Early the next morning, Yin Zibo arrived at the company. As soon as half past eight, Yin Zibo went to Ling Ran's office.

Ling Ran was bowing her head to write something, when she saw Yin Zibo coming in, she was slightly stunned, and quickly got up to pour him coffee. By the way, drag a notepad next to me to cover up what you were writing just now.

Yin Zibo sat down across from the class table and smiled: "What are you writing? or practicing calligraphy?" casually stretched out his hand and pulled it open to take a look, and was stunned for a moment. Ling Ran just wrote a few lines, and the title on it was: Resignation Report.

Yin Zibo couldn't sit still, stood up and looked directly at Ling Ran: "Resign, do you want to resign?"

Ling Ran opened her mouth, speechless for a while, and poured coffee for Yin Zibo.

Yin Zibo was annoyed, and snatched the coffee pot away: "What about you?" Pour what pours, I myself will pour. Yin Zibo angrily poured himself coffee, but spilled the table, staining Ling Ran's half-written resignation report.

Ling Ran took out a few tissues to wipe the table, and said slowly: "There are two main points, one is that I feel that my ability is limited and I am not qualified for this job. Second, I felt that I was not playing the role I should have in my position, and the three months of hard work not only failed to get the work started, but made myself an obstacle to the work. I feel that my company has not only failed to generate marginal gains, but has become a negative factor. The negative factor is that you should not continue to stay in the position and obstruct traffic. ”

"Nonsense. Yin Zibo was angry.

Ling Ran sighed: "Really, I have been abroad for five years, and I am not familiar with the routine of listing domestic companies, but as soon as I come back, I am in such an important position. I really want to do a good job, and I have worked hard, but all kinds of discomfort, all kinds of friction, work, work relations, and personal feelings are not handled well, it should be said, it is a complete mess I can't stay here anymore, and it's not good for the company and myself."

Ling Ran couldn't go on, and was so sad that tears rolled in her eyes.

Yin Zibo was in a hurry, bypassed the Taipan table, walked to Ling Ran's side, and wanted to reach out to hug her. Ling Ran frowned, and her body retreated: "Mr. Yin, don't be like this, do you know why I want to resign? Part of the reason is because of you." ”

Yin Zibo's face flushed slightly: "Well, I'm sorry, Ling Ran." But I'm just in a hurry, I didn't mean that. I've known what you mean since you fixed me that night, so I'm just treating you like a friend now. Yin Zibo returned to the Taipan table and sat down.

Ling Ran nodded: "I know." I treated you like that, and you gave me the scarf, and I knew your heart, so I took it. Zibo, you are a friend worth making for a lifetime. Even if I leave the crown, we will always be friends. ”

Yin Zibo was moved: "Yes, Ling Ran, we will always be friends, let's get along slowly." But, now, tell me, why did you resign?

Ling Ran was distressed: "But yes, but it's not, it should be his company and our company's business, but there are personal factors mixed in there, and I don't know what I'm talking about." ”

Ling Ran rubbed her temples with her fingers to organize her thoughts.

Yin Zibo couldn't help but smile when he saw Ling Ran's distressed appearance, and told her what Ye Ling said last night: "He said that you have the key to his house, he is waiting for you to go home, and if you want him to be the same, he will be the same." Ling Ran, do you really like SM?"

Ling Ran was angry and funny: "Hey, what are you thinking." Actually, I have nothing to do with him anymore, especially since last night, it has nothing to do with it at all."

Yin Zibo didn't understand: What happened last night, Ye Ling was with me last night.

Ling Ran opened the drawer and took out a key from it: "This is the key to his house, you can help me return it to him." ”

Yin Zibo didn't do it: "What, what, I'm a postman." I don't do this kind of work. Yin Zibo threw the key back.

Ling Ran sighed, took the key in his hand, and the lingering of last night came to mind, and suddenly he sighed a little emotionally: "Zibo, in the past, life passed very slowly, cars, horses, and mail were very slow, and there was only enough to love one person in a lifetime." But now, in the age of the speed of light, cars, mail, and hearts are fast, and we have to love one person after another for the rest of our lives. ”

Ling Ran said "dang" and threw the key into the candy plate on the table.

What else did Yin Zibo want to ask, Ling Ran's attention had returned to resignation.

"I know that my uncle's purpose in asking me to return to China is to find an insider to prove that entrusting the crown IPO to Mr. Ye's company is a correct decision. You all trust Mr. Ye, my job is to demonstrate, Mr. Ye can make the crown listed. Ling Ran said slowly, "I have always been clear about this, and I have been working hard in this direction." So now, when there is no big problem with Ye's head office, I don't want to recommend it, it goes against my work goals, especially after he made such a big concession, and you and your uncle are so satisfied, I still insist on not recommending it, I don't quite understand why. I don't know if I'm persisting in my reluctance to recommend him out of concern for the good of the company or out of prejudice against him personally. My mind was in a mess, so I had to quit. Because I have hindered the conduct of my official duties. ”

"Why don't you recommend him? What do you think?" Yin Zibo wondered.

"I don't recommend him, because he is not the best, on the contrary, his company is actually the weakest of the six investment banks, and his company is the weakest in terms of company size, human resources, accumulated experience, and network with the Securities Regulatory Commission. But I have never been willing to say this, and I am even trying to hide this, of course, this point is actually understood by everyone, and it can't be concealed at all. So, I'm thinking, what kind of mentality do I have? Ling Ran sighed, "However, the weakest strength of his company does not mean that he cannot achieve the goal of listing our company." If everyone only picks big companies in business, then small companies will have nothing to eat? That's not the case, small companies have the advantages of small companies, just like the two points pointed out by Mr. Ye himself: 1, he knows our company and our industry very well, because he has spent several years cultivating this potential customer, 2, this is his big project, he will devote all his energy. Although the big investment banks are strong, whether they will allocate the best resources to our company is probably not necessarily, it depends on what work they have in their hands. If their project team starts a project of a large state-owned company at the same time, a small private enterprise like ours can only stand aside. ”

"But Mr. Ye will really give it his all, because he has to, we are his biggest client, the most important case. So you and your uncle both trust Mr. Ye very much. In fact, this is his real strength, the core advantage, which is why we have always regarded him as the first choice. And the terms he now gives our company are also very favorable and attractive. So I think that at this point, there should be no problem for our company to choose him. I quit my job and left, and there was nothing to worry about. ”

Yin Zibo breathed a sigh of relief: "Then you mean, it's no problem for us to do it for Brother Ye?"

"Well, I don't think it's a big deal. Although his company is not the most powerful, he has his strengths, if not the best choice, at least among the best options. Ling Ran said, "The purpose of my return to China is to demonstrate whether Mr. Ye's company can do an IPO for Crown, so I will now say my conclusion: yes, his company has enough strength, and will go beyond ordinary efforts to help us complete the IPO." ”

Yin Zibo suddenly filled the garden with a spring breeze: "That's not it." Everyone is happy, so what are you going to do? Stay there and finish the listing thing. ”

"But I don't want to recommend him, I mean: I don't want to recommend him. Ling Ran was distressed and frowned, "I may have a personal grudge and deliberately want to get him, so I should resign and leave." ”

Yin Zibo was anxious: "Hey, don't don't, you speak slowly, I listen, I understand you." ”

Ling Ran glanced at him: "What do you understand about me, I haven't figured it out yet." ”

"You think slowly. Yin Zibo hurriedly peeled off a piece of sugar and threw it in his mouth, "Burn some more coffee." ”

Ling Ran had to get up and boil coffee: "I'm wondering, is it because Ye Ling refused to marry me and married his ex-wife." So I hated him and deliberately tried to fix him. ”

Yin Zibo's mouth opened wide in surprise, and the candy almost fell out: "Oh, it turns out that there is such a paragraph." Wow, Brother Ye is really not a thing, but he is not a thing. ”

"No, it's not what you think it is. Ling Ran hurriedly corrected, "It's not that he abandoned me because he wanted to marry his ex-wife, it's that he never intended to marry me, because I didn't have a good father he needed." He made it clear to me from the beginning that he wouldn't marry me, we were just friends, and he didn't know his ex-wife at all when I left him. So I don't blame him at all, because I'm a guy who respects the rules of the game. First, I don't have what he wants, it's like, our company wants to go public, what we need is an investment bank, why are you a cabbage seller running our company? Is it because your cabbage is cheap and good, I have to buy it? Is there such a reason? Second, those who have strength should win, this strength comes according to demand, some men like big wave girls, you don't have big waves, no matter how beautiful your face is, people don't bird you; Ye Ling wants a good father-in-law, then those who have a good father should win, this is the pertinence of the choice. It's like when we pick an investment bank, what we value most is that the investment bank makes us trust, so the one that can build this trust should win, and there is nothing to be unconvinced by the other big investment banks. ”

Ling Ran looked at Yin Zibo: "Ye Ling has this power and freedom to choose what he wants. I tried my best to win him, but I didn't win it, I am willing to gamble and lose, no regrets. ”

Yin Zibo was speechless.

Ling Ran's eyes watched the coffee drop by drop into the coffee pot, and said while thinking: "I don't think I want to card him because I hate Ye Ling, in fact, I have always felt that I am releasing water to him because of my past relationship, which makes me a little ashamed Actually, I am because his father-in-law feels very insecure." ”

Yin Zibo was surprised: "Because his father-in-law is very unsafe." ”

Ling Ran's thoughts suddenly became clear, and he finally found the faint feeling in his heart, like stepping on a snake lurking in the sand: "Yes, his father-in-law." Ye Ling has been selling his father-in-law, his father-in-law's strong connections and special influence. His father-in-law is his big backer, which is the premise for him to open this company, and it is also the reason why everyone gave him the project to do. That's what he said, and that's what everyone believes, including me. But it is this one that has always made me faintly uneasy. ”

Ye Ling and his father-in-law seem to have a really good relationship, the two need each other, his father-in-law needs Ye Ling to earn money for him, and Ye Ling needs his father-in-law to earn business for him. It would be nice if the two of them were just pure business partners, but they added in-laws. What is the relationship between Ye Ling and his ex-wife? It must be bad, he has been married for three years and has been divorced so badly, and the husband and wife should turn against each other. He has been divorced for almost two years, if he wants to remarry, he should have remarried a long time ago, since he has not remarried for two years, it means that the possibility of remarriage is slim. If the two of them really go half of the road from now on, then his marriage is his private life and has nothing to do with our company. What I'm afraid of is that his relationship with his ex-wife will affect his relationship with his father-in-law, and thus affect our company's listing. ”

Ling Ran looked at Yin Zibo: "In the investment banking industry, there has always been a saying from a certain son: I may not be able to let you go public, but I will definitely make you unable to go public." No matter how great Ye Ling's father-in-law's energy is, the company does not meet the requirements of the CSRC and cannot be listed, but I believe that his father-in-law's energy is definitely enough to make a company that could have been listed unable to be listed, or be delayed indefinitely. ”

"Zibo, you see, the situation of our company, first, we have no factors that cannot be listed, our company's operation is good, the capital is sufficient, the market prospects are broad, and the company is profitable every year. We are fully qualified to be listed, and we only need to complete the restructuring in accordance with the requirements of the China Securities Regulatory Commission; second, having the listing qualification does not mean that we can be listed, and everyone understands this. I said I follow all the rules of the game, including the unspoken ones. The unspoken rule of listing is 5 million, which everyone who is an investment bank knows, and the price is clearly marked, even if Ye Ling's father-in-law is powerful, we can't save this money, and if it is saved, it will also bring sequelae, so we will definitely pay this money; So how to find a channel, Ye Ling's father-in-law undoubtedly mastered this channel, and what Ye Ling wants to open most at present is also this channel, once the channel is opened, he will let the birds fly. For now, however, his father-in-law is guarding this channel. ”

"But other investment banks also have channels, otherwise how would people get by, their channels have nothing to do with Ye Ling's father-in-law. For our company, all roads lead to Rome, and we don't care which channel we use, as long as it allows us to go public. So why do we have to use Mr. Ye's channel that may be stuck, instead of using other investment banks that are safer and smoother. I could have entrusted other investment banks, as long as I paid 5 million to buy the road, I could be a good person, but now I want to press the treasure on Ye Ling's unreliable in-law relationship, in case he and his father-in-law turn against each other, wouldn't I be affected by the pond fish?"

Ling Ran poured coffee for Yin Zibo: "Look, the problem is stuck here now." Ye Ling's father-in-law was originally his selling point, but when he came to me, it became his flaw. Ye Ling's father-in-law is a plus item in the eyes of others, but in my eyes, it is a minus item. Moreover, I don't know if my opinion, whether it is correct or not, is due to my personal psychological factors. So my brain was confused. ”

Yin Zibo nodded: "Well, there is some truth in what you said. Good and bad sometimes change each other. ”

Ling Ran nodded: "Yes, this is the so-called, blessing, misfortune, misfortune, blessing." Actually, Zibo, just look at those girlfriends of yours. Everyone said you introduced your girlfriend to the company as a sales lady. They don't have to go through an interview to get in, it's not a shortcut, but one of them is promoted to become a sales manager? None of them, they don't have to do it for long, and they leave with the end of their relationship with you. Whatever you get by sleeping can be lost because you don't sleep anymore. But do those girls who become celebrity salesmen, who become sales managers, have a leg with you?"

Yin Zibo was greatly embarrassed and shook his hand desperately: "No, no, absolutely nothing." I'm not that romantic, okay. ”

This shows that through the normal way, people can also find a job and go up, but it is not so reliable to get close. Ling Ran said, "It's the same after the meeting, we will restructure the enterprise well, do a good job in writing, and then abide by the unspoken rules, and put all the gods in place, we can also pass the meeting." ”

"Anyway, Ye Ling's father-in-law, I really don't think it's a good thing, the final result of him relying on this father-in-law is to resign from Ping An. If he hadn't married this wife, maybe he would have stayed in Ping An now, and at least he would be an executive director of ED. Shortcuts eventually prove to be the slowest things that happen. Ling Ran pursed her lips disdainfully, but then she was embarrassed, "Well, I said it, I'm a little emotional." ”

Ling Ran sighed: "I think I don't want to recommend Ye Ling's company, it has nothing to do with my personal grudge with him, but it really doesn't matter, I can't understand it myself." If he hadn't been my voter, I might have been more lenient with him, but I would have recommended other investment banks directly to the directors and wouldn't have delayed until now. Things are mixed up at this point, so it's better for me to leave. ”

Yin Zibo suddenly grabbed Ling Ran's hand: "Don't go, Ling Ran." As I said, the reason why our company has not been listed for so many years is because we don't understand it ourselves, and we can't find someone we can trust. If you're gone, I'll be at a loss again. Give me a sense of security, too, so please be sure to stay, even if it's a personal favor for me. ”

Yin Zibo let go of Ling Ran's hand: "Now, tell me, how can Brother Ye convince you to recommend him, do you have to show you his marriage certificate with his ex-wife?"

Ling Ran smiled and shook her head: "Don't, that's because I didn't clear my mind." If he remarries his wife now, and in three years, and divorces again, we will be having a meeting at that time, and we will not be looking for death. His marriage problem, what are we going to mess with? Besides, the plan can't catch up with the changes, who knows what will happen in three years, this world is the most changeable. ”

"As for how he persuaded me, I don't know. Ling Ran frowned, "Look at his current situation, his strength is the weakest of the six, and his trust is the strongest among the six, so it was originally considered equal." But his father-in-law has deducted points from me again, and now that he has the lowest overall score, how can I recommend him? I can only not recommend him. He's got to show me something. He's going to have to show me what else he's good about, and give him a few more points, and the best of all, a few more points, so that he can outperform the other competitors. ”

Yin Zibo nodded: "I understand, it's very fair and fair." ”

Yin Zibo left Ling Ran's office.

Yin Zibo called Ye Ling and relayed Ling Ran's words to him: "Brother Ye, I will fully support Ling Ran from now on. I will support whichever one she recommends, so you can convince Ling Ran now and let her recommend you. ”

Yin Zibo said: "Brother Ye, if you can't even convince Ling Ran. So how can I believe that you can convince the CSRC to let our company pass the meeting and persuade investors to buy our company's shares, so, if you want to get our company's project, the first thing is to convince our company's securities director that you are better than other investment banks. That's a reasonable request. ”

Ye Ling nodded: "Very reasonable, this is the minimum requirement." ”

Yin Zibo smiled: "That's okay, you come over quickly, even if you use a beautiful man's trick, you have to get her done." ”

Ye Ling smiled: "I already know how to convince her." Rest assured, we will live up to our mission. ”