Chapter 268: If You Don’t Make It, You Can Only Go Home And Be A Ceo
The military region’s order had come down two days ago, but they only told Chen Jun now because there was no rush, and time was plenty sufficient.
To ensure Chen Jun could deliver this “lecture” well, the military region gave him a full half month for preparation.
The lecture required preparing a manuscript in advance, and the bond between combined arms tactics and combined arms units was special, so it naturally needed even longer preparation time.
Chen Jun had already gone out to give lectures before, just not on such a large scale.
There was naturally no issue of stage fright.
However, with this time’s specifications being so high, the intensity still forced Chen Jun to take it seriously.
A lecture tour within the entire Eighty-fourth Group Army, even if conducted by regiment, involved lecturing plus social engagements and travel time on the road.
Making a full circuit of the entire group army would conservatively take at least a month or more.
At the same time.
Chen Jun also realized this was a rare opportunity to get to know the entire group army and spread his reputation throughout the group army.
As long as he could make his name resound in one group army, nationwide renown would be just half a step away.
So Chen Jun cherished this opportunity greatly, treating it as the biggest matter in his life.
To deliver this lecture well, he planned to push off all social engagements for the next week, focus on organizing the information and materials at hand, and write a manuscript that was both professional and not obscure, with profound influence.
The regiment fully supported Chen Jun, with Regiment Commander Wang personally promising to respond to every request.
Gao Cheng even patted his chest in guarantee, saying Steel Seventh Battalion could be safely left to him for management, and Chen Jun just needed to focus on this lecture tour.
However, just when everything was ready and even the east wind had arrived.
Accidents always came catching off guard.
The original host of Chen Jun’s body had a conflict with his father at home, and a big one at that, so he never went back.
After Chen Jun transmigrated and replaced him, he also failed to immerse into the son’s role and similarly never went back.
Even though as an officer cadre he qualified every year for family visit leave to go back, Chen Jun never used it once, always staying with the troops.
Even when Chen Jun’s mother missed her son and called multiple times urging him to come back for a visit.
Chen Jun insisted on not going!
And the reason for refusal was perfectly justified.
Chen Jun had all the original host’s memories in his brain, knowing how he had fallen out with his old man back then, even making a father-son agreement out of spite.
The agreement was that after three years in the troops, if Chen Jun hadn’t done as he said and carved out his own world in the army, becoming a top-notch upright man, an excellent soldier.
Then Chen Jun would obediently go home and take over the multinational enterprise his grandfather had personally built.
The memories Chen Jun inherited didn’t specify exactly how much assets the Chen family’s enterprise had.
The original host was a rebel who strongly resisted such things, feeling bound by the family, wanting to break free and find his own life, so he never bothered to learn about it, and from junior high started boarding school with rare trips home.
But from all the memories, Chen Jun could roughly infer it must have some money.
In the memories, Dad always went out in a Laozi!
Chen Jun had never done business nor knew any luxury goods.
But in the 90s, to afford a Laozi, his net worth might not be trillions, but conservatively over a hundred million was no problem.
It really lived up to that saying—
If he didn’t make it outside, he’d have to obediently go back to be president.
Chen Jun knew about this three-year agreement, so he always used it as a shield, holding out until now without going home.
However, while this worked well, it also had repercussions.
The repercussion was that it had already been over three years now!
Chen Jun’s legitimate father, Chen Zhenhua, got a headache thinking of his rebellious son, always watching the calendar waiting for this day.
The moment the three-year term arrived, he immediately called to contact Chen Jun to fulfill the promise.
But at that exact time they were preparing for the acceptance assessment, the whole regiment busy beyond measure, and every call Chen Jun couldn’t pick up, pushing him off.
After the acceptance assessment ended, up to now they’d still been busy nonstop, no time to call back.
Unable to reach him, Father Chen Zhenhua thought Chen Jun was doing poorly in the troops, feeling guilty inside for losing the three-year bet.
So he figured Chen Jun was deliberately avoiding contact, trying to renege on the father-son agreement by playing rascal.
He instantly blew up!
Since Chen Jun kept finding ways to dodge, then as his father he’d personally show up at the door for a face-to-face confrontation.
If Chen Jun still wouldn’t admit it then, Chen Zhenhua decided to go find the troops’ leaders.
He believed the troops were a fair place, and the leaders would surely stand up for him as head of household, giving him a satisfactory answer.
Therefore.
No matter how busy with business, Chen Zhenhua believed passing on the family line was more important, specially pushing off several big business deals just to confront Chen Jun.
And so.
On the third day of Chen Jun’s “closed-door preparation” for the lecture tour, a Mercedes-Benz pulled up outside the base main entrance of Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment.
The Chen Zhenhua who got out wasn’t entirely sure if this was the place he was looking for; he’d gotten it from Mother Chen.
Back then, Chen Jun was cornered by Mother Chen and really didn’t want to go home for family visit.
So he casually found an excuse, saying if Mother Chen really missed him that much, she could come to the troops to see him anytime.
Since it wasn’t a confidential unit, he told her the address.
Chen Jun had figured his mother, as a strong woman overseeing the group’s finance, had busy daytime work and couldn’t make time to visit the troops.
So after saying it, he forgot about it, not taking it seriously.
Chen Zhenhua had also paid a not-small cost to pry this address from his wife, personally driving over with the driver.
Unsure if it was his son’s unit, he could only get out and ask the guard.
Thinking Chen Jun was doing poorly in the troops, too embarrassed to call him, Chen Zhenhua felt embarrassed to give his son’s name, asking the guard if this was the 45138 troops.
This was Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment’s external code!
Seeing Chen Zhenhua’s extraordinary bearing, with a driver handling the luxury car, and no special treatment, the guard treated him equally and warned: “Comrade, this is 45138 troops, but we don’t receive outside visitors, please leave promptly.”
“No, I’m not here to visit, I’m here to find someone in your troops, my son is serving here.” Chen Zhenhua hurriedly explained.
Military families visiting relatives in the troops was allowed, so the guard didn’t press Chen Zhenhua to leave.
He took out the registration book and said: “To enter the army, you need to register here first, and for family visits someone inside needs to come pick you up. Did you call ahead?”
“I wanted to call, but there’s no signal, can’t make calls.”
Chen Zhenhua raised his right hand to show, holding a black big mobile phone in his hand—this thing was a super luxury item in this era.
Its status wasn’t much lower than a Mercedes-Benz!
“Then which company is he in? I’ll call the company to contact him for you.” the guard said.
“Seems like Seventh Company, something Steel Seventh Company.” Chen Zhenhua recalled and said.
“Steel Seventh Company?”
The guard was very surprised to hear this company.
He hadn’t expected that Steel Seventh Company, such an awesome company, would have a rich kid who could afford a Mercedes-Benz, truly overturning his common sense that kids from wealthy families couldn’t endure hardship.
“Yes yes yes, Steel Seventh Company.” Chen Zhenhua nodded and said.
Seeing this wealthy man with no airs, looking quite approachable, the guard had a good impression.
He kindly explained: “Steel Seventh Company is gone now, might be some trouble…”
“Ah? Gone?”
Chen Zhenhua was baffled and anxious, interrupting before the guard finished: “I called half a month ago, it connected then didn’t it?”
“Old comrade, don’t worry, I haven’t finished.”
The guard smiled and explained: “What I mean is Steel Seventh Company has been reorganized, all moved away, the camp isn’t here, you need to go to Steel Seventh Battalion’s base to find them.”
“All moved away?”
Chen Zhenhua was unfamiliar with the place, seeing the guard quite patient, could only plead: “That, little warrior, I’m really not familiar here, could you call for me, contact Chen Jun, tell him his dad is here to see him.”
“What?? Chen Jun?”
The guard was all too familiar with this big name, thinking he’d misheard.
With Chen Jun’s current prestige in Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment, his influence there, even the production squad feeding pigs knew him well.
Not to mention it was his dad coming to see Chen Jun—this was solid big news.
“Yeah, my son is Chen Jun, any problem?” Chen Zhenhua asked puzzled.
Worried it was a namesake, the guard confirmed: “You mean the former Steel Seventh Company commander, now Deputy Battalion Commander Chen of Steel Seventh Battalion?”
“Ah? Deputy Battalion Commander? That’s not right, my son seems to be a deputy company commander, not deputy battalion commander.”
Now it was Chen Zhenhua’s turn to be dumbfounded.
Since making the agreement with his son back then, even if his mouth was stubborn as a dead duck, deep down he still cared about his son.
To understand his son’s life, to have common topics when together later.
In these years, Chen Zhenhua had even changed his own interests, putting in no small effort to learn about the troops, collecting lots of information.
Not a die-hard military fan, but at least an army expert.
He knew well how hard promotion in the troops was.
With his son Chen Jun’s skinny-as-a-pole body, poor physical fitness from not exercising, learning results decent but talent ten thousand miles from genius.
In over three years in the troops, becoming deputy company commander was already burning incense.
Chen Zhenhua knew even excellent people needed a decade, at least seven or eight years, to reach deputy battalion commander in the troops.
With his son Chen Jun that beanpole.
Deputy Battalion Commander?
Even ancestral graves smoking green was impossible.
And what he didn’t know was…
Chen Jun was not only deputy battalion commander now, but a proper regiment-level deputy battalion commander, even if acting, the rank was right there.
If he knew Chen Jun was now battalion commander level, his eyeballs would probably drop to the ground.
And this shock right at the entrance would also be the start of Chen Zhenhua’s several days of itinerary continuously entering shocked and dumbfounded state.
“Isn’t it? Our regiment’s company commanders and deputy company commanders, I know them all clearly, only one company-level cadre named Chen Jun, he’s already promoted to deputy battalion commander.”
The guard was also dumbfounded by Chen Zhenhua.
How could he know Chen Jun and Chen Zhenhua, this father-son pair had such bizarre relations, information seriously blocked from each other, Chen Zhenhua’s info stuck a year ago.
Things from this past year, Chen Jun hadn’t mentioned home at all.
“That deputy battalion commander is also named Chen Jun?”
Chen Zhenhua really couldn’t believe such an awesome Chen Jun was his son; after all, when he came, he was thinking his son was doing so poorly in the troops he was scared to contact him.
Now suddenly son became deputy battalion commander, really hard for him to accept.
He wanted to refute again, but thinking there was only one Chen Jun in this troops, refusing further would probably mean not even entering the gate.
Chen Zhenhua had seen the world, starting from ocean shipping.
Ran around many countries in the world for years.
Thinking since both named Chen Jun, meeting first was fine, even if wrong, he could ask him to help find son Chen Jun.
With this idea.
Chen Zhenhua stopped fussing, simply going along with the guard’s words: “If there’s only one Chen Jun, then he might be my son, please contact him for me.”
Confirming Chen Zhenhua was Chen Jun’s dad, the guard’s attitude changed immediately.
He immediately moved over the on-duty stool, placed it next to Chen Zhenhua and said: “Come come, comrade, sit and rest, I’ll call for you.”
Then to the other guard nearby: “Don’t just stand there, come help him fill out the form.”
The other guard immediately came over beaming, personally filling the registration form that visitors usually did themselves, without any complaint.
Chen Zhenhua saw the two guards’ attitudes shift from formal and serious to suddenly so good, again baffled.
“Seems this Deputy Battalion Commander Chen Jun has quite some prestige in this troops, unlike my disobedient son, what a disgrace.”
Chen Zhenhua inwardly sighed deeply about the gap between his kid and others’ kids.
Then cooperated with the guard to register.
Since Steel Seventh Battalion base was independently outside, the guard couldn’t call directly there, so had to call regiment headquarters first.
And this was originally just a small matter, usually not even alerting a minor officer.
But on Chen Jun, it was completely different.
When the regiment telephone operator squad received the call, hearing it was Chen Jun’s father come for family visit, the matter’s priority skyrocketed instantly.
From originally not dispatching anyone, just notifying the visited soldier cadre to handle themselves.
It became the squad leader immediately notifying the regiment commander’s civil servant, then the civil servant hurriedly informing Regiment Commander Wang.
“What? Chen Jun’s father is here for family visit?”
Regiment Commander Wang was also surprised to hear this, then without thinking grabbed his jacket and hat, heading out while loudly arranging: “Xiao Li, quickly notify Steel Seventh Battalion’s Deputy Battalion Commander Chen, then go call the political commissar down, have him come with me to the main entrance.”
