Chapter 1734: Not Pretending Anymore, Showing My Cards!

Ye Tao was about to collapse.

He finally understood that Ye Chen was the master of acting.

He and his father didn't even count for a fart in front of him.

Originally, he and his father had wanted to put on a show to get himself out and go back to continue presiding over the family enterprise.

He didn't expect Ye Chen to use just a few words to not only put him back in but also install a great Buddha they couldn't afford to offend in their family.

Ye Hongyang was also extremely depressed. He had no idea how to end this now.

Even the chance to take the initiative to let his son stay was very slim.

Because once that happened, it would be equivalent to admitting that he had just lied to Ye Chen.

They were already people who had committed crimes in front of the Ye family, and as a result, they were still playing little tricks with Ye Chen at a time like this. If Ye Chen caught their handle and blamed them, they really wouldn't have any chance at all.

Ye Changkong was almost excited to death at this time.

Seeing that Ye Tao still wanted to refuse, he hurriedly said, "Chen'er, you don't need to ask for their opinions on this matter. I see that they also feel guilty toward our Ye family and are embarrassed to trouble me again. However, I have always been easy to talk to. Trouble is trouble, but I am willing to work hard and have no complaints!"

Ye Feng was envious to the point of madness and hurriedly begged, "Ye Chen, my father's health is also not very good. Can I go and take care of my father's daily life too?"

Ye Chen ignored him and turned to look at Ye Hongyang and Ye Tao, asking with a smile, "How about it? My way of doing things as the head of the family is still reasonable, right? Even my own uncle is sent to help you. What kind of selfless spirit is this?"

Ye Zhongquan, listening from the side, couldn't help but reach out and wipe his face, thinking that Ye Chen was really too damaging, damaging to the point that he, the former head of the family, felt a bit embarrassed.

He knew better than anyone what kind of goods his eldest son was.

With Ye Changkong's level, he was completely holding the Ye family back.

If the Ye family were a speeding train, then Ye Changkong would be a carriage that could neither carry passengers nor pull cargo.

With this goods following the Ye family train, besides increasing the train's fuel consumption and reducing the train's speed, there was no positive effect.

Usually in the Ye family, serious major matters were handled by professional management teams and multiple global think tanks. He only needed to sign his name symbolically on the decision document, and then he would take the highest salary and dividends in the entire Ye family.

Ye Tao's furniture enterprise at home had a profit of only a few hundred million Euros a year. Under normal circumstances, Ye Changkong would spend this much in a year.

And Ye Changkong was very good at finding excuses to spend money.

If he went abroad for an inspection, he would first buy the best villa in the local area as a palace. According to him, he couldn't get used to any hotel and preferred to live at home, so buying a house was the best choice.

Moreover, he would also use the excuse that buying a house itself was a kind of investment.

What was even more ridiculous was that he would often bring up examples of McDonald's opening shops everywhere and buying houses and land everywhere, and finally making a huge profit, to endorse himself.

However, when normal people buy houses, it is indeed a kind of investment, but Ye Changkong buying a house is completely paying an IQ tax.

A 50 million villa, with 20 million in decoration, ready to move in, sold to him for 100 million, and he also feels it's very cost-effective.

And the villa bought needs to be equipped with various items, including various daily necessities, cars, yachts, and even private helicopters.

Besides that, it also requires a lot of manpower and material resources to maintain, in order to ensure that he can live there whenever he wants, and that there are servants to provide services at any time.

So this 100 million villa bought, buying cars, yachts, and helicopters, might have to throw in tens of millions more.

And the depreciation cost of these things is also shockingly high. A depreciation of 10 million a year is easy, and the maintenance cost of the entire villa and various equipment is also tens of millions. So it is definitely an astronomical figure.

That is to say, a villa thrown there without moving, it has to throw in 20 million a year.

If he goes there twice a year, the cost will increase even more.

After five years, calculate the account again. The original value of 70 million villa might have indeed risen, rising to 100 million, or even over 100 million.

But the maintenance cost and depreciation cost thrown in over these five years must be at least over 100 million.

Bought for 100 million, threw in over 100 million, and finally can only sell for over 100 million. Can this be considered a fart of an investment?

It was because the Ye family had plenty of money before, so he spent hundreds of millions or even over a billion through various ways a year, which was nothing in the Ye family, so the old man was too lazy to investigate.

But now if he is asked to manage things in Ye Tao's family enterprise, it is equivalent to arranging a pig to be the boss in an ant's home. Whether the pig can be a good boss is put aside first, the food that the group of ants worked hard to get, even if he doesn't eat a bite himself, might not be enough to feed him.

Ye Hongyang had long heard of Ye Changkong's level. At this moment, fearing that Ye Changkong would really go to his home and consume all the family property accumulated over so many years, he couldn't care about Ye Chen's blame, knelt on the ground and repented repeatedly, "Head of the family, I was wrong... I confess to you... our family has always been decided by my son Ye Tao in recent years! The reason I lied to you just now is because I still had selfish motives and wanted my son to go back to preside over the overall situation... I know I was wrong now... please punish me..."

Ye Tao was also scared pale, blurted out, "Head of the family... please let my father go back to manage the family industry, I will definitely stay in the country and do my best to serve the main family!"

Ye Chen's expression instantly turned incomparably cold, and he sternly reprimanded, "You truly have a lot of nerve! You fled overnight first, and now, not only do you show no remorse, but you are also here spouting lies! It seems that you collateral branches truly do not take the main family seriously at all!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Hongyang trembled all over in fear and hurriedly pleaded, "Head of the family... I was just confused for a moment just now; I did not mean to not take the main family seriously... After all, everything we collateral branches have today was given by the main family..."

Ye Chen snorted coldly, looked at the crowd, and said loudly, "The previous peaceful and prosperous times covered up too many problems in the Ye family, and also covered up too much filth! If it weren't for this disaster, I would have thought the Ye family was truly prosperous and thriving! Now it seems that it was all just a hypocritical facade!"

Having said this, Ye Chen cleared his throat and continued, "From now on, these problems must be thoroughly resolved! Regardless of whether your businesses still have any connection with the Ye family, everyone must put the interests of the main family first!"

"If you perform well, your original businesses with the Ye family can continue, and in the future, the Ye family's new industries will also give you some room to participate. My principle is nothing more than eight words: I promote you, you support me!"

"But if you continue to go your own way, not only will I sever all business between the main family and you, but I will also calculate all the aid and support the main family has given you over these many years, and demand compensation with interest compounded. If you refuse to acknowledge the debt, I have plenty of ways to deal with you!"

"Anyone who has any objections can raise them now!"

Hearing this, the crowd's expressions immediately tightened, and they hurriedly expressed that they would perform well in the future.

Seeing that no one had any objections, Ye Chen continued, "Very well, since you are all willing to choose to perform well, there happens to be a thorny matter at hand that requires you to pool your wisdom and efforts to share the burden for the main family."

Everyone stared at Ye Chen intently, not knowing what the thorny matter Ye Chen spoke of actually was.

At this moment, Ye Chen said indifferently, "The Ye family's servants, just like you, ran away as soon as the Cataclysmic Front came knocking. In the future, the main family will have no servants to use, and if word gets out, I'm afraid people will laugh their heads off. Therefore, before the end of this month, every one of your families must select two young descendants from your direct relatives to serve the main family! Fill the vacancy of servants for me first!"