No one expected that Ye Chen would change the 12-year ancestor worship ceremony to once a year.
You should know that although the ancestor worship ceremony is of great significance, it is also a waste of money and money.
So, an older member of the side branch in the crowd said, "Ye Chen... The ancestor worship ceremony is once every twelve years. It is a rule set by the ancestors. You have to change it to one year.
Once, it’s too frequent, right? I personally think that it may not be a good thing for us to disturb the peace of our ancestors so frequently! If our ancestors are unhappy, then this is a great disrespect to our ancestors!”
Ye Chen looked at him and said coldly: "It was because it was once every twelve years before, so you, the ones named Ye, have long forgotten their ancestors! Others said they were coming to dig up your ancestors' graves.
You all fled from Yanjing overnight! Do you respect your ancestors so much?!"
The old man suddenly turned red and quickly closed his mouth.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Ye Chen asked, "Why don't you talk anymore? Wasn't you quite able to speak just now?"
After saying that, Ye Chen pointed to the Ye family’s ancestral tomb behind him and asked him coldly: “Come on, in front of the ancestor, please explain to the ancestors carefully, how do you respect the ancestors?”
The old man said in shame: "I...I'm wrong..."
Ye Chen said coldly: "Don't tell me! Come out and talk to my ancestors in person!"
The old man could only walk out of the crowd and faced the tombs of more than a hundred ancestors of the Ye family, and said ashamedly: "The ancestors of the Ye family are above, and the unfilial descendant Ye Weiming is wrong! I hope the ancestors forgive me!"
Ye Chen snorted coldly, ignored the old man, continued to look at the more than 700 branches of the Ye family in front of him, and said sternly: "Don't think you are the Ye family's side branch. My head of the home made a request to you.
, I'm bullying you!"
After saying that, he pointed to Ye Changkong, Ye Changyun, Ye Feng, Ye Hao and others who were kneeling on one side, and said coldly: "You open your eyes and take a look at the kneeling beside you! They are all
Members of the Ye family! Here are my uncle, my uncle, my aunt, and my cousins. They have made mistakes and still have to kneel here for three days and three nights!"
As soon as these words were said, Ye Changkong and the members of the Ye family lowered their heads in shame, while the more than 700 members of the side branches were also stunned!
Only then did they realize that Ye Chen's iron blood was not just targeting outsiders.
He was more ruthless in his family than in their hands!
Ye Chen continued to speak in shock at this time: "And I might as well tell you that most of them will stay in Yeling Mountain in the next three years from now on to mourn for their ancestors!"
"In the next three years, even if there is a knife in the sky, they will not be able to leave a step!"
"Even if someone is seriously ill and needs to stay in the ICU, I will build the ICU for him to Yeling Mountain!"
When these members of the Ye family heard this, they were already a little scared. They thought that Ye Chen would let his family kneel here for three days and three nights, but they didn't expect that there would be even more cruel!
At this moment, Ye Chen looked at them coldly and continued, "So you all listen to me. From now on, if any of you dares to betray the Ye family or cause losses to the Ye family, then you have one
If you count one, the outcome will definitely be worse than theirs!”
Seeing this, no one dared to raise any objections to the ancestor worship ceremony.
The reason why Ye Chen wants to worship the ancestors once a year is to continuously strengthen their loyalty to the Ye family through faster frequency, and at the same time, let them understand the relationship between the Ye family and their masters and slaves, so that they can have the idea of loyalty to the emperor in their hearts.
, and then strengthen the Ye family's control over them.
At this time, a young man said, "I can understand the ceremony of ancestor worship once a year, but why do we still have to come to Yanjing to report our duties every three months?"
Ye Chen asked him back: "You use the resources of the Ye family and make money from the Ye family. I ask you to come and report your work every three months. Do you have any other opinions?"
The young man hurriedly said, "Our family has moved overseas for a long time, and has gradually shifted its business focus over the years. The business we operate overseas has nothing to do with the Ye family."
Ye Chen nodded and asked him: "What's your name?"
The young man replied, "My name is Ye Tao."
Ye Chen nodded slightly and said, "Okay, I'll ask you, what business is your family operating overseas now?"
Ye Tao hurriedly said: "We produce and sell Chinese furniture to the entire Europe, mainly facing Chinese customers, and our production site is Romania."
Ye Chen frowned and asked, "Why do you want to produce Chinese furniture in Romania?"
Ye Tao replied: "It is mainly because Romania has very high timber production and their labor costs are relatively cheap."
Ye Chen asked again: "Then how many workers do you have in Romania? What is the annual output value?"
Ye Tao thought for a while and said, "We have about 10,000 employees in Romania, with an annual output value of about 2 billion euros and a net profit of about 20%.
Ye Chen nodded and said, "So, you have a net profit of 400 million euros in this business alone."
"Yes." Ye Tao said: "A few years ago, our production base was still in China. I suggested that my family move the production base to Romania."
Ye Chen asked him: "The production base is located in China, why do you recommend moving to Romania?"
Ye Tao explained proudly: "Originally, we produced in China and sold in Europe. Although the logistics cost was much higher, because the domestic labor was relatively cheap, the overall profit margin was even higher than now, but I have been in five years.
The premonition that the EU will continue to increase tariffs and other taxes on foreign products in the future. In that case, our products will lose all advantages in the European market, and then the profit margin will decline sharply. I am not wrong, from three years.
Since the beginning, the EU has been continuously increasing tariffs on imported furniture, and so far it has increased by at least 40%!"
Ye Chen nodded and said, "After you move your company to Romania, you can avoid this European tariff policy, right?"
"That's right!" Ye Tao explained: "While we moved the production base to Romania, we also re-registered a company in Romania, which is equivalent to turning our products into local products produced in Romania, and because Romania also joined the company.
Because of the EU, the entire European market has given great preferential policies to Romanian products, and in this way, we have also truly enjoyed this discount."
"The tax cost is lower, and our price can be lower, which will allow us to have more sales, so the overall profit margin is also considerable. In contrast, other Chinese furniture has been producing domestically,
Every company sold to Europe suffers heavy losses.”
Ye Chen smiled and said, "It seems that you are quite good at managing."
Ye Tao said confidently: "Of course, I finished my bachelor's degree at Yale University at the age of 20 and a master's degree in business administration in two years. I started to participate in the operation of a family business at the age of 18. I dare not say that it is done.
A business genius, but definitely better than most entrepreneurs who talk about it on paper.”
Ye Chen nodded slightly and smiled, saying, "Since that's the case, you won't have to go back this time. Stay in China and help me. By the way, I will also check you. Are you really good at it?"