Chapter 73

Wang Weiguo was a coward. Once threatened by the other party, he was willing to reveal everything. Not to mention where Gu Jiangkuo's father, Gu Min, came from and any suspicious points, he even told us everything clearly, including how many times Gu Jiangkuo had peed his pants since he was a child and how many fights he had been involved in.

In fact, because he was too cooperative and had too strong a desire to express himself, he even annoyed the "thug" whose Chinese was not very good. After getting the information he needed, he still beat him up twice.

Moreover, the stack of money was never given and was taken away intact by the thugs.

Wang Weiguo dared to be angry but not to say anything, and finally he could only comfort himself by saying, "It's good that he didn't stab me."

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The thug's name is Abu, and his full name is Abu bin Naji. His grandmother was a Chinese nanny who worked for the Gu family. She had served the Gu family for several generations and was very trusted by Mr. Gu.

Ab muttered, "Meeting a loser is such a bummer," then changed his tone to a respectful one and made an international call to Gu Zhonghong to report, "It can be confirmed that his father's name is Gu Min, and he only appeared in Yanlin City when he was fourteen or fifteen years old."

"What about Gu Min?"

"Died, about five years ago, in a car accident."

Gu Zhonghong was shocked. Wasn't it five years ago when he began to have frequent nightmares, dreams of his dead wife seeking revenge on him and defending her son? Could it be that ghosts really existed in this world?

"Master, Master, can you hear me? Do we still need to test Gu Jiangkuo's DNA?"

"...test." This is a big deal, so it has to be tested.

Mr. Gu, who was far away in Southeast Asia, was in mixed feelings and went to the family cemetery for the first time.

Originally, his daughter Fang Wan was not buried here. It was because Gu Zhonghong had nightmares in recent years that he had no choice but to move her grave.

Mr. Gu, who was nearly seventy years old, stood in front of his wife's grave and sighed, "Sister Wan, I was so unfair to you back then. Are you finally forgiving me by sending your grandson back? Are you... going to let me go?"

"Don't worry, if he is really our grandson, I will not treat him unfairly. I will arrange a suitable position for him, or give him a sum of money to ensure that he can live a life of wealth and leisure."

"But the Gu family's business is too big. It should be handed over to the successor I have trained for many years, rather than a child who grew up in a small family in China and has never seen the world."

Gu Zhonghong spoke to a tombstone in a negotiating tone, feeling both conceited and fearful. The scene was somewhat comical.

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President Jiang has been busy working overtime recently, and he called Gu Jiangkuo back early on the pretext that there was something going on at the company.

The company actually did have something to do. The old city reconstruction site had reached the deadline, and Gu Jiangkuo needed to return to the company to report the actual completion volume of the project and check the progress payment.

Gu Jiangkuo usually coordinates the arrangement of materials at the construction site, manages Jiang's employees, construction team personnel, equipment management... and even logistics requires his attention. Most people would be very busy, but he can run both and complete his studies well - he got full marks for the group project and also helped Jiang Nuo.

Despite being busy on both sides, he still returns to the villa every Friday to spend the weekend with Young Master Jiang. Occasionally, he even blocks the drinking for Jiang Nuo during social gatherings. He is... so energetic that it's outrageous.

Today, Gu Jiangkuo still demonstrated super high efficiency, carrying four or five documents and files at a time, checking what needed to be checked and stamping what needed to be stamped. He ran around the headquarters building at full speed, showing no sign of fatigue, as if he had endless energy.

Mr. Jiang was making trouble in the office.

Since last week, he asked his secretary Xiao Wang to rearrange his schedule. In order to free up time on Thursday, which is tomorrow, Mr. Jiang worked overtime yesterday and the day before yesterday, held four or five meetings in a row, and even used his lunch break for socializing.

I'm so tired.

But it's worth it.

On the paper calendar on the desk, Thursday (November 15th) was circled. There was also a handwritten note: Gu's birthday.

Young Master Jiang prepared a birthday surprise for him.

After all, Gu Jiangkuo had lived with him under the same roof for so long, and their relationship was deep, so he should give him a generous gift. However, Mr. Jiang thought about it over and over again, but he still couldn't think of what to give.

——It seems that I give too many luxury gifts casually on a daily basis, and I don’t know what to give on the birthday to make it special.

Mr. Jiang pondered this and finally realized: His most valuable possession is himself! He's the CEO of a corporation with a multitude of affairs to attend to, making millions of dollars a minute. Time is precious! A business surprise is here!

So, he decided to spend a whole day with Gu Jiangkuo... and spend money!

Having experienced great ups and downs in his two lifetimes, Mr. Jiang has deeply realized a truth: It is better to give a huge sum of money than to ask about your well-being!

Wait until tomorrow and go shopping in the most high-end shopping mall. If the one in Yanlin is not high-end enough, just fly to other cities and buy whatever Gu Jiangkuo likes!

The president’s care is so generous!

"Mr. Jiang, can you come in?"

As the knock on the door sounded, Jiang Nuo stuffed the paper calendar back into the drawer like a thief and coughed lightly, "Come in!"

It’s Assistant Director Wu.

Wu Tong smiled and handed over a document. "Boss, this is the financial report submitted by Ms. Jiang. She wants to apply for additional R&D investment to develop new products. Please review it before submitting it to the shareholders' meeting for review."

Jiang Nuo took the report, and Assistant Wu said, "The live broadcast last time was really successful. The brand became famous immediately. Many well-known R&D teams and OEM factories have reached out to us and sought cooperation. This is all thanks to you!"

Thinking of the last live broadcast, Mr. Jiang got a headache. He didn't know who had so much free time to take a screenshot of him wearing a little yellow duck headband in the live broadcast room and make it into an emoticon package. Jiang Xiaomi sent him the whole set in a naughty way, and said that the whole class was using it and it was especially popular among students.

It's just... very socially dead.

He doesn't even want to recall the memories.

However, this financial report is really beautiful, and the cosmetics are really fierce. Looking at so many "0"s in the profit column, Young Master Jiang finally felt a little happier.

"Mr. Jiang," Secretary Xiao Wang poked his head in, "I'm here to remind you that we still have fifteen minutes until our scheduled departure time."

"Oh," Jiang Nuo glanced at his watch and asked, "Assistant Gu, have you finished everything?"

Xiao Wang: "Assistant Gu is in Building B. He said he would go directly to the parking lot to meet you."

Jiang Nuo nodded, said a few words to Wu Tong briefly, and then walked out of the president's office. The intern on duty at the door hurriedly followed him, used his employee card to open the elevator reserved for leaders for him, and accompanied President Jiang all the way to the parking lot.

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Sure enough, Gu Jiangkuo was already waiting by the car.

The two of them had already reached some kind of tacit understanding. When Gu Jiangkuo was around, there was no need for other drivers, and when Gu Jiangkuo was driving, Mr. Jiang would not sit in the back seat.

Young Master Jiang was mainly out of respect for Mr. Gu. If he sat in the back seat, wouldn't he be treating him as the driver? This was inappropriate.

Mr. Gu, who is tall and strong with a muscular body, is actually unexpectedly delicate in some aspects, especially those related to Jiang Nuo.

He believed the marketing article: the front passenger seat is a seat for lovers.

So I firmly believe that the meaning of this position is different.

Gu·1.9-meter-tall·macho·Jiang Kuo, a man who is good at picking candy from cracks, increasingly enjoys being Mr. Jiang's driver.

Jiang Nuo fastened his seatbelt and leaned back in the leather chair. He couldn't help but say, "There might be traffic at this hour. The drive will probably take more than an hour. Are you really going to drive yourself? Aren't you tired?"

"Not tired." Gu Jiangkuo started the car excitedly and asked, "Where are we going?"

President Jiang only just remembered that he had forgotten to tell him something as important as the destination, and quickly said, "Shengchen New Energy Office Building."

Gu Jiangkuo paused in shifting gears, his eagerness to try out the car seemingly dissipating a lot, but Jiang Nuo didn't notice at all. He said, "Then I'd like to talk to you about our plan to go to Shengchen this time. I'll need your cooperation when the time comes."

"Yes, Master, you say."

"I checked Shengchen New Energy's financial reports over the years. Do you know why they're losing money?"

"Why?"

"Shengchen is actually profitable, but they've reinvested most of their profits into research and development. They're working on two new, particularly expensive projects: one for sodium-ion batteries and hydrogen energy applications, and the other for lithium-ion battery chassis integration. These research directions are different, but both aim to reduce raw material production costs."

Gu Jiangkuo asked hesitantly, "Are the raw materials very expensive?"

"The most common raw material on the market right now is lithium carbonate, which is still relatively inexpensive," Jiang Nuo said. "So shareholders are complaining, feeling that Mr. Zhao is wasting everyone's money on useless things."

Therefore, Shengchen’s previous sluggish stock price was also related to the management chaos caused by the disagreements among shareholders.

However, these shareholders do not know that starting from the second half of this year, due to market influences, the prices of bulk raw materials will rise, naturally including lithium carbonate, and this increase will not be temporary and will last for at least ten years.

If Mr. Zhao's research and development can produce results, then the future of Shengchen will be immeasurable. It will not be like the previous life, when it was messed up by the big star Jin Lin and the capital behind him, Boyue Shares, which made Jin Lin and Yu Min make a lot of money, but when the capital withdrew, Shengchen was left with only a mess.

A private enterprise that was once engaged in industry had just declined. If Jiang Nuo remembered correctly, Shengchen in his previous life had gone bankrupt within a year after the stock market crash.

President Jiang decided to lend a helping hand and save Shengchen. He specially took half a day off today to come here just to give Shengchen this opportunity to see if he can catch it and whether it is worth his effort.

"I trust your judgment," Gu Jiangkuo said, "I will cooperate."

Jiang Nuo shrank back into the leather seat with satisfaction, changing to a more comfortable position. He really liked this about Gu Jiangkuo, who always trusted him and his abilities unconditionally.

Then Gu Jiangkuo asked in a muffled voice, "Is that the only reason?"

Mr. Jiang was confused: "Yes."

"..." Gu Jiangkuo was silent for a moment, and with a hint of barely perceptible sourness, he said in a rough voice, "I thought you came here to see what was going on because Ding Pingzhou also invested." I heard that his schedule was full for the past two days, so he spared half a day to inspect Shengchen.

Although Nuonuo has made it clear many times that she dislikes Ding Pingzhou, after all... they grew up together, and it's hard not to care about something like first love.

Jiang Nuo was even more surprised than him: "Ding Pingzhou bought shares?! Where did he get the money to buy shares?"

Gu Jiangkuo: “?”

Gu Jiangkuo said calmly, "Ding Pingzhou mortgaged all of his properties and sold his stock options. According to gossip, he also borrowed money from loan sharks. He was able to scrape together a large sum of money in a short period of time and hurriedly invested."

"?!" Young Master Jiang was shocked. "How do you know so much?" He even found out about something as private as loan sharking? He was so well-informed that he didn't even know about Ding Pingzhou's investment.

"The shareholding procedures have just been completed," Gu Jiangkuo said lightly, "I just happened to hear about it, so I checked it out." In fact, it was not the case. In fact, he had specially sent brothers to keep an eye on the situation.

Gu Jiangkuo was also responsible for the security of the construction site. In order to fight against Li Qing's gang of thugs, he had to build up some power of his own. Unbeknownst to Jiang Nuo, Gu Jiangkuo had gradually shown the shadow of the future ruthless President Gu.

But in front of Jiang Nuo, he is still the loyal and shy bodyguard Gu.

"So," Gu Jiangkuo's large hands quietly gripped the steering wheel, and he asked tentatively, "What would you do if he really borrowed from a loan shark?" Would you be worried? After all, this kind of thing wouldn't just mean going from rich to middle class; it would probably cause serious damage. He might actually become penniless, or even have even more dire consequences.

"Since he's knocking on the door, that's great," Young Master Jiang said nonchalantly, "It's just the right time to catch a rabbit while raking grass."

Gu Jiangkuo glanced at his expression out of the corner of his eye and found that he didn't seem to be lying. The stuffy and sour feeling in his heart suddenly disappeared, and his hands gripping the steering wheel relaxed.

After a moment, Jiang Nuo asked casually, "What song are you humming?" It sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember the name. It was such a cheerful tune. Why was this person so happy all of a sudden?

"Did I hum a song? No." Gu Jiangkuo denied it, cleared his throat, and continued to drive coolly and attentively.

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Gu Jiangkuo is a good driver and arrived forty minutes early. Even though he arrived so early, Mr. Zhao from Shengchen was able to immediately take time out to receive him.

"I heard you two were coming, so I canceled all my afternoon activities in advance," Mr. Zhao said enthusiastically. "Please come in."

"You're welcome." Mr. Jiang expressed his satisfaction. Judging from Mr. Zhao's attitude, he should attach great importance to his proposal and be sincere.

Jiang Nuo walked and talked: "What do you think of my plan, Mr. Zhao?"

"If you're not interested, I wouldn't bother you to come here in person. So, let's go in and talk in detail. I'll show you our R&D workshop later."

Gu Jiangkuo fell behind and took out his cell phone, only to find four or five unread messages, all from Jiang Xia.

Miss Jiang hadn't added him on WeChat in vain. She diligently provided him with love counseling services, sending him messages one after another: "Why don't you take the initiative to mention that tomorrow is your birthday?"

"There's no shame in proactively reminding people of this kind of thing!"

"Let him spend your birthday with you, take the opportunity to watch a movie, eat, go shopping, and then go to an amusement park and play in an exciting haunted house or something. Wouldn't love come?"

"Xiao Gu, believe me! As long as you do what I say, our relationship will definitely grow stronger! You don't have to be too anxious to repay me, just convince Xiao Nuonuo to do another live broadcast for me!"

"..." Gu Jiangkuo was actually a little tempted, but he still politely replied: "Sorry, I was driving just now. Mr. Jiang doesn't like live broadcasts, I'm afraid I can't help you with this."

But after putting down his phone, Gu Jiangkuo felt a surge of eager anticipation. Could he really ask him to celebrate his birthday? Would that... be overstepping his bounds?

Forget it, Gu Jiangkuo thought restrainedly again, even if he agreed, he wouldn't be able to make time. Tomorrow is a working day, and Nuonuo is always very busy.

The author has something to say:

There are no rankings this week, which means no new readers are coming in. It all depends on the babies here QAQ I pray that everyone will not gain weight before next Thursday, otherwise I will fall into the vicious cycle of "no rankings - no income - mentality collapses - no motivation to write".

But even without a ranking, there will still be more updates! Today's update code is still a lot of comments!

Since Sanxi works so hard, please don't let your children get fat.