Full Cup of Water - Chap 47
“I think?” Xin Mu smiled faintly, “Since you said you wanted me to be the Queen Mother, you won’t disappoint me, right?”
Xin Qianyu smiled and replied: “I only said about changing the dynasty, but I didn’t promise to make you the empress dowager.”
“Huh?” Xin Mu paused.
Xin Qianyu said: “Because I want to be the Supreme Emperor. If you were the Empress Dowager, wouldn’t the hierarchy be messed up?”
The more Xin Mu listened, the less she understood, but she just followed her son’s train of thought and said, “No matter what you want to do, you have to get one thing done first.”
“What?” Xin Qianyu asked.
“The issue of equity.” Xin Mu said, “Equity is like military power. If you don’t have it, being the emperor is useless, let alone the emperor.”
This truth is very simple. In modern enterprises, equity is everything.
The old man understands this truth better than anyone else, so after pushing the company to go public, he took the time to collect the equity. He currently holds 67% of the equity. This ratio is unrivaled, even if Su Zhong, Xin Qianyu and the others add up. Not enough to compete with him.
It was also because he held such a large share of equity that the old man had the capital to attack Xin Qianyu and directly ordered to cut off the wealth of Xin Qianyu and Xin Mu’s mother and son.
The old man, on the other hand, thought that Xin Qianyu would be in dire straits since he had no pocket money. He was complacent in the office and said to his secretary, “Xin Mu didn’t help his son, did he?”
“It doesn’t seem like it…” The secretary looked at the report sent back.
The old man nodded: “Yes, Xin Mu’s own money is also tied up in business, and he doesn’t have much living money.”
He still knows his daughter’s financial situation very well.
However, he thought he understood Xin Qianyu’s financial situation.
In the eyes of the old man, Xin Qianyu is still the young and energetic boy with a weak foundation. He would never have imagined that Xin Qianyu is now a veritable “invisible rich man”. However, Xin Qianyu experienced several public opinion turmoils and really liked the low-key luxury and connotation of the “invisible rich”, so she came up with the idea of wanting to be a “Taiwan Emperor” rather than an “Emperor”.
The old man feels that money is the easiest way to make people surrender. Xin Qianyu couldn’t be so arrogant if he didn’t have money.
But if he really wants to impose a comprehensive economic blockade on Xin Qianyu, the old man must solve a difficult problem: that is the relationship between Xin Qianyu and Su Zhong.
The old man was blindly arrogant and thought he could block Xin Qianyu, but he was not so arrogant that he thought he could block Su Zhong.
If Xin Qianyu gets back together with her old friend and doesn’t get divorced, then Xin Qianyu can still live a wealthy life.
If Xin Qianyu and Su Zhong decide to divorce because they have not signed a prenuptial agreement, no matter how you look at it, Xin Qianyu will be able to split a large sum of money, which will be richer than the old man every minute.
In other words, whether divorced or not, Xin Qianyu can be rich and powerful, and of course it doesn’t have to depend on the old man’s face.
This is something the old man doesn’t like to see.
The old man thought about it for a long time and asked his secretary to ask Su Zhong to meet him.
Su Zhong didn’t hesitate and made an appointment with the old man for lunch. The two of them were sitting in a private box, and the old man also opened the skylight and spoke frankly: “How are you and Xiaoyu’s divorce going?”
Su Zhong asked, “What does this have to do with you?”
The old man already knew Su Zhong’s speaking style, so he didn’t feel dissatisfied. He smiled and said, “He is my grandson, of course I will care about him.”
“Yes.” Su Zhong said, “We are still talking.”
Su Zhong originally wanted to say that the divorce was a lie, but Xin Qianyu explained that no matter who asked about the divorce, Su Zhong would give an ambiguous answer. He could not directly deny it, nor did he need to admit it. Anyway, he just wanted to say ” Words like “Let’s talk about it”, “It depends on the situation” and “Let’s talk about it later” are intended to make people unable to see the truth clearly.
When the old man heard this kind of answer, he really couldn’t figure it out, so he probed further and said, “You were too hasty when you got married. You didn’t sign a prenuptial agreement. There must be a lot of disputes over the division of property.”
Stay silent.
The old man just thought he had guessed correctly, smiled and said, “If you want to win more property and reduce losses, I can help.”
“Can you help?” Su Zhong asked.
The old man thought that Su Zhong was interested in his proposal, so he said in a mysterious way: “Anyway, I am confident that Xiaoyu can make concessions on his property.”
Su Zhong said, “Really? I don’t believe it.”
The old man chuckled and said, “Let me put it this way, Xiaoyu is a filial child and he will be obedient.”
“Isn’t he unfilial to his grandson?” Su Zhong asked seriously, “and he is particularly rebellious and disrespectful.”
The old man paused and said, “He is an unfilial grandson, but not an unfilial son.”
When Su Zhong heard this, he seemed to have some idea: “You mean… you want to start with Xin Mu?”
The old man still smiled and looked very kind: “Su Zhong, you are a smart man, and a smart man who puts interests first. You should understand what I mean.”
“You help me like this,” Su Zhong said, “What do you want to get from me?”
The old man said: “Shares, I want to take back the shares in your hands.”
Su Zhong was not too surprised and just said: “You misunderstood. The 20% belongs to m-global, not me personally.”
“Everyone knows that this kind of thing is a lie.” The old man chuckled, “You should think about it again. You are welcome to come to me, this old guy, for tea at any time.”
After saying that, the old man stood up and left.
As soon as I finished eating with the old man, Su Zhong told my wife all about it.
Xin Qianyu was secretly frightened when she heard what the old man said, fearing that the old man really had something to do with Xin Mu.
Xin Mu is flamboyant and careless, and she has been living under the name of the daughter of the Xin family for many years and has not developed her own family. It is probably not difficult for the old man to manipulate her.
However, Xin Qianyu thought that “tiger poison cannot eat its seeds”, but she did not expect that the old man would not even let his own daughter go.
Xin Qianyu sighed: “This matter must be clarified, otherwise it will be a time bomb.”
Saying that, Xin Qianyu glanced at Su Zhong again: “When I come to see you, I must know that you have more wealth than me. I guess I am taking advantage of you by sharing your average wealth.”
But Su Zhong said: “If you like, you can take my entire wealth. If I transfer the property directly to you, you will pay a lot of taxes. I suggest you set up a fund first…”
“Stop it.” Xin Qianyu waved her hands when she saw that Su Zhong was really serious about planning the affairs of his clone’s family, “I don’t care about your money.”
Su Zhong said: “Then what do you want? I can give it to you.”
Looking at Su Zhong’s serious look, it was like if Xin Qianyu wanted the moon in the sky, Su Zhong would pick it up.
Xin Qianyu shook his head and said with a smile: “Let’s do this. If you really want to help, just pretend to agree to cooperate with the old man, explore his true and false, and see what he is capable of.”
“This…” Su Zhong looked confused.
Xin Qianyu said doubtfully: “What? Just talking about words, is it more difficult than your net worth?”
“Yes.” Su Zhong nodded, “I’m not very good at ‘pretending’.”
“Uh…” It seems so, Su Zhong is really not good at acting. And the old man is an old fox. After getting along with him for a long time, I’m afraid he can see some clues.
Xin Qianyu touched his chin and said, “Then you try to speak as little as possible, and just sneer coolly when you don’t know what to say.”
Su Zhong said: “Laughing all the time? Doesn’t that sound like a lunatic?”
“…”
However, since it was Xin Qianyu’s request, Su Zhong still couldn’t refuse. Even if I’m not good at acting, I still have to do it.
So, within a few days, Su Zhong called the old man again and invited him to meet.
This time, the old man thought he had the upper hand, so he kept Su Zhong in the dark for a few days before asking Su Zhong to meet at his home ground, the Yuzhuo Group office.
Su Zhong didn’t seem to have the consciousness of being away from home and sat down as soon as he came.
The old man put on a high profile as a master: “Don’t be formal, just treat yourself as your own place.”
“I am the major shareholder and a member of the board of directors. This is my own place.” Su Zhong said.
The old man swallowed and said with a smile: “Yes, yes… But how do you think about my suggestion? Are you willing to give up your shares?”
“Yes, but you have to charge money.” Su Zhong said, “After all, these are m-global’s shares. I can’t give them away for free. I still have to trade them normally.”
“Of course.” The old man said generously, “I will repurchase your shares at a price higher than the market price, and you will not suffer any loss.”
Su Zhong nodded: “So, what about Xin Qianyu? What are your plans?”
The old man smiled and said: “You don’t need to ask, you just need to wait.”
Su Zhong frowned slightly, a little worried about Xin Qianyu. But he didn’t know what to say, so he started to pretend to be cool and sneered: “Hehehehehe.”
Seeing Su Zhong suddenly burst into strange laughter, the old man thought it was quite scary, so he interrupted: “Actually, that child Xiaoyu was really spoiled. She doesn’t know how high the world is, and she also learned some cunning ways from society. She’s quite Difficult…”
Hearing the old man speaking ill of Xin Qianyu, Su Zhong suddenly felt unhappy and just said: “Xiaoyu is obviously very cute.”
The old man was startled: “Aren’t you going to divorce him?”
“…” Su Zhong started to pretend to be cool and sneered again, “Hehehehehehe… But my net worth is cuter.”
The old man also laughed: “Indeed, no matter how beautiful a person is, nothing can compare to money!”
The old man’s wishful thinking was actually very loud.
Alliance with Su Zhong is his plan to kill two birds with one stone: On the surface, he is helping Su Zhong suppress Xin Qianyu in order to recover Yuzhuo’s equity. In fact, he was going to suppress Xin Qianyu, even if Su Zhong didn’t sell the equity to him, he would do so. But by finding a common ground, he has confirmed his allies. He can also sell favors and recover equity. Even the old man himself feels that he is very clever.
Soon, the old man attacked Xin Mu.
The winery under Xin Mu’s name was investigated and punished because some of the foreign wines there did not have Chinese labels, which violated national regulations. Therefore, he was fined 1 million and suspended for rectification.
The old man quickly gave Xin Mu, Xin Qianyu and his mother a warning: This is just the beginning. If you continue to ignore promotions, you will only face the dilemma of bankruptcy and unemployment.
Xin Mu said: “I’m so scared… Wuwuwu…” In fact, her winery couldn’t make much money. Now that something happened, she simply sold the winery and continued to use Xin Mu to make money. Qianyu’s “dog fund” is full of life and death, and the money is flying.
However, Xin Qianyu could tell that Xin Mu was actually very sad.
What makes her sad is not that her business has been hit, but that the old man is so cruel.
“Is he really my father?” Xin Mu sighed, “Did I pick him up?”
Xin Qianyu patted Xin Mu on the shoulder. She didn’t know how to comfort her, so she could only say dryly: “I heard that the male models in xx club are pretty good. If you like it, I’ll take it. I’ll take it from my account. My son loves you!”
Xin Mu was not polite and went to see the male model without stopping.
Seeing that Xin Mu was unhappy, Xin Qianyu was also very sad. It can only be said that in the old man’s mind, authority is more important than family affection, right?
Because Xin Qianyu seemed unhappy, Su Zhong tried to comfort him. But it was impossible for him to open a fund for Xin Qianyu to find male models in the club, so he could only provide services himself.
In addition, Su Zhong also took Xin Qianyu on a date.
“Let’s watch a movie,” Su Zhong suggested, “How about that?”
“Why do you want to go see a movie all of a sudden?” This was the first time Xin Qianyu heard such a suggestion from Su Zhong.
Su Zhong said: “Isn’t this what lovers must do?”
Xin Qianyu smiled helplessly and said, “Who is a couple with you?” But in fact, he went to the cinema with Su Zhong.
To avoid ostentation, the two went to a private cinema.
The movie theater was a private room with a double bed inside. There were rose petals on the bed. With the dim lighting in the movie room, Xin Qianyu thought she had entered a couple’s hotel by mistake.
Su Zhong didn’t think there was any problem, so he took Xin Qianyu to lie down and watch a movie together.
Xin Qianyu felt a little uncomfortable and asked, “You won’t propose again later, right?”
Su Zhong was stunned and said, “Huh?”
Xin Qianyu said: “When I see roses now, I think of that toilet. Don’t propose with roses.”
Su Zhong nodded stiffly.
“Oh, then I’ll be relieved…” Xin Qianyu relaxed a lot.
Su Zhong felt a little uncomfortable: “Did the way I proposed last time cause you a lot of trouble?”
“…Not really.” Xin Qianyu was a little embarrassed and only said, “It’s just a little unexpected…”
Singing toilets with roses flying out and so on…
“I understand,” Su Zhong nodded, “I will improve.”
Xin Qianyu laughed and said, “Let’s watch a movie.”
This kind of private movie theater usually played old movies, and the equipment was not as good as that of a large movie theater. Xin Qianyu felt drowsy after watching it. Only halfway through the movie, he fell asleep on the bed.
Seeing that Xin Qianyu was asleep, Su Zhong put a blanket on him, then gently took out the proposal rose bouquet from under the bed and threw it away quietly.
Seeing the rose petals scattered in the trash can, Su Zhong stood stunned for a while before turning back to the movie theater.
Back in the hall, Xin Qianyu was still asleep.
Su Zhong sat next to him, gently held Xin Qianyu’s hand, carefully took out the wedding ring from his pocket, slowly put it on for him, and murmured: “I hereby swear that I will always love only You alone, whether in health or in sickness, will never leave me, until death do us part.”
Su Zhong knew that he lacked the romantic factor, and had even prepared for the worst: It would be impossible to plan a romantic proposal that would satisfy Xiaoyu in this life.
So, he made a one-sided oath in this darkened movie theater.
It was enough that he vowed never to leave Xin Qianyu. Xin Qianyu didn’t have to agree, respond, or even hear.
Xin Qianyu’s fingers are naturally long and fair, and they are even more beautiful with a wedding ring studded with diamonds.
Su Zhong gently kissed Xin Qianyu’s ring finger wearing the ring.
The old movie is still playing. The hero kneels down to propose marriage, and the heroine is overjoyed and has tears in her eyes.
But at this moment, Su Zhong was the only one with tears in his eyes.
When the movie ended, Su Zhong quietly took back the ring on Xin Qianyu’s ring finger, as if everything had never happened.
