Chapter 118: Attach Importance to the Big Picture
In the afternoon, Qi Yu went to Si Holdings to meet with Si Ze in person, ‘bringing a bramble and asking for punishment’ for his miscalculation of the HZ Technology matter.
In addition to being the director of the Si Yuan Group’s Technology Development Department, Si Ze also manages the investment department under his family’s company’s banner. This was where Si Ze’s main office was.
The administrative secretary guided him to Si Ze’s office. He was right on time to see several men decked out in suits coming out. However, apart from Huang Junwen, Qi Yu had never seen any of them. Only Huang Junwen, standing by the door, called out a greeting, “Chief Qi, are you here to look for Chief Si?”
Qi Yu: “I gave him a call. Is he busy?”
“No, we just finished the meeting.” Huang Junwen made a “please come in” gesture and then left.
A week has passed and Si Ze’s eye had completely healed. He was sitting on the leather sofa in his meeting area, leaning his head back, his eyes closed. He didn’t seem to be in the best mood.
The Blooming Lotus project was going out of control and it seemed that this haughty young master who thumbed his nose at the world was finally taking things seriously.
Despite having known Si Ze for more than half a year, Qi Yu hadn’t had much contact with him. It was rare to see him like this.
Qi Yu did not feel ashamed about teaming up with Yu Lian to deceive Si Ze, but as Fu Yansheng had said, one must pay the corresponding price for one’s choices. Since he knew that Si Ze was behind the manipulation of the stock price, they were destined to be unable to walk the same path.
And losing this future partner was the price he had to pay.
Qi Yu took a deep breath and put on a mask. “Si Ze.”
“…You’re here?” Si Ze opened his eyes, looked at him and said, “You didn’t bring your secretary today?”
Qi Yu: “Secretary?”
Si Ze: “The one surnamed Fu who follows you around everywhere.”
“Oh, he and Chief Ye are discussing matters regarding the Technology Development Department.” After Qi Yu took his seat, he said directly, “I’m here today to tell you something – Su Jing sold HZ Technology to Lin Huan.”
Si Ze was silent for a while, then reached out and picked up the cigar case on the low glass table. He asked, “Who told you that?”
Qi Yu: “Su Jing.”
Si Ze frowned. “Su Jing?”
“En.” Qi Yu didn’t mention meeting with Su Jing, only saying, “I asked him yesterday whether he would consider our Si Yuan Group and he said that he has already sold HZ Technology.”
The cigar case was made of tin. Si Ze turned it over twice with one hand, but was unable to open the lid. Suddenly, somewhat irritably, he slammed the box on the table and it made a heavy bang. He then stared at the low table and said through gritted teeth, “It’s him again…”
Qi Yu: “This matter was due to my negligence. I heard from Chief Ye say that you were going to look for other way before. If it wasn’t for my meeting with Su Jing last year, delaying this matter for two month, Lin Huan would have been able to seize this opportunity.”
Si Ze put his elbows on his knees and snorted softly. “Forget it. I’ve also heard from my subordinate about Su Jing coming in contact with Lin Huan. You’re young and even I am no match for Lin Huan. Do you think Su Jing would respect you?”
Qi Yu: “…”
Si Ze said viciously: “This Su Jing is a bastard. We met with him few times before we met but he was all standoffish. Maybe he already joined up with Lin Huan a long time ago and simply kept us hanging for laughs!”
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
Hl Te’r qgfvlmalbc kjr gluta. Vl If abbx tlr lvfcalas lcab mbcrlvfgjalbc jcv ufa jcugs ja tlw. Dea atf Dibbwlcu Obaer jcv LI Kfmtcbibus lcmlvfca tjqqfcfv ab tjqqfc abufatfg, ktlmt wjvf Vl If reymbcrmlberis agjcrofg jii tlr tjagfv ab Olc Lejc.
Hl Te vfilyfgjafis jrxfv, “Pr atja Olc Lejc gfjiis atja qbkfgoei?”
Si Ze sneered: “How many people have been hungrily eyeing HZ, this piece of meat and look how he took it without anyone knowing. And Blooming Lotus, if Yan Xiu hadn’t blurted it out when she and Yu Lian were arguing, we wouldn’t have known he was starting to move in secretly.”
Qi Yu: “I heard Chief Ye say that Lin Huan has set up a meeting with Yu Lian recently. They’re not lying to us…”
Si Ze said nothing, his face sullen.
Qi Yu persuaded him again, “Si Ze, it’s not that we can’t afford 180 million. Hold back the anger. If we might miss this, the loss will outweigh the gain.”
Si Ze’s face twitched. He leaned back, half raised his head and asked, “Do you think it’s worth 180 million?”
Qi Yu said: “If its a product by the side of a road that no one even asks about, of course, the can’t definitely won’t be high. But if two people are fighting over it, the seller can just sit there and raise the price. 180 million is slightly higher than we expected but it’s within the range we can afford.”
Si Ze looked at him. “Was it Ye Qinru who asked you to tell me this?”
Qi Yu shook his head: “Actually, I also called and asked my dad. Dad said that once the Si Yuan Group acquires Blooming Lotus, Blooming Lotus’ stock price would rise again. We’re not going to make any loss. We’re aiming for development. We’re not acquiring them to make a quick buck. This just needs a little more negotiation. We should place more importance on the big picture.”
Now that Qi Yu has name dropped his father, Si Ze was struck speechless. He straightened up and asked, “Then what does your dad intend? He’s telling up to accept Blooming Lotus’ offer?”
Qi Yu: “He didn’t say that. He wants us to decide for ourselves. But Chief Ye suggests to accept it first and sign a pre-order contract to secure Yu Lian and Yan Xiu’s shares. After all, we have already lost HZ Technology. We can’t lose Blooming Lotus too.”
Si Ze picked up the cigar case again, and said in a low voice, “I really suspect that Ye Qin has been bewitched by Yu Lian and that’s why towards them, he’s so…”
Qi Yu listened to S Ze’s tone and knew that the other party’s attitude had finally loosened up. He no longer forced S Ze to talk about compromising.
He glanced at the cigar in the other’s hand and asked, “Why haven’t I seen Assistant Song recently?”
A week ago, Si Ze had asked Song Puxin to cut a cigar for him at the Nanjiao Hotel. Si Ze didn’t take him to the meeting the day before yesterday and he didn’t see him today either.
Si Ze smiled darkly. “I tied him to the bed.”
Qi Yu looked at him strangely. “What do you mean ‘tied to the bed’?”
“Literally. He’s been disobedient. Tying him up for a few days should make him more honest.” Si Ze lit a cigar. He narrowed his eyes at Qi Yu. Seeing Qi Yu frowning, he said with a smile, “Why, feeling distressed for him?”
Qi Yu: “Isn’t he in poor health?”
Si Ze exhaled a puff of smoke. “Can you be healthy if you don’t eat well and you don’t sleep much at night?”
Qi Yu couldn’t help but ask, “Just what is his relationship with you?”
Si Ze: “Why are you asking questions you already know the answer to? Isn’t it a lovers relationship? Don’t you have one too?”
Qi Yu: “…”
Si Ze raised his eyes, “You really don’t? How about gege finds some for you?”
Qi Yu hurriedly said, “No need.”
Si Ze looked, amused, “My brother has changed girlfriend dozens of times. How are you so innocent? … By the way, didn’t you tell me last time that I would take you out to play? Are you free Saturday night?”
Qi Yu: “Saturday? The day after tomorrow?”
Si Ze: “En, I’ll introduce you to some friends in the industry.”
***
It was already evening when he left the Si Holdings. Qi Yu didn’t go back to the hotel, directly asking Wang Meng to drive him home.
Jiang Ying said she wanted to see the two brothers, but she had not yet arrived home. When Qi Yu arrived, she only saw Qi Feng rubbing Xue Niu’s head in the yard and muttering to him, “…Don’t run around in the future, okay? If the Security Uncle hadn’t spotted you this time, you’d be a stray dog now…”
Qi Yu approached and asked, “What are you telling her?”
“F*ck!” Qi Feng jumped up, turned his head and said, “Why did you just suddenly appear out of nowhere. You scared me to death!”
“The car drove right up to the door. Didn’t you hear it? Qi Yu glanced at Xue Niu, who seemed to have done something wrong, and asked. “What’s wrong with her? Is she sick?”
This Samoyed has only ever grinned and smiled since he bought it. It was rare to see such a dejected look on her.
Qi Feng also looked sad. He squatted back down and said, “Auntie said that she’s been going out on her own recently and she snuck out yesterday. She and Uncle Li searched for a long time. Finally, it was the security guard who helped patrol to look for her who found her hiding behind the rockery in the small park on the west side of the community… Not only that, Auntie also said that when they call for her, Xue Niu has been responding pretty slow. Maybe it’s because she’s getting old. But her symptoms are stranger than other elderly dogs…”
Qi Yu frowned and said, “Maybe she’s suffering from Alzheimer’s?”
Qi Feng wondered, “Do dogs also get Alzheimer’s?”
Qi Yu: “Why not?”
Qi Feng immediately took out his mobile phone and searched. Turned out it was true. He went to check with the housekeeper at home about the symptoms written on the post. “Always sleep during the day, eating abnormally, often sneaking out, hiding in small spaces……”
Qi Feng let out a miserble shriek. He returned and threw himself at Xue Niu: “No, my girl!”
Qi Yu: “…”
Qi Feng said sadly, “Will she run out of the community one day and never come back? I also heard that dogs will find a place to hide before they die so that they won’t let their owners worry; that they’ll quietly pass away…”
Looking at his brother and Xue Niu looking at each other sadly, Qi Yu suddenly remembered something and put his hand into his trousers pocket.
The small pendant that Su Jing gave him was still there. Truth be told, when Su Jing told him that it had a positioning function, Qi Yu wanted to hang it for around Fu Yansheng’s neck… He wanted to know where this man was all the time… Who did you meet? What did you say?
But seeing Fu Yansheng afterwards, Qi Yu gave up on this idea.
Although he had doubts about Fu Yansheng’s origins, he was also the person he loved, and Qi Yu couldn’t convince himself to use such a underhanded way to spy on him.
Besides, this was equipment developed outside. Even if Qi Yu wanted to recruit Su Jing, he didn’t trust him 100% right now. There was still a certain risk in putting this thing on someone who was inseparable from him.
Qi Yu took out the pendant and gave it to Qi Feng: “This one has GPS function. You can hang it on Xue Niu’s collar so that you won’t be afraid of her getting lost.”
After receiving it, Qi Feng asked a few questions and then went to set it up. After that, he and Xue Niu cuddled up for a while before Qi Feng dejectedly returned to the living room.
“What brings you home today?” he asked.
Didn’t mom say that she has something important to tell us? Qi Yu said.
“Isn’t it about Xue Niu?” Qi Feng sat down beside his brother, his head drooping, still looking very troubled.
Qi Yu comforted him, “To be born, to grow old, to get sick and die. All things come in time. Don’t dwell on it.”
Qi Feng said in a low voice, “That’s easy to say but how can it possibly be that easy to get over this… She’s been with me for ten years.”
“Don’t you have Ling Ke now?” Qi Yu looked around, “Where is he? Why didn’t he come back with you?”
“He has club activity tonight.” Qi Feng said.
Qi Yu took the glass kettle on the coffee table and poured him a glass of water. He said, “I guess Mom is going to tell us about her and Dad.”
Qi Feng almost spit out the water he just drank. “Damn it, what you told me last time was true!?”
Qi Yu heard a sound coming from the front entrance. He gestured to that direction with a raise of his chin and whispered to Qi Feng, “She’s back,
“You’d better prepare yourself mentally.”
Jiang Ying went around the entrance, saw the two of them, and walked over/ “You guys arrived quite early.”
Qi Feng put down the cup, looked at Jiang Ying with a serious expression on his face and said gravely, “Mom, what do you want to tell us?”
————
【Little Theater】
Si Ze: Did you think Su Jing would respect you?
Qi Yu: …
(Su Jing: I really do respect him.)
Si Ze: If it wasn’t for Yan Xiu’s leak, we wouldn’t have known that Lin Huan was going to buy them! Do you still think he’s not great?
Qi Yu: …
————
Qi Yu gave the pendant to Xue Niu.
Fu Yansheng (touching his chest): That was a close escape…
————
Thank you for the chapter ❤️
thank you for the chapter ☺
Thank you for the chapter!
thanks for the chapter!