Chapter 69
Although both of them grew up in Yanlin, Young Master Jiang was raised more preciously than a girl. Unlike Gu Jiangkuo, who ran around like a wild boy since childhood and was familiar with everywhere.
Gu Jiangkuo led Jiang Nuo through the small paths with ease, and they soon arrived at the parking lot.
Gu Jiangkuo: “We’re here.”
As soon as Young Master Jiang arrived at his destination, he refused to take another step, gasping for breath and unable to utter a word.
"The reporters definitely can't catch up right now, and they won't be able to capture anything," Gu Jiangkuo said as he rubbed the young master's back. "If you can't walk, can I carry you for a while?"
Jiang Nuo still couldn't speak, but he stretched out a hand and waved it softly.
The reporter couldn't take pictures, but there were still Jiang Xiaomi and his classmates.
Mr. Jiang didn't want to embarrass himself in front of the two little kids.
After panting for another seven or eight minutes, Jiang Nuo finally recovered somewhat and told Gu Jiangkuo, "Let's go."
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Jiang Xiaomi and Rong Yi were already waiting by the car. Seeing Jiang Nuo and the others, Jiang Xiaomi waved happily, "Brother, you're finally back! Why were you leaving so slowly?"
In comparison, Rong Yi was much more considerate: "Brother Jiang, why are you out of breath like this? Brother Gu, did anything happen to you guys?"
This was the first time Gu Jiangkuo met Rong Yi.
Because of the large-scale event, the parking lot was brightly lit, and Rong Yi's appearance could be seen clearly. The boy was not very old, but he had a special temperament, a handsome face, and a unique appeal.
Gu Jiangkuo was also stunned.
However, his stunned state was only for a moment. No matter how special a boy was, in his heart, he could not compare to Young Master Jiang. He only had a pair of eyes, and looking at Jiang Nuo was not enough.
Gu Jiangkuo replied "Nothing", then withdrew his gaze and went to open the passenger door for Young Master Jiang.
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Jiang Nuo was exhausted, so he went home and fell asleep immediately, even postponing a social event on Sunday. He lazily lay at home all day, but while his body was resting, his brain did not stop working. Even when he was lying on the sofa like Ge You, he was still reading financial news.
"Brother! Brother, brother!" Jiang Xiaomi rushed down from upstairs like a hen. "Brother, are you online? Did you see the news? About Jin Lin!"
Jiang Nuo glanced at his younger brother with disdain. "Have you finished your homework? You're already surfing the internet? - Of course I'm reading the news. Jin Lin's financing press conference is out, and he's so quick to act. The market opens tomorrow, and he's not willing to wait even a day. He's a star, straight to the front page."
Jiang Xiaomi: “?”
"Brother, are you telling me the same thing?" Jiang Su pushed his phone in front of Young Master Jiang. "I'm talking about entertainment news, Jin Lin's concert, and how you and Brother Gu are famous!"
Jiang Nuo: “???”
Gu Jiangkuo also put down his laptop, paused his work, walked over and asked, "What?"
So the three of them got together to look at the trending searches on Weibo.
Yesterday's concert generated three trending searches, one was about Jin Lin's steady singing skills and beautiful appearance, one was about Jin Lin announcing that he would enter the stock market as a side business, and one was #How sweet can a couple holding hands to watch a concert be#.
The entry with the most likes is a five-minute video clip.
The video is divided into several parts. The first part is the opening shot of Jiang Nuo and Gu Jiangkuo holding hands, and then Jiang Nuo pulls his hands away and looks at the camera with a look of bewilderment. The second part is Jiang Nuo and Gu Jiangkuo singing the same song in a chain reaction. The third part is that they are chased by reporters and run to a blocked staircase. Gu Jiangkuo hugs Jiang Nuo and carries him down.
It now has over 200,000 likes and more than 50,000 comments.
The comments section is mostly filled with people screaming:
"My little brother is so handsome! Holding hands is so sweet. My boyfriend is so tall. This size difference is so delicious!"
"That last hug! My boyfriend is max! Help, help, is this something I can watch without paying? [色][色][色]"
"The little brother is so handsome, but his singing is just average, hahahaha, what a hoarse voice! But his boyfriend has a nice voice."
"His boyfriend is so manly, he sings sad love songs with a feeling of 'Girl, you don't have to be afraid of anything when I'm here' [doge]."
"One person wrote in blood begging for the little brother to debut!"
"Five minutes, I want all the information about these two men [pushes glasses]."
"This little brother is so handsome! He uses a high-definition camera to shoot his face right up close. Most celebrities wouldn't dare to do that, right? Please make your debut, I don't want to see ugly men in ancient idol dramas anymore."
"He's so handsome that my mouth is watering [色][色][色]"
"My drool is like a waterfall falling three thousand feet!"
"The scene where the little brother looks at the camera with a confused face is not good at all. I only watched it 500 times [cat crying]."
"I'm the only one who noticed that after the little brother pulled his hand away, my boyfriend's face went black? How aggrieved he must be, hahahaha, the contrast is so cute, he must be 1.9 meters tall, right? A 1.9 meter dog-like boyfriend, shashasha."
"The word 'pata' is very spiritual [doge]"
Jiang Nuo felt that he could no longer bear the vicious words in the comment section, so he locked Jiang Xiaomi's phone screen with a "click".
"Brother, what are you doing?" Jiang Su complained. "Even if you don't watch, we still do! Right, Brother Gu?"
At least Jiang Xiaomi felt that Big Brother Gu was watching with great interest. However, Young Master Jiang didn't dare to look at Gu Jiangkuo's expression. He was a little embarrassed and angry and took his anger out on his younger brother: "No wonder you only got such a few points on the test! Are you really focusing on studying? Confiscate your phone! Go do your homework!"
"Ah..." Jiang Xiaomi let out a long wail.
In the end, the phone was confiscated, and Jiang Xiaomi and Gu Jiangkuo were driven away. After leaving Young Master Jiang's attack range, Jiang Su quietly pulled Gu Jiangkuo aside and complained, "Why is my brother so shy? He looks fierce and not cute at all."
Gu Jiangkuo, who hadn't expressed an opinion the entire time, suddenly corrected him: "No, it's cute."
"..." Jiang Xiaomi looked like she was choking on dog food: xueke
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Jin Lin's announcement about his investment in the stock market didn't get much of a response on Weibo—not even as much as Jiang Nuo and Gu Jiangkuo's hand-in-hand affair—but on the major stock trading forums and apps, it was the exact opposite, with all of them reaching the top of the list.
This year, there is no precedent for such behavior in China. Investors have never suffered losses and are relatively naive, so they naturally equate celebrities with capital.
As soon as this news broke, the most vocal voices were: "If a national star like Jin Lin has seen the stock, it's bound to go up! Big stars definitely have inside information! He owns so many shares, what are we afraid of? Just go for it!"
Tens of thousands of investors are eager to try and are ready to buy in as soon as the market opens on Monday.
At this time, Pan Yian also became anxious and pulled Lao Meiqin to look at the comments, "Look, what did I say? It was definitely going to go up! I told you to buy it before, but you refused to listen, and now look what happened!"
Lao Meiqin looked at the forum, still hesitant. "Can what they say be true? Let's wait and see on Monday to see if the price really will go up."
"Monday, Monday is too late!" Pan Yian yelled angrily, "Do you think you can buy it whenever you want? Once the price reaches the limit, you won't be able to buy it that day! The next day the price will be high again!"
Lao Meiqin had been with Mr. Jiang for so long that she understood a little bit: "Didn't you make an agreement with Shengchen's small shareholders before? Why do you want to trade on the stock market? Just buy from them."
"Buy from them? Now that the stock price is skyrocketing, what small shareholder would be so foolish as to sell it to me at the original price!" Pan Yian angrily said, "The price must be raised! Even if the price is raised, they may not be willing to sell. Nine million has shrunk in an instant! Ouch!"
She was blaming Lao Meiqin implicitly. Lao Meiqin knew it was her fault and felt the pain, but she couldn't help but get angry. She slammed the teacup on the table and started crying, "Are you blaming me? Why don't you think about how much money you made me lose in the past? That's why I'm being extra careful! How can it be easy for a widow like me to save so much money?"
Pan Yian felt annoyed and thought to himself, "You know you're a widow, not a young girl. Why are you acting like a spoiled brat with me at your age? Wait until I borrow money from you and become rich, and then I'll see if I'll still pay attention to you!"
Despite thinking this, Pan Yian still suppressed his temper and patiently put his arm around Lao Meiqin's waist. "I'm just anxious, but I don't blame you. Okay, don't be angry. So, let's go find those small shareholders we agreed on earlier and renegotiate the price with them. See if they'll sell. It's definitely better than buying on the stock market later."
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In the end, Pan Yian and Lao Meiqin scraped together their other assets and cashed them in, plus the 9 million yuan they asked from Jiang Nuo, to make a total of 10 million yuan. Together with the two small shareholders, they bought all the shares of Shengchen New Energy, and suddenly became small shareholders of Shengchen.
However, because of the news on Sunday, the two small shareholders who were already in a hurry to use the money and cash out took the opportunity to raise the price, which was 30% higher than the original price before the deal was completed. In other words, Lao Meiqin and others lost 30%.
However, on the opening day of Monday, the stock price hit the daily limit.
This greatly soothed Lao Meiqin's anxiety caused by the losses, and also gave Pan Yian a shot in the arm. Now the lovers did not know that the increase was only temporary, and they were blindly caught up in the vision of getting rich overnight in the future.
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Mr. Jiang was naturally also paying attention to this stock, but the result was exactly as he expected. There was no need to spend too much energy on it for the time being. Besides, there were other things that concerned him more.
——Ever since the morning meeting started, everyone in the company, from top to bottom, looked at him with something strange in their eyes.
"..." Mr. Jiang didn't wonder for long before he realized that this was definitely related to the hot search that day.
In fact, Jiang Nuo wanted to spend money to remove the trending search, but firstly, it was too late when he found out, and it was useless to remove it. Secondly, the trending searches about Jin Lin would help to change the stock price of Shengchen New Energy, and Mr. Jiang would be happy to see it happen.
Although he has only let Gu Jiangkuo invest a mere 20 million (leveraged by 1 million), President Jiang does not only care about that little bit of profit, and just wants to win some start-up capital for Gu Jiangkuo. He has greater ambitions and is ready to play a big game with Shengchen.
Of course, this presupposes not ripping off ordinary shareholders or acting as a capital-harvesting machine. Since God had granted him a second life, Jiang Nuo wanted to seize the opportunity. Protecting the Jiang family from bankruptcy and preserving his own lifelong prosperity and wealth were his bottom line, but he also had higher aspirations. There were things one should and shouldn't do when it came to making money. He didn't want to, nor did he care to, exploit his foreknowledge of future events to cash in on the capital markets. Instead, he wanted to do something practical, or rather, to put it in a more lofty way, to contribute to the development of private enterprise.
However, Mr. Jiang, who cares about the world, is now facing some delicate problems.
Even though they knew the whole company was talking about him, no one in the company had the guts to confront CEO Jiang and ask, "Boss, are you really dating bodyguard Gu?"
This kind of thing actually had limited impact on Jiang Nuo. He came out to Lao Jiang when he was eighteen, and any earth-shattering quarrels had already been resolved.
Now that both his parents have passed away, he has successfully inherited the family business. All the relatives who have shares in Jiang's company rely on him for their livelihood. No one dares to pretend to be an elder and interfere with his private life.
But no one dared to ask directly, and it didn't seem very reasonable.
——After all, if no one asks, there is no way to clarify.
This matter was not a big problem for President Jiang, and others could say whatever they wanted, but what about Gu Jiangkuo? Gu Jiangkuo was his subordinate, and there had been vague rumors in the company before that Gu bodyguard was being kept by someone, and now that the video had gone viral, it was confirmed.
How much of an impact did this have on Gu Jiangkuo? No one dared to speak to his boss, nor did anyone dare to discuss Gu Jiangkuo? How much trouble must this cause him?
Mr. Jiang wanted to find an opportunity to clarify the matter for his bodyguard, but he hesitated: Is this matter really necessary to be clarified? Is it okay to take it one step further and confirm this relationship?
But Master Jiang still had concerns. The same question he'd been struggling with before plagued him again: Can people truly remain unchanged? Once Gu Jiangkuo returned to his roots and became CEO, would he still tolerate and accept everything he did? He absolutely didn't want to see his relationship with Gu Jiangkuo turn into an enemy because of love.
Perhaps these questions will only be answered after Gu Jiangkuo really becomes President Gu.
Mr. Jiang thought about it again and again, and finally came to the conclusion: it still needs to be clarified!
No matter what happens in the future, they are not together now. If we allow people in the company to continue talking about it, wouldn't it be tarnishing Gu Jiangkuo's innocence?
He has to speak up!
However, Mr. Jiang still underestimated his own authority. No matter how he hinted or brought up the topic, no one dared to ask about the gossip in front of him!
Jiang Nuo was very depressed.
This situation continued until Wednesday. Gu Jiangkuo had no classes that afternoon, and it happened that there was a document for the old city reconstruction project that required him to go back to the company to handle.
After asking Mr. Jiang to sign in person, Gu Jiangkuo did not leave in a hurry. He habitually began to serve the young master. As usual, he took Jiang Nuo's cup and prepared to get hot water, wanting to make him a cup of coffee personally before leaving.
President Jiang was concerned about the rumors in the company and was afraid that Gu Jiangkuo would be wronged if he went out alone because of people's gossip. After thinking about it, he decided to follow him quietly.
The tea room is always a good place to chat about gossip. As expected, Gu Jiangkuo heard other people's discussions before he even entered the room.
"I saw it too! Hey hey hey."
"Ahem! Stop talking, the real boss is here."
Gu Jiangkuo had thought that this group of people would be like last time, not daring to say a word when they saw him. Unexpectedly, this time, several female employees with sparkling eyes asked openly, "Assistant Gu, is that trending search true? Are you really with the chairman?"
Mr. Jiang, who had just arrived, heard this and paused. He thought: "Alright, it would be fine if he could deny it himself."
Then, as expected, Gu Jiangkuo said, "No."
Somehow, although Mr. Jiang clearly wanted to clarify, he felt a sense of loss when he heard Gu Jiangkuo's denial.
Then Gu Jiangkuo continued, "We haven't caught up yet."
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"Hasn't caught up yet" = "I'm catching up"
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