Chapter 85 Father and Son
"What do you mean someone died? What nonsense are you talking about?" Gu Zhicheng frowned, very unhappy. "You can't say such things casually. If it gets out, people will think that we Chengguang have done something evil."
"He has indeed done something that is against the law of nature." Gu Ningwei looked at him calmly.
"You..." Gu Zhicheng pointed at him, speechless, as if he was too angry to speak. After a while, he pointed at him and said, "Gu Ningwei, is your last name Gu? Are you my son?"
Gu Ningwei met his gaze and said calmly, "It is precisely because I am your son that I tell you the truth."
"Tell the truth?" Gu Zhicheng snorted disdainfully. "Do you think everyone in our Chengguang Group is like you, slacking off every day and not doing their job? Do you think everyone tells lies? Am I a foolish monarch who only loves to hear flattery?"
"I wouldn't say I'm stupid, but I can't stand other people's opinions." Gu Ningwei crossed his arms and said calmly.
"You..." Gu Zhicheng was furious and waved his hands impatiently at Gu Ningwei, "Go away and do your own thing. Ancestor, I call you Ancestor, but don't make trouble for me. Can't you see I'm busy?"
The heavy curtains were half-drawn, blocking out the scorching sun outside. Gu Zhicheng stood in the shadow with a gloomy look in his eyes.
Gu Ningwei sighed silently.
He had only expressed a slight disagreement, but Gu Zhicheng was already impatient and could not listen to what he had to say at all. If she told him that Gu Zhiguang was trying to take Chengguang's money for himself and was trying to abscond with the money, the old man would think that she was trying to sow discord between them.
It is said that "brothers fight tigers together, and fathers and sons fight in battle." Their father-son relationship is much more indifferent than Gu Zhicheng's brotherly love.
"I heard that in H County, they seemed to have used some connections they shouldn't have when handling a mass incident. Someone climbed up a building that was already unfinished and jumped to their death."
Gu Ningwei stretched his legs and brought up the matter as if he was chatting.
"Jumped off a building to commit suicide?" Gu Zhicheng frowned and finally turned around. "Why haven't I heard about this? No one reported it to me?"
"Really? You haven't heard of it, old man?" Gu Ningwei's eyes were a little mocking. "Aren't they all supposed to be very observant?"
Gu Zhicheng remained silent.
He paced back and forth with his head down. The Persian carpet he had bought from Iran was printed with round patterns, and the sunlight cast crisscrossing shadows on it.
Gu Ningwei looked at him coldly.
Rather than someone jumping off a building to commit suicide, Gu Zhicheng was more concerned about the fact that this matter was not reported to him.
This feeling of being out of control made him very unhappy.
He paced back and forth for a few steps, finally picked up the extension phone on the table and asked Secretary Xie to come over.
Gu Zhicheng looked at Secretary Xie with a serious expression. He said in a deep voice, "Awei said that during the project delivery in H County, some people caused trouble and some even committed suicide by jumping off a building. Do you know anything about this?"
Secretary Xie is Gu Zhicheng's office director and also serves as the secretary of the board of directors. All information that listed companies need to disclose must go through his hands.
"Is this true?" Secretary Xie looked at Gu Ningwei in surprise, frowning. "I haven't heard of this either. The group held a regular office meeting this morning, and the chairman repeatedly emphasized the importance of protecting the group's reputation. When faced with extreme situations, we must be patient, cooperate with government departments, work patiently, and prioritize harmony. How could something like this happen?"
Gu Ningwei listened to Secretary Xie's flattering official tone and glanced at the old man.
Gu Zhicheng avoided his slightly mocking gaze and asked Secretary Xie directly, "Have they discussed this? Oh, and ask Mr. Wu to come over. I want to ask him in person."
The group held a regular office meeting in the morning, and Wu Wenhui, the regional director in charge of the H County project, should also be here.
"Okay." Secretary Xie immediately called Wu Wenhui and asked him to come over.
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"What? You've already gone back?" Secretary Xie was surprised. He glanced at Gu Zhicheng and saw that he was frowning. He said, "Oh, Mr. Wu, why did you go back? I haven't finished reporting on my work yet... Oh, there are so many things to do, but the chairman wants to see you..."
"Ask him what's going on?" Gu Zhicheng became angrier and angrier as he listened, and interrupted Secretary Xie. He turned around and sat back on the sofa next to Gu Ningwei, motioning Secretary Xie to turn on the speakerphone.
"I'd like to hear what they have to say," he snorted.
Secretary Xie had no choice but to click the hands-free button. "Mr. Wu, the chairman has something to ask you. I heard that there was a problem with the delivery of the Chengguang Jiayuan property in H County? What exactly happened?"
Wu Wenhui said on the phone, "It's not a big deal. There was a slight delay in the delivery of Chengguang Jiayuan. We've arranged for the construction company to work overtime, but the owner, perhaps believing online rumors that our project was unfinished, came to the construction site to cause trouble. We contacted the relevant departments to coordinate and handle the matter, and now the problem has been resolved."
"Oh, it's done." Secretary Xie touched the sweat on his forehead, secretly glanced at Gu Zhicheng's face, and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Yeah, it wasn't a big deal. I thought it had been dealt with, so I didn't tell the group about it. I was afraid that Chairman Gu would worry about it." Wu Wenhui said in a relaxed tone.
Gu Zhicheng breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at Gu Ningwei beside him.
"But I heard someone died. Is that true?" Gu Ningwei, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly spoke up. "The deceased jumped from our tallest building. Is that true?"
Wu Wenhui was silent for a while, then he said, "Someone jumped down from the building."
"Oh." Gu Ningwei smiled, "Then what's going on?"
Gu Zhicheng's brows furrowed again.
Wu Wenhui had clearly thought of a response plan. He said calmly, "This incident is indeed a case of us not doing our job properly. We didn't manage the construction company strictly enough, and we actually allowed outsiders to enter the construction site. I should reflect on this."
"Is it that simple?" Gu Ningwei continued to ask with a smile.
Wu Wenhui went on to say, "The woman who jumped from the building had always suffered from depression. She had an attack in the middle of the night and jumped from the building. The police have already investigated and issued a conclusion. I will send the police's conclusion to Secretary Xie later."
"Oh." Secretary Xie wiped the sweat off his face and breathed a sigh of relief.
Gu Zhicheng glanced at Gu Ningwei and snorted, "You're dragging your family's project into the matter of jumping off a building due to depression. You're really being disloyal."
His son just doesn't agree with him, it must be Su Xiu's fault.
Gu Zhicheng thought bitterly in his heart, and then knocked: "Ah Wei, don't forget that you are also one of the shareholders of the group. If Chengguang goes bankrupt, you will not be much better off."
Gu Ningwei ignored his father's sarcasm and continued to question Wu Wenhui, "Mr. Wu, I heard that the person who jumped from the building was one of our homeowners. She bought the house you've been holding up. Can you say it has nothing to do with the company?"
"What, owner?" Gu Zhicheng and Secretary Xie asked in unison, looking at each other.
"Ah, is it the owner?" Wu Wenhui pretended to be confused when he realized he couldn't hide it anymore. "I don't know about that. I'll go back and verify it and then report to Director Gu and Junior General Manager Gu."
"Okay, Mr. Wu, you'd better investigate this thoroughly and don't be fooled by the people below." Gu Ningwei said lightly.
Wu Wenhui agreed repeatedly, but he was confused. They kept this matter a secret and even suppressed it in the media. How could it have reached Mr. Gu's ears?
"Wenhui, I know you're under a lot of pressure, but you have to be strict with your subordinates."
Seeing that Wu Wenhui was in a bad mood after being questioned by Gu Ningwei for a long time, Gu Zhicheng spoke to comfort him while tapping him, "Report any work issues in a timely manner. Tell us if you have any difficulties. Otherwise, I don't understand the situation over there and I can't support you."
"Yes, yes, Chairman, you are right in your criticism. It was my negligence." Wu Wenhui quickly reviewed himself.
After thinking for a moment, he defended himself: "I have reported this matter to Mr. Gu before. He meant that it was fine as long as it was resolved. There was no need to submit a formal report."
"Zhiguang?" Gu Zhicheng frowned. How come Gu Zhiguang knew it but he didn't?
"Yes," Wu Wenhui said smoothly, "Mr. Gu means that once the matter is officially reported to the group, the group will have to disclose it, so we just need to solve the problem."
"Well, Zhiguang has some truth to it." Gu Zhicheng suppressed his displeasure and agreed.
Secretary Xie hung up the phone and walked out of the office. The father and son looked at each other in silence.
Gu Ningwei knew that his father was already re-evaluating his control over the group.
This is just the beginning, he thought to himself, a slight smile playing on his lips.
Gu Ningwei came out of the chairman's office and went directly to Secretary Xie's office. He sat on the swivel chair in front of him and turned it leisurely.
Secretary Xie was a few years older than him and had always been cautious. At this moment, he was holding up his head, having a headache about what had just happened.
He looked at Gu Ningwei and said worriedly, "Ah Wei. What if this is true? Once it gets out, I have to figure out how to write a response and report it to the regulatory authorities. Oh, it's really worrying!"
Gu Ningwei chuckled, "Secretary Xie, I can guarantee you 100% that this is 100% true. Just wait and see."
"Really?" Secretary Xie's face grew even more gloomy. He knocked on the table and gritted his teeth, "What a bunch of troublemakers! You said you could just hand over the property properly, but why did you create so much trouble? Damn it, I have to clean up their mess again."
Gu Ningwei smiled faintly and said, "If they don't want to, then there's nothing they can do. The project payment can't be made, and the construction company is slacking off. It's impossible to deliver on time!"
"No money? They still don't have money for their project?" Secretary Xie stared at him and leaned forward. "If their branch is short of funds, then there's no branch in the entire group that's richer than them!"
He looked at Gu Ningwei and shook his head, saying, "To ensure their project is delivered on schedule this year, your father repeatedly ordered the Finance Department to allocate funds to their project. As you know, Chengguang Jiayuan is a housing project for first-time buyers. When it was originally planned, it was designed with small units, low total prices, and fast capital returns. Everyone was counting on their funds to save the day, but we didn't expect it to turn out like this..."
He shook his head and sighed.
Secretary Xie has been in the company since Chengguang Group started. He has followed Gu Zhicheng for many years and is one of the few people Gu Zhicheng trusts.
Gu Ningwei also sighed, stretched, and said with a smile, "No one is in charge. No one wants to offend Wu Wenhui. But, what about the group's internal audit department? Why didn't they audit it?"
"Internal Audit Department?" Secretary Xie glanced at him and smiled, "That was all arranged by President Gu himself. Who among us dares to say anything?"
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