The one asking the questions was Qi Xiao, the second young master of the Qi family.
Zhu Qianying shrugged, feigning ignorance. "How would I know? I'm just an unemployed bum. How could such a big thing about the Zhu family reach my ears?"
The four young men present have often felt sorry for Zhu Qianying and stood up for her over the years.
Compared to the good-for-nothing sons of the Zhu family, the younger generation of the Zhu family preferred Zhu Qianying and her little sister.
Therefore, even if Zhu Qianying held a very small position in the Zhu family, they would not stand idly by regarding the loan to Mingxuan Group.
"Your dad came to see my dad a few days ago..." Qi Xiao told him everything he knew.
After he finished speaking, Lü Hui and Ling Chen chimed in, saying that Zhu Zhizhou had also come looking for their father.
Zhu Qianying and Xing Bailun exchanged a glance and smiled knowingly.
In fact, Zhu Zhizhou should have visited the heads of the other nine families of the top ten richest people. The order in which he visited them should have been based on the ranking of the rich list.
Therefore, Zhu Qianying initially heard about Mingxuan Group's repeated loan setbacks from Xing Bailun.
"Everyone knows your older brother is a mama's boy, he'll never wean himself, and to put it bluntly, he's a good-for-nothing. When he was acquiring those big hotels, the risks were assessed to be incredibly high, but I don't know where your father got the confidence to personally persuade the board of directors to approve the acquisition proposal."
Qi Xiao spoke with disdain. Anyway, everyone present knew that Zhu Qianying, like them, always cheered when she enjoyed watching the lively scene at the Zhu family's house!
Zhu Qianying just smiled and didn't say anything.
"Shadow, do you think your dad dares to go to Young Master Yan?"
Of the four people present, only Xing Bailun knew that Zhu Qianying had passed the selection; the other three, without exception, all thought that Zhu Qianying had failed.
"How should I know? But I reckon it's time to go!"
And Zhu Qianying's casual guess turned out to be correct.
While Zhu Qianying and her friends were having fun at a KTV, Zhu Zhizhou and Yan Shao were sitting around the same tea table in the same teahouse, enjoying their tea.
It took Zhu Zhizhou quite a bit of effort to meet Yan Shao.
Last night, Zhu Zhizhou not only failed to hear the good news he hoped for from Zhu Qianying, but was instead severely reprimanded by her. Having barely slept all night, Zhu Zhizhou got up early this morning, ate breakfast, and then had his driver take him to Yanhuang Group.
He thought that if he was not received when he visited the Yan family, he would at least be refused entry when he went to their office.
After all, Yan Shao is a 28-year-old adult man, and he wouldn't be so incapable of blurring the lines between public and private matters.
But he clearly underestimated Young Master Yan's willfulness and recklessness.
Or perhaps he underestimated the extent of Yan Shao's resentment.
Zhu Zhizhou went to the front desk and personally handed over his business card, asking the receptionist to inform Young Master Yan.
The receptionist was used to seeing important people, and she knew about Zhu Zhizhou, but that was all; she didn't show any flattery towards him.
However, they were very responsible; after receiving the business card, they immediately dialed the number of Yan Shao's secretary.
The secretary quickly replied. After hearing the secretary's words, the receptionist hung up the phone and said to Zhu Zhizhou, who looked confident, "Mr. Zhu, I'm sorry, Young Master Yan's schedule is completely full for today. Please reschedule for another day."
In all these years, I've never been so bluntly refused an appointment by the receptionist at Zhuzhizhou. I'm a little embarrassed.
Too lazy to argue with the receptionist, he simply took out his phone and dialed Yan Shao's number.
I thought that if I just dialed him directly, he would surely answer!
Unexpectedly, the phone rang for a long time without being answered.
Suppressing his anger, Takeshi's expression changed slightly. He took a few deep breaths to calm himself down. He turned to leave, but then felt reluctant to leave. Finally, he took out his phone and dialed again.
This time, the call was answered quickly, but before Zhu Zhizhou could even feel happy, Qin Xiu's measured, elite tone came through the receiver.
"Hello Mr. Zhu, this is Qin Xiu. Young Master Yan is currently in a very important meeting and cannot answer your call at the moment."
Such a statement is only good enough to fool a three-year-old. How could you possibly use it to fool Takeshima?
Isn't that a bit too naive?
Indeed, that's too naive.
However, it was Zhu Zhizhou who was naive, not Yan Shao.
The fact that Yan Shao could use such a clumsy excuse to refuse his call was clearly telling him, "Get lost! I don't want to see you, and I don't even want to hear your voice!"
But Zhu Zhizhou thought that Yan Shao had gone to great lengths to deceive him. He didn't even consider that someone like Yan Shao wouldn't need to spend time making up excuses to lie to people.
Anyone who knows Yan Shao knows that he is an honest person who will see you if he wants to, and will tell you to get lost if he doesn't!
Many people lie because they cannot afford the price of honesty.
For someone like Yan Shao, he can basically afford the consequences of whatever he says, so he doesn't need to waste his energy or brainpower fabricating lies.
Completely confused, Zhu Zhizhou, unable to find Yan Shao, began to pester Qin Xiu relentlessly.
"Mr. Qin, could you please pass the phone to Young Master Yan? I'd like to talk to him about my daughter, Ying'er!"
The implication was that he was using his potential status as Yan Shao's future father-in-law to pressure Qin Xiu.
Unfortunately, he was Zhu Zhizhou. If he were Zhu Qianying, he might have been able to exert some authority over Qin Xiu.
"Mr. Zhu, I'm sorry, it's my duty, and I can't pass on your message. If there's nothing else, I'll hang up now. I have other things to do. Sorry!"
After Qin Xiu finished speaking, he hung up the phone without waiting for Zhu Zhizhou to say anything.
Zhu Zhizhou was both angry and anxious. He paced around the lobby in frustration for a couple of minutes before finally noticing that the receptionist was giving him a strange look. Only then did he return to his car to think of a solution.
Later, he somehow found out that Young Master Yan had made an appointment with a client for dinner that night, and this client had some connection with Zhu Zhizhou. After much pleading and cajoling, the client finally agreed to give him a ride.
However, this dinner party was clearly work-related. The other party only agreed to have tea and chat at a teahouse after dinner, and asked Takeshino to come along.
Tonight, the client who's treating Young Master Yan to dinner is the CEO of a large advertising company. His surname is Su, and his name is Su Lang.
Su Lang brought his secretary and department managers, while Yan Shao only brought Qin Xiu. The six of them enjoyed the meal to a satisfactory degree. Those familiar with Yan Shao knew that he had extremely high standards for meals and never liked to discuss work during meals.
Therefore, what Su Lang said to Zhu Zhizhou was clearly an excuse.
Su Lang didn't want to spoil Young Master Yan's enjoyment of the meal by introducing an unrelated person for no reason, and thus ruin the cooperation deal that had been negotiated with great difficulty.
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