guest of honor

Three days before the Daishan Culture Acquisition Negotiation Meeting, He Minghan found Qin Mu and made an appointment to meet in the private kitchen of the courtyard.

"Mr. He, today is this box again." Qin Mu slumped lazily in the armchair, squinting his eyes to look at the exquisite dishes on the crystal turntable, "Why are you alone?"

He Minghan didn't seem to understand the ridicule in his words, and poured himself a glass of wine: "The three cars behind just now are from Luo Haoyuan?"

Qin Mu smiled and spun the empty wine glass: "Guess."

"I guess not. The car fell on us from Midtown. The model and speed are very low-key, unlike Luo Haoyuan's style of work." He Minghan asked, "It seems that we still have something to talk about today?"

Qin Mu didn't bother to talk to him anymore: "If you want to see him, I can help you now, this is his territory after all. If there is anything else, let's talk about it straight to the point."

He Minghan stared at him for a moment, feeling that it was only a month, and Qin Mu's aura became stronger and more active again.Maybe it's because the last serious injury has not healed, and Ye Li is not far away, so he restrained himself a bit.Now this young man who is confident and unruly, with no sloppiness in his speech and demeanor, is the real him.

Facing Qin Mu like this, He Minghan was more confident in persuading him: "I'll negotiate a deal with you."

Qin Mu Wenfeng didn't move, looked down at the wine glass in his hand, hummed to indicate that he was listening.

This posture is too similar to that of Qin Wenchuan in the past, and he is also lofty and arrogant.He Minghan sneered silently with disdain, but kept his face on the surface: "As long as you agree to let Qingning Assets become a shareholder of the company and refuse Yuanyang's acquisition, I can tell you what you want to know."

Qin Mu raised his eyebrows and raised his eyes: "What do I want to know?"

"It's about your father."

The moment He Minghan said it himself, his slender fingers tightened suddenly, almost crushing the glass.But after staring at each other in a strange and long silence, Qin Mu just gently returned the wine glass to the table: "I already know what I need to know. Father didn't die in that car accident in the first place, and he wasn't even injured. Everything was just a game to lure the snake out of the hole, but it still failed to deceive you, and ultimately fell short.”

He Minghan shook his head, drained the glass of wine in front of him, and hissed, "There are still things you don't know."

Three and a half years ago, Qin Wenchuan, who appeared at the funeral, brought a team of bodyguards with sticks and knives, and controlled the chaotic mourning hall in his hands with lightning speed. The thugs were twisted with their arms pressed to the ground, and the women and children were trembling in the corner.

At that time, He Minghan secretly cried out for danger.He breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he had passed this level, but at this moment he heard a gunshot.

The bullet entered through a broken window outside the mourning hall.

But no one noticed this detail.The gunshots sounded like water droplets falling into a frying pan, and the calm suddenly burst. People screamed and swarmed like the gate of a mourning hall. Even the iron rods and sharp knives in the hands of the bodyguards could not stop the pace of escape.

"The door is locked!!"

The flow of people rushed to the center of the mourning hall again, but what awaited them was only the tip of a fierce knife.All this happened so fast that Qin Wenchuan had no time to maintain order, and the gangsters who temporarily acted as "bodyguards" were also frightened by the gunshots, stabbing many hysterical innocents in the chaos.

And He Minghan stood two steps behind Qin Wenchuan, watching with his own eyes that the bodyguard he brought followed Qin Wenchuan's footsteps without order, and stabbed a dagger into Qin Wenchuan's back——

Everything happened in an instant.Most of the people present did not realize until a long time later that the person lying in a pool of blood was Qin Wenchuan.The murderer who assassinated Qin Wenchuan had already been shot in the skull by He Minghan, and died silently by Qin Wenchuan's side.

No one thought that the person who finally killed Qin Wenchuan would be He Minghan's bodyguard.After all, before Qin Wenchuan appeared, He Minghan was the only one who upheld justice for the Qin family.

Afterwards, Qin Wenchuan's death was blamed on the previous car accident that he directed and acted on himself, and He Minghan's bodyguard was also confirmed to be a spy deliberately placed by others.But the person is already dead, Qin Mu can't pursue it openly, let alone trust He Minghan completely.

That's what happened after that.

At this moment, He Minghan noticed the flash of grief in Qin Mu's eyes, and he himself was not shocked by Qin Wenchuan's death: "At that time, I had already gained Qin Wenchuan's trust, so why should I attack him again? Think again, if the person in charge of the overall situation is your father, if you didn't hate me because of your father's death, would I have come to where I am today?!"

Qin Mu's heart trembled slightly, and he looked at He Minghan without saying a word, waiting for him to continue.

"Qin Wenchuan's death, you and I are both victims." He Minghan took a breath, looked at him coldly and said in a deep voice, "Qin Mu, don't be used as a gun."

"'Don't be used as a gun'." Qin Mu repeated his words word by word, and when he raised his eyes again, the emotion in his eyes disappeared, "In the final analysis, Yuanyang is about to acquire Qin Zhen, and now you and Did I say this to drive a wedge between Ye Li and me?"

"Ha, compared to Ye Jingsheng, what is Ye Li?" He Minghan said disdainfully, "Now the Ling family is going to be in trouble, the reason why he proposed to buy Daishan Culture is just to take advantage of you, it won't hurt at all Ye Jingsheng is not in the slightest."

"Ye Jingsheng has only one son, why do you think they will fight to the death?"

Qin Chu's name almost blurted out, but He Minghan bit his teeth at the last moment. He still can't tell Qin Mu too much: "I can only tell you so much now. If you change your mind about the acquisition Yes, just contact me."

After that, he picked up the windbreaker and left.

A business card with a black background and gold border floated out of He Minghan's pocket and landed at Qin Mu's feet, unexpectedly familiar.Qin Mu bent down to pick it up, and found that he really knew the name on it: Zhao Wuyi, a "celebrity" among Luo Haoyu's group of cronies.

He also "collected" this extraordinarily gorgeous business card—it was given to him by Luo Haoyu as a joke.

Qin Mu conveniently received the business card inside the suit.

Compared with why He Minghan knew Zhao Wuyi, Qin Mu was more concerned about another matter: "The Ling family is going to be in trouble", why?

In the next three days, he checked the information of Huarong Real Estate, the real estate company the Ling family was most proud of.From the bright side alone, Huarong Real Estate is operating well, and a recent project is about to be completed soon, which will bring new growth points to the company.He Minhan's casual sentence, perhaps only by telling Ye Li, can he have a clue.

Ask him after the acquisition case is over, Qin Mu thought.At this juncture, he didn't want to distract Ye Li.

While Qin Mu was dealing with He Minghan, Ye Li went to the United States on a business trip.The person who received him was Ling Zirong, his own uncle, in order to show him a piece of land jointly invested by Yuanyang and Huarong Real Estate.

"The land on the west side is planned as a residential area. If the city center expands in the future, the price of this land will at least double again."

Ling Zirong stood on the wasteland and pointed out the country vigorously, as if there were tall buildings standing beside him.Ye Li followed behind him and nodded frequently with a smile on his lips, but his eyes were wandering.

He came here just to take a look, and the engineers behind him were professionals.

When this plan was first proposed a year ago, Ye Li expressed his opposition at the board meeting, because the policy had already begun to control the outflow of capital.It's a pity that this big meal looked too tempting, but in the end it succeeded and was put on the agenda.

Black and white people came and went on the construction site, and the same LOGO was printed on their overalls.Ye Li stopped and looked at it for a while, but unfortunately he didn't see any way: "Who is hired to do the project?"

Ling Zirong proudly announced a name, but seeing Ye Li's lack of response, he explained: "The new city and the CBD on the east coast are their bids. Their family didn't come to invite bids, and I entrusted an acquaintance to hand over the project. Only when they go up, people are willing to come up with a plan.”

"Acquaintance?" Ye Li frowned unrecognizably, and asked in surprise, "Which acquaintance has the best hands and eyes, and helped uncle you so much?"

"Hai Jian's young master, Cheng Min."

Ye Li glanced at him intently, with a vague smile on the corner of his mouth: "Oh?"

Haijian, Shaodongjia, Cheng Min.These few words, one after another, caused headaches, but it was also within Ye Li's expectation.

Huarong is engaged in real estate and cannot do without engineering. There are only a few large companies in China that can take over for Huarong. Haijian is the most and closest cooperative enterprise with Huarong.

What is causing headaches is not Haijian's project quality. On the contrary, Haijian is one of the best-known contractors in China.And this is precisely because its owner is surnamed Cheng.

As for Cheng Min, he is the son of Cheng Rui, the president of Haijian Group, and the daughter of the Zhao family.

In Ye Li's view, the word "collusion between government and businessmen" is the most taboo in doing business.

But Ling Zirong made it clear that he wanted to take this path, so he frequently cooperated with Haijian.After all, for Cheng Min, whether the land can be approved is just a matter of his grandfather's mouth.

"Huarong also has an office building project in China, and the contractor is Haijian." Ling Zirong knew that Ye Li had a prejudice against Haijian, but he didn't feel pain in his back when he stood up and talked, so he could only try to repair the relationship between the two parties, "After a while It will be completed in a week, and dozens of leases have been signed. When the cash flow is revitalized, the second phase of the project here can start.”

However, Ye Li heard a bit of discomfort from these few words.The issue of tight cash flow was brought up by Ye Li as early as a year ago during the project meeting.He was talking about Yuanyang at the time, but why not about Huarong Real Estate?

What's more, there is still a project in China that has not yet been recovered.

But Ye Li was too lazy to care about Ling Zirong's mess.Since Ling Zirong said that the domestic project will be completed next week, and he has already found a merchant, it shouldn't be a big problem.

He only needs to care about Yuanyang's interests.

What's more, the most urgent task is the acquisition of Daishan Culture.Ye Li saw the project here, and only had time to have dinner with Ling Zirong before rushing to the airport.

When the plane landed at nine o'clock in the morning, Ye Li asked the driver to go directly to Yuanyang Building.

He was caught off guard when he came back. Secretary Zhang, who was shopping overseas, was sitting in front of the computer with his head drooping, and he didn't even hear the sound of footsteps.

"What are you looking at?"

"A family's essence has oil-free type. I have mixed skin and should buy oil-free. But I'm afraid the oil-free water-locking power is not enough," Secretary Zhang struggled to switch the webpage, and recognized it when the page turned black. The smiling face reflected on the screen, "Oil...sex doesn't feel good to use, Mr. Ye."

Ye Li patted her on the head affectionately, the terrified Secretary Zhang only felt that the gentle strength was comparable to that of a nine-yin white bone claw: "It's better to buy oil-free ones, if you continue to swim, you will be caught and made into dried salted fish." gone."

"...Okay." Secretary Zhang shook his finger holding the mouse, and quickly closed all the overseas online shopping pages.But Ye Li didn't pursue it any further, she seemed to be in a good mood, she immediately took the briefcase from the boss like a dog, and carefully followed behind the man: "Boss, you just came to work right after getting off the plane. Hard work. What do you want for lunch? I'll let the kitchen make it for you."

"There's no need for lunch." He just sent a message to Qin Mu and went back to the apartment for lunch.Ye Li looked at Secretary Zhang who was about to move from the corner of his eyes, squinted his eyes, and smiled broadly: "Why, you are in a hurry to get away and send a message to the employees of the whole company, telling them that I am back?"

Secretary Zhang shook his hand and almost dropped Ye Li's briefcase to the ground: "No more! Boss, I'm leaving the group now!"

Grandma Wolf kindly squeezed her shoulder and took the briefcase from her hand: "Aren't you the leader of the group? If you quit the group, wouldn't everyone be leaderless?"

Secretary Zhang's legs softened and he almost knelt down.She didn't have time to think about which spies this vixen learned about the QQ group from, and she held it in for a long time without saying a word. Naturally, the knife hanging around her neck is the most important thing to save her life. Secretary Zhang had an idea: "Why don't I pull you in too?" group?"

The vixen nodded in satisfaction, but still "tactfully" rejected her: "No, I'm already in the group."

Secretary Zhang: "..."

After Ye Li sorted out the documents, he planned to go upstairs to report to Ye Jingsheng. Secretary Zhang, a revolutionary fighter, followed him into the elevator.

Ye Li: "What are you doing here?"

Secretary Zhang: "I'm going to the rooftop, and I'll jump off if no one stops me."

Ye Li: "Don't go, the gamblers are already full, there is no room for you."

Secretary Zhang burst into tears: "Boss! Are you trying to persuade me not to commit suicide?"

Ye Li: "No, I just want to persuade you to jump from another building."

Ye Li went upstairs to see Ye Jingsheng finished his work report, and went to his department in private.Before the holiday, he specifically asked Meng Jiang to go home and recuperate for a while, but he still caught him in the office: "Why did you come to work again and didn't ask for leave?"

Hearing his voice suddenly, Meng Jiang was startled. When he raised his eyes, he saw the silhouette of Ye Li closing the door.He grabbed his trembling fingertips before Ye Li looked back, and stood up calmly: "I took three days off and came back to work without any major issues... How is the business in Italy going?"

Ye Li saw that his complexion seemed to be better than before he left, so he didn't care too much, and walked slowly to the desk: "It's just a little personal matter, don't worry, you can help me the most by taking care of yourself."

He glanced at Meng Jiang's computer screen, and with just a hasty glance, he recognized that the above document was the acquisition agreement that Yuanyang and Daishan Culture were about to sign.The progress bar on the right has been pulled to the end, and the page stays on the column of "Liability for Breach of Contract".

Noticing Ye Li's gaze, the mouse on the screen flicked quickly, scanning the red cross in the upper right corner.But Meng Jiang suppressed his nervousness and guilty conscience in time, and moved the mouse away at the last second when he was about to close the file.

It was his job to review the agreement, and there was nothing suspicious about it.

Sure enough, Ye Li didn't pay much attention to it, and instead persuaded softly: "This document has been revised hundreds of times, and every punctuation mark has been torn apart, smashed and studied, so you don't have to worry too much about it." Spend your energy."

Meng Jiang gave a low "hmm" and jumped the screen back to the desktop: "How is the conversation with Daishan Culture going?"

Ye Li leaned on the desk, stroking the leather table mat with his fingers: "The team has met five times, and there will be a meeting to vote this Friday. If more than two-thirds of the support can be won, the agreement can be finalized on the spot." Sign it."

"After the agreement is signed, how long does it take for the funds to be implemented?"

The anxiety between the words caused Ye Li's voice to pause slightly.He looked carefully into Meng Jiang's eyes, but the other party had no time to avoid it, and the worry in his eyes was clear at a glance.

This is indeed the largest acquisition in the industry in recent years, and there is nothing wrong with being nervous.Meng Jiang's attitude is too cautious, and he is not incomprehensible: "After the report is submitted to the financial inspection and passed, the security deposit will be frozen. However, the final payment will be at least half a year later, and the price will fluctuate during the period."

Meng Jiang lowered his eyes, calculating the time and funds.And Ye Li patted him on the shoulder, returned to his office, stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows and looked down.

Twenty floors are not high.But looking down from the top, the faces of passers-by have become blurred, but Ye Li keenly recognized the tall figure of one of them...

It seems to be, He Minghan?

But there are too many professionals in suits and leather shoes, and everyone is somewhat similar to everyone.When Ye Li narrowed his eyes and wanted to see more clearly, another car screeched to a stop in front of the man.Afterwards, the man who had some imaginings with He Minghan got into the car, and walked away with the driver.

Ye Li was puzzled by the intriguing abnormality.If it was really He Minghan, then who did he come to Yuanyang to meet, and what did he want to say?As for the person who stopped him, who would it be?

Ye Li called the security guard and asked them to call up the video at the gate, and that person was indeed He Minghan.