Chapter 369 Mu Yuting will naturally protect Ye Chen
As soon as Ding Zaihua entered the company, Uncle Yang noticed that something was wrong with him and asked with concern,
"Sir, what's wrong? Are you worried?"
Uncle Yang used to be the Ding family's housekeeper. Even though he is helping him run the company now, he doesn't like to call him Mr. Ding and has become accustomed to calling him Mr.
Ding Zaihua sighed, didn't say what happened, and only said, "Lao Yang, help me investigate someone."
Uncle Yang is a reliable and proactive person, so Ding Zaihua usually leaves his personal affairs to him.
"Who are you checking?"
"The second son of the Ye family."
"The second son of the Ye family? Ye Chen?" Uncle Yang asked doubtfully.
Ding Zaihua nodded and sighed softly.
The reason why Uncle Yang was confused was because he knew the grudge between the Ding family and the Ye family.
Ding Zaihua and Ye Chen's father Ye Xiangqian have always been good friends, so Ke Xin and Ye Chen have been attending cocktail parties together since childhood.
But something happened more than ten years ago. At that time, Ding Zaihua was bidding for a piece of land. He was in the catering business and wanted to buy this land to build a large-scale and high-end catering center.
At that time, he was the most powerful competitor and was ready to bid 300 million yuan.
The reason for offering this price is that we are determined to get this piece of land.
But because Ding Zaihua had some problems with his capital chain at that time, the money was trapped and he only had 200 million yuan on hand, and was still short of 100 million yuan.
He turned to his good friend Ye Xiangqian for help, asking if he could lend him 100 million yuan, which he would pay back within half a month.
The two had a close relationship, and Ye Xiangqian agreed without hesitation. He then promised Ding that he would stay in China.
"When you need it, just give me a call and I'll transfer the money to you immediately."
Later, when the two were chatting, Ye Xiangqian casually asked Ding Zaihua how much money he was willing to pay for the land. This was out of trust and gratitude. Besides, the Ye Group was not participating in the competition for this land.
Ding Zaihua told Ye Xiangqian, and only Ye Xiangqian, his bottom bid price.
Indeed, only Ding Zaihua and Ye Xiangqian knew Ding Zaihua's bottom line.
Even Ke Xin’s mother doesn’t know.
A few days later, the bidding officially began. Five companies competing for the land bid at the same time. When the five people revealed their prices at the same time, Ding Zaihua, who was confident of winning, was stunned.
The prices offered by the other three families did not exceed 300 million, but the price offered by the Guo family in the north of the city was very strange, neither more nor less, just one dollar higher than Ding Zaihua's reserve price.
The Guo family's bid was 301 million yuan.
Everyone present was not stupid and could see the problem. The Guo family offered this price because they must have known Ding Zaihua's bottom price in advance.
It was because of this one dollar difference that Ding Zaihua missed the land.
You can imagine the anger in his heart.
What’s even more infuriating is that Mr. Guo, who got the land, came to Ding Zaihua and showed off proudly.
"It's awesome! Today is the most satisfying and satisfying bidding I've ever won. I won for just one dollar. Thank you, Mr. Ding. You're the boss of Jiangcheng's catering industry, but when it comes to bidding for land, I really don't agree with you."
The Guo family once wanted to get a piece of the pie in the catering industry, but they were unable to compete with Ding Zaihua, so they have always held a grudge and will definitely take this opportunity to ridicule Ding Zaihua.
Ding Zaihua was a kind person and didn't engage in verbal argument. He simply asked calmly, "How do you know my bottom price?"
Mr. Guo did not deny it, but only said, "Remember, there is no impenetrable wall in this world."
After saying that, he left with a wild laugh.
Ding Zaihua thought about it and realized that he had only told Ye Xiangqian about his bottom price, and this man surnamed Guo happened to be Ye Xiangqian's sworn brother.
The relationship is quite good, and the two families also have business dealings.
Ding Zaihua believed that Ye Xiangqian must have betrayed him and revealed his bottom price to the Guo family.
He went to find Ye Xiangqian and told him the story openly, but Ye Xiangqian refused to admit it.
"If I had revealed your bottom price to others, why would I have agreed to lend you 100 million? Why would I bother? If you need it now, I still say the same thing, I will call you immediately."
Ding Zaihua has lost trust in Ye Xiangqian and thinks he is acting.
In his opinion, the reason why Ye Xiangqian agreed to lend him 100 million was that he was playing hard to get and trying to impress him with this method.
Moreover, it was Ye Xiangqian who took the initiative to ask him about the lowest price.
In theory, the bidding floor price is a commercial secret and cannot be disclosed to anyone. If I hadn't been moved, I would not have told Ye Xiangqian about this.
Ding Zaihua believed that Ye Xiangqian had betrayed him, but Ye Xiangqian said that Ding Zaihua had wronged him.
The two had a big fight, and then the two families stopped communicating.
Uncle Yang only found out about this afterwards.
For more than ten years, Ding Zaihua has never mentioned the Ye family once. The two families have no contact with each other, but they also keep to themselves.
Now suddenly he was asked to investigate Ye Chen. Uncle Yang thought Ding Zaihua was going to deal with the Ye family. He hesitated for a moment and said,
"Sir, as far as I know, Ye Chen is not involved in the management of the Ye family's assets. He is now the vice president of the Mu Group and is Mu Yuting's man. The two of them have built the Mu Group together and have a relationship that is like that of brothers.
If we deal with Ye Chen, not to mention the Ye family, Mu Yuting will naturally protect him. You also know Mu Yuting's strength. We can't deal with him. Besides, Ye Chen himself is not a simple person. Whether in terms of ability or skills, he is not an ordinary person. I am afraid that we..."
Uncle Yang was reminding Ding Zaihua that if he wanted to deal with Ye Chen, he might not have a chance of winning.
If it was just the Ye family, the Ding family could compete with them, but when it came to Mu Yuting, Uncle Yang was a little timid and lacked confidence.
For so many years, the people and affairs of the Ye family have been taboos to Ding Zaihua. No one dared to mention it unless he mentioned it. This was the first time he heard about Ye Chen's situation.
Ding Zaihua became interested. "Old Yang, from what you said, Ye Chen is quite powerful. Our Ding family should give him some respect."
Uncle Yang said hurriedly, "That's not what I meant, sir. What I meant is that if you really can't get over it and you must deal with the Ye family, you must think twice before doing so. At the very least, you can't start with Ye Chen. But my opinion is that it's better to resolve a feud than to create one."
Uncle Yang considered things from Ding Zaihua's perspective and also expressed his own opinion.
Ding Zaihua smiled and said, "Old Yang, you've been with me for so many years. Do you think I'd retaliate against someone behind their back?"
Uncle Yang shook his head. "You're not like that. You'd rather suffer a loss than make a big deal out of a small matter."
Ding Zaihua continued, "I do hate Ye Xiangqian, but even if I wanted revenge, I would go after Ye Xiangqian openly. How could I possibly plot against his child?"
Uncle Yang finally realized that he had misunderstood and asked doubtfully, "Sir, then why did you ask me to check Ye Chen?"
"It's a long story, I'll tell you later. You should mainly check this person's character."
"OK."
After Uncle Yang left, Ding Zaihua pondered for a while, his mind full of what Uncle Yang had just said. Even Mu Yuting valued Ye Chen so much, it seemed that he was quite capable.
But when he thought of Ye Chen's father, his face darkened again.
There are many capable people, but ability and character are not necessarily proportional.
He still didn't think highly of Ye Chen.
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