Miss you
It was already nightfall.
The two walked along the corridor to the back garden of the Genting Private Banquet. The soft moonlight sprinkled on the water, reflecting a pool of silver-like ripples. The white marble arch bridge spanned the koi pond, and the palace lanterns on the bridge railings lit up one after another, and the warm yellow halo illuminated Xia Tangyue's surprised eyes.
She opened her mouth, but no words came out for a moment.
"Brother, then you have never had a job?"
Wen Zheng turned around and motioned for her to sit on the stone chair next to him. The waiter in the distance saw this and attentively brought a pot of new tea.
In the darkness of night, a string of bubbles rose from the bottom of the pond. A few gilded koi fish jumped out of the water, swinging their long tails, shattering the moonlight in the pond and creating ripples with the sound of falling into the water.
Wen Zheng said: "I used to be the president of Yaoying in Greater China."
Xia Tangyue took a breath and widened his eyes.
Yaoying is a new energy vehicle brand affiliated to the LUMINOVA Group. Its products are positioned at the high end and focus on creating top-level driving experience, at the luxury car level.
As an overseas brand, Yaoying has achieved great success in the domestic market in the past few years with its precise marketing strategies and strong product strength. It has quickly gained a foothold in the luxury car market and become a symbol of status and taste.
Xia Tangyue hesitated and looked at Wen Zheng's calm face.
"And now?"
"Resigned." Wen Zheng poured her another cup of tea, his tone sounding as if he was talking about a trivial matter.
Xia Tangyue asked: "Why? As the president of Greater China for a luxury car brand, you have already reached this position. Why do you want to leave?"
The regional presidents of large groups like these usually have several pages of introductions on Baidu Encyclopedia. If she had not paid no attention to the automotive industry, she would have discovered Wen Zheng's identity long ago.
Wen Zheng paused what he was doing.
"No reason."
He raised his eyebrows, smiled and asked, "What's wrong? Are you worried that your brother will lose his job and be in financial difficulties?"
"Don't worry, it's no problem for my brother to raise another sister with his money."
Xia Tangyue finished the tea in one breath and glared at him: "Who asked you to support me?"
Wen Zheng stood up and touched the top of her head: "Okay, dear sister, I've told you everything you want to know. Let's go, I'll take you home."
Xia Tangyue nodded and followed Wen Zheng away. As soon as she got in the car, she began to search for news about Yaoying on the Internet.
The president of Greater China was replaced more than a year ago. The current president is named Li Yao, a young man of only 28 years old. His resume is far worse than Wen Zheng's, and he graduated from a fake university in the United States.
How did this guy get to this position?
But I heard that in big companies like this, factional struggles are very fierce. Could it be that Wen Zheng is a victim of the struggle?
But he doesn't look like that. Is he so easy to bully?
After returning home, Xia Tangyue continued to look through various news with such questions in mind.
Originally, Yaoying had a very good development momentum in the domestic market. However, the newcomer Li Yao made drastic changes to the regional dealer cooperation network that Wen Zheng had previously built. As a result, the current supply chain is broken, the terminal delivery cycle is extended, the number of customer complaints surges, and it has even affected the stock market. The stock price has recently been hitting the limit down.
She lay on the bed with her feet up.
Are the people in LUMINOVA Group fools? They still keep Li Yao even in such a situation. What is his background?
She typed the word "Li Yao" in the short video search bar, and immediately many financial commentaries related to him popped up. She clicked on one at random and took a look, and her doubts were finally resolved.
It turns out that Li Yao is the son of the boss of LUMINOVA Group.
No wonder, it’s the prince.
Got it.
bite--
A WeChat message popped up from the top.
Gu Jiaping: "Are you free the day after tomorrow? Let's go to the ink painting exhibition together?"
The day after tomorrow? Xia Tangyue thought about it and just in time to submit a new exhibition proposal to Furen Group. She typed two words.
"available."
"Okay, I'll go book the tickets."
Looking at the chat box on the screen, she hesitated to send the message.
Gu Jiaping seemed to be interested in her.
But she didn't have this idea. The reason she agreed to it was because he was the manager of the investment company, and they wanted to continue to cooperate in the future and didn't want to offend him.
Otherwise, when we go to the exhibition, I'll give him a hint and let him know that there's no chance that the two of them will get along.
Time passes in the blink of an eye.
Xia Tangyue sent the electronic version of the plan to Furen Group. After being notified that it had passed the preliminary review, she came to see Gu Jiaping on Wednesday with the paper version with a seal.
Just as I was about to leave the art gallery, a young man came up to me.
"Director, are you going out?"
Xia Tangyue glanced at him and saw that it was the newly hired collection keeper Ahua.
"Well, I have an appointment today. What's up? Do you want to talk to me about something?"
Ahua smiled and said nothing.
Xia Tangyue didn't think too much and drove directly to Furen Group to find Gu Jiaping.
"I have read the electronic version. The plan is very innovative. I will give positive feedback to the group. Don't worry. After all, the group also wants to increase its influence in the field of art."
Xia Tangyue nodded happily and asked Gu Jiaping to express his gratitude after the meal.
After dinner, the two came to the International Convention and Exhibition Center.
Ink paintings cascaded down from the dome of the venue. More than a hundred scrolls hung in the air like flowing stars, with a holographic projection of "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" suspended in the center.
Xia Tangyue stopped in front of a group of contemporary ink paintings and looked at the introduction board carefully. Gu Jiaping followed her and said, "I heard that after this exhibition, there will be a special exhibition of Van Gogh. Why don't we come together then?"
Xia Tangyue didn't say anything for a long time.
I was thinking about how to hint to him.
"I probably won't be able to come. I'm very busy with work. The museum is in its development phase right now, and I want to focus all my energy on work."
Gu Jiaping seemed not to understand, and said to himself: "That's okay, there's a long way to go. By the way, I heard from my aunt that you have a brother who is about four or five years old, right? In fact, I also have a sister who is much older than me. Why don't we bring the child out to play together when the time comes?"
Take the kids out to play, or take Xia Chengan with you. Xia Tangyue felt a chill all over his body whenever he thought of this scene.
She and Xia Cheng'an are not siblings who are friendly and respectful to each other.
"No, my mom is taking care of my brother, and he and I are not close."
"I see. That may be because little boys are more naughty and don't match your personality. My sister is different. She is only four years old and very cute. I'll take you to meet her next time."
Xia Tangyue choked up.
She didn't say she would like little girls, so why should I help her make the decision?
"Manager Gu, I think it's better for us to stay like this. You're great, but I want to focus on work right now and I don't have any plans to consider personal relationships for now."
Gu Jiaping glanced at her and said, "Well... Actually, you don't have to make a decision so quickly. Maybe we can get in touch with each other more. After all, you are old enough. It won't be good for you to delay it any longer."
“…”
He kept chattering away, and Xia Tangyue felt really annoyed.
Sometimes he criticized her age, sometimes he said that she had a younger brother who would hinder her in marriage. His words and deeds showed that he looked down on her, but his words and actions maintained a hypocritical sense of propriety.
She simply didn't bother.
Just then a phone call came in and Xia Tangyue quickly picked up the phone.
"Where's my baby sister?"
It is Wen Zheng.
"I'm at the International Exhibition Center, looking at an art exhibition. What's going on?"
Wen Zheng chuckled and said, "I just got a unique copy of a lotus painting in ink by Bada Shanren from his later years. Do you want to see it?"
"What!"
Xia Tangyue's voice was high-pitched with shock. God knows how long she had been looking for this painting. Rumor has it that it is kept by a collector who won't show it to anyone easily. It is said that she even rejected the sky-high price invitation from Christie's auction house.
Wen Zheng actually got it!
“I want to see it!”
"Okay, I'll pick you up now."
After hanging up the phone, the exhibition staff said that the exhibition was about to close and asked the guests to leave in an orderly manner. Gu Jiaping said, "It's late, I'll take you home."
Xia Tangyue didn't want to stay with him any longer.
"No, my brother is here to pick me up, you can go back first."
"Brother?" Gu Jiaping looked confused: "You have a brother, didn't you say you only have one younger brother?"
Xia Tangyue said coldly: "There are so many relatives in my family, how can you, an outsider, know them?"
Gu Jiaping left without further ado.
Xia Tangyue stood at the door and waited for five minutes, then saw the familiar Mercedes-Benz G slowly driving towards her.
She didn't know that in the darkness of the night, a pair of eyes were staring at her, watching her get into the car.
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