Chapter 626 The Future
After getting rid of Peng Deren, Chen Chen's big business in Pubei has basically stabilized.
Correspondingly, his recuperation life gradually became calmer.
There wasn't much to do, and even the Yankees were completely silent.
Chen Chen once wondered if they were holding back some big move, and if one day he would be blown to pieces by a heavy aerial bomb dropped from a B2 bomber flying 10,000 meters away as soon as he stepped out.
But fortunately or regrettably, no.
Chen Chen talked to Xiaoyu several times on the phone and finally determined that the United States had not given up or "changed", but that several core special operations departments, including JSOC, were all caught up in the struggle for power caused by the presidential election. In the whirlpool of the earth, he couldn't care about his own side for the moment.
In addition, the Middle East and Syria are still sharing the pressure. According to Xiaoyu's judgment, there is really no possibility of restarting the conflict between the two sides in the future.
This undoubtedly created an excellent window period for Dongfeng Group and Chen Chen, and also slightly slowed down Chen Chen's always tight rhythm.
He even finally gave himself a day off as planned—a serious day off, not just to recuperate.
As for what to do on vacation?
Chen Chen did have one thing that he urgently needed to do.
That is, counting money and checking accounts.
What he was checking was not the company's accounts, but his own.
At first, he thought this matter would be very simple. After all, wasn’t the money all in the bank card?
If you don’t have mobile banking, you can just go to the counter to check the balance and print out a statement. Then everything will be clear, right?
But the facts completely exceeded his expectations. When he found Peng Xucheng, who had been responsible for handling his personal financial issues, he was stunned by the figures the other party told him.
".So you mean, I have twelve bank cards alone?"
Looking at Peng Xucheng who was placing the cards on the table one by one, Chen Chen asked in disbelief.
"Twelve bank cards are not too many. The cards that are actually used for current deposits are only two or three."
Peng Xucheng shook his head and continued:
"Most other cards are specially opened for you for special financial purposes."
"Well, for example, this one is specially made to manage the trust in your name. The total amount of the trust is 47 million, which is your largest financial management fund."
"This account is for blue-chip stock investment. When I first deposited it, the total amount was 10 million US dollars. Currently, there is about 11 million in the account."
"A 10% income in two years is actually quite good."
"These two cards are bound to your large insurance policy - I didn't expect that you still have insurance."
"However, the insured amounts of these two policies are not high. The five-year annual payment is US$2 million, and the prepaid interest is 5.5%. The income is not exaggerated. The main thing is the guaranteed income."
"Others are some miscellaneous small financial management or current deposits, but this one is special."
"This is a special card for fund transfers between you and the other side. There is a fixed amount of RMB worth 15 million US dollars that needs to be reserved in it. The current number is probably at this level."
"Okay, I've introduced everything."
"I know you are impatient to hear it. Now I will give you a summary."
"Currently, your total personal assets are around US$120 million, all of which are funds you can use immediately."
"In fact, the number could have been much larger."
"But on the one hand, a large amount of funds were transferred to the group before, including US$40 million for missile procurement. This part of the funds is regarded as an increase in equity holdings, and Dongfeng Group is currently unprofitable, so in the short term There’s no way to get it back through dividends.”
"On the other hand, because of the particularity of your use of funds, the investments and financial products I choose for you tend to be highly liquid, with relatively low interest rates and yields, and relatively slow growth in funds."
"Lastly, to be honest, I really don't care much about your money, and I haven't made a too detailed plan - at best, it's better than 'just leaving it there'."
"So...this is the final result."
After listening to Peng Xucheng's introduction, Chen Chen nodded slowly.
In fact, he is not surprised by the amount of money he has.
After so many years of fighting and doing so many great things, I finally saved more than 100 million US dollars. Is it any surprise?
What he didn't expect was that when the business was already so busy, Peng Xucheng would help him arrange the funds so clearly. Even in his words, this was still "not a big concern."
It can be seen that even if he cannot be said to be "loyal", he is really "fulfilling his duties".
Thinking of this, Chen Chen looked at Peng Xucheng and said sincerely:
"Thank you very much. You deserve it as a great steward. It's really hard work."
"You have to take care of the company's affairs, and you even have to take care of my own money."
"When it comes to the mid-year performance appraisal, you can also fight for the benefits that should be fought for."
Chen Chen's words were an obvious "promise", but Peng Xucheng just shook his head in a very professional manner, and then said:
"no need."
"To put it bluntly, with my current position in Dongfeng Group, if I have selfish motives, what can I get that I can't get?"
"The most critical issue now is that Dongfeng Group is not big enough and its resilience is not high enough."
“If you’re not careful, it could fall apart — and I mean, of course, commercially.”
"So you'd better do less of this casual promotion of officials and rewards. Even if you want to reward someone, it won't be too late to reward them when the situation is completely stable."
"Now, millions or tens of millions don't mean much to me, and they don't make much difference."
"If I want to make money, I have to aim for 1 billion or 10 billion."
"Your ambition is quite ambitious."
Chen Chen said funnyly:
"The market is so big. If you want to share 10 billion, that's really wishful thinking."
"That's not necessarily the case."
Peng Xucheng shook his head seriously, and then said:
"If it is really a PMC or an arms dealer, it would be nonsense to make 10 billion."
"But we are not these two things. We have two 'fiefdoms' on this planet."
"There's a lot we can do, just now."
"Stop it!"
Chen Chen interrupted Peng Xucheng's words, and then said seriously:
"You'd better not mention the word fiefdom in the future."
Peng Xucheng's expression suddenly became awe-inspiring. He nodded and changed the subject wisely:
"Then let's not talk about work - by the way, why did you think of checking the accounts today?"
"Check it out when you have nothing to do."
Chen Chen picked up a bank card and then continued:
“If I want to spend some money, do you have any suggestions?”
"Then it depends on how you spend it."
Peng Xucheng leaned back on his chair and then said:
“Do you want highbrow, lowbrow, or something in between?”
"Explain it?"
Chen Chen asked curiously.
Peng Xucheng smiled slightly and replied:
"Let's start with the vulgar ones."
"Actually, I don't need to say more about this. Just refer to the warlords you fought."
"Play with women, buy watches, drive luxury cars, and at the higher end, play with jewelry, jade, and antiques."
"Anyway, in one sentence, what they play is either something that can only be played in Pubei, or it is leftover from other people's games."
"How about this? You probably have no idea about this approach, right?"
".No idea at all."
Chen Chen slightly shook his head helplessly and replied:
"Needless to say, watches and luxury cars, I'm not interested in them in the first place."
"Jewelry and jade, I feel uncomfortable thinking about Bai Gou's piece of nothing."
"Woman, how can I put it this way? You've seen really good stuff like this. If it goes down a level, you won't even want to touch it."
"That's true."
Peng Xucheng nodded in agreement and then said:
"What do you mean by that sentence? Once upon a time, there was nothing like water in the sea, but it was nothing but clouds except Wushan."
"What's more, this is not the past, you are now."
"Seriously, if you are still eating from the bowl and looking at the pot, I think you are out of style."
"Okay, let's go to the next one, and order it in the middle."
"What's in the middle?"
Chen Chen asked immediately.
"The middle one is about family, inheritance, and culture."
"Spend a lot of money to find a good woman, have a few children, and use the best education and the best resources to pass on what you have."
"This process includes many things, such as etiquette, traditions, knowledge cultivation, etc."
"Every step requires a lot of money. If you really take this route, I guarantee that you will not only be able to spend all the money, but it will not be enough."
After Peng Xucheng finished speaking, Chen Chen couldn't help but hold his forehead.
"I don't want to talk about whether it's enough to spend a lot of money. I just want to ask, what kind of good woman can I find with a lot of money?"
"That was a misstatement on my part."
Peng Xucheng waved his hand and said:
"Of course the money is not spent on women, it is spent on yourself."
"Use money to create an image that is enough to attract the best members of the opposite sex - but this step is no longer necessary for you, right?"
"How about this? Do you have any ideas for this route?"
"No."
Chen Chen shook his head decisively and replied:
"What kind of family, what kind of inheritance, in the final analysis, it's still the same thing as the clan."
"If you want to say that I'm not selfish, that's impossible."
"But if you are selfish enough to deliberately maintain these things, then I think you have lost yourself a bit."
"My family planning is actually very simple, without so many twists and turns."
"Of course you are simple"
Peng Xucheng looked at Chen Chen funny, and then said:
"Actually, I knew from the beginning that you would definitely not choose these two paths. As the old saying goes, it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality."
"You are too young and have done too many great things."
"So much so that your thinking has been 'alienated' to some extent."
“Even if it’s something as small as spending money, you will pursue a lot of meanings that may not necessarily exist.”
"Only with this meaning can you find true pleasure."
"So, the only choice left for you is the last one."
“This is the most difficult, but it is also the one that best fits your intended ‘meaning’.”
“And even better, it completely fills your void.”
"In the days when there are no wars in the future, you can definitely regard it as your new battlefield."
"Don't be so secretive, just tell me!"
Chen Chen couldn't wait to interrupt Peng Xucheng's chattering. He really couldn't wait to hear what Peng Xucheng had to say.
Peng Xucheng took a deep breath, and then said seriously:
"Change the world."
".Are you kidding me?"
Chen Chen looked at Peng Xucheng with a smile, and then said:
"Isn't Dongfeng Group changing the world? Isn't our goal to change the world?"
"I'm asking a personal question now, and you're just perfunctory with this answer?"
"That's because I haven't finished yet."
Peng Xucheng was not surprised by Chen Chen's reaction, as if this was also within his expectations.
Then, he continued calmly:
"There are actually great limitations to what Dongfeng Group can do."
"We are a military group. To maintain development, all our businesses can only be maintained near this core. There may be deviations, but they will never deviate too far."
"This leads to a necessity: many things you want to change cannot be changed through Dongfeng Group."
"Let me give you the simplest example. If, if you want the football team in the north to enter the World Cup, can you rely on Dongfeng Group to put a gun on their heads and force them to play?"
".To be honest, this is not something that cannot be considered."
Chen Chen replied thoughtfully.
Looking at his expression, Peng Xucheng couldn't help laughing out loud.
Then, he continued:
"So you do have something you want to change."
"Then let's go back to the original question. What exactly is changing the world?"
"In the final analysis, it is to make some things in this world more in line with your cognition and more in line with your expectations."
"This is the highest level of enjoyment, and it is also the highest-end one in terms of the problem of 'being able to be solved with money'."
"I believe you will like this way of consumption. Maybe not now, but you may just need a little guidance."
"For example, you can't point a gun at the national team's head and let them play football, but you can form a team yourself, and then use the team's results to tell others that people in the north can really play football."
"How about it, do you think it's interesting?"
"I don't know if it's interesting, but I understand what you mean."
Chen Chen exhaled deeply and nodded solemnly.
It has to be said that in this regard, Peng Xucheng's understanding of himself has really reached the extreme.
He knows what he wants and what he lacks the most.
So according to his thinking, in the next few decades, his life will have a foothold.
This money finally has a place to spend, and with this money, there are many things I can do.
Maybe I can change some injustice, maybe I can create some beauty, maybe I can dispel some "sorrow", or maybe I can just make some of my expectations come true.
This is very interesting.
A thought flashed through Chen Chen's mind, and vaguely, he came up with an idea.
When I was a child, I wanted to be a director. Maybe the first thing I did was to make a movie.