Chapter 073: He's a Natural Gambler
The next day was Sunday.
Chang An woke up and found that Zhou Wei was no longer there, she was the only one on the bed, but there was obviously a shallow dent on the pillow next to her, and she herself only occupied a small half of the bed, and there was an empty space next to her.
Chang An buried her head in the quilt again, and took a deep breath, her complicated feelings could not be described, but she could vaguely feel a little fear, she felt as if something was quietly changing, she couldn't control it, and she didn't even know how to control it.
Chang An changed his clothes and went downstairs, there was no one in the living room, and there seemed to be a voice talking on the phone in the study.
"Xu Nan, help me check the background of the Mid-Levels studio...... That's right, it's an architectural design company that Yuan Xi just cooperated with recently...... Okay, send it to me as soon as you have the information, and inform the people of Galaxy to go to the company for a meeting in the afternoon...... Yes, around half past one, I'll send you an email in a moment about the content of the meeting...... No, I haven't seen the stars recently, you can contact her directly, and send a meeting notice......"
After Zhou Wei finished speaking, he turned around with his mobile phone, and saw Chang An standing at the door at a glance.
Each other was stunned, and finally Zhou Wei spoke first: "Up?"
Chang An: "Well, is it disturbing your work?"
Zhou Wei: "No, make a phone call and explain something to Xu Nan." β
Chang An: "Then you are going to the company in the afternoon?"
Zhou Wei: "Well, there are some urgent matters that need to be dealt with. β
Chang An let out an "oh" and didn't ask any more.
Lunch was made by Aunt Wang, and when she saw Zhou Yan at home, she happily burned a table of dishes, Chang An never ate much, and always felt a little exaggerated.
After eating, Aunt Wang washed the dishes in the kitchen, and Chang An went in to get water to drink.
"Miss Chang, it's rare to see Mr. at home with you on the weekend, how ...... have you two been recently?"
It's really gossip and a lot of words, Chang An smiled, didn't answer, and walked out with a bottle of water.
Aunt Wang's hands were full of foam, and she was a little embarrassed to stand in front of the pool, and she lowered her head to do things again after a while, but she was not happy in her heart after all.
"What's the spirit, I've been married for more than a year and I've been at home for these two days, and I don't have any children until now..."
Chang An took the water and went to the living room.
Zhou Wei had already changed his clothes, probably on the weekend, working overtime temporarily, so he didn't wear a very formal suit, just a pure gray crewneck sweater, which turned out with a shirt collar inside, and the shirt was also a very clean color, so the whole person was bright and handsome.
Zhou Wei found that Chang An was looking at him, and smiled, "What's wrong?"
Chang An immediately retracted his gaze, "It's nothing, will you come over for dinner at night?"
Zhou Wei: "Come here?"
Chang An: "......"
Zhou Wei: "Shouldn't you say 'come back'?"
Chang An was speechless, "Do you need to chew words with me like this?" Having said that, she also deliberately weakened the word she just said, but "come over" and "come back" Chang An knew in her heart that there was an essential difference between the two, and in her heart, Changhe was just a place for her to stay alone, and for Zhou Qing, it was more like a small port that occasionally borrowed or stopped.
The fragility and sensitivity in her bones, coupled with the lack of trust, made Zhou Wei smile bitterly when she hit her head, but after thinking about it, she couldn't help but convince herself to forgive, after all, the two started with the worst relationship, and now it's only a few days, can you still expect Chang An to change sex in just a few days?
Never mind......
Zhou Wei smiled instead, "The afternoon meeting may be a little long, so you may not come back for dinner in the evening, you don't have to wait for me." β
Chang An answered and didn't ask any more.
"Then I'll go upstairs to change my clothes, and you can help me close the door before leaving. β
Zhou Wei was stunned, "Where are you going to change your clothes?"
Chang An: "When I went to the studio, the editor said that there was a new draft to talk to me. β
Zhou Wei: "When?"
Chang An: "It's about two o'clock!"
Zhou Tao glanced at his watch again, "Then I'll send you over." β
Chang An: "No need, my studio is in Century Plaza, and it's not on the way with your company, so I'll just take a taxi." β
Zhou Wei didn't listen, and took the computer directly, "That's it, you go upstairs to change your clothes, I'll wait for you in the car." β
Chang An: "......"
Chang An changed her clothes and went out, Zhou Wei had already driven the car to the door, she opened the car door by herself and sat on it, Zhou Wei swept her eyes, she actually wore a down jacket for the first time today, milky white short, light blue skinny jeans underneath, and a pair of sneakers, wrapped in an orange scarf, no powder, a clean face, and Zhou Wei was stabbed in the heart.
"How do you dress like this?"
Chang An was worried and looked down, "Something?"
Zhou Wei coughed, turned his face and started the car.
"No problem, I just look like a child who hasn't grown up yet!"
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The snow on the road has melted a little, and there are snowplows on the main road to help, so it basically does not affect the traffic.
Chang An has been chatting with his mobile phone> Zhou Wei glanced at her from time to time, and finally couldn't help asking, "Who are you talking to?"
"I'll edit!"
"Are you an editor male or female?"
"Male. β
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After a period of silence, Zhou Wei asked again: "How old are you?"
Chang An didn't understand the meaning for a while, "What?"
"I ask you editor, how old are you?"
"I think I'm twenty-five or sixteen years old, but I don't know the specifics, the editor who had been taking me with me left the company, this is a new arrival, and I met him for the first time today. β
In the second half of the road, Zhou Wei didn't speak again, and Chang An only looked down at his mobile phone, and soon arrived at Century Square.
Chang An said hello and got out of the car.
Zhou Wei looked at her back, a white down jacket, an orange scarf, and jeans underneath wrapped her legs long and straight, no matter how she looked, she looked like a student still in school.
Suddenly feeling a little unhappy, he lowered the window.
"Chang'an!"
Chang An, who was already about to step up the steps, turned around and was stunned, "Is there anything else?"
"What time does your side end?"
"I don't know, but it should be pretty fast, what's wrong?"
"Then you will go to my company and wait, and we will have dinner together in the evening. β
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Chang An was inexplicable, didn't he have a meeting in the afternoon? But there were people coming and going in the square, and Chang An didn't want to say more here, "Let's see when the time comes." "Perfunctory, I carried my bag into the building.
The afternoon meeting was punctual, and because it was a weekend, the participants were the core and main force of the Luyang Lake project.
The middle and high-level of several relevant departments on Zhou Wei's side, plus Xu Nan.
Of the three team designers on Zhou Xin's side, Chang Jiahui was just Zhou Xin's assistant, so she was not notified to come over.
In the end, there were about seven or eight people, locked in the meeting room opposite the general manager's office on the top floor, and the content was mainly the finalization of the Luyang Lake project.
There was an intermission around three o'clock.
Zhou Wei went back to the office to breathe, and just took out a cigarette, someone knocked on the door.
"Come in!"
As a result, it was Zhou Xin who came in, walked slowly to Zhou Xin, and sat directly on the desk in front of him with his butt pouted.
"What, it's stressful?"
Zhou Wei licked the root of his teeth and replied, "It's okay!"
"Pretend!"
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"Do you think I don't know, Shang Linyuan is in trouble, the project is tight, the Luyang Lake plot here will start to be auctioned at the end of the month, if you can't take it down, once you take it, you will be walking on thin ice in the next two to three years. β
Zhou Wei laughed: "I know the situation of my company well!"
Zhou Xin: "When are you still joking with me? I ask you, do you have to do this project?"
Zhou Wei bit the cigarette and lit it, "Of course, otherwise what would I have been doing with this effort for most of the past six months?"
Zhou Xin: "Then why are you fighting so hard?"
Zhou Wei silently buried a sigh of relief, in recent years, the above new policies have continued, real estate companies have been about to enter the bottleneck period, Zhou Wei has always had a sense of crisis, and the company also needs to carry out a new round of strategic upgrading to this scale.
"Rongbang needs to enter the field of commercial real estate, and the Luyang Lake project will be the best stepping stone. β
This is true, once the Luyang Lake project is beautiful, Rongbang can smoothly expand the business field, whether it is capital to contacts, or experience, Luyang Lake is the best choice at present.
Zhou Xin knows his ambition and understands his choice.
"If you put it two months ago, your plan was foolproof, but the impact of Shang Linyuan's incident was too great, a few days ago Chu Feng just revealed to me, he said that it is difficult to approve loans recently, and there may be new policies on it, once there is a problem with the bank, have you considered the consequences?"
Zhou Wei sat there and laughed with a cigarette: "I've thought about it, it's a big deal, it's a big failure, and it's all in vain in the past few years!"
"Brother!" Zhou Xin was really anxious and angry, but the man in the chair seemed to have no effect.
It's right to think about it, his appearance gives people a sense of maturity and stability, but Zhou Xin knows that from the beginning of his involvement in real estate to the current scale, which step is not stepping on the knife edge?
Real estate companies are not like other industries, there is not enough time for you to consider or measure, the market is changing rapidly, the policy is changing rapidly, if you take your time to see step by step, maybe Rongbang can not get to today.
Zhou Wei is a natural gambler, growing up in an environment that has trained his will and restraint, but the backbone and restlessness in his bones make him dare to try and take risks, and it is precisely because of these characteristics that he can seize opportunities and keep moving forward in the waves.
It only took Zhou Wei seven or eight years to develop Rongbang into one of the top ten real estate companies in China, which may have an element of luck, but it is also inseparable from his vision and courage.
Zhou Xin smiled bitterly, "Forget it, your ambition is actually far greater than mine, and I know that I can't persuade you at all." β
Zhou Wei bit his cigarette and smiled: "Just know, so the top priority is that you need to help me get a good plan, and remind you, don't get too close to Chu Feng in private, his purpose for you is not pure." β
After hearing this, Zhou Xin suddenly hooked his lips and pressed over, "What, are you jealous or do you care about me?"
Zhou Xun snorted, "It's not jealous, just remind you, the water behind this person is too deep, of course, it's up to you whether you listen or not!" This attitude couldn't be colder, which provoked Zhou Xin to pout, "It's really... Brother, you have no conscience, no matter what, I'm still your family. β
Zhou Wei: "......"
At this time, Zhou Xin's mobile phone on the table dripped, and a > popped up from the system above, Zhou Xin was sitting on his desk at the time, so he saw it with sharp eyes, and even snatched the mobile phone to take a look.
"Tsk... Information on the little wife. β
Zhou Xin immediately snatched the phone and pushed Zhou Xin, "Go down!"
"What's the matter, I haven't read the WeChat content, you're in a hurry!"
Zhou Xin continued to keep his face cold, "In five minutes, the meeting will be held in five minutes, you go to the conference room first!" The posture of rushing people was very obvious, Zhou Xin pouted and jumped off his desk, walked to the door in a few steps, and suddenly turned back: " Oh, I forgot to tell you something, Fang Rushan set up an architectural design company, and also poached a few customers and two designer backbones from Xinghe, brother, you old lover is capable, take your breakup fee against you, trouble you to polish your eyes when you get into trouble in the future, don't step on a piece of and bring it home, don't you think it's fragrant?"
Zhou Xin has been mean since he was a child, and when he said this, Zhou Xin had almost no power to fight back.
After the person left, Zhou Wei also sorted out his thoughts.
He came to the company in the afternoon and had received information from Xu Nan, Fang Rushan's newly established company was the mid-level studio, and the business content was almost the same as that of Xinghe, but this industry has always been seniority, and a newly established construction company can't become a climate, so Xinghe doesn't have to pay attention to it, but Fang Rushan also has the means, and in just two months, he has already gained a firm foothold, and even signed a strategic contract with Yuan Xi.
The so-called back to the big tree is good to enjoy the shade, once the boat of Yuan Xi is caught in the middle of the mountain, the road ahead will be much easier, this Zhou Xun also believes that Fang Rushan has this ability, just by virtue of seeing her and He Zhaoxiong's son He Bin together in the mall yesterday, I think I have already found another high branch.
It's just that everyone has their own ambitions, and Zhou Wei is not interested in asking more about her and He Bin.
He took the phone again, unlocked the screen, and sure enough, it was Chang An's WeChat, opened it, and there was only a simple sentence: "I'm sorry, the editor said that we would have dinner together in the evening, and I won't go to your company." β
Zhou Wei's face suddenly sank after reading it, didn't he say that the new editor didn't know him before?
He immediately replied to the message: "Where to have dinner?
Soon Chang An came with another message: "No, the specific restaurant has not yet been decided, so you can just leave directly after the meeting, and I can take a taxi back to Changhe by myself." β
Zhou Wei was even more unhappy when he saw it, could it be that young people nowadays are so frivolous? When they first met, they had to make an appointment for dinner? So he replied to WeChat and asked, "Send me the address after setting the restaurant, and if I finish early, I can go over and pick you up." β
But after this message was sent, it seemed to be in the sea, and Zhou Wei waited for several minutes and did not respond.
Xu Nan came over and knocked on the door: "Mr. Zhou, everyone is almost rested, and the meeting continues?"
Zhou Wei glanced at the mobile phone that had never moved, and his eyes were cloudy, "Okay, give me two more minutes!" As a result, two minutes passed, and Chang An still did not respond.
In the second half, the air pressure was lower, all kinds of arguments and disagreements, all kinds of contradictions and arguments. A project is like a battle, from the external environment to the company's interior, every link can not be relaxed, and this Luyang Lake project is still a special case, the investment is large, the influence is wide, plus there is ZF participation, the pressure of Zhou Wei can be imagined, in addition to the Shanglin Yuan poison land has a follow-up impact, resulting in the original abundant funds Rongbang will be a little tight after winning the Luyang Lake project, so that each link must be more cautious, because once there is a problem in any link, or the funds can not keep up, Rongbang may face a catastropheγ
Everyone knows these situations, and Zhou Wei knows even better, and it is precisely because he is clear that he must guide himself in front under pressure.
The meeting finally ended at about six o'clock, and several company executives asked Xinghe's people to have dinner together, and Zhou Xin also went, so they came to knock on the door of Zhou Xin's office.
"Lao Cao about hot pot, let's go together?"
Zhou Wei held his mobile phone in his hand and glanced at his watch, "I'm not going, you can go." β
"Why, now I don't even have room to have a meal with my subordinates?" Zhou Xin naturally referred to when he said this.
Zhou Wei stabbed a little, "You're thinking too much, I just have some work to deal with, and besides, I don't like to eat hot pot, so you guys go ahead, after eating, you will start the retreat tomorrow!"
Zhou Xin couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this, "Okay, since that's the case, I'm not reluctant!"
Zhou Xin didn't say anything more, opened his phone again and looked at it, but WeChat still didn't light up, and he looked up sharply and found that Zhou Xin was still staring at him.
"What, what's the matter?"
Zhou Xin sneered, "You're waiting for her > Zhou Wei: "What?"
Zhou Xin: "Okay, don't pretend, you've been restless in the second half of the meeting, do you think I can't see it?" Although she usually looks very aggressive, she has a natural sensitivity and meticulousness for some things, coupled with her work attributes, she needs to draw architectural drawings all day long, and every tile and beam must be calculated clearly, how can she not see Zhou Xin's thoughts.
Zhou Wei ignored it, just re-locked the phone screen.
Zhou Xin shrugged his shoulders and looked indifferent, "Forget it, since you don't eat dinner, I'll leave first, you can work overtime here!" After speaking, he turned around and went out, and closed the door for Zhou Xin very "friendly", but after closing the door, there were obviously two situations inside and outside the house. Inside the house, Zhou Xin threw the phone back on the table, her face was gloomy, and outside the house, Zhou Xin leaned against the partition wall, her eyes were sour, she lowered her head and gasped hard.
The sense of disparity is too strong, in the past, Zhou Wei was so indulgent to her, although he was not forgiving, but in fact he was very indulgent, and he sent him to the sky to pick the stars and moon for her, but now?
In the end, it's different, Zhou Xin actually followed him in M City the day before yesterday, and made an appointment with a few local dignitaries to eat in the evening, but Chang An came to WeChat halfway through the meal, although Zhou Xin didn't know the content, but Zhou Xin directly took his mobile phone out of the box, and didn't have to think about it to know that he was going out to call, but soon saw him come back, and directly took his coat and computer to greet everyone and said that he wanted to go back.
At that time, it was already late, and it was still snowing outside, and the people at the table persuaded him not to toss, because according to the plan, he was going to stay in M City for another night and leave the next day, but Zhou Wei was determined, so he left a large table of people and returned to Yunling overnight.
At that moment, Zhou Xin was watching his expression from the side, worried, anxious, and a little panicked.
At that time, Zhou Xin only thought of one word-return to the heart like an arrow! But how ironic this must be, Zhou Shao, who was famous for lingering in the flowers in the past, actually rushed back to see his wife overnight.
Zhou Xin suddenly raised her hand and covered her eyes, she didn't have any interest, and she didn't lack men!
Soon, all the people in the conference room opposite were gone, including Xu Nan, and Zhou Wei was left alone and still working overtime.
He really has something to do in his hands, and he is not in a hurry to leave, so he simply stays to deal with it, once he gets up to work, the time will pass very quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it is all dark, Zhou Xun glanced at the time under the computer, and it was already eight o'clock.
There is still no news from Chang'an, has he already gone back first?
Zhou Wei rubbed his forehead with his fingers, and finally took the mobile phone and dialed the number, a long beep sound, and it took about a while to be connected, but no one on the other end had spoken, and the first thing that rushed into the eardrum was a noisy voice.
Chang An didn't go back at all.
Zhou Wei's face was already unknown, but the sentence came directly from there: "Hey, who is it?"
Who is it?
Zhou Lian raised his eyebrows, "It's me, still eating out?"
Now he should have heard his voice, and smiled: "Well, it's still outside!"
"Drunk?"
"No, I didn't drink it!"
"Alone?"
"No, there are a few other colleagues. Chang An's voice sounded quite sober, but it sounded a little fluttery between the laughter, dare to love that this dinner was very good, she was in a good mood?
Zhou Yan gritted his teeth and asked, "Where is it?"
"What?"
"Where's the restaurant?"
Chang An seemed to think about it, but asked rhetorically: "Is there something wrong with you calling me?"
Zhou Wei is even more popular now.
"I'm asking you where the restaurant is? I'll pick you up now!"
"No, it's not over here, I can take a taxi back when it's over!"
"Can't understand me?" The voice was so cold that Chang An seemed to hear it, and paused for a while.
"I'm a road idiot, I really don't know where this is. β
"Then send a position, I'll drive over now!"
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Chang An finally listened to something, and half a minute later, the location was sent, and the address was displayed in the north of the city.
In the afternoon, she made an appointment to meet the editor in Century Square, the center of the city, and after a while, she actually went to the north of the city to eat, which was quite in a hurry.
Zhou Wei drove over, the speed on the road was very fast, it only took 20 minutes to rush to the north of the city, parked the car at the door of the restaurant displayed in the positioning, and sent a WeChat message to Chang An, informing him that he had arrived and was waiting on the side of the road.
Chang An replied with an OK gesture emoji, but he was too lazy to die, can he die if he typed one more word?
Zhou Wei was extremely unhappy, so he simply got out of the car, took out a cigarette and lit it, but as soon as he took two puffs, the door of the restaurant was pushed open, and a group of men and women came out, judging from the outfit, they should all be quite young, in their early twenties, and Chang An was also inside, with a white down jacket and an orange scarf that looked very eye-catching in the night at this time.
Zhou Wei was about to walk over, when suddenly a boy caught up with Chang An from behind.
"Xiao An, I'll drive you. β
Chang An naturally refused: "No need!"
But a girl next to him coaxed, "You just let him send it, he has been staring at you all night, give you a chance, people obviously want to chase you!"
Chang An is naturally not used to such ridicule, "Don't joke!"
"No kidding, you see that he only has you in his eyes all night today, think about it, Brother Liang is a good person, beautiful and warm-hearted, and he can be regarded as having a car and a house, maybe you can make it after a relationship, then we will be able to drink the wedding wine next year, right?" The girl was chattering, and the rest of the people around her also coaxed.
Chang An is not good at this kind of noisy environment in the crowd, and he doesn't know how to explain or resist, so he can only act as if he can't hear it, and he walks forward, but when he looks up, he sees Zhou Yi a few meters away wearing a cold wind and holding a cigarette butt.
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