Chapter 328: Going to the United States
The last question was answered, and all the media were satisfied.
The assistant finally announced the end of the press conference, Chang An was taken off the stage, Zhou Wei's eyes were fixed on it, but his thoughts had drifted away, and when he came back to his senses again, the picture had been cut off.
"Sister, you are incomparably handsome today!" Chang Jiahui was the first to rush into the backstage, and she hugged Chang An so excitedly.
Chang An was so frightened that he caught the person, looked up and saw Chen Haodong, Gao Ming and Wei Suying also came in together.
She let go of Chang Jiahui.
"Aunt Ying, thank you for coming over today!"
Aunt Ying still looked so faint, and patted her hand, "Silly boy, it's all a family, I definitely want to come over to see such a big thing." ”
One sentence made Chang An choke up a little, she lowered her head and took a breath, raised her head and turned to Chen Haodong again.
The two briefly met their eyes, first silent, then laughed together.
Chang An: "Didn't you say that you are in the field, how can you come in time?"
Chen Haodong licked his teeth silently: "It's not that I'm afraid that you will be wronged, no matter how far away I am, I have to rush back to support you!"
Chang An pursed her lips and said "um", all the words were finished on the stage just now, but at this moment she seemed silent, but at this moment she knew better than ever that she had endured hardships and experienced bad luck, and what she left behind would be the most beautiful thing.
Ye Li also came in and walked directly in front of Chang An, at this time she didn't need any words, let alone any comments, she directly hugged Chang An and slapped her emaciated back twice.
"The press conference was a success, thank you!"
Chang An's anger that had been hanging for a long time fell down suddenly, and he stood up straight: "It's me who wants to thank you!"
"Each other, so you don't have to take refuge in London now, do you?"
Chang An smiled, "Yes, no need, but even if the reporter messes up, I don't plan to go." ”
Ye Li nodded: "I can see it, you are here with the spirit of sacrificing yourself to save righteousness." So even if the press conference really fails, Chang An will not hide.
Chang An didn't answer, and Ye Li asked again: "Then I'll have someone refund the ticket to London in a while." ”
"Well, but there's one more thing to bother you with. ”
"What, just open your mouth!"
"Can you buy me a new ticket to the United States?"
Ye Li was stunned at first, but seeing Chang An's smile in her eyes, she was surprised and wanted to ask, but Chang An "booed".
"Don't reveal the news just yet, I don't know if my U.S. visa has expired!"
Ye Li covered her mouth and nodded, "It's okay, I'll ask Lao Cao to redo it for you when it's overdue, and I promise to do it all within three days!"
……
After the press conference, the team still has some aftermath matters, and they can't leave the venue for the time being.
Ye Li explained to Chang An: "At present, the Internet is very optimistic, but we have to see how it will follow, don't move around for the time being after you go back, the reporter should still be staring at you in the next few days." ”
Chang An nodded, "Okay, I will cooperate with your instructions." ”
Ye Li smiled: "I can't talk about instructions, but I will keep in touch with you at any time!" After that, she found the driver and asked the driver to send Chang An back first.
Before leaving, Chang An greeted every staff member present one by one.
"Thank you!"
"Thank you for your hard work!"
"Thank you very much. ”
After a lap of thanks, Chang An followed the driver to go out under the cover of the assistant, before this Chang Jiahui and Gao Ming had already left, and had to send Wei Suying back, Chen Haodong was busy with things, and he drove back overnight, and he was already on the highway at this time, and Chang An didn't even have time to say hello to him before leaving.
It wasn't until Chang An entered the house that he received a call from Zhou Wei.
He listened to no movement and asked, "Is there anyone around?"
Chang An smiled, bent down and took off his shoes.
"Well, why haven't you slept yet?"
It should be the second half of the night in the United States.
"I can't sleep, I watched your press conference live. ”
Chang An took off his coat again and threw it on the sofa, "I know you'll definitely watch it, how about it?"
"It's okay!"
"Is that okay?"
"Crying for a while and laughing for a while, and exposing so much of my privacy, what do you want me to say?"
Chang An had already sat down on the sofa with a butt and grabbed a pillow in his hand.
"You still have privacy, you can go online to see for yourself, and now there are a lot of little girls on the Internet shouting that they want to give you monkeys. ”
Chang An also used his mobile phone to surf the Internet on the car back just now, and it turned out that the bones of the current netizens are really Qingqi, a press conference was opened, and in the end, it was not her who had the highest voice, but Zhou Wei, who originally just wanted to make money with his head, and forced all the information out of him.
"I've pushed you to the height of an Internet celebrity idol, so many young and beautiful girls are rushing to give you a baby, shouldn't you thank me?" Chang An said coldly, sounding a bit like he was angry.
Zhou Xiaofu, "Are you snickering?"
“……”
Chang An's chin slammed on the soft pillow, and in the end, he didn't hold back, but still laughed.
Zhou Wei also laughed, and the two of them held the phone in two sections of the earth, on one side was the blue sky and the day, and the sun shone into the living room, and on the other hand, the night was deep and the moonlight outside the window was spread on the bed.
In the end, it was Zhou Wei who closed up first, "Fool, if I want to give birth to a monkey, I will also give birth to you." But after saying that, I realized that it seemed to have stepped on thunder, and giving birth to a child is now a taboo in Chang'an.
"With a probability of five percent, it's still possible to fight!" Zhou Wei hurried to the rescue,
Chang An was quite disappointed, but when he said this, he snorted: "You are a fool." ”
Zhou Wei breathed a sigh of relief.
The two chatted a few more words, all of which were not salty or indifferent, and did not mention anything about the press conference, as if a tacit understanding had been formed.
But think about it, Chang An said everything at the press conference, and each other's hearts were already free, and there was no need to say more and ask more.
hung up the phone, just as Aunt Fang came down from upstairs.
"Where's Shiba?"
"I'm taking a nap, I haven't woken up yet. ”
"I'll go up and have a look!"
Chang An glanced at the time, it was almost four o'clock, this girl was still sleeping, she went upstairs to wake her up, but looking at the little man on the bed, her face was flushed with sleep, and her pink lips were pouting, Chang An's heart softened again.
She leaned over and kissed Xiao Zhi on the forehead.
"Mom is very brave today, well, very brave!"
She talked to herself, and finally laughed to herself, and stroked Xiao Zhi's face after laughing, the little guy slept very similarly, his mouth was deflated and he turned around, Chang An helped her tuck the quilt corners, went to the cloakroom to change into light home clothes and went downstairs.
After two days, Chang An basically stayed at home, cooking and housework with Aunt Fang, she was happy to be idle, accompanying Xiaozhi to paint, read books, and play childish doll dress-up games.
Ye Li was not idle, although the press conference was very successful, but the follow-up work could not be stopped, she contacted several media tweets, from Weibo to the official account, public opinion also needs to be oriented, so the people under her hands and she were busy for two days, but fortunately, the result is very satisfied, there are very few negative comments on the Internet, most of them are saying Chang'an with sympathy or admiration, and the rest is Zhou Wei's popularity.
Before Rongbang went public, Ye Li did not build momentum, but it seemed that the chain reaction of Chang'an's more than an hour's press conference was not as strong as that of Chang'an's more than one-hour press conference, so Zhou Xin was not in the > for the past two days
On the third day, Ye Li finally had a little time, and she took the time to come to Changhe in person at noon, first, to tell her face-to-face about the situation in the last two days, and second, to send air tickets to Chang'an.
On the eve of Rongbang's listing, Zhou Wei was interviewed by the media at the breakfast meeting.
Afterwards, Chang An was already in the airport waiting room, took his mobile phone to watch the live interview on the Internet, and the man in the camera was wearing a light gray suit, a blue shirt, and no tie, but he still couldn't stop his device.
The reporter asked him if he was excited, and he smiled: "It's okay, I didn't have insomnia last night, and I woke up on time this morning. ”
The implication was that he didn't seem to be excited at all.
The reporter also seemed to understand his temper, and then smiled, "It seems that as the outside world says, you are in a correct state of mind." ”
Zhou Wei: "This has nothing to do with mentality, it is already expected!"
The translated meaning of this means that there is no suspense about Rongbang's successful listing, and there will be this day sooner or later, so he doesn't feel that there is anything to be excited about.
Listen, this is really a bastard, no wonder some people on the Internet say that he is pretending to be arrogant, but most netizens, especially female netizens, are even more crazy to express their admiration and love for him.
Weibo has also exploded his photos in the past two days, Chang An doesn't know if he doesn't look at it, he was shocked when he saw it, thinking that he was not a star before, although he was on the side of a "rich businessman", but because of Zhou Fushan and Zhou Shiqing, he is quite low-key, not like other "rich businessmen" has had a scandal with a female artist, so An An has always been doing his own business, but he can't stop today's netizens from having so many photos, what forums he speaks, he goes to colleges and universities to speak, he participates in charity chambers of commerce, and there are even photos of him training people at company meetings.
The following messages are all in the screen licking mode, what is rich and beautiful, what is a high-achieving student in the Department of Architecture, what is the affectionate version of the president, and even calls her husband and husband I love you, Chang An sighed unconsciously, and today's netizens are so enthusiastic?
In the end, Chang An was attracted by a photo, Zhou Wei on the photo seemed to be in a meeting with someone, a circle of subordinates stood behind him, and a sand table was placed in front of him, on the sand table was a commercial real estate project, he raised his hand and pointed to a certain place on the sand table, he should be discussing something with someone at that time, but netizens P a line on the photo - "Look, this is the country I laid for you!"
Chang An: "......"
She silently saved this photo to her mobile phone, and then quit Weibo, but she still couldn't help but think silently in her heart, in fact, the comments of those female netizens were not exaggerated.
The interview on the computer screen continued, after all, it was not for fun, so after Zhou Wei easily picked his head, he answered a few questions in a decent manner.
“… The listing is certainly a milestone for Rongbang, but it is only a milestone, there will definitely be more challenges ahead, ask me how I feel now, not to mention how excited, but it is certainly different from usual, of course, the follow-up needs to redouble our efforts, go all out to fulfill our commitment to investors, partners, teams and customers!"
After the breakfast meeting, followed by a pre-listing speech, Zhou Wei thanked the team, investors, customers, and investment banks, law firms and accounting firms that have helped Rongbang go public in recent months.
At 09:30 p.m. on March 12, Beijing time, Rongbang was officially listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and the stock code officially appeared in the market, with an opening price of $17.46, a price increase of 13.6% compared with the IPO.
Zhou Wei led the team and the company's senior management to participate in the bell ringing ceremony to witness the historic moment of Rongbang's listing, and Chang An had already boarded a flight to New York.
At an altitude of 30,000 feet, a flight of more than ten hours, Chang An specially asked the stewardess for a small glass of champagne, drank and watched a movie, "The Wind Rises" adapted from Hayao Miyazaki's comics, and put on an eye mask to sleep after watching it, I originally thought that I would not be able to sleep on the plane, but I didn't expect that I had no dreams all night, and it was already a few hours after I woke up, and it was still dark outside the window.
There was no delay, no delay, at nine o'clock in the evening local time in New York, Chang'an landed at JFK International Airport, Chang'an did not go directly out of the terminal after picking up his luggage, but found the nearest toilet.
After a long flight and another night on the plane, it will definitely not look good at this time.
Chang An took out the toiletry bag he was carrying, brushed his teeth, washed his face, put on makeup, took off the light casual sweatshirt he was wearing and stuffed it into the box, changed into a skirt and coat again, and then stepped on high heels.
The listing was successful, the opening price on the first day exceeded expectations, and there was a small celebration party in the evening.
The cocktail party is located in the hotel where Zhou Ming lives, and it is a floor, which is relatively low-key, mainly thanks to the team here, the law firm and several familiar investment banks, most of whom are very familiar friends and partners, and men, who are very happy.
Zhou Wei was the protagonist that day, so he was inevitably drunk, and he was not easy to shirk on this kind of day, so he drank a little too much, and he was about to drink and lie down, Deng Shunlin's conscience found that he had helped him block a few glasses in the past, and everyone coaxed him, but he was not allowed.
"I'm coming, it's okay, I can still drink!" Zhou Wei still rushed to prevent Deng Shunlin from blocking it.
Deng Shunlin gave Xu Nan a look, knowing that the boss had drunk too much.
"Help him to the bathroom!"
Xu Nan found an excuse to take Zhou Wei out, he was about to lose his feet at that time, and Xu Nan helped him in the corridor.
Zhou Wei bypassed Xu Nan's arm, "I'm fine!" As a result, as soon as he took a step, he went to the side, but fortunately, Xu Nan quickly supported him again, so he carefully put the huge Zhou Wei into the bathroom.
Zhou Wei supported the pool countertop, and Xu Nan pulled a wet towel for him.
"Wipe your face!"
Zhou Wei took it and pasted it on his face, and the cold touch covered the hot skin, as if he was really awake.
"Get out, I'm fine!"
Xu Nan wanted to say something more, but Zhou Wei waved his hand, "Let's go!"
Xu Nan could only touch his nose and exit the bathroom.
Zhou Wei looked at the people in the mirror, wearing shirts, rolling up his sleeves, and his eyes were slightly red, which was baked by alcohol, and he was also infected by this atmosphere.
In fact, he is not drunk at this point of wine, but in the past two months, he has been working under great pressure, and people have suddenly relaxed after extreme tension, and it is easy to have an unreal feeling of dizziness after excitement.
Within a day, the company went public, rang the bell, the stock price opened on the first day was good, and today the mobile phone was almost blown up, and they congratulated him on taking a big step forward in his career, and the people outside were celebrating him.
Raising a tall building, feasting guests, and receiving congratulations from all directions, this should be one of the most beautiful moments in his life, but he always feels that something is missing.
Zhou Wei took one last look at himself in the mirror, his eyes were dim, and he obviously had a deep sense of loss.
He turned slowly, leaned back against the pool platform, and pulled his phone out of his suit pants.
There is still Chang'an's WeChat on the WeChat interface, WeChat was sent more than ten hours ago, when the stock market had not yet opened, he was giving a pre-listing speech, and she sent him a message - "I wish the listing a success, the stock has risen sharply!"
The message was only seen after he finished his speech, and he replied to the past, but then she was silent, and then the stock market opened, the bell ringing ceremony, and then the celebration reception in the evening, Zhou Wei did not have the slightest respite at the end of the day, and Chang An did not reply to the message again.
At this time, the ordinary words were left alone on the screen.
Zhou Wei exited the WeChat interface and dialed Chang'an's number, but a few seconds later, there was a voice reminder to turn off the phone.
Xu Nan waited outside the bathroom for almost ten minutes, but the boss never came out, he was a little uneasy, and went over to knock on the door.
"Mr. Zhou, are you okay?"
"Mr. Zhou, you ......"
The door suddenly opened, Zhou Wei walked out, and Xu Nan almost collided with him head-on.
"Didn't you go back first?" Zhou Wei said lightly.
He probably just washed his face with cold water inside, and the flush from the alcohol had dissipated, and his face looked a little bad at this time, and the whole person was not as energetic as just now, and he actually felt a little depressed and lonely.
Xu Nan attributed Zhou Wei's appearance to overwork and drinking, so he asked, "I'm afraid you've drunk too much, are you okay?"
Zhou Wei shook his head, "It's okay!"
"Do you want to go back to the room to rest first, Lao Deng and I will watch here." ”
Zhou Wei waved his hand, "No, let's go." ”
One after the other out of the bathroom, out of a long corridor, the two chatted with each other, of course, mainly Xu Nan was talking, because although the listing has been successful, but there are still some things to follow, there is a meeting tomorrow morning, two interviews in the afternoon, Xu Nan took the opportunity to take the opportunity to rationalize tomorrow's itinerary with Zhou Wei.
After finishing Zhou Wei, he had no objections, but Xu Nan saw that his face seemed to be worse.
"Why don't you go to bed later tomorrow for an hour?"
Xu Nan suggested, first, he was afraid that Zhou Wei would not be able to bear it, after all, he had been under too much pressure and had a lot of work recently, and secondly, he knew that it would definitely be late tonight, and these people would not let Zhou Wei go, and it was estimated that he would definitely be drunk and go back, as a special assistant, Xu Nan had to arrange his work and itinerary well, but also ensure the health of his boss.
Zhou Wei didn't say yes or no, he just lowered his head and fiddled with his phone.
He walked this distance from the bathroom, thinking about it in his heart, he was still not at ease, it stands to reason that it should be almost noon in China at this time, how could Chang An turn off the phone for no reason?
The more I thought about it, the more wrong it became, and I redialed Chang'an's mobile phone number, this time the connection was very slow, and it took about a few seconds to move, but the phone was still a mechanical shutdown reminder.
What's going on?
Xu Nan also noticed that Zhou Xian's mood was wrong, he frowned slightly, his face was a little gloomy, he held the mobile phone and dialed again, dialing back and forth twice.
"Mr. Zhou, do you have something?" asked Xu Nan.
Zhou Wei lowered his head and was still pressing his phone.
"Chang An's phone couldn't get through. ”
"How come?" Xu Nan was also stunned.
Zhou Wei said, "Why don't you try it?"
"Good!"
Xu Nan immediately took out his mobile phone.
The two of them stopped, and Zhou Wei stared at Xu Nan intently.
Xu Nan searched for Chang'an's number and pressed "Dial" Jian......
"How's it going?" Zhou Xian's expression was obviously a little anxious.
Xu Nan waited for a while and shook his head: "Turn off!"
Zhou Wei's face became even heavier.
Xu Nan understood what he was worried about, and said, "Maybe my wife happens to be in trouble, or maybe the phone is out of battery." ”
Zhou Wei thought about it and reluctantly said "um".
"Let's go, let's go first!"
Xu Nan followed, seeing the boss's back deep, thinking that when Chang An was kidnapped three years ago, he suddenly couldn't get in touch, and he couldn't help but feel like he had pressed a stone down.
"Why don't I call Manager Ye and ask her if she has seen Mrs. today?" Xu Nan tried to ask.
At this time, Zhou Wei had already walked to the front, his footsteps were fixed, and he was just about to say something to Xu Nan when he turned around, when the elevator door not far away opened.
At that time, the elevator was behind Zhou Wei.
The crisp sound of tuk tuk tuk heels stepping on the ground, Xu Nan saw the person who came out of the elevator first, and the whole person was suddenly frozen.
Zhou Wei saw that Xu Nan's face was wrong, and turned around......
In the winding corridor, the bright lights reflected the bright marble floor, Chang An got out of the elevator and looked left and right, and finally met the person standing at the end of the corridor.
Zhou Wei was stunned at that time, only looking at the figure that came out of the elevator from far and near, until he walked in front of him, Xu Nan came back to his senses first, and shouted in his mouth for a long time: "Too... Ma'am?"
Chang An smiled lightly and looked at Xu Nan over Zhou Wei's shoulder.
"Assistant Xu, good evening!" and then circled back and landed on the face of the man in front of him.
Zhou Wei was still stunned at this time.
Chang An pinched the suitcase with one hand, raised it with the other hand and shook it in front of him, tilting his head: "HI, Mr. Zhou, are you stupid?"
Zhou Wei looked at the woman smiling like stars in front of him, obviously he thought of her in the bathroom just now, obviously he couldn't get through the phone, and he was obviously worried about whether she was sleeping and eating or hiding somewhere during this time period, but in the blink of an eye, the person was in front of him.
Isn't that something?
Zhou Wei's face did not change, he has always been like this, and he is unlikely to have too many emotional ups and downs, but his eyes slowly narrowed, and he licked his lips that were a little dry.
"You... Why are you here?"