Chapter 12: The Undercurrent Surging (I)

The incident in Yutou Village made Su Han quickly become a celebrity in the newspaper. Although the news filmed by Xiang Xuemei had not yet been broadcast at that time, the video taken by someone with a mobile phone at the scene had been spread through the WeChat circle of friends, and Su Han had also become a "celebrity" for the attention of Yangzhou media people. There are two focuses on it, one is her performance in Yutou Village, and the other is her good looks.

Mr. Huang first listened to Gao Ming and Xiang Xuemei's verbal descriptions, and felt that it was too unpleasant, so he urged Xiang Xuemei to edit the video quickly, and then felt that he couldn't wait, so he simply sent the material to him directly to Xuemei to see. Xiang Xuemei talked about his old gossip, and at the same time called someone to send a copy of the video recorded that day. Mr. Huang couldn't wait to see it, and even shed tears.

When he went to the cafeteria to eat at noon, Mr. Huang saw Su Han sitting alone in the corner eating, so he walked up to her and didn't say anything, only gave her a thumbs up. Su Han was very embarrassed, stood up and wanted to express her gratitude, but Mr. Huang patted her on the shoulder and turned around and left without saying a word.

Ren Jian had just finished buying the meal, and when he saw this scene on the side, he came to Su Han with a dinner plate and sat down opposite her. Speaking of Su Meinu, you are now a celebrity.

Su Han said Teacher Ren, you're not here to laugh at me, are you?

Ren Jian said seriously, Su Meinu, let me interview you, is it okay to ask a question?

Su Han smiled and said Of course you can, Teacher Ren, you say.

Ren Jian put on a very serious face and said Su Han, with your character and low-key personality, you shouldn't have that kind of earth-shattering heroism. When you rushed up and grabbed the microphone, what was going on in your head? Was it water?

Su Han tried his best to laugh, but he wanted to laugh but couldn't. She recalled it carefully, and said that at that time, the faces of Xiaoxiu and Maomao suddenly appeared in front of my eyes, and I remembered their desperate thoughts about their parents, that kind of helpless and helpless eyes, which was very heartbreaking and uncomfortable.

Ren Jian said, are you talking about the sisters and brothers in Xiaoshi Village?

Su Han nodded and did not speak. Ren Jian originally thought that the topic was easy suddenly became extremely heavy, so neither of them said anything more.

After being silent for a while, Su Han suddenly changed the topic. Su Han said Teacher Ren, in your opinion, can we use this activity of Sunshine Group to do something for those poor children?

Ren Jian thought seriously for a long time, and then lowered his voice and said to Su Han, I have an idea, you can do it yourself.

When Su Han heard this, he hurriedly asked, what can be done?

Ren Jian said that you can find a gift shop and order a batch of small souvenirs. On the day of the event, find a way to hold a small charity sale on the spot, and then donate the proceeds to the children.

Su Han listened to Ren Jian's words, thought carefully for a while, and then laughed happily, and said Teacher Ren, I think it's a pity that you didn't go into business!

Ren Jian said Actually, I think so myself. Then both smiled lightly.

Two weeks later, the "Care for Left-behind Children" charity fundraising campaign finally kicked off. The main venue of the ceremony was selected in the multi-functional hall of Yangzhou Hotel. After all, He Fei, chairman of Yangzhou Daily and Sunshine Group, had a big enough face, Mayor Fu Huanghuang, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee Zhang Zhenghua, Minister of Propaganda of the Municipal Party Committee Chen Wenbin, Deputy Mayor in charge of Civil Affairs Li Jiansheng and others attended the scene to speak, and almost all the heads of well-known enterprises in Yangzhou also came to show their faces.

The organizers also invited five children each from Yutou Village and Xiaoshi Village as guests, and Xiaoxiu and Maomao sisters and brothers were also among them. The little guests were placed in the welcome hotel under the Sunshine Group, and Su Han went to visit the two children several times and gave gifts. The sisters and brothers also remember this beautiful big sister and are very close to her.

Although this public welfare event is not a major news event, because of the weight of the leaders who attended, it invisibly raised the standard very high. The major media in Yangzhou did not dare to slack off, and sent reporters to the scene to interview, and the report was also impressive.

According to the original arrangement, the Yangzhou Daily reported in two places, one in the multi-purpose hall of the Yangzhou Hotel, and the other in Yutou Village (Xiaoshi Village was finally abandoned due to inconvenient transportation). The written report is Gao Ming's responsibility, which is naturally decent. The new media report on what is happening here is interesting. The live video had already been completed, but Mr. Huang was not satisfied with the film after reviewing it, saying that it was too stylized, so he asked Xiang Xuemei to tune up the video of Yutou Village, and directly made up the part where Su Han asked the children if they wanted their parents to do so.

After the show was broadcast, it touched many people. Many people called newspapers and television stations and offered to donate money and materials.

Su Han also suggested to Sunshine Group to hold a small "charity sale", and Lin Yi accepted it without hesitation. A few people were sent to spend more than 20,000 yuan to order a batch of small handicrafts such as bamboo and rattan weaving from the gift shop, and after selling them with the mark of "caring for left-behind children", the income was nearly 300,000 yuan, and all the money was donated to the children.

Su Han originally planned to do this on his own, but as soon as he mentioned it to Gao Ming, he was ruthlessly vetoed. Gao Ming asked her, do you think you haven't been in the limelight enough?

Su Han's original intention was just to do something for the children with his own hands, but he didn't expect Gao Ming's reaction to be so fierce, although he was aggrieved, he had to give up.

Gao Ming thought differently from Su Han, thinking that she would get into trouble sooner or later with such a high profile, but she couldn't say this too clearly, so she had to let her slowly comprehend it herself.

The activities in the multi-function hall of Yangzhou Hotel are all over, and it is already more than 12 o'clock at noon. In order to rush back to the society to write a manuscript, Gao Ming and Su Han didn't even eat lunch, and one of them took a fast food and hurriedly dealt with a few bites in the car, even if the problem was solved.

Back at the newspaper office, as soon as he stepped into the office building, Gao Ming felt an unusual atmosphere. It was lunch break, but the room in the corridor was full of people talking, and everyone was depressed and worried, and they were all sighing.

Gao Ming and Su Han thought something big had happened, but when they asked, they learned that the stock market had plummeted today, and it was said that nearly 2,000 stocks had fallen to the limit, and the majority of shareholders had suffered heavy losses.

There are quite a few people in the press department who speculate in stocks, and the situation is similar to that of other departments. But what is strange is that so many people talk about stocks in the big plane, but they don't see the shadow of Ren Jian.

Recently, the stock market has always been the biggest hot spot for the people, and Ren Jian's reporting task is very heavy, so Gao Ming did not let him participate in the "Care for Left-behind Children" report. Originally, it was normal for Ren Jian's securities business department of the government department to run a few times, and not to come to the office. But Gao Ming didn't see him at this time, and for some reason, he suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

Su Han went to Gao Ming's office first and handed over the interview notes sorted out on the road to the leader. After Gao Ming read it, he put forward a few specific requirements, and Su Han wrote them down one by one, and went back to the office to write the manuscript. Gao Ming entered the resource sharing directory, checked Ren Jian's publication record, and found that his task for today's publication had been completed. He wanted to calm down and do something serious, but he always felt a little uneasy, and finally couldn't help but dial Ren Jian's phone.

It took a long time for Ren Jian to answer the phone, and he was still very cautious when listening to the voice. Ren Jian said Leader, I'm in Yangzhou Online, I'll report back to the club when I'm done here, and then I'll report to you. Gao Ming knew that it was inconvenient for him to speak there, so he didn't say anything, and hung up as soon as he responded.

Gao Ming took a look at the stock market on the Internet, the situation is basically the same as in the morning, the market is still miserable, browse a few stocks, everywhere you go is mourning, scolding.

In the face of the "mad bull" of the stock market out of control, not long ago, the management suddenly made a heavy hand and strictly regulated the financing of securities firms, and the stock market has since taken a sharp turn, first plummeting and then violently shaking. A few days ago, there was a steady trend, and today there is a plunge.

Gao Ming didn't pay much attention to it at first, thinking that it was natural for the stock market to rise and fall, but after seeing today's unprecedented surge, he couldn't help but start to worry a little.

When Ren Jian returned to the club, he was almost off work. He didn't even enter his office, and went directly to Gao Ming. Gao Ming was busy reviewing the manuscript that Su Han had just submitted, and Mr. Zhou was also waiting in the editor-in-chief's office, so he didn't bother to talk to him at all.

Ren Jian walked around the room a few times like a headless fly, and just as he didn't know what to do, his phone suddenly rang. Seeing that it was Ouyang Ziqing, he quickly took it.

Ouyang's voice sounded a little hoarse, and asked Ren Jian, where are you, husband?

Ren Jian said I'm still in the newspaper, are you off work?

Ouyang said that I have just finished my work, let me tell you, I asked Mr. Deng to have dinner at the small bridge on the second floor of the Plum Garden, and you can come directly after work. Oh, by the way, don't forget to call Director Gao.

Ren Jian said Ouyang, what happened?

Ouyang obviously hesitated for a moment before saying, in fact, it's not a big deal, let's talk about it when we meet.

Ren Jian said okay, I know. Listening to Ouyang's tone, she said that it was not a big deal, and it was estimated that it would not be small, otherwise she would not have asked someone to eat in a hurry.

Ren Jian hung up the phone, looked back and saw that Gao Ming was still busy, and he didn't dare to disturb, so he wanted to go out and call "Clinton". He said hello to Gao Ming, and said that the leader, you are busy first, I will go back and clean up first, and call me when you are busy.

Ren Jian returned to his office and quickly dialed the "Clinton" mobile phone, and as soon as he picked it up, Ren Jian asked, Mr. Deng, what are you doing now?

"Clinton" said that I had just gone out to the plum garden, didn't Ouyang make an appointment for dinner? Why don't you know yet? Where are you?

Ren Jian said that Ouyang called me, I am still in the newspaper, and I have to wait for Director Gao to finish my work.

"Clinton" said slut, it seems that there is probably a situation like I told you in the afternoon. If something does go wrong, I'm in trouble!

I don't think the situation is that serious, don't scare yourself.

"Clinton" said hey, it's a blessing or a curse anyway, we'll know later, let it be fate.

As soon as I hung up the "Clinton" phone, the landline on the desk rang. Ren Jian saw that it was Gao Ming's office, and hurriedly took it. Gao Ming said I'm done, come here.

Ren Jian said Master, I won't go over, you quickly pack up and go downstairs, I'll wait for you at the gate, I have something to say to you.

Gao Ming said that's okay, I'll call Mr. Zhou first.

Ren Jian went downstairs and waited at the gate for a while, and Gao Ming also came down. When I saw Ren Jian, the first thing I said asked, have you seen the stock market in the past two days, have you seen the market of the unit?

Ren Jian nodded, and said of course I saw it, let's not talk about others, Director Qian's face has been green in the past two days, and it is the same color as the big plate!

Gao Ming couldn't help but laugh and said that you are too damn to talk!

Ren Jian said that it was good that I withdrew the money and gave it to Ouyang's side to do it, otherwise it would be miserable this time!

Then Ren Jian told Gao Ming about Ouyang's phone call, and then briefly said a few words about the afternoon.

When Gao Ming called Ren Jian in the afternoon, Deng Kelin was talking to BJ's friend on the phone, talking about stocks. BJ's side was full of news, but he couldn't figure out which was true and which was false. Even the information coming out of official channels is contradictory.

Deng Kelin They don't care about other news, but they are particularly sensitive to new share issuance information. According to BJ's friends, if there is a continuous plunge in the stock market, the management is likely to reverse the previous practice and change the acceleration of new share issuance to a moratorium on new share issuance.

That's what Dunklin fears and fears the most.

Gao Ming didn't speak, and the two followed each other to the backyard to get the car and went straight to the plum garden.

When he parked the car in Meiyuan and entered the hall and was about to go upstairs, Ren Jian's eyes suddenly saw two familiar backs, and he quickly pulled Gao Ming to the side.

Gao Ming didn't know what was going on, glared at Ren Jian, and said What are you smoking?

Ren Jian ignored his stubble, just pointed to the backs of the two people on the stairs, and said, Master, take a closer look at who it is?

Gao Ming looked back, and the man and woman also happened to walk to the corner of the stairs, allowing him to see the side face clearly, but it was the newspaper leader Liu Zongzong and the new media director Xiang Xuemei.

Gao Ming smiled and said that it is really a place in life where we don't meet! I finally came to corruption once, and I was fortunate enough to meet a leader.

Ren Jian said Master, don't mind, I often come to this place, but I have met Mr. Liu.

waited for Liu Zonghe and Xiang Xuemei's figures to disappear, and Gao Ming and Ren Jian went upstairs. When I entered the small bridge and looked at the flowing water, I saw that the few people in Mingyue Villa that day, Deng Kelin, Yang Wei and Ouyang had already arrived. The faces of the three of them were not very good-looking, and they didn't speak again after saying hello.

Gao Ming and Ren Jian found a place to sit by themselves, and Gao Ming asked, have all the people arrived?

Deng Kelin said that he had called Secretary Cao, but his boss had to wait there for a meeting, so he couldn't come.

Ouyang saw that everyone had arrived, so he ordered the waiter to serve the food. Then she talked about the purpose of today's meeting. According to their sources, if the stock market plummets again, the management is likely to suspend the issuance of new shares. They are now faced with two questions, one is whether to continue to participate in the IPO offering, and the other is that if they want to exit, they do not know whether the funds will be recovered immediately. Because they don't know the specifics of the money they have invested in the IPO, whether it has been made or not, or has it been partially completed?

Everyone is very entangled in their hearts, and no one can easily choose. Because there are too many uncertainties, one is whether the issuance of new shares will be suspended? If it does not stop, then it will be a huge mistake to withdraw the investment. However, if it is suspended, two situations will occur: the suspension will be short, the impact will not be too great, and if the occupied funds cannot be returned for a long time, it will cause serious consequences.

The delicate dishes came up, but no one had the heart to move the chopsticks. Everyone was thinking about it, and in the end, they made different decisions.

Deng Kelin excused himself to go to the bathroom, called Secretary Cao to discuss for a long time, and decided to quit immediately after coming back. The amount of money he embezzled was so large that he would have to go to jail if something happened.

Yang Wei is his own money and can afford it, so he does not hesitate to continue to participate in the shares.

Gao Ming thought about it for a long time and decided to continue to gamble. He planned not to tell Chen Xiaowei about this for the time being, so as to save her from making a fuss and nagging all day long.

What is more troublesome is Ren Jian's family, some of the funds they invested are their own, and some of them borrow Deng Kelin's public funds. In the end, the two decided to continue to participate in the shares, and find a way to raise money to repay Deng Kelin's loan.

The meal ended in a hurry. Only Yang Wei opened his belly like a pig and ate Haisai, and praised Ouyang for ordering food. The others were full of worries, and no one had enough to eat. Gao Ming couldn't even remember what he ate, or whether he ate it or not.

On the other side of the second floor of the plum garden, the night rain in Yama Bashan is a different scene at the moment.

Zhao Tiancheng, the CEO of Feixun Technology Co., Ltd., enthusiastically arranged food and persuaded wine, and talked with Mr. Liu and Xiang Xuemei like old friends.

In fact, this is just the second time they have met each other.

The day after He Fei made an appointment with Mr. Huang alone, Zhao Tiancheng hosted a banquet for Mr. Liu and Xiang Xuemei in this room, and the cooperation project between Yangzhou Daily and Sunshine Group was officially launched. So far, whether it is the newspaper or the sunshine side, they are the only ones who know the specific operation process of this matter.

The last time we met, except for dinner, we only recognized each other as a façade, and we didn't talk about any substantive issues. This time, Zhao Tiancheng brought their specific technical transformation plan and financial budget, and asked the two leaders of the newspaper to take a look. Mr. Liu put aside the technology upgrade plan, simply flipped through the budget table, and was taken aback by the huge amount.

Mr. Liu hesitated for a moment and asked Zhao Tiancheng, saying Mr. Zhao, has this budget been shown to Chairman He Fei?

Zhao Tiancheng nodded, and said Of course I have seen it, otherwise how dare I show it to you without authorization?

There is a situation that Mr. Liu can't know, in fact, Zhao Tiancheng and they made two budgets, one for He Fei and one for the newspaper. What was given to He Fei was the real budget, and the budget given to Mr. Liu was much larger than that given to He Fei. As for why they did it, the meaning is self-evident. In a sense, it was He Fei who instructed them to do this.

Mr. Liu was silent for a moment, and then asked that, what is Chairman He's attitude?

Zhao Tiancheng said that I don't think it's a big problem, Mr. Liu, don't worry.

Mr. Liu didn't speak again, but handed the budget and technical transformation plan to Xiang Xuemei. Xiang Xuemei hadn't spoken before, took the budget and looked through it, and was a little surprised after carefully reading the numbers. Xiang Xuemei thought about it and said Mr. Liu, to be honest, I don't know much about these data in finance, I think Mr. Zhao should take these two things back and study them well, right?

Mr. Liu said, that's what I mean, Mr. Zhao, you see?

Zhao Tiancheng said, of course, of course, it is necessary! Our chairman He also means this, if you think there are problems in any aspects, just bring them up, you are welcome.

Mr. Liu said that then I will represent the newspaper, thank you Mr. Zhao for your kindness!

Zhao Tiancheng said, it's easy to say, and I will ask the two leaders to take care of it in the future!

Before leaving, Mr. Zhao took out two envelopes and handed them to Mr. Liu and Xiang Xuemei respectively, saying that this is my personal little meaning, not a tribute!

Before Xiang Xuemei could express her position, Mr. Liu had already taken the two envelopes and returned them to Zhao Tiancheng. Mr. Liu said, Mr. Zhao, we understand the kindness, so we don't need this!

Zhao Tiancheng said, Mr. Liu, don't get me wrong, it's not a valuable thing, it's just two shopping cards!

Mr. Liu smiled and said that it is not the key whether it is valuable or not, the key is that the newspaper has rules, and we dare not break the rules! So Mr. Zhao, don't let us make mistakes, okay?

One party insisted on sending it, but the other party resolutely refused to accept it. The stalemate lasted for a long time, and the scene was two to one, and finally Mr. Zhao gave in and took the envelope back.

Next, Xiang Xuemei and Mr. Liu said goodbye and went home, and it was not until after leaving the gate of the plum garden that Xiang Xuemei gave a big finger to Mr. Liu, saying Mr. Liu, you are really good!

Mr. Liu smiled faintly and said that it made you laugh, didn't it make you think that I was a fake?

Xiang Xuemei quickly swore when she heard this, saying that Mr. Liu, I definitely didn't mean that, I sincerely admired you! Really, I promise!

Mr. Liu said Xuemei, if what you said is true, then I want to thank you!

Mr. Liu said seriously, but in his heart he was scolding Zhao Tiancheng, that bastard who didn't understand the rules, how could he give gifts like this now? Is there any fucking sincerity?

Mr. Liu never accepted gifts in front of anyone, and he never failed to accept gifts of that grade. Mr. Liu didn't know what Zhao Tiancheng was sending, but he knew that the weight of the card would not be light, so he couldn't and didn't dare to accept it in front of Xiang Xuemei.