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"Yes, that's what you think."

"Okay, since you're so straightforward, why should I refuse? It's settled."

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(End of this chapter)

Chapter 626: Zhou's father, whose child is sick, starts working

In the blink of an eye, Zhou Chen had already been in Pengcheng for three months.

Although the time was not short, he was actually not very busy, because many things did not require him to go out in person, and there were naturally people to help him do things. His stay in Pengcheng was more of a stabilizing force.

And to be honest, he came to the mainland to invest without expecting to make much money. If he really wanted to make money, he could go to Hong Kong or go abroad, where there are plenty of opportunities to make money.

Financial markets, technology companies, etc. With his experience and funds in hand, it is really not difficult for him to make money.

At worst, even if you invest in the entertainment industry in Hong Kong, you can make a lot of money during this period. Why go through so much trouble and work hard in China to make money?

The reason why he invests in China is more to enhance his own reputation and promote the country's economic development, and also for his own family. After all, his family is now in China, and it is good for his family if he gains a voice in the country.

Just like when he went to Jichun to invest and flirted with those leaders, it was mostly for the Zhou family's parents and children, and he really didn't expect to make much money.

Because he is still planning to live in this world for decades and accompany his wife and children, so fame and prestige, which are invisible and intangible things, are still very important.

After three months, Zhou Chen had almost finished all the work he needed to do and he was not planning to stay in Pengcheng any longer.

"Guangming, from now on, everything here will be handed over to you."

When Zheng Guangming heard Zhou Chen's words, he immediately responded: "Brother Bingkun, I understand. It's no problem to leave it to me."

After staying in Pengcheng for more than half a year, he gradually got used to the life here. When he was in Hong Kong, he helped Zhou Chen manage the company.

Now that he has arrived in Pengcheng, Zhou Chen has helped him with most of the preliminary matters. If he can't handle the rest, then all his years as general manager would have been in vain.

"Guangming, if you don't want to be the general manager one day, tell me. I won't blame you."

In fact, according to Zhou Chen, there is no big problem in letting Zheng Guangming manage Chenxing Group, because in less than ten years, his son Zhou Rui will grow up and can take over then.

But Zheng Juan told him that she didn't want her brother to do something he didn't like, and if Zheng Guangming didn't want to, she hoped Zhou Chen wouldn't force him.

Zhou Chen understood what Zheng Juan meant. On the one hand, she felt sorry for her brother, and on the other hand, she was afraid that a company as big as Chenxing Group would cause discord between them, so she wanted her brother Zheng Guangming to leave as soon as possible.

But now Zhou Chen can't find anyone he can trust except Zheng Guangming. Zheng Juan is trustworthy, but Zheng Juan can't manage the company at all.

The best way is to find a professional manager, but if he does that, he will have more things to worry about.

Zheng Guangming didn't expect Zhou Chen to say such a thing, but he reacted quickly.

"Brother Bingkun, I know you are doing this for my own good, but I think I can still do it."

If he had not been exposed to the life of a superior person, he would not be reluctant to leave. However, he has been living in a favorable environment for many years. After being in a high position for a long time, it is not so easy for him to leave.

"Okay, make your own decision."

Zhou Chen patted Zheng Guangming on the shoulder and said nothing more.

A few days later, Zhou Chen returned to Jichun.

With his return, the Zhou family became lively again, and Zheng Juan and her three children were the happiest.

I spent a long time being affectionate with Zheng Juan last night, and today was a day off for the children, so in the morning, we were still reluctant to get up.

But sometimes it’s not that they don’t want to get up, but they can get up. The quarrels downstairs soon make it impossible for them to fall asleep.

"Why are there steamed buns again this morning? Can't we have something else?"

"What's wrong with steamed buns? We couldn't even eat steamed buns before. We only ate coarse grains. But you came here, and now we have white flour steamed buns every day. What else do you want?"

“You can’t eat it every day.”

"The children can eat it, so why can't you? Besides, how old are you? With your teeth, what good food can you eat?"

"That's fine, but why are you talking about this? How old am I? I'm only in my sixties. Sixty is not considered old at all. Nowadays, people can live to their seventies or eighties. I still have at least a dozen years to live. Why can't I eat good food?"

"Why are you making so much noise? It's just a steamed bun. Look at your red face and thick neck. You even woke up the children."

"Hey, you old woman, it's clearly your fault, why are you blaming me now?"

"Old man, this is unreasonable. I get up early every day to cook for you, and you..."

"........."

Listening to the old couple's argument downstairs, Zhou Chen asked Zheng Juan speechlessly: "Juan'er, are they always like this at home?"

Zheng Juan covered her mouth and laughed, "It wasn't like this at the beginning, but in the past month, our dad always complains. Our mom didn't care about him at first, but later she couldn't help it, so it became like this. But they said whatever they wanted, but they never got angry."

"It's fine as long as you don't get angry. If you want to argue, just go ahead."

Knowing that he was not really angry, Zhou Chen stopped worrying.

Zheng Juan said, "Mom said that Dad just retired and suddenly had nothing to do. He was unhappy and that's why he became like this. Bingkun, why don't you try to persuade Dad?"

Zhou Chen said: "This kind of thing can't be solved in a few words. You have to let him go through this process."

After working hard all his life, Zhou Zhigang suddenly retired and had nothing to do. He must be unhappy.

This is just like the movie he watched, The Shawshank Redemption, in which the prisoners were unable to adapt after they were released because they had been in prison for too long.

Some people choose to commit suicide, some people commit crimes again in order to return to the prison they are used to, and some people...

In short, when something becomes a habit, it is really difficult to change it.

Zhou Zhigang treated work as a habit. It was fine when he just retired, but after a long time, he could not control himself and started to find fault with everything.

This can also be considered a type of mental illness.

Zheng Juan said, "But I found that when Uncle Ma comes, our dad is better. They seem to get along well. These days, he talks more with Uncle Ma than with us combined. Recently, even Yueyue and the others don't dare to talk to him, for fear of making him angry."

Zhou Chen thought about it carefully and felt that it was not a solution to continue like this. Soon, an idea came to his mind.

"Okay, I understand. Leave it to me."

At lunch time, Zhou Zhigang and Li Suhua were back to normal, as if the quarrel in the morning had never happened.

Zhou Zhigang took a sip of wine, then asked Zhou Chen: "Bingkun, you've been back for a few days, and I see you haven't done anything these days. With such a big company, don't you have anything to do?"

He really couldn't understand it. When he was working before, he was just a worker and was already very busy. But as a boss, Zhou Chen should be very busy. Why did he seem to have nothing to do all day?

Zhou Chen was speechless. This old man was just being irritated because he had nothing to do, so why did he involve him in this?

"It's not that I'm not busy, but it's not the time to be busy yet. Besides, I'm the boss, and there are many things that I don't need to do myself. I can just hand them over to the people below. My main job is to control the direction."

Zhou Zhigang: "I don't understand what a boss should do, but I know that you should work like a job and not hang around like you have nothing to do all day."

Hey, this old man.

"Dad, I heard that you've been arguing with my mom lately?"

"I didn't quarrel with your mother, it's your mother who doesn't like me..."

"What are you talking about? When did I dislike you? It's because you have too much free time and always looking for trouble. Kun'er, let me tell you, your dad is just idle. You didn't feel anything when he was not at home before, but now I don't know what's going on, his temper has become so bad, and I can't let anyone say anything."

Li Suhua complained more than Zhou Zhigang. In the past ten years or so, she was like the queen mother at home, and everyone in the family gave in to her and listened to her.

But as soon as Zhou Zhigang came back, he would quarrel with her for no reason, which made her feel bad.

Hearing this, Zhou Chen asked tentatively: "Mom, then find him something to do?"

When Zhou Zhigang heard this, his eyes lit up immediately, while Li Suhua frowned and said, "You want to find him a job? But he is so old and has worked for most of his life. Now is the time for him to enjoy himself. How can he have the energy to work?"

Seeing his wife sabotaging him, Zhou Zhigang was immediately angry and said, "I told you, I'm not old yet, I'm still very strong, why can't I work? Kun'er, don't listen to your mother's nonsense. You are such a big boss, you must be able to find a job for me. Tell me, why do you ask your father to do anything?"

Zhou Chen did not answer, but continued to look at Li Suhua: "Mom, what do you think?"

Li Suhua certainly didn't want Zhou Zhigang to go back to work, but she found Zhou Zhigang's threatening look very funny.

Finally, she sighed softly and said, "Since your father can't sit still at home, then you can find him a job. But your father is so old, you can't let him do hard labor anymore. You can get him an office job."

She didn't know how big her youngest son's company was, but she thought it should be easy to arrange an office job for Zhou Zhigang.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Zhigang got anxious and said, "I won't go to the office, Bingkun, don't listen to your mother. He doesn't know anything. I'm a construction worker. How can a construction worker sit in an office?"

"Dad, you are wrong. There are many construction workers working in offices."

"That's someone else. I don't sit in the office anyway."

Looking at Zhou Zhigang's reluctant face, Zhou Chen was even more speechless. He used to be such an awesome person, how come he has become such a scoundrel now that he's old?

"I have been in contact with the city leaders before. I bought a piece of land from the city. This time I came back, I planned to use this land to build a pharmaceutical factory to produce medicines. This matter has been put on the agenda, and we are just waiting to start construction."

"Dad, I remember you are a level 8 construction worker, right?"

Zhou Zhigang replied happily: "Yes, I am an eighth-level construction worker. Do you want me to help you build a factory?"

"How can that be possible? You are my father, the father of the boss. How can I let you do the work? I mean, I want you to watch the construction site, check the drawings, supervise the construction site, and help correct any problems in time. There are not many skilled construction workers like you now. There are too many who cheat and act sloppy. This time, your son and I are paying for the construction of the factory, so we must find someone who knows the business and can be absolutely trusted to watch over it, so I thought of you."

Zhou Chen said to Zhou Zhigang half-truthfully that it was not difficult to find someone to supervise, and doing this was just giving Zhou Zhigang an excuse.

Sure enough, Zhou Zhigang smiled brightly when he heard this: "Bingkun, you are a good eye boy. I dare not say anything else, but your father is an expert in architecture. It is absolutely impossible to deceive my eyes. Leave this matter to me."

Li Suhua was a little hesitant at first, but when she heard that it was related to her son, she immediately changed her attitude.

"Kun'er, I also think you are right. Letting your father look after your company's affairs is definitely more reliable than letting outsiders take care of it. I agree with this."

"Haha."

Zhou Zhigang laughed proudly: "Did you see that, mother of the child? Are you still saying I'm old?"

"Okay, don't be so proud. This is our son's business. You have to be careful and don't let his money go to waste."

"Of course. With me here, I guarantee no one can fool us."

Looking at the old couple rolling up their sleeves, ready to get down to work, Zhou Chen was speechless. This was not what he meant.

But seeing how happy the old couple looked, he didn't know what to say.

In the afternoon, Zhou Chen called Shui Ziliu and asked him to notify Sun Ganchao to come over, and then waited for Sun Ganchao at home.

Because Sun Ganchao was afraid to drive, he worked at the gravity flow factory some time ago. Although the salary was not high, the work was not too hard. At least it was many times easier than the jobs he had taken before.

Two hours later, Sun Ganchao hurried over. Zhou Chen asked Zheng Juan to make two cups of tea, and then he started chatting about business with Sun Ganchao in the study.

"Guachao, I called you over here to tell you that what I told you before is already underway. You will leave Shui Ziliu tomorrow. I've already told Shui Ziliu."

Sun Ganchao was overjoyed. Although he had been doing well at Shuiziliu in the past few months, he still wanted to work with Zhou Chen more.

Now hearing Zhou Chen say that he is ready to start work, it means that he will have a formal job soon.

"Kun'er, what exactly is that job you're talking about?"

"Didn't I tell you before that our company is planning to build a factory? This time we are planning to build both the factory and the building."

Sun Ganchao looked bewildered: "But I don't understand this either. But if I work hard, I have no problem."

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "With our relationship, how could I let you do hard labor? I am planning to let you help me watch the construction site, that is, be a supervisor and be responsible for checking the construction site. For the details, you can learn from my father later, and he will teach you."

"Uncle is going to work there too? Isn't he retired?"

When Sun Ganchao heard that Zhou Chen's father was also involved, he was very shocked.

Zhou Chen explained: "My dad is idle at home, so I found him a job and asked him to help on the construction site. He is an old construction worker, so he must have no problem with this. So I asked you to learn from my dad. Even if you work on the construction site, you have to learn some skills."

"That's definitely no problem, Kun'er, you can rest assured, I will definitely follow my uncle and study hard."

Sun Ganchao patted his chest and assured that Zhou Zhigang was his uncle. If he were with someone else, he would be a little at a loss, but following Zhou Zhigang, he did not feel any pressure at all.

"Then it's settled."

Zhou Chen guessed that this would be Sun Ganchao's reaction, so he was not surprised. He just talked about another thing.

"Catch up, I heard that your wife Yu Hong hasn't found a job yet?"

Sun Ganchao didn't think so and told the truth: "Yes, I worked in the public bathhouse before, but now the public bathhouse has been privatized. Their boss disliked Yu Hong because she was too old, so he closed her. Although Qiao Chunyan is the vice president there now, she doesn't have much power. She has always said that she wanted to get Yu Hong in, but she never succeeded."

Zhou Chen said: "If our company's construction site is open, we will definitely need people to cook on the construction site. It will be hard work, but the salary will not be low. You can go back and ask Yu Hong if she is interested in cooking on the construction site."

"That's definitely no problem."

Sun Ganchao's face was full of anxiety and he couldn't wait to answer.

"Is it really okay? You should go back and discuss it with your wife. After all, the construction site is full of rough men, and cooking a big pot of rice is hard work."

Strictly speaking, cooking at a construction site is not a decent job, but Zhou Chen is not a saint. He found a good job for Gan Chao and an easy job for Yu Hong. What if others come to him for help? He can't help everyone.

(End of this chapter)