Reply to Keats - Chap 27
Chap 27
He Forgot to Take His Medicine
It was rare that Chen Wan couldn’t think of anything to say, so he could only smile awkwardly, because he couldn’t say that Mr. He was not as lucky as him, nor could he say that I wanted to get close to you more.
The former is like a drunkard, and the latter is like a madman.
He hasn’t seen this face so closely for a long time. It’s really great. Every last look at it counts.
Fortunately, Zhao Shengge didn’t really hold him accountable for this matter.
“How’s your project going?” he asked suddenly.
Chen Wan was still smiling. His mind suddenly became much clearer after hearing these words. It was at this moment, at a certain instant, that his slowed-down thoughts seemed to finally connect the true meaning of the previous sentence in the quiet and empty space.
While playing cards, He Shengyuan said that they were destined to work together, and after Chen Wan won the third game, he said that it seemed that they were destined to work together.
Because he was one of the investors behind the Wanbaohang project, their power group had been struggling to find a scapegoat to accuse Luo Qiansheng. Who knew that a fearless Chen Wan would appear halfway, and it would be a piece of cake for them.
The berry wine that he had just drunk felt a little cold in his stomach. Chen Wan really didn’t know He Shengyuan before. He only found out about him when he was mentioned unintentionally while playing cards.
Before tonight, He Shengyuan was considered by Chen Wan to be a sensitive person who was in business competition with Zhao Shengge.
If you think about it this way, he does seem to be behaving a bit like a cunning and servile fence-sitter.
The cold wine felt like a stone weighing on his stomach, and Chen Wan sighed inwardly.
My throat was a little tight, so I lowered my voice, trying to make my words sound sincere and real: “I didn’t know the relationship between Mr. He and Wan Baohang before.”
Zhao Shengge frowned, a little confused, as if he didn’t quite understand why he suddenly mentioned He Shengyuan again.
He just wanted to remind Chen Wan not to attend dangerous things like hearings in the future. If she didn’t want to ask him for help, she could tell Zhuo Zhixuan or Tan Youming.
But this time Luo Qiansheng doesn’t have to worry anymore, because he can’t turn over.
However, since the hearing was confidential, Zhao Shengge was not supposed to know about this, so he could only advise Chen Wan implicitly: “There are many factions in Wanbaohang. Shi Zhangmin should have told you about it. You should think clearly before taking any action.”
In fact, Zhao Shengge had already made up his mind not to pay attention to anything about Chen Wan in the future, and he almost succeeded, but this matter was still… too much. Anything related to politics was very serious and dangerous. Zhao Shengge felt that Chen Wan didn’t realize the seriousness of it at all, or, even if he realized it, he still took the risk.
Zhao Shengge probably knew that Chen Wan was a little scared of him, so his voice and attitude
They were not as tough and cold as they were when they were playing cards before. They could be described as gentle, even a little… tender.
Of course, no one who said this or heard this realized it.
Chen Wan’s throat rolled, and he said in a low but humble voice: “Okay, I understand. Thank you Mr. Zhao for reminding me. I will pay attention to it next time.”
Zhao Shengge felt that Chen Wan was quite receptive to advice. Although he had a round head, he was not as stubborn and crazy as the secretary described. However, Zhao Shengge also felt that there seemed to be something wrong with him, very subtle, and wondered if he should say something more.
At this time, someone came in.
It was the boy who was arranged to sit next to Zhao Shengge before.
“Mr. Zhao, Mr. Chen?” The boy widened his eyes slightly, as if he thought it was very strange that these two people would appear here together. “Why are you here?”
As soon as he said this, he realized that he had overstepped his bounds, so he immediately came over, lowered his head and explained to Zhao Shengge, “I’m sorry, Mr. He didn’t see you, and was worried that something might have happened, so he asked me to come out and take a look.”
Zhao Shengge lowered his eyes and looked at him. His expression did not change, but his calm gaze made people feel heavy in their hearts.
Zhao Shengge was different from every guest he had met before. Some people made people feel majestic and fearful without showing off their wealth and status or speaking in a stern voice.
Chen Wan felt that the glass of ice wine in his stomach had turned into a hard stone, blocking a certain part of his body and thus blocking the flow of blood.
But he still smiled and said, “I came out to wash my face and met Mr. Zhao. Mr. He, don’t worry.”
Zhao Shengge wanted to ask the boy to go out first, but the phone in Chen Wan’s hand vibrated.
Because he had been missing for quite a long time, Zhuo Zhixuan was worried that he had fainted in some corner without anyone noticing due to the alcohol stimulating his nerves.
Then it was Tan Youming, who sent him a message with three exclamation marks, saying that He Shengyuan was a difficult old fox to deal with, and Shen Zongnan was also very strong. He would not give face like Zhao Shengge did. The atmosphere was quite subtle at the moment, so he asked him if he had time to go over.
The sound of Tan Youming croaking could be heard, and Zhao Shengge kept looking at Chen Wan, waiting for him to hang up the phone.
Chen Wan said he was going back.
When Chen Wan returned to the banquet hall, she and Zhao Shengge walked away separately, so she did not hear Zhao Shengge say to the boy “You don’t have to come in” when she entered the door.
Chen Wan continued to stay at the card table for a while. The rain outside was heavier than before.
The guests left one after another, some of them took their companions away and stayed overnight to spend a night of romance.
There is only one road leading down Xiaotan Mountain. Several cars are parked end to end. The silver-white lightning and rain light blur the license plates and logos. Zhuo Zhixuan’s Land Cruiser is in the front, followed by Tan Youming’s Bentley, and Chen Wan is at the end, so he knows that there is no Maybach among them.
The car cannot drive fast in the rain. The night wind is strong in the mountains, and the trees and weeds on the rocky slopes are swaying wildly.
Chen Wan leaned against the car window with a hazy look in her eyes, and felt that the wind and rain outside seemed to be coming straight in through the glass window.
When he turned the corner, the dazzling high beam shone on him, and the glass of ice-cold berry wine was swaying in his stomach. Chen Wan finally remembered that he had forgotten to take his medicine today.
The meeting with He Shengyuan was very successful, and major commercial and financial media soon spread the rumor that Minglong was going to cooperate with the shipping king. The official media TCB even directly stated that if the news was true, it would be a powerful combination of epoch-making significance in Hai City.
Hai City has a unique geographical location. Since the 1970s, it has become the pearl of the Bay Area thanks to strong foreign investment and foreign trade support policies. This has also resulted in a heavy reliance on foreign investment in terms of economy and technology in import and export trade, shipping and logistics. There are many hidden dangers beneath the prosperity.
If Minglong takes action, the foreign investment market will be severely squeezed, economic control and technological barriers will be greatly eased, and at the same time, the mainland connection will be opened up and the economic discourse power will be regained.
Rumors were rife, and Minglong seemed to have no signs of clarification or confirmation. When the rumors reached their peak, He Shengyuan personally sent an invitation letter to major media outlets – a wine tasting event and a press conference on the new route plan.
The last meeting was arranged by Tan Youming and others, and the two parties reached an agreement in private. This time it can be regarded as a statement by He Shengyuan to the public, as well as a response and sincerity to the cooperation with Minglong.
After their initial meeting at Xiaotanshan, Chen Wan and He Shengyuan met again at the promotion meeting of the Wanbaohang project. Chen Wan’s funding sector eliminated some of the leverage resistance and he was able to breathe a sigh of relief temporarily.
He also bet right on Luo Qiansheng’s matter. It was probably that the powerful group on He Shengyuan’s side would make an effort to pin him to death, so Chen Wan was safe.
At the promotion meeting, Chen Wan personally poured wine for He Shengyuan. He should toast him both publicly and privately. Publicly, the other party was one of his future Party A. Privately, it seemed that they used Chen Wan to accuse Luo Qiansheng, but it was also Chen Wan who used their power to avenge him.
He Shengyuan admired Chen Wan very much. Without him, the first meeting with the group of young masters might not have been so smooth. Moreover, after Chen Wan accused Luo Qiansheng, they had already brought him down before they could even take action.
So on this day He Shengyuan personally handed the invitation letter to Chen Wan and asked him to be present.
The press conference was not only a response to the upcoming cooperation with Minglong, He Shengyuan also conveyed his plan to shift his focus to the new Nordic route, so Felipe was also invited to attend the wine tasting after the press conference.
Philippe is a member of the Norwegian royal family.
Coincidentally, Felipe is a classmate of Tan Youming and his classmates when they were studying abroad at the Royal Institute of Technology. They had a good relationship back then. Of course, Tan Youming has a good relationship with everyone.
Nordic people have a lot of formalities at cocktail parties. Tan Youming said that when he was invited by Felipe to the royal family’s private cocktail party, there was an unwritten and interesting little activity within their ancient family called secret exchange.
That is, every guest must bring two bottles of fine wine. One bottle will be put in a blind box by the waiter and let others take it away. It depends on fate. Whoever gets it gets it. This is a way to make friends.
The other bottle can be signed and placed directly on the wine rack for guests to taste.
Every guest who enters the venue is given a logo, and everyone can stick their logo on the wine they like. In the end, the owner of the wine will choose which guest to give it to.
He Shengyuan probably wanted to take the opportunity to lay a solid foundation for the expedition to Northern Europe, and the cocktail party also adopted this approach to show his respect and courtesy to Felipe.
This was the first time Chen Wan heard of this rule and thought it was quite interesting, so she took some effort to find some wine.
Zhao Shengge doesn’t smoke often, but he seems to be interested in wine and tea.
Chen Wan had too few sources of information and relied entirely on observation and reasoning.
After careful selection, I finally found a satisfactory bottle of Mulan Duo M218, produced in the eastern foot of Helan Mountain in Ningxia.
The other one is Chardonnay, produced in Chablis, with similar tonality, but Chen Wan is more satisfied with the Mulan Duo in terms of fermentation time, craftsmanship and aroma.
Chen Wan carefully handed the two bottles of wine to the wine waiter respectively, and carefully instructed that the Mulan Duo was to be placed on the wine display rack for labeling, and the Chardonnay was to be put into the blind box for people to choose, so please do not confuse them.
The wine waiter took it carefully. Chen Wan felt uneasy looking at his back with one hand holding a bottle, and wanted to go up to remind him again, but another guest had already stopped him.
Seeing that he was very busy, Chen Wan didn’t bother about it anymore. This was He Shengyuan’s home court and he had nothing to do. Zhuo Zhixuan and Tan Youming were still stuck in traffic and hadn’t arrived yet. Chen Wan stood alone next to the wine cabinet for a while and didn’t take the initiative to find anyone to socialize with.
Suddenly, a voice neither loud nor soft came from above: “Chen Wan.”
Chen Wan looked up. On the second floor was a very low revolving stage. Zhao Shengge was leaning against the railing and talking to a foreign man with slightly long curly hair. The other man spoke in an English accent. Zhao Shengge put one hand on the railing and listened carefully. When he saw Chen Wan looking up, he waved his hand slightly and said, “Come up.”
His words and movements were so gentle that Chen Wan suspected he had seen it wrong, so he did not move.
