Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 405 Graduation Ceremony
Like a family, like a country, once it shows signs of decline, all kinds of messy things will follow.

This is the case with the Jia family.

Ever since the Lunar New Year wedding, which seemed like a raging fire cooking oil and blooming flowers, things have been getting worse year by year.

If nothing else, it can be seen from Jia Mu's birthday.

A few years ago, Jia's mother's birthday had to be spread out over several days because there were too many guests and she was afraid of not being properly greeted.

Now, even the birthday banquet has been skipped.

After more than a month of going to the court to attend sacrifices and traveling with the team, Jia Mu could not afford to fall ill.

Coupled with Jia Zheng's unspeakable illness, it is difficult for the whole family to gather together during the Mid-Autumn Festival, let alone birthday banquets.

In the past, the back house of Rong Mansion was difficult to enter, so Lai Shangrong was still looking forward to Jia's mother's birthday banquet, so that he could take the opportunity to get close to the female family members of the back house.

Now, Jia's mother is lying in bed, and he has unscrupulously regarded the back house of Rong Mansion as his own home.

Even in Wang Xifeng's courtyard, he has become the master openly.

On the contrary, Jia's mother canceled the birthday banquet, which saved him the trouble of attending the banquet and socializing. Of course, if Jia Zheng contracted such a disease, even if the Rong Mansion is planning a grand event, there probably won't be many people visiting, and there won't be much socializing. .

Today, in the morning.

Lai Shangrong opened his eyes and looked at two white arms, one on the left and one on the right, wrapped around his chest.

Carefully put them away and get up from the bed gently.

"Master, wake up!"

Yuanyang was used to serving people, and she slept lightly, but it finally woke her up. This sound also woke up Xing Xiuyan.

The two quickly stood up to serve.

The March period has passed, and Lai Shangrong gradually returned the focus of the evening to his back house.

Youshi and Qin Keqing's child is still young, and Lai Shangrong is not in a hurry to let Xing Xiuyan take care of it, so he has been exposed to both rain and dew these days.

"Uncle, I still stay in the new house, there are many sisters there!"

However, there is only Xing Xiuyan in the old house, so there is less people to share the profits. Of course, it is for this reason that the share of Rong Mansion is also placed in the name of the old house.

Seeing Xing Xiuyan's increasingly plump body busy in front of him after giving birth, Lai Shangrong couldn't help but reach out his hand.

"Uncle!" Xing Xiuyan glanced angrily and complained, "Don't miss the time to go to court!"

Lai Shangrong took back his hand angrily and turned to Yuanyang: "Are your parents arriving soon?"

Jia's mother was bedridden, so Lai Shangrong took the opportunity and asked Jia She to transfer the Yuanyang family to his house.

Yuanyang's brother Jin Wenxiang is in the capital and has come over to help. Lai Shangrong arranged for him to practice with Xue Biao.

Although Xue Biao's business is relatively sound, money and silk are very attractive, and the Lai family's business is not small. If it is not controlled, there will inevitably be no problems in the future.

Therefore, since Lai Da gave up the business, the Lai family's business can be said to be three pillars.

Xue Biao took the lead, assisted by Xing Zhong and Jin Wenxiang.

Yuanyang's parents have been in the south, guarding the old Jinling house in Rongfu. The road on both sides is far away. Yuanyang's parents are not young anymore and cannot bear the fatigue of the land journey.

So Lai Shangrong arranged for them to go north by boat, and the day was coming soon.

"Ask me, sir! We'll be here in the next two days!"

"Well! When you get here, you can discuss it with Xiuyan!"

"Thank you, uncle!" Yuanyang said gratefully.

Dressed neatly, he went to the west wing, looked at the couple, and then rushed to the restaurant for dinner.

Needless to say, I rushed to the imperial city to attend court.

After the morning court, Yuan Chengtao and other officials from the state-owned department met outside the palace gate and drove to the school for workers' children.The staff school has been established for three years and will welcome its first batch of graduates this year.

As the cornerstone of the future State-Owned Industry Department, Lai Shangrong will naturally come to win people's hearts.

Therefore, a graduation ceremony was arranged.

Yuan Chengtao acted as the host and made some opening remarks.

"I'd like to invite you..." After giving a series of prefixes, he continued: "Master Lai will give a speech to everyone!"

The audience immediately gave the warmest applause since the opening, and the applause was like a river, continuous.

After a cup of tea, Lai Shangrong waited until the applause stopped, then slowly raised his hand and made a downward gesture.

There was immediate silence in the field.

Clearing his throat, Lai Shangrong said slowly: "First of all, I would like to congratulate all of you, the students who are about to graduate.

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I once said in the court that economics has never been a tool for seeking personal gain, but carries the great ambition of running the world and benefiting the people. Now, I would like to share these words with you.

Although what you are studying is not a book of saints, there is no need to underestimate yourself.

I am a great summer, every stroke and every stroke is my backbone!
Although what you have learned is not a way to manage the world and benefit the people, it is a way to benefit the country and the people!
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You are the backbone of Daxia and the pillars of the imperial court. On the occasion of your graduation, I wish you..."

The speech that could have ended in a quarter of an hour was interrupted by applause several times, so that it took two quarters of an hour for Lai Shangrong to end his speech amidst the excitement of the crowd.

With his current momentum, he may still be a little lacking in the court, but in the one-third-acre land of the State-owned Department, his momentum is as strong as ever.

Lai Shangrong is quite proud of the students' reaction.

Now, the first phase of the development zone has come to an end. Once these graduates graduate, they will be assigned to various factories.

Compared with their predecessors, they can write and count, and they also know some basic physics knowledge. They will undoubtedly be the backbone of the State-owned Corporation in the future.

Under Lai Shangrong's deliberate influence, he admired him more than his fathers.

Even if he hands over the post of head of the State-Owned Affairs Department in the future, his control will remain unshakable.

After attending the entire graduation ceremony, Lai Shangrong left the school under the welcome of the students.

He did not go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to check in, but returned to the state-owned Yamen.

Although he didn't put much effort into these graduates, when he first became aware of the crisis, he focused on the 'Baolai Society' that had emerged among the students.

There are many key members among this year's graduates, and of course Lai Shangrong must pay special attention to their arrangements.

Although employment in state-owned enterprises is not like that of later generations, Lai Shangrong still initiated internal two-way selection.

On the one hand, by taking care of students' interests and hobbies, they will be more motivated in future work; on the other hand, they must also take into account the needs of state-owned enterprises, after all, talents are hard to find nowadays.

After taking out the career intention forms of several people, I was pleasantly surprised to find that several of them actually chose the Security Department. They immediately sorted them into categories and arranged for Yuan Chengtao to supervise them.

After lunch, Lai Shangrong asked again about matters related to the construction of the development zone and made decisions one by one.

After everything was arranged, it was time to leave the office.

"Go back to the old house!" After getting in the car, Lai Shangrong thought for a while and then said: "It's better to go back to the new house first and change clothes."

According to the schedule tonight, he will live in the new house.

I went to the old house to find my father Lai Da. The first phase of the development zone was about to be completed, and it was time for the orphans recruited to come to Beijing in batches.

(End of this chapter)