Trillionaire's Slice of Life-Chapter 352 - 231 Various Thoughts
Chapter 352: Chapter 231 Various Thoughts
Yang Jianguo, the second son of the Yang family from Capital City, was the most talented among his five siblings. He exhibited extraordinary business acumen from a very young age.
Starting at the age of eight, after completing his learning tasks, he would enter the company to study under his father Yang Tianxia. At the age of twelve, he had completed all high school courses. He then went to the United States to study at Yale University. Six years later, he returned to Hua Country with a Master’s degree in Economics from Yale. On his eighteenth birthday, he officially joined the family business.
In the beginning, no one knew his identity; he started as an intern and within two years, he was promoted to team leader. At twenty-five, he became a department manager, and by twenty-eight, he had risen to the executive ranks of the group. After five years of hard work, the thirty-three-year-old Yang Jianguo had already become the group’s deputy general manager, commanding a large contingent of loyal followers.
By contrast, his several brothers and sisters were quite ordinary in terms of talent. In this scenario, unless something unexpected happened, Yang Jianguo was undoubtedly going to be the Yang family’s successor.
Similarly, Yang Jianguo did not take his siblings seriously. He believed it was a foregone conclusion that he would take over the position of Family Head. Under these circumstances, the peers who could enter his field of vision and gain his recognition were so few that they could be counted on one hand across the entire Hua Country.
Among the eight great families of Hua Country, aside from the Yang family and the Jiangnan Li family, which had almost determined their successors early on, the other six families each had three to five heirs vying for the succession. All these candidates were qualified and capable of inheriting the family fortune, naturally making the sibling rivalry especially fierce. Among them, only two or three strong contenders gained extra attention from Yang Jianguo; as for the rest, he couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to them.
In the same vein, Yang Jianguo didn’t even regard the many heirs of the great families highly. Newcomers like Chu Mo, who had recently risen in the metropolis, were even less of his concern; thus, Yang Jianguo, who didn’t even know of Chu Mo, initially gave him a casual glance and soon turned his attention to Li family’s eldest son, Li Hongda.
Li Hongda was the only heir to the Li family. No matter how irresponsible he was, he would eventually inherit the entire business empire of the Jiangnan Li family.
The Li family had enormous influence in Jiangnan, with assets approaching one trillion, and stood on the same level as the Yang family of Capital City. Although Yang Jianguo was rather haughty, he still paid attention to this future top-tier peer.
He took the initiative to nod at Li Hongda and, while extending his right hand, he said in an indifferent tone,
“Li Shao, let’s have tea sometime when you’re free.”
The Li family’s eldest son, Li Hongda, was fond of play, a trait evident from the evaluation given by his father Li Xiaoyao. If he weren’t the only heir to the Li family, or if the Li family had a second choice for heir, it’s likely that Li Xiaoyao wouldn’t entrust the entire family business to him.
Li Hongda loved music, having formed his band and immersing himself in music all day, showing no interest whatsoever in the family business. Inheriting the family business was even a torment for him. He only talked to those he acknowledged, and Li Hongda got on well with Yang Xiulu, the third youngest of the Yang family, who also loved to have fun. Li Hongda even invited Yang Xiulu to join his band, as they enjoyed each other’s company.
But to the too elite and rigid Yang Jianguo, the second son of the Yang family, he could hardly spare a second glance.
Yang Jianguo’s outstretched hand hung in the air as his gesture of goodwill was not reciprocated. Li Hongda did not approve of him, and naturally, regardless of Yang Jianguo’s future status as the successor of the Yang family and his prestigious identity, Li Hongda gave no response.
A flicker of coldness in his eyes, Yang Jianguo paused for a moment. Several people who were his staunch followers had accompanied him, and he did not want to lose face in front of them. Therefore, he didn’t withdraw his hand. Instead, taking the opportunity, Yang Jianguo turned slightly and cast his eyes to Chu Mo beside him, saying in a flat voice,
“You’re Chu Mo, right, the one whose family runs a chain of hotels? Well, our Yang family also has investments in the hotel industry. Should the opportunity arise, I could introduce you to a few friends. It might save you some trouble!”
Yang Jianguo’s voice was cool and aloof, as if even speaking to Chu Mo was a form of charity.
In his eyes, Chu Mo, whose name he had never even heard of, was probably just a nobody, a little follower behind his undisciplined younger brother’s back, a minor second- or third-generation figure who he ordinarily wouldn’t spare a second glance.
Such a person should be nodding and bowing even in front of his own useless brother, let alone before Yang Jianguo, the future helmsman of the Yang family; he should indeed be groveling.
He thought Chu Mo would shake hands with him enthusiastically, would greet him with nods and bows, which would nicely resolve the awkwardness caused by Li Hongda’s neglect.
However, reality and imagination had once again diverged; the young man, who he thought would kowtow to him, merely gave him an indifferent glance before, just like Li Hongda beside him, ignoring his overture completely.
“Third brother, your friend sure has personality, doesn’t he? Is his family from Capital City? What kind of business do they have there?”
A slight smile curled at the corner of Yang Jianguo’s mouth, and those who knew him were aware that when the smile-tiger nickname-holder revealed such an expression, he was extremely angry.
The Li family of Jiangnan held a trillion in assets, and Li Hongda was their sole heir. Even if Yang Jianguo was annoyed, he couldn’t do anything to the Jiangnan Li family; he neither had the guts nor the ability.
But Yang Jianguo’s anger was imaginable when a mere scion from Capital City dared to disregard him, Yang Ershao.
Across from him, the youngest of the Yang family, Yang Xiulu’s face was slowly regaining composure. He had originally had some fear of his second brother. Among the five siblings of the Yang family, second brother Yang Jianguo was the most domineering, and their father was quite biased toward him. Yang Jianguo’s succession as family head was inevitable, and naturally, Yang Xiulu would have to rely on his more capable second brother to live better in the future. In such circumstances, Yang Xiulu typically wouldn’t dare to go against his second brother’s words.
However, seeing his haughty second brother subtly at odds with Li Hongda, the heir of the Jiangnan Li family, and now picking a fight with Mr. Chu from Capital City, he couldn’t help but feel an unusual emotion stirring inside him.
Before Yang Xiulu could reply, the vivacious voice of the Yang family’s eldest daughter Yang Duoer rang out first:
“Young Master Chu’s family owns the Bafang International Hotel. This hotel is quite famous in Capital City and is a five-star international hotel! If second brother has the connections, perhaps he could take care of Young Master Chu’s family business!”
“Hmph!” Yang Ershao snorted with a sneering laugh through his nostrils and suddenly turned his head. He instructed a trusted aide behind him:
“Check out what’s the story with this Young Master Chu’s Bafang International Hotel in Capital City. Indeed, we should ‘take care’ of this Bafang International Hotel!”
Yang Jianguo emphasized the words “take care” heavily, and a middle-aged man in a black suit immediately nodded. He bowed slightly, his voice dripping with sycophancy:
“Rest assured, Mr. Yang, I’ll have someone ‘take good care’ of that hotel!”
As the words fell, the sycophantic middle-aged man took out his phone and started to make a call.
With Yang Jianguo, Yang Ershao, smug in his confidence, Chu Mo, sitting quietly at the banquet table, briefly glanced at Yang Duoer opposite him. The Yang family’s eldest daughter had a hint of unease in her eyes and was looking at him full of apology.
For the first time, Chu Mo felt that the Yang family’s eldest daughter was inscrutable.
With just a few sentences, she had sparked a dispute between Chu Mo and Yang Jianguo, the Yang family’s second son.
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