Mr. Lu's delicate bag

Chapter 184 Picking on the weak

Gu Sheng went to the Gu Group headquarters and got the revised plan, as well as a backup plan. He followed Li Jin out and was about to get in the car when he got a call from his brother. The caller asked if he had the items. He said he had, and then the caller asked if it was urgent. If not, they could go up to the 8th floor. They were both free, so they could have tea together.

Drinking tea is a small matter, but since my brother called me specifically and I have nothing else urgent to do, I might as well go and meet him.

Gu Sheng closed the car door and didn't get in, but raised his eyebrows and glanced at Li Jin who was following him.

Li Jinyi made eye contact with his boss and quickly leaned over, "Mr. Gu, what's wrong?"

Gu Sheng beckoned, his eyes falling on the chest of his shirt again. Li Jin reacted and quickly reached into his inner pocket, took out half a pack of cigarettes, took out one and handed it to Gu Sheng.

When Gu Sheng brought the cigarette to his lips, Li Jin took out a lighter and lit it for him with his hands.

"You said..."

Watching Gu Sheng take a sip, Li Jin said embarrassedly.

Gu Sheng looked away and asked, "Li Jin, how many years have you been here with me?"

"It's been more than three years, right? When you were a freshman in college and just started your own company, I followed you."

Gu Sheng took another breath calmly, "Some are smart, some are stupid. Some act smart, but some deliberately act stupid..."

Li Jin, are you smart or stupid? And how do you act smart or stupid?

"This..." Li Jin smiled awkwardly, "Whatever the boss thinks I am, then that's what I am."

“Heh”... Gu Sheng exhaled a puff of smoke.

Li Jin touched his nose. "No matter how smart you are, can you be smarter than the boss? Similarly, no matter how dumb you are, as long as you can obey and do your job, that's all. Don't you agree?"

There are so many smart and capable people in the world, but at most they are just working for others.

First, no matter how smart he is, he has no resources. Resources here include various types, such as wealth accumulation, connections, land, information resources, etc.

It’s like when the real estate market is booming, everyone wants to enter the market, but the poor can only watch and watch. After finally taking out all their savings, it is only enough to buy a house with a mortgage.

But the rich, seeing the same excitement, can buy many units at once, wait for three to five years, and then sell them or rent them out directly, thus achieving "wealth freedom" at that level.

Being able to see a business opportunity and having the start-up capital are two different things.

Finally, for those who have mortgages, even if the house price increases, it actually has nothing to do with them. They cannot sell it and stop living in it, or if they sell it and buy another one, they still have to spend the same amount of money. Therefore, they cannot realize the so-called price increase.

"In our society, we tend to deliberately promote intelligence and courage. In fact, in this office building, Mr. Gu, look... no matter what plan or backup plan it is, who among those who proposed it and implemented it isn't smart and capable?

But in the end, all the money he earned still belongs to his surname, right? "

Gu Sheng took another light puff of his cigarette.

"So, you are really smart, but you act stupid in public, either willingly or deliberately?"

Li Jin's face choked up, but he immediately smiled again, "Stupid is relative.

Some information may seem hot to us poor people, but it is actually too late by the time we poor people see it. It has already been picked up by the rich.

So, even when I think I am smart, I have to restrain myself and tell myself that I am stupid.

Otherwise, if you act rashly and act rashly, you might end up losing everything.

What I fear most is people who have no resources and get information late, but think they are smart.

He loses more money than a stupid person.

Also, there are some things that you see through but don’t say out loud, also for the sake of self-preservation.

"You say, with this kind of information gap, is it better for ordinary people like me to be smarter or dumber?"

Gu Sheng nodded. This guy was quite insightful, but also quite skilled in Tai Chi. Gu Sheng smoked half of his cigarette and flicked it towards the trash can across the street. Then he took the water the driver offered him and rinsed his mouth. "Li Jin, if a boss uses one person, it means that this person must be smarter than many people.

The reason I’m talking to you today is to tell you that you don’t have to act stupid in front of me too many times.

I understand you have your own philosophy of life, but you have to know that when those in power use you, they don't want to use your philosophy.

But your value...

If a person is 100% smart but is reluctant to show it to his boss... do you think his boss will still employ him?

Hearing this, Li Jin suppressed his smile and looked at Gu Sheng thoughtfully. Gu Sheng raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, "Let me see your value, your value to me... Give me a little surprise, I know you have seen through many things."

After saying that, Gu Sheng walked past him and headed towards the company gate. Li Jin glanced at Gu Sheng's back indifferently, then looked towards the 8th floor of the group building. Then he immediately retracted his gaze, ran to the trash can, took out a tissue, picked up the cigarette butt that Gu Sheng hadn't thrown in, and threw it back into the trash can.

When they reached the revolving door, Gu Sheng went in, and Li Jin followed him, holding a folder. He put his ear close to his ear and said quickly, "Boss, you will meet Manager Gu Guang later. No matter what you talk about, you can record it first so that we can review it when we get back."

The two of them took the elevator up, and before they reached the 8th floor, Gu Sheng received another call from his brother, "Brother, I'm almost there."

"Let's go! Something happened! Someone jumped from a building on Nanping 3rd Road, where you're moving!"

Gu Sheng's heart trembled, and Li Jin quickly raised his hand to support him. The elevator door opened, and Gu Sheng saw his brother Gu Guang running towards him.

I quickly hung up the phone and said, "Brother..."

Gu Guang nodded. He brought two people, a man and a woman, glanced at Li Jin beside Gu Sheng, and the three of them also entered the elevator.

Gu Guang asked directly, "You haven't raised funds yet, so what stage is your project at?"

"We have just started the negotiations, and the relocation hasn't been discussed yet. Brother, does that jumping off the building have anything to do with us?" Gu Sheng was asking anxiously when his cell phone rang again. He picked it up and it was the person in charge of the project under his name. He came hurriedly to report that someone had jumped off the building on Nanping 3rd Road.

Gu Sheng hurriedly held onto his phone and asked, "Which building, which unit?"

"The person jumped from Building 107, but I'm rushing over to find out whether he is a resident of Building 107."

"So, which unit is it? I don't know."

There was silence on the other end.

Gu Shengren held back his anger and said, "Hurry up and check it out! Then notify me!"

Seeing Gu Sheng hang up the phone, Gu Guang shook his head. The five of them got out of the elevator. Gu Guang ran forward, and Gu Sheng quickly followed. When they arrived at the parking lot, Gu Guang pointed and asked Gu Sheng to take his own car, "Don't follow me.

You handle it yourself. I'll go somewhere else."

"But, brother..."

"Call me if you have anything. Bye."

Gu Sheng thought his brother would take him everywhere, and panicked for a moment. He stopped and didn't walk towards his brother's car, but he didn't run towards his own car either.

Gu Guang opened the car door and looked back at his brother, "Why are you just standing there? Your news is later than mine!"

"It's still unclear which building or household the person jumped from? Is it because of the relocation? You don't know anything, and you're still staying here?!"

"I..." Gu Sheng was so anxious that he became irritable, but he was speechless for a moment. Li Jin next to him quickly pushed him and held his hand, "Mr. Gu, let's get in the car and go to the scene first."

Gu Sheng saw that his brother had already gotten into the car, and the two men followed him in. When the car started, he knew that he had to rely on himself for everything, and his brother would not help him.

He turned around and ran towards his car. After getting in, he was about to fasten his seat belt. In a panic, Li Jin quickly grabbed his hand.

Gu Sheng looked at him in surprise. Li Jin looked at the driver in the front seat and said, "Um, Lao Xiao, please get off."

Driver Xiao hummed, knowing that they might have something to talk about, so he unbuckled his seat belt, got out of the car, and closed the door.

Gu Sheng didn't quite understand and continued to stare at Li Jin. Li Jin loosened his grip and said, "Mr. Gu, please think about four questions first. 4. During the renovation of the old city, the relocation mobilization work, and the later construction, were there frequent cases of people jumping from buildings, protesting for their rights, and so on?"

Gu Sheng thought about it and nodded.

Li Jin nodded as well. "To be frank, even if one or two people die, the corresponding compensation should be factored into your preparations and costs for this project."

"What? You mean..."

"Mr. Gu, this is real business! Otherwise, why do you think Lu Shize always rejects your proposal?

On the one hand, it is possible that the plan we came up with is not very good.

On the other hand, the more likely reason is that this kind of thing happens frequently in this kind of project.

However, Lu Shize had already accumulated wealth long ago, and he simply disdained and didn't want to get involved in this!

So, think carefully, has Lu Shize hinted to you to talk to him about another project?"

Gu Sheng thought about it and realized that Lu Shize and his special assistant Chen had not only hinted at it, but had also made it clear more than once that if he came up with another plan, he would obviously be able to get sponsorship.

It turns out that this is the reason why Lu Shize has always been reluctant to get involved in the old city renovation.

Seeing that Gu Sheng seemed to have turned around, Li Jin continued, "Second, do you think your father is familiar with this kind of thing? Is your brother familiar with it? They have been working in the business world for so many years."

"Of course everyone knows that."

Li Jin nodded. "Yes. Then, think about it, have Mr. Gu and your brother ever hinted or explicitly asked you to change projects?"

Gu Sheng nodded again, "So, they guessed the reason why Lu Shize didn't want to touch this project...so they also persuaded me. And I..."

"The third question is, do you appear to be very committed to this project?"

Gu Sheng nodded immediately, a little excited, "Yes! I am very dedicated to this project."

Because, from the beginning to the end, this is not a simple old city renovation. Gu Sheng has long had his eyes on the ancestral hall there!

The blue bricks and white tiles inside, and those pillars, the nanmu pillars! The carved window lattices!

Gu Sheng didn't just want Lu Shize to invest 100 million or 200 million and take it openly. What Gu Sheng said was naturally that he wanted to improve the lives of those people... This kind of business is indeed a small business in the eyes of his father or Lu Shize.

However, Gu Sheng's relocation and renovation of the old city were just superficial money-making projects. What he really cared about was the corresponding thousand-year-old ancestral hall. He could dismantle and sell the items inside, and then exchange imitations for the originals. Any one of them would be priceless.

Of course, Gu Sheng would not tell anyone else about this kind of thing.

Li Jin brought him a bottle of water and continued, "The fourth question is, if you were Gu Guang, knowing that Lu Shize was unlikely to approve your brother's project, what would you do?"

"I'll find another alternative plan for my brother. That's exactly what my brother did!"

"And you..."

"And I am particularly persistent." Of course I am persistent. If I can successfully complete this project, my wealth accumulation will soar in the next few years...

"So, after today's meeting, my brother has already determined that I'm unlikely to give up the old city renovation project. And then... this 'accident' happened?"

Did he arrange this on purpose? !

"Prepare an 'accident' in advance so you can experience it firsthand!

When you followed him from the elevator to here just now, were you completely lost and almost starting to rely on him?"

Gu Sheng was scolded by his brother and was already panicking. This made his brother think that he would give up the project.

“Then I’ll go next”

Li Jin didn't answer, just shook his head, and took the water from Gu Sheng and helped tighten the lid. He would give his boss enough time to think clearly about what to do next.

We must clearly distinguish which things are just means and which things are ends.

Just like this 'accident', there is actually no need to deal with it.

He was just a means designed by Gu Guang to prevent Gu Sheng from being obsessed with that project.

Then, without being obsessed with the purpose of the project, he had to find Lu Shize to cooperate. Even if it meant changing the plan.

Therefore, according to this reasoning, cooperating with Lu Shize became the goal of his father or brother.

This is completely different from what Gu Sheng thought at the beginning.

In Gu Sheng's understanding and plan, cooperation with Lu Shize is just a means, and getting the things in the ancestral hall is the goal.

Since my father or brother wants me to cooperate with Lu Shize, then what can the cooperation bring... What is the purpose behind this?

Gu Sheng took out his cell phone and found Shen Jiaojiao's number.

Li Jin looked at him, and Gu Sheng smiled, "If my father and brother's goal was to cooperate with Lu Shize, they didn't take action, but instead used me to take the lead and act as a bridge.

So, using the same logic, if I want to deal with Lu Shize, why don't I just use Shen Jiaojiao as a bridge?"

The persimmons you always squeeze are the softest ones... I'm the one squeezing this side, but isn't Shen Jiaojiao the one squeezing that side?

Li Jin nodded slightly and said that this second-generation rich kid was very smart. He had been chatting with him for less than ten minutes, and he had already thought of a way to break the deadlock and directly pulled Shen Jiaojiao out.

So, how smart does an ordinary person like me have to be to be better than these people who were born with a silver spoon in their mouth and are both smart and hardworking?

Shen Jiaojiao is not a naive person, let's see what they can play...

Besides, it seems that the Gu family and the Lu family don't have to do business together, right? After all, for so many years, they have kept to themselves...

There must be a deeper connection between them, and something must have broken out recently, forcing them to test each other again.

Next, it all depends on how Shen Jiaojiao responds. As for me, I don't need to give any more suggestions. I'll just continue to be the fool.