The prompt light of the intercom phone was still flashing constantly. While Li Fangqing was working on the work at hand, she paid attention to the change of the light. When the prompt went out, she quickly got up from her seat and walked to the office of the chairman next door. Just now, Director Chen was answering an important international long distance call, and the call would go directly to his office. However, in terms of importance, the level of that call was obviously no less than that of any official business.
Standing in front of the door and straightening his clothes, Li Fangqing raised his hand and knocked on the door twice.
After only a few seconds, a voice came from the room, "Please come in."
Li Fangqing gently pushed open the door, and saw behind the large desk in the center of the office, a man was writing something at his desk, occasionally operating the laptop at hand, obviously very busy.
Just a glance, Li Fangqing immediately said, "Chen Dong, I just received a call from Xiao Dong. The flight in Shenzhen was delayed due to the airport. He may have to take the flight tonight and fly directly back to Beijing."
"I see."
"What about your flight today?"
"Board as usual." The man raised his head and glanced at the clock beside him, "Let Mr. Yu and the others come over in an hour, just in time for a small meeting."
"OK."
With just a few orders, the man lowered his head again and returned to his intense work. Li Fangqing didn't talk nonsense, and walked out lightly, closing the door. After becoming Chen Yuanming's special assistant, she has been imprisoned in this job for 6 years. She has seen countless employees who were dismissed due to incompetence, and watched the chairman's office expand from a mere number of people to Two continents, a team of nearly 30 people. Being able to stand still in this office and become one of the very few middle-level managers with a "special" name naturally has her unique way of life.
At this time, I am afraid no one knows better than her how much trouble Chen Yuanming is facing with the family crisis. If Xiao Dong can relax a little, I am afraid it will be much better, but unfortunately... Suddenly, Li Fangqing threw this thought to the side. In the back of her head, no matter how well-rounded her wrist is, the word "housework" is still an assistant's forbidden area, so it is better to keep it in check!
Taking a deep breath, Li Fangqing regained his energy and walked quickly to his battlefield.
Half an hour later, after finally reviewing the pile of information in front of him, Chen Yuanming put down his pen, leaned on the back of the chair, rubbed the bridge of his nose, and dialed the familiar number. After 10 seconds, the call was connected.
"Finished?"
The voice coming from the receiver had such a soothing calmness, and Chen Yuanming couldn't help showing a faint smile.
"Well, the willingness of Goldman Sachs to cooperate is very high, and we may continue to talk in Beijing. How is your plane?"
"It's probably out of play this afternoon, sorry, I thought I could get to your side earlier..."
"Safety is the most important thing, and it saves you from flying around. I'll go home to see your parents at night, and we'll celebrate the old man's birthday together tomorrow."
"Okay. But you don't have to wait for me at night. It is estimated that the flight will be late. You should have a good rest."
"Well, don't worry. See you tomorrow."
After just a few chats, the two hung up the phone. Tomorrow is Mr. Xiao's 90th birthday. They were going to meet in Hefei and then fly back to Beijing together. Who knows that people are not as good as heaven, so they have to go back separately. Fortunately, a buffer time of one day was arranged, and the normal day was not missed. However, considering the workload of the two, such an arrangement is not easy.
Or the year is too special...
In 2000, mankind entered the first year of the new century. After the doomsday panic of 1999, this millennium was a fresh start for many people, but it was a terrible year that could be called a disaster for the high-tech industry centered on the Internet.
In fact, at the beginning of the year, the situation was very good. The "Millennium Bug" virus that the industry has been waiting for since 1999 did not really break out on a large scale. Nasdaq continued to soar under favorable circumstances, and broke through the 5,000 mark in a blink of an eye. . This was supposed to be a year in which the Internet industry continued to boom. However, contrary to everyone's expectations, this huge Internet bubble suddenly collapsed in front of the world like a castle created by sea sand.
Beginning on March 20, in just one week, the Nasdaq plunged by more than 1,000 points, collapsing like a bubble avalanche. In the following months, the entire U.S. stock market plummeted. All the leaders of high-tech stocks fell into this terrible disaster. Internet stocks led by Yahoo! People with more "engineer" titles lose their jobs. Let this bubble that was inflated by Silicon Valley and Wall Street come back in the blink of an eye.
In response to this catastrophic change, countless IT company executives have been up at night, trying to save their strength in the avalanche and survive this cold winter. But for Chen Yuanming, this is a real "harvest" season.
Since 1996, Chen Yuanming has acquired shares in many high-tech companies in 1996, and a large amount of funds have been invested in Silicon Valley leaders such as Microsoft, Cisco, Sun, and Oracle. With the intensification of the Internet bubble, Yuanyang's position in this war has gradually become prominent. This private equity fund controlled by a Chinese boss is simply facing the black hole of the Internet. Every year, it is swallowing a large number of high-tech stocks. When its absorption is close to a critical point, Wall Street begins to rebound.
Since 1999, pressure from all sides has been exerted on Yuanyang, and too many people, including those Internet companies themselves, are eager to take back their shares from him. But now Yuanyang is far from what it used to be, because the investment direction is correct, and it has made a lot of money from American hedge funds during the Southeast Asian financial crisis. In a few years, Yuanyang's assets have exceeded 15 billion US dollars, and the success rate of venture capital investment of the touchstone It made everyone stunned. In the face of this fierce beast that is intertwined in Silicon Valley, even those Wall Street tycoons had to put on a kind face.
The war has always been carried out under the water. After a year of negotiation and exchange of interests, Chen Yuanming finally gave in and began to release a large number of shares in his hand, and each order was worth hundreds of millions. In order to take over these shares from him, Wall Street and Silicon Valley made a big deal, using a lot of cash and some reciprocal conditions to win the war.
However, before the champagne was opened, the Internet bubble came. The big victory worth boasting turned into a straw that broke his back. In this war without gunpowder smoke, Chen Yuanming won simply and beautifully.
However, the victory in the stock market did not curb his footsteps. At the end of 1999, after the second generation of the Feiyan home machine was born, Sony has fallen into a passive position. In July 2000, Chen Yuanming invested in the acquisition of Electronic Arts, the largest video game company in the United States, and unified with the Eagle's Nest Alliance, occupying an advantageous position for the first time in the cooperation with News Corporation.
At the beginning of October, the launch of Feiyan's 3rd generation MP3 gave the New York Stock Exchange a boost. After several years of transformation and upgrading, Feiyan completely gave up the VCD production line in Asia and fully entered the DVD and DVD market. In the era of flash memory, the birth of this MP3 means the birth of an alliance of world-class audio-visual companies.
Different from previous generations of MP3, this Feiyan 3rd generation is a new generation multimedia device with online purchase function. Users can directly purchase genuine MP3 through the online platform of Realnetworks. This cross-generational operation mode completely rewrites the problem of pirated downloads, which is a headache for major audio and video companies, and makes online music possible.
Today, Apple is still struggling to bear the negative effects of the Internet bubble, while Microsoft is mired in monopoly lawsuits and has no time to develop next-generation mobile products. Just 2 years ago, Microsoft completely bundled the IE browser on its own Win98 operating system, but such a move failed to shake the position of Netscape browser. Due to the successful open source, Netscape's new generation browser already has The dual structure of concise and multi-directional plug-in expansion is the browser product with the most abundant plug-ins and the strongest expandability at present.
At the same time, Netscape's tentacles into mobile operating systems have also been extremely successful in return. In today's mobile multimedia platform, Netscape has become the company with the highest system share, which is not inferior to Microsoft's achievements in the computer field. With the support of Netscape, the mobile phones produced by Anxin have become a well-known brand in the world, and PHS has begun to conquer small countries in the third world.
Whether it is China or the United States, in this year of Internet catastrophe, companies with the imprint of Chen Shi have more or less shown a situation of sailing against the current. This strong risk resistance has made countless investors fall for it. It would not be an exaggeration to say that this was the peak of Chen Yuanming's career.
However, the invincibility in the shopping mall still cannot erase the cracks caused by some household chores.
He held a small meeting in the company, and further deployed the work arrangement for the last quarter of 2000. Chen Yuanming set foot on the flight to Beijing on time. More than 2 hours later, in the Xishan villa area, Chen Yuanming walked into an elegantly decorated villa with steady steps.
"Mom, I'm back."
The lady sitting on the sofa suddenly showed a warm smile, "Yuanming, come and sit here. I heard Junjun call and say that you will be back tomorrow. You people, run around the world like this all day. , and don't find a chance to relax..."
The woman in front of her who was chattering with a smile was none other than Liu Lanxin. Now in her late seventies, she has begun to give up those fancy hair coloring products and let her hair show its gray color. The once elegant lady is now slowly turning into an amiable old lady, restraining the edge hidden under her smile.
"He will be able to go home tomorrow." Chen Yuanming defended his lover with a smile, "This year is really busy, taking advantage of Cisco's illness, he has to work hard for Junteng to seize some opportunities. It will be a little harder."
Liu Lanxin shook her head helplessly, "Both of you are too ambitious, alas... It's a pity that you have suffered yourself."
This is also the thing that worries her the most as a mother. If she can find a good helper to take care of the two people's daily life after their busy work, their life will be much easier. It just happened that the two of them looked right in the eye, and they were usually fine. In the past two years, they have been together less and more apart, to the point where they are about to separate. Relationships are not something that can stand up to tempering, and what worries her even more is...
Looking at Chen Yuanming's smiling face, Liu Lanxin hesitated for a while, and finally said, "Ajuan took Jiaxing home the day before yesterday, you..."
"I know about it." Chen Yuanming smiled, and the expression on his face didn't change, "I'm afraid she is trying to hide from us, and she will come back naturally after we leave Beijing."
Five years is enough for this family to change a lot. Since Jiaxing was one year old, Chen Yuanming took his parents and younger brother to Beijing and lived next to the Xiao family. Although it was only a nominal vacation, Wang Juan was very happy to live in the capital, especially after learning about her son's business dealings with the Xiao family, she even referred to the eldest sister Liu as a confidant. Of course, the quality of education in Beijing is much higher than in her hometown. For the education of her younger son, she often goes to Beijing to live there.
This seasonal migration continued until 1998, when the Chen family suffered a kidnapping case. Although it was unsuccessful, it still caused a great shock in all aspects. Only then did Wang Juan suddenly understand the purpose of the bodyguard that her son placed by her side. In addition to fear and anxiety, she is more inclined to come to Beijing with her husband and live a peaceful life at the feet of this emperor.
This matter should have a good development, and it is also like an earth-shaking change for the second old man who is difficult to leave his homeland. However, all these beautiful hopes were shattered by cruel facts.
Chen Yuanming likes men, but that man is actually the child of the Xiao family, the youngest son of Liu Lanxin!
Even if several years have passed, even if Wang Juan has long been familiar with Xiao Junyi, and has long been accustomed to Liu Lanxin, a good teacher and friend who lives next door, this fact still destroys everything for her. Her son is her lifelong pride, her greatest support and consolation, but such an excellent child went crazy and was kidnapped by a man, which is an unacceptable fact for the old-fashioned and conservative Wang Juan.
However, everyone around her, including Xiao Junyi's parents, held a tacit attitude towards this matter. This attitude of high-level intellectuals was also a conceptual impact on Wang Juan. There was no choice to make a fuss, and there was no joint husband to censure his son. She just chose to escape and used the Cold War to express her disapproval.
Deep down in Wang Juan's heart, she was very aware of her son's filial piety. She thought that doing so would make her son feel guilty, forcing him to "correct evil" and return to the right path of common sense. However, this time, Chen Yuanming did not give in.
That's how things came to an impasse. During the one-and-a-half-year Cold War, Wang Juan did not regret it, and even came to Beijing several times, wanting to encourage Liu Lanxin to break up the two with her. Xiao Junyi is 29 years old this year, how many years does he have to hang out? Don't you care about your own property and your family's face
It's just that her skill is not enough in front of Liu Lanxin, and it is herself who has been assimilated over time. But all the power of obsession is precisely because it is stubborn. No, on the big day of the Xiao family, when Chen Yuanming and Xiao Junyi both returned to Beijing, she also chose to leave.
This was a truly protracted cold war, and even Chen Jiaxing became a weapon in the war. No one knew better than Wang Juan how much his son loved this younger brother, and even pinned his hopes on the "child". Being in the center of such a battlefield, Chen Yuanming naturally wouldn't be as relaxed as he showed.
Seeing the smile on the young man in front of her, Liu Lanxin also felt heartache. She really wanted to change Wang Juan's mind, but a year later, the progress is still limited. It was also thanks to the fact that she still had three children who had married and established a career, so that Wang Juan relaxed her vigilance and did not guard herself like she had been guarding against thieves at first.
Reaching out and patted Chen Yuanming's arm, Liu Lanxin comforted her, "Let's stay at home and have a meal today. Taking advantage of this opportunity, both of you should have a good rest, at least take the annual leave."
"Well, we will stay in Beijing for a few more days and play two more chess games with the old man." There was no impurities in Chen Yuanming's smile.
A hearty dinner with soothing small talk and encouragement. A few hours later, Chen Yuanming said goodbye to Liu Lanxin and returned to the opposite door. Unlike Xiao Mansion, which is full of delicate and delicate life, today's Chen Mansion is still empty, and outsiders like nanny and driver can't create a family atmosphere.
It's just for the past six months that Chen Yuanming has gradually become accustomed to this kind of desertedness. Long business trips have also drained his physical strength. He didn't even deal with official duties, so he went to bed.
A few hours later, he woke up with a screeching sound. The light was not turned on in the room, the quilt was gently lifted, and a body with a damp and cold breath was attached to it. He shivered slightly, but his mind was not really clear. Chen Yuanming just stretched his body and gently hugged the man in his arms, trying to warm the slightly chilled body with his body temperature.
There was a vague laugh in my ears, "As soon as I got off the plane, I heard that my mother-in-law was not there and came to attack."
Chen Yuanming raised the corners of his lips and hugged the person in his arms tighter.
"It's a pity that Jiaxing was also taken away by her..." The voice paused for a while, "Why don't we go to see Er Lao next month. Listening to my mother's tone, they are not so persistent..."
Chaos' consciousness began to really wake up, and Chen Yuanming remembered the scene of Xiao Junyi being turned away several times. They were not insincere, but the other party simply could not accept this kind of goodwill. He exhaled a breath of turbid air from his chest, and he said softly, "Just wait, I'm afraid now is not the time..."
Xiao Junyi didn't answer, and began to gently stroke Chen Yuanming's back with his warm palms. After a long time, he suddenly asked, "Yuanming, do you want a child?"
Chen Yuanming opened his eyes involuntarily and met his lover's eyes. Those peach blossom eyes shone slightly, with excitement and seriousness.
"Recently I heard that last year the world's first IVF pregnancy was born naturally and a daughter was born. IVF is not flawed, we just need one egg... No, maybe two, a pair of twins, a pair of bloodlines Truly connected brothers."
"Test tube baby..." Chen Yuanming repeated the word, "Are you looking for a surrogate mother?"
"Well, you also know that this is nothing new abroad. My family can also solve the child's household registration, and there will be no problems."
If there are children, the prejudice that separates the parents may be overwhelmed, and their families can be reunited by blood. just this life...
Chen Yuanming hesitated, "Do you want a child?"
"I didn't think about it when I was young, but as I got older, I suddenly thought about it." Xiao Junyi rested his head on his lover's shoulder, his short hair rubbed against his neck, accompanied by a low smile, "A couple took us with us. The children of the bloodline, raised by us together, teach them all that we can teach, and give them happiness."
There was a sentence stuck in his throat, Chen Yuanming swallowed it several times, but couldn't get the words out. Xiao Junyi seemed to sense the entanglement of the person beside the pillow, and patted his back lightly again.
"Are you still afraid of that future? Then you should keep a child..."
For yourself and for me. Chen Yuanming understood the deep meaning behind this sentence. Including the previous life in his dream, he was over 40 years old. The love he never expected made him slowly understand the true meaning of family. He really wanted to have a child, not only for himself, but also for his lover to be able to rely on and comfort him behind him. One... no, two belong to their children.
"We can give it a try." Chen Yuanming's voice was not loud, but with unprecedented certainty.
Xiao Junyi laughed softly, "Yes, we should give it a try."
In the early winter of November, the heating has not yet been turned on, and the two are like a pair of ordinary partners, warming each other with their bodies, leaning on the pillow and whispering. New life has yet to come, but they are ready.
(End of this chapter)
The author has something to say: thick and long! Life is better when it's ready. The winner is a double harvest of career and family. =w=
These two days are still hanging bottles, and the update is a bit late >_333
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