At the end of December, the quarterly report was sent to Tang Zhou. After reading it carefully, he could not help but smile slightly.
“Very good.”
Zhang Silin was also beaming. “Mr. Tang, it seems that our new model is very successful. Everyone can have a good New Year!”.
Chinese New Year is still more than a month away, but after a year of hard work, the Spring Festival vacations are all too appealing to all staff.
Tang Zhou was a little surprised, the time passed so quickly.
In the past, during Chinese New Year, the old man would call Tang Zhen and Zheng Qiuyi home, and the four of them would have a New Year’s Eve dinner together that seemed harmonious on the surface but where there was no familial affection whatsoever.
Now that Zheng Qiuyi and Tang Zhen have divorced, and Tang Tianyang has joined the Tang family, he doesn’t want to celebrate the New Year with them again.
I don’t know what Fu Shen’s plans are.
“President Tang?”
Tang Zhou came to his senses, nodded and said, “The year-end reward cannot be missed, so that everyone will have a good year.”
“Thank you, Mr. Tang!”
Zhang Silin left the office.
Hua Yue’s report was very encouraging. Compared to it, Tang’s turnover was insufficient.
It’s not that Tang Tianyang hasn’t worked hard, and it’s not that he doesn’t have new ideas, but after Yingteng’s losses and bankruptcy last time, his voice in the company carried less weight than before.
Besides, those senior executives of the same generation as Mr. Tang did not like innovative things. Once some new idea dies in the implementation process, who can bear the lost money?
In addition, the company has many internal forces, and those who once agreed will naturally end up opposing each other.
Instead of breaking new ground, he was trapped and drowned in a dead end inside the Tang Corporation, which right now was a big ship gradually sinking because of changing times and trends.
The ship was so unwieldy that no one could turn it around, even with a strong and experienced helmsman.
Hua Yue’s takeoff had been burning Tang Tianyang’s heart.
Tang Zhihua was also not satisfied with the report.
For the past six months, his heart has been feeling complicated. Indescribable.
At first, he was dissatisfied and disappointed with Tang Zhou’s rebellion, then he felt helpless when Tang Zhou took Hua Yue and supported it, then he regretted things after seeing what had Tang Zhou done and what happened with Yingteng’s failure, and finally, he was amazed how Tang Zhou had fought a beautiful battle in which he did not give up and won.
Suddenly he felt he had never clearly seen the grandson he taught himself.
Tang Zhou was even better than he imagined.
In comparison, Tang Tianyang was, in fact, far inferior.
It would be great if Tang Zhou had not left the Tang family. If Tang Zhou was now in charge of the Tangs, how good things would be?
He let out a long sigh and asked Uncle Fang again, “Am I really that old and wrong?”
Uncle Fang smiled helplessly, “Chairman, we are already the front wave, we must give the back wave a chance.”
He’s an outsider and can’t see things clearly.
Hua Yue’s successful model cannot be replicated in Tang Corporation, at least not in the current Tang Corporation.
The only way to be reborn like that was through nirvana.
Tang Zhou’s thunderous takeover of Hua Yue made him the sole voice of command in the place. With no one to hinder him, his plans could be implemented intact and in full.
If Tang Zhou were allowed to take over Tang Corporation, he may not be able to do so well.
Time, location, and harmony are all indispensable.
Tang Zhihua shook his head with a smile, “We can’t just die being the front wave, after all, the back wave is not strong enough yet.”
Uncle Fang knew he was referring to Tang Tianyang and preferred to smile without saying anything.
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Tang Zhihua said again, “It’s almost Chinese New Year, let’s let A-Zhou come for lunch. He’s out of his mind and hasn’t come home for half a year.”
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【Fu Shen】: Are you off work already?
Tang Zhou smiled, and even the cold office felt warm.
【Tang Zhou】: I just finished, how about you?
【Fu Shen】: I just left, do you want to have dinner?
【Tang Zhou】: I’d like to eat some dumplings.
【Fu Shen】: Perfect.
Returning home from Deep Blue, he passed through Jiangda University…
After nine o’clock in the evening, the food stalls outside the campus were buzzing with activity. The steady smoky warmth of the stalls added a bit of warmth to the cold winter nights.
When Fu Shen appeared at the dumpling stall, the boss still recognized him and said excitedly, “Young man, I haven’t seen you in a long time.”
“Well, I’ve been busy recently. Here, for two please.”
The boss carefully tossed the dumplings into the water and conversed with him as he waited, “Is the other one for that friend of yours?”
Fu Shen smiled, in the steaming steam, there was infinite tenderness on his face, “Yes, he said he wanted to eat them.”
“That young man doesn’t look like an ordinary person either, surely you both will do great things in the future!”.
Fu Shen is a frequent customer and the boss already knows him well. He brought Tang Zhou here before, and both of them seemed so superior to ordinary people that they were frankly unforgettable, it was normal for the boss to remember them.
“Thank you, boss, your business will be more and more prosperous.”
Fu Shen took two servings of dumplings and hurried home on his bicycle, fearing that the cold night wind would chill them.
He arrived home first, and Tang Zhou arrived right after.
The very hot dumplings were tempered by the cold wind, perfect for eating.
Tang Zhou was really afraid of the cold.
The ride home from the parking lot was so cold he was shivering.
Once home, the warm air took hold of him and he squinted comfortably as he murmured, “Fu Shen.”
Fu Shen approached and embraced him, clasping his cold hands again and warming them.
Tang Zhou instantly felt the heat penetrate to his bones.
He rubbed Fu Shen’s neck and closed his eyes peacefully, “I’m so tired I don’t want to move.”
Fu Shen led him to the dining room table, “Do you want dumplings?”
“Hm.
Fu Shen picked up a snow-white dumpling and held it up to Tang Zhou’s lips, rubbing them together and making his lips even redder and more striking.
Tang Zhou obediently opened his mouth, but he saw Fu Shen take the morsel away and bend down to kiss him on the lips before actually feeding him.
Tang Zhou held the dumpling and looked at him without much reaction, “What are you doing?”.
“I want to kiss you,” Fu Shen’s eyes smiled, speaking so calmly.
Tang Zhou swallowed, saw two portions on the table and said, “I’ll eat it myself, you do it too.”
“I’m not hungry.”
“That’s a waste.”
“Good.”
Fu Shen said that, but he took a ball of glutinous rice from Tang Zhou’s bowl and swallowed it.
“…”
Looking at the green and black under his eyes, he finally stopped himself from glaring at him.
“Recently, you’ve had to work and prepare for final exams simultaneously – isn’t that too hard?”
Fu Shen shook his head, “It’s not difficult.”
He didn’t really find the work that hard, even though his body was tired, his heart was still happy.
“No need to be too worried about the project, the most important thing is your studies” Tang Zhou felt sorry for him and did not want him to work too hard.
Fu Shen hugged him, kissed his cheek and earlobe, and said in a low, magnetic voice, “I also want to start my family soon.”
Tang Zhou joked with a smile, “I remember you won a national scholarship at the beginning of this semester, you can support your family quiet well.”
“It’s not enough” Fu Shen tightened his arms.
His Sweet Congee deserves only the best, and what he can do right now is far from enough.
Before the dumplings cooled, Tang Zhou put another into his mouth and asked vaguely, “Are you coming home for New Year’s?”
Fu Shen didn’t answer immediately, but thought for a moment and said, “I want to go back and see Grandfather and my mother.”
It was tradition for him to sweep their graves on the winter solstice, and he wouldn’t be able to return on the winter solstice due to work and studies, so it had to be during the Chinese New Year.
Tang Zhou nodded, “When will you be back?”
“That depends.”
Selfishly, Fu Shen privately thought about how he wanted to take Tang Zhou back to his hometown with him, but Longcheng was in the north and the temperature in winter was often below freezing. The old houses in the countryside had no heating, and Tang Zhou was always so cold he probably couldn’t stand it.
“Good.”
Tang Zhou said nothing more and finished eating in silence.
At the end of the year, after Zhang Silin reported on his work, he casually asked, “Mr. Tang, will you attend the company’s annual meeting?”
The annual meeting was the day before vacations, and everyone was in high spirits.
At first, when Tang Zhou took over the company, although many thought he was handsome and convincing, deep down they thought he was a young man who couldn’t accomplish anything.
In the past six months, Tang Zhou has proved his worth with all his achievements. Many company employees admire him and hope he can show his face at the annual meeting and say a few words to him.
It is common for company leaders to appear at the annual meeting, but considering Tang Zhou’s cool personality and past rumors, many people think Tang Zhou will not attend.
Zhang Silin knew what the people below were thinking, so he asked the question casually.
Tang Zhou froze for a moment. He thought it would be good for everyone to have fun at the annual meeting, with other top executives present, but he was reluctant to attend.
Just as he was about to refuse, he heard Zhang Silin persuade him, “You should get up on stage and say a few words, you know, just to cheer up the staff.”
Tang Zhou thought about it and agreed.
When Tang Zhou attended the annual meeting, Fu Shen had already left.
Compared to previous years, this year he did not go home with a heavy heart.
Years after his blood relatives had passed away, he had a home again, with the person she loved most.
What could be happier than that?
As the high-speed train headed north, the plains and landscape outside the window gradually became silvery.
Fu Shen took a photo and sent it to Tang Zhou.
It took a while to get an answer.
【Sweet Congee】: Very beautiful.
【Fu Shen】: Has the annual meeting ended?
【Sweet Congee】: I just finished my speech.
【Fu Shen】: Don’t drink.
【Sweet Congee】: Okay.
【Sweet Congee】: When will you be back?
【Fu Shen】: After New Year’s Eve, okay?
Tang Zhou didn’t answer.
Fu Shen thought he was busy and thought nothing of it.
At the annual meeting, Zhang Silin looked for Tang Zhou and saw that he had already put on his coat and made a gesture to leave, so he couldn’t help but ask, “Are you leaving?”
Tang Zhou nodded, “I have a small business to take care of”
No sooner had he uttered these words, his phone rang.
Tang Zhou frowned, it was “Grandfather.”
Tang Zhihua, at the other end, was very excited, smiled, and said, “It’s almost Chinese New Year, when will you come to see your grandfather again?”
Tang Zhou walked out as he spoke.
“I won’t be back for New Year’s this year.”
Tang Zhihua felt as if a bucket of cold water had been thrown on him, “A-Zhou, what are you doing?”
Even if it’s the kid being rebellious, there must be a limit. Not going home on New Year’s Eve… what a way to behave!
Tang Zhou smiled and said, “It must be good to have Tang Zhen and Tang Tianyang by your side. Grandfather, I have other things to attend to.”
His attitude was calm, so calm that Tang Zhihua’s heart was startled.
There was no resentment, no anger, no grievance, just a simple and direct sentence, but one that chilled Tang Zhihua to the bone.
Only now did he really feel that the grandson he had raised with his own hands was moving farther and farther away from him.
“A-Zhou, what could be more important than going home?”
“And what could be more important than my happiness for the rest of my life?”.
After Tang Zhou asked him, he ended the call decisively. The phone rang again, Tang Zhou frowned and was about to reject the call, but chose to answer after looking at the name “Lu Ye”.
“Tang Zhou, are you coming to the movie premiere?”.
Tang Zhou declined, “It’s okay with you there.”
“Are you really not coming? It’s your first time investing in a film, why don’t you come and see how it turns out?”.
Tang Zhou sat in the car and put on his seat belt, “I have other things to do.”
“What’s it all about?”
Tang Zhou said solemnly, “I will go to the meet the elders.”
“What elders?”
Tang Zhou smiled, “Stop talking, I’m going to drive.”
He wants to surprise someone.
After hanging up the phone, he started the car and began driving to his destination.
Jiangcheng Airport.
Yes! The sweet congee should care for his own happiness only!
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Tang Zhihua finally noticing that his grandson has moved on 😭😭