Chapter 158
Even though Chen Zhigu and others kept the fact that Mr. Gu was hospitalized a secret and not a word leaked out, Gu Jiangkuo still sensed something was wrong.
Although the relationship between the grandfather and grandson was very ordinary, every time he was away for a long time, Grandpa Gu would urge him, the "living sleeping pill", to return to Southeast Asia.
But this time, Gu Jiangkuo stayed in Yanlin for almost a week and had already waited for the second batch of funds from Gu's company to be transferred, but he still hadn't received a call from Gu Zhonghong. This was very strange.
When something is abnormal, there must be something wrong.
Gu Jiangkuo decided to go back and take a look.
While Mr. Jiang expressed his reluctance, he also breathed a sigh of relief. Sharing the same bed with Gu Dajiang for seven days was truly a mixture of pain and happiness. Jiang Nuo felt like a soft ball of dough, being kneaded and rolled repeatedly day and night, or like a pale-faced scholar who encountered ghosts and monsters. If "Gu Xiaoqian" didn't leave, he would be sucked dry.
Starting from the second week, Mr. Jiang could finally devote himself to his work. Now the price of lithium carbonate has gradually fallen and basically returned to normal levels. Xingxu has also started to ship and purchase goods normally. Part of it is sold directly to free up the warehouse, and part of it is invested in secondary processing to produce high-purity experimental grade lithium carbonate, which is supplied first to Shengchen - Shengchen has taken out all its inventory for emergency use. Now the production line of new lithium batteries has been interrupted for several days.
However, Shengchen also benefited from Xingxu's success. Not only did everyone receive generous bonuses for this successful anti-forced liquidation, but the stock price also went up.
In addition to Shengchen, many laboratories and universities have also taken a fancy to Xingxu's high-purity lithium carbonate - after all, their products can even pass the stringent third-party inspections specified by bulls, and the quality must be up to standard - and have placed many orders.
Under the leadership of General Manager Jiang, Xingxu survived a great disaster and was blessed with good fortune. New orders came in one after another and the company even became famous.
Jiang Nuo finally had time to deal with the remaining "spies" in the company, checking them one by one according to the list Yu Min had given him. Not only did Xingxu need him, but Jiang's business, President Jiang, also needed him.
He was so busy that nearly a month passed in the blink of an eye, and Gu Jiangkuo did not come back for the first time in his life.
In the past, Mr. Gu Dajiang would fly back to Yanlin every weekend without fail. He was so diligent that Jiang Nuo didn't feel like they were in a long-distance relationship at all.
After not seeing each other for a long time, it was finally Jiang's turn to miss her. Jiang, a workaholic, would go home early on weekdays. He would make a cup of iced American coffee and stare out the window at the grandmother who was teasing Wangcai.
Jiang Xiaomi came back with her schoolbag and saw this scene. She looked like she had seen a ghost and shouted, "Brother? Why are you back so early?"
"Is it early?" Young Master Jiang asked casually, and looked out the window with a lack of interest.
Jiang Xiaomi said something shocking again: "Brother, are you thinking about Brother Gu?"
"Cough cough cough cough!" Young Master Jiang, whose secret was touched, almost choked to death by the iced American coffee. He looked at Jiang Xiaomi cautiously with two watery eyes after coughing.
Can this guy read minds?
Tsk, it’s really embarrassing to have my underage brother discover this “adult thing”.
Jiang Xiaomi was changing her shoes when she said to herself, "Brother Gu said that if you don't feel like working and go home early, it means you miss him, so he asked me to report it."
Jiang Nuo: “……………………”
Jiang Nuo glared: "What are you reporting? Are you my brother or his brother?"
"Hey, why are you two still separating from each other?" Jiang Xiaomi walked over, took a picture of her brother with her phone, and rushed upstairs. "Brother Gu said that if I report on time, I'll give me some pocket money!"
Jiang Nuo: “………………”
Aunt Mei came out, wiping her hands on her apron, and called upstairs, "Hey, Second Young Master? Aren't you going to eat?"
"Don't worry about him." Jiang Nuo said, "If you don't want to eat it, forget it."
Then he took out his cell phone and wanted to send a message to Mr. Gu who had disappeared for a month to ask him if he was blind by sending spies so blatantly. However, he received a message from Gu Jiangkuo first.
It's a news link.
The link shows the title: #The richest man in Nanyang changes hands! What happened to the mysterious Gu Group? #
Clicking on the link will automatically jump to a financial news app that is also very popular in China. The first thing that catches the eye is a picture of a hospital ward.
In the intensive care unit, which looked very high-end at first glance, Mr. Gu had tubes inserted into his body, was hanging on a ventilator, and had an IV drip in his hand. He was wearing a blue and white hospital gown, his face was as pale as gold paper, his eyes were closed, and he looked like he was dying.
Sitting beside the bed was a tall young man, only his side profile was visible, and his face was not visible - he was covering his face with his hands, looking heartbroken.
But even if he couldn't see the face, Jiang Nuo could recognize that it was the person next to him.
At this time, the WeChat message prompt pops up again:
[Boss Lady]: See? How's the photo? I had someone edit it to make his face look a little more sallow and his dark circles darker. Doesn't that make the old man look like he's dying?
Jiang Nuo: “…”
Jiang Nuo replied: Did you pull out his oxygen tube?
[Boss Lady]: What you said, Nuonuo, has caused netizens to praise me as a filial son. I sincerely hope that he will live a long life and not be ill for a long time.
Jiang Nuo didn't continue his banter, returning to the financial news app to continue reading. The press release was exceptionally well-written, vividly describing how the former chairman of Gu Group had been deceived by the notorious KQRT bulls and participated in the crackdown on Xingxu Metal Technology, resulting in a tragic loss of 59 billion yuan. He'd been so enraged by the incident that he was hospitalized and in critical condition. It also included a touching account of the relationship between the former chairman and his newly adopted grandson.
After reading the whole article, Mr. Jiang's expression is: xueke
Jiang Nuo called directly, "Hello, is it convenient to talk?"
"convenient!"
These two short words vividly expressed the theme of "showing off". Jiang Nuo seemed to see the big tail behind Mr. Gu's butt shaking rapidly through the radio.
Jiang Nuo: "...Is Chairman Gu still in the hospital?"
"No, there are photos I saved before." Gu Jiangkuo said with a bit of regret, "He's been discharged from the hospital."
"..." Jiang Nuo couldn't help but smile, "You published such a piece of news with such fanfare, the old man will probably have to go to the hospital."
Gu Jiangkuo was quite clever when he chose, but he started to make trouble as soon as the final payment from Gu Group arrived.
"Tomorrow morning, the stock of Gu Group will hit the limit down at the opening. Do you believe it?" Gu Jiangkuo said.
Jiang Nuo: "Your family's stock price has fallen, are you so happy?"
Gu Jiangkuo: "Of course not. Only if it falls can it change from 'Gu's' to 'ours'."
"What about Gu Xin?" Jiang Nuo asked, "He will surely see the news and return home, right?"
As everyone knows, Gu Group used to have only one heir, Gu Xin, and that fake news specifically mentioned the "newly recognized grandson". The amount of information here is too much.
Huge losses, the old boss is on the verge of death, a wealthy family's fight for succession... Any one of these is enough to cause the stock price to fluctuate. If all three are added together and there is no appropriate way to appease people, the stock price will be cut in half.
It was thanks to Gu Jiangkuo that he came up with this idea.
"Gu Xin can't come back." Gu Jiangkuo said lightly, "Don't worry about that."
In the past, when Old Man Gu was still healthy and Gu Jiangkuo was still young and fledgling, he had to resort to trickery to keep Gu Xin, the grandson of the old man who had been raised in the palm of his hand and was born to a mistress, at bay. But now, Gu Jiangkuo had the nerve to brazenly detain people, refusing them to return or speak out.
Not only that, Gu Jiangkuo also planned to play a "conspiracy" in front of Mr. Gu in a high-profile manner.
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Just as the two had expected, as soon as the stock market opened the next day, Gu Group's stock price plummeted to the limit.
And for three or four days straight, there was no sign of stopping, with the market value evaporating by tens of billions in just a few days! Furthermore, several investors took the lead in reducing their holdings to cash out, quickly forming a vicious cycle.
This time the executives couldn't hide it even if they wanted to. Mr. Gu was so angry that he vomited blood again. But perhaps from the previous failed experience of forcing the market, he gained some resistance. Gu Zhonghong did not need to be hospitalized again. He could even sit up with the help of a servant and confront Gu Jiangkuo.
Old Master Gu wanted to show the aura of a grandfather and the head of the family, but unfortunately he was old and had suffered a series of blows, so his health was badly damaged. He looked even weaker than his sickly son, and was unable to suppress Gu Jiangkuo at all.
"Ah Kuo." Gu Zhonghong said weakly, "What on earth do you want to do?"
Gu Jiangkuo: "Grandpa, do you want to know my plan?"
"It's very simple actually," Gu Jiangkuo pulled over a chair and sat down opposite Old Man Gu with his arms and legs spread wide.
"Oh, by the way, Doanna," he said to one of the servants, "call the nurse over and get the oxygen equipment ready. I'm afraid the old man might faint again if he gets too excited."
"No need!" Old Master Gu said weakly, "I haven't reached that point yet. Do you think Grandpa is no longer able to live?"
However, with just a look from Gu Jiangkuo, the servant obediently left.
"Grandpa," Gu Jiangkuo symbolically curled his lips, revealing a cold expression that couldn't really be called a smile, "Your health is important, don't be so angry."
Gu Zhonghong became even more furious. His face turned ashen, but a hint of fear flashed in his eyes. "Now even the servants at home listen to you. Where are my personal servants, Ah Ping and Bu Rui? And where is the housekeeper Zhong Bo? Why haven't I seen him?"
"They couldn't take good care of you," Gu Jiangkuo said calmly. "I was only away for a few days, and you ended up in the hospital. They couldn't even take care of their master's health. How could they be considered competent servants? That's why I fired them all."
Gu Zhonghong roared: "You want to put me under house arrest!"
Unfortunately, he started coughing violently halfway through his words.
Gu Jiangkuo waited until he coughed until his face flushed red before he casually stood up and patted Gu Zhonghong on the back twice. "How could that be? The Gu Group has suffered such a devastating blow, and it's unacceptable for the chairman to remain silent. I have to personally help you dispel the rumors."
Gu Zhonghong coughed enough, breathing heavily, and looked up in surprise at his seemingly fully grown, unfathomable, tall grandson, "Debunk the rumor?"
"To dispel the rumors," Gu Jiangkuo said. "I'm accompanying you to prove in front of the media that you're in good health and that the Gu Group won't change hands anytime soon, in order to stabilize the falling stock price."
…That sounds pretty convincing, but who was the person who caused the group’s stock price to plummet?
Mr. Gu intuitively felt that there was something fishy about Gu Jiangkuo's proposal, but he had to admit that he urgently needed a good public relations event to solve the urgent problem.
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