Chapter Twenty-Three: Unexpected Conflict

Since Zhu Daolin and Chu Mei went back to their parents' house for dinner together, the relationship between the two has quietly changed, every morning, Chu Mei will quietly make breakfast for Zhu Daolin, and when he goes to work, he will ask Zhu Daolin if he will come back for dinner at night, which makes Zhu Daolin quite uncomfortable and very moved.

What pleases Zhu Daolin the most is that in the week of getting along, Chu Mei never asked where Zhu Daolin, who went out early and returned late, and what he was doing? When Zhu Daolin was thinking about problems or checking the Internet at night, Chu Mei would make a cup of tea and send it to Zhu Daolin at the right time, accompany Zhu Daolin to talk about the company, and occasionally remind Zhu Daolin to remember to turn off the phone to prevent radiation after surfing the Internet, if she is hungry and there is something in the refrigerator downstairs, she will return to her house after speaking.

The relationship between them is light but warm, as quiet as spring rain moisturizing things, just when Zhu Daolin was seriously considering whether to have a good talk with Chu Mei, Song Shaojun's phone call suddenly came, and Zhu Daolin answered the phone and found that his mood was a little messy.

At 10 o'clock on Monday morning, Zhu Daolin came to the group company where he had stayed for two years on time, and took the elevator up to the 25th floor under the warm greeting of former workers.

The plump and charming female assistant who was over thirty years old immediately greeted Zhu Daolin as soon as she saw her, and kindly told Zhu Daolin that Mr. Song had not finished the meeting, so she took Zhu Daolin's arm and entered Song Shaojun's office, and selected the box of Longjing, which is rare on the market, to make a cup of hot tea for Zhu Daolin.

"Thank you, Sister Ren, don't be so polite."

Although they were very familiar with each other, Zhu Daolin still stood up and thanked them.

Sister Ren pretended to be angry and glared at Zhu Daolin, sat on the sofa on the side and asked Zhu Dao how he was doing? Hearing Zhu Daolin say that he and his friends had just started a printing company, Sister Ren said with appreciation:

"When you were still in the company, I knew that you were not a person who followed the crowd, although you don't talk much, and you usually don't want to participate in activities between colleagues, but everyone has a good impression of you, thinking that you are more mature and stable than your peers in various departments of the company, and the girls in the personnel department and the public relations department also like you, saying that you are handsome and cool enough, making people feel safe, and it must feel good to be friends with you, haha! If you hadn't left, I'm afraid many girls would be willing to chase you upside down. ”

Zhu Daolin smiled embarrassedly, and politely changed the topic: "I went to Changzhou a few days ago, and when I came back, I passed by the Shogunate Mountain New District, and saw that the high-end community developed by the company seemed to be still the same, and the construction party didn't see a few people, did it transfer to which company?" ”

Sister Ren thought about it and went to close the door, came back and whispered to Zhu Daolin: "Today's meeting is not over yet, just because of this headache......

"Alas, Mr. Song was put on a partner by the partner, and the 300 million working capital temporarily lent could not be recovered, and now the whole company has been dragged down, the wages and bonuses of the property branch and the storage and transportation branch last month have not been transferred, and the two branch managers who manage nearly 1,000 employees are anxious enough, and it is almost the end of the year, not only is it difficult to get a loan from the bank, but also has to repay the bank loan due before the end of the year, and Mr. Song is also difficult!"

Zhu Daolin was stunned: "Who is so bold that he dares to put Mr. Song together?" ”

"You've seen that person, it's Lu Tao who is calling for wind and rain in Shanghai."

Seeing the disbelief on Zhu Daolin's face, Sister Ren hesitated slightly and subconsciously looked around, approaching Zhu Daolin and whispering:

"After listening to me, you must not spread it, let alone let Mr. Song know! Last weekend, Mr. Song received an invitation from the Lu family's auction house, and drove me and your driver Xiaoyu to Shanghai, where it was already eight o'clock in the evening. After staying in the hotel and booking a suite to wash up a little, Lu Gongzi's phone called, and Mr. Song took me and Xiaoyu to the hall on the second floor to attend the reception dinner before the auction, chatted with some friends from Beijing and Guangdong and Hong Kong for a long time, and drank a lot of wine, and Lu Gongzi has been attentively accompanying him. ”

"At ten o'clock in the evening, when the dinner was almost over, Lu Gongzi and his bad friend Chen Baokang didn't know what to do, and they actually said that Mr. Song went to the bar next to the hotel to dance, and I didn't go with back pain, so I went back to the room to rest. An hour later, I was just about to fall asleep when I heard Mr. Song and Xiaoyu open the door and come in, and the sound was extremely abnormal. ”

"I hurriedly got up and ran out to see what was going on, and found that Mr. Song's face was full of tears, his left face was swollen and high, and there was a palm print, his left arm was hanging with a cloth belt, and the hem of his skirt was torn, I was so frightened that my whole body trembled, and finally Xiaoyu calmed down, and told me that Mr. Song's dislocated arm had just been connected, and asked me to go to the bathroom in Mr. Song's room to put hot water, and Mr. Song took a hot bath under Xiaoyu's service, and then fell asleep with tears."

"The next morning, Mr. Song did not attend the auction, quietly and Xiaoyu returned to the capital by plane, I came back alone, and I still don't feel good in my heart, if you didn't leave, and have been by Mr. Song's side to protect her, I don't think this will ever happen."

Zhu Daolin was shocked after hearing this, he didn't expect that Lu Tao, who grew up with Song Shaojun since he was a child, and the two families were world friends, was so despicable, all along, Zhu Daolin thought that Lu Tao was pursuing Song Shaojun, and felt that the relationship between the two was very good, otherwise they would not have frequent contacts, and they would continue to cooperate in business.

"Remember! You just know it, don't say it, and don't show your stuff when Mr. Song comes in. Sister Ren admonished again.

Zhu Daolin nodded and asked in a low voice, "I'm afraid that Lu Tao will put Mr. Song next to him, right?" ”

Sister Ren replied fiercely: "Isn't it?" That Lu Tao has always given me a good impression, I think he is polite and gentle, but I didn't expect him to be a shameless beast! ”

Zhu Daolin thought for a while and then asked: "As far as I know, Mr. Song's family is not inferior to the Lu family, and there are many outstanding figures in both politics and business. ”

Sister Ren shook her head and sighed: "It's not that you don't know Mr. Song's character, when did you see her defeat?" I guess she will never reach out to the family for help, when she came back to take over the company, the total assets of the entire company are only 1.8 billion, this 800 million is still the value of the office we are in, the whole company is not only not profitable but also tens of millions of debts, and finally Mr. Song survived, and the company has grown to the scale of today's total assets of one billion. ”

"So, despite the current difficulties, the company believes that Mr. Song can lead everyone through the difficulties, and today's meeting is to study how to work together to get out of the predicament, alas, don't say it, I'll go out and have a look when the time is almost up."

About five minutes later, Song Shaojun returned to his office after the meeting, and Zhu Daolin, who was in deep thought, hurriedly stood up and saluted.

"Waited, huh? Bring the teacup and tell me where you've been for most of the month. Song Shaojun, who was wearing a navy blue professional uniform, walked quickly to the wide desk, put down his Chinese pieces and sat on a high chair: "Come and sit, what are you stupidly looking at me for?" ”

Zhu Daolin smiled, and after sitting down, he joked: "I haven't seen you for more than half a month, you haven't changed at all, and you're still so beautiful." ”

Song Shaojun, who was drinking water, almost choked, put down the cup and said angrily: "I've been out for a few days, why didn't I know that you still had such a talent for oily tones?" ”

"Hey, hey! You don't want me to improve, do you...... Good! Don't throw it over when I didn't say it. Zhu Daolin didn't want to see Song Shaojun, who was pretending to be angry, miss.

Song Shaojun put down the cup angrily, looking like a girl next door, like a boss in charge of a company with thousands of people.

Zhu Daolin coughed lightly and brought the words to the main topic: "I brought the two Tang Sancai and four calligraphy and paintings that I talked about with you on the phone yesterday ......"

"Where? Don't hurry up and show it to the old lady to appreciate it. Song Shaojun's spirits were greatly lifted.

"In the car in the parking lot, wait for you to get off work and see, give! I picked a small gift for you, and I don't know if it's true or not, don't dislike it! ”

Zhu Daolin took out the double-phoenix-shaped Hanyu from his suit pocket.

Before Hanyu was put in front of Song Shaojun, she was snatched by the surprised Song Shaojun, she raised her hands in the air, looked at the bright window carefully, and after a few minutes, she suddenly turned around and opened the drawer, took out a piece of red flannel and a very professional cylindrical magnifying glass, carefully put the shiny and simple shape of the double phoenix Hanyu on the flannel, skillfully turned the magnifying glass to focus on observing.

After a long time, Song Shaojun slowly raised his head and looked at Zhu Daolin's eyes very seriously: "Tell me, where did you come from?" ”

"Xichuan, the holy land of Taoism, Heming Mountain, rest assured, I bought it back with money, not a tomb robbery." Zhu Daolin has cultivated to the realm where his face does not change color and his heart does not beat when he lies.

"How much did you buy it?" Song Shaojun, who was half-convinced, chased after him.

Zhu Daolin could only continue to lie: "200,000 cash plus an old-fashioned pocket watch." ”

Song Shaojun finally praised with confidence: "It's worth it!" 200,000 for 2 million, great value! However, I can't accept such a valuable gift, thank you for coming, I remember your love, take it back. ”

Zhu Daolin didn't take it: "I haven't finished talking yet, 200,000 cash and an old-fashioned pocket watch are not only exchanged for this piece of jade, but also four calligraphy and paintings placed in the car, two pieces of Tang Sancai and four other pieces of ancient jade that are similar to this piece of jade, but except for this piece for you, the others have not been identified, and I don't know if it is true or false." ”

Song Shaojun's eyes widened: "Oh my God! Why don't you let me encounter such a good thing? ”

Zhu Daolin slowly withdrew his smile and said sincerely: "You not only made me, an unknown poor grassroots, a billionaire overnight, but also gave me sincere help and sincere friendship, I have always been grateful, and I sincerely hope to become your friend, accept it." ”

Song Shaojun was moved, stared at Zhu Daolin's bright and deep eyes for a while, and finally nodded heavily: "Thank you Daolin, I accepted this generous gift." ”

"I should have taken it, haha! It's almost lunch time, why don't we go to dinner together, and then ask you to help me verify the authenticity of those things in the car, okay? Zhu Daolin took the opportunity to make a suggestion.

Song Shaojun, who was in a happy mood, readily agreed: "Listen to you, sit here and wait for me for a while, I'll go in and change my clothes and we'll go out." ”

Song Shaojun was very fast this time, and without letting Zhu Daolin wait for a long time, he changed into a light wheat-colored winter skirt, covered with a plain and fashionable tweed short coat, and carried a kun bag loaded with a few gadgets for identifying antique calligraphy and paintings, and walked to the elevator with Zhu Daolin with great interest.

The Volkswagen off-road vehicle drove out of the underground parking lot and quickly joined the traffic, Zhu Daolin, who had encountered two red lights in a row, suddenly felt alarmed, and quietly observed the rear through the rearview mirror inside and outside the car, and soon found that in addition to the female bodyguard Xiaoyu who was driving a Porsche Cayenne and followed behind, there was also a maroon BMW X7 across the lane, looming behind Xiaoyu's car.

Zhu Daolin didn't dare to be sure if his feeling was right, and he didn't want Song Shaojun to worry, so he continued to move forward after the green light, and arrived at the seafood restaurant Shuirenjia in the south of the city in about ten minutes, and entered the restaurant gate with Song Shaojun under the guidance of Zhike.

Taking advantage of the half-turn to help Song Shaojun carry the burden, Zhu Daolin saw the BMW X7 with a very memorable license plate number again driving into the parking lot.

After listening to the introduction of Zhike, Song Shaojun decided to go to the elegant seat in the hall on the second floor, where the view was wide and quiet, Zhu Daolin naturally had no objection, and the two quickly sat at the window on the second floor and began to order.

After Song Shaojun ordered the last shrimp tofu, Zhu Daolin saw Lu Tao's familiar figure appear at the elevator entrance, and the tall and sturdy bodyguard behind Lu Tao also saw Song Shaojun and Zhu Daolin, and quickly lowered his head and whispered behind Lu Tao's side.

Zhu Daolin obviously felt the strong hostility and danger emanating from the other party, and after a little consideration, he whispered to Song Shaojun to wash his hands and come back.

Lu Tao, who was strolling, saw Zhu Daolin leave his seat and go to the toilet, and immediately stopped and whispered a few words to his bodyguard, who looked at Zhu Daolin's back and smiled contemptuously, nodded and walked towards the toilet unhurriedly.

In the spacious and luxurious men's toilet, there was only one guest who had just finished washing his hands, Zhu Daolin walked to the front of the sink inside, turned the switch and began to wash his hands, the tall bodyguard in a black suit soon arrived, and he didn't look at the guests who walked out of the door with him, and strode unscrupulously to the side of Zhu Daolin, who was immersed in washing his hands, and slammed his fist at Zhu Daolin's neck.

Unbelievable things happened, the fist of the black-clothed bodyguard had not yet hit Zhu Daolin's neck, his whole person had been hit by Zhu Daolin's first punch, and his tall body flew three meters in the air and smashed a toilet door with a "boom", followed by a crackling sound of ceramic breaking and the expected fragments falling to the ground.

Zhu Daolin didn't expect his punch to be so powerful, after a little sluggishness, he walked to the door of the messy toilet in a few steps, squatted down to check the black-clothed bodyguard who had fainted with blood in his mouth, and reached out to touch the bodyguard's carotid artery, and immediately stood up with confidence, shook his clothes, washed his hands again, and walked out of the toilet unhurriedly.

Lu Tao was already sitting in Zhu Daolin's original position, and was explaining to Song Shaojun, who was facing frost in a low voice, when he suddenly found that Zhu Daolin, who should have broken his hands and feet, appeared in front of him, and jumped up in fright: "Why are you here?" ”

Zhu Daolin smiled apologetically at the gaffe Lu Tao: "Mr. Lu is good!" I just went to wash my hands, it's been a long time, I don't see Mr. Lu arrive, please forgive me, if Mr. Lu is interested, why don't you move a stool over and dine together? ”

Lu Tao really deserved to be a well-informed master, and quickly recovered and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Haha! Thank you for your hospitality, there will be a chance...... Shaojun, since you have guests, then wait for me to come back from the capital to visit you, take care! ”

Song Shaojun looked at Zhu Daolin, who sat down with a normal expression, suspiciously, and then turned his head to look at Lu Tao, who was talking to the lobby manager at the staircase, and couldn't figure out what was going on.

I don't know when the bodyguard Xiaoyu, who was sitting not far behind Song Shaojun, was also puzzled, but when he saw the black-clothed bodyguard who was carried out of the toilet and ran to the elevator by a group of waiters, he immediately understood, and quietly gave a thumbs up to Zhu Daolin, who noticed him, in admiration.

Song Shaojun, who was in the dark, looked at the elevator entrance where there was a noise, thinking that a guest had a heart attack and was rushed to the hospital, and couldn't help but sigh with sympathy: "If you have a bad heart, you shouldn't eat too much seafood, seafood is high in protein and high in cholesterol, and it is not good for cardiovascular patients......"