Chapter 83: Girlfriend
Mr. Gu is acquiring a second-tier e-commerce website, a collection of mid-to-high-end brands called Luxury Clothes Library, which has six brick-and-mortar stores in first-tier cities across the country.
After years of operation, Luxury Clothes has become the leader of the high-end positioning of the apparel category, targeting the white-collar middle class aged 25-45 with more economic strength. Although there is no white-collar middle class who are almost 45 years old, they are more financially powerful. Although the total turnover is not as high as fast selling, the achievements should not be underestimated.
At present, the domestic clothing e-commerce, clothing-based sales platform website competition is fierce, has been unable to develop from the new customers and business, for large companies, mergers and acquisitions of second-tier brands is the best way. Especially in today's rising level of people's quality of life, luxury clothes are like Jingzhou during the Three Kingdoms period, and those who get Jingzhou win the world.
Glancing at the information distributed, Lu Jiayi was a little surprised.
Gu Tingyu looked at Lu Jiayi with a smile, and said unhurriedly: "Lu Jiayi, you are making clothes, after I take this website, I will open a web page area for you." β
Lu Jiayi looked at Gu Tingyu suspiciously, a little unsure of what he meant: "There are special areas in the luxury store, and they seem to be high-end brands. β
Gu Tingyu laughed twice, with a confident face: "Lu Jiayi, believe me, with the help of Ruiou, in the future, Yishang will also become a high-end brand among fast-selling brands." β
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The meeting lasted for a long time, and at the end of the meeting, Lu Jiayi finally figured out everyone present.
Gu Tingyu and Yi Zecheng have been grabbing luxury clothes recently, and Gu Tingyu has preliminarily completed acquisition negotiations. The few unfamiliar faces of the Phyrio executives at the scene were all people from luxury clothes and Weiku.
What shocked Lu Jiayi the most was that these people who came were all major shareholders who were not CEOs, and without going through the board of directors, Gu Tingyu privately reached a deal with shareholders, which was obviously a hostile takeover without going through the board of directors.
At the end of the meeting, Gu Tingyu sent a few shareholders away, and then returned to the company, seeing Lu Jiayi's obviously white face, knowing that she had figured everything out. A satisfied smile appeared on his face.
Lu Jiayi asked him a little angrily, "Why did you involve me?" β
"Didn't I give you a chance?" Gu Tingyu smiled: "Isn't it good to enter the luxury storehouse?" β
"Is this kind of bad competition really good?"
"Lu Jiayi, you are not such a naΓ―ve person." Gu Tingyu looked at her meaningfully: "Why, knowing that I won Yi Zecheng, I feel a little sorry for him?" β
"Mr. Gu, I can't help but want to remind you that you are a hostile takeover."
"So you're going to tell Yi Zecheng? You attended our takeover meeting today, do you think he'll meet with you? Gu Tingyu laughed: "Yi Zecheng hates me, he has been making small moves behind his back, and when he won a small Italian brand, he thought he could move me." It's a pity that the tree is big and deep-rooted, and he is still tender. β
Gu Tingyu narrowed his eyes, a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and he paced to the window of the conference room. A thin stream of rain began to fall outside the window. The tempered glass sound insulation effect of the office building is very good, almost no sound can be heard, except for Lu Jiayi and Gu Tingyu in the conference room, there is no one else, so quiet that Lu Jiayi can hear his unsteady breathing.
Gu Tingyu was always triumphant: "Yi Zecheng's women are all by my side, how ironic." β
Lu Jiayi held her breath and clenched her palms hard.
From the moment she accepted Gu Tingyu's financing, Lu Jiayi thought that one day she would stand on the opposite side with Yi Zecheng. But what she hopes to get is a business alliance, an opportunity to become Yi Zecheng's opponent in a dignified manner, not to suppress him through dishonorable means like now.
"Mr. Gu." Lu Jiayi pursed her lips, and the coldness in her eyes was like ice: "Yi Zecheng's tendon meat, I don't have to take off my clothes, I feel very good." She smiled coldly, and looked at Gu Tingyu's eyes with a disguised disgust: "As for you, I really can't do it." β
In the face of Lu Jiayi's ridicule, Gu Tingyu's face never changed.
"Angry?"
"Don't dare."
Gu Tingyu smiled: "You are better than her, she never dared to say a word for Yi Zecheng." β
Lu Jiayi knew that he was talking about Lily, and her face was unhappy: "I am different from her. β
"It's a pity." Gu Tingyu finally put away his kind smile, and his eyes gradually became cold: "Yi Zecheng will no longer trust you." β
Lu Jiayi smiled, always straightening her back: "You know again?" β
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At about four o'clock in the afternoon that day, Lu Jiayi didn't even have time to make a phone call with Yi Zecheng to inform him that a reporter from the financial edition coincidentally broke the news of Ruiou's preliminary acquisition of luxury clothing store.
For a while, there was an uproar in the circle.
You know, Yi Zecheng has become the acquisition of luxury clothes and has invested a lot of money in it, and now that Ruiou has quietly completed the acquisition, isn't Yi Zecheng's money all wasted?
Lu Jiayi came out of Ruiou and was calling Yi Zecheng all the way, but Yi Zecheng could not be contacted, Lu Jiayi was a little anxious, and drove to Yi Zecheng's company.
After more than ten minutes, Yi Zecheng finally called back unhurriedly.
Without waiting for Lu Jiayi to organize the language, Yi Zecheng calmly asked Lu Jiayi: "Have you eaten?" β
Lu Jiayi has been in a meeting, how can she take care of it?
"I didn't even eat lunch."
"Hmm." Yi Zecheng said: "Together." β
Lu Jiayi thought about it, and finally changed her course and went to the agreed restaurant.
Yi Zecheng's company was in crisis, but he himself did not have a little anxious or embarrassed expression, and he appeared in a graceful manner, no different from usual.
The two ate together, and the atmosphere was no different from usual. Lu Jiayi opened his mouth several times and wanted to offer to help him, but before he could say anything, he quietly changed the topic.
Lu Jiayi finally couldn't bear it anymore: "You are now a critical period, let me help you." β
Yi Zecheng's expression was always casual. He put a chopstick dish into Lu Jiayi's bowl and stared at her to eat it.
"Just your little money, it's not enough for you to make it yourself, save some flowers."
When Lu Jiayi heard him say this, she couldn't help but glance at him: "The dog bites Lu Dongbin, he doesn't know the hearts of good people, and he looks down on individuals." β
After eating a bowl of rice, Lu Jiayi glanced at the time, since he didn't want to talk about it, Lu Jiayi didn't bother to waste time with him, and was ready to go back to the company.
Lu Jiayi took the bag and was about to leave, thought about it and turned around, and called the waiter to settle the bill.
Yi Zecheng smiled and looked at Lu Jiayi, who had completed this series of actions, and hooked the corners of his mouth: "What are you doing here?" β
Lu Jiayi took out her wallet from her bag and looked calm: "You are in crisis, save some flowers, I will invite you today." β
At this time, the waiter came in with the bill, and Lu Jiayi was about to pick it up, but he was snatched by Yi Zecheng, who was quick-eyed.
"It's not like a man taking a woman out to eat and letting a woman spend money."
After speaking, he directly took out the card and handed it to the waiter, his movements were natural, his expression was normal, and everything was so natural.
Lu Jiayi couldn't help wrinkling her nose when she saw him like this: "It's all on this, but straight male cancer can't be cured." β
The news that Ruiou overwhelmed Yi Zecheng to acquire the luxury store intensified, and the company that was originally optimistic about Yi Zecheng returned to its previous wait-and-see state.
As Gu Tingyu said, Ruiou has deep roots, and it is not something that Yi Zecheng can suppress overnight. Suffering from the enemy on the back of the abdomen, Yi Zecheng's situation must have been difficult recently.
Lu Jiayi is not in a hurry, but the assistant is quite anxious. Looking for Yi Zecheng to go to nepotism too much, the assistant has come out of the relationship.
He asked Lu Jiayi anxiously: "Miss Lu, are you really not helping Mr. Yi this time?" β
Lu Jiayi looked down at the document, didn't look at the little assistant, but replied generously: "Help!" β
"Why are you helping, why do you think you're not doing anything?"
Lu Jiayi poked his cheek with a pen, and after careful consideration, he replied solemnly: "When he goes bankrupt, I will pay a high price for him." I am such a young and beautiful boss, and I am so old with him, which is definitely an affirmation of his charm! β
Of course, with Yi Zecheng's strength, there is naturally no need for Lu Jiayi's little assistant to worry about the future. In less than three months, the approval of the issuance examination committee has been passed.
Yi Zecheng's company officially submitted a listing request to the exchange, and the company's shares also entered the sealing period.
On Friday afternoon, around three o'clock, it rained in the city. The sky was cloudy, the clouds were so low that from the window of the office building, it seemed to be touchable. Dark clouds covered the sun, and it was only afternoon, but the sky was as cloudy as evening.
The spring equinox is approaching, spring is getting stronger, and the weather is not as cold as before. At this time, the drizzle is drenching, drenching this reinforced concrete city, and the scenery is beautiful.
Lu Jiayi glanced at the time, thought about it and made a call to Yi Zecheng.
"What are you doing?" Lu Jiayi asked.
Yi Zecheng still has few words as usual, and his reply is concise: "Meeting." After a pause, he asked, "Where are you?" β
"Company." Lu Jiayi glanced at the continuous rain outside, and sighed lightly: "I'll get off work in a while, take an online taxi back." β
"Do you have anything else to do in the afternoon?"
Lu Jiayi flipped through the itinerary recorded by the assistant: "Not really." β
"Wait."
"Huh?"
Ten minutes later, Yi Zecheng's phone call came, and there were only two words - "go downstairs".
Lu Jiayi went downstairs with his bag, and Yi Zecheng appeared downstairs in Lu Jiayi's company in his black luxury car.
Lu Jiayi stood under the glass eaves of the office building to shelter from the rain, watching Yi Zecheng holding a black umbrella and walking across the drizzly street. He had no expression on his face, as if he always had a detachment that rejected people thousands of miles away, and his figure was outstanding and in a class of his own.
walked to Lu Jiayi's side, and without waiting for Lu Jiayi to say anything, his hand fished Lu Jiayi's waist, and the two of them squeezed under a black umbrella.
The distance was so close, Lu Jiayi could even feel the wetness in the wind and rain on Yi Zecheng's body. He held the umbrella in one hand and the other on her waist, the umbrella tilted to her side, and the eaves of the umbrella covered her shoulders so that she would not get wet in the drizzle.
Lu Jiayi lowered her head, looked at the shoes of the two, and walked on the soaked street step by step, and suddenly felt that if she went to the old age like this, it seemed that it was okay.
Yi Zecheng asked someone to drink tea.
The quiet tea house is built on the back of the commercial street, a large piece of land, most of which is vacant, has been built into a green area, and the tea house is in a deep forest, suitable for high-end business people to negotiate private affairs.
It was the first time for Lu Jiayi to go to such a hidden space, the tea room was very large, and the sound insulation effect was very outstanding, and Lu Jiayi even felt that her breathing had an echo.
"You're not talking about trade secrets, are you?"
Yi Zecheng took a sip of tea: "Hmm." β
Lu Jiayi frowned: "Then isn't it very inappropriate for me to be here?" β
Without waiting for Yi Zecheng to answer, the service staff had already brought Yi Zecheng's guests in.
When Lu Jiayi saw that person, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. And when that person saw Lu Jiayi, he naturally had the same reaction.
The person who came was an executive of Ruiou's clothing department, and he had only met him at a meeting at Ruiou before.
When the man saw Lu Jiayi present, he was very restrained from the moment he came in, and he always spoke with caution.
He drank tea, looked at Lu Jiayi, and smiled meaningfully: "Mr. Yi, what are you and Miss Lu?" β
Faced with the questioning of the comer, Yi Zecheng didn't speak, just reached over, clasped his fingers, and held Lu Jiayi's somewhat uneasy hand on his lap.
There was no need to explain anything, that person already understood what Yi Zecheng meant.
Looking at Lu Jiayi's eyes again, she almost felt that she was sent by Wang Yun to Dong Zhuo's side and tempted Dong Zhuo's Diao Chan.
Well, Lu Jiayi thought, anyway, the beauty is about the same.
Yi Zecheng talked to the executive, and Lu Jiayi drank tea next to him throughout the whole process, did not intervene, and obediently made wall flowers. It was about that there was too much water to drink, and Lu Jiayi got up and went out to the toilet.
When Lu Jiayi returned, the executive had already left.
The numbers written on the table by Yi Zecheng had also dried up, as if nothing had happened, and the two just drank a cup of tea.
Lu Jiayi sat down on the cushion again and drank the tea that had been cooled in front of her.
looked at Yi Zecheng's eyes, which was very meaningful.
"You're engaging in a hostile merger?"
Lu Jiayi pouted, this one and two, let her carefully see how to calculate each other, Lu Jiayi didn't understand what Yi Zecheng and Gu Tingyu meant.
"You and Gu Tingyu have been fighting hotly recently, and you come and go." Lu Jiayi suddenly opened her mind: "Could it be that you have actually loved each other before, and then separated because of a misunderstanding, and then now you are in a deep sadomasochistic relationship?" β
Yi Zecheng didn't want to answer, and rewarded Lu Jiayi with a roll of his eyes. Lu Jiayi was bored and shrugged.
"You subscribed for my company's IPO shares?" He raised his head and looked at Lu Jiayi with a perceptive look on his face.
Lu Jiayi didn't expect to be discovered by him so soon, and Hui Huang smiled: "I subscribed through the regular process." β
Yi Zecheng snorted coldly: "Can the regular process allow you to buy so much?" β
He looked at Lu Jiayi with deep eyes: "The radish head who is engaged in finance got it for you?" β
The private deal with Lin Fanghan was brought to the table by Yi Zecheng like this, and Lu Jiayi was naturally a little embarrassed. Facing Yi Zecheng's questioning, Lu Jiayi just smiled, and did not hide it from him.
"I pulled out all the money I had to buy a car. Mr. Yi, my net worth and life, and happiness in this life, are all on you. β
I don't know which words Lu Jiayi said to please Yi Zecheng, there was a little more warmth in his originally indifferent eyes. Raising his chin, his expression was a little arrogant.
"You still have a little bit of investment vision."
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On Wednesday, Yi Zecheng went out in the morning and left a key for Lu Jiayi, asking her to help buy some things after work at night, and the list was all necessities. Although Lu Jiayi felt that his instructions this time were a little inexplicable, considering that Yi Zecheng always helped her, it was time for her to give back.
Thinking about the fact that both of them still need to invite an aunt, they are too busy on weekdays to take care of their own lives, and their home is basically a private space for sleeping. Twice a week, the part-time workers clean up the house. Other than that, they are fending for themselves. Last time, Yi Zecheng wanted to invite Lu Jiayi to an aunt, and the housekeeping company recommended two to try the work, but the dishes were not to Lu Jiayi's taste, and then Lu Jiayi was so busy that she went home very late every day, and she was not available to receive the trial work, so she has been stranded.
Carrying a large bag and a small bag to Yi Zecheng's house, he hadn't returned home yet, Lu Jiayi put the things he bought in the same place where he should have been.
Yi Zecheng has been drinking a lot lately, and his family is a little messier than usual. Lu Jiayi saw that Yi Zecheng, a bachelor, was not doing well, so she couldn't help but pick up the clothes that were not neatly placed one by one, and also washed the unwashed cups and dishes in the kitchen.
She is so sloppy with herself, but she is very attentive to Yi Zecheng.
I washed my hands and was just about to go home when the door opened. Yi Zecheng took a man Lu Jiayi had never seen home.
Lu Jiayi picked up the bag and asked Yi Zecheng in a low voice: "There are guests?" β
Yi Zecheng smiled and nodded: "Hmm." β
"Then I'll go back first."
"Hmm."
passed by that person, Yi Zecheng didn't introduce it, and Lu Jiayi was not interested.
Lu Jiayi was changing shoes in the hallway, and the two had already entered the house.
Lu Jiayi heard a quiet conversation between the two.
The man asked, "Is it Lu Jiayi who is still in clothes?" β
Yi Zecheng turned off the refrigerator, and his tone was as ordinary as saying "Have you eaten": "Girlfriend." β
The three words are like the bells and drums that only ring in the morning and evening in the ancient temple, striking in Lu Jiayi's heart one by one, powerful and clear, long and reverberating.
She didn't want to admit that she felt ripples in her heart because of Yi Zecheng's three words of understatement.
When did she become a girlfriend?
Why does this man always omit the most important steps?
Lu Jiayi looked annoyed.
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Yi Zecheng has also been very busy recently because of Gu Tingyu's various bad tricks, and the lawsuit is on his back, and the legal department and the external lawyer team have also been researching, and they have been carefully dealing with Gu Tingyu's every trouble.
But Yi Zecheng's personality is very different from others, he is extremely resistant to pressure, and the more he encounters major events, the calmer he becomes, which is also the reason why he has risen to the top in a short period of time.
He didn't expect Yi Zecheng and Lu Jiayi to live in the opposite door, and he had to admit that Yi Zecheng himself was a "girlfriend", and it was the first time he had seen him in so many years.
And this "first" Lu Jiayi accepted Ruiou's financing a few months ago.
I have to say that Yi Zecheng is really a mystery all over his body.