Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Story of the Chaebol

"Brother, we are back from school."

Not long after Sun Xiaoting returned to the Sun family manor, the boys who were adopted by Sun Tong also went home after school.

When Sun Tong adopted these five boys, it was actually more for the purpose of training a team for himself.

But they were still just children after all. After Sun Tong had been with them for a long time, he naturally developed feelings for them. Now these five boys have become Sun Tong's younger brothers.

"You're back, so what are you yelling about? Why do I have to go to the door to greet you?"

When facing Sun Xiaoting, Sun Tong always spoke in a soft voice, but when facing the five boys in front of him, he didn't have that good attitude.

In addition to ensuring the food, clothing, housing and transportation of these five little guys, Sun Tong has always been very strict with them in other aspects. These little guys also cherish their hard-earned happy life. Moreover, they also know that Sun Tong's strict requirements on them are for their own good. Therefore, no matter how much Sun Tong scolds them, these guys don't care. Instead, they will be closer to Sun Tong.

"Sun Wei, you are the older brother, so I asked you to set an example for your younger brothers. But look at you now. You can't stand or sit properly. Stand straight now!"

"Brother, I'm already standing straight enough!"

Sun Wei had a bitter face and looked at Sun Tong and then at Sun Xiaoting innocently.

Even the oldest of the five boys, Sun Wei, is one year younger than Sun Xiaoting. So whenever Sun Tong wants to teach them a lesson, they will ask Sun Xiaoting for help. Also, it is only at this time that Sun Xiaoting will stand up and disobey Sun Tong.

"How dare you talk back? You don't need to look at your sister. It's useless. You go to your sister as soon as I say a few words to you. I'm telling you, today I have to punish you for your bad habits. Hurry up and stand still."

"Brother, I know I was wrong"

Sun Wei's reaction was quick. Seeing that he would be punished by standing if he didn't admit his mistake, he apologized so quickly.

"Brother, Xiao Wei already knows he's wrong, so don't punish him."

In two years, the little ones in the family have become familiar with each other, especially Sun Xiaoting, who has cooperated with her younger brothers more often. When she saw Sun Wei admit his mistake, the little girl immediately stood up.

"Humph, I won't punish you today for your sister's sake, but not punishing you doesn't mean the matter is over. I'm keeping a record of you. If you dare to act so careless in the future, you'll be finished if I don't discipline you. All right, all of you stop standing there and clean up quickly, because we'll have dinner soon!"

Although Sun Tong still had a stern face, the little guys knew that what Sun Tong had just said was just to scare them. If Sun Tong really wanted to beat them up, he would not say those words.

In fact, Sun Tong is very satisfied with the daily performance of his adopted brothers.

Except for the youngest Sun An who behaved relatively normally, the other four boys in these boxes were smarter than each other, especially Sun Wei. Although this boy looked careless on weekdays, he was the smartest among the five children.

Ever since sending these children to school, Sun Wei has become the "other people's child" in the eyes of other classmates' parents.

He got first place in this exam and learned most of the knowledge in one go.

It is precisely because of his excessively strong learning ability that this kid usually acts as if he doesn't care about anything. As a genius, he will have some problems to a certain extent.

Fortunately, this kid knew how to speak and act in moderation, and he didn't act arrogant or look down on others. This meant that Sun Tong could only teach him a lesson by focusing on some of his minor problems.

Several children ran upstairs happily, and soon the sound of children's laughter was heard upstairs.

To be honest, living in such a turbulent era as the Republic of China, it was also Sun Tong's luck to have these children to accompany him.

As a newly-risen tycoon in Shanghai, Sun Tong always speaks and acts flawlessly and is confident in everything he does in front of outsiders.

Only when he returns home and faces the child in front of him will he let down his guard and reveal his true nature.

However, as he had more and more money and the scale of his businesses grew, he had less and less time to stay at home. In the future, he only hoped that these children would grow up and become successful soon. At that time, with their assistance, Sun Tong would definitely be much more relaxed.

"Hongxi, go and inform Ah Cheng and Zhihua and ask them to come see me tomorrow morning. I have something for them to do."

"Yes, sir"

Compared with Sun Tong's industrial scale in Chou Country, Foxconn's development in Long Country in the past two years has been less than satisfactory. At least Sun Tong is not very satisfied with the development speed of Foxconn.

However, the national conditions of Long Country are special after all, and it is now in a period of warlords' infighting. It is not easy for Hu Cheng and Fang Zhihua to manage the existing business.

In two years, Hon Hai Chemical has grown from initially selling only medical alcohol and matches to now also adding cosmetics, toiletries and other products. The scale of the company has expanded more than tenfold in two years. In this regard, Hu Cheng, the general manager of Hon Hai Chemical, has made great contributions.

Judging from Long Guo's current poem, if you replace anyone else with someone else to do business, it is estimated that no one can do better than him.

Recently, Hon Hai Chemical is planning to enter the clothing industry based on its newly invented materials. Sun Tong asked Qu Hongxi to invite Hu Cheng to his home in order to discuss this issue with Fang Zhihua.

As for Hon Hai Printing Factory, it has now been renamed Xinghai Printing Factory. In two years, the printing factory has not only undergone two expansions, but Fang Zhihua has also established a newspaper company and a film company based on the printing factory.

Xinghai Daily and Huaxing Weekly, both published by Xinghai Company, are currently being marketed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai regions, especially Xinghai Daily. Although this newspaper was born a little late, thanks to Hu Cheng's skills, Xinghai Daily has now become the most popular comprehensive newspaper in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai regions.

Today, Xinghai Daily is seeking opportunities for outward expansion, but due to the unstable domestic environment, this plan has never been carried out. It is for this reason that Huaxing Weekly came into being.

When Huaxing Weekly was first established, it was actually just a by-product. At that time, the development of Xinghai Daily had reached a bottleneck, and Hu Cheng was troubled by the inability to open up markets in other parts of the country, so he founded this publication at the suggestion of Sun Tong.

But no one expected that Huaxing Weekly would develop so rapidly since its inception.

In just ten months, this publication became the most popular magazine in Shanghai and even in the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai regions. Moreover, because this magazine did not have the timeliness of a newspaper, Huaxing Weekly was sold to other regions in the country before Xinghai Daily.

The reason why Sun Tong approached Hu Cheng this time was mainly because Hu Cheng was planning to establish two new magazines. Unlike the comprehensive content of Huaxing Weekly, this time Fang Zhihua planned to launch two professional weeklies.

The former "Chemistry" aims to be a professional chemical weekly, while the latter "Martial Arts" magazine will naturally follow the route of martial arts novels.

Sun Tong didn't know whether Hu Cheng's idea would succeed, after all, no one had ever done this before.

But this did not prevent Sun Tong from supporting the other party's idea. After all, it wouldn't cost much to create these two weeklies. If they succeeded, it would be gratifying. But if they didn't, Sun Tong wouldn't feel sorry!