Ordinary Road 2010

Chapter 626 A Father's Advice

Generally speaking, neither Lin Yi nor Gu Caiwei have deliberately inquired about each other's family situation, they only talk about it when they happened to talk about it.

Lin Yi knew that Gu Caiwei's father was named Zhou Zecheng, and he also knew who he was.

But because Gu Caiwei never said that she would take him to meet her father, Lin Yi naturally would not ask for it.

After all, even if it is the Gu family, apart from the previous accident, it was Lin Yi's first serious visit during the Spring Festival not long ago.

So this time when Gu Caiwei said that her father wanted to see her, Lin Yi was a little strange, but she still came generously.

When Lin arrived there, he didn't find the broken car parts from the previous day.

Of course, after teaching Gu Changning and Gu Changqing a lesson, Zhou Zecheng had ordered someone to clean it up, and the excavator was nowhere to be seen.

"Lin Yi? Please come inside."

"Hello Uncle Zhou."

"sit."

"I don't know what Uncle Zhou likes. It's not easy to come empty-handed in the first month, so I brought some small gifts casually. Don't dislike it."

Zhou Zecheng took a glance, he knew the goods.

"Tobacco, wine, tea, these are just a few things to give a man, all of which are high-end. But I didn't call you here today to discuss business, but to meet Xiaowei's boyfriend as her father."

"Of course, when I came to Yuezhou, I should have thought of coming to visit. I was rude."

"You don't need to be so cautious. You shouldn't be so polite to Xiaowei's mother, right? Seeing that you are so unfamiliar, it means that I, as a father, don't care much."

"Where, Xiaowei often said that the love you gave her father surpassed the fathers of many complete families."

"That's still incomplete."

It was a bit difficult for Lin Yi to answer these words, but fortunately Zhou Zecheng didn't want to make things difficult for him, and didn't stop the topic here without embarrassment.

"Actually, I've wanted to see you for a long time."

"The first time I met you was... during the winter vacation of 11, seven years ago. At that time, you should have not established a relationship, because Xiaowei said that you were her ordinary classmate."

"The second time, Gu Changning and Gu Changqing told me that you became Xiaowei's boyfriend and hoped that I could intervene, but I scolded you back."

"Oh, by the way, you don't have to worry about these two idiots in the future, and they will never appear in front of you again to obstruct your eyes."

"At that time, they said that Xiaowei would suffer after finding a poor boy. I advised them not to look down on others. Now that I think about it, my daughter and I have a better vision than them."

Zhou Zecheng smiled when he talked about the past, and Lin Yi felt the warmth.

"You are so familiar with these things, it is enough to show your love for Xiaowei."

Zhou Zecheng found him pleasing to the eye, and continued: "I wanted to see you three times in the past, but in the end I didn't get what I wanted."

"The first time was when you graduated from high school. You and Xiaowei were about to move to another place. I wanted to find out your depth. Xiaowei said that she was afraid that I would scare you."

"The second time was the Spring Festival of 2013. Changge and I took Xiaowei to Lin'an to talk about "The Voice". When you met Xiaowei, we were actually not far away."

"At that time, you were already starting a business, and you made a name for yourself. To be honest, I was very curious about you. But Changge advised me not to put too much pressure on you two children, and I missed it again."

"In retrospect, Changge and I have never underestimated you, but we never thought that you would have such a big career today."

"Of course we didn't expect that Xiaowei could go so far in the entertainment industry, because of Changge's ups and downs in the early years, we are very aware of how difficult this road is."

"In short, everything is good fortune. Sometimes I have to believe that you may be destined to meet people in the dark."

Lin Yi said sincerely: "The two of us cannot be where we are today without the support of our family."

"The love and care that have never been absent from childhood to adulthood are things that many people can't ask for. Not to mention that when we grow up, we can always get warmth and strength from our family members when we encounter difficulties and pain. "

"I said these words are not just to show you, they are all words from the bottom of my heart."

Zhou Zecheng nodded: "I believe."

"I've heard a lot about you from Xiaowei. Although the media calls you the strongest post-90s generation on the surface, I haven't seen outstanding young people, and I'm not uncommon for this."

"What's more rare than that is that you are a kind and righteous person."

"I believe in Xiaowei's vision. I saw you here today. With the experience of half my life, I am confident that I will not misjudge anyone."

He paused for a moment, then changed the subject.

"But Lin Yi, do you know when I wanted to see you for the third time?"

"When you have an affair."

"Of course I don't think it's a big deal for you to disclose your relationship with Xiaowei. Even if she really loses her job and goes home, I can afford it for the rest of her life."

"But the cohabitation scandal between you and your female president, even if it is publicly clarified, as a father, I still cannot accept it."

"I only found out later that you came to Yuezhou overnight to explain. If you hadn't left that night, we should have met at that time."

Lin Yi naturally wanted to say something: "Actually..."

Zhou Zecheng stretched out his hand to interrupt.

"It's been so long, and I'm re-discovering it today, which is not the meaning of asking the teacher for the crime."

"You came to Yuezhou overnight to explain, which shows the weight of Xiaowei in your heart. Changge is not easy to fool, so I didn't hold on to it."

"But as Xiaowei's father, even if it is a few years late, I still want to tell you this sentence."

"My daughter, she must not be bullied."

Zhou Zecheng's tone did not deliberately carry threats, but Lin Yi still felt the weight.

"Of course, I never wanted to bully her. Maybe we can reach an agreement on this point, hoping to protect her forever."

Zhou Zecheng didn't know whether to approve or not.

"Speaking of protection, I heard from Xiaowei that recently you have provided a lot of protection for her work through your social connections."

"I would like to thank you for this, because she is in that mixed circle, and her mother and I are very concerned about her safety, and have thought of many ways to do this."

"I admit that you are a capable person. You can already do things that we can't do."

"But Lin Yi, even if I'm just an old-fashioned country rich man in your eyes, it doesn't affect what I just said."

Lin knew before he came that today should be a test, but he didn't expect that there would be so much pressure just to chat.

"Like Xiaowei, I have never disrespected you."

Zhou Zecheng seemed to hear him mention his daughter, and finally smiled: "That's the best."

"Actually, I said these words not so much as a threat from an old father who loves his daughter, but as a reminder."

"Xiaowei, she looks so delicate, like a flower in a greenhouse."

"I'm not sorry about it, but I'm proud of it, because it shows that me and her mother took good care of her to keep that on her."

"But Lin Yi, you should know that Xiao Wei is not what she appears to be inside."

"She is just like her mother, soft on the outside and strong on the inside."

"If you really did something sorry to her, then no matter whether I will go to you to settle the score, you will lose her forever."

Zhou Zecheng lowered his head slightly.

"Xiaowei should have mentioned about our family's affairs more or less."

"It's been a wonderful life for me to ask myself. I've seen things that most people haven't seen."

"I have had many regrets, but the only thing I really regret is that I am willing to give up everything to do it all over again, and that is to divorce her mother."

"But I can't do it all over again."

"So Lin Yi, if you don't want to be like me, surrounded by your own regrets for the rest of your life, I hope you can remember my advice today."

Lin Yi nodded solemnly.

Chapter 627 The Magic of Finance

What Lin Yi got in Yuezhou was a piece of "familiar land", and the local government really gave it a lot of convenience, and all the procedures were given green light all the way.

So the full set of procedures was obtained shortly after traveling thousands of miles. Lin Yi personally announced the official start of the production base, and symbolically shoveled the first pried soil.

So far, the car-making project that he has placed high hopes on has entered the implementation stage.

Another thing can also be put on the agenda.

After Lin Yi returned to Beijing from Yuezhou, the company's CFO Liu Jianni submitted an important document, the 2017 annual financial audit report.

"I won't turn it over, let's talk about the key points."

Liu Jianni had expected it a long time ago, and she dug out an attached summary for him and introduced it.

"First of all, the most important point is that in the 2017 fiscal year, under the effect of various cost reduction measures we have implemented since the beginning of the year, the main business of Wanli Travel, which is the online car-hailing travel business, has achieved profitability."

"Because this is our first year of turning around, the level of profitability is not very high, but it is a good start and better financial performance is expected in 2018."

"As a result, we have fulfilled the performance promise we made to investors when Wanli Chuxing and Tudu Taxi merged in the third quarter of 2016."

"Lin Yi, we did it."

That's a big achievement indeed, because the hapless Uber is still plagued by profitability problems, and Kalanick is getting as much blame as he was favored back then.

I don't know how long the guy can sit there.

However, Lin Yi didn't regard this as great news. He just achieved his goal step by step. After all, they made a lot of choices for this.

Since the merger with Dudu, except for the king star of each group who briefly coveted the piece of cake that Wanli Travel has already occupied, no other short-sighted guys have jumped out to fight against it.

Lin Yi not only drew the Chuhe-Han boundary with Wang Xing, but also maintained restraint with all overseas competitors including Uber, and did not take the initiative to attack.

In short, profits should be made.

"Apart from this, there are other bright spots in the company's overall financial performance in 2017."

"Given that we have completely stripped off the unprofitable business modules, we are completely clean on this one."

"Other aspects, our exploration in new business directions is mainly reflected in investment subjects, specifically three projects."

"Among them, the investment in Mobike, a shared bicycle company, contributed the largest non-operating profit to us in 2017."

"Since the first investment in Mobike in September 2016, we have made additional or follow-up investments in every subsequent round, and the highest shareholding ratio reached 9% before Mobike was acquired."

"In November last year, you decided to give up the Mobike acquisition opportunity to Factory A. The total consideration at that time was about US$11 billion, and the delivery was completed before the end of the year."

"Through this transaction, the company has recovered a total of about US$12 billion in funds. Compared with our previous rounds of investment, the return on investment has exceeded 200%, and the cycle is just over one year."

"I didn't often encounter such a good project when I was a venture capitalist."

Liu Jianni was obviously in a good mood, and it was rare for her to make a joke.

Lin Yi has invested in the bike-sharing industry for more than a year, and finally gave Mobike a feint, throwing this pit out.

Of course, Factory A didn't think it was a trap.

This kind of transaction where both parties feel that they have made a profit is the perfect transaction.

"There are two other projects, namely the autonomous driving project in cooperation with Xiong Factory, and the car manufacturing project that has introduced the first round of financing led by Factory A."

"These two projects are now in the early stage of investment. The cost is huge and the investment period is long. It is expected to drag down the performance for a long time, so we have divested it financially."

"The self-driving project was originally led by Xiongchang, and the car-making project was intentionally split out and named Pengcheng Motors separately. According to your opinion, it can be listed independently in the future."

"That's the general picture of the company."

Liu Jianni talked about it all the time, but in fact it can be summed up in one point:

They have met the listing conditions.

But before that, Lin Yi had another proposal.

"Jane, there is an idea that I have been thinking about for a long time since my senior sister left, and I think it's time to discuss it with you."

"Now the company's business line is very simple, and our goals are also very clear. You understand the matter of profitability better than I do."

"At the same time, I also hope to devote more energy to focus on the highlight of the next few years, the car-making project."

"So, I suggest that you be promoted from CFO to CEO, what do you think?"

Of course, such an important decision is not a whim.

In terms of loyalty and ability, Lin Yi has worked with Liu Jianni for several years and has full trust in her. In terms of the current business of Wanli Travel, even if Lin Yi himself continues to serve as CEO, he may not be able to do better.

From the perspective of the company's development stage, a professional manager with a financial background is in charge of the top management team, which is usually a sign of the maturity of a large company.