32. Fiancée
The chairman was trembling with anger: "You muddy boy who doesn't know the height of the sky! Think about how much credit I made to assist your father in founding Dongsheng Group back then......"
"The heroes don't mention the courage of the year, not to mention that you also did a lot of disgraceful things back then." Ji Yunchong looked at him condescendingly, "embezzlement of public funds, reselling the original shares, and secretly transferring Dongsheng's assets." The past is piled up and piled up, and you need me to repeat them one by one? ”
The chairman of the board of directors was poor: "What do you want?" ”
"Seeing that you are old, I will repeat it in a slow voice when you are deaf and blind - you signed the statement of transferring Merrill Lynch's equity, and then decided on your own, I guarantee that all the ugly things you have done will be buried with you and will not be known by a third person."
"Foolish dreams!"
"Merrill Lynch colluded with accounting institutions to make false accounts and conceal the fact that liabilities exceeded total assets for four consecutive years, and if it was known by the regulatory authorities, Merrill Lynch would be delisted. At that time, the shares issued by Merrill Lynch will become waste paper, and you will not be able to fill the gap accumulated over the years. Ji Yunchong looked at him with contempt, "If I were you, I would rather die to apologize than let my family be buried with me." ”
At the mention of his family, the chairman's face turned pale: "You have called me uncle since I was a child, why are you driving me to a dead end now?" ”
"You have called my dad a brother for more than 30 years, why did you kill him with outsiders?"
"I didn't, never did."
The corners of Ji Yunchong's lips raised a sarcastic arc, buttoned the suit buttons, and turned around and walked to the office door.
There was something strange about the way he walked, but he couldn't tell what was strange. When his hand was about to touch the handle of the door, a panicked plea sounded behind him: "I confess that I am sorry for your father." I'll give you everything now, including Merrill Lynch, can you open the net? ”
He took a breath and spat out slowly, "It's not good, I like to catch them all." ”
More than a dozen bodyguard assistants were waiting outside. The office door opened, and a large group of people surrounded Ji Yunchong to open the way and escort him, until he left the office building and got into a black Mercedes.
The moment the car started, Ji Yunchong tilted his face sideways.
The assistant followed his line of sight, and a vague figure stood on the rooftop, ready to jump down and end his life.
The assistant said disdainfully: "Boss, don't let this kind of person dirty your eyes." ”
There was no superfluous expression on Ji Yunchong's face, and his tone was cold: "Why don't you say that it's a dirty street." ”
As he spoke, the figure fell rapidly, shattering bones and bursting brains as it landed.
This is the Medicine Valley Park, where people come and go, and panic suddenly spreads. Some screamed, some cried, and some ran around in fright, but the black Mercedes drove away from the chaotic murder scene without hurrying.
The car got on the highway, and Ji Yunchong said: "I'll go see my old friend, you can let the bodyguards watch from a distance later, you don't have to keep an eye on it so closely." ”
"In case ......"
"He's a man of integrity and can be trusted."
*
Xiao Huai met Ji Yunchong in the café.
Dressed in a knitted cardigan and white shirt, he sat by the window flipping through magazines. The afterglow of the setting sun shines through the glass and shines on the side of his face, and his handsome facial features become more and more three-dimensional, adding a little coolness.
Xiao Huai walked over and sat down: "I've been waiting for a long time." ”
Ji Yunchong raised his gaze from the financial magazine: "I just arrived for a while. ”
"Is Ling Tang's health okay?"
"It's the same, it's not getting better. What about aunt? ”
"She's the same, not much has changed."
Their mothers were distant relatives, so when 18-year-old Ji Yunchong came to Munich to study, he borrowed Xiao Huai's house for a while.
At that time, Xiao Huai was still studying, and he was a hot-blooded young man who loved sports, and often asked Ji Yunchong to play football together. Ji Yunchong is a god-like teammate, from a guard to a center, and then from a center to a striker, running around the field, so energetic that everyone is willing to bow down, so he got a well-known nickname: Collin.
Later, the contact between the two gradually decreased, and the last time they met was the year before last, at a dinner of the International Federation of Economics and Business.
At that time, Ji Yunchong's eyebrows were staring with obvious anxiety, as if he had suddenly taken over the complex management of the enterprise, at a loss, and under great pressure.
However, no matter what environment they find themselves in, "god-like teammates" will eventually show their outstanding talent. It only took Ji Yunchong two years to get Dongsheng Group out of the trough and become the youngest chairman in history.
The two recounted, and time passed quickly. Ji Yunchong went straight to the point: "Dongsheng plans to take down the Chinese and Western pharmaceutical industry in the shortest possible time. I hope you will convince Deutsche Investment Bank to refuse to accept the anti-takeover entrustment of Zhongxi Pharmaceutical. ”
Entrepreneurs or group leaders have long been accustomed to relational lobbying, and politely refused: "The top management of the investment bank tends to take over the business, and if I don't find a sufficient reason, I can't persuade them to change their decision." ”
Ji Yunchong was not in a hurry to get Xiao Huai's support immediately, and reminded: "Chinese and Western pharmaceuticals have been listed on the backdoor. ”
The "predecessor" of Zhongxi Pharmaceutical was forced to delist due to poor management, and later injected assets into a listed company (shell) with a low market value, obtained an actual controlling stake in the company, and used its status as a listed company to return to the stock market.
In other words, Zhongxi Pharmaceutical may raise its stock price at the time of backdoor listing, and its market value is still moist.
Xiao Huai was thinking about it when a WeChat message appeared on the screen of his mobile phone.
Lin: "Where are the people?" Are you back? ”
He didn't see this news, but heard Ji Yunchong say, "Your cufflinks are quite chic." ”
Xiao Huai's temperament is calm and solemn, and the exquisitely shaped bamboo gold inlaid jade cufflinks are matched with the cuffs of the twill shirt, adding some classical atmosphere to him. Ji Yunchong raised the corners of his mouth: "A woman sent it?" ”
Xiao Huai smiled and replied, "I'll introduce you to a female friend in a few days." ”
Ji Yunchong was surprised: "Workaholic is in love? ”
"Hmm."
"Are you chasing people or are people chasing you?"
"I take the initiative."
"Do you have any photos?"
There are a few selfies in Xiao Huai's circle of friends: "No. ”
Ji Yunchong thought about it and took out his wallet from his pocket.
In the most conspicuous place, there is a double photo, which is also a very popular headshot many years ago: a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl with pretty short hair, an innocent smile, pursing her lips and kissing the cheek of the teenager Ji Yunchong.
This is a photo of the two in love, and it is also a beautiful and innocent memory of the green years.
Ji Yunchong handed the photo to Xiao Huai: "Do you remember her?" I used to play football with you, and I forgot to call her, and when I called her later, she was angry and refused to answer. One time you acted as a peacemaker and communicated with her on the phone and persuaded her to forgive me. ”
Xiao Huai didn't remember this happening at all, his eyes fell on the photo, and his pupils shrank.
The girl in the photo looks like Lin Li.
His thoughts were blank for two or three seconds, and he heard Ji Yunchong say: "Coincidentally, she once saw you on the cover of a financial magazine and asked me curiously about your situation." ”
Xiao Huai's eyelashes trembled uncontrollably, and he raised his head stiffly, and there was an indescribable complication in his deep eyes: "What's her name?" ”
"You really don't remember? The last three letters of Collin are her last name. ”
“…… Lin? ”
Ji Yunchong nodded: "Lin Li, my fiancée." ”
Xiao Huai's eyes grabbed Ji Yunchong for a moment, only to feel that the depths of his throat were unbearably dry.
His expression seemed very calm, but his heart was in turmoil. The suppressed feelings gathered little by little in his chest, and with the beating of his heart flowed into the blood, churning back and forth, as if he wanted to destroy his reason before he would stop.
Lin Li and Ji Yunchong, the relationship between the two constitutes a fact that is difficult for him to accept for a short time: her ex is his friend.
Why? He liked her gentleness and delicacy, and preferred her down-to-earth generosity, but she approached him on the one hand, and on the other hand, she didn't say a word about knowing him.
Why? She had inquired about him, and it was impossible not to be impressed by him.
Ji Yunchong patted Xiao Huai's shoulder: "What's wrong with you?" ”
He came back to his senses and said nothing.
Ji Yunchong took back the photo from him and put it in the wallet: "Isn't she good-looking?" It's also quite attractive? ”
Xiao Huai was silent, but silence was also an answer.
"When I was 18 years old, I went to study in Munich, and she came to see her off from her parents. She asked me when I would return to China, and I told her that I would marry her when I returned to China. When she heard this, she was not only not happy, but burst into tears, telling me that if I didn't keep my promise, she would marry my friend when she grew up, and she would be angry with me. Ji Yunchong stared intently at the photo, and it took a while to finish, "I didn't keep my promise, on the contrary, I abandoned her when she needed me the most." ”
He raised his eyes and glanced over, his eyes were full of emotion, and his voice became a little hoarse: "I was the first man to write her a love letter, I was the first man to hold her hand, and I was the first man to kiss her." Whatever she did, the first experience was brought to her by me. If I redeem it, will she still be willing to come back to me? ”
Every sentence is extremely lethal.
Xiao Huai's heart throbbed fiercely: "I'm sorry, I'm not good at talking about feelings, and I can't give advice." ”
"You're always so stereotyped, how did you catch up with your girlfriend?"
“……”
"Dude, do people approve of you? Will there be no eight words? ”
If it was before, Xiao Huai would have thought that this was just a joke, but now it has become a sharp arrow that hits the bull's eye. He frowned impatiently, and the look on his face was a little less calm than usual.
"No, it won't." He bluntly denied it.
*
Leaving the café, Xiao Huai rubbed his sore temples after getting into the car: "Please take me to Renai Hospital." ”
The driver said: "Miss Lin Fei must be very happy to see the boss personally pick her up from work." ”
Xiao Huai didn't talk.
Today is Valentine's Day, the roads are much more congested than usual, and Mercedes cars stop and go, and it is not easy to reach the hospital.
He sat in the car and called Lin Li, but she didn't answer.
He dialed several more times, but no one answered. The driver parked the car and asked the hospital guard, only to learn that Lin Li had gotten into a black Mercedes-Benz ten minutes earlier and had gone somewhere.
Xiao Huai felt a little unusual, but couldn't think of a reason.
The person he liked disappeared silently, which really made him impetuous.
After trying to calm himself down, he dialed Guan Yi's phone.
The other end of the phone was unusually noisy, he cleared his throat and pressed his feelings: "Miss Guan, is Lin Li with you?" ”
"Lin Li? She's in the hospital, waiting for you. Guan Yi's voice was hoarse and damp, as if she had just cried.
"No, she's gone."
"Now, you can go directly to the restaurant to find her."
"Restaurant?"
Guan Yi sniffed on the other end of the phone: "Mr. Xiao, the man who contracted '1936' tonight is you, right?" She may not be able to hold back her good mood and go first. ”
Xiao Huai was stunned.
At this time, Guan Yi really couldn't hold back her grief, and cried quietly: "Mr. Xiao, have you seen the breaking news?" Merrill Lynch's chairman jumped off the building. My dad couldn't stand the blow and he ...... Passed away. ”