25. War
From this day on, Wu Jue's time became extremely slow.
Degrees and seconds are like years, and that's probably what it looks like.
Especially at night, in the empty high-rise apartment near the river, in the quiet air, when the telephone rings suddenly, it is like a terrible magic sound.
She was afraid of receiving a call from Lin Jiahe.
She didn't feel weak, she was just afraid to hear Lin Jiahe's voice coming from the phone, that calm voice, as if she could understand a qiฤ.
Lin Jiahe has never been a person who likes to look at things, so even if she is careful and knows how to observe words and feelings, she has never understood this person at all.
She didn't feel that she was afraid of Lin Jiahe, but many times, I have to say that Wu Jue still has a little bit of confidence for this man, especially those deep eyes, as if she can see through people at a glance.
Wu Jue sometimes wonders, has he seen through her?
Fortunately, after two days, Lin Jiahe's brief phone call every night did not show anything unusual, thinking about it, he was as sure as he was, and he didn't know that he was about to face a storm.
These days, reports about Lin Zheng's overseas listing have become the focus of major media in Jiangcheng.
Photos of Lin Zheng's current head appear more frequently than ever before, but they are all group photos that appear on some important occasions. But Lin Jiahe, who is strict and calm, can show his outstanding temperament even on the pages of black and white newspapers.
It's not about appearance, it's just about temperament, it's natural.
Wu Jue occasionally passed by the newsstand, picked up a newspaper casually, and could see Lin Jiahe like this.
It was already familiar, but it seemed to be a complete stranger, like she didn't know this person at all.
finally stayed up until Tuesday night, Wu Jue never slept. Because of the time difference, the time when Lin is listing in the United States is actually the early morning of Wednesday.
There is a simultaneous live video broadcast on the network. At the listing ceremony of Lin Zheng on the New York Stock Exchange, Lin Jiahe stood among several foreigners, waiting for the bell to ring and count down.
The flashing lights under the stage flickered non-stop, but Lin Jiahe's face was still unfazed, without any excitement and nervousness. This determined temperament makes him more shining.
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In the last few seconds, the flow was incredibly slow.
With the arrival of the last second, Lin Jiahe finally rang the bell.
Lin Zheng was officially listed.
Subsequently, Wu Jue opened the stock market chart and watched quietly.
Since the opening of the market, Lin Zheng has been red all the way. During the entire sleeping time in Jiangcheng, the stock price rose by several points, and at the close, it was almost up and down.
Wu Jue didn't sleep all night. It's not that she's not sleepy, it's just that she wants to witness this moment of ups and downs.
When I went out in the morning, it was still early, the newsstand next to the bus stop had just opened, and the daily newspaper for the new day had just been delivered.
Wu Jue pulled out one of them, and unsurprisingly, the front page of the daily newspaper was a report on the material problem of Lin Zheng's real estate. The whole report is well-founded, and it doesn't seem to be groundless at all.
Compared with the news of Lin Zheng's listing next to him, one is a black-hearted profiteer and the other is an emerging national brand, which is like a huge irony.
Wu Jue looked at the report with a blank face, and then stuffed the newspaper into his handbag.
When I came to the company, the office was really lively.
As soon as he sat down, several colleagues gathered around and asked, "Deputy Manager Lin, is what is written in the newspaper true, and why did you make this kind of news just after it was listed?" Will it be very bad for Lin Zheng? โ
Wu Jue turned on the computer and smiled at everyone: "Don't worry casually, just do your own thing." โ
The speed of the Internet era is really amazing, and the headlines of all the portals are all reprinted from the reports in that daily newspaper, and Lin Zheng's reputation is even more popular for a while.
For the media, bad news is good news.
Wu Jue should have breathed a sigh of relief, but for some reason, his heart was beating hard.
Colleagues were obviously dissatisfied with her answer, and continued to mumble: "Why don't you worry, what if something goes wrong with Lin Zheng and we lose our jobs?" โ
"And this listing is controlled by Mr. Lin, and if something happens to the stock market, Mr. Lin's position will not be guaranteed. If Mr. Lin can't be the president, even if I can stay in Lin Zheng, there is no point! โ
Wu Jue sighed silently, these women can't change their nature at any time. She coughed: "Don't say I didn't remind you, the administrative staff will come to check later, seeing you like this, I'm afraid that Lin Zheng has nothing to do, and you will be fired first." โ
"Uh-" The crowd finally dispersed.
On this day, everyone's work was very out of shape. Or rather, excited.
How can ordinary employees really empathize with the company's crisis, no matter how good Lin Zheng is, he is only Lin Zheng who belongs to the top management, and the relationship with them is really not serious. Well, in everyone's eyes, this is really just a change of wind and rain that has nothing to do with them.
Who isn't excited about having a good show to watch?
Wu Jue is not nervous.
At this moment, in the dark world on the other side of the ocean, did Lin Jiahe and them already know about this change? What will they do?
She had never seen Lin Jiahe look like in the face of a crisis. But she could imagine calm, decisive, just like he was.
Lin Zheng also had several major incidents in the past few years, and it is said that this young principal handled it very beautifully, and always turned the danger into a disaster. That's why Lin Zheng is what he is now, and he has the reputation of President Lin Zheng.
It was precisely because she knew that Lin Jiahe was too powerful, so she was afraid that this small news report would be just an insignificant little wave, and it would disappear overnight.
But for her, this is the only opportunity she has found for more than a year, and she always retains a glimmer of hope, otherwise, wouldn't it show that in front of Lin Jiahe, a strong man, she is powerless and has no chance of winning.
However, the reaction of the online media was really unexpected by Wu Jue, and he had not yet gotten off work. Lin Zheng's โกโก spread everywhere like a plague, and the discussions in the forum were also lively. Many media reporters went to raw material manufacturers and Lin Zheng Real Estate to investigate.
Lin Jiahe said it was good before, if it was placed in normal times, this matter would not be very important, but it happened to be in the listing period, and it hit the muzzle of the gun, which can not be said to be unstrict.
The attention of the media is secondary, and what is even stricter is that someone in the forum has already launched a post to crusade against Lin Zheng's real estate, and the call for compensation and check-out has also been around for a while.
The Internet is a place where groups can easily gather, and although they are virtual groups, many of them follow the trend, as long as they expand slightly and spread to reality, the consequences will be unimaginable.
At lunchtime, Wu Jue received a text message from Su Ran, and the excitement in the message could not be concealed: I didn't expect this news to have such a big impact, and sure enough, the news is also very good at the right time and place, if you can win this year's journalism award, I will thank you very much.
Wu Jue deleted the text message, and there was still something wrong in his heart.
For Su Ran, she owes a little bit. Although I don't want to admit it, this incident is actually a game of exploitation and deception.
I just hope that she won't be involved.
When I got off work, it was almost early morning on the other side of the ocean. The country has been boiling all day, and the United States has naturally gotten the news a long time ago. However, there was no formal clarification, and it was obviously caught off guard, and he did not dare to speak out lightly before he did everything he could.
As soon as Qiฤ looked, they all walked in the direction that Wu Jue wanted.
It's just that, for some reason, she can't see the road ahead, as if there is a kind of foreshadowing that no matter how much hope there is, the road ahead is just a truncated road.
Or rather, there is no front at all.
On this day, Wu Jue did not work overtime, hastily ate, returned to Linjiang apartment, turned on the computer, in the stock market, Lin Zheng's stock, which was in the limelight yesterday, fell wildly as soon as it opened.
In the dark night alone, Wu Jue could only hear his heart pounding violently, and there was even a terrifying echo.
This night, as expected, Lin Jiahe did not contact her.
He was too busy, she guessed, to forget about her for a while.
Lin Zheng's stock fell for two consecutive days.
The negative chain reaction brought about by the decline of the stock was very fast, and the entire Lin Zheng headquarters was obviously in a high-pressure state, not to mention the fact that the president was not in charge of the country.
In fact, Wu Jue has not received any news from Lin Jiahe for two days.
She didn't care about his current condition, she cared about the impact of this incident on him. Because there are already rumors that one or two shareholders in China are ready to use this opportunity to impeach him as president.
A qiฤ seems to be a variable, but Wu Jue has a hunch, as if a qiฤ is actually a fixed number for a long time, and it is not a fixed number as she hoped.
And this premonition was even more real when she received a call from Shen Yibei the next night.
"Wei Hong's board of directors opposed the purchase of a large number of Lin Zheng shares. I may not get that much money in three days, and it will take at least five days. He said to Wu Jue, his voice was also nervous and helpless.
Wu Jue chuckled in her heart, five days, she didn't know if Lin Jiahe would give them five days, but she still comforted him: "Brother Yibei, I think there is not much difference between five days and three days, as long as Lin Jiahe does not deal with this crisis in time, Lin Zheng's stock will definitely be in this downward trend for a long time." โ
"Wu Jue, this is a good opportunity, as long as you take advantage of the low price of Lin Zheng's stock to buy it, with Wei Hong's capital, you can buy about ten percent, so that you can enter Lin Zheng's board of directors. It's a shame to miss out. โ
"Not necessarily. There are many ways to war, and if that doesn't work this time, there are other ways. Brother Yibei, don't take this time too seriously. โ
Shen Yibei smiled on the phone: "Wu Jue, you are still that good girl who is understanding." I don't want to stress me down. Either way, you remember, you're not alone. โ
"I know."
Hanging up the phone, Wu Jue only felt powerless, and she was suddenly a little scared, as if failure was already in sight.
After thinking about it for a long time, she finally dialed Lin Jiahe's phone.
The evening here is the morning over there, and there is a deep tiredness in Lin Jiahe's voice, and he asks, "What?" Something? โ
"It's fine." Wu Jue shook her head, she almost forgot that he couldn't see her, "I just want to ask you, are you okay over there?" There was a lot of movement on Lin Zheng's side. โ
He seemed to disagree and laughed: "I know very well what the situation in China is, and I also know what those shareholders think." Don't worry, I know it. โ
"Then you-" Wu Jue paused, "How to deal with the matter of Lin Zheng Real Estate." โ
"Since the news broke out at such a time, it is certainly not a coincidence. I'd expected this before, so I've definitely thought about how to deal with it. Don't worry, it'll be fine. He seemed to smile, "Besides, Lin Zheng's chairman is also in the United States, so there is no need to worry about his guidance." โ
Lin Zheng's chairman, that is, Lin Jiahe's father Lin Guangyan, is a legend in Jiangcheng, although he has retreated into the background over the years, but his ability and courage, no one can deny it.
No wonder Lin Jiahe was tired just now, but his tone was so calm and relaxed, so it was.
Maybe she's just a little girl who can play a little trick, how can she fight those people in the mall.
Lin Jiahe didn't tell her the specific way to deal with it, but she could guess a thing or two, just like he told her before, but she still had something to look forward to the speed and effect.
On the third day, Lin Zheng's stock still fell sharply. The check-out tide of Lin Zheng Real Estate is intensifying, which affects the whole body, and Lin Zheng's reputation and prospects seem to have fallen to the bottom overnight.
Lin Zheng's internal people are gradually losing their breath, for three days, their president in the United States has not shown up at all, let alone given an explanation to the public, as if they want to watch Lin Zheng mess up, or they have no ability to deal with this trivial matter that should be insignificant.
Wu Jue was also anxious, not worried about Lin Zheng like the others, but she really had to suspect that Lin Jiahe's appearance of inaction was definitely just an appearance. She believed that he had already done a good job, and that he would turn things around when he had the right moment, though she didn't know what he had done.
She didn't know Lin Jiahe, but she believed in his abilities.
At the end of the third day, Lin Zheng was still on the cusp.
That night, Wu Jue had a dream, in which it was Lin Jiahe's expressionless and handsome face, and then, he smiled at her, the kind of mockery that knew a qiฤ, and finally trampled her under his feet.
She woke up in her sleep, and before dawn, she opened the laptop that was sitting next to the bed. The eye-catching portal headline turned out to be a statement issued by Lin Zheng overnight, the content is roughly the materials used by Lin Zheng, and after re-testing, the quality meets the national testing standards without any quality problems. Manufacturers were seized and closed because of problems in operation and management, not product problems. An official test certificate is attached.
Wu Jue remembered what Lin Jiahe said before, but she didn't expect that his method would be used so quickly and successfully.
She looked at Lin Zheng's statement on the computer and slumped limply on the bed.
Lin Jiahe did things, and he was really calm and calm, even if there was chaos in the country, he would wait until the dust settled before he gave the final powerful blow, and he definitely didn't waste time on meaningless appeasement and explanation.
Three days, Lin Jiahe really only took three days to reverse all the situation.
She and Shen Yibei had already lost their chance.
Her prophecy became a prophecy.
The situation is changing rapidly, and Lin Zheng's stock, which has fallen to the bottom, has rebounded after this statement and before the end of this week, and when it closes, it is close to the limit.
Wu Jue was no longer sleepy, because she knew that she had lost this battle.
Of course, she can start from scratch and think long-term, but the strength that was drained made her lose her fighting spirit for a while, and she sat in a daze until dawn.
Until Shen Yibei called.
"Wu Jue, I saw Lin Zheng's statement, Lin Jiahe is much faster than I expected, once Lin Zheng's shares rise back, Wei Hong will not be able to bid for too many shares, and the board of directors will not agree to buy Lin Zheng's shares at a high price."
"Brother Yibei, Wei Hong can't enter Lin Zheng through guรฒ shares this time, in fact, I expected it from the beginning, I know your situation, and I also know that Lin Jiahe definitely has the ability to reverse the situation in a short period of time. It doesn't matter, there's still a chance. โ
"Wu Jue-" The person over there seemed to hesitate for a moment before continuing, "Whether it can succeed or not, I think you should leave Lin Jiahe immediately." I'm worried about ......"
"Worried about what? Worried about his purpose for finding out? Wu Jue smiled, "Don't worry, I haven't broken the law, and he's just a businessman and not an underworld that kills people and sets fires, even if he knows what I'm going to do, he can't do anything to me, at most, he can't stay in Lin Zheng anymore." โ
"I'm not worried about that. It's just that you're a girl, and you're going to inevitably suffer if you do this. If Shen Tong knew ......"
When Wu Jue heard this name, his brain felt like he had been stabbed by something, and he immediately interrupted him: "You don't have to use Shen Tong to press me. I know what I'm doing. You also know how strong Lin Jiahe is, if you don't get close to him, how can you let him taste the taste of falling to the bottom? Just like me two years ago. โ
"Forget it, you just have to be measured." Shen Yibei saw that her voice was very impatient, so he had to lower his voice.
Hanging up the phone, Wu Jue lay back on the bed, closed his eyes, and before he knew it, he fell asleep in a daze, and then there was such a familiar dream......