Chapter 098: Depends on Your Arrangements
Forced? Took pictures? Were they talking about…Si Ze?
Qi Yu was shocked by what happened to Song Puxin. At the same time, he was puzzled how they could talk about this topic to each other.
If he remembered correctly, Fu Yansheng’s only relationship with Song Puxin was having met him once on campus in his early years. Fu Yansheng didn’t know him until Fu Yansheng came to join the Si Yuan Group this year. Listening to their conversation just now, why did they seem so familiar with each other?
For a moment, Qi Yu wanted to go out and ask directly but his rationality reminded him not to act rashly. Then, another set of chatting and laughing voices approached. He could make out that it was Si Ze, Huang Junwen and their group.
Using those voices as cover, Qi Yu quickly returned to the room and closed the door.
It turned out that they had just finished their game. No wonder Fu Yansheng was still chatting with Song Puxin despite it being so late…
It soon turned quiet outside but Qi Yu remained seated by his bedside. His mind was still a mess.
Fu Yansheng must have also heard the voices from next door that afternoon, right?
Maybe Fu Yansheng and Song Puxin have gotten to know each other again in the past few months, so they care about each other’s current situation?
But in the last two sentences, “a transfer of your post” and “Old Ren” made Qi Yu confused.
Fu Yansheng said “before”, indicating that he probably knew something about Song Puxin before he came to Si Yuan… Or did he mean he’d heard rumors about it before?
He thought and thought about it and Qi Yu began to doubt that he’d even heard correctly. After all, he had been some distance from them and he hadn’t heard them that clearly.
Out of trust in Fu Yansheng, Qi Yu decided to keep these doubts in his heart and observe the other party for now.
Qi Yu didn’t fall asleep again until 3am and he slept all the way until 8am the next day. When he woke up, he saw a message from Fu Yansheng on his phone, telling him he had something to tell him once he woke up.
Qi Yu replied then got up to wash up. Five minutes later there was a knock on the door. He had just finished washing his face.
As soon as Fu Yansheng came in, without any prelude, he said, getting straight to the point, “There might not be any discussions about Blooming Lotus’ acquisition today.”
Qi Yu was momentarily stunned. “Why?”
Fu Yansheng closed the door and said in a low voice, “Ye Qinru and Yu Lian had breakfast together this morning and Yu Lian revealed to him that after she told Yan Xiu about Si Yuan’s price yesterday afternoon, the two of them had a great disagreement. Yan Xiu thinks that Si Yuan Group isn’t dealing with them sincerely and doesn’t want to talk anymore. That’s why she didn’t attend the dinner last night. She headed back to the city early this morning.”
Qi Yu frowned. “Was Ye Qinru too ruthless in bargaining down the price?”
Fu Yansheng shook his head and said, “Actually, he did fine. He even asked us for our opinion before he bargained. Right now, we’re also not sure if they at Blooming Lotus are just putting up an act.”
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Qi Yu said nervously, “We’ve failed negotiations?”
Fu Yansheng: “It’s not that we won’t be negotiating anymore, it’s that we have to take it slow. We’re the buyers after all and we have to act like a buyer. Yesterday, Ye Qinru gave out that price resolutely and decisively. If we immediately renege just because they say they won’t sell, it would make us look bad..”
“Understood…” Qi Yu asked, “Do Si Ze and the others know?”
Fu Yansheng: “His people haven’t gotten up yet.”
Qi Yu recalled what had happened late last night and he threw another glance at Fu Yansheng.
Fu Yansheng keenly caught his suspicious look and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Qi Yu shook his head. “Nothing.”
Fu Yansheng thought that he was in a bad mood because of this change so he came over to hug him, automatically putting a kiss on his lips. He comforted him in a low voice, “Don’t think on it too much. This is a normal occurance during negotiations. Just as Ye Qinru said, winning Blooming Lotus is just a matter of how much. But before that, we have to try to see if we negotiate it to its lowest price.”
“I know…” Qi Yu understood what the rationale of what Fu Yansheng was saying.
Once you recognize a person’s talent, you mustn’t doubt their ability. He has personally seen the hard work Ye Qinru put in. Even if the negotiation fails, since he was willing to gamble, he should also be willing to accept a loss.
But at this moment, Qi Yu’s mind wasn’t on Blooming Lotus at all.
After what happened last night, Qi Yu realized that there were still things that Fu Yansheng was hiding from him. He also knew that it was dangerous to trust this person again, but he was still letting himself get caught up in it…
Qi Yu stared into Fu Yansheng’s eyes for a couple of seconds. He couldn’t help hooking his arms around the other’s waist and kissing him back.
Fu Yansheng’s breathing quickened. He raised his hand, holding Qi Yu’s head, running his fingers through his hair, rubbing against his scalp…
Just as their kissing was starting to get heated, Qi Yu pushed Fu Yansheng away. He turned around and said in a somewhat restrained voice, “Go out first, I’m going to change.”
Fu Yansheng: “…”
***
Because everyone woke up at different times, they didn’t have breakfast together.
Ye Qinru had already eaten with Yu Lian earlier that morning. At this time, he was waiting with Wu Shuang in the public reading area connecting the guest room area to the dining hall.
Seeing Qi Yu and Fu Yansheng come out of the room, Ye Qinru immediately got up and looked at him with a grave expression: “President Qi, about Blooming Lotus’ negotiation…”
There were attendants of the manor nearby. Qi Yu didn’t want them to react so much to this matter, so he raised his hand to stop him. “Teacher Fu has already told me. It’s fine, we’ll talk on the way back.”
Ye Qinru was momentarily stunned, as if he didn’t expect Qi Yu to have the bearing of a general at such a young age. He hurriedly responded, “Okay.”
In truth, Qi Yu was secretly very much concered. However, it was precisely because he was young and he had never encountered such things that in order not the left behind standing with this group of business elites, his acting ability had to be even better.
It was also an extremely wise move on Ye Qinru’s part to ask Fu Yansheng to go to him and tell him about this early this morning, so that he wouldn’t reveal his emotions in front of others.
By the time they were finished eating, the people on Si Ze’s side had also, one after the other, heard about the progress of the negotiation. When they came out, the expressions on their faces were not as relaxed as they had been yesterday afternoon.
When everyone met at the door of the dining hall, Si Ze simply put on “unhappy” on his face. But, it wasn’t with his subordinates’ negotiating ability that he was displeased, rather, he felt that Lian Xiu was overestimating their capability. “That Si Yuan is willing to pay this much to buy what shares they have is already showing them great respect. Insisting on their initial price despite being such a small and broken company, once their stock price goes even lower, these two won’t even have anyone to cry to…”
The morale of Si Ze’s people rose upon hearing this. “That’s right, that’s right.”
Ye Qinru smiled and reminded, “Chief Si, be that as it may, please don’t say in front of President Yu. At any rate, these two ladies built this company from the ground up. It’s only normal that they’d want to sell it at a high price. I think that President Yu is still of the mind to continue to discussions with us. We’ll just have to take this negotiation slowly.”
Qi Yu looked at Song Puxin, who was standing at the edge of the crowd. Qi Yu only saw that he had his thin lips pursed, saying nothing. His face was sickly and pale. Such a person seemed out of place in Si Ze’s circle.
After Si Ze and the others had eaten, Yu Lian appeared. When she learned that they were leaving, she pretended to be surprised, “Won’t you have lunch first?”
Ye Qinru said, “No, we already had a great time yesterday. President Si and President Qi have matters to attend to back in the city and so, we won’t be staying much longer.”
Yu Lian regretfully stretched out her hand and said, “I understand…” She then turned to Qi Yu and said, “Chief Qi, I heard that you only returned to China yesterday and you haven’t even had time to get over your jet lag. Thank you for coming.”
Qi Yu shook hands with her. “President Yu is too polite. Although I’ve been abroad, I have been paying close attention to the Blooming Lotus project. If you have any other projects we can cooperate with in the future, you can contact our Chief Ye at any time.”
Yu Lian’s eyes lit up. “It’s truly a pity that I wasn’t able to properly converse with you this time. Let’s promise to meet when we get the chance in the future.”
After the two parties exchanged niceties, Yu Lian took a few of Blooming Lotus’ staff with her to personally see them to the gate of the manor.
Qi Yu was riding back to the city the commercial car that they’d come in. He saw that Si Ze’s group had come here in two cars — a Bentley and a BMW. Si Ze stood beside the Bentley, looking around. Spotting Song Puxin, he frowned and waved at him. “What are you doing standing so far away? Come here and get in the car.”
Song Puxin hesitated for a moment. He walked over slowly and got into the car with Si Ze. Huang Junwen and the other two took the BMW.
“See you back in Haicheng.” Si Ze rolled down the car window to say goodbye to Qi Yu and the others. He then went on ahead.
Qi Yu’s car followed closely behind.
Once they were a few miles into their journey back, Ye Qinru said, “Sigh, this Chief Si is really…”
Qi Yu’s heart skipped a beat, thinking that Ye Qinru was talking about the relationship between Si Ze and Song Puxin. He blurted out, “What?”
Ye Qinru said hesitantly, “I don’t know if I should say this… This eldest young master of the Si family is a bit ignorant and arrogant. His methods are not very decent.”
Qi Yu asked, “How are they not decent?”
Seeing Ye Qinru’s hesitation, he added, “Si Ze and I were only brought together to work on this Technology Development Department. Before this, we didn’t know each other at all, so feel free to say whatever you want.”
Ye Qinru sighed. “Did you hear him mention Blooming Lotus’ stock price just now? Before you returned to China, there was one time we discussed Blooming Lotus’ valuation. At first, according to Blooming Lotus’ market value, Yu Lian and Yan Xiu’s shares were valued at around 200 million. Yan Xiu’s offer yesterday wasn’t outrageous. At that time, Chief Si asked us to delay the negotiation a little longer. During this one month, Blooming Lotus’ share price dropped a bit… To tell you the truth, I actually suspect someone is manipulating it behind the scenes.”
Qi Yu: “You suspect Si Ze?”
“Yes, although I’m not certain, this matter is obviously beneficial to us. If you’re a seller and the value of the goods you have keep depreciating, you’ll lose confidence, right? This is also the reason why I dared to lower the price down to 125 million yesterday…” After Ye Qinru finished speaking, he also gave himself a way out of a possible embarrassment, “But that’s just my thoughts. I’m not very sure. After all, there’s no evidence.”
Qi Yu frowned. Speaking of stock market manipulation, he thought of that incident that happened to Si Hang, when he raised funds to invest in stocks and ended up losing money. Based on this matter, there was a high possibility that Si Ze was manipulating this behind the scenes.
Qi Yu glanced at Fu Yansheng and saw that he had his arms crossed. He didn’t express any opinion. Qi Yu remembered what Fu Yansheng and Song Puxin said last night. His thoughts were going up and down.
At this moment, Wu Shuang in the back row interrupted, “Today is Christmas Eve.”
Ye Qinru was surprised. “Tomorrow’s Christmas? Damn, it’s the day couples come out to abuse the single dogs…”
Fu Yansheng tilted his head to look at Qi Yu. “Tomorrow’s also a Saturday. The company should be fine for the time being. How are you going to spend it?”
Qi Yu had gone abroad with his father when he was just ten years old. Christmas to him was the second biggest holiday after the Spring Festival. This year was the first year he and Fu Yansheng had gotten together. Originally, Qi Yu had planned to spend it together with him. But what had happened yesterday made Qi Yu hesitant, wondering if he should spend some time by himself to cool his head…
He asked Fu Yansheng, “How about you?”
Fu Yansheng: “It depends on your arrangement.”
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【Little Theater】
Ye Qinru: Christmas is the time when couples come out to abuse the single dogs once again.
Qi Yu: How are you going to spend it?
Fu Yansheng: It depends on your arrangement.
Ye Qinru: ? ? ? Didn’t you two hear what I said? And you’re still abusing single dogs right here and now? No! I can’t lose.
Ye Qinru: Wu Shuang, come to the company to work overtime tomorrow.
Wu Shuang: ? ? ?
YS gotta up your game, bro! Qi Yu suspects you!
It’s good to see QY develop and grow. I hope he will expose Si Ze..
I- I can’t- dies
respawns But anyways, the author really like to hint, poke, and direct Wu Shuang into Ye Qinru’s arms, eh? Heehee side CP, I’m chewing on the side CP~
P.S. Extended Little Theater
Overbearing President Qi: How are you going to spend it? sharp
Infatuated Teacher Fu: It depends on your arrangements. shy
Black-bellied Little Fish: Then go have fun by yourself- pretends to walk away
Overachiever Teacher Fu: … I’ve taught him too well
I feel really bad for Song Puxin – even if it’s an undercover job, it was never meant to be go honeypot. The fact that he ended up forced into this state… hopefully he gets retrieved/freed soon and can get some therapy/time away to recuperate 🙁
ALSO SI ZE GO EAT PRISON CRAP
I AGREE
Sleepy, I had my managerial economics finals yesterday and ended up quoting half the content from BBVBB after changing company names to Party A and Party B, thank you for all those detailed notes on top of the original translation!!
thanks for the chapter!
if i remember correctly, the secret organization (fu yansheng and co) is investigating si yuan group or maybe mainly the si family. it just so happen that the other half of si yuan group is of qi yu’s father and by the looks of it, if qi yu learned fu yansheng’s ‘job’, he might think that his lover’s only motive for approaching him is because he’s the target’s son
Delete the Si from Shi Yuan Group and send that Si family to hell soon pls
poor wushuang HAHHAHAHAHA