Chapter Twenty-Four: Reunion Again
The meeting place was in a scenic villa area, and when Zhong Shi arrived here by taxi, the good taxi driver did not forget to joke: "Dude, okay!" This is the Standing Committee Building of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, it seems that your relationship is strong enough! ”
"Really?" Zhong Shi was shocked in his heart, but he didn't say anything, and got out of the car after a perfunctory sentence.
Walking to the wall, there were two soldiers with loaded guns standing at each end of the gate, and the steel guns in their hands emitted a cold glow in the sun, which made people shudder at first glance.
After taking turns to interrogate him several times, the warrior used the phone to contact the people inside, and then solemnly told Zhong Shi all the instructions for visitors, and then let Zhong Shi in.
At this time, Zhong Shi already vaguely felt that his aunt might be mixing quite well, even better than he imagined.
There are more than a dozen villas here, each of which is a two-storey bungalow design, each with a long green belt between the villa area and the outer wall, and a row of maple trees in the middle, which cleverly separates the villa from the outside.
Building 7 is located in the center of the villa area, and Zhong Shi walked for fifteen minutes to get to the front of this house. He looked around, and the first thing that caught his eye was a small garage, in which a rusty jeep was parked, and the appearance of the car was some years old, except for this jeep, it was ordinary green grass and some flowers and plants.
Zhong Shi rang the doorbell, and a few minutes later, a fifty-year-old woman opened the door, and after looking at Zhong Shi, she asked very vigilantly, "Who are you looking for?" ”
"I'll look for Aunt Wu and make an appointment with haode." Zhong Shi quickly straightened his waist and squeezed a smile on his face.
"It's Xiao Zhong, right? Come on in! After listening to this, the aunt beckoned Zhong Shi to come in, and it seemed that she had been greeted before.
The interior decoration of the villa is not as luxurious as imagined, just a very ordinary decoration, but there is a pair of italic calligraphy on the wall, "the worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world", which adds a bit of seriousness to the huge living room.
Zhong Shi sat down on the sofa in the living room, and the aunt who served quickly brought a pot of tea, and then stepped back lightly. Zhong Shi picked up the tea and took a sip, feeling that the tea was very ordinary, it seemed that the family was quite incorruptible, otherwise they would not have served such ordinary tea.
After waiting for ten minutes in idleness, there was a sound of footsteps upstairs. Zhong Shi quickly stood up and looked at the person who was slowly going downstairs, this was a middle-aged woman who was still charming, wearing a clean white dress, but wearing a pair of huge sunglasses on her face, so that Zhong Shi could not see her face clearly.
"Auntie?" Zhong Shi asked tentatively.
The woman did not answer, but gracefully pointed to the sofa and changed the subject: "Sit down." ”
Zhong Shi hurriedly sat down, picked up the cup on the table and drank it in small sips, hiding the panic in his heart. Before coming here, he had also simulated several meeting scenes in his mind, and had prepared several sets of rhetoric, but now, he had nothing to say.
Just when the two faced each other in silence and were relatively speechless, suddenly there was a noise from upstairs, and then a voice came: "Auntie, do you have anything to eat, I'm dying of hunger." Hey, there's a guest at home, why are you? ”
It was now past nine o'clock in the morning, and the person who spoke must have just gotten up and had not yet eaten breakfast. However, when the person who spoke saw Zhong Shi, he suddenly screamed, a little unconvinced of what he was seeing.
Zhong Shi followed the sound and found that it was his acquaintance, it was Zhang Wei, who he met on the bus earlier, and saw that he was wearing a loose pajamas, looking at Zhong Shi downstairs with wide eyes.
"Hey, buddy isn't here to run for office, is he? No, how could there be such a young official! Is it an investor from another country? That's not right, is buddy here for me? But how do you know I live here? ”
Before Zhong Shi could say hello, Zhang Wei's words were fired like machine guns, causing the woman opposite Zhong Shi to cry out and shout unhappily: "What's the matter with you?" Is that how you treat your guests? ”
"Dude, what's up with you?" Zhang Wei grinned, ignoring the middle-aged woman's reprimand, sat down beside Zhong Shi, hugged his shoulders and said affectionately.
To his great surprise, Zhong Shi stood up respectfully and nodded slightly: "Cousin." ”
"What did you say?" The expression on Zhang Wei's face suddenly froze, he patted his face in disbelief, then stood up again and touched Zhong Shi's forehead, and said with a dry smile: "Dude, what's wrong with you?" It can't be that there is something wrong with the brain! After that, he pointed to Zhong Shi and said to the middle-aged woman who was watching coldly: "Mom, what's wrong with him?" ”
"Sit down!" Zhang Wei's mother slapped the coffee table and said very seriously: "Such a big person, why are you still so surprised, be honest with me!" ”
Zhang Wei only realized that the atmosphere was wrong at this time, he looked at his mother suspiciously, and then at Zhong Shi, who had a sincere face, and sat down silently and lowered his head to drink water.
The three of them drank tea like this for a long time, but Zhang Wei was the first to be impatient, and asked first: "Mom, what the hell is going on?" Why does Zhong Shi call my brother? ”
Zhong Jianli, no, the middle-aged woman named Wu Jianli now sighed lightly, took off her huge sunglasses casually, revealing a face that looked like Zhong Fangzhuo, and then replied a little helplessly: "This is a long story, it's not something that you children can understand, so don't ask around." With that, he turned his head to look into the distance, and there were some tears in his eyes.
Zhang Wei didn't continue to ask, turned his head and whispered to Zhong Shi, "Dude, can you tell me about it?" Zhong Shi shook his head with a wry smile, picked up the teacup and was silent.
Half a day later, Wu Jianli said leisurely: "Here's how it ......" and then told the story of the year.
Zhang Wei never thought that his biological mother would have such a tortuous life experience, but this is all the grievances of the previous generation, and he didn't feel much after listening to it, and after Wu Jianli finished speaking, he turned his head and complained to Zhong Shi half-jokingly and half-seriously: "It turns out that we are really cousins, what's the matter, your cousin wants to take advantage of our family now?" I think you're pretty rich, what are you doing now, buddy? ”
"Do some small business, securities, I don't know if you understand?" Zhong Shi rubbed his hands together with a forced smile on his face.
"Really? Isn't it one of those stock speculations? Otherwise, let's team up, and everyone will earn money together, how can we say that we are also cousins! As soon as Zhang Wei heard this, he quickly beat the snake and got up.
Zhong Shi just laughed and didn't answer. Just kidding, with his current net worth and status, how can he partner with others casually? However, his heart moved, and he suddenly thought of a possibility, that is, to find a suitable agent in the hinterland, so as to get a piece of the pie in the future economic development of China.
Zhang Wei in front of him is a very haode agent.
It's just that the central government has just issued a document on the business of the children of cadres this year, stipulating that the children of cadres at all levels are not allowed to engage in business activities.
However, Zhong Shi soon thought that he could set up a company and recruit Zhang Wei as an employee to preside over the daily work, as long as the shares were clearly divided, then the discipline inspection department could not say anything, especially Zhong Shi could enter the mainland as a foreign capital.
"Auntie, what is my uncle doing now?" After thinking about it in his heart for a long time, Zhong Shi asked.
Wu Jianli was still immersed in the memories of the past, and she didn't react for a while, but Zhang Wei reacted quickly and continued: "The old man is now a deputy mayor, and now he is being squeezed out very much, and it is estimated that he will not be able to stay here any longer, and may be sent to a city outside." Why, how do you ask that? What do you say about making money together? ”
"Really? Where might it be devolved? Zhong Shi asked quietly.
"Koto City! Hey, I said buddy, why do you keep diverting the topic? Zhang Wei was unhappy, and pushed Zhong Shi violently, looking dissatisfied.
"Alright, Xiaowei, don't mess around!" Wu Jianli came back to her senses, glared at Zhang Wei, and then said to Zhong Shi: "Who, go back and tell the old man for me, just let me think about it, and then go to see his old man when I think about it." ”
After all, it is a bloodline, and the situation was complicated back then, even if Wu Jianli had more grievances, he couldn't blame Zhong Fangzhuo's arrangement back then. All she can't swallow is this breath now, but after hearing that the old man is worried, the resentment in her heart has dissipated a lot.
Zhong Shi nodded, stood up, took out a square box from his bag, and respectfully handed it to Wu Jianli: "Auntie, I didn't have any preparations at the beginning of my coming, this is a little bit of my heart as a junior." ”
Before Wu Jianli could excuse himself, Zhang Wei snatched the box and said while dismantling it: "Oh, everyone is a family, what's polite?" Ah......h
Wu Jianli stretched out her head to glance into the box, and was immediately stunned, only to see a silver-white necklace lying quietly in the dark black box, with a diamond the size of a fingernail in the center, which was flashing with dazzling light.
"Good fellow, is this a real diamond?" Zhang Wei came back to his senses, took out the necklace and swiped it on the glass coffee table, "Dude, this can't be true, right?" You're not going to fool my mom with a fake one, are you? ”
His movements were very fast, and Wu Jianli on the side didn't even have time to stop it, when he heard a piercing sound of "squeak", and a white mark of ten centimeters long suddenly appeared on the originally smooth glass coffee table. Zhang Wei picked up the necklace again, put the diamond under the light and took a closer look, and found that the diamond was still as smooth as new, without even a scratch.
"Okay! Dude, this chain costs a lot of money, right? Zhang Wei was full of joy, looked at the huge diamond again and again, and couldn't put it down.
"Not much, a few million!" Zhong Shi's answer suddenly made Zhang Wei not calm, his hand shook, and he almost dropped the necklace to the ground. (The author is very grateful for the fact that this book has achieved such results so far, and has received the support of so many book friends.) As a newbie, I will try my best to write well, and I will try to pay attention to some of the questions that people raise. )