Chapter 674: Being a Gunner
The Tao and Ji families are old friends. Tao Hejin and Ji Qiansong have known each other since childhood and are childhood friends. However, even brothers have to settle accounts clearly.
In order to get Tao Hejin to agree to the marriage, Ji Qiansong offered a huge dowry of 10% of the shares, but in return, the Tao family also had to give out 10% of Jintao's shares as a betrothal gift, under the guise of two-way shareholding.
Judging from the price in the secondary investment market alone, Xinji's stock price is higher than Jintao's, so Tao Hejin thought about it and felt that this marriage would be beneficial to his family. Besides, Ji Qingqing is stupid and easy to control. If they marry her, why worry about not having the opportunity to swallow up Xinji Group?
Tao Zhiwei and Tao Hejin returned home. In the study, Tao Zhiwei had a long talk with his father. For the first time, Tao Hejin told his son his true thoughts.
Tao Zhiwei frowned, "There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world. There is no need for the Ji family to lose money and gain publicity like this. No matter how bad Ji Qingqing is, she is their only daughter with excellent appearance. Even if she is not smart enough, they can find a live-in son-in-law or hire a professional manager. At least the company and money are still under the control of their Ji family. If she marries me, that is not certain. Haven't they thought about this problem?"
Tao Zhiwei would not be so narcissistic as to think that he was so outstanding that the Ji family would hand over his decades-long foundation to him. No matter how charming he was, his last name was Tao, not Ji!
As soon as his son reminded him, Tao Hejin also noticed something was wrong. Thinking carefully, he recalled the various abnormal behaviors of the Ji family over the years - it was as if they were pushing him to break up with his daughter from behind.
With his father and grandfather protecting him, Tao Hejin has had a smooth life without any setbacks.
Influenced by their elders, Tao Hejin and his wife do tend to favor boys over girls. Plus, his family has only one son for three generations, so they wanted to have a son as their second child, hoping that the two sons would take over the huge family business together.
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In the end, she gave birth to Tao Zhiyao.
Tao Zhiyao was right. Her parents really did not welcome her arrival, so they ignored her over the years.
Tao Hejin regarded Ji Qiansong as a good brother and told him everything in his heart. For example, he did not like his daughter. Ji Qiansong took advantage of this and instigated his daughter to bully Tao Zhiyao for more than 20 years. Ji Qingqing led her friends to isolate Tao Zhiyao and say bad things about her behind her back, making her personality become more and more eccentric.
It was inevitable that these negative information also reached the ears of Tao Hejin and his wife. In any social occasion, someone would always mention their children and say, "I heard that your daughter blabla..." Over time, Tao Hejin's feelings for Tao Zhiyao naturally faded.
How terrible! Ji Qiansong had ill intentions towards the Tao family from such an early time.
"I think Ji Qiansong may have the same idea as you. He is targeting Jin Tao and alienating you and Yaoyao. His fundamental purpose is to deprive her of her inheritance rights. After all, it is much easier to deal with me alone than with two people. Yaoyao is actually very smart."
Tao Zhiwei's sharp words made Tao Hejin suddenly realize his mistake. He was very scared, "I really only cared about my own interests! I couldn't see through such a big trap."
"Ji Qiansong is a low-key person, good at disguising himself, and used his daughter as a shield. We only saw Ji Qingqing's stupidity, but forgot about her father. You have been away from this position for too long, so naturally you let your guard down."
In fact, Tao Zhiwei didn't think of it as a conspiracy at first. After all, from the perspective of pure interests, the marriage between the two families is indeed a win-win situation. He realized something was wrong when Ji Qiansong learned about Yu Zhan and Song Junzhe's identities, his attitude suddenly changed, and he left in a hurry.
Why is Ji Qiansong "afraid" of Yu Zhan and Song Junzhe?
Tao Zhiwei boldly guessed that it was because Song Junzhe's father owned 8% of the shares of Xinji Group, and Yu Zhan had the influence left by his father and a huge amount of cash.
Ji Qiansong was worried that his plan would go wrong.
Tao Hejin was terrified and broke out in a cold sweat. If it was really as Tao Zhiwei guessed, then Tao Zhiwei and Ji Qingqing would be in danger of their lives after getting married.
He still didn't want to assume the worst about his friend of decades, and he thought he understood Ji Qiansong.
"Maybe we are overthinking it."
Tao Zhiwei said to his father, "If you don't believe me, call Ji Qiansong now and tell him that you've given up your marriage plan and see if he gets angry."
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