Reply to Keats - Chap 37
Chap 37
Dragonfly on the Palm
“…Yes.” Chen Wan didn’t know if he asked this on purpose. She looked a little embarrassed, but she was still very happy in her heart.
Be careful about what you do, Chen Wan secretly warned himself.
There was only a very short piece of Dahongpao left. Zhao Shengge put out his cigarette. Suddenly, a hand stretched out in front of him, palm facing up.
“?”
Chen Wan said naturally: “Give it to me, I’ll throw it away.” There was no trash can outside, and it was very inconvenient to hold it in hand all the time.
“…” But Zhao Shengge was often amazed at Chen Wan’s sense of service, and how he could do many things so naturally and calmly.
Although the cigarette butt was almost no longer hot, Zhao Shengge still slapped his hand away with a little helplessness and said, “No need.”
Chen Wan was secretly startled. He felt a dragonfly passing over his palm, and it flew away before he could catch it.
When they returned, they walked separately.
Chen Wan stayed to make a phone call.
Before coming out, Song Qingmiao called him, but he hasn’t called back yet.
“Baby, has the doctor checked the room?”
She asked this not because she was concerned about Chen Wan’s condition, but because she had something to say.
“Is it convenient to talk now?”
Chen Wan pursed her lips and didn’t say that I had been discharged from the hospital for several days and was now having a recovery celebration party. She just said, “It’s convenient. You decide.”
Song Qingmiao lowered her voice and told him an important business secret: “Two days ago, Rongxin’s scattered shares were acquired. Xie Jiajian said that Fang Yang’s small shareholders were contacting him. Baby, how much cash can you take out now–”
“You went to see Xie Jiajian again?”
Song Qingmiao was startled, as if she hadn’t thought that Chen Wan’s focus was on this. She even questioned her, and said angrily, “Chen Wan, I’m your mother! Do I need to report to you and get your approval before I meet anyone? Do you know how to respect your elders?”
Chen Wan pursed her lips into a line, wanting to ask her if she respected herself, but she held back, took a deep breath, and slowed down her voice, advising and warning her: “You are trying to get the skin of a tiger, playing with fire and getting burned. Xie Jiajian is a man with evil intentions and good words. You can’t beat him.”
Song Qingmiao disagreed: “I can choose not to ask Xie Jiajian for help, then you can help me collect Rongxin’s stocks.”
Chen Wan was puzzled: “Why do you have to be so persistent in making things difficult for Rong Xin?” He took a deep puff of cigarette, and the air was squeezed out of his lungs. “If you want something else, I can help you, but this, I can’t.”
Unable to get money from her son, Song Qingmiao cursed him a few words and hung up the phone angrily.
Chen Wan felt uneasy and sent someone to secretly keep an eye on her account and Xie Jiajian’s movements.
He adjusted his mood for a while and walked back. The tea had already been served again, and Jiang Ying was talking about a bidding for a red-headed project that he had heard about from his uncle.
He asked Zhao Shengge, “Minglong has no intention? The Li family and the Qin family are waiting for you to make a move. They are ready to fight a price war and have injected foreign capital a long time ago. Now that the exchange rate has risen, they are determined to win.”
Zhao Shengge looked up at Chen Wan who was just opening the door and walking in, and said calmly, “No hurry.”
He doesn’t like to act rashly, he likes to let his prey come to him on their own initiative.
If the other party doesn’t know how to get there, he can pave the way and the stairs and teach them step by step.
But if the other party is unwilling to come over… Zhao Shengge leaned back in his chair, turned his watch, and his eyes became somewhat regretful and obscure.
No, you can teach him, but if the other party is unwilling to come over, then you can only do it your own way.
You’d better be willing.
When Chen Wan sat down next to Zhao Shengge, he saw Zhao Shengge looking at him. Chen Wan smiled and added tea to Zhao Shengge’s teacup.
Zhao Shengge also smiled very gentlemanly.
You’d better be willing, Zhao Shengge said in his heart again.
At the end, Zhuo Zhixuan and Chen Wan left in the car.
Everyone was drunk and the driver was driving the car.
Zhuo Zhixuan said: “The people who hit you have been caught.”
“Yeah?”
“Well, I was arrested on an island that doesn’t require a visa.”
Chen Wan nodded: “That’s good.” This way he wouldn’t have to worry about Zhao Shengge’s safety all the time.
Zhuo Zhixuan was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly turned his head and said, “It is said that the person was taken away directly from the police by Zhao Shengge.”
No one knows what the specific situation is now, whether he is alive or dead, or how to deal with him.
Chen Wan still nodded, not caring too much. For him, as long as he was caught, it was fine.
“…” Seeing that he had no reaction, Zhuo Zhixuan said bluntly, “Chen Wan, I don’t think it’s right.”
“What?”
“Although he has been friends with the police station for many years, to just take him away like that—”
“That’s against the rules.”
“He seldom takes action himself, and these few people are not qualified. Going to such great lengths to hire a few hired guns who are obviously just tools is tantamount to alerting the enemy,” Zhuo Zhixuan looked at Chen Wan quietly, “He has no reason to do this, unless–”
Chen Wan was busy looking at his phone. Zhao Shengge was sitting next to him tonight, and he was reluctant to waste any time on his phone, so a lot of work information had piled up in his mind.
Messages from partners, subordinates, and partners were all waiting for his reply.
Zhuo Zhixuan didn’t wait for him to respond, so he had to finish his words: “Unless it’s to vent your anger.”
Chen Wan lowered her head and quickly replied to the message while telling him, “No.”
“…You are a little prejudiced, I am serious.”
He felt that there was more than just this matter that was wrong with Zhao Shengge, but he couldn’t tell exactly what it was. Zhao Shengge was not the kind of person who could see through things.
Zhuo Zhixuan didn’t know about the twists and turns between the two in private, because Zhao Shengge and Chen Wan were more polite and courteous than each other in front of others.
Even when Chen Wan was scooping soup and lighting cigarettes for the other party tonight, he was as respectful as if he was treating a boss he was not familiar with.
The two of them talked on the open-air platform and went out and came back one after the other. Chen Wan deliberately lagged behind Zhao Shengge by half a step.
Others might not even notice that they were going out together, let alone have any other fantasies.
Zhuo Zhixuan just felt that after that day in the ward, Zhao Shengge became a little more humane. At least now Chen Wan could talk to him directly.
Zhuo Zhixuan kept urging Chen Wan with his eyes, and he put down his phone and explained: “He is looking for Hong Qi’s whereabouts and handles. This is very important for the offshore oil project that Minglong took over. There is a big network behind Baihetang, involving many people and business secrets.”
Zhuo Zhixuan looked at him suspiciously: “How do you know?”
Chen Wan briefly told Zhuo Zhixuan that Zhao Shengge suggested that he bid for the project, and concluded: “Zhao Shengge attaches great importance to this project. Any clues are important. Since those hired gunmen were able to find out Miss Xu’s whereabouts, it means they have an insider. These hired gunmen are tough and have been to the police station countless times. If the police interrogate them, they can’t torture them to extract a confession, so there is no way they can pry open their mouths.”
But with Zhao Shengge’s skills, he can always find out most of the truth.
Unexpectedly, Zhuo Zhixuan opened his eyes even wider. Many words rushed into his mind at once, but in the end they were all compressed into one sentence: “Chen Wan, you really don’t want to try?”
“Try what—” Chen Wan reacted and said without hesitation, “No.”
Zhuo Zhixuan: “He trusts you, at least he doesn’t dislike you.”
Chen Wan nodded and picked up her phone to work again: “So don’t betray his trust.”
The more you are trusted, the more you should discipline yourself.
“…” Zhuo Zhixuan was almost having a heart attack because of his stubbornness: “No, I just think that we can talk now…”
Chen Wan was silent for a while, shook her head and said, “I have already gained much more than I expected.”
But he didn’t deserve any of this.
Like it was stolen.
He never thought that he would have the opportunity to become Zhao Shengge’s partner.
Besides, Zhao Shengge was not someone he could take risks with.
Chen Wan told Zhuo Zhixuan and was also warning herself: “Don’t provoke him. It’s not good for him.”
There is a huge difference between them. Zhao Shengge has his own secular evaluation system and Avenue of Stars.
Chen Wan was covered in mud and climbed the ladder with great effort not to bring stain and trouble to Zhao Shengge.
Zhuo Zhixuan didn’t know what to say. He didn’t give up on his intuition and simply asked, “What if he takes the initiative to mess with you?”
“…”
“You don’t have to comfort me like this, do you?” Chen Wan rubbed his nose bridge with a look of confusion, obviously not taking such fantastic words to heart, patted his good brother’s shoulder and said, “I’ll be the first to treat you to a drink if there’s such a good thing.”
“…”
Chen Wan is a very democratic partner. Regarding the cooperation with CNOOC Engineering, he went back to hold a meeting with his senior partners and the technical team. Everyone was very excited when they heard the news.
Chen Wan smiled helplessly: “It is indeed an opportunity, but the challenge is also great. If you really want to do it, you can’t blame me if I have to work overtime.”
“I’m not scolding you, boss, this is Minglong!” Having participated in a project of this scale is tantamount to gilding your resume.
The bids Minglong has placed this time are all for some high-tech small companies because large enterprises are difficult to control, while small companies or experimental studios have relatively simple structures and simple personnel relationships. Minglong wants to keep the control of technology firmly in its hands.
Ke Xiang meets the bidding requirements, but if Zhao Shengge hadn’t proposed it, Chen Wan would not have bid.
However, since Zhao Shengge proposed it, it proves that he really needs a reliable and trustworthy person now.
Chen Wan is willing to do whatever Zhao Shengge needs. There will definitely be no one in this world who is more loyal to Zhao Shengge than him.
Whatever Chen Wan is determined to do, he will do it by any means necessary.
The number that she had memorized by heart was still never called once. Chen Wan was even so busy that she disappeared for a long time at the young masters’ gathering again.
Zhao Shengge didn’t call to ask, neither did he ask Tan Youming nor Zhuo Zhixuan. He knew in his heart that Chen Wan had accepted his proposal.
Zhao Shengge’s suggestion that Chen Wan try to bid was not entirely out of selfish motives.
This project has huge benefits and involves too many relationships. Zhao Shengge values loyalty more than funds, technology, reserves and experience.
Zhao Shengge trusts Chen Wan’s character, but what he said about not interfering is also true. If Ke Xiang fails to pass the third-party evaluation team, Zhao Shengge will not show favoritism and will let things take their course.
Just look for other opportunities to cooperate.
