Chapter 5 Visits
Zhao Ming was silent for a long time, and finally prepared to go to Zhang Jindong's house with Zhou Fan with a shy face, naturally in order to get close to Director Zhang, and become familiar with each other.
Although Zhao Ming made a small fuss and didn't really make much money, but the savings over the years still bought a Santana, there were not many private cars in China at that time, Zhao Ming was able to become a car owner, which can be regarded as a little proud, but in the eyes of the upper class of the ZY family, a small Santana, even in the early nineties, is nothing, after all, the vision of this type of people is still very different from that of ordinary people.
"Get in the car, right?" Zhao Ming shouted at Zhou Fan with a slight smugness, naturally hoping to see the look of envy in Zhou Fan's eyes, but Zhou Fan had never driven any good car in his previous life, and a Santana naturally couldn't lift any spirit.
Zhou Fan smiled bitterly and shook his head, Zhao Ming's cousin is far away from the family after all, but his vision and knowledge are relatively poor, speaking of which Zhao Ming has always been a petty fight, maybe in the eyes of outsiders, Zhao Ming can be regarded as having hands and eyes, but in the eyes of the Zhou family, he naturally can't get on the stage.
In his last life, Zhou Fan's first fund was directly through the Zhou family's network, and a vice president of the China Construction Bank at that time came forward to borrow a sum of 20 million yuan for Zhou Fan, and Zhou Fan directly invested the funds in the real estate project.
Fortunately, Zhou Fan was lucky, and he made a big deal in the first business, otherwise the money from the Construction Bank would not be repaid, and a large number of people would have been unlucky with Zhou Fan, after all, Zhou Fan's loan procedures at that time were not mortgaged in accordance with the bank's rules, and it was really an illegal loan.
Zhou Fan thought about helping Zhao Ming's cousin get a sum of money, but not to mention such a large sum of money, Zhao Ming's cousin can't play around, so he said that Zhou Fan doesn't seem to have a relationship with the vice president now.
In his last life, Zhou Fan left the National Development and Reform Commission, although Zhou Ziming strongly opposed it, but finally introduced the vice president of China Construction Bank to Zhou Fan, which was actually a kind of acquiescence to Zhou Fan's choice, and it all depended on Zhou Ziming to say hello, and the other party would do his best, 20 million was not a small amount at that time, relying on Zhou Fan's own face, how could the other party not play such a big game.
In this life, Zhou Fan is also thinking about whether to catch up with the other party, after all, when many things still need money, being able to meet the top management of such a bank is also beneficial to Zhou Fan's career.
As for how to deal with it, Zhou Fan is still in the making, but he can't just go to the door to find someone, not to mention whether it will be self-defeating, just from the matter itself, it is obviously not beneficial to the development of the relationship between the two sides.
Zhang Jindong lives in the Jingjiang villa area under the State Council, this villa is newly built in recent years, subordinate to the State Council, and is placed by the Logistics Management Office of the General Office of the State Council.
The Jingjiang villa area was heavily guarded, Zhou Fan and the two spent a long time salivaing, but a few soldiers outside the pavilion did not let go, Zhao Ming originally wanted to drive directly into it, but when he saw the black muzzle, Zhao Ming was in a cold sweat on his forehead, just the posture in front of him, if Zhao Ming really dared to rush in, then these brainless soldiers would definitely not be polite to Zhou Fan and the two.
It is the duty of a soldier to obey orders, and Zhou Fan still respects these soldiers who defend their homes and the country, although they are a little unhappy with the brains of these people, but Zhou Fan still honestly called Zhang Jindong's home, and it was Zhang Jindong's son Zhang Mingyuan who came out to pick up Zhou Fan.
"Brother Zhou, why didn't you call me in advance when you came to our house?" Seeing Zhou Fan, Zhang Mingyuan looked very happy, Zhou Fan and Zhang Mingyuan grew up together, and the two had no other playmates when they were young, with the relationship between the two families, Zhou Fan and Zhang Mingyuan also formed a good friendship.
Zhou Fan still remembers that when he was a child, Zhang Mingyuan always liked to run behind him, but later the contact between the two was much less, and the relationship gradually faded, plus Zhou Ziming always liked to compare Zhou Fan and Zhang Mingyuan, which made Zhou Fan very unhappy, and he gradually became estranged from Zhang Mingyuan.
Although he has Zhou Ziming's high pressure, Zhou Fan still caused a lot of things during his studies, but Zhang Mingyuan has always been a good boy in the family, needless to say in terms of reading results, in terms of surname alone, Zhang Mingyuan is also the kind of person who rarely causes trouble, so in comparison, Zhou Fan can feel better than it is strange, if you really want to talk about it, Zhou Fan and Zhang Mingyuan have an estranged relationship, and the elders in the family still have a very important relationship.
"Mingyuan, why are you at home? School holidays? Zhang Mingyuan is one year younger than Zhou Fan, and is still in his senior year at Huada, Zhang Mingyuan graduated from his bachelor's degree in his previous life and went directly to graduate school at Huada, and later studied abroad, and then stayed abroad until the fall of the Zhou family, Zhang Mingyuan came back from abroad to see Zhang Mingyuan.
When they met for the first time, Zhang Mingyuan gave Zhou Fan a punch, originally thought that Zhang Mingyuan would take the opportunity of the fall of the Zhou family to clean himself up, but he didn't expect Zhang Mingyuan to turn around and leave, looking at Zhang Mingyuan's lonely figure at that time, Zhou Fan really regretted and felt guilty.
Others can't figure out why Zhang Mingyuan ran away abroad, but Zhou Fan knew that Zhang Mingyuan hid abroad because of his physical defects, such a thing happened to him, how could Zhang Mingyuan feel good in his heart, a good young man, but he can't be a man for the rest of his life.
"I just went home yesterday, and Brother Zhou heard that you graduated this year? What are you going to do in the future? Although Zhou Fan was a little estranged from Zhang Mingyuan in his heart, it could be seen that Zhang Mingyuan was still very enthusiastic about Zhou Fan, and since he saw Zhou Fan today, Zhang Mingyuan has been very happy.
"The family arranged to go to work in the National Development and Reform Commission, and when I got to Uncle Zhang's territory in the future, Mingyuan, you have to let Uncle Zhang take care of me more." Zhou Fan smiled and patted Zhang Mingyuan's shoulder, he was carried away by jealousy in his previous life, and he drank some wine that night, so Zhou Fan would do that kind of thing, harming Zhang Mingyuan, a childhood friend, for a lifetime, and Zhou Fan would never do such a stupid thing again in this life.
"Don't say it, my father's affairs, I can intervene there, but Brother Zhou, you can't stand the rules and regulations in the agency?" Zhang Mingyuan said with a smile, but he knew Zhou Fan's surname very well.
"What's the solution, I don't want to go into the agency to boil up my qualifications, but the old man has spoken, can I not listen?" Zhou Fan shook his head with a smile and said, in his previous life, Zhou Fan was really reluctant to enter the agency to boil his qualifications, but in this life, Zhou Fan was quite willing to accept the family's arrangement, after all, as the eldest grandson of the family, Zhou Fan felt that he should do something for this family, or this is the responsibility, the responsibility on Zhou Fan's shoulders.
"Mingyuan, you're going to graduate next year, have you ever thought about what will happen after graduation?" In fact, for a child from a family like Zhou Fan, basically there will be arrangements at home after graduation, but in his last life, Zhang Mingyuan was admitted to graduate school, Zhou Fan couldn't figure out why Zhang Jindong arranged it like this, maybe Zhang Jindong had his own ideas, and Zhou Fan didn't bother to guess about this.
"Our tutor wants me to study in his graduate school, but my dad doesn't agree, let's not talk about this matter first, let's talk about Brother Zhou, let's talk about you, when Brother Zhou becomes a big leader, when I come out to find a job, I can touch your light." Zhang Mingyuan said with a smile.
"Okay, but it's not up to me to be a big leader or not, I still have to say more good things about me in front of Uncle Zhang, so that Uncle Zhang can promote me more." Zhou Fan opened his mouth and said, in his previous life, he had been compared with Zhang Mingyuan, Zhou Fan seemed to have some estrangement from Zhang Mingyuan in his heart, but in this life, Zhou Fan let go of his knot, and the relationship between the two seemed to be much closer, and they spoke a lot more tacitly.
Speaking of which, Zhang Jindong is half of the son of Old Man Zhou, just by virtue of this, the relationship between Zhou Fan and Zhang Mingyuan is not far away, but he has been compared with Zhang Mingyuan by his family, Zhou Fan has not been able to let go of it in his heart, and he will feel that there is a gap between him and Zhang Mingyuan, in fact, Zhang Mingyuan himself may not be comfortable.
"Let's go, go see my aunt, I haven't seen her for so long, I miss her." Zhou Fan smiled and held Zhang Mingyuan's arm, as if the two of them played together when they were children, and this sense of closeness was many years ago.
Zhang Jindong's daughter-in-law is a girl from a big family, and the old man in the family is the original chairman of the Standing Committee of the Standing Committee of the Nine Giants, the mediator personally protected by Mr. Zhou, even for Zhou Ziming's marriage, Mr. Zhou did not care so much, obviously the old comrade-in-arms died, in Mr. Zhou's heart, the son of the old comrade-in-arms naturally cannot be wronged, and Mr. Zhou naturally wants to arrange a lady with a prominent family background for Zhang Jindong, so as not to be bullied by Zhang Jindong in the future, maybe it is also the accumulation of such a thing, Zhang Jindong still misses the old man's love even in the end, even if he is in a high position and becomes the leader of a faction, he is still stumped by feelings.
The Zhang family's aunt's surname is Li, although it can't be said to be like a flower like jade, but it can be regarded as attractive, just as the old man Zhou said, the old man Li himself is not very good-looking, but this girl is still attractive, and it is not a grievance to be a daughter-in-law to Jindong, in fact, it is no wonder that although Chairman Li is not very good, but the grandmother of the Li family was also a famous beauty before, and this daughter must not be too shabby.
Zhang Jindong's wife should belong to the category of people who are beautiful, but as a mother, it is obvious that the other party still loves Zhang Mingyuan very much, after Zhang Mingyuan's incident in the previous life, Aunt Li came to the house a few times, I heard that Aunt Li also fell out with Zhang Jindong at home, and later Zhang Jindong and Zhou Ziming broke up, Aunt Li obviously played a bad role in the middle, in fact, it is no wonder that such a thing happened to her son, it is strange that Aunt Li can still endure it, but now Aunt Li is an amiable elder.
"Auntie, I haven't seen you for a long time, but you are getting younger and younger, is there any secret to teach me, and I can go back and coax my mother." Zhou Fan joked with a smile.
"You little guy, I haven't seen you for a few years, but you've grown up in this mouthful of kung fu? Now I have learned to pat my aunt's ass, but my aunt is self-aware, and you have already slapped my ass. "Women, they always like men to praise, although they know that Zhou Fan is patting their ass, Aunt Li is still happy.
"Auntie, don't say that, I have sycophants there, I don't believe you ask Mingyuan and his cousin, they must say the same." Zhou Fan smiled and pulled Zhang Mingyuan and Zhao Ming as shields.
Zhang Mingyuan naturally knew his mother's surname, and he didn't dare to talk nonsense at this time, if he didn't say it well, and the guest left when he turned around, he was not cleaned up by his mother, Zhao Ming naturally followed Zhou Fan's words and said: "Fanzi didn't lie, aunt, you are really getting younger and younger." ”
"You two little guys, how is Huijuan doing? I haven't seen each other for a long time, so I have time to come out and get together, and by the way, I listened to Huijuan, a university professor, give me a lecture, she is the most educated person in our old Zhou family. "Huijuan is naturally Zhou Fan's second aunt Zhou Huijuan.
"It's good, recently their school has a research project, let my mother be in charge, this time may be a little busier recently, I went back to her and said that my aunt mentioned her, we have time to sit together, contact the feelings." Zhao Ming smiled and replied, Zhang Jindong is high and powerful, Zhao Ming consciously feels that he is shorter, even if it is a family, these things are inevitable, now I heard Aunt Li say that she wants to contact her mother to have a relationship, Zhao Ming is naturally happy, but as a son, it is not good to agree for his mother, so he can only open his mouth to explain, and turn around and talk to his mother again.
"Research topic, that's experimentation, right? It seems that Huijuan may be the second Marie Curie, but the reunion will be talked about later, and work is still important. Aunt Li said with a smile.
"You can't stay in the laboratory all the time, and my mother also said that I haven't seen my aunt for a long time, and I was talking about getting together a few days ago." Zhao Ming smiled and sold his favor, this is naturally to bring the relationship between the two families closer, it seems that this cousin is not useless, he has learned well in the past few years.
In fact, Zhou Fan knows that his cousin has been rolling in society for so long, and he has learned some skills no matter what, just because the second aunt's family is far away from the political center, his cousin has lost so much vision and courage, and it is also for this reason that his cousin will naturally be looked down upon in the eyes of a high-ranking and powerful person like Zhou Ziming and Zhang Jindong, and it is also for this reason that his cousin has a lot of fewer opportunities.
In fact, if an ordinary person's point of view, if you are really given tens of millions and let you do business, you may be scared stupid before you start investing, this has nothing to do with ability, mainly because the contact is relatively narrow, and my cousin belongs to this type.
"I don't know Huijuan yet, in addition to studying, sometimes I even forget to eat, Zhao Ming, if you have time, you have to persuade your mother more, don't get tired." Aunt Li smiled and led Zhou Fan and Zhao Ming into the house.
"Auntie, this is the tribute tea I took from my father, I know that Uncle Zhang likes to drink this tea the most, so I thought about bringing some to Uncle Zhang." Zhou Fan smiled and handed over a box of tea cans to Aunt Li, this tea was brought out from home, but it didn't look good without a can, Zhou Fan and the two chose tea cans on the road, or the money paid by cousin Zhao Ming.
"Is it the kind of tea that Grandpa gives us every year?" Zhang Mingyuan opened his mouth and asked, although Zhang Jindong called the old man Uncle Zhou, but Zhang Mingyuan called the old man Zhou grandpa with Zhou Fan's juniors.
"That's it, my dad doesn't drink it in the study, I know Uncle Zhang likes to drink, so I brought it." Zhou Fan doesn't blush when he lies, Zhou Ziming doesn't drink there, Zhou Ziming is reluctant to drink it at all.
"You kid, your dad doesn't know you took out all the tea leaves, does he? Or he'll have to beat you. Aunt Li smiled and weighed the tea leaves in the jar, the old man gave each family not much tea for the New Year, and now the amount of the jar, obviously Aunt Li also knew that Zhou Fan had taken out Zhou Ziming's old bottom.
"It's okay, I told my mother before that if he dares to beat me, I will rely on my mother, and it is for Uncle Zhang to drink, he will not be so stingy in the family, if this is the case, I will tell Uncle Zhang." Zhou Fan's words are a little childish, but being childish in front of the elders can bring the relationship between the two parties closer and make Aunt Li feel like a parent.
"Okay, then I'll thank you for your Uncle Zhang, your Uncle Zhang also talked about tea some time ago." Aunt Li was not polite, she put away the tea with a smile, Zhang Jindong has no other hobbies, she usually has a good cup of tea, and Zhang Jindong usually goes to Zhou Ziming to rub tea, Zhou Ziming will not really do anything to Zhou Fan for this matter, Aunt Li naturally understands this.
"In fact, it is a waste for my father to drink this tea, he really drinks the quality of the tea leaves, and these tribute teas are usually used to support the façade." Zhou Fan secretly slandered Zhou Ziming, but Zhou Ziming is indeed not as particular about drinking tea as Zhang Jindong, but this is true.
"How? Something to do today, right? I won't tell my aunt to come to see my aunt. Aunt Li asked Zhou Fan with a smile while instructing the nanny to cut some fruit to entertain Zhou Fan.
"Auntie, don't say that, I haven't seen my aunt for so long, I want to come and see my aunt, cousin, you said yes?" Zhou Fan smiled and coaxed.
"Okay, you two come to see your aunt, and you will have dinner at your aunt's house in the evening, and I will ask Mingyuan to call his father and ask him to come home early in the evening for dinner." Aunt Li opened her mouth and instructed, how could Zhou Fan and the two of them hide their careful thinking from Aunt Li, naturally knowing that Zhou Fan and the two of them naturally wanted to see Zhang Jindong when they came to the house.
Aunt Li asked the nanny to prepare dinner and asked Zhou Fan what they liked to eat, and the two of them were naturally not picky, and they both said that they were not picky eaters.
Aunt Li accompanied Zhou Fan and the two of them chatted for a while, and asked Zhou Fan and Zhao Ming about some of the situation, and when she heard what Zhao Ming was doing outside, Aunt Li's face was slightly unsightly, and she sighed and said: "These are never long-term solutions, I think you'd better do some real business, if there is really no way, then let's discuss with your two uncles." ”
Zhao Ming's expression changed slightly, although he also knew that such a small fight was not such a thing, but let Zhao Ming discuss with Zhou Ziming or Zhang Jindong, Zhao Ming obviously did not have the guts, as for Zhou Ziming and Zhang Jindong taking the initiative to care about Zhao Ming's affairs, it was obviously not realistic, and Zhao Ming himself had his own helplessness.
"I said that you are so good to see your aunt, it turns out that you are going to work in the National Development and Reform Commission, so you are here to greet your uncle." Hearing that Zhou Fan was going to work at the National Development and Reform Commission the next day, Aunt Li smiled and told Zhou Fan's thoughts, but it made Zhou Fan slightly embarrassed, but fortunately, Zhou Fan was thick-skinned enough, so there was no stage fright.