Chapter 74: Should Jinjiang Dufa tell the truth...

Xu Chen said he would come to see Jiang Chen after he had sorted out his affairs, but he was nowhere to be seen the whole day. Jiang Chen did not take it too seriously and went home as usual.

He sent a message to Lu Chiyuan: [I'm coming to pick you up.]

Lu Chiyuan: [I have to work overtime today, you go back first.]

Jiang Chen was a little surprised. Huanyu does not encourage overtime. It requires more efficient work efficiency rather than meaningless overtime.

Lu Chiyuan has a careful control over his time. He will not put off until after get off work anything that can be done during work, unless there are occasional special circumstances that force him to work overtime.

Jiang Chen: [It’s boring for me to go back alone, I want to come and see you.]

Lu Chiyuan did not refuse, he replied with a "OK".

Jiang Chen drove to Huanyu. Not everyone in Huanyu was working overtime. Many people were still going home from get off work as usual. Many floors were empty and the elevators were not crowded.

Jiang Chen did not go directly to Lu Chiyuan, but went to Lu Mingxuan's office first. There were only three or two people left in the president's special assistant office, and they were dividing the work and handling the matters at hand in an orderly manner.

Lu Mingxuan was on the phone. Maybe the conversation was not going well, he was very emotional and almost got into an argument with the person on the other end.

Jiang Chen realized that he had come at the wrong time, so he stood at the door for a while, then turned around and went upstairs to look for Lu Chiyuan.

Lu Chiyuan was also on the phone, but when he saw Jiang Chen come in, he said a few words to the person on the other end and hung up.

Jiang Chen said, "Is there any trouble? I just came up from downstairs, and Assistant Lu is not in a good mood."

Lu Chiyuan asked him to sit down, took him a bottle of water from the freezer, and said, "Something went wrong with the cooperation between the branch and Hengxing. Hengxing wants to withdraw its investment."

"When did it happen?" Jiang Chen was surprised. He knew nothing about it.

He and Lu Chiyuan are now engaged, and the executives of both parties are not affected by the plot and are well aware of this.

Under this premise, even if there are real problems in the cooperation between the two parties, they can sit down and discuss them, rather than resorting to the step of withdrawing investment.

[Qiuqiu, what's going on? ]

Jiang Chen's intuition told him that things were not that simple.

Lu Chiyuan said: "It's just a matter of one or two days. Hengxing has suffered a lot of losses this time. They have unanimously decided to suspend cooperation with the branch. As for the follow-up matters, they are still discussing it internally and have not reached a conclusion."

Hengxing is relatively rational. It lets the branches themselves handle their own problems without involving other stakeholders.

Lu Mingxuan negotiated a solution with Hengxing over the phone, and they will also internally decide on penalties for senior executives.

As for the fact that the branch executives came to ask Jiang Chen to say something good about him, Lu Mingxuan suppressed it and did not mention it.

After Lu Chiyuan finished his explanation, the information on Snowball was synchronized in time.

[Chenchen, Gu Tingsen was behind this incident, and he used public opinion to guide netizens who did not know the truth to attack your products. The senior executives of the branch company notified internal stores to remove those products before your company issued a statement to clarify the matter, and some people took advantage of this to aggravate the spread of rumors.]

Food safety issues cannot be ignored and can easily resonate with ordinary people. At this point, business rivals have plenty of ways to trip them up.

If it was just a simple rumor, there wouldn't be much of a problem if Hengxing responded promptly, but unfortunately he met a brainless contact person.

To outsiders, it seemed as if the company knew something shady and stopped the losses in time.

It's just a waste of dirty water on the star.

Jiang Chen laughed angrily.

It is better for a fool to come up with an idea than for the enemy to rack his brains.

[How could a manager make such a mistake? 】

[He was drinking with friends, and when he got drunk, he started to use his power to bully others. When his friends provoked him, he did it in a fit of anger. But he is not wronged. This is not the first or second time he has made decisions at the table. He had problems before, and was punished and transferred from the headquarters. I didn't expect him to change his bad habits. This time he messed up your family. His career is probably over.]

Snowball didn't know how the universe would punish him. From his perspective as a cat, keeping this black sheep would only cause endless trouble.

Lu Chiyuan is so smart, he will definitely not just leave it alone.

【It's a bargain for him. 】

Jiang Chen snorted in his heart. He had no sympathy for such people. Kicking their family was like kicking a brick wall. They should just consider themselves unlucky, but what about those small businesses that were harmed by him before?

Small businesses do not have as much capital as Star, and the boasting of executives at the dinner table may be a disaster for them.

Jiang Chen was quite familiar with the internal situation of his family. He took a sip of ice water and was about to persuade Lu Chiyuan to relax and say there wouldn't be any big problems, but then he remembered that he hadn't told Lu Chiyuan about his relationship with Hengxing.

Lu Chiyuan is in a state of amnesia as he is torn apart by the world. In this case, how should we explain the marriage to him?

Jiang Chen couldn't help but feel a headache, and said thoughtfully: "Hengxing and Huanyu have always had a stable cooperation, and they will not break off relations because of this kind of thing. But we still have to have the attitude of giving, we can't just pick it up high and put it down lightly."

Lu Chiyuan said: "Of course, we held a meeting to discuss the punishment of the senior executives and unanimously decided to terminate their employment."

Lu Chiyuan glanced at his watch and continued, "By now, the PR department's statement should have been sent out. His problems include but are not limited to this decision. It's not that the company didn't give him a chance. He has to blame himself."

The company's top management had already vouched for this person once in front of Lu Chiyuan. Even if the guarantor's words were exaggerated at the time, they could not stop the top management from swallowing the wine and losing their temper.

The guarantor did not attend this decision-making meeting due to illness. He probably felt embarrassed and simply avoided the meeting.

This ending was very satisfying. Jiang Chen smiled and praised: "Our President Lu is decisive in doing things."

Lu Chiyuan was sitting on the sofa opposite him. When he heard his insincere praise, he still raised a smile even though he knew he was joking.

Jiang Chen moved closer to him and asked, "Are you working overtime today just for this matter?"

"Yes and no."

Since it concerns the star, even if Lu Chiyuan has not recovered his memory yet, he will not sit idly by as long as he thinks it is related to Jiang Chen.

This is part of the reason for working overtime today, and the other part is that when Gu Tingsen was designing him, the land that was put up for bidding was about to start, and they attached great importance to it internally and could not take it lightly.

Originally, these were two unrelated things. Before this, Lu Chiyuan had not connected them together, but the information provided by Snowball just now reminded him and made him have a different view.

How could it be such a coincidence? How come Gu Tingsen was involved in both incidents? Was he really just doing it on impulse?

When Gu Tingsen was plotting against him and wanted to use Shen Zhiyi to destroy his reputation and alienate his relationship with Jiang Chen, Hengxing happened to be caught up in public opinion, which was a knife handed down from within their own ranks.

If these two things happened as Gu Tingsen wished, even if Lu Chiyuan could explain himself, he would inevitably get into trouble and be criticized.

Gu Tingsen linked one thing to another, and although he failed to drug the person, he succeeded in the Hengxing incident.

It won't be long before he begins to take advantage of this and get closer to the stars again.

After reviewing the whole thing, Lu Chiyuan was horrified by his calculations. Would such a sinister and ruthless person really engage in fair business competition?

If he wanted to do something shady, who would he start with?

Is it Jiang Chen in front of him? Or Lu Mingxuan?

Lu Chiyuan had no conclusion for the time being. He realized that he needed a helper, a helper who was not bound by any constraints and was outside of this story.

He needs to have common interests with Lu Chiyuan and be willing to help.

At the Chen family, Chen Xingxu, who was playing a game with someone, was pulled over by the ringing of a phone. He frowned and looked at the person impatiently, but his anger instantly turned into joy. He took off his headphones, picked up the phone and said, "Boss Lu, how come you, a busy man, have time to call me?"

Lu Chiyuan coughed lightly and said, "I have something I would like to ask you for help."

When Chen Xingxu heard that there was work to do, he immediately stretched his limbs and leaned back in his chair. He was feeling bored staying at home and wanted to find something to do.

"Whatever you want, Mr. Lu, I will definitely help you do it."

"It's just a small thing. It's definitely not difficult for you."

Lu Chiyuan ignored Chen Xingxu's impropriety and went straight to the point, stating his purpose directly.

Chen Xingxu was a little surprised. He couldn't help but feel curious, but he didn't ask any more questions and agreed without hesitation.

"I'll take care of it."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Chiyuan looked at his watch. The setting sun outside the window was as blazing as fire, dyeing half the sky red.

In order not to disturb him at work, Jiang Chen had moved to the reception room to play games. Through the glass, Lu Chiyuan could see him lying on the sofa with his legs crossed, swinging his legs, looking extremely comfortable.

Lu Chiyuan sent him a message, and as expected, he saw him looking up. Then, after a while, he finished the game and appeared at the office door.

Jiang Chen leaned against the door and asked, "Are you done? Are you going home now?"

Lu Chiyuan laughed at him for being sneaky, tidied up his desk, picked up his suit jacket, and walked towards him.

Most of the people in the company had left, and the whole building was very quiet. The underground parking lot seemed empty due to the lack of cars.

Jiang Chen was driving again today. He was used to steering himself. Even if there was a driver at home, he would drive most of the time.

As the car drove out of the underground parking lot, Jiang Chen and Lu Chiyuan discussed what to eat in the evening. He thought the western restaurant in the community was good, and if Lu Chiyuan had no other plans, they would go to the western restaurant today.

Lu Chiyuan agreed to his request, and Jiang Chen happily turned on the car audio. Just then a call came in. His phone was connected to the car via Bluetooth, so he answered it without even looking at it.

Xia He's gentle voice came from the speaker: "Chenchen, are you and Chi Yuan free this week? Your father and I are back, and we want you to come back for a quick meal on the weekend."

These two short sentences caused the car to fall into silence. Jiang Chen quickly glanced at Lu Chiyuan, but could not see anything unusual on his calm expression.

Hanging up the phone at this time would only make it more obvious. Jiang Chen laughed awkwardly and said, "I'll discuss it with him."

Xia He said: "Okay, Mom hasn't seen him for a long time, I hope he can come."

Xia He's seemingly gentle words concealed a firmness that could not be refused. She was a very sensitive person. She had already seen through Jiang Chen's intentions the last time he went back for dinner, and she more or less had some thoughts in her mind.

In addition, the cooperation between the two companies had just encountered problems. Besides the real missing, there was also an element of testing in this meeting.

The mother would not let her imagination run wild and unfounded. What she was really worried about was that the two children would have relationship conflicts during their absence.

Seeing that he couldn't refuse, Jiang Chen temporarily calmed Xia He and made an excuse: "Mom, I'm driving back now. I'll call you back when I get home."

Hearing that he was driving, Xia He didn't say much. She just reminded him to be careful and hung up the phone.

There was a brief silence in the car. Jiang Chen had never been so conflicted before. At the moment, the information was not equal. Lu Chiyuan, his fiancé, had become his newly confirmed boyfriend. If he took him back like this, there would definitely be problems.

How would he explain it to his parents when they asked him about it? He had experienced amnesia and was able to get away with it, so he couldn't make up a story for Lu Chiyuan, right?

Even if I make up a story about my parents, what about Lu Chiyuan?

Jiang Chen was in a dilemma. He thought: [Should I tell Lu Chiyuan the truth? ]

Snowball stopped him at the right time and said, "Dear, you don't want Lu Chiyuan to be wiped out by the world consciousness right now, do you?"

The essence of the fan fiction world is to plunder Lu Chiyuan's luck and give it to Gu Tingsen, changing his fate as a cannon fodder and making him a scapegoat.

During this long process, Lu Chiyuan will not discover the true nature of the world. If he awakens his self-awareness, the falsity of the world cannot be concealed, which will be a devastating blow to the fan world.

In order to survive and to completely break away from the main world, the fan world will do whatever it takes to wipe out Lu Chiyuan and take away everything from him.

Although it will pay a certain price for this, compared to extinction, this price is still bearable if it grits its teeth.

[Chenchen, you tell him, it’s better for him to remember it himself. The more he remembers, the more luck will return to him.]

Jiang Chen sighed. It seemed that he still had to rely on his eloquent tongue. Wasn't it just a matter of telling lies to both sides? As long as he told enough lies, the truth would not catch up with him.

Jiang Chen had a good idea in mind, and said, "Brother, do you have time this weekend? Let's go home and have dinner together. My parents want to see you."

Lu Chiyuan looked normal, as if he didn't hear anything strange in Xia He's words. He said naturally, "I'm free this week. I don't know what uncle and aunt like. I'll have someone prepare it."

Jiang Chen was stumped by the question. Lu Chiyuan said that they had to prepare something, and it must be a meeting gift, but in reality the two of them were just going home to have a free meal.

What gift should I bring for a meal? If I act so politely, my mother will question me.

Jiang Chen couldn't help feeling guilty whenever he thought of that scene, as if there were countless lies he needed to make up.

He calmed himself down and said, "How about buying some fruit? Don't prepare too expensive gifts. I'm under pressure!"

Lu Chiyuan understood. He roughly guessed from Jiang Chen's expression how he usually got along with Jiang Chen's parents.

It seems that his future son should be treated the same as Jiang Chen, and being too polite would seem distant.

He thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I understand."

Lu Chiyuan had seen photos of Xia He. She was dignified and had a gentle personality.

Perhaps a bouquet of flowers would be more appropriate.