Abroad, inside a café.

There were only three people seated in the café at this point, and they were all seated at a table, dressed in extremely formal attire, as if they were about to talk about something.

An apologetic waiter stood at the door, explaining to some of the customers who had come to taste the coffee that the café was not accessible for the time being. At the same time, a sign was hung at the entrance of the café that it was temporarily closed.

"It stands to reason that you don't have a café in China that you have invested in? I think the coffee there tastes pretty good. If you really want to ask me for something, there's no need to go out of your way to drag me to a foreign country. So tell me why you invited me from China to this café. ”

"Why, can't you invite my old classmate Jialiang out for a get-together and have a little fun abroad? Working long hours is very oppressive both physically and mentally, so wouldn't it be nice to relax once in a while, such as traveling or something? ”

"Okay, let's talk about something, you're not such an idle person. I think you're a lot busier than mine. ”

In the café, there are two people who have been talking.

One of the two people in the dialogue is Qiao Jialiang, a well-known architect in Dongdu. Many of the buildings built by him are famous around the world, the most famous of which is naturally the standard building of the eastern metropolis, the Shangjing Tower. It was taller than any other building in the country, and was hailed as an impossible project when the idea of construction was proposed. However, this Qiao Jialiang took over this project with his rich experience and extraordinary courage. With his own team, after a long time of thinking and analysis, he worked out a very detailed construction plan. With this construction plan as a guide, the construction of Shangjing Tower was successfully started soon after, and finally through people's unremitting efforts, Shangjing Tower, a landmark building in the eastern metropolis, was built.

In addition, Joe has received the highest honors in architecture, and many other awards have been given in this area. When he first entered this industry, he was valued by countless people and competed to hire him with a good salary. In the end, Qiao Jialiang rejected all these people, and he later began to recruit talent, and finally set up his own construction team.

The other of the two is Lin Ruihua, the CEO of Ruihua Group, a well-known enterprise in Dongdu. The Ruihua Group led by him has been at the forefront of the economic development of the eastern metropolis, and is known as one of the three wizards of the business community in the eastern capital, along with the other two major business empires - Mingcheng Group and Xinjiang Group.

Lin Ruihua treats others kindly, without any trace of corporate bosses, and is good at seeking cooperation opportunities. Because of his gentle attitude, many companies that work with him have received good feedback and are willing to continue to cooperate with him. In this way, with the excellent quality of its own products, as well as its broad network and solid cooperative relationship, Ruihua Group's position in Dongdu has been determined, and it is difficult to shake like the other two enterprises.

At this time, Qiao Jialiang was sitting opposite Lin Ruihua, and the person sitting next to Lin Ruihua was Lin Ruihua's assistant, named Zheng Haoyu. It was Lin Ruihua who started from scratch and accompanied him all the way to his current position.

And Zheng Haoyu was currently looking at the scene of two people chatting in front of him, who were not simple, and he didn't dare to interject at will, just sat quietly next to Lin Ruihua and listened.

"It's still an old classmate, you know me better, so I won't continue to talk about other topics to pave the way, and go straight to the main topic I want to talk about today." Lin Ruihua saw that Qiao Jialiang already understood his intentions, and said with a smile. After signaling to Zheng Haoyu next to him, Zheng Haoyu immediately picked up a laptop and handed it to Lin Ruihua.

Lin Ruihua pressed the power button of the laptop and flipped open the flip cover of the laptop. During the waiting time required to turn on the computer, Lin Ruihua took out a USB flash drive that seemed to be brand new from the breast pocket of his jacket, looked at it carefully, and then inserted it into the USB port of the computer.

After the computer is turned on, a pop-up window will immediately appear in the status bar below, and the content of the pop-up window is "USB device has been checked, security is being checked, please wait". It wasn't until the scanning was slowly completed and it was confirmed that the computer and the USB flash drive were safe, that Lin Ruihua clicked on the internal space of the USB flash drive.

There is only one file in the USB flash drive, which stands out in the empty USB flash drive space, and the word "unnamed" is displayed on the file name column.

Lin Ruihua manipulated the cursor, double-clicked the file twice, and after opening the progress bar of the file for a while, a pop-up window for entering the password was displayed.

Qiao Jialiang, who was opposite, looked at Lin Ruihua's complicated operation in front of him, and didn't know what he was thinking.

Lin Ruihua finished entering the password, and after opening the document, he turned the laptop over and showed Qiao Jialiang the contents of the document, looking at him with a kind smile on his face.

Joe began to look at what was presented to him in the document, and gradually, his expression became solemn, and he leaned the computer closer to him, while manipulating the cursor to scroll downwards until the end.

"Ruihua Logistics Group Establishment Plan ......"

Qiao Jialiang knocked on the table, returned the computer to Lin Ruihua, and said slowly: "There is only one information revealed in your document, you want to create a logistics company." And the first step in the implementation of the plan, which is also written below, is to build the house of the logistics company you envisioned, so you found me and want me to come and help you with some things related to construction? ”

"That's right, it seems that my old classmates also know my intentions. Because if you want to build a logistics company, the basic company house is still essential. After Lin Ruihua listened, he nodded and said that what Qiao Jialiang said was correct.

"I remember that there is already a very famous logistics company in Dongdu, why do you want to join in the fun...... I remember the name of this company as ...... Xinjiang Logistics," Qiao Jialiang seemed to understand something after saying some of the information he thought of, and immediately asked, "Do you want to develop another logistics industry in addition to your own business?" And the difficulty of competition is too great, this is Xinjiang Logistics, the leader of the entire Dongdu logistics industry. ”

"Although the three of you can check and balance each other, in this regard, I don't think that your strength alone can shake the status of Xinjiang Logistics."

"I've thought about what you said," Lin Ruihua picked up a cup of iced coffee on the table, took a sip lightly, and then continued after brewing for a while, "Xinjiang Group was founded by He Sizheng, the old entrepreneur of the year, which is the father of He Xinjiang, the current boss of the group. When he founded the company, he named his company and the next generation of children Xinjiang, and handed over his business to his son to inherit as he wished. ”

At that time, in fact, Mr. He did more than that. At that time, there was no company of me and Wei Mingcheng, and Dongdu was in the trend of rapid economic development, and the entire Dongdu was dominated by Xinjiang Group, and at the same time, this also created an opportunity for him to have extra funds to develop other industries. And a piece of cake he is eyeing happens to be the logistics industry. ”

Therefore, with the careful investment of Mr. He, a group that is not inferior to the original industry of Xinjiang Group, Xinjiang Logistics was established. It is also a deterrent to the identity of its own business giant, and this logistics group has also begun to develop rapidly, and in a short time, it has crushed all the peer logistics companies in the Eastern Capital, leading the way. ”

Soon after, Mr. He officially abdicated and handed over the Xinjiang Group to his son. After a period of time, Wei Mingcheng's company and I were finally able to aim at the first-line opportunities and expand their scale until they could balance the Xinjiang Group, an old leading enterprise in the Eastern Capital. It's just that even if the industry can have a slight upper hand in the competition with Xinjiang Group, it suffers a lot in the side business. All our goods need to rely on Xinjiang Logistics to transport, and this is one of our heart problems. ”

"This situation is undoubtedly putting one's lifeblood in the hands of the enemy of the other side. If one day he no longer transports the goods we produce to other places, it means that our sales channels will be greatly blocked, once the goods are stranded and cannot be delivered to the orderer, then it is not only an economic loss, but also a serious situation of dishonesty. The consequence is naturally that the reputation is greatly damaged, and eventually it cannot compete with its peers, resulting in the gradual decline of the enterprise and even bankruptcy. ”

"If this happens, then it won't be of much use for you to ask other small logistics companies for help. Because no one dares to disobey the will of the boss of their industry, if they are not careful, they may be excluded and suppressed by the boss, and in the end, the whole company not only does not make anything, but ends up in a miserable end. Qiao Jialiang listened to the history of the close relationship between Xinjiang Group and Xinjiang Logistics, and understood the reason why Lin Ruihua now specially invited him to talk in this café abroad.

"You're right, that's why I'm going to give you this project," Lin Ruihua agreed with Qiao Jialiang's statement, and said with a long sigh, "We must hold our lives in our own hands and not let any accidents have the possibility of existence, which is our only goal now." ”

"So, where are you going to build your business? Have you chosen a place? As far as I know, there is still some developable vacant land in Dongdu, and there are still some that meet your conditions, but the price is relatively expensive. Qiao Jialiang picked up the black tea in front of him and took a sip and said.

"It's okay, I don't want to build this company directly in China," Lin Ruihua said, "I found an abandoned electronic equipment factory abroad not long ago, you can take a look." ”

Zheng Haoyu took out his mobile phone and put it in front of Qiao Jialiang. On the top of the phone screen, it is a company that looks very large. It covers a huge area, and there are many workers in and out of the enterprise plant in the picture above, working hard.

"The CEO of this company, because of gambling half a year ago, owed a huge gambling debt, misappropriated the company's assets to repay, caused the company's internal capital chain to break, and finally failed to operate, until the end of bankruptcy. But in the end, he left this rare piece of land. ”

"I've been getting people to keep an eye on all the eligible construction sites, and once I get the chance, then the project you just saw can be implemented smoothly. In the following months, our company sent a special team to negotiate and negotiate with the bankrupt company to the point where both parties can be satisfied. ”

"In the end, our team won, and a few days ago, we informed me that I was still on a business trip to another country, and after I arrived, I successfully signed a contract with the other company, and after completing a series of procedures, we officially acquired it."

"We are already demolishing the original factory and trying to remove all the useless facilities from the area. And now everything is ready, and all that awaits us is you, the absent architect, to come into battle and lay out the plan to create a wonderful corporate building for us. Lin Ruihua motioned for Zheng Haoyu to put away his mobile phone, and then said with a smile.

"It's too much, it's too much, but before I agree to this, I have something I want to ask you about this." Qiao Jialiang saw Lin Ruihua's enthusiasm in his eyes, and after some thought, put forward this request.

"Anything, if I knew it, I would definitely answer it truthfully."

"When you set up this logistics company this time, are you already clearly going to compete with Xinjiang Group? Let me help you design, there is no problem with building this company, but I still said just now, with the strength of your company is far from being able to compete with an old enterprise like Xinjiang," Qiao Jialiang pointed out directly, "Although the current power situation in Dongdu is indeed in a three-legged state from the outside world, but in fact, as you just said, Xinjiang Group is an old force." And your and Wei Mingcheng's companies have been emerging in recent years, and their strength is not enough to match them with a strong accumulation, so doing so will undoubtedly only lead to fire. ”

"But if I join forces with Wei Mingcheng, things may not go the way you said," Lin Ruihua said after listening, "I still have a little thing here, please take a look." ”

After Lin Ruihua finished speaking, he took out his mobile phone, flipped it, found a video, clicked the play button and handed it to Qiao Jialiang.

The content in the video is actually Wei Mingcheng retelling the industrial plan that Lin Ruihua said just now.

As for the name of Ruihua written by the company, it is also to make Xinjiang Group relax its vigilance, making him think that only Ruihua is involved in this matter with the group. In this way, the rest of the story is better planned. So the matter of logistics companies, please leave it to you, Brother Jialiang. ”

This is the end of the video. Qiao Jialiang suddenly came to his senses and said, "It seems that you have already made a joint plan for this matter. I see, the matter of inviting me to build the Shangjing Tower was also planned by you together. ”

"We actually just want to help you," Lin Ruihua said, "You should remember that earlier, He Xinjiang officially took over Mr. He's position, and after managing the Xinjiang Group for a period of time, he planned to build Xinjiang Pavilion in order to make a little merit to his father and the citizens." ”

"Of course, I remember that I was the first person I found after he planned it, and I hope I can help him. But at that time, it seemed that I had a course in architecture abroad that I needed to study in the near future, so I quit the ...... at that time."

When Qiao Jialiang said this, he seemed to understand something, raised his head and looked at Lin Ruihua, his expression was serious and serious.

"Is it really because of that incident...... Qiao Jialiang stretched out his hand and slapped it heavily on the table, and slowly said word by word.

"That's right, you did turn down He Xinjiang's invitation because you had a course at that time," Lin Ruihua said in agreement, "but I remember, you shouldn't have gone abroad to take classes in the end." The reason is that the members of your domestic studio also happen to be invited to gather at that time, and if you go abroad at this time, it will be difficult to recruit those elites in your team next time. ”

"Because you don't know when they will be poached by others at a high price, and there is also the possibility that they will lose trust in you because of your failure this time. So naturally you don't want to give up this precious opportunity, so you stay in China and start dealing with the construction team. ”

"I also have a reason, the people I invited are all wizards in architecture, and foreign courses are naturally not as important as them." Qiao Jialiang smiled bitterly.

"But He Xinjiang doesn't think so."

Lin Ruihua pointed out sharply.

"Because the reason for you to shirk him is completely different from the reason why you stay in the country. Even if his plan for Xinjiang Pavilion was handed over to someone else to build later, your shirk still made him hold a grudge against you. What made him even more resentful was that you participated in the construction of the Shangjing Tower. ”

"Do you mean that Shangjing Tower has stolen his title as a landmark building in the Eastern Capital of Xinjiang Pavilion...... He wouldn't think that in the two buildings that could have competed for the title of landmark buildings in the Eastern Capital, I just shirked him and chose to build Shangjing Tower. In this way, it means that I am very likely to have been targeted by him. ”

"Although this misunderstanding happened very coincidentally, it is indeed like this now."

"Since that's the case, does that mean that I, you, and Wei Mingcheng are in the same boat again?" Qiao Jialiang shook his head helplessly and said, "Okay, I don't have any other problems, I will immediately notify our construction team to come here, now, you can take me to the place you mentioned to have a look, I need to observe the surrounding terrain conditions first." ”

"Wise, but this operation is completely confidential, and you can't say anything to any of your relatives, not even your most beloved precious son. In addition, I will bear all the travel expenses of your team this time, and it is no problem to spend time abroad on vacation after this event is over, and I will give your team double the price of the final reward. ”

Lin Ruihua cast an approving look.

"Then take Mr. Qiao to the scene to watch it now. Haoyu, you go to the underground garage and drive the car out to the door and wait for us, I'll talk to the café again, and I'll go out with Mr. Qiao immediately. ”

"Yes." Just as Zheng Haoyu was about to put away his laptop, an email notification suddenly appeared on the status bar, accompanied by a notification sound.

Zheng Haoyu slid the cursor and clicked on the flickering notification spot. The content of the email presented to Wei Mingcheng and Li Guofeng is basically the same except for the title and the name of the company.

So he handed the notebook to Lin Ruihua, and after Lin Ruihua saw the email, his eyes changed. In order not to make Qiao Jialiang on the other side too suspicious, he immediately returned to his normal state, and then closed the flip cover of the notebook and returned it to Zheng Haoyu.

After Zheng Haoyu put the notebook on, he immediately walked out of the café door and went to the underground garage to start the car.

"What's the matter, is there something wrong with the building's address?" Even if Lin Ruihua covered it up well, Qiao Jialiang still noticed some abnormalities. He asked after Zheng Haoyu left.

"Ah, nothing, it's just ...... It's just an email from my daughter. It's been a long time since I've seen her, and I've missed him so much. So she sent me an email, and I was very touched as a father. ”

Even though this email was not sent by Lin Ruihua's daughter, what he said was not false. When he mentioned his daughter, some melancholy appeared in his eyes.

"Okay, you can leave all the things here to me, isn't it just a short time since the summer vacation over there? If you solve the logistics company matter in front of you, you will definitely be able to return to your home country to accompany your daughter. ”

"Well, thank you, but doesn't it matter to your son?" Lin Ruihua's eyes regained some light, and when he heard Qiao Jialiang's proposal, he asked.

"Don't worry, it doesn't matter to that kid in my family. He was a vice president of their school's student council last semester, and even though it's summer vacation, he's already planning for a new student council position, and he's running out of time to talk to me. And there have been a few times before when I went on business trips, and he was used to it. Qiao Jialiang said with a smile.

"Okay, thank you."

"Needless to say, thank you, you've been busy with those company things outside, in order to bring a good living environment to your family, I'm sure your daughter will also be considerate of you." Qiao Jialiang understood his difficulties, patted Lin Ruihua's shoulder, and said.

After hearing Qiao Jialiang's words, Lin Ruihua was silent for a while, and then patted Qiao Jialiang on the shoulder, stopped talking to him about the matter, stood up, and called the waiter in the café.

"Thank you to me and your boss, and I'll transfer you the fee for the charter later."

"Mr. Lin, there is no need for this, our boss specially told us that we must not take your money, after all, our café is built all on your help. If you are busy with business, it is rare to come to another country, how can we let you spend it? ”

"Don't worry, I won't embarrass you in the middle, then I will tell your boss directly, and it is enough for you to help me say hello."

"Thank you." The waiter bowed and thanked him, and when he saw Lin Ruihua and Qiao Jialiang leaving, he immediately walked to the door first, opened the door for them, and guarded them until they left.

"Welcome to the next visit."

Instead of closing the door to the café, the waiter removed the "Temporarily closed" sign on the door. walked into the hall, turned on all the lights, picked up the phone and dialed a few numbers, and after cleaning up some of the drinks that the three of them had drunk here, he carefully wiped down the place where the three of them were sitting, and then he was relieved.

Soon after, many people dressed like waiters came to the store. Under the command of this waiter, all the people who arrived were assigned to their respective positions in the store.

The whole café was back to its usual bustling people, as if the three of them hadn't been there before.

Outside the café, a car was parked on the side of the road in a stalled state, waiting for the two people outside the window. Next to the car, Lin Ruihua and Qiao Jialiang seemed to be talking about something, and they didn't get into the car for a long time.

"Why don't you come with me to see it live? After all, I'm still relatively new to the situation abroad, and I still need you to introduce me to many things, so it's better for you to follow. Qiao Jialiang saw that Lin Ruihua didn't have the slightest idea of getting into the car, and couldn't help asking.

"I'm really sorry Brother Jialiang, just now I suddenly received a notice on my mobile phone, saying that the chairman of one of our cooperative enterprises in this country, after hearing that I was coming, kindly invited me to sit with them and talk about the basic plan for the next step of cooperation. As for the fact that you want to visit the factory site just now, my assistant has already arranged it for you. If you need anything, just ask my assistant, who is usually planning my trip, and I'm sure you will be satisfied with this visit. ”

Lin Ruihua said with a wry smile.

"You are really a busy person, the matter about me and your logistics company has just been finalized, and the back foot will go to other companies to continue to discuss business matters," Qiao Jialiang sighed, "Then, I will not continue to disturb your next trip, I will try to ask your assistant if there is something." Well, I hope I can fully understand your vision of the region you chose during this visit. Goodbye, Mr. Lin. ”

After Qiao Jialiang finished speaking, he opened the car door, got into the car, fastened his seat belt, and waved his hand to Lin Ruihua outside the door, and Lin Ruihua also waved goodbye to him. When the vehicle started, the speed of the car gradually increased slowly, and finally drove out of Lin Ruihua's sight, Lin Ruihua took out two photos from his jacket.

The first one is a photo of a family of three. One of them is Lin Ruihua himself, but this seems to have been taken by him a long time ago. This photo is exactly the same as the one that Lin Xinlu accidentally lost......

With a doting smile, Lin Ruihua carefully wiped the picture with a tissue, and then gently put the picture back into his jacket pocket for safekeeping.

The second image shows some old footage from a camera during a company's anniversary celebration. It is relatively easy to deduce what company it is, because many people were captured on the spot. In the photo, two places are highlighted by the marker.

"Mr. Qi Xinjie, the former chairman of Qi's Group, and my old classmates...... Cheng Mingzhe...... Ah," Lin Ruihua squinted his eyes and looked at it, "Does this fire in Dongdu have anything to do with you......

Taking the photo back into his pocket, Lin Ruihua's eyes were less kind and replaced by some sharpness and coldness. He paced forward slowly and whispered:

"Whether it is the accident six years ago or the fire now, it indicates that this battle that is not on the bright side has quietly begun......"