Siheyuan: There are seven fairies in my house, I am so busy

The eldest son's business has been very successful. Since the decision to expand the Haoziwei hotpot restaurant chain last year, Zhang Wenyuan has been working non-stop to run it with the support of Zhang Jialiang.

Because Haoziwei Hotpot Restaurant has a very good foundation, after a year of expansion, the hotpot restaurant now has 7 stores in Beijing, three of which are self-owned and the other 4 are leased.

The seven hotpot restaurants are all doing well and making profits, but the old stores are more popular. Of course, the new stores’ sales are also increasing rapidly.

This year's expansion target is set on Tianjin, a city not far from Beijing. Tianjin is very close to Beijing and is also a municipality directly under the central government. It has a long history and good economic strength. The first choice for Haoziwei Hotpot Restaurant to expand to other cities is naturally Tianjin.

Now there are two hot pot restaurants in operation in Tianjin, and two more have begun renovations. Under Zhang Jialiang's suggestion, the hot pot restaurants should maintain their own properties as much as possible, of course without affecting expansion.

Currently, the Haoziwei hotpot restaurant chain owns about 40% of its properties. Of the four stores in Tianjin, two are purchased with their own money, and the other two are rented. The locations of the hotpot restaurants are of course chosen because they have large local traffic and are suitable for opening shops.

After a year of expansion and careful management, the various systems of the hot pot restaurant have been gradually improved. A series of issues such as personnel training, logistical support, service standards, construction of business structure, etc. have been implemented into standard systems one by one to ensure that they can be replicated.

The characteristic of chain stores is that as long as the system is perfect and suitable for replication and the funds can keep up, the expansion speed will be very fast.

There are 4 stores in Tianjin, which temporarily meet the market demand. The eldest son chose Mo City as the target of the next expansion.

His plan is to start with the first-tier cities across the country, then gradually spread to the second- and third-tier cities, and eventually form a nationwide network to create a large-scale and influential restaurant chain group.

After years of management and operation, and one year of expansion, the eldest son is now full of confidence. He has gradually freed himself from Zhang Jialiang's support and has become a initially mature business operator.

The expansion of the Haoziwei hotpot chain does not require much support from Zhang Jialiang. The profits of the hotpot restaurants themselves can fully provide the corresponding expansion funds, and its self-generating function has become a virtuous cycle.

The profits of old stores support expansion, new stores grow rapidly and then become old stores to continue to provide more funds, and this cycle continues, promoting the rapid expansion of the chain.

After having a brief understanding of his eldest son's career, Zhang Jialiang stopped caring about it. His son was grown up, so he could let him do what he wanted.

Needless to say, the second son is still running the antique shop. He is happy every day, has enough money and a happy family. He lives a happy life. Zhang Jialiang doesn't care about him anymore.

The eldest daughter continued to run the fashion store, and after having some spare money, the couple seized the opportunity to become the agent for KFC, which had just entered the mainland market not long ago.

After opening a store, the business was booming and they planned to continue opening more. Xiaojiu and Zhao Yiming were both good at business and they did well without much support from Zhang Jialiang.

The youngest daughter, Zhang Wenwan, has now graduated from university. Unlike Xiaoqi and Xiaojiu, she is not interested in business.

Because her major was journalism, she was very interested in being a reporter. After graduation, she joined CCTV as a news reporter. She was busy running around all day and rarely stayed at home. At least this time when Zhang Jialiang returned home, he didn't see her.

Zhang Jialiang had no objection to his younger daughter's pursuit. The family was already wealthy, and his daughter was grown up and could do whatever she wanted.

Anyway, she will never lack money in her life. Whatever Zhang Jialiang leaves for her will be enough for his daughter to live a wealthy life.

As for being a journalist, Zhang Jialiang actually already has a TV station, a radio station, and a newspaper. If his daughter goes to his company, her career development will definitely be smoother.

But how could Zhang Jialiang dare to let his daughter go to Hong Kong to join his company? He was having a lot of fun outside, and if his daughter knew that this old man was having so much fun, he would be embarrassed. Zhang Jialiang was determined not to do such a shameful thing.

Although everything is not kept absolutely confidential, his family members may vaguely know about the bad things he did outside, but as long as this layer of window paper is not broken, everything will remain the same.

However, at his level and with so much money, it is still easy for him to help Xiaoqi's career go more smoothly.

Although he was not familiar with anyone at CCTV, as long as he put in enough effort and had money and resources, he soon contacted a senior executive at CCTV.

As for the way, it is very simple. Now Zhang Jialiang has invested in many enterprises in the mainland. Among them, Zhang Jialiang invested 1,000 million Hong Kong dollars in Haier Company and holds a 40% stake.

With his financial support, Haier purchased a new production line. Under the leadership of Zhang Ruimin, the company's development entered the fast lane and it also won the first gold medal in the refrigerator brand evaluation this year.

Haier has a lot of cooperation with CCTV. After Zhang Ruimin's introduction, Zhang Jialiang naturally came into contact with the senior executives of that TV station.

Otherwise, my daughter would not have been able to enter CCTV so smoothly, and she would not have had the opportunity to become a formal reporter just after working at the TV station and having not been trained for long.

Speaking of which, the companies invested by Zhang Jialiang are all very good. Since his investment, they have developed extremely rapidly.

The reason for this is not only that the heads of these companies are outstanding and are the elites of this era, but the key is that Zhang Jialiang's funds and status bring a bonus effect.

During this period, the country was developing its economy, actively welcoming foreign investment and offering many preferential policies.

Not only state-owned enterprises like Lianxiang and Haier, but also private enterprises such as Huawei, Wanke, Fuyao Glass, and Zhengtai Electric have become joint ventures because of Zhang Jialiang's foreign investment.

Because of the large amount of foreign exchange capital injection, they also received the attention and support of the local government, and their corporate reputation was expanded. Naturally, the various obstacles to their development were reduced a lot.

It cannot be said that these companies have had a smooth journey and have indeed experienced some difficulties and setbacks, but overall the development of the companies has been quite smooth.

Now these enterprises have become well-known companies in the local area, and Zhang Jialiang’s contribution to this is indelible.

Zhang Jialiang did not disturb them when he returned to the mainland. Each enterprise had its own staff sent by him to supervise and manage it, so he did not join in the fun.

Time flies, and the years fly by.

By 89, Zhang Jialiang was already 51 years old. Although he was over 50, his life was still colorful. He enjoyed the warmth of his family in the capital, and he could live a life of extravagance outside. He had everything he wanted, including beauties, money, and status.

His career in Hong Kong has been sorted out and does not require much of his energy. He will get involved occasionally when he remembers to do so. His main focus is still on finance.

By early December, Zhang Jialiang decided to go to Japan.

Now most of the funds in his hands are invested in Japan. Not only is Gaoshen Investment itself in Japan, but even the main funds of Ruoyu Investment in the United States and Bingshan Investment in Hong Kong are also invested in Japan.

It's not that Zhang Jialiang is a black-hearted person who is just trying to take advantage of others. It's just that Japan's economy has been too prosperous in recent years and it's too easy to make money here.