1929 I am a chaebol in the United States

Lu Chen returned to his office and found that his work seemed to be almost done. The company was now managed by Fu Mingzhuo and Chen Jianghe. He had nothing to do.

He felt that it was not a good idea to have too much free time, so he should find something to do to pass the time.

Lu Chen began to think about what he could do. He thought that since the employees said there were no entertainment venues around, it must mean that they felt their spare time was too boring.

When Lu Chen thought of this, he had an idea. When it comes to playing, who can compare to a close friend in the future?

To help these grown men release their excess energy, exercise is definitely the best choice.

Rugby is definitely a good sport for intense confrontation. Lu Chen thought about it and realized that rugby is not very friendly to Chinese people. The Chinese are physically weaker than white people and black people. Lu Chen felt that rugby, a high-confrontation sport, was not very suitable.

Apart from rugby, there are still soccer and basketball. Lu Chen thought about it and thought that both soccer and basketball were good. Especially basketball, which was invented only a few decades ago. The rules were very simple. Just throw the ball into the opponent's basket. There were no traveling violations. There was no 24-second violation. No one would whistle you if you ran around the court with the ball.

Besides, it is relatively easy to build a basketball court now. Just build two basketball hoops. Lu Chen thought about it and decided to build a few simple basketball courts near his factory.

Then Lu Chen thought that he could also build a football field. He could find an open space, build two goal posts, and then find people to play together.

Lu Chen thought his idea was great and started preparing immediately. Lu Chen went directly to the machining workshop and found a few welders in the workshop. He asked them to weld a few basketball hoops and football goalposts according to his description.

After listening to Lu Chen's description, several welders welded several racks in just a few hours. Lu Chen also found some people to move the racks to the open space next to the factory.

Lu Chen looked at the field. Football can be played with just one ball. But for basketball, it would take a while to pave the yellow mud ground. The basketball probably wouldn't bounce back. Thinking of this, Lu Chen had no choice but to contact the construction team again and ask them to deal with the basketball court.

Lu Chen drove out again and bought a basket of basketballs and footballs. He then placed the balls in a union activity room at the company.

After Lu Chen finished all this, he asked someone to issue a notice to tell those who like to play football and basketball that the company has prepared a basketball court and a football field for them.

As soon as the announcement was issued, the company's employees showed two completely different reactions. First, the Americans in the company were all overjoyed after hearing the news. They all expressed their gratitude to the company. Then, as soon as they got off work, they ran to the ball court.

The other type of people are us Chinese. These people don’t seem to be very interested in these sports. They still live the same life of going to work and coming home.

Lu Chen was a little confused. Didn't the Chinese people like these sports? Lu Chen thought about it for a long time but couldn't come up with an answer. Unable to come up with an answer, Lu Chen decided to go to his parents for the answer.

Father Lu saw Lu Chen coming to him with a heavy heart, so he smiled and asked:

"Xiao Chen, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so worried?"

Lu Chen said: "Dad, we built a few football fields and basketball courts. We also sent a notice to the employees, telling them that they can go out and play after get off work. But after the notice was sent out, only Americans went to play, and no Chinese went to play."

Father Lu frowned and asked, "I have heard of basketball and football, but I have never played them. Can you tell me how to play these two balls?"

Lu Chen was stunned. He had never played before. After his father asked him this question, Lu Chen figured out why the Chinese people didn't respond. It was because the Chinese people had never played these two sports. The Chinese people didn't know how to play. So they were indifferent to the several courts they built.

But even if Lu Chen found the reason, there seemed to be no solution. He couldn't possibly hire a teacher to teach them how to play.

Seeing that Lu Chen didn't say anything, Father Lu asked again: "Xiao Chen, what are you thinking about? I asked you a question, why don't you answer it?"

Hearing Father Lu's question, Lu Chen stopped thinking. Lu Chen said with a wry smile, "Dad, this is a bit complicated to explain. I can't explain it in a few words. As long as you go to the court a few more times, you will know how to play."

Father Lu smiled and said, "You are right. You don't have to worry about those Chinese now. As long as they go to the court a few times to watch how the Americans play, they will naturally be interested in playing after learning."

Lu Chen nodded to show that he understood. Then Lu Chen was about to leave. But Lu's mother came out and said to Lu Chen:

"What are you doing? You're leaving right after you came to our place."

Lu Chen stopped and said with a smile: "Mom, how could that be? I was just going to the bathroom."

Mother Lu said, "You came and had dinner before leaving. You're always running around outside. You don't even bring me a wife. Look at your elder brother, he's already married and will have a child soon. And look at you, you don't even have a partner."

Here he comes, here he comes. Lu Chen knew that as soon as he got home, he would be nagged by his mother. He just didn't know if his mother would arrange a blind date for him this time.

"Xiao Chen, I heard that there is a pretty good girl from the Yun family. Do you want to meet her?"

Lu Chen was stunned. Miss Yun, when did his mother have contact with the Yun family? Lu Chen looked at his mother in surprise and asked:

"Mom, who told you that the Yun family has a girl?"

"Your brother Jiang He often told me that the girl from the Yun family is very good. I thought, since the girl is good, I will let you marry her."

It turned out to be Chen Jianghe. Lu Chen breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"Mom, the girl from the Yun family that Brother Jiang He mentioned is the one he likes. He told you about it probably because he wanted you to help him find a match. He didn't ask you to find a match for me."

Mother Lu looked at Lu Chen in confusion and asked, "Does your brother Jiang He like the girl from the Yun family?"

Lu Chen nodded quickly and said, "That's right, Mom, you don't know, that girl from the Yun family is a former schoolmate of Jiang He. When I first came to the United States, he often sent others home, and we even fought with others for this store girl."

Mother Lu looked at Lu Chen in disbelief and said, "Brother Jiang He would fight? This is impossible. He has been obedient since he was a child. He has never been naughty. How could he fight? You are not lying to me."

Lu Chen quickly said, "I really didn't lie to you. If you don't believe me, you can go ask my bodyguards. We were all involved in that incident."

Then Lu Chen told Chen Jianghe how Yun Jin was blocked by Xiao Rizi at school and how he went to help Chen Jianghe out of the situation.

Mother Lu still had some doubts and asked:

"Is what you said true?"

Lu Chen said affirmatively: "Mom, please believe me, everything I said is true."

After hearing this, Mother Lu smiled and said, "Okay, that girl's name is Yun Jin, right? I'll find some time to go to the Yun family and help Jiang He find a match."

Lu Chen took advantage of his mother's happiness and quickly found an opportunity to slip out.