The sages said that it is enough to have a confidant in life, and in Zhou Jianping's life, Ma Xingwei is such a confidant, he not only took the initiative to give advice to Zhou Jianping's affairs, but also did it himself, using his extensive network to take Zhou Jianping's affairs as his own affairs.

If you want to say what Ma Xingwei covets, it is really a gentleman's belly with the heart of a villain, it has been several years, except for the Spring Festival Zhou Jianping sent some New Year's goods to Ma Xingwei, and Ma Xingwei returned sometimes even more than Zhou Jianping, usually only Zhou Jianping had something to discuss, so he got together for a meal, and they can be said to be gentlemen's friends.

In fact, Ma Xingwei has no brothers and sisters, his father is a deputy department-level cadre, his mother is a primary school principal, his wife Ye Xuemin is a teacher, he himself used to be a middle-level cadre in a state-owned enterprise, and now he is a partner in the city's largest law firm.

In Ma Xingwei's view, Zhou Jianping is upright, willing to do things, and once he does it, he is very focused, neither ambitious, but also unsatisfied with the status quo, good at management, quick to accept new ideas and new things, advanced consciousness, and hard-working spirit.

Ma Xingwei thinks that he and Zhou Jianping are the same kind of people, and his good brother Zhou Jianping is working in the city.

"Okay, let's put this aside for now, I can give me this money one day, tell me about the situation over there, have the funds been settled?" Ma Xingwei said.

"Yes and no." Zhou Jianping said ambiguously.

"What does that mean?" Ma Xingwei looked at Zhou Jianping very puzzled.

"I went to the house to find Brother Jiming, and he agreed to take out a loan to support him, but he needed a mortgage or guarantee."

"Mortgage guarantee? Your Jiansheng Food Factory has already been mortgaged to the Associated Press, where can you find collateral? ”

"There is no collateral, he said that it is okay to find someone to guarantee, and I haven't found a guarantor yet, so I said that there is neither one nor another."

"It's been a long time, that's what you mean. However, the assessment on the street side is about to begin, and the money for the purchase of the land has not yet been settled, so we have to find a way to raise funds as soon as possible! Ma Xingwei said.

"Yes, I'm anxious to meet you, and I'm anxious for funds." Zhou Jianping was in front of Ma Xingwei, and he spoke happily.

"Jianping, meeting me can't solve the problem of funds! My Gary's savings are just a drop in the bucket for such a large amount of money to buy land. Ma Xingwei spread his hands.

"Xingwei, I didn't mean that, how much money can I have at home. Brother Jiming said that you know some friends who do business, can you find a company to help me make a guarantee? ”

"Oh----, looking for a guarantor," Ma Xingwei also frowned, "The guarantee is equivalent to indirectly lending you money, which requires a pretty good friend to agree, and the general relationship is not respectful." ”

"I know that if the borrower can't repay the loan, the guarantor will have to repay the loan, but that won't happen to me." Zhou Jianping said.

"Jianping, I know very well who you are, otherwise we wouldn't be such good friends. It's just, who will vouch for you? Ma Xingwei searched in his mind, "This person must not only have a good relationship with me, but also have an understanding of you, otherwise, no matter how good I say in front of the other party, people may not believe it." ”

"yes, who wants to vouch for someone they never knew? To meet these two conditions at the same time, I'm afraid it's not easy to do! Zhou Jianping looked a little depressed.

Ma Xingwei picked up his wine glass and said to Zhou Jianping: "Come, drink first." Putting down the cup, he picked up the chopsticks and prepared to pick up the dishes, as if he suddenly remembered something, and put down the chopsticks again, "Jianping, why didn't we think of him?" ”

Ma Xingwei's words made Zhou Jianping feel uplifted, "Who? ”

"Lao Liu, Lao Liu, you still remember the old Liu of the affiliated company where you worked?"

"Lao Liu? Of course I do. But can he? Zhou Jianping's words have two meanings, one is whether Lao Liu can agree to the guarantee, and the other is whether Lao Liu's company can guarantee it.

"The guarantee qualification of the subsidiary company is absolutely fine, as for Lao Liu himself, when you resigned from him, the relationship between the two of you was not stiff, right?"

"What's the fuss? When I resigned, I spent nearly two months and adopted a step-by-step approach, first resigned from the position of sales section chief, and waited for another month before finally resigning. I remember that when I went through the resignation procedures, I had a good communication with Lao Liu, and that night he also asked the middle-level and above leaders of the subsidiary company to accompany me and held a farewell banquet for me. ”

"That's good, according to my analysis, to guarantee this matter, find Lao Liu and let his subsidiary company vouch for you." Ma Xingwei said.

"Do you think it's appropriate for you to come forward, or should I go to him alone?"

"It's best for the two of us to meet him together."

"Xingwei, you contact him, I forgot the phone number of the subsidiary company's office."

"Okay, I'll get in touch with him."

"Then you hurry up and contact Lao Liu the day after tomorrow." Zhou Jianping was really anxious.

The next morning, after Ma Xingwei finished dealing with the affairs at hand, he took the time to grab the phone in the office, "Hey, is it the office of President Liu, a subsidiary of the Light Industry Machinery Factory?" ”

"Yes, who are you?"

"Ma Xingwei."

"Xingwei----? I heard that you have changed careers and become both a lawyer and a boss, amazing! You. ”

"It's a career change, but who do you hear that I'm the boss?" Ma Xingwei said.

"Isn't the partner of the law firm the boss? Do you think I don't understand anything? ”

"Hey, it's just the beginning, it's not worth mentioning."

"May I ask Lawyer Ma, why did you remember to call me today?"

"You are not allowed to call it that, you will be called brother in the future. I have a friend who misses you and wants to meet you, do you have time for these two days? ”

"Which friend?"

"I won't tell you first, we'll know when we meet, you just say if you're free, after work."

"Today and tomorrow----, uh, isn't the day after tomorrow Sunday?" Lao Liu reminded.

"Hey, I've been so busy all day that I don't even have the concept of time, yes, the day after tomorrow is Sunday. The day after tomorrow, how about meeting an old friend? Ma Xingwei said.

"But who are you talking about?"

"Don't worry who it is, you'll find out when the time comes. That's it, around 10 o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow, I'll take a taxi to pick you up downstairs. ”

Ma Xingwei thought to himself that on Sunday, he would have asked Lao Liu to go to Zhou Jianping's factory to see for himself, and if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he might have refused if he rashly asked Lao Liu to guarantee Zhou Jianping's business. Ma Xingwei informed Zhou Jianping and asked him to prepare a little, and there were guests visiting.

At ten o'clock in the morning on Sunday, a yellow-faced taxi appeared on time downstairs where Lao Liu lived, Ma Xingwei got out of the car and was about to go upstairs to find Lao Liu, walked to the door of the building, and saw Lao Liu coming down the stairs, "I was about to go upstairs to find you." ”

"Did you arrive early?" Lao Liu was afraid that Ma Xingwei would wait downstairs for too long, so he couldn't help it.

"I've just arrived, let's go, get in the car."

The car turned out of the building group, went east after getting on the avenue, Lao Liu wondered where to go? After driving forward for less than ten minutes, Ma Xingwei told the driver to turn left into a small road, and then drove less than 100 meters to the gate of a factory, and after greeting the doorman, he asked the driver to drive directly into the factory and stop in front of a row of bungalows.

"Whose factory is this?" After getting out of the car, Lao Liu asked.

"Let's go, go to the office." Ma Xingwei led the way in front.

At this moment, Zhou Jianping saw Ma Xingwei and Lao Liu getting out of the car from the office window, and he hurriedly ran to the door to greet him.

The guest and the host met at the door of the office, "Manager Liu, hello!" Welcome. Zhou Jianping stretched out his hands and prepared to shake hands with Lao Liu.

"Jianping? You ----" Lao Liu's outstretched arm instantly became stiff, and he turned his head to look at Ma Xingwei again.

"Is it strange? This is Jianping's factory. Let's get inside. Ma Xingwei said.

Zhou Jianping's hands shook hands with Lao Liu and welcomed the guests into the office.

"Jianping, when you resigned, it turned out that you wanted to start your own business, and you didn't tell me!" Lao Liu was arranged to sit down on the sofa in front of the coffee table, and he mentioned Zhou Jianping's resignation.

"The situation was still unclear at the time, what if I told you, what if it didn't work out?" Zhou Jianping explained.

"Jianping, you have always done things so steadily, and you are not fake at all." Lao Liu Dao.

"If you don't have a thing to do with the eight characters, how embarrassing will it be? Mr. Liu, are you okay? How's the company doing? ”

"It is worthy of being a core employee of a subsidiary company, and I still care about the company's situation after leaving for two or three years." Lao Liu Dao.

Zhou Jianping made tea for Lao Liu and Ma Xingwei, and brought it to the coffee table in front of the two, "I don't know if Mr. Liu still remembers, on the day you approved my resignation, we had a long conversation, and your words at that time made me remember deeply, you said that no matter where you go at any time, where you go, we are all friends." ”

"Yes, I said that."

Ma Xingwei took over the topic, "Since we are friends, it is natural to care about each other!" Jianping and I often ask about you and your affiliates. ”

"Jianping, since you left, the company's market has not expanded, you know that I can't use the main energy on market development, the newly promoted sales chief can't compare with you, with my efforts, the market is still maintained at your level." Lao Liu Dao.

"If you can maintain it, it means that you have done a very good job, didn't the old party lose all the existing customers at the beginning?" Ma Xingwei said.

"The subsidiary company is like that, it hasn't changed much, let's talk about your factory." Obviously, Lao Liu was more curious about Zhou Jianping's situation.

Zhou Jianping gave Lao Liu a general introduction to the ins and outs of Jiansheng Food Factory and the current business situation, "Let's drink tea here first, and I'll take you to the factory and workshop for a while, and Xingwei hasn't been to the new expansion." ”

Lao Liu praised Zhou Jianping's work ability and work attitude, "At that time, in the subsidiary, whether it was in the workshop at the beginning, or later in the sales department, in the face of any environment, Jianping showed a strong ability to adapt, and did his work well in different positions, and now he is even more handy in doing his own business." ”

"Mr. Liu praised, in fact, it all depends on the help and support of my friends, otherwise I wouldn't have done anything. Okay, let's go to the workshop and have a look. ”

Zhou Jianping took Lao Liu and Ma Xingwei to the old workshop to take a look, through a small door, to the newly expanded factory, the first thing that caught his eye was three huge new workshops, Ma Xingwei was also the first time to come here, he blurted out: "Ho! The new workshop is really much more magnificent! ”