Chapter 518

A family that has been rich for ten years is only a nouveau riche, and has been rich for a hundred years has become an aristocrat, while the Tata family behind the Tata Group in India is obviously the latter!

Tata Group has a history of nearly 150 years since its establishment in the middle of the 19th century. The first four leaders came from the Tata family. Until the fifth generation leader mistery took over three months ago, Tata group was controlled by outsiders for the first time!

After more than 100 years of wealth accumulation and family details, the Tata family has become a living aristocrat. From the Gulfstream G550 private plane welcoming Fang Zhe and others to the luxurious private manor like a palace, Fang Zhe and Lei are dazzled. After seeing the life style of Tata, an ancient family, Fang zhe understands that he is at most a rich upstart!

While leading the way, Pramod enthusiastically introduced Fang Zhe to the rich collections decorated around him, from Da Vinci's paintings to Rodin's carvings, to Louis XIV's handwritten manuscripts, and even Fang zhe saw a bamboo painting of Zheng Banqiao in the corner!

Fang zhe has no doubt that these collections are true or false. I'm afraid any one of them will be enough to auction a sky high price!

When the two servants opened a carefully carved wooden door, Fang zhe saw an old man dressed easygoing and reading carefully on a luxury sofa.

The decoration of the whole living room is a bit similar to the style of the British royal family. There is a huge fireplace in the living room. Not far away, two beautiful maids are standing there quietly, one of them holding a tray containing fruit, like a statue.

There is no doubt that the old man in front of him is Ratan Tata, the owner of the manor, the helmsman of the Tata family and the former chairman of the Tata Group!

Seeing Fang Zhe and others coming in, Ratan Tata put down his book and got up to meet him. Fang Zhe and Lei took two steps forward and shook hands with him politely and respectfully!

After the two sides politely greeted each other, Ratan Tata asked Fang Zhe and President Lei to take their seats while turning his head and giving orders to the maid. A moment later, the maid came up with a bottle of exquisite and simple red wine.

Pramod said with some joy: "Mr. Fang, Mr. Lei, this is the red wine brewed by our family and treasured for more than 60 years. It is only used to entertain the most distinguished guests and drag you two. I can taste it again today!"

Hearing this, Fang Zhe, who was talking to Ratan Tata, couldn't help looking at the red wine served to the maid.

The wrapping paper of this bottle of red wine has turned yellow, but you can still clearly see the words written in English and Hindi. The name of the wine is Tata wine, and the year marked below is 1947!

Fang Zhe and Lei looked at each other with some surprise on their faces. It has been 65 years since 1947. The age of this wine is longer than the founding time of new China. Its value must be far more than that of Lafite in 82!

Seeing Fang Zhe's expression, Ratan Tata seemed interested. He began to tell Fang zhe the story of this bottle of red wine, or the glorious history of the Tata family:

"In 1868, my uncle's grandfather jamshettjee returned from studying in Britain and founded the first textile factory of Tata group. At that time, the whole of India was colonized by the East India Company. My uncle's grandfather thought that only strong industry could save India. In the future, he invested the money he made in steel mills, power plants, education and many other industries.

This manor was bought by him from an English nobleman. Later, he bought a small company brewing red wine and named it after our family. No one has ever drunk this wine except our family members and visiting guests!

My uncle jahangi is the third generation successor of Tata group. A few years after he took over, India became independent. That is, in that year, India's grapes grew very well. My uncle personally ordered people to seal and hide these wines, and stipulated that unless the Tata family was poor, future generations could only take out three bottles of wine of this year at most every year! "

Ratan Tata's story made Fang zhe sigh. Such a family that has been inherited for hundreds of years is full of stories everywhere!

When Fang zhe finally tasted the bottle of red wine full of stories, he felt that there was a special charm between his lips and teeth. To tell the truth, Fang zhe didn't think how good the wine was, but it seemed that after listening to the story, the strange smell of the wine became a unique one!

In return for courtesy, Fang zhe also opened his mouth to tell his past story, but it was not a legend of his entrepreneurship, but some interesting and embarrassing things that happened from his childhood to his growth. They felt fresh and interesting about the life of ordinary people in Tata's family, which had been rich for hundreds of years!

The chat atmosphere gradually became active. Ratan Tata suddenly asked curiously, "Mr. Fang, can you tell me the secret of your great achievements in just a few years?

My uncle's grandfather spent 30 years to become the richest man in India. Many people regard it as the reincarnation of Shiva, but now, I think you are more like the reincarnation of Shiva! "

Fang zhe smiled and said, "there is no god Shiva in China. If you have to say something secret, I think it should conform to the current situation!"

"Conform to the current situation?" Ratan Tata was surprised. His nephew Pramod listened to the conversation with great interest.

Fang zhe explained: "just like your ancestor founded a textile mill at the most appropriate time, many industries he invested in later were also what India needed most, and I just followed the trend of mobile Internet and seized a small opportunity!"

Just then, Pramod interrupted and asked, "Mr. Fang, what do you think is the current situation?"

Fang zhe glanced at him and looked at Ratan Tata's old face, thinking that the uncles and nephews were really direct!

Before Fang zhe spoke, Ratan Tata stopped and said, "Pramod, be polite to guests. Mr. Fang has said that he just seized a small opportunity of the mobile Internet. Naturally, the current situation is also the mobile Internet.

However, our Tata family has been established for hundreds of years, and the core of the family industry has always been industry. You should focus more on this, rather than competing for opportunities with those young people who started from scratch! "

Although Ratan Tata is educating Pramod, Fang Zhe and Lei always can still feel the arrogance and indifference. The rich people look down on their children to teach them not to grab food from the poor. That's what he said, but Fang Zhe's ears are a little uncomfortable, because he belongs to the kind of young man who started from scratch!

Fang zhe said lightly, "yes, don't grab opportunities with young people who start from scratch, because young people want more because of the false name of the richest man!"