Chapter 145
Upon hearing his father’s words, Qi Yu had a probable guess as to what Fu Yansheng’s complicated look meant. When he exited Qi Yuancheng’s office, Fu Yansheng saw him and asked, “Did you know that Xu Jing is leaving?”
Qi Yu said “en”. He didn’t know how to talk to Fu Yansheng about this.
Fu Yansheng asked, “Why haven’t I heard you mention it before?”
Qi Yu: “I thought you knew before I did. Didn’t my dad ask you to evaluate Shanyu’s investment projects before?”
Fu Yansheng said, voice deep, “I didn’t know he was leaving.”
Qi Yu had a vague feeling that Xu Jing was somewhat hostile to Fu Yansheng. He asked, a little puzzled, “He didn’t say anything to you?”
Fu Yansheng: “No, when I went to Shanyu, he treated me very politely. He also personally explained to me the situation of each project. His work was meticulous.”
Hearing this, Qi Yu felt even more uncomfortable. Had Xu Jing already decided to leave at that time? So he didn’t care, didn’t fuss about it?
In a trance, he remembered the empty loneliness in his heart the night he called Xu Jing. He couldn’t tell whether it was anger, grievance or bitterness. He just wanted to yell and curse, to cry his heart out. But self-discipline made him keep all those emotions in his heart. He had to keep a strong and calm façade in front of others.
After a moment of silence, Qi Yu said, pretending to be indifferent, “Since my dad asked you to help out at Shanyu for a while, you should go.”
Just then, the phone rang.
When Qi Yu saw that it was Su Jing, he quickly picked up the call.
Su Jing asked: “Are you back? Where should we meet? Yancheng? Haicheng?”
Qi Yu: “Let’s meet in Haicheng. With the Si Family incident, I can’t really leave. Is it alright if you come here?”
Su Jing: “It’s fine. I’ll message you when I’ve booked a flight.”
Qi Yu didn’t expect that Su Jing would respond so quickly, actually calling him directly. Seeing his attitude, he felt that his poaching plan might actually work. After hanging up the phone, he said to Fu Yansheng, “I’m going to see Chief Ye at the Technology Development Department. Let’s talk later.”
Fu Yansheng saw that he didn’t want to talk to him about Xu Jing anymore so he didn’t continue to ask.
The two entered the elevator together and Qi Yu got off on the floor where the Technology Development Department was located. Fu Yansheng looked at his retreating back, brows furrowed, seemingly lost in thought.
Ye Qinru and Wu Shuang had long received the news that Qi Yu was coming back. And so, they were waiting for him there.
When they met, they first talked about the situation of the Si Family. Qi Yu told them what he had just heard at the meeting.
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“Sigh, how could something like this happen so suddenly…” Ye Qinru sighed and said uneasily, “We don’t know who’ll take over their shares in the future and whether it will have any impact on our Technology Development Department.”
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Hearing this, Ye Qinru felt his worries increase tenfold. Indeed, HZ alone wasn’t formidable. But if HZ and FIA join forces, they will definitely be a huge threat to the development of Mei Wei – Blooming Lotus!
Qi Yu didn’t hesitate and soon revealed his plan to get Su Jing to join Si Yuan.
Ye Qinru was startled. “Poach Su Jing from HZ?”
Qi Yu: “Yes, even when we were just planning to acquire Blooming Lotus, we already knew that technology was Blooming Lotus’ major shortcoming. Although Blooming Lotus was a listed company, in terms of the long-term competitiveness of their platform, they were no match for HZ. You’ve analyzed it for me yourself. However, Su Jing’s technical team is the core value of HZ Technology. If we can get Su Jing and his entire team, we won’t have anything to fear from HZ and FIA.”
Ye Qinru frowned and said, “But is Su Jing willing to come?”
Qi Yu: “Su Jing refused to work with our Si Yuan Group in the beginning. One of the main reasons was that he felt that since I wasn’t the sole decision-maker for the Technology Development Group, I wouldn’t be able to fulfill the promises I made to him. Now that the Si Family has met this incident, this is no longer a concern. Moreover, back then, he disclosed to us the information that Lin Huan also wanted to acquire Blooming Lotus. He also said that he did not want things to go Lin Huan’s way, indicating that he might not have such a harmonious relationship with Lin Huan.”
Ye Qinru said worriedly, “But now that such a big thing has happened to the Si Family, people don’t know whether the Si Yuan Group might be implicated as well. Convincing Su Jing to bring his team and defect to Si Yuan at this crucial time might prove to be really difficult…”
Qi Yu said: “To tell you the truth, half a month ago, I extended an olive branch to Su Jing. Su Jing didn’t respond to me at the time but yesterday when the Si Family met that incident, he sent me a message immediately. He also agreed to meet with me.”
Ye Qinru’s eyes lit up. “Really?”
Su Jing’s attitude gave Qi Yu a lot of confidence. Qi Yu nodded and said, “However, before I formally invite him, I want to ask you a question.”
Ye Qinru: “What?”
Qi Yu looked at Ye Qinru and said, “Su Jing’s reputation outside is not very good. If someone doesn’t like him, I can understand. But Chief Ye, you’re the Technology Development Department’s chief strategy officer. If Su Jing really is willing to come, I will give him the same level of authority you have. Can you accept that?”
Ye Qinru smiled. “As I’ve said long before, that guy’s skills are among the best in the industry. With him around, let alone a fashion and beauty platform, it won’t be any problem if you decide to switch to something else. He may be a bit blunt and he sometimes he says things that get on people’s nerves, but for the development of the company, I will of course raise my arms in welcome. Besides, he does technology, I do operations. We have equal powers, but there won’t be any conflict.”
With Ye Qinru’s words, the final weight in Qi Yu’s heart fell off.
Afterwards, Qi Yu listened to Ye Qinru’s detailed report on the development status of Mei Wei – Blooming Lotus. When they were talking for about an hour, Jiang Ying called and said that the housekeeper was fixing up dinner. She asked if he would be coming back to eat.
Qi Yu glanced at the time, only then realizing that it was almost seven o’clock in the evening.
Jiang Ying added: “Your father has already arrived home. I asked him why you hadn’t come back together and he said that you went to the Technology Development Department and that maybe you were still in a meeting. Is it not over yet?”
Qi Yu said, “It’s almost over, I lost track of time. It’s too late to rush back now. Since Dad’s already home, you should just eat first. Don’t wait for me, I’ll eat with the people from the company.”
Jiang Ying sighed. “It’s obvious that your father raised you. When you’re busy, you forget everything else… Aright, we won’t wait for you. But be sure to come home and sleep here. Don’t stay at a hotel anymore. I’ll have Auntie Liu clean up your room for you.”
Qi Yu: “Okay.”
Before hanging up the phone, Qi Yu vaguely heard his mother grumbling something about his father on the other end of the phone. He smiled lightly, put away the phone and said to Ye Qinru, “Chief Ye, call Wu Shuang. Let’s have dinner together tonight.”
The three of them found a restaurant nearby where they planned to have a casual meal.
After chatting about the Si Family, Ye Qinru sighed with emotion, “Last week, I even went to the clubhouse with Chief Si to soak in the bath. We talked about the Si Family’s future investment strategy. I heard that their old man plans to invest in information technology and new energy this year. Who could have thought that in the blink of an eye, all of them would be gone! Sigh, things in this world really are unpredictable!”
Wu Shuang curled his lips in contempt, “The Si Family has been colluding with officials of state-owned enterprises for so many years. Si Ze has been acting all arrogant and unbridled. It’s not surprising that he’s been arrested now.”
Ye Qinru was momentarily stunned. “But in the current business environment, which businessman hasn’t taken a walk in the gray zone? How many people can really say that they’re innocent?”
Wu Shuang spoke out with the force of justice. “Even if this is the case, you can’t think that this is right, lamenting how the world is unpredictable! The law is the law, and it exists to maintain fairness and justice. What happened to the Si Family, happened to give justice those who’ve been defrauded by their actions for a long time. This also serves as a warning to those who like the Si Family, think that they can get away with everything and even gradually begin to believe that this kind of thing is the norm.”
Ye Qinru looked at him, “Woah, kid. I didn’t expect you to have that strong a sense of justice.”
Wu Shuang: “Don’t always call me ‘kid’ this, ‘kid’ that. I’m just eight years younger than you.”
Ye Qinru teased: “Isn’t that a kid?”
Wu Shuang: “…”
After dinner, Wu Shuang was going to catch the subway home so he left first.
Ye Qinru accompanied Qi Yu to the parking lot. On they way to there, he said to him, “Chief Qi, I’ve been thinking about whether to give Wu Shuang a promotion…”
Qi Yu: “Why?”
Ye Qinru rubbed his chin. “He’s really good. When reading reports and doing analysis, he has his own ideas and opinions. He’s also very efficient. Although he doesn’t have a master’s degree, he does have a double degree from T University. For someone like that to serve only as an administrative assistant, it feels like a waste of talent…”
Qi Yu: “You can handle this kind of small matters yourself. Why are you still asking me?”
Ye Qinru looked at him and said, “Isn’t Wu Shuang originally yours? You were also the one who arranged for his administrative assistant position. I thought you’d need to agree first.”
Qi Yu smiled. “Then what do you want him to do?”
Ye Qinru: “Operations manager. He’ll be my direct subordinate. I’ll let him recruit a couple of people to make a small team. Cultivate him well and this little guy still has a bright future ahead.”
Qi Yu remembered what Fu Yansheng had confessed to him the day before. He knew that Wu Shuang was also from Fu Yansheng’s side and would leave sooner or later. But thinking of the confidentiality agreement he’d signed, he didn’t say anything about it to Ye Qinru. He just lowered his eyes and said, “If you think it’s good, make the arrangements.”
After saying goodbye to Ye Qinru and getting into the car, Qi Yu called Fu Yansheng: “Are you still in Shanyu?”
Fu Yansheng: “En, I’m having dinner with President Xu. We’re discussing the handover. Are you coming?”
Qi Yu: “No, you guys eat. I’m going back.”
Fu Yansheng: “Where are you going?”
Qi Yu: “I’m going home.”
Fu Yansheng was silent for a while, then said, “Okay, I’ll call you later.”
After hanging up the phone, Qi Yu instructed Wang Meng to drive back to their family’s villa. On the way, he looked at the twilight and neon lights outside the window. Thinking of what Fu Yanshang might be talking about with Xu Jing, this mind went all in a tangle.
In order to divert his attention, he took out his mobile phone again and replied to the messages he hadn’t had time to read.
Su Jing had already left a message saying that he had booked a flight for tomorrow and asked to meet him tomorrow night. Qi Yu forwarded the message to Ye Qinru and asked him to book a hotel for Su Jing and reserve a table at a restaurant for them.
After that, he sent a message to Tang Weiye. The kid immediately replied, “Ah! Qi Yu! You finally replied to me! Are you alright!?”
Qi Yu: “I’m fine, I just rushed back to Haicheng today.”
Tang Weiye: “What? You’re back? Are you looking to die!?”
Qi Yu was confused. “What do you mean ‘looking to die’?”
Tang Weiye: “My friends and I are planning to to pack up and flee abroad to avoid the limelight and lie low. While you didn’t stay abroad and actually came back!”
Qi Yu: “…”
Qi Yu: “Why would you need to avoid the limelight? Did you all break the law?”
Tang Weiye: “Who the f*ck even knows if we’ve broken the law or not! [cries]”
Qi Yu: “…”
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【Little Theater】
Ye Qinru: I want to promote Wu Shuang (See how much I dote on my little fan).
Wu Shuang: Thank you but you didn’t have to! (Finally, soon I won’t have to serve this egomaniac anymore)!
Ye Qinru: Don’t you love me anymore? QAQ
Hahahaha ego maniac! He’s not wrong though
I’m smelling love in the air~ 😏
Thanks for the chapter! ♥️ You worked hard!
Hmmmn that “Don’t you love me anymore?” and especially that “QAQ” really adds to the smell of love in the air~
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thanks for the chapter!