Xu Qianqian sat in a small shop on Wukang Road, leaning against the window. There was no one on the road, opposite was a pale yellow courtyard wall, with a plain iron gate, and a small gray-and-white western-style building covered by green leaves in the courtyard, revealing a crimson roof, which was a little dazzling in the sun.

It's not a weekend, she's just a customer in the store. I ordered a sandwich and put it on the table, but it didn't move. She didn't want to look out the window anymore, fiddling with her phone.

… Zhou Fohai Mansion? The color ring was filmed there.

Oh? She didn't know that. On this quiet street, a few steps away is a beautiful little garden, low-key and restrained western-style buildings, they are more worthy of a stop. She didn't expect that one day the street would become even more crowded and boring than Pingjiang Road in Suzhou. Zhang Wenfeng was probably idle and bored, and found her online, and the two chatted with each other.

… Then I should have changed my seat

… Haha, you don't like this movie?

Xu Qianqian really didn't like this movie. I watched it in the cinema at first, and it was very depressing, and some things always crossed the sideline from time to time to offend, and before the movie ended, she finally couldn't bear it anymore and got up to leave.

She didn't answer the question. Zhang Wenfeng threw another sentence over

… At that time, you were a little girl, and it wasn't a movie that little girls watched

… Speak of yourself like an old man

… Actually, I don't like it either. But it captures some of the neglected human natures in a thrilling way

… The technology is excellent, the art, the costumes, the photography, the scene scheduling, it's a lot like a craft, but I don't see any meaning

Xu Qianqian thought about it and added

… It's like the king's speech, exquisite and elegant, and I watch it with relish, and I don't know what the director is going to say after watching it. Themes that have no value, the more delicate the shot, the more hollow they become

… Life is inherently unsubjected

Xu Qianqian looked at the sandwich, she was hungry.

… I'm hungry, eat first

… Are you waiting for someone?

… Wait for my dad. He probably won't come, though

Xu Qianqian put down her phone and picked up the sandwich. It's the same plot again, I originally made an appointment with my father to take a walk in the old street at noon and have lunch together. This street is not far from her father's unit, so she came first, took a stroll, and waited for her father. Unexpectedly, near noon, a text message came, telling her that the unit had an emergency meeting and that she couldn't get out, so she asked her to go to the mall and buy clothes by herself. But she doesn't seem to have anything to complain about, man, always work is the most important. When I returned to Shanghai this time, I spent more time with my father than before, and she achieved her goal.

After coming out of the airport that day, she stayed at a friend's house in Jiangcheng for one night and rushed back to Shanghai early the next morning.

There was no one at home. My father is in the unit, and my mother goes out to travel with her best friend, and she goes all over the world as a Chinese aunt. She used to come back in the past, and if her uncle also returned from India, she would drop off her luggage and go straight to her uncle's house. This time, she had just returned from her uncle's India, and there was nowhere to go, so she was patient, packed her belongings, and tidied up the house.

The door opened, Xu Qianqian was looking at the porcelain in front of the Bogu shelf in the living room, her father brought it back from England, she had been accustomed to it since she was a child, but she didn't look at it very well. After watching it carefully this time, I suddenly had the illusion of returning to the UK. She turned her head, and Xu Tingbao was changing shoes at the door. Xu Qianqian rushed over and gave her father a hug. Xu Tingbao was obviously not used to it, patted her on the back, and gently broke free of the hug.

"What is so pleased?" Xu Tingbao sat on the sofa and asked her. Xu Qianqian sat on the side sofa and said coquettishly, "Can you hug it if you have a happy event?" ”

Xu Tingbao smiled, "You are British etiquette." ”

Xu Qianqian looked at her father, even when she was smiling, her brows still seemed to be locked, and there was a lack of stretch and happiness in her expression, knowing that he was worried about the listing. She came back this time to talk to her father about this matter, not a father-daughter care and comfort, but like a partner, analyze and discuss from a professional point of view, her future role cannot be Xu Tingbao's daughter, but an investor. "Dad, is this listing still not going well?" She asked, putting on a professional expression.

"Well, let them deliver lunch first, and we'll talk while we eat." He took out his mobile phone and called the driver: "Xiao Zhang, crab roe tofu, soup Wan Nianqing, two drawers of soup dumplings...... Yes, it's still there. ”

The food was delivered quickly. The restaurant is diagonally opposite, not big, this dish, from the balcony can see the signboard. The Xu family is an old customer, as long as Xiao Zhang's driver goes to order, the foreman will take the list to the back kitchen, stuff it directly to the first place, and make it in a few minutes, Xiao Zhang will carry it and send it up.

Xu Qianqian gently twisted the soup bag from the folds, put it in the spoon, admired its crystal warmth, and then put it to her mouth, took a small bite from the edge, and sucked the soup inside. "It's still the most authentic soup dumpling in Shanghai." Xu Qianqian let out a satisfied exclamation.

Xu Tingbao smiled and watched her finish eating. "Speaking of which, we are also one of the best in the industry, and it is really a bit surprising that this listing was not successful." He looked at the food on the table, and he really had no appetite.

"Dad, the listing problem this time is too obvious, don't you all know?"

Xu Qianqian opened her mouth violently, which surprised Xu Tingbao, and he still needed a little time to get used to it.

"What's the obvious problem?" Xu Tingbao asked knowingly. In fact, although the IPO was rejected for a long time, there was still some unwillingness. Hearing his daughter ask such a straightforward question, he suddenly became interested, not in the question itself, but in the daughter in front of him.

"Actually, you know, right?" Xu Qianqian stared at her father, and her words seemed to mean something.

"Tell me about it."

"There are three bruises." Xu Qianqian didn't go around the bend, she picked up a stack of papers on the coffee table. In the past few days, she has been reading the prospectus of Sail Science and Technology, and she has a printer at home, so she has printed out all the important page numbers, waiting to talk to her father about it. It's always much more convenient to talk on paper than on a phone screen.

"You see, the government incentives and subsidies attributable to the parent company in the first three years of listing accounted for 82.58%, 49.75%, and 25.80% of the net profit." Xu Qianqian turned to the page of the financial statement and pointed to her father, "Under normal circumstances, it is more reasonable for the government to keep the government's preferential treatment and subsidies below 20%. ”

"Hmm." Xu Tingbao saw that her posture was prepared, nodded, and listened carefully to her.

Xu went on to say that the reviewers would have felt that they were highly dependent on the government and had violated the relevant regulations. If I am not mistaken, it has at least violated Article 34 of the Administrative Measures for Initial Public Offerings and Listings, which stipulates that the issuer's operating results are not heavily dependent on tax incentives.

"How do you become familiar with the domestic listing rules?" Xu Tingbao asked. How prepared is the daughter's preparedness?

"Ah......?" Xu Qianqian was a little stunned by her father's abrupt interjection, and then said, "I am returning to China for development, and I must not be familiar with the rules of the capital market?" ”

"How to fix it?"

"How to fix it?" Xu Qianqian frowned slightly, feeling that her father's question was a little naïve, she didn't know if it was pretending or what, she had the impression that her father was not only capable, but also thoughtful, it was impossible not to know such a simple question? "Of course, it is necessary to improve the main business and reduce the dependence on the government's preferential policies."

"That's still the goal." Xu Tingbao had a kind smile on his face.

Xu Qianqian's face was hot, and she knew that she had inadvertently exposed her weakness. My father spoke politely and smiled gently, but the meaning was like a needle, "talking on paper" and "talking nonsense".

We are too dependent on government incentives, what to do?

Do a good job and reduce your dependence on government preferences.

- Isn't that just nonsense?

When the conversation ended, Xu Qianqian looked at herself in the mirror in the bathroom and scolded her fiercely. After scolding, reflecting and summarizing, she made the most common mistake for newcomers and asked the wrong question. "Hey, why haven't you seen such a simple loophole? I'll tell you", this is a wrong question, and in serious cases, it can even leave people with no place to bury. She should have asked herself a question first, "They should have seen such obvious loopholes and bugs, but why haven't they solved them?" "Capitalists, entrepreneurs, executives, brokers, everyone who has been baptized in the market, survived, they make mistakes, but they are by no means idiots. Those who treat them as idiots will end up lying at the bottom of the pit triumphantly and find out that they are idiots. This lesson should be regarded as a professional coming-of-age gift given to him by his father.

Her immediate reaction was also quick, and her brain was racing, recalling what she had learned at school and through her experiences, and figuring out three routes. "The first is internal strength, optimize the main business, develop new business, these are protracted, after all, the daily operation itself is the process of honing internal skills, once it is too hasty, it is easy to jump, hurt the muscles and bones." Xu Tingbao said softly, "Well said." "He is very pleased that his daughter is back on the road so quickly. Xu Qianqian was affirmed by her father, a little more confident, and then said, "The second is external force, the acquisition of mature business, cooperation, consolidation, etc., this is fast, immediate, so it is the first choice of many enterprises, of course, it is equivalent to pushing the problem to the back, the integration of business, the integration of personnel is a great test." Third, financial methods, this can be white or black, deep or shallow, I won't do it. However, I know that even if you use a financial approach, you often have to deploy in advance, and it may not have an impact on the business structure. ”

"Good, good. We cooperate with Germany's Kukai to borrow their welding robots, bundle our welding products, and occupy more of the domestic market. At the same time, we also hope to take advantage of this channel to sell our products to Germany and explore the European market. Xu Tingbao said. The cooperation with Kukai is progressing according to his vision, and it has begun to have results, but it is not as in place as expected.

Xu Qianqian thought to herself, she really can't despise her father, he is still the entrepreneur with a clear mind and ambition, and he will not be limited to the one-third of an acre in front of him.

"What about the second bruise?" Xu Tingbao then asked.

"The second one is even more obvious." Xu Qianqian flipped to the customer column, "The proportion of a single customer is too large, Donghua Heavy Industry, this one's business accounts for 38%, and it will definitely not work." ”

Xu Tingbao nodded, and this time the Issuance Examination Committee focused on asking this question, saying that it was too dependent on the largest customer.

"I've seen the cooperation contract, which is signed once a year, although it has been signed for many years, but who knows what it will be in the future." Xu Qianqian said. The fact that there is a large proportion of a single customer in the sales of the issuer's products constitutes a significant uncertainty about the issuer's future profitability. Coupled with the fact that the annual contract is signed, it adds to the uncertainty, and the regulator is naturally skeptical about whether it will be able to obtain service contracts from major customers on a consistent basis.

"What do you suggest on this issue?" Xu Tingbao once again threw out a silly white sweet question.

Xu Qianqian will not be fooled again. "Dad, don't ask for a solution yet, there's a third flaw. You see, Donghua Heavy Industry is still the third largest shareholder of our Xaar Science Industry, although the proportion is not large, it is also a related party transaction. Her eyes widened and she exaggerated her surprise, "It's hard to get around such an obvious flaw, why don't we wait for the problem to be solved before applying for an IPO?" ”

This sentence is a real question, and it hurts Xu Tingbao's flesh.

"I can wait, but the company can't afford to wait." Xu Tingbao sighed. Xu Qianqian didn't understand what he meant, and looked at her father suspiciously, for so many years, isn't it you who are in charge of the company's decision-making? Xu Tingbao explained that the executives who have followed him in the southern and northern wars for so many years want to give them an explanation. In the past year or two, the word "listing" has always floated into his ears, intentionally or unintentionally, and the frequency has skyrocketed compared with before. They are looking forward to going public, looking forward to a leap in wealth. Xu Qianqian was even more puzzled, she couldn't apply for listing in such a hurry.

Xu Tingbao pondered for a moment and said, "It's one thing to do it and not succeed; Doing nothing, that's another matter. It is often a gesture that kills people, not a result. "The sharp weapon of the country cannot be shown. Some calculations can be tacitly understood; If you don't have a mental account, let alone say it. But in front of him is his daughter, and if he wants to make an investment in the future, he will inevitably face a lot of bosses like him.

There is another consideration, he did not tell the truth after all. In fact, Xu Tingbao hopes that his son will return to China to take over Sail Science and Industry. Xu Tingbao understands Xu Shaoyang, this child has the blood of the Xu family in his body, he is shrewd and decisive, once he makes a decision, he is very resolute, and even a little ruthless. It is the material of the company. He longs for his son to come back to take over, and when his son was studying in the UK, he often communicated with his son about the company's situation, and his son did not reject it. But I don't know why, Xu Shaoyang just refused to come back after graduation. This matter is hanging, and he can't let go of it in his heart. Listing and his son's succession are two major events, both of which are unresolved, and the more chaotic and stressful he will be, he needs to lay a future for his son and his son's business.

"Chinese are sometimes too superstitious about listing." Xu Qianqian thought about the failure of the listing, so many executives were disappointed because of this, and their disappointment caused psychological pressure on her father, and she felt a little sorry for her father. "In fact, whether it is listed or not, it is not so important, at least for us in Xaar Science and Industry, it is important that we have strong profitability, that is, hematopoietic ability. In the United Kingdom and Germany, many money-making companies have always been private companies, they have not chosen to go public, they do not plan to be public companies, the same century-old enterprises. ”

"If you dare to say this to me, I won't dare to say it to them, hehe." Xu Tingbao said that he felt great comfort in his heart. The big girl in front of me is her own daughter. This daughter, since high school away from home, followed her brother to the UK to study, he always felt regretful, heard other business CEOs say that children who grew up abroad are not as attached to their parents as children who have been living in China, and the two children in the UK have verified that this is indeed the case. Now, his daughter suddenly became so mature, discerning, and alert in front of his eyes, which he had never seen at all, but it was really his daughter, and he was secretly happy in his heart.

For the first time, she communicated with her father on an equal footing, and was praised by her father, Xu Qianqian was also very happy. It's like taking the initiative to take a step on the road of life and cross an important node. The air in the room became lighter and more cheerful, and the two of them could finally focus on the food. Xu Tingbao was in a good mood, and hunger slammed at ease, he scooped up a spoonful of crab roe tofu, although it cooled down, but at this moment, in his mouth, it was extremely delicious. Picking up another soup bag, he took a big bite, forgetting that the soup would splash out for a while, and hurriedly looked at the long list of soup snacks on the table. Xu Qianqian narrowed her eyes and pursed her lips and smiled.

The two of them were swept away quickly. Xu Tingbao suddenly had a feeling of happiness, a happiness that he hadn't had for a long time, and it was rare to have such a moment of relaxation in front of his daughter. With a smile on his face, he asked Xu Qianqian to stay longer and accompany her well. Xu Qianqian originally wanted to stay for a week and go to Wushan Town to see the follow-up progress of Kunpeng, think about her future, and was about to laugh and shirk it, but when she saw her father's expectant eyes and a loving father's appearance, she seemed to be a little old, not the strong and capable successful entrepreneur in her memory, and she felt a little pity. So he agreed.

said that he was accompanying his daughter, Xu Tingbao was still busy most of the time, without the father-daughter deep talk that Xu Qianqian expected, or the forest road walk, the two of them walked aimlessly, chatting aimlessly. The huge joy in front is still in her heart, Xu Qianqian is not too disappointed, she comforts herself, it is still much better than when she was a child, in the past, she often waited until she fell asleep before her father came home, or simply did not go home. At least now, although it will be late, sometimes we can eat together at night, and my father will also take out the rice wine with great interest, and pour a small cup of water at a good temperature.

Xu Shaoyang walked out of the office building and walked down the street to the apartment. The sky in London was still overcast and the air was humid. After talking with the company, I also said to a few colleagues who knew each other, one month to hand over, one month to plan for the future, and then I had to say goodbye to some people and a city.

It's time to call. Xu Shaoyang hesitated, should he call his father first, or Uncle Xu Chaoyu in India first? After he made the decision, he has been thinking about how to cut in and what to do in advance. His first judgment was that Xu Chaoyu was the key, the key to breaking the game. He had to go to India and come face to face with Xu Chaoyu, and it would be a tough negotiation. Maybe in order to show sincerity, you should call Xu Chaoyu first and listen to his reaction?

When he arrived at the intersection, Xu Shaoyang stopped, took out his mobile phone, just found Xu Chaoyu's phone, and thought to himself, no, call his father, first determine the basic facts.

He called Xu Tingbao.

At this moment, Xu Qianqian was sitting in the small shop on Wukang Road, picking up a sandwich and eating it slowly. What kind of urgent matter is it, and the matter that her father solemnly promised her can only be put aside? After all, she was a little disappointed in her heart, the story of the past had not passed, and she had re-acquainted her father with the same father she had before, and her work was still more important than her. There was also a faint expectation, hoping that her father would call her and tell her to postpone the emergency meeting, or that he would be resolute and quickly decided, end the meeting early, and come to her immediately.

She didn't know at this time that her father's urgent matter this time was not the usual social interaction, but her brother. Xu Tingbao finished handling affairs in the office, took a sip of tea, and was about to call Xiao Zhang to ask him to drive the car out, when Xu Shaoyang's transatlantic call happened to call. Xu Shaoyang's first sentence was, Dad, I've thought about it, I'll go back. The good news came suddenly, Xu Tingbao's hands trembled, and his voice trembled to confirm it, and he came back to fight for Sail Science and Technology? He knew that his son didn't like the word succession. Xu Shaoyang's voice was clear and certain, yes. Take care of the matter at hand and go back in two or three months.

Hanging up the phone, Xu Tingbao walked around the office several times. After the excitement subsided, the entrepreneur who was good at calculations and hidden needles instinctively returned to him, and Xu Tingbao quickly judged the strategies and measures under the new situation in his mind. Yes, you have to make a decision now...... Yes, right now. Xu Tingbao made a decision, first made a phone call, then sent a text message to Xu Qianqian, and then called the secretary and asked her to call an emergency meeting.

One more bite and the sandwich is finished. Xu Qianqian pinched the small triangle and looked out the window in a daze.

There was a buzzing sound. Xu Qianqian's heart trembled, as if she heard the ringtone of fate, and looked at the mobile phone on the desktop. Buzzing again, she was sure there was a call, and reached for her phone.

Huang Ligong is not a father.

She hesitated for a while, then suddenly felt a small impulse, and suddenly reached out and swiped on her phone, and connected the call.

Huang Ligong held the mobile phone, it had been ringing for a while, and his hesitant fingers were finally about to press it, just about to hang up. Suddenly, the screen display was connected, and there was a faint "hey" sound from the microphone. Then let's fight, providence. Huang Ligong leaned against the door of the small restaurant, put his mobile phone to his ear, and Xu Qianqian's voice came from the microphone, and he said a few dull greetings, and soon became cheerful and relaxed. "Where are you?" Huang Ligong asked casually, his voice low.

"Shanghai."

"Then you're close to me."

"Ah, where are you?"

"Suzhou." Huang Ligong said. Her smile seemed to be heard on the phone, "Back garden." That's very close, half an hour by high-speed rail. Huang Ligong casually talked about the situation in the past few days, and continued in an increasingly tired voice, "It's very important to meet an investor in the afternoon, and I'm still a little nervous, worried that I won't be able to do it." ”

"I don't believe it." There was a light laugh on the other end, but it was clearly concerned.

"You didn't say that you should have more experience, well, when will you return to ......" Huang Ligong's voice carried obvious and deliberate hesitation.

Sure enough, Xu Qianqian said enthusiastically, "I'll go find you, wait for me." ”

Xu Qianqian picked up the bag, stuffed the phone into it, and walked out. As she walked out of the door, her heart pounded, and the excitement of going to an unknown place was like that of a twelve-year-old girl who had run away from home for the first time, and even though she was only in a strange park two kilometers away, it was still like crossing the ocean into the New World.

She flagged down a taxi at the door, went home first, collected a few clothes and cosmetics, and then went to the high-speed rail station.

As soon as the taxi drove out, another taxi drove from Hunan Road, turned to the intersection of Wukang Road, and stopped in front of Zhou Fohai Mansion. Zhang Wenfeng got out of the car, stood at the door of the mansion, and looked around. He met investors in Hangzhou yesterday, and today is a free time, so he went to Shanghai to meet friends, thinking that maybe there was a chance to find Xu Qianqian. After seeing a friend, I sat alone in the café, chatted with Xu Qianqian online, and knew that she was on Wukang Road, so I simply took a taxi and came directly to give her an accident. Unfortunately, after getting in the car, I found that I forgot to bring my mobile phone. He told the driver to turn around, went back to get his phone, and set off again. He saw Xu Qianqian in the taxi, but he didn't see her sitting in the back.

Zhang Wenfeng's eyes stopped at the small shop opposite. Here it is. He crossed the street and walked outside the shop, which was empty through the glass window. At a table by the window, the waiter was cleaning up, wiping down the table and taking away a plate of unfinished sandwiches.

Xu Qianqian texted her father in the taxi, telling him that the company she had trained for had something going on and needed to go over. Xu Tingbao is in a meeting.

When he called back, Xu Qianqian was already on the high-speed train, and she was still five minutes away from Suzhou.

The phone hung up, and Huang Ligong was still holding his mobile phone, a little irritable. Xu Qianqian rarely mentioned her father, but from the clues of the conversation, he could feel that her father was not an ordinary person. He also knew that since her father let his daughter mix her qualifications in the industrial investment circle, she should have her own investment fund behind it, and she wanted to be a big man in the industrial field.

He took a deep breath, put down his phone, let go of the emotion, and threw it into the realm of oblivion. Huang Ligong walked out of the small restaurant, the afternoon sun in Suzhou began to scorch a little, and the streets were full of hope. He is no longer of his own. None of his decisions were made for him alone. Kunpeng is a ship, sailing in the endless sea, on which many people's lives are tied, Liu Ruiyang, Zhang Wenfeng, a large group of engineers with families, and the ardent eyes of their fathers. He will lead everyone through hurricanes, waves, reefs, and pirate attacks to exotic islands full of treasures. To do this, he had to do everything he could.

Many years later, when Xu Qianqian walked by the Thames River, looking at the slow flowing water, she recalled this afternoon and felt in a trance. If my brother called Uncle Xu Chaoyu first, the phone call to my father would be a few minutes at night, and my father was already in the car, and when he hung up the phone, he was already by her side. At that noon, there would have been no emergency meeting; When she received a call from Huang Ligong, she would answer him, my father and I were having dinner, and there would be no subsequent conversations, and there would be no Suzhou.

If the stranger hadn't bumped into Huang Ligong, he probably wouldn't have made that call; If Huang Ligong had dialed that phone a few minutes late, and Zhang Wenfeng had already found her, there would have been no conversation on the phone.

If Zhang Wenfeng hadn't forgotten his mobile phone, he would have found the small shop a few minutes earlier, found her, and there would have been no conversation on the phone, no Suzhou, and no back story.

However, there are no ifs. All coincidences, once they happen, they happen. The butterfly's wings flapped gently, whipping up a storm on the other side of the river of time, completely changing the fate of some. She, Huang Ligong, Zhang Wenfeng, and perhaps Liu Ruiyang, Liu Fei and other cadres inadvertently walked into another lane.

The major junctures of life are often very dull, and only when the dust has settled and there is nothing to change, will I remember that ordinary afternoon many years ago, that ordinary phone call, has a much heavier meaning.