Chapter 59
Ding Pingzhou still couldn't believe it and still wanted to confirm it with his own eyes. However, he didn't even need to see his father. As soon as he entered the company, he clearly realized that this was not fake.
All the employees looked strange when they saw him. Later, some of them were unwilling to hide their feelings and the discussions were so loud that he could hear them.
“He’s the one who made the company what it is.”
"The Second Young Master is crazy about seizing power. If he doesn't know anything, he shouldn't come out and harm others. Why does a fool like him have to force himself to take the lead in the project?"
"Keep your voice down."
"I'm not afraid of him hearing me. I'm getting laid off anyway! We just received notice that the entire department is being laid off due to lack of funds! I was doing a good job and might even get a bonus. My wife is at home taking care of the kids, and they all rely on me to work and earn money! ...It's all because of him, that idiot, that black sheep, bah!"
It was the first time for Ding Pingzhou to experience this kind of feeling - being attacked and scolded by his own employees.
After forcing himself upstairs, braving the strange looks from everyone, Ding Pingzhou finally reached Ding Yansheng's office. He was even more terrified: the whole office was filled with debt collectors! While they hadn't used any profanity, their words were heated and pointed. Suddenly, someone inside shouted, "Stop arguing! An ambulance! Someone call 911? Chairman Ding has fainted!"
Ding Pingzhou: “!”
Ding Pingzhou was frightened and instinctively wanted to push through the crowd to see how his father was doing, but then he heard several people dialing 120, and some people were whispering Chinese curses, mixed with his name, Ding Pingzhou.
...Ding Pingzhou was scared.
He gritted his teeth, but ultimately did not dare to stand out. He hid in the stairwell from beginning to end. Only after the ambulance took Ding Yansheng away and the debt collectors dispersed did he come out in a daze and sit down on the stairs.
How could this happen? It was clearly a lucrative project, and he had clearly stolen Jiang Nuo's precious land, so how could it be... a huge loss for him? And the land that Jiang had previously invested in had become a key area for government support?
The past events replayed in Ding Pingzhou's mind one by one like a movie. The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. In fact, there was one explanation that might be the most reasonable: he fell into Jiang Nuo's trap!
After doing something wrong, people rarely reflect on themselves and usually tend to blame others for their mistakes.
For example, Ding Pingzhou didn't regret why he was greedy and snatched Jiang Nuo's project. Instead, he put all his resentment on Jiang Nuo. Jiang Nuo had such a vicious heart! Why did he want to harm him?
Ding Pingzhou was so angry that he was shaking. He wanted to go find Jiang Nuo to settle the score. He stood up suddenly, but soon stopped. His only support was the Ding family. Now the Ding family was burdened with such a huge debt and might even go bankrupt. He had no trump card left. How could he find trouble with Jiang Nuo?
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Jiang Group Headquarters.
Seeing their chairman in such a good mood, the subordinates all joined in the fun, saying, "Boss Jiang, the real estate project is making a lot of money. Are there any red envelopes to give out?"
"Boss, good luck to you! As soon as you take over, good fortune will come to our Jiang family!"
Jiang Nuo also laughed: "Everyone who owns the real estate project and the management will receive a 10% quarterly bonus, and each grassroots employee will receive a 1,000 yuan cash red envelope. Everyone will line up at the company gate tomorrow to receive it."
As soon as the boss finished speaking, everyone applauded enthusiastically, and several young people from the project department cheered exaggeratedly.
Compared to the land's increased value, these bonuses, when added together, are a drop in the bucket. But they boost morale and provide a certain publicity effect—how ostentatious is it to drop cash at the company gate? How can anyone else miss it? Furthermore, employees who receive cash bonuses will likely post a post on their social media to show off.
After all, the feeling of cash and depositing money into a card are completely different.
Moreover, Mr. Jiang had a bit of an inhumane evil intention: he wanted to let Ding Pingzhou hear about this matter.
Mr. Jiang is a vengeful person. In his previous life, Ding Pingzhou stole his shares and made him bankrupt, turning him from a rich young man into a debt-ridden pauper overnight. That feeling is even more painful than killing him.
Now, the situation has changed. Compared with the two, Ding Pingzhou must be feeling bad. The more pain Ding Pingzhou can suffer, the more comfortable Jiang Nuo will feel.
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The entire Jiang Group was in high spirits. Now, in the president's office, secretary Xiao Wang was carefully choosing clothes for President Jiang despite her big belly.
In addition to a bed, the lounge also has a large wardrobe and a full-length mirror. It's pretty much like an ordinary bedroom, with everything you need.
The wardrobe includes hand-made business suits, designer formal wear for dinner parties, sportswear for golf socials, and two sets of casual wear.
"Shouldn't we dress too business-like for parent-teacher meetings?" Jiang Nuo asked humbly.
Because he remembered that when Lao Jiang attended parent-teacher meetings for him, he would deliberately change into casual clothes.
"I also think that wearing a suit and tie might make other parents feel too pretentious," Xiao Wang agreed. "This suit is good. There are no logos at all. It's quite low-key."
Xiao Wang's work ability is still quite good. Even when she is pregnant, she can handle things in an orderly manner. However, sometimes she has to go for prenatal checkups and needs to take leave, so she seconded a new college student employee to help.
But strong work ability does not mean that one’s aesthetic taste is really good.
Both of them are brave enough to make suggestions and the other one dares to listen.
Following Xiao Wang's suggestion, President Jiang put on his less-favored casual outfit. Looking in the mirror, he asked suspiciously, "Is this really okay? Will it be less dignified?"
Because he is young and has fair skin and a delicate face, he doesn't seem to be intimidating, so he tries to dress as maturely as possible when he goes to work.
This casual outfit is quite fashionable and lively, which instantly brings out the youthfulness that Mr. Jiang usually hides, making his eyebrows and features look picturesque, his teeth white and his eyes bright, full of youthfulness.
Xiao Wang couldn't help but feel his face flushed as he looked at him, his eyes sparkling as he said, "Super handsome! Believe me!!"
Jiang Nuo: "...Really? Okay then."
It was his first time attending a parent-teacher conference, and he wanted to make a good impression on the teacher, so looking handsome would be a good idea. Thinking this, Mr. Jiang changed his clothes, had lunch, and asked Lao Liu to drive him off early. As a result, he arrived at school a full half hour early.
However, he was not the first one to arrive. There were already a few parents on campus. The lunch break had not yet ended, and the school gate was the busiest. Students were coming in and out with drinks and snacks, and parents were also coming in one after another. The guard was holding a sign-in sheet and stopped everyone he saw. He asked them to sign their contact information on the sheet before letting them in to prevent unrelated people from outside the school from sneaking in.
"This must be a parent-teacher conference for the entire grade. There are quite a few people." Jiang Nuo thought so and followed him in.
However, the guard acted as if he didn't see him and didn't stop him at all.
Mr. Jiang had not yet realized the seriousness of the problem. He was happy to avoid the trouble of signing in and followed the students into the campus. The classrooms for Grade 1 were not difficult to find. He just followed the parents in. There were class signs at the door of each class. Jiang Nuo found the classroom of Grade 1 (8) and did not rush to tell his brother that he had arrived. Instead, he stood at the door with his arms folded, looking to see if he could find Jiang Su. He planned to secretly take a look at the boy's usual study status.
Unfortunately, it was lunch break, and less than half of the students were left in the class, and Jiang Su was nowhere to be seen.
Most of those who stayed were playing around, a few were sleeping on the table, and only one boy was doing his homework seriously. Jiang Nuo couldn't help but look at him a few more times. For some reason, his profile looked a little familiar.
On the podium, two girls were drawing on the blackboard. One of them had beautiful handwriting, and the other one must have some painting skills, as she used chalk to create a poster effect.
They were chatting while making the blackboard newspaper, and because they were close to each other, Jiang Nuo was forced to listen to the whole process.
"Are you going to Jinlin's concert?"
"Ahhh, I really want to go! He actually held his concert in Yanlin! What a surprise! But the tickets are too expensive, and my mom won't give me that much money, ah."
"Yeah, it's all because of scalpers. My brother is so popular, it's gone in a second after the official website released it. It really is gone in a second! We can't even get it. Hey, tell me, why can scalpers get it?"
Jin Lin? He's coming to Yanlin for a concert? So, his contract with that backdoor listing new energy company should also be on the agenda. President Jiang silently reviewed the situation again. He thought it should be possible to buy time and get Pan Yian to return the 9 million yuan. There was no problem with the strategy.
At this time, four or five little girls came into the classroom together. One of them deliberately stopped in front of the podium and asked loudly, knowingly: "You like Jin Lin too? I just bought scalped tickets. I'll take pictures of the scene later and lend them to you."
"Wow! You bought the tickets?" echoed the other girls.
"Scalper tickets must be very expensive. I envy you."
It seemed that getting a ticket to Jin Lin's concert would put them at the top of the high school student contempt chain. Jiang Nuo found the little girls' childish display a bit amusing. He watched the girl who had the ticket walk in like a star. Then he saw the two girls working on the blackboard newspaper wink at each other, one of them even lip-syncing exaggeratedly, "Let me lend it to you! Look how proud she is!"
This time Jiang Nuo couldn't help laughing out loud.
The two girls looked over warily. One of them was more aggressive and glared, "Who is it? Eavesdropping on people's conversation!"
Jiang Nuo: “…”
Mr. Jiang, who was caught, had no choice but to stand up and said, "Excuse me, I was looking at your blackboard newspaper."
The fierce girl was stunned for a moment, then her attitude softened, her face a suspicious red, and she said in a good-tempered whisper, "It's okay." After thinking for a moment, she added, "You can look at it as you like."
Jiang Nuo was actually quite interested and took the opportunity to ask, "What do those names mean?"
Ten small red flowers were drawn on the blackboard, with the centers of the flowers empty. Another girl who was good at handwriting was filling in the students' names in the centers of the flowers, but Jiang Su's name had not been seen yet.
"These are the names of the top ten students in the monthly exam." It was a male voice that answered him.
Tsk, is that so? Jiang Su probably isn't here anymore, Mr. Jiang thought regretfully. Then he looked over and saw that it was the only boy who had been working diligently on his homework. He was tall and thin, well-mannered, with a delicate and elegant face. While not the type to dazzle at first glance, the more you looked at him, the more you appreciated his appearance. He was quite endearing.
And... Mr. Jiang knew why his profile looked familiar!
The boy also looked at Jiang Nuo, a smile on his lips, and asked in a friendly manner: "Which class are you from? Why haven't I seen you before? I'm sorry, I'm a transfer student, and many people don't know me."
Jiang Nuo just stared at him blankly without answering.
The boy looked back at Jiang Nuo's fixed gaze for a moment, not knowing if he had misunderstood something. A hint of disappointment flashed across his eyes, "Forget it, please let me pass."
He dodged Jiang Nuo sideways, walked out of Mr. Jiang's side, and left without looking back.
"He's Rong Yi," the girl drawing the newspaper pointed to the tallest red flower on the blackboard, with Rong Yi's name written inside. "He's a new transfer student, and he got first place in the grade on his first exam."
Tsk.
How could Jiang Nuo not know this man's name was Rong Yi? This man was the protagonist of this world! He was the one Ding Pingzhou would later cheat on with. However, it was still a few years before all the plot unfolded, so Rong Yi was still an ordinary student.
But Jiang Zong never imagined that he was so close to him? In the same class as his younger brother? It turned out that the transfer student Jiang Su mentioned was him!
But then again, in fact, in his previous life, Jiang Nuo never blamed Rong Yi. From beginning to end, he only hated Ding Pingzhou. He hated him for stealing his shares and making him bankrupt.
There's no need to be jealous or anything like that. Ding Pingzhou is not worthy of her.
Facing Rong Yi, Jiang Nuo was just too surprised. After all, in his impression, the protagonists of this year, except Ding Pingzhou, were all little kids.
"Rong Yi is a bit of a loner, rarely taking the initiative to strike up a conversation with others." The girl whispered again, "What happened today? He just hit on someone and then ran off?"
President Jiang didn't care much about these things. So what if he was the protagonist? He had already severed ties with Ding Pingzhou, and there would probably be no chance for him to have any intersection with Rong Yi in the future.
The most important thing now is Jiang Su’s parent-teacher meeting.
Time passed quickly. The teacher entered the classroom ten minutes early. The head teacher was a very capable middle-aged female teacher. She urged the two girls to draw the blackboard newspaper quickly, cleared the room, and loudly asked the parents waiting at the door to take their seats.
"The seating chart is posted right here. Everyone, please take your seats! ...Hey, classmate, which class are you from? Who are you looking for?"
Jiang Nuo, who was stopped, said: "...I am a parent."
The head teacher asked suspiciously, "Parent? How old are you? Whose parent are you?"
Jiang Nuo: “…………”
Jiang Nuo answered truthfully: "I am Jiang Su's brother."
At this time, Mr. Jiang, who has always advocated winning people over with virtue and resolutely not beating children, did not know what kind of mental torture he would suffer as a parent of a poor student.
Then I heard the teacher sneer: "It turned out to be Jiang Su, no wonder." Okay, if I didn't do well in the exam, I asked his brother to fool me!
But as the parents' meeting was about to begin, the head teacher didn't embarrass Jiang Su. Instead, he said solemnly, "Student Jiang Su's family had an incident last month, so he won't be able to attend the parents' meeting for the midterm exam. The teacher understands, but..."
Mr. Jiang immediately understood that it was probably because his attire made him look too young and impetuous, which led to the teacher's misunderstanding.
But it was too late to regret now. He said calmly, "Teacher Tao, I'm sorry. It's not that we don't value Jiang Su's studies. I'm Jiang Su's legal guardian, and I'm the only one who can hold a parent-teacher conference for him. You can tell me anything. As his older brother, I also have the responsibility to discipline him. As long as you make a request, we parents will fully cooperate."
Unexpectedly, this handsome young man, despite his youth, was so well-spoken and capable, and surprisingly steady. The head teacher sighed and said, "How about this, Brother Jiang Su, you stay after the parents' meeting. I really need to talk to you alone."
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