Chapter 169: Irrational and Impulsive
Early the next morning, Qi Yu went to the technology company.
Ye Qinru met him and asked him if he had found an investor. Qi Yu told him that President Qu of Long Xian Foods would pay 600 million to take over Wang Zhendong’s shares.
Ye Qinru said happily, “That means continuous funding for the company has been secured?”
Although Qi Yu had asked Fu Yansheng for help, he wasn’t sure exactly how much the other party could help. He could only say, guardedly, “It’s hard to say right now. President Qu’s money can only temporarily relieve our urgent needs. It cannot eliminate the root cause of the Group’s problems. But we’re still working on a solution.”
Ye Qinru was a little worried.
Qi Yu asked him, “How was your talk with Yang Xiaoxue?”
Ye Qinru said, “President Yang accepted our investment plan but gave no answer whether she would invest or not. She was however, very interested in possible platform cooperation and resource exchanges. Yesterday, she assigned a managers from New Bird’s Marketing Department to liaise with me. Looks like there’s room for negotiation.”
Qi Yu nodded and was about to continue speaking when his phone rang. He took it out and saw that it was Qi Yuancheng.
Qi Yu answered and said, “Hello, Dad?”
“Where are you? Are you free now?” Qi Yuancheng’s voice sounded grave.
“I’m at the tech company. What’s the matter?” Qi Yu asked.
“Chairman Lei wants to see you,” Qi Yuancheng said.
Qi Yu was startled. “He wants to see me? Why?”
“I just got off the phone with him. I already conveyed your message to him, but it seems he isn’t willing to give up. He said he would talk to you in person. He’s at the Beach Hotel. He had his secretary send me the specific address.” Qi Yuancheng paused and said, “Get that– who’s that — Ye Qinru, to come with you.”
Qi Yu glanced at Ye Qinru and said, “I understand.”
Ye Qinru received Qi Yu’s look and when he hung up the phone, he asked, “What’s wrong?”
Qi Yu’s face was solemn. “There’s a big time VIP who wants to see us, Chief Ye. I’ll have to inconvenience you to go with me.”
Ye Qinru: “Ah? A VIP? Who?”
Qi Yu called Wang Meng to prepare the car and said, “Let’s talk about it in the car.”
As soon they were leaving the office, they ran headlong into Su Jing. Su Jing seemed to have come to look for Ye Qinru to talk about something. Seeing the two sneaking out, he asked, “Where are you two going?”
Ye Qinru was completely unguarded and said casually, “I’m going to with President Qi to meet a VIP. Do you want to come with?”
Qi Yu’s eye twitched and he hurriedly tried to stop him. “There’s no need for Chief Su to come as well. Just Chief Ye should be enough.”
Su Jing wasn’t in the habit of going along just to get in on the fun but after hearing what Qi Yu said, he became quite unhappy. “What VIP? I am the true and official Chief Technology Officer of Mei Wei – Blooming Lotus. I am on an equal footing with Ye Qinru. Are you ashamed to bring me along with you?”
Qi Yu: “…”
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Ye Qinru, standing to one side, still wasn’t clear on the reason and tried to smooth things over. “Since we’re meeting a VIP, it’s better to bring Chief Su as well. They are all core members of the company and the more people who go, the more representation the company will have.”
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Ten minutes later, the three of them got into the car and headed to the Beach hotel. Ye Qinru, who was sitting in front, asked curiously, “President Qi, who are you going to see?”
Qi Yu glanced at Su Jing next to him, then folded his arms and said, “Chairman Lei of Zhongda.”
Ye Qinru: “…”
Su Jing: “…”
After Su Jing heard this title, the blood on his face instantly faded away. His whole body tensed up like a drawn bow.
Qi Yu: “Chairman Lei sought out my dad yesterday and said that he would wanted to discuss cooperation with the Si Yuan Group. He knew that our group was facing difficulties and said he could help, but on one condition; he wanted us to hand over Su Jing.”
Ye Qinru was momentarily puzzled. “Hand him over? How exactly?”
Qi Yu explained briefly. Su Jing tilted his head to look at him. A mixture of emotions — puzzlement, doubt, and anger — appeared in his eyes.
Qi Yu was afraid that Su Jing would misunderstand and quickly said, “I have already refused.”
Ye Qinru: “You re-refused Chairman Lei?”
Qi Yu: “Yes. Chairman Lei met my dad. My dad asked me to decide so I asked him to tell Chairman Lei that don’t accept this condition. Since I refused, I didn’t want to tell you. I was afraid it might affect you. I didn’t expect that Chairman Lei would my dad again and ask to talk to me in person.”
Ye Qinru: “This…”
Qi Yu remembered what Fu Yansheng said yesterday, and a deep unease filled his heart.
Su Jing was silent for a while after hearing what he said. Suddenly, he struggled to open the door. “Let me out. I’m not going!”
The car had just gotten on the elevated expressway and was about to speed up. Fortunately, Wang Meng locked the door automatically after he got in the car. But Su Jing’s sudden move still frightened Qi Yu. He grabbed the other’s arm and said, “What are you doing? We can’t stop the car now.”
Su Jing turned his head to stare at him. The doubt and anger in his eyes had been replaced by panic and hesitation.
Qi Yu was dazed and said to him, “If you don’t want to see Chairman Lei, just wait in the car with Wang Meng when we get there. President Ye and I will go to see him.”
Seeing that Su Jing’s face so pale and suspicious, Qi Yu added, “Don’t worry, no matter what he says, I won’t give you in exchange. You have to believe me.”
Su actually looked at him for a few seconds, seemed to be comforted by Qi Yu’s firm eyes, sat up straight again, and looked out of the car, but still muttered some foul language in his mouth, looking quite anxious.
The car quickly arrived at the Beach Hotel and Wang Meng parked the car in the underground garage.
Before getting out of the car, Qi Yu saw that Su Jing was huddled in the corner of the seat. The roll of documents he had just shoved into his pocket has been clutch and pinched into an unrecognizable strip.
Qi Yu was a little worried and ordered Wang Meng to carefully keep an eye on him.
When the two entered the elevator, Ye Qinru couldn’t help blurting out his thoughts. “You should have told me earlier that you were going to see Chairman Lei! That just now was too embarrassing…”
Qi Yu: “Forget it, this matter has something to do with Su Jing, so I shouldn’t have hidden it from him.”
Ye Qinru: “Hey, given what you said in the car, it feels a lot less like we’re seeing some VIP and a lot more like we’re going to meet a bully who intends to rob us…”
Qi Yu: “…”
Ye Qinru thought about it for a while and then asked again, “Are you really going to refuse Chairman Lei’s help? That’s Zhongda…”
Qi Yu narrowed his eyes. “Would you be willing to exchange Su Jing for Chairman Lei’s help?”
Ye Qinru: “Uh, his temper is a little bit bad, but we’ve been working our hardest together for almost half a year. Of course, I would be very reluctant.”
Qi Yu glanced down at the keychain hanging on Ye Qinru’s belt, and asked, “Is that the small mobile phone pendant that Su Jing gave you before?”
Ye Qinru picked it up and glanced at it. “Yeah. I use it as a keychain.”
Qi Yu: “Does this have sound recording?”
Ye Qinru: “Yeah, why?”
Qi Yu: “Turn it on. Give Su Jing the code. Later, record it for him to listen to.”
Ye Qinru: “…”
When they got to the lobby, Qi Yu called Lei Hong’s secretary. After a while, a man in his thirties came down and led them to the VIP tea room on the third floor.
Before entering the room, Ye Qinru straightened his collar, took a deep breath, clenched his fists and said in a low voice, “For that bastard Su Jing.”
After the two entered, they saw Lei Hong sitting by the window. He had his head tilted, looking at the beautiful view of the beach outside the window.
If Qi Yu remembered correctly, Lei Hong should be older than Qi Yuancheng. Judging from his appearance, the other party was indeed a bit old.
Hearing the sound, Lei Hong turned his head and smiled at them. His expression looked gentle, but that smile could not conceal his unique majesty.
Qi Yu respectfully said, “Hello, Chairman Lei. I’m Qi Yu and this is Ye Qinru, the chief strategy officer for our Mei Wei – Blooming Lotus.”
Ye Qinru bowed slightly. “Chairman Lei, I have been looking forward to you for a long time.”
Lei Hong waved his hand and said, “Come and sit.”
The two sat down facing Lei Hong, Lei Hong arranged for the secretary to brew them a new pot of tea. He then looked Qi Yu up and down, then said with a smile, “I met with your father yesterday and I heard that you’ve rejected my proposal?”
“Yes. Chairman Lei, thank you very much for paying attention to the Si Yuan Group, and thank you for your willingness to help us at this time. But unfortunately, I really can’t agree to your condition.” Qi Yu clasped his hands together and looked modestly at the other, try alleviate his stress by trying to view the other as some sort of fatherly figure.
Lei Hong narrowed his eyes slightly. “Why? With the technical depth required for a platform like Mei Wei – Blooming Lotus, I can easily help you find one at Zhongda to replace Su Jing. The help I can provide you, however, isn’t something you’ll so easily find. Don’t you think that your decision right now is irrational and impulsive?”
Qi Yu didn’t answer but asked instead, “Since you said that Zhongda has technical personnel better than Chief Su, why do you insist that he return to Zhongda?”
Lei Hong took a sip of tea from his cup and said, “You should know that I have some old grudges with him…”
Qi Yu: “Outsiders in the industry say that Su Jing betrayed you. I don’t know the truth behind this. If the rumors are true, Su Jing later founded his own company, failed to compete with Zhongda and was forced to carry a blackened name for many years. Now that he’s joined our Siyuan Group, it could be said that he’s completely changed industries. The work he’s doing now has nothing to do with his original field. He will never threaten you again. Why do you insist on making him to go back, even exerting pressure on me at the group level. Do you want him to suffer another double blow, both professionally and psychologically? Chairman Lei, forgive me for being rude, but no matter what your purpose may be, I think going about it like this qualifies as bullying.”
Lei Hong’s eyes narrowed as he stared at Qi Yu like a falcon.
Qi Yu was not frightened. Ye Qinru next to him was so frightened though that he broke out into a cold sweat. Qi Yu, this newborn calf didn’t know well enough to fear a tiger. For every word Chairmen Lei say he returns tenfold. He even called the other bully. Qi Yu must be looking for death!
“Heh, he’s still a child after all,” Lei Hong glanced at his secretary, then looked at Qi Yu. He said in a teasing manner, “In the business world, whoever has power and whoever’s fist is stronger, gets the final say. ‘Bullying’, that’s an idea that only children have.”
Ye Qinru was afraid that what Qi Yu would say something that would offend this bigshot, so he quickly touched the other’s knee under the table, reminding him to be careful with his words and deeds.
But Qi Yu didn’t even notice it. He recalled Fu Yansheng’s analysis, looked at Lei Hong and continued, “Chairman Lei, it is rumored that you raised Su Jing like your own son. In your eyes, we are truly must appear like ignorant children, but even children have their own ambitions and principles. Since I hired and invited Su Jing, I must be responsible to him. If I can’t even protect my own people, how can I run a company? Chairman Lei, you who runs Zhongda, this huge company should understand the importance of people’s hearts better than I do, right?”
Lei Hong put on a fake smile and asked, “So, you won’t agree no matter what I say?”
“Yes.” Qi Yu said hurriedly, “You said just now that my decision is irrational and impulsive and I also know that it is a pity for us to give up on your help at this time. The business world is full of treachery and deceit, it’s quickly ever changing. If the Si Yuan Group cannot withstand this crisis, our assets may shrink, we may be forced to retreat again and again. It may be impossible for Mei Wei – Blooming Lotus emerge on top. However, I think there should be things in this world that people would protect even at cost of their wealth; things like people’s pursuits, their morality and justice, their beliefs and the truth…”
Lei Hong stared at him in a daze. He watched the young man in front of him open and close his thin lips and he watched him say the last sentence slowly but loudly, “Chairman Lei, I’m still young and I want to be irrational, I hope you can forgive me.”
The author has something to say: [Little Theater]
Qi Yu: Let’s go, you’re coming with me to meet a VIP.
Ye Qinru: Bring Su Jing!
Su Jing: Take me, take me! (╰_╯)
Qi Yu: We’re meeting Chairman Lei.
Su Jing: Let me go! QAQ
Ye Qinru: …
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Lei Hong: You…
Qi Yu turned on machine gun shooting mode.
Ye Qinru: …? ? ? (Help! I’m dying! I’m dying!)
So proud of our little fish! Way to go!
Our wise Little Fish always ends up stunning people 😊 Thank you for the update!!
Wow wow wow.. so impressed with Qi Yu! FYS, you’ve taught him well indeed!
thanks for the chapter!
who wouldn’t be proud of qi yu right now?
I wouldn’t just be proud, I’d be super proud….
Eh.. Is uncle Lei and xiao Su Jing another CP in a tragic trope..
I feel like this Lei dude might have some impure thoughts and that’s why he’s chasing Su Jing. I’m quite happy that QY can still do his best to not step over his own values as he deals with all these problems popping about. It really is quite ‘expensive’ to have morals in this world. 😮💨
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