Chapter 141: Hard to Say
Gu Ningwei nodded. "I know. Uncle has been doing this for so many years. Now that I've exposed it, he certainly won't let it go. I don't care about his attitude. I just want to know yours."
"Me?" Gu Zhicheng glanced at him. "What kind of attitude can I have?" He then looked at Gu Ningwei warily and cautiously. "What do you want to ask? Do you want to know if I get a share of the money?"
Gu Ningwei was silent. He really wanted to know this because it was very crucial.
Gu Zhicheng scoffed, then sighed after a long pause: "I do want to take the money out and put it in my own account. It's safer than keeping it in the company's account. It won't be lost to anyone else..." He paused and looked at Gu Ningwei: "But I don't have the courage. I'm the legal representative. Although I'm not well-educated and haven't read as much as you, I know that misappropriating the funds of a listed company will result in legal liability."
Gu Ningwei secretly breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and said softly: "I understand."
Gu Zhicheng closed his eyes and leaned his head against the back of the sofa. After a while, he said tiredly, "Go out. I need to think about it."
Gu Ningwei looked at his father silently, feeling sad.
He thought that in just a few decades, they had developed Chengguang into a large-scale real estate company. They were so ambitious and ambitious. But now, Gu Zhicheng was only in his sixties, but he was conservative, pessimistic and decadent. Where did his previous enterprising spirit go?
He stood up and walked out of Gu Zhicheng's office silently.
In the secretary's office outside the door, most employees had already left work and the lights were dim. Only the red lights from the fire sprinklers and surveillance cameras illuminated the room. The neon lights outside the glass windows were shining on the office building opposite.
A large electronic screen played advertisements for Chengguang Group's real estate projects. Gu Ningwei stopped and watched silently.
The water gurgles, the trees are lush, the flowers are in full bloom, and the grass is green. A luxury car drives into the gate of the community. The property manager, wearing a neat uniform, steps forward and opens the car door. The young couple gets out of the car and looks at the oncoming buildings with appreciation and joy.
Magnificent, luxurious, grand and noble.
As the camera follows, the sun is shining brightly, a young couple walks with their child in the community, a white-haired old man practices Tai Chi on the grass, the swimming pool is clear blue, and children are laughing and playing...
The voiceover and subtitles appear simultaneously: "Build dreams with sincerity and illuminate human habitation."
As Gu Ningwei watched, his eyes became slightly sore. This was once the ideal life that Chengguang had outlined for home buyers, and it was also the ideal of Gu Zhicheng and Gu Zhiguang.
What about now?
He choked in his throat, shook his head slightly, and walked away slowly.
Passing by Secretary Xie's office, Gu Ningwei saw that the light was still on, so he pushed the door open and walked in: "Uncle Xie, are you still here?"
Secretary Xie was working on the computer. When he heard the voice, he looked up and asked Gu Ningwei, "Is Director Gu still here?"
Gu Ningwei shook his head.
Secretary Xie put down the mouse, sighed, and turned around in the big chair.
Gu Ningwei walked over to sit across from him and asked, "What are you busy with?"
Secretary Xie was silent for a moment, then smiled wryly and said, "I'm thinking about how to send out the next announcement."
Gu Ningwei nodded: "It is very troublesome."
Secretary Xie was stunned for a moment, then muttered to himself, "It's a bit troublesome, but it's not necessarily a bad thing. At this point, it can't be concealed anymore. Without destruction, there is no construction. This might also be an opportunity."
He looked at Gu Ningwei again: "Have you almost finished the talks with the state-owned assets department?"
Gu Ningwei nodded and said softly, "It's almost done. We're going through the process."
Secretary Xie nodded thoughtfully. "I heard you used Zhening as collateral? Did you sign a bet agreement?"
Gu Ningwei lowered his eyes and nodded softly.
Secretary Xie hummed and asked again, "What did Director Gu say?"
Gu Ningwei said, "I haven't told him yet. He's always looked down on Zhening, so there's no point in telling him. I'll talk about the state-owned assets at the meeting tomorrow. As long as he doesn't object, it'll be fine."
Secretary Xie said, "He won't object. At this point, what else can he object to? Gu Zhiguang might object, considering he signed an agreement with Shunxin Company."
Gu Ningwei lowered his eyes, hiding the coldness in his eyes.
Secretary Xie sneered, "What a rotten company that is! It's just a money laundering company. Sigh... Why don't they take the right path? I don't know what they're thinking..."
Gu Ningwei said, "It's not that he didn't know there was such an avenue for negotiation, but he refused to do it. Instead, he made a mess of things, with the He family and Shunxin. He probably felt that once state-owned capital was introduced, supervision would be strict, and he wouldn't be able to profit from it like before. Although Chengguang is currently short of funds, it's not completely useless. Whether it's the He family or Shunxin, they are all trying to get a few more pieces of meat from Chengguang. They are taking advantage of your weakness and want to kill you. How could Gu Zhiguang not know this? He is just thinking about his own benefit."
Secretary Xie sighed: "Ah, people's hearts are hard to predict. This is clearly the company he and Director Gu founded, but it turned out to be like this..."
Gu Ningwei smiled slightly. "Now that the company is listed, it's no longer theirs. Chengguang is just Gu Zhiguang's ATM. You've been in a meeting all day, and you still haven't figured it out?"
Secretary Xie shook his head. "It's shocking! I originally thought he was just trying to make a little money, or to do something for the better. You know, in the real estate industry, there are always some accounts that can't be recorded on the books..."
Gu Ningwei said, "So Gu Zhiguang took advantage of this loophole and used it to his advantage."
He stood up from his chair and sighed softly, "It's time to end it."
When Gu Ningwei returned home, it was almost twelve o'clock, but Han had already fallen asleep. He left a small lamp on in the room, which emitted a warm glow.
Gu Ningwei tiptoed to the bathroom to change clothes and take a shower, then got on the bed and leaned over to kiss Han Que on the face.
Han opened his eyes drowsily and asked sleepily, "You just got back. What time is it?"
Gu Ningwei hugged her waist and placed his hand on her lower abdomen: "It's past twelve o'clock, you should go to bed."
Han hummed.
Gu Ningwei buried his head behind Han Que's neck. He had just taken a shower and his body was still wet, with a slight chill. He hugged her silently, his arms getting tighter and tighter.
However, Han knew that he was in a bad mood because he was having a board meeting today, so she didn't say anything and let him hug her. After a while, she turned around and hugged him in her arms.
Gu Ningwei sighed, raised his head from her neck, and said in a hoarse voice, "Sorry for disturbing your sleep."
Han shook his head: "I went to bed early today, fell asleep before nine o'clock, and woke up now."
Gu Ningwei touched her cheek without saying anything.
Han was silent for a moment, then asked softly, "Did everything go well today?"
Gu Ningwei nodded: "Yes, it went smoothly, very smoothly."
Han lay beside him, looking at him with sparkling eyes, "That's good." Then he asked him, "Are you tired? Go to sleep."
Gu Ningwei said "hmm", moved his body, held Han Que's fingers in his hand, looked up at the ceiling, his bright dark eyes fixed on a certain place in the corner, with no sign of sleepiness at all.
He did feel very tired, but his brain was working intensely and couldn't stop at all, with all kinds of thoughts coming to his mind.
Han, however, watched his expression change in an instant from the side, and knew his mood at the moment, so he remained silent and did not disturb him. He just leaned his head on his shoulder, held his hand with his backhand, and squeezed it tightly.
Gu Ningwei sighed, turned sideways, touched her hair, and said lazily, "Stay with me for a while."
Han hummed, silently burying his body in his arms, his arms gently wrapped around him.
In the darkness, only Gu Ningwei could be heard mumbling, "Today's meeting went very smoothly, and it's progressing according to the plan I had in mind. The next meeting tomorrow will basically yield the results I want. Everyone's reactions were within my expectations, including my dad's, which I had already thought of..."
Han nodded and listened quietly.
Gu Ningwei paused, the helpless and dejected emotions deep in his heart stirring. After a long while, he softly continued, "I don't know why, but I'm a little uneasy, and I don't feel the joy of a winner. When I looked at my uncle today, I felt really bad. I thought about when I was a kid, he took me out to play, bought me toys and books, and took me to the cinema. He even taught me how to ride a bike..."
He paused, remaining silent, lost in childhood memories. After a long moment, he turned to Han Que and asked, "Am I being hypocritical? Am I being sympathetic? So hypocritical?"
Han shook his head, thought for a moment, and then said slowly, "You're not being hypocritical. You're just sad. Sad that things have come to this between you. He's your father's brother, your uncle. You can't be indifferent to him, whether it's blood or family. You miss the past, the carefree life of your childhood, and that life is closely related to him..."
Gu Ningwei hummed softly.
"But at this point, it's beyond your control, and you have no choice."
"Go to sleep. You have a meeting tomorrow. Get a good sleep." After Han said that, he hugged him and patted his back gently with his palms, like a mother coaxing her child.
Gu Ningwei murmured something, leaning tiredly in Han Que's arms, his eyelids gradually became heavy and closed.
The wind blew at night, making the window frames creak. Early in the morning, Han woke up. He opened his eyes and saw Gu Ningwei still sleeping beside him, snoring lightly with a calm and peaceful expression.
Han looked at him for a while with a distressed look on his face, but didn't dare to move, wanting him to sleep a little longer.
But the cell phone on the bedside table made a beeping sound, waking him up.
Gu Ningwei frowned slightly, squinted his eyes a little, adjusted to the light in the room, and then his eyes became clear again.
He reached out and picked up the phone, tapped the screen and looked at it for a few seconds, then his face changed and he got up from the bed.
"What's wrong?" Han Que saw that his expression was not right, so he struggled to get out of bed and looked for his slippers. "What happened?"
"Jiang Jin..." Gu Ningwei looked back at her while putting on his clothes and said slowly, "Something happened to Jiang Jin."
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