In the Xinhua Bookstore that has just been relocated in S City, two nv children, like countless readers, are also standing in front of a pyramid of Xiǎo specially piled up with a copy of "The Collapse of the Gray Sè Empire", flipping through this best-selling new book that has emerged overnight like a rain, and looking at the situation, it is not impossible to break one million sales in half a year. Hebei, Beijing-Tianjin, and Northeast China, there will be many readers who choose to stop at this time, especially as the birthplace of Jinhai and the hometown of Zhao Taizu, the protagonist of the book.

The NV child wearing a pair of retro round-framed glasses finally grabbed a set, and the NV child next to her, whose father served as a middle-level leader in Jinhai, was gentle and reserved, but did not join in the fun, she is always the kind of canteen who will honestly line up when she takes a taxi, and when she meets the chā team, she will only frown and frown to show that she is not painless and protesting, and the NV child wearing black-framed glasses yells xiǎo Sixiǎo Si, now it's over, Jinhai is burping, will your father's job be lost? Another NV kid ignored his girlfriend's fanning of the flames, and gently took a second volume casually, flipped through the book and went up to the second floor, explaining Pan Wei, it's not that you don't know, Jinhai's management goes out, and it is not difficult to find a salary position on the next level, what am I worried about. The name is Pan Wei's NV child, oh, playfully said yes, just quiet, and then he was startled, pulled his best friend's delicate arm and shook it, and shouted Look at it, there is Zhao Jiadi's name here. Pan Wei is holding the first volume, this book is disordered, so the first page is a tree-like vein map of the Zhao family, with Zhao Shanhu and the Zhao family's Lafayette and a deceased xiǎo room as the first line, the second line is Zhao Xin, his wife Zhao Fengya, his ex-wife Wang Zhuyun, and Huang Fangfei, who is not rightly named and has an embarrassing status. In the third row, there are queens, Zhao Yange, and Qi Dongcao, but the first is the eldest son Zhao Jiadi. The innocent nv child with the nickname xiǎo si glanced at it and smiled lightly and said with such a coincidence, no wonder it is said that there is no book without coincidence. Pan Wei muttered in a voice, Do you say that it will be a senior, I look at the tǐng like, Senior Zhao is so good, the tiger father has no dog, and Zhao Taizu, who is worthy of your father's boss's boss, has countless bosses.

The nv child surnamed Xie Mingsi glared at his open-mouthed girlfriend fiercely, and he didn't even like to read the next volume, so he returned it to Pan Wei, and went to pick up a few fashion books for the real purpose of her trip, and she had been with Du Zikang for a long time, she also wanted to recharge it and learn more about the luxury goods of sleeve wine and watches, otherwise there was too little common language with him, which would be detrimental to the relationship in the future, she had already met Du Zikang's mother once, she was a very harsh middle-aged nv person, and she was picky in every way, it seems that even if she enters the house in the future, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is also dark, thinking of this, Xie Si sighed quietly.

As for the boy he met on the rooftop of the teaching building back then, Zhao Jiadi, who has the same name as this "Gray Sè Empire", heard that he scored zero points in the college entrance examination English as always, so he should go to a second college at the earliest, and his life will definitely not be as changeable as the first heir of the Zhao family in the book. Pan Wei lives in the same xiǎo district as her, has been studying in the same school since xiǎo, is the closest best friend, and even some details of the future with Du Zikang Jiāo, are happy to share with her, except for Zhao Jiadi, who is not even his first love, Xie Si has been tight-lipped for reasons that even she herself can't tell, the boy whose memory has always stayed in the second year of high school is undoubtedly excellent, except for the invincible science, if the language is not an essay, The total score of one hundred and fifty points can be easily on 1 The first is the nightmare of the top ten students in all school years, no matter how many points you have in the total score, someone will help you calculate the science You are a few tens less than Zhao Jiadi, Xie Si is an uncomplicated nv student, plus the vanity that most beautiful nv students should have, if it is just all this, Zhao Jiadi, who is all unbeatable in science and fighting, is enough to meet all her fantasy expectations, but she was born in a middle-class family that has been exposed to too many ups and downs of the world, She knew what she needed most in life, and as for what she wanted, she had to give in. And now, she feels like she has won, and she has won completely. She is confident that in the future, she will have a class reunion, and driving the luxury car promised by Du Zikang, she will make Zhao Jiadi ashamed of herself. So she is very happy and happy, only occasionally alone, a touch of regret and guilt in her soft heart, she will scratch and sting, but this little inconsequential thing is far from enough for her to regret.

In the dusty memories, the boy, in addition to helping her take notes, reviewing homework, explaining difficult problems, sending cows every day, would adopt a cat and a dog for her, and then would casually say things she didn't understand, such as the courtyard house in běijīng with a rare big banyan tree that is evergreen in the north in all seasons, and a large fish tank that does not freeze in winter. To this day, she still sees this kind of thing as a skeptical and more like a braggart of a xiǎo boy pretending to be knowledgeable. In fact, Xie Si, like the majority of living beings, stood on tiptoe and looked up at the strange world, but he couldn't see clearly.

Passing by again and again, who will regret the day of reunion?

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Shanghai, a skyscraper is located on the 60th floor of the office, Shanghai's top rich man Situ Hanhai stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window looking at the Bund, on the desk there is a freshly baked "The Collapse of the Gray Sè Empire", according to a waist cover of the financial juniors told him, this two volumes of a total of 460,000 words of the book was written in just two weeks, to be recommended on the waist cover, was the day before the distribution of an urgent call by a business tycoon, with a non-negotiable tone, he was very uncomfortable, but after reading the manuscript, I was convinced, this book was like selling soju for two or three yuan a pound more than ten years ago, it was too fierce and tasteful.

Situ Hanhai has finished reading the first volume, but he is not willing to read the next volume in one breath, he turned his head to look at a landmark building on the Bund not far away, where there is a branch of Jinhai, the ruler is a man who is regarded as an outsider by the Shanghai Gang but does not dare to look at it, Xu Zhenhong, pushed forward five years, and is only the driver of the protagonist in "Gray Sè Empire", and now, in addition to several investment banks under its umbrella, they are wantonly carrying out the act of collecting money from the white wolf with empty gloves, turning stones into gold, and are about to establish an auction house that will be the second largest in Shanghai, It is said that the name of Xishu, but there is no nouveau riche temperament, the main focus on modern and modern painting masterpieces, a large number of treasures, Situ Hanhai has to admire his vision, because the modern and modern famous works have a large stock, the work of publication and description and easy identification of the advantages, the appreciation space is huge, and the speculation is relatively easy, this Xishu auction house to become famous, it is only a matter of time.

Situ Hanhai retracted his gaze and asked the secretary to boil a pot of Anhui Qi mén sleeves, his NV secretary has always been mediocre in appearance over the years, but there must be enough thickness of the cultural heritage, which the personnel department mén knows in his heart, and he will never dare to send fox jīng goods to Hu Luàn, the big boss who has a habit of cleanliness in his life, sat on the chair, drank tea, and began to open the next volume of "Gray Sè Empire", the writing is plain, not surprising, but the history of Jinhai Industry itself is the best selling point, and it has changed to any second- or third-rate author, As long as you have the information at hand, it is not difficult to write a bestseller, the difference is only hundreds of thousands of sets or more than a million. Situ Hanhai smelled an unusual atmosphere after reading dozens of pages of the last volume, no matter how experienced the author is in the industry and has a wide range of contacts, it is impossible to get such meticulous and detailed information, there must be someone hiding in yīn to provide a large amount of systematic top-secret information, not to mention that this layman did not expect, just the release of this book is very intriguing, when all the domestic financial networks and newspapers and magazines have not been able to get the exact news, they dare to say bluntly on the cover, "Zhao Xin, Yu is now in prison", Fools know that there is a mystery inside, Situ Hanhai even asked about the relationship with Phoenix.com, and a group of friends with a background who held an iron rice bowl in běijīng, just like the same confused, Situ Hanhai put down the teacup and muttered: "Zhao Taizu, Zhao Taizu, is this a natural disaster or **?" If even you collapse, wouldn't those disciples and grandchildren who wholeheartedly worship and follow the political line as the way of the king's hegemon? ”

On the sixty-sixth floor of the Shanghai Landmark Xìng Financial Building, which Situ Hanhai can see, the man who has risen at an astonishing speed in Shanghai and is dominant, sits on the sofa and closes his eyes, and is also a tough rouge tiger Pei Cuihu in front of the outside world and even in front of the father of the "King of Huzhou" Pei Cuihu is extremely gentle and obedient, sitting on the side to help the man róu the sun, he held back his doubts for a long time, and finally couldn't help but ask Zhenhong, did the big boss really go in? The man can naturally only be Xu Zhenhong, who is known as Xiǎo Taizu, he has been busy with the affairs of the auction house under the instruction of Taizu during this time, and even he only got the news in the middle of the night last year, thinking of some temptations of some Jinhai giants in the second half of last year, Xu Zhenhong finally understood, and determined that the big boss was really in trouble, and said with a little fatigue, now the Beijing and Tianjin side of Luàn has become a pot of porridge, if I guess correctly, it will be noon in the morning, and in the evening at the latest, there will be a guy of Wei Jinghai's level who will come to Shanghai to interview me. Pei Cuihu is so Lingxi, frightened, xiǎo heart wings spit out two words: bī palace?

Xu Zhenhong smiled but did not speak, and the corners of his mouth were cold.

In the years he was a driver, he helped the big boss Zhao Taizu solve too many big troubles, and he didn't even experience the whirlpool that caused huge hidden losses to Jinhai, during this period, he played a lot of official hats, and the level was not low, playing an official tone on the table, saying official speeches with no IQ and no brains, and the audience was terrible, with a honey belly sword, a knife hidden in his sleeve, and he took the money but turned his face and didn't recognize people, Xu Zhenhong has seen it one by one, he can gain a foothold in the xenophobic Shanghai, Relying on the mō of the year, he was even more knowledgeable and skilled than being a secretary to a senior provincial and ministerial official. A few years ago, he learned that the Ministry of Commerce, whose surname Han had always been unpleasant, was shuanggui, and he didn't pay much attention to it, and he didn't think that after the chūn festival, he couldn't imagine the wind and rain, which shows that the enemy of the big boss is at least a fierce man who is more than two or three levels higher than him Xu Zhenhong, the key is that this yīn strategist has enough patience and energy, knows how to kill with one blow, and never gives Zhao Taizu a chance to breathe.

Who is that whale?

So of course, what is the biggest internal response within Jinhai?

Xu Zhenhong's mind was cold, and a graceful figure that had been haunted for many years appeared, and shook his head, how is this possible? !

Xu Zhenhong said to himself: "The only shortcoming of the big boss is that he is too conceited, he doesn't even want the least loyalty, this is true for everyone, maybe some things, even if they are right ninety-nine times, but as long as they are wrong once, they will lose all the games." ”

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Hangzhou, Jiuxi Rose Garden two adjacent to the lakeside villa, an old man and a nv enjoy the rare warm sunshine in the winter, the old man is a well-known collector in the xiǎo district, nicknamed Fan Old Man, and the nv son is the most moving wife in Hangzhou, young fù Pei Luoshen, she chuckled and said Grandpa Fan, early this morning Zhang Dongfeng called me and said that Zhao Xin was in prison. Old man Fan listened to the Yue opera "Peacock Flying Southeast", which had been played countless times on the radio, shook his head, and just nodded. Shao fù Pei was surprised and said, you are not surprised, this is a big event, as the first batch of fathers who fought the world for Zhao Taizu, you were driven out of Jinhai back then, how much resentment does this have, why don't you look happy at all? The old man opened his eyes, glanced at Pei Luoshen, and threw his gaze into the distance, he smiled and said Not strange, why is it strange, someone who is older than Wang Houde in terms of qualifications has looked for me a few years ago, and said to invite me out of the mountain, I believe that in addition to me, Cao Xingcheng's old guys have also received invitations, besides, Zhao Xin entered the bureau, it may not be a big thing, it is too sudden, on the one hand, it shows that the person who wants to move him is very powerful, on the other hand, it is more cloudy and foggy, and I have the impression that Zhao Xin is not a hero who likes to accept fate, It's too quiet, it's wrong, unless you tell me one day that Zhao Xin died in it, I will go to float three whites, half happy, half regretful.

Shao fù Pei sighed.

Seeing that she was not in high spirits, Old Man Fan squinted his eyes and said with a smile If you don't want to make a bet with you, I bet that in addition to the sensational book "The Collapse of the Gray Sè Empire", there will be no newspaper or media covering the bō of Jinhai Industrial. The bet is the lotus huā pot of Chen Mingyuan, the old man who has coveted me for a long time on the coffee table, how about it?

Pei Luoshen doesn't have a good temperament and doesn't gamble, Grandpa Fan doesn't have anything good on my side.

Old man Fan laughed, scolded the dead girl, and still refused to eat at all.

Shao fù Pei played with the phone and wanted to call, hesitated for a moment, and felt that it was better to send a text message, but the heavenly people fought and gave up.

When Old Man Fan didn't joke with Pei Luoshen, his eyes were sharp.

This may be the so-called Lao Ji Fu Fang.

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běijīng, quadrangle.

Old lady Wang personally went to call Sun NV Wang Zhuyun into the study, and asked bluntly: "You came to běijīng this time, just because of that kid?" ”

Wang Zhuyun was stunned for a moment and replied, "Yes, otherwise who else can you do it for?" It's not going to be Zhao Sanjin's bastard, right? ”

At this point, Wang Zhuyun felt funny, just laughed, his heart was shocked, his eyes suddenly sharpened, and he asked softly: "Grandpa, is something wrong with Zhao Sanjin?" ”

The old lady sighed in his heart, Zhao Xin, this guy has done evil, if it weren't for him, with the mind of Zhu Yun, his achievements in the political world are destined to be much higher than Wang Qingping. The old lady nodded and said, "At first, it was just a little trouble, Tian Zeng reported it to me, I didn't care, besides, if there is a real situation, I will only watch coldly." Oh, did you see the book on the desk, it was written by Zhao Xin, the book is called "The Collapse of the Gray Sè Empire", the pen is sharp, sparse and usual, but experience tells me that any material that knocks people down is this kind of seemingly unremarkable wording, this point, I, an old man, have come over, and I have a deep understanding of it. ”

Wang Zhuyun trembled slightly and picked up the book, and the old lady smiled and said: "What about you, you are unlucky, you still have a name on it, as for me, the author seems to be still a little jealous, and he didn't dare to say more, only to be called a certain original ** leader, and occasionally get tired of it, so he changes his name and calls him the original zhōngyāng veteran, is this considered to be shot while lying down?" ”

Wang Zhuyun didn't dare to open the book, just the cover was shocking enough, and said stupidly: "I said to go to the bookstore at eight taels in the morning, what can I do?" ”

The old lady frowned and said, "This is panicking?" Like words?! ”

Wang Zhuyun came back to his senses, smiled bitterly, and said softly: "Eight taels are still xiǎo." ”

The old lady walked under the huge map hanging on the wall, shook his head and said, "No, at his age, in our years, there are people who have become the head of the regiment." ”

Sanlian Taofen Bookstore.

A young man closes the next volume of The Gray Sè Empire.

He let out a long breath, slowly got up, put the book back in its place, and quietly left the bookstore.

The streets, bustling.

He stood at the entrance of the shop, slammed his cheek, and flagged down a taxi.

The withered yellow man, or the countryman Chen Ping'an, had a gift at the end:

"Is it Qishan Phoenix, Nanyang Wolong, Weishui Flying Bear? Or is it the five-eyed jī, the two-headed snake, and the three-legged cat? Retreat and retreat, the wind bō annoys me, I annoy the wind bō. Sailing against the current, the wind bō far away me, I far away wind bō. ”

Zhao Jiadi told the master to go to Wangfujing, and then took out the first call to nǎinǎi to report his safety, smiled and said that he would go back today, and then go to Wangfujing to buy you some silk from Ruifuxiang and Xiangjugong's signature pastries.

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