s parents did not boycott the Mingzhu Group’s name in the name of the person at home was because of their own considerations.

Chen Zhengguo has never opposed the old man's decision and attaches great importance to the rise and fall of the entire family.

Chen Zhengguo and Guan Jingxiang, who received the promise from the old man, still naively thought that they were all their own family members anyway, so they changed Mingzhu Group to their brother-in-law He Liangbo, and Mingzhu Group would still belong to their own family!

In fact, although the ownership of Mingzhu Group changed during the period of Mr. Chen's lifetime, it was indeed the essence of the Chen Hongtao family's ownership according to the old man's wishes. However, during this period, the various private property and funds of Chen Hongtao family were almost as if they were being drawn into Mingzhu Group, which eventually led to the complete exhaustion of Chen Hongtao's family's huge family business.

In return, once Mingzhu Group was handed over, Chen Zhengguo and Guan Jingxiang also enjoyed the significant tilt of the political resources of the old Chen family as they wished, and were promoted to the position of deputy commander of the army of a certain group and deputy director of the Propaganda Department.

However, in Chen Hongtao's memory in his previous life, his parents' progress in military and political aspects has only ended here.

Flowers bloom and fail, and they do not have the right to enjoy the future forever. Even the inheritance of ancient imperial power will inevitably be changed, not to mention the political successor of a family in the Republic today.

Although the old Chen family was famous at this time, Chen Hongtao knew that the old man was still alive at the moment. Once the old man passed away, the Chen family's political territory and authority in China was foreseeable.

In a few years, it will be a sharp and fierce moment for domestic political confrontations. Once you stand in the wrong team, the consequences can be imagined. The political prestige of the Chen family has gradually fallen at a disadvantage since then.

The Chen Hongtao family, without Mingzhu Group, fell sharply. Not only did they lose the most important bargaining chips after the death of the old man and no longer get the political help of the Chen family. In the subsequent period, they were suppressed by political opponents. Chen Zhengguo and Guan Jingxiang were transferred to idle positions one after another, and were depressed and idle to retire.

As the political foundation of the Chen family shrank sharply, later on, the only sister-in-law Chen Hongtao who had obtained Mingzhu Group was still very glorious.

During this period, although Chen Hongtao's sister-in-law Chen Zhengdan helped the entire family a lot of financial support, she never mentioned the plan to return Mingzhu Group.

With the pension of a high-ranking official and the help of his sister-in-law, Chen Hongtao's family's life is not as poor as a person, but it has nothing to do with wealth and honor. Especially whenever he gets help from his sister-in-law, Chen Hongtao always feels like he is given a pity. Even Guan Jingxiang, who has a good personality, often sighs.

In the previous life, the only thing that could make Chen Zhengguo and Guan Jingxiang feel gratified was that Chen Hongtao, with his own efforts and excellent military qualities, stepped one step by step before he was 45 years old, and he was appointed as a deputy military colonel, and the general was just around the corner.

Speaking of which, Chen Hongtao can be regarded as an alien among the children of the Chen family!

At that time, even Chen Hongtao himself did not realize that he had business talent. After his family was lonely, Chen Hongtao, who was influenced by his family's industry and the business affairs carried out by Wang Jinlan, also tried to revitalize his family through his own efforts.

However, as the national economic system becomes more and more mature, the previous major business development opportunities have been missed. Even if Chen Hongtao wanted to change the situation, it would be difficult for him to complete the accumulation of the original capital of the business empire. In the end, he could only gradually build a small investment company in the domestic capital market in the name of his father, which can comfort his parents.

But those are no longer important. Now that Chen Hongtao has got the opportunity to start over, he will never allow the depressing thing in his previous life to happen again, whether it is a matter at home or a tragic marriage relationship.

In the dull living room, no one of the four members talked, and they all had their own ideas.

Seeing his father Chen Zhengguo remained silent with a stern face, Chen Hongtao said calmly: "Dad, I'm already married now, and I'm really not suitable to work in the army. There are only four people in our family now. When will I be considered a big shot when I enter the army? It would be fine if I don't have the opportunity to choose. Do you have to use your fingers to make a calculation when going home during the holidays like you?"

Chen Hongtao did not say any big truth, but what he said made Chen Zhengguo secretly shocked.

Just as Guan Jingxiang and Wang Jinlan's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked complicated, Chen Zhengguo glared at Chen Hongtao for a long time with a majestic and oppressive look, and found that his son was unmoved at all. Chen Zhengguo couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.

"Zhengguo, what my son said is not unreasonable. Hongtao and Jinlan have only been married for a few days, and they have been together for a few days. If they graduate and are assigned to the army, they will definitely be separated. Moreover, the army is too stern. I am just a precious son, and I don't want him to suffer such hardship." Although Guan Jingxiang was discussing with her husband, she clearly expressed her support for her son's ideas.

"Don't we all come here like this, isn't he my son?" Chen Zhengguo had a stern face and was only to secretly complain, but he could not express his dissatisfaction.

Chen Zhengguo has been in the army for many years. Although the couple has a good relationship, he still feels guilt and indebted in his heart when facing Guan Jingxiang.

Seeing her husband being depressed and not speaking, Guan Jingxiang couldn't help but hide a successful smile in her eyes: "Don't you always say that the division of labor in revolutionary work is different? If you are not in the army, you can also contribute to the country, so that Hongtao can return to the ministries and commissions to accumulate some work experience. In the future, Hongjun may not be able to do so, Hongwei and the others will be apart."

Hearing his wife's statement, Chen Zhengguo took out a pack of "Ashima" worth two yuan from his pocket, took out one to ignite it, and his expression loosened a little.

As if he felt Chen Hongtao's gaze, just as Chen Zhengguo was about to throw the cigarette over to his son, Chen Hongtao was not polite and took out a bag of imported "Marlboro" from his pocket and lit one on his own, and together with my son Chen Zhengguo, he was drinking and smog in the living room.

This almost made Chen Zhengguo angry. Just when he wanted to scold him, Chen Hongtao was the first to speak: "Dad, mom, I just want to live a free life. The officialdom is really not suitable for me. How many people have survived the mayor and the governor, and they have to fight with their political opponents in close combat. Pay attention to all aspects of this kind. It is really hard to live a life like walking on thin ice!"

"I think you kid will go to the room and untied the tiles if you don't fight for three days." In front of his daughter-in-law Wang Jinlan, Chen Zhengguo was not at ease, but he looked at Chen Hongtao's eyes hard, but wanted to convey the anger in his heart.

If it were the past, Chen Zhengguo looked over with a stern look, Chen Hongtao would still be very afraid.

However, what he is hiding in his twenty-year-old body is a soul that has experienced many vicissitudes, which is not something that Chen Zhengguo can scare at all.


Chapter completed!