District 9

In the Longcheng Wang family, the eldest son's courtyard, which used to have dozens of people every time a fire started in the evening, now looks very deserted, even a little gloomy.

Wang Tiannan died, Xiaoqin also died, and Wang Zonghan's physical condition was even more worrying. The atmosphere in the entire compound was very depressing. Many people who worked here felt uncomfortable staying here, so they resigned one after another. Usually, only Wang Zonghan's other children and two stewards are left, taking turns taking care of the sick patriarch.

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Wang Zonghan, who suddenly lost more than 30 pounds, looked a bit weird and scary. His face was pale, his lips were purple, his eyes were sunken, and his limbs were shaking every time he moved.

"Don't sit up, lie down quickly." Wang Zongxiao stretched out his hand to help him.

"No...it's okay...!" Wang Zonghan gasped violently and said to his children and the person in charge: "You go out, I will talk to the fourth child."

Everyone looked at each other and left silently.

"Is there... any cigarettes?" Wang Zonghan turned to look at his brother and asked.

"Stop smoking." Wang Zongxiao frowned and refused.

"The person who deserves to die is not less than this cigarette." Wang Zonghan stretched out his trembling palm and wiped his face vigorously: "Give me a whole cigarette!"

Wang Zongxiao thought about it for a long time, lowered his head and took out the cigarette case, lit one for him and put it on his mouth.

Wang Zonghan took a deep breath from the cigarette, and his body that had been shaking became calm inexplicably: "Fourth brother, while I can still... talk, we two brothers have to settle the matter."

"What's the big deal?" Wang Zongxiao asked.

"I...I don't have much time left," Wang Zonghan coughed twice and panted and replied, "You have to take over this stall at home."

"Oh, stop thinking so wildly. Didn't the doctor check? You don't have any serious illness..." Wang Zongxiao frowned and tried to persuade him.

"My illness is in my heart." Wang Zonghan shook his head slowly: "Fourth brother, your eldest brother can't get over this hurdle..."

After the words fell, there was silence in the room. Wang Zongxiao looked at him speechlessly for a long time.

"Dad is gone, Tiannan is gone, Xiaoqin is gone, and I didn't even take good care of Zongxiang..." Wang Zonghan lowered his head and shed tears in confusion: "I have survived until today, and my family has been ruined."

Wang Zongxiao held his arm and still didn't answer. He knew that there were some things that he could persuade, but there were some things that he couldn't, even if the two were brothers.

"When dad was alive, the one he valued most among his sons was you." Wang Zonghan lowered his head, tears falling: "In the past few years, he actually didn't want to take care of things. He talked to me in private several times. He is always trying to ask me if I want you to come back from Nanhu and take care of the family affairs with me. I know that dad most wants you to take over his class, but... But I have selfish motives, fourth child , I want to be the leader of this clan."

"Stop talking about this."

"Dad tried to ask me many times, but I didn't answer. He also knew in his heart that I wanted to take over." When Wang Zonghan said this, he broke down and burst into tears: "We are all sons. It's hard for him to favor anyone. I never mentioned this matter again, but just mentioned how I can be a good leader of the clan... Fourth son, I fucking regret it, I am indeed not as good as you! If I didn’t have this selfish intention, I would have asked you to come back from Nanhu as soon as possible Being the leader of this clan... maybe the family will not be separated, and Dad, Tiannan, Xiaoqin... Zongxiang and the others will not die."

When Wang Zongxiao heard this, he turned his head and looked aside with red eyes.

"... I also have selfish motives for devoting all my efforts to clean up the third house. In fact... I have known for a long time that Wang Zongtang couldn't be responsible for dad's death. He just wanted to set up his own business in his heart, and he definitely didn't do it on the surface. Dare to rebel in such a way... I have to deal with him. On the one hand, I am still worried about Tian Nan's death. On the other hand... I also want to win the third house and quickly establish my position as the leader of the clan... I know that we Some of my brothers are dissatisfied with me, and even Zong Xiang may not support me taking this position in his heart..." Wang Zonghan covered his face with his withered palms and cried in agony: "It was me who was greedy for power. Yu and the others think too simply... If we didn't fight hard, why would we be like this? It was me who killed them... Fourth child!"

There was no way Wang Zonghan could say these words to his children, let alone the relatives of the Wang family. The guilt, self-blame, regret and other emotions in his heart, those dark sides, have been suppressed for a long time.

"Fourth... This family is too heavy on me, I can't breathe..." Wang Zonghan's voice trembled: "I leave it to you."

Wang Zongxiao stood by the bed and watched his every move, feeling inexplicably desperate. He knows his elder brother's character and understands that it will be difficult for him to come out...

After the two brothers talked for more than an hour, Wang Zonghan was lying on the bed and called his children, as well as the clan members of the second and fourth bedrooms, and explained many things to them.

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The next day, Wang Zongxiao personally went to a well-known private hospital in Fengbei to hire a medical team to treat Wang Zonghan in Longcheng, but it was of little use.

One month later.

Wang Zonghan died of illness at home at about one o'clock in the morning. When he died, he was less than 100 pounds.

After the funeral, Wang Zongxiao made a special trip to Nanhu to find connections with the upper management of the garrison, and quickly completed the resignation procedures.

Another week later, Wang Zongxiao took over the position of clan leader obediently and held a meeting for the family's key clan members.

At the head of the conference room, Wang Zongxiao glanced at everyone with an expressionless face and said softly: "Tell me a few directions. First, no matter what happened before, from now on, we must not initiate any conflicts with Wang Zongtang. . Once I find someone deliberately stirring up trouble or causing trouble, I will definitely punish them severely. Second, the focus of development in the next five years will be in the district. We must reduce the number of industries outside the district and gradually move our family business to the mainstream. Second Third, the family's main industry must be reformed, from a business model in which each individual manages a stall, to a unified management by a newly established group, and a professional management team must be hired to measure the performance of these people in our family through assessment methods. Do you have the ability to sit in an office and give orders?”

As soon as he finished speaking, the faces of everyone in the family became a little ugly, because most of them held the title of factory director or manager, but they were just messing around all day long. If Wang Zongxiao did this, wouldn't they be far away from the center of power?

"Don't be unbalanced, don't think I'm targeting someone." Wang Zongxiao frowned and said, "Reforming does not reform others, start with my family, my wife, and my relatives. If they don't do well, I will do the same to them, and everyone will supervise them. .”

Everyone was speechless when they heard this.

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at the same time.

Songjiang also became lively because Tiancheng Security Company was officially established and the ribbon was cut three days later.