Chapter 523 Signature

Xiao Kangyu saw the confusion in Tang Shuo's eyes, but he did not explain anything to Tang Shuo. Instead, he smiled and changed the subject.

"I heard that your handwriting is pretty good. Write a piece for me to see."

As he spoke, Xiao Kangyu had already spread out the rice paper and stepped back, leaving some space for Tang Shuo.

Tang Shuo couldn't refuse at this point. He nodded and walked forward. He picked up a brush from the pen holder and asked, "What are you going to write?"

"Just write something."

Tang Shuo thought for a moment, dipped the brush in ink and started writing.

In the blink of an eye, four large, powerful characters appeared on the paper.

A virtuous person can carry all things.

"It's extremely strange and unusual, yet it maintains the rules." Xiao Kangyu read it over and nodded, saying, "It's indeed a good character."

Although Xiao Kangyu's calligraphy could barely be considered semi-professional, he had high standards and rarely praised others. If his comments were to get out, Tang Shuo's calligraphy would likely double in market value.

Tang Shuo smiled and replied, "There are too many trivial matters. I haven't practiced for a long time."

"Since you have talent in this area, you should practice more." Xiao Kangyu put the calligraphy away and said, "Leave this calligraphy to me."

Tang Shuo raised his eyebrows, hesitant to speak, "Hmm..."

"Hmm?" Seeing Tang Shuo's hesitation, Xiao Kangyu turned his head to look at Tang Shuo. He said, "You don't agree?"

"It's not that I don't agree," Tang Shuo replied hastily. "It's mainly because I'm worried about the negative impact. As you know, a piece of my calligraphy can be auctioned for three million. If someone reports it, the impact will be bad."

Xiao Kangyu chuckled, looked at Tang Shuo and asked, "Then what do you think we should do?"

"Please leave me a copy of your calligraphy as well." Tang Shuo pretended to think for a moment before replying, "Then we can consider it a calligraphy exchange."

We finally have this opportunity, what if we don’t make good use of it?

After Xiao Kangyu finished writing, he framed it and hung it in Jiang Tiantong's office. If there were any business negotiations in the future, he would bring the other party to take a look at the calligraphy first, which would definitely be more efficient.

"Although the central government stipulates that we cannot mention words, it does not say that individuals cannot write." Xiao Kangyu nodded, changed a piece of paper and directly helped Tang Shuo write a reply.

The sea embraces all rivers.

Tang Shuo nodded. Xiao Kangyu's calligraphy wasn't exactly master-level, but it certainly wouldn't be embarrassing to show it off to others. It was obvious he'd put in a lot of effort.

“It’s magnificent…”

Tang Shuo hadn't finished flattering the other party yet, but when he saw that the other party had already put down his pen, he hurriedly reminded him, "Sign it!"

If there was no signature, how many people would be able to tell that it was Xiao Kangyu's handwriting? Besides, being discovered by others and being introduced by oneself are two completely different things.

Xiao Kangyu had clearly understood Tang Shuo's intentions. He shook his head and said, "Let's not mention the signature. We're just communicating privately."

“…”

According to Tang Shuo's idea, it would be best to add a personal seal to the calligraphy after signing it, but he didn't expect that in the end both ends would be in vain.

"Kang Yu!"

Just when Tang Shuo was thinking about how to persuade Xiao Kangyu, Xiao Xiuyong's voice came from downstairs.

"I'll go take a look."

After Xiao Kangyu said something to Tang Shuo, he stood up and walked downstairs.

Tang Shuo's eyes lit up. After Xiao Kangyu walked out of the study, he picked up his pen and added Xiao Kangyu's signature below. Without waiting for the ink to dry completely, Tang Shuo immediately put the words away.

Due to the haste, there are some differences between Tang Shuo's copied handwriting and Xiao Kangyu's.

But none of this mattered. Most people couldn't tell the difference between the handwriting, and those who could would naturally recognize the characters. Furthermore, these characters were originally proposed by Xiao Kangyu, so even if they were spread around, it wouldn't matter.

Tang Shuo waited for a while. Xiao Kangyu didn't come back up, but instead Xiao Ran came up and told Tang Shuo that Xiao Kangyu had left because of something urgent.

After bidding farewell to Xiao Xiuyong, Tang Shuo happily took Xiao Kangyu's calligraphy and no longer pursued the matter of Xiao Ran concealing Xiao Kangyu's identity.

Although there were many doubts about what happened that night, it was generally beneficial to Tang Shuo.

…

Tang Shuo did not return to the Imperial Garden. After parting ways with Xiao Ran on the way, Tang Shuo went directly to the Jiang family with the letter.

After listening to Tang Shuo's account of what he had seen that night, Jiang Tiantong frowned suspiciously and asked again, "Is Xiao Kangyu going to Lanyu for research in a couple of days?"

"That's what he said." Tang Shuo nodded and spread out the calligraphy in his hand. "I also asked him to write a calligraphy piece."

"Why would he do that?"

Jiang Tiantong asked to herself, then looked at Tang Shuo in confusion.

Tang Shuo felt a little guilty under the other party's gaze, and hurriedly explained, "I don't know anything. I was just acting with Xiao Ran that night. But Xiao Kangyu just heard about the charity dinner and directly asked about my relationship with the Jiang family. It seems that he has always been paying attention to the Jiang family."

"How did you answer?" Jiang Tiantong asked.

"I said we were very familiar with each other." Tang Shuo swallowed and whispered in defense, "At that time, I didn't dare to directly point out our relationship. What if he found out I was lying to him and, in a fit of rage, called in the bodyguards to shoot me? Wouldn't I be in big trouble?"

Jiang Tiantong snorted coldly, and after a while, she spoke out, "Xiao Kangyu himself likes calligraphy. He must have heard about the three million auction at that time, so he must have started paying attention to you since then."

"As for the connection between you and the Jiang family, I think he only became aware of it because of recent events." After a pause, Jiang Tiantong continued. "But the struggle at that level is beyond our comprehension."

"Even if he has conflicts with the Song family, isn't it a bit too much for him to help me like this?" Tang Shuo spoke out his doubts directly.

"Do you think he's really helping you?"

Jiang Tiantong glanced at Tang Shuo with a sarcastic expression and said, "He's just using you as a pawn, interfering in the conflict between you and the Song family to achieve his goals."

A smile flashed across Tang Shuo's eyes, and he pretended to be enlightened and said, "So that's how it is. I was wondering why he cared so much about this."

This principle is actually very simple, how could Tang Shuo not know it?

However, he saw that Jiang Tiantong seemed to care a lot about him and Xiao Ran going back, so he could only take the initiative to pave the way so that the other party would take the initiative to explain the reason for the matter, and then highlight the other party's ability and indirectly praise the other party.

In fact, considering Xiao Kangyu's level, even if he really had some relationship with Tang Shuo, he would not openly stand up and sing against the Song family.

You have to know that when someone is in his position, even his every word and action will be interpreted by countless people.

According to Tang Shuo's judgment, Xiao Kangyu should want to take this opportunity to embarrass the Song family.

He had no right to interfere in the affairs between the other party and the Song family, but no matter how you looked at it, this matter was good news for the Jiang family, so he had no reason to refuse.

…

Xiao Kangyu's inspection came one day earlier than he had initially said. On the second day after Tang Shuo left the Xiao family, the other party brought people to conduct a high-profile investigation on Lan Yu.

Although the external explanation was that the two listed companies under Lanyu had a clear upward trend and they wanted to set them up as examples, those who knew a little about the inside story knew what was going on.

Jiang Tiantong had made preparations in advance, so the research process went very smoothly.

When Xiao Kangyu saw the signature on the painting in Jiang Tiantong's office, he smiled and shook his head, but didn't say much.

Xiao Kangyu's arrival was undoubtedly a huge help to the Jiang family. That afternoon, the Song family's small actions gradually stopped, and the turnover of the Jiang family's industries also increased slightly.

In the following days, the Song family not only stopped making things difficult for the Jiang family, but even Jiang Tiantong, a member of the Song family, was able to obtain his shares without any obstacles. When Jiang Tiantong held more than half of the shares, everyone knew that Beichen had completely lost the shadow of the Song family.

Seeing that things ended in this way, Tang Shuo did not stay in the country, but took his men directly to London.

The time has come to close the plan against the Lawrence family. As for how much the parties participating in this operation can gain, it all depends on their own abilities.