2. Chen family
Repulse Bay is located south of Hong Kong Island, surrounded by mountains and sea, the bay is crescent-shaped, with gentle slopes and long beaches, calm waves and quiet waves, clear and fine sand, wide and clean beaches and shallow beaches, warm in winter and cool in summer, with water temperatures between 16 degrees Celsius and 27 degrees Celsius. It has always been a destination for Hong Kong people to absorb the summer and catch up with the trends and a famous scenic spot that tourists must visit. In the past, the "Sea Kingdom Floating and Down" one of the eight scenic spots in Hong Kong refers to the beachfront beach in Repulse Bay.
In 1975, Repulse Bay in Hong Kong was already one of the most noble residential areas in Hong Kong. Many villas and mansions were scattered on the slopes of the bay, including the mansions of Hong Kong's wealthy businessman Li Ka-shing and ship king Pao Yu-gang.
Chen Yihua's home is also in this high-end residential area, the Chen family mansion at No. 118 Repulse Bay. Chen Tingyao, the old man in the Chen family in Hong Kong, is also a well-known tycoon figure, known as the "King of Cotton Yarn" in Hong Kong. Chen Tingyao's father is engaged in running a cloth factory. Chen Tingyao has become the general manager of three commercial institutions in S City and Ningbo in his twenties. He moved to Hong Kong in 1949 and founded Southern Textile Co., Ltd. in 1954. In 1969, Nanfang reorganized and established Southern Textile United Co., Ltd., which was officially listed in 1970. In the same year, Chen Tingyao Foundation was established.
Chen Tingyao is from ZJ Ningbo. He was born in 1923 in a local wealthy business family. His father was the owner of Ningbo Cloth Factory. Ningbo is a famous business town in China and is well-known for his business. Chen Tinghua was influenced by his knowledge and had a good understanding of business since he was a child. After graduating from middle school, he abandoned school and went from Ningbo to S City to do business. Later, he had savings and opened a small silk shop on ZJ Road, S City. Due to his personal efforts, he became the general manager of three commercial institutions in his 20s.
In 1949, Chen Tingyao came to Hong Kong with 300,000 yuan and began a new chapter in his life. When he first arrived in Hong Kong, Chen Tingyao was not familiar with the place and could not speak GD. He had to rent an office of about 20 square meters in Central Aiqun Store and continue to do his old business of buying and selling cloth.
In May 1954, Chen Tingyao invested HK$600,000 to open the Southern Styling Mill Co., Ltd. in Tsuen Wan. Two years later, the factory was officially put into production and produced 400 bags of cotton yarn per month. After the opening of the yarn mill, Chen Tingyao showed his talent in an industrialist. Not only was the management of the yarn mill in an orderly manner, but in order to open up the international market, he designed a kind of four to six pieces of coarse cotton yarn that could be used to make various towel products. After the product was launched, the product was very popular in the international market, and orders flew like snowflakes. Not only did the Southern Styling Mill become famous, but the textile industry in Hong Kong also began to become well-known internationally.
In 1969, he transformed the Southern Spinning Mill into Southern Textiles United Company. In April of the following year, the company was arranged to go public by HSBC Bank in Hong Kong and sold 4.75 million shares to the public. Each share had a face value of two yuan, a premium of four yuan, and was listed for six yuan. In this way, Chen Tingyao raised 28.5 million yuan, and his strength suddenly doubled.
In the early 1970s, a new process technology emerged in the textile industry - air spinning weaving technology. This process technology is not only several times faster than traditional spinning, but also has greatly improved its quality. Chen Tingyao believes that to improve the competitiveness of textiles, new process technology must be used. He made a large-scale purchase of new spinning machines, eliminated old machines, and purchased a large amount of land to expand factories to make pre-plans for the future development of the South. With Chen Tingyao's careful management, the Southern Company developed rapidly.
Chen Yihua has no idea of himself as a cheap old man, but after hearing Chen Tingyao's deeds from the bottom of his mouth, Chen Yihua has to admire him. Chen Tingyao can be regarded as starting from scratch. Without the foresight of a time traveler like this, he can enter such an industry, which is indeed admirable.
Chen Yihua didn’t know much about the rich people in Hong Kong in his previous life, but only knew the four major families in Hong Kong, Li Ka-shing family (ancestor from GD Chaozhou), Guo Bingxiang family (ancestor from GD Zhongshan), Li Ka-ki family (ancestor from GD Foshan), Cheng Yu-tung family (ancestor from GD Foshan). However, seeing the power of the Chen family today, I feel that the Chen family is no longer ordinary now, and can be ranked among the top ten in Hong Kong. I think the Chen family should be very famous in the later generations.
At first, Chen Yihua was so excited that he could become Chen Tingyao's son. He thought that he was really going through time, not only time travel, but also the son of a wealthy businessman. He could have passed the wealth that he had never thought about in his previous life, and be a happy rich second generation.
Unfortunately, I haven't even savored it well from my dream. The blow of reality made Chen Yihua fall from heaven to hell. He is the son of the third lady, which means that his mother is the third concubine, and the kind that has no status.
Chen Tingyao has three wives, the eldest wife Guo Yao is the wife of a regular wife, married by a mediator, and was born in a famous family. She can be said to be majestic at home. She is also responsible for the big and small matters in the family. She has the eldest son Chen Yixin 23, the eldest daughter Chen Huixin 21, the youngest son Chen Yide 18, and the youngest daughter Chen Huishan 15.
The second wife Jiang Yan was said to be a popular singer when she was young, with a long reputation and only had one daughter, Chen Huiyu.14.
The third wife Ning Shujuan has the eldest son Chen Yihua 14, the second son Chen Yisheng 12, and the younger daughter Chen Huier 11.
As her mother, Chen Tingyao's third wife Ning Shujuan has a very different identity from her two wives. Ning Shujuan was born in Magu. In the 1970s, Magu was a very distinctive profession and is also commonly known as the nanny. However, in the 1970s, Magu had to tie his hair and never get married in his life. Because of this, no matter the servants or other brothers and sisters at home, they didn't think much of Ning Shujuan's family.
Thinking of her current mother Ning Shujuan, although she is already thirty-seven or eight years old, she has given birth to three children, she is still so slim. Perhaps because she has studied, she is poor and humble, but she still has a gentle and luxurious temperament on her face. Chen Yihua has always thought that this cheap old man is really a lewd embryo, and even the nanny at home is not spared, and the rabbit doesn't eat grass by the nest.
Chen Yihua always thinks that maybe it is because her biological mother Ning Shujuan is more beautiful than her eldest wife, Chen Tingyao's figure is distorted and her old-fashioned wife doesn't like Chen Yihua's family.
‘Ahua, I’m back. Go upstairs to change your clothes and you’ll be able to have a meal later’
As soon as he walked into the Chen family hall, Chen Yihua saw his mother Ning Shujuan placing chopsticks on the dining table while taking the dining bowl from the servants, busying her.
Ning Shujuan's status at home has always been low. Although she has not fallen into washing clothes and cleaning the toilet at home, she has been doing some light work. Moreover, because Chen Tingyao has always liked the dishes she cooked, Ning Shujuan was asked to do the cooking in the kitchen. Don't underestimate this work. Twelve people of all sizes in the family are not easy at all.
‘Mom, I’ll help you.’ Seeing that there was a little sweat on Ning Shujuan’s forehead, for some reason, Chen Yihua suddenly felt a pain in her heart. Chen Yihua was just traveling through her soul, and the spontaneous emotions of her body were not under his control at all.
‘No, no, mom is busy. Go and put down the book, change your clothes and hurry down. Don’t wait for you when you eat. That’s not good. Looking at the eldest son in front of him, although he looks ordinary and is only fourteen years old, his facial features are very upright, he is over 1.7 meters tall, and full of heroic spirit. When he thinks of this, he feels relieved. Although his son is not in the eyes of outsiders, he never feels that there are many children in Ning Shujuan’s heart.
Since he entered the hospital some time ago, Ning Shujuan felt that her eldest son had become much more sensible. She used to be poor in her studies and often fought. She refused to admit defeat at home. She was often punished by her eldest wife Guo Yao. Now she not only knows how to help herself, but at home, no matter how her second brother Chen Yide provoked him, he would not contradict him and would not be impulsive.
‘Oh, isn’t this our great hero Ma Guzi back? How about it? I heard that you went to Shengleis Middle School to get the transcript today. Is there any college willing to accept you? I saw an arrogant voice coming from the entrance of the corridor.
When it comes to Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive.
Hearing the sound, not only Ning Shujuan frowned, but Chen Yihua subconsciously clenched his fists, and his heart was filled with anger. If you want to say who he hates the most in this family, it is Chen Yide, who is wearing a small dress, with a traitor, and a traitor.
Chen Yihua has fully understood the virtues of the person in front of him these days. He does not think that fighting with his so-called second brother can solve the problem. His previous life experience told him that even if he is right, if he quarrels with his second brother, he will always suffer the loss in the end.
No wonder his predecessor had a bit of a bad temper. It can be said that half of the credit was thanks to the second brother in front of him. Although many people in this family looked down on their mother, only the one who was assured and bold and unkind as he spoke, called Ning Shujuan and Magu Magu. Because of this, Chen Yihua and Chen Yide were in the same position since childhood.
Chen Yihua was able to fight since childhood. Every time Chen Yihua wanted to do something, Chen Yide would make trouble, and Chen Tingyao's eldest wife Guo Yao would take the opportunity to hit him. If Ning Shujuan hadn't begged every time, making Chen Yihua bear it and bear it, Chen Yihua would feel that her predecessor could have killed this second brother. And from my memory, I really felt that there were a few times when Chen Yihua almost couldn't help but kill someone.
Chen Tingyao is nominally his father, but he has been busy with his career outside. He has left all the big and small things in his family to his eldest wife Guo Yao. Moreover, even if Ning Shujuan's personality suffers, she will not make trouble in front of Chen Tingyao.
Chen Tingyao may have said too much bad things about Chen Yihua because Guo Yao said too much about Chen Yihua, so Chen Tingyao has not cared much about him since he was a child, so even if Chen Yihua has any grievances, no one in the Chen family can care about Chen Yide.
Chen Yihua's eyes flashed and disappeared. He knew that as long as he didn't accept his words, Chen Yide could not hold on to his handle and could not do anything to him. Chen Yihua could only endure his anger, his hands were not slow, and helped Ning Shujuan carry the food.
I looked at Chen Yihua in surprise again. Chen Yide has stimulated him a lot these days. I didn't expect that Chen Yihua's personality was not even aroused. Chen Yide poked his nose in disappointment, and he was frozen for a moment, "Okay, I haven't seen him for a few days, I've grown my skills, just your grades, see how my father comes back, how can I explain it?" After saying that, I ignored Chen Yihua's reaction and reincarnated and left.
‘Ahua’ looked at her son who was packing things in front of her and knew that her son was not good at studying. Ning Shujuan frowned and felt worried in her eyes.
Chapter completed!