Dead but not stiff

Gu Xi'en put his coat on his arm, got out of the elevator and walked straight to the company's gate. After seeing him in the sleepy eyes of the little girl at the front desk in the early morning, she suddenly gathered excitement and excitement, stood up and yelled out of joy Good morning Mr. Gu.

"Morning." Gu Xi'en nodded and smiled, the little girl at the front desk sat down with her hands on her chest, and Uncle Li followed behind with a smile: "Young Master Gu, like Master Jingzhi, is very popular with girls."

Gu Xien smiled, and said lightly: "Ordinary people are still different from celebrities."

"In the eyes of Madam, everyone is treated equally."

Gu Xien froze when he pushed open the glass door of the office, but he didn't continue to express his opinion, and walked in.

Uncle Li came in after him, Gu Xien turned his head and glanced at him, and said calmly: "Uncle Li, you can go to work first if you have something to do, instead of following me on the saddle."

Uncle Li smiled and said hello, but he didn't mean to leave. Gu Xien didn't bother to say it again if it didn't work. He walked to the desk and sat down on his own, and started to deal with his own affairs.

After a while, I heard Uncle Li say again: "Little Master Gu, we are going to visit City B together on weekends. You should make arrangements in advance so that you won't be delayed."

Gu Xi'en raised his head and looked at him suspiciously. Uncle Li explained: "Madam arranged a family banquet, and told Young Master Gu to be there, and Master Jing also asked the company for two days' leave."

The last sentence completely blocked Gu Xien's refusal, he sighed softly, and said slowly: "Okay."

Uncle Li nodded with a smile, "Then I'll go out first, Young Master Gu, you should be busy."

Gu Xien watched Uncle Li open the door and walk out, his eyes fixed on a certain place in the air, he stared blankly for a while, then retracted his gaze and started to deal with the work in hand.

Li Gong, who was hurriedly called back to the company from the construction site by Shen Bai's phone call, carefully pushed open the office door, looked at Shen Bai suspiciously and asked, "Mr. Shen, are you looking for me?"

Shen Bai raised his head, looked at him with a sinking face and hummed, Li Gong was beating his heart, went in and laughed twice, and asked, "Boss Shen, if you have something to say, just tell me."

Shen Bai leaned on the back of the chair, not being too condescending, and said straight to the point: "The things that have been designed and confirmed before, why do you have to overthrow everything now?"

Li Gong was very honest, and said bluntly: "Because I think that if the design of the care workers is followed, there will be big problems in the later stage."

"What do you mean?"

Li Gong cleared his throat, and said eloquently: "The building we want to build, as a landmark building in the near future, requires the service life of the building to be at least 100 years, and Gu Gong's design structure can only guarantee at most The service life is 50 years. The problem derived from this is that the whole building needs to redefine the planning in terms of fire protection and earthquake resistance. In addition, considering that in the next three to five years, this place will develop into a business district with a relatively large flow of people. Changes are also needed to address the impact of human use on the safe lifespan of buildings."

Shen Bai was silent for a moment, then asked him indifferently: "You mean, Gu Gong didn't consider these issues before?"

Li Gong paused, nodded and said: "If Gu Gong's starting point is to consider the 50-year lifespan, then the subsequent conclusions will indeed be very different."

Shen Bai pondered for a moment, then waved his hands and said to him: "Okay, I understand. Just keep doing what you should do."

Not half an hour after Li Gong left, Chen Nali opened the door and came in again. She saw Shen Bai leaning back on the back of the chair and closing his eyes to doze off. Shen Bai slowly asked: "The contract is done?"

Chen Nali turned around and said repeatedly: "Alright, let's take a look first."

Shen Bai took it, opened it and quickly scanned the whole article, then put it on the table and said to Chen Nali: "Okay, leave the rest to me."

Chen Nali nodded her head like garlic, wishing she could go around the table and hug her thighs. Finally, she clenched her hands into fists and respectfully said, "Come on, Dad!"

After seeing off Chen Nali again, Shen Bai got up from the chair, stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows and pondered for a while, finally walked to the table, took the mobile phone, and called Gu Xien.

After a few rings, the other party picked it up, and asked him in a natural tone: "What's wrong?"

Shen Bai's voice was soft, and he smiled after listening carefully: "Call the newly appointed Mr. Gu to express condolences, how is he doing, how is he adapting?"

Gu Xien sighed softly, and said honestly: "It's not very good, the debt relationship here is too messy, there are three unfinished projects, and they are all high-cost investments, and the bank can no longer get the money, so we can only Try to sell a newly completed real estate at a loss, so as to solve the urgent need." Gu Xien wanted to laugh when he said this, "In S City, there is still a house that is sold at a loss. I bought it."

Shen Bai was a little surprised: "So urgent? Can't you take it easy?"

"I can't wait any longer. The managers of the three banks have visited the door many times. I really admire this Boss Wang. He can get money from the banks even though the company's performance has been losing money year after year. Eventually even the house will collapse.”

Shen Bai frowned, very puzzled, and said: "Huang Huaisheng's brains went out to buy such a company. It's impossible to challenge? But since it's all like this, why doesn't he increase capital to help? Wait and see how you get over this mess. After death?"

Gu Xien was silent for a few seconds, and said calmly: "Maybe he thinks there is a way to bring the dead back to life, but I haven't found it. Doesn't this have a big project to cooperate with your company?"

Hearing Gu Xien's first suggestion, Shen Bai coughed twice, without blushing and heartbeat, and said: "In this case, let's sign the contract soon."

"Okay." Gu Xien asked logically, "How about the cooperation share?"

"You little money fan, why don't you care about this first?"

Gu Xien said lightly: "Who made me short of money now?"

Shen Bai touched his nose and coughed twice, Gu Xien finally couldn't help asking him: "Are you caught a cold?"

"No." Shen Bai gritted his teeth, and said bluntly: "Let's put it this way, we contribute capital and effort, and all you can give is a piece of land, so the share still has to be as stated before."

Gu Xien was silent for a few seconds, and said in a tone of emotionless: "Okay, I understand. I still need to discuss with other executives of the company. That's it, hang up first."

"Don't hang up." Shen Bai stopped him immediately, and raised his voice a few decibels, and asked anxiously: "Are you angry?"

"No."

"You're just angry." Shen Bai said categorically, and then began to explain earnestly: "Gu Xi'en, this is a business matter, we should put aside our personal feelings and deal with it. I can't just use power for personal gain and abandon the company's interests just because you are my wife. Regardless. If you are short of money, I can help you in my own name, and I will give you as much as I have."

"No need." Gu Xian said, "It's not the end of the mountain yet. Besides, I'm an adult, and I understand what you're saying, so I'm not angry, so don't think too much about it."

Shen Bai hummed with lingering fear, feeling that the atmosphere between the two of them was tense for a while, so he changed the subject and said to him: "Okay, let's stop talking about it, and talk about something happy." When he spoke up to this point, his tone He couldn't help but start to jump up, and asked Gu Xien full of expectation: "Do you have time this weekend?"

Gu Xian hummed suspiciously, and asked him, "What's wrong?"

"My mother invited you to eat at home." Thinking of this, Shen Bai felt as if his whole body was soaked in pink bubbles, and his expression became gentle: "Reunion dinner."

There was a moment of silence over there, Shen Bai didn't realize it, and was immersed in anticipation of a beautiful weekend, and then he heard Gu Xien say in an apologetic voice: "I'm sorry, Shen Bai, I'm afraid I won't be free this weekend."

Shen Bai's smile froze on his face, and his thoughts flying in all directions returned to their original place. He settled down and asked unwillingly, "What's the matter with you?"

"My mother asked me to go back to City B, the flight on Friday night."

Shen Bai felt that half of the strength in his body was taken away in an instant, he smiled wryly and said slowly: "Is it such a coincidence?"

"Well," Gu Xien's voice also sounded full of guilt, "Next time I have a chance, I will definitely go."