"Why did the Shen family come here today?" Chen Qizhao asked the housekeeper hesitantly, standing beside him after taking the milk.
"Mr. Shen had a phone call with Mr. Shen last night. Mr. Shen originally wanted to go to the Shen's house, but Mr. Shen came over today." The housekeeper explained: "The Shen family has not been in S City for the New Year for many years. The gentleman also often comes to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the new year."
The Shen family's roots are in City S, but with Shen Xuelan's resolute style of shopping malls, he got on the big ship of the Internet early and divided his own market. In fact, the business map has been expanded to other cities, and City B is one of them. Shen Yuhuai is studying abroad all year round. There are few relatives around the Shen family. He basically goes to City B every year for Chinese New Year. This year, Shen Yuhuai happens to be on the side of City S, and the Shen family will also be here for Chinese New Year.
Chen Qizhao's memory of his childhood is a bit vague. In his impression, Uncle Shen and his father were very good, but later they had less communication, and part of the reason was the Shen family itself.
Today, there are three people from the Shen family. Apart from Shen Yuhuai, the rest are Uncle Shen and Shen Xuelan.
Chen Qizhao swept the free seat on the sofa, and finally chose to sit outside, next to Shen Yuhuai.
After sitting down, he greeted Shen Yuhuai: "Brother Huai."
Shen Yuhuai's gaze stayed on the other party's slightly warped hair for a moment, then smiled slightly, "Just woke up?"
"Well." Chen Qizhao took a sip of milk, "You didn't tell me yesterday."
Shen Yuhuai: "I also heard what my dad said this morning."
Chen Qizhao was a little restless, glanced at Shen Yuhuai's clothes today, and finally stopped on Shen Yuhuai's glasses.
Noticing Chen Qizhao's gaze, Shen Yuhuai asked, "What's wrong?"
"No." Chen Qizhao asked, "Brother Huai changed his glasses today?"
"Yeah." Shen Yuhuai said, "There was something wrong with the previous frame, so I sent it in for repair."
He asked, "Is this weird?"
"No, it's quite appropriate." Shen Yuhuai's eyes from last night appeared in Chen Qizhao's mind, as if in reality they were brighter, and Shen Yuhuai's eyes were not so dark.
Strange, why do you keep thinking about this
Chen Qizhao diverted his attention and was quickly attracted by a female voice.
Sitting across from him were Shen Xuelan and Chen Shiming. The two were talking, and Chen Shiming's often tense face relaxed a lot, and he didn't put on a bad face. Chen Qizhao's eyes moved away from Chen Shiming's face, and finally stopped on Shen Xuelan.
Suddenly, he remembered the figure of Shen Xuelan standing in front of the tombstone in a black suit in his previous life. It was a cloudy day, and many people came to go through the motions, but Shen Xuelan stood in front of the tombstone for a long time, and when the people were almost gone, she put down the bouquet and left.
In this life, I have only seen Shen Xuelan from a distance at the Lin Family Charity Gala, but in fact, Chen Qizhao and Shen Xuelan communicated quite a bit. After the Chen family went bankrupt, he received help from the Shen family. On certain occasions, he often encountered Shen Xuelan. . When Chen Qizhao supported the Chen family to re-enter the social circle of S City, Shen Xuelan once faced ridicule and embarrassment from all directions.
Shen Xuelan likes to wear suits all the year round. What Chen Qizhao remembers most about him is that she clinks glasses with others with a smile on her face at certain parties. Even if the two didn't communicate much, she rarely took the initiative to communicate, but she helped him a lot.
Chen Shiming was chatting with Shen Xuelan about the recent hot e-commerce sector, but it didn't take long for him to notice Chen Qizhao's eyes from time to time.
"Chen Qizhao, haven't you eaten breakfast yet?" Chen Shiming said suddenly.
After he finished speaking, he paid attention to the person, and saw Chen Qizhao frown, thinking that the other party was going to fight back again.
Chen Qizhao stopped his voice: "...I just woke up and I'm not too hungry, I'll go in a while."
"I heard Xue Lan say that Feihong's project is really good." Father Shen looked at Chen Qizhao: "I heard that Xiao Zhao has made great contributions to this project."
Hearing Father Shen mention the Feihong project, the expressions of the Chen family members were different. The Feihong Rongguang project is indeed doing well, but Chen Qizhao doesn't like to mention it very much. Every time he mentions this project, Chen Qizhao always has to say a few more words.
Chen Qizhao: "It's okay."
Chen Jianhong glanced sideways, and saw Chen Qizhao sitting honestly in the same place, "This child is very playful, and this project is also focused on, and he has handed in a good answer sheet."
Chen Qizhao: "Yes."
Chen Jianhong: "..."
Why is this kid talking so little today
Not only that, compared to Chen Qizhao's eloquent and good-natured manner when he came to the guests last night, Chen Qizhao was much quieter this morning. Even if Shen's father mentioned Feihong's matter, he simply responded with a few words, without opening his mouth and acting strangely. Very unusual behavior.
Unusually like he didn't wake up, after the three Shen family left, Chen Shiming looked at Chen Qizhao holding the half bottle of unfinished milk and was about to leave, and couldn't help frowning: "You didn't wake up today?"
Chen Qizhao turned back: "Oh, I'm more awake than you."
Seeing Chen Qizhao walking towards the stairs, Chen Shiming said, "...Where are you going? There is porridge in the kitchen."
Chen Qizhao didn't turn his head back: "I won't eat, I'll have lunch later."
Chen Shiming: "..."
He ignored Chen Qizhao and tilted his head to look at Chen Jianhong's position, "There may be other things in the next year. When you said you were going to Lin Bo's house, about when?"
Chen Jianhong stopped Chen Shiming: "Then let's go in the afternoon, I really have to go and have a look."
Chen Shiming nodded. There are still some doubts about Feihong's affairs, such as why the relationship between Lin's and Yicheng suddenly became bad, and the rumored news on the outside was because of project conflicts, but the timing was too coincidental... Not to mention the charity event last year. At the party, the drug problem found out is really hard not to doubt.
Does Limber really have nothing to do with this matter
He was thoughtful, and when he was walking out, he suddenly saw Chen Qizhao standing at the stairs looking at him.
Chen Shiming: "...Didn't you go upstairs?"
"Are you going to pay New Year's greetings to Uncle Lin?" Chen Qizhao smiled: "Brother, I want to go too, bring me one."
In the driving car, Father Shen rarely praised: "Today, the youngest son of the Chen family seems to be different from the rumors outside. Isn't he still a good child? It seems that it is not bad for Old Chen to let the child go to the company for training."
Shen Yuhuai responded, "Yes."
"Why do I think my younger brother is paying attention to that boy from the Chen family recently?" Shen Xuelan looked at Shen Yuhuai and asked, "Is the relationship good?"
"Isn't this normal? Our two families have a good relationship. Didn't Yu Huai have a good relationship with Xiao Zhao when he was a child?"
Father Shen said, "Xiao Zhao's child has been doing well recently. Old Chen should be very happy."
Shen Xuelan recalled the quiet Chen Qizhao in the living room, and was really surprised. She knows a little more than Father Shen, and she has also heard a little about Feihong's uproar. Chen Qizhao chose Nie Chenxiao in a hurry and quarreled with Chen Shiming in marketing. There are still some rumors. It may have converged today. Chen Shiming just told me that Feihong may want an intelligent system and wants to discuss cooperation with me. "
Shen Yuhuai looked sideways when he heard the words, "Cooperation?"
"Just the glory of Chen Qizhao's previous project. After all, the Chen family didn't start with the Internet, and they didn't focus on intelligence, and many technologies were not mature."
On the contrary, the Shen family occupies most of the Internet market, and its development focus is also on technological intelligence. The core technology has made breakthroughs in the past two years, and it can almost be said to be prosperous. For the Chen family who are short in this regard, the Shen family can just make up for this shortcoming. If they really want to build a smart home system, they really need the support of external media.
Shen Xuelan was also moved, this is a win-win cooperation after all, "The only thing that is a little uncertain is the cooperation partner, Uncle Chen seems to be planning to hand Feihong to Chen Qizhao to practice, if it is to cooperate with Chen Shiming, I will not hesitate... As she spoke, she paid attention to Shen Yuhuai's reaction beside him, and noticed the subtle behavior of the other party when he mentioned Chen Qizhao.
She suddenly changed her tune and said, "But this matter has to be seen. Let's talk about it later in the year."
-*
How can I miss Lin Shizhong with New Year's greetings
When Chen Jianhong and Chen Shiming went out, Chen Qizhao also followed.
The Lin family and the Chen family are not far away, only half an hour's drive away. It was the first time in his life that Chen Qizhao came to Lin Shizhong's site. Looking at these familiar situations, he couldn't help but think of the events of his previous life. He came to this place as many times as he begged Lin Shizhong.
Soon under the guidance of the servant, the three Chen family entered the living room and saw Lin Shizhong sitting on the sofa. Chen Qizhao's gaze stayed on the table for a moment, and noticed the cigarette butts in the ashtray. He looked at the humidor next to Lin Shizhong...
Before them, Lin Shizhong had guests
"They're all here?" Lin Shizhong smiled and said, "Hurry up and sit down, Xiao Zhao is here too?"
Compared with Lin Shizhong at the charity party, Lin Shizhong seems to be older now, and it seems that the other party has been "not bad" this year.
Chen Qizhao's mood was a little more cheerful, and he said, "Happy New Year Lin Bo, pay more attention to your body in the new year."
Lin Shizhong's expression was slightly unnatural, but he quickly regained his amiable and friendly face: "Happy New Year, I will help my family more when I grow up one year old."
Chen Jianhong glanced at Chen Qizhao and explained, "It happened that he was at home, so I brought him here. Is my sister-in-law not here today?"
"I went to sit at her parents' place with Xiaoxu." Lin Shizhong explained, "I don't plan to go there. I heard you came and I'll wait at home. I'm too busy this year, so I didn't go to your place to drink tea and chat."
Lin Shizhong said: "Shi Ming heard that he did a good job this time. Please help your dad more. The group needs your young blood to support it now."
Chen Shiming nodded slightly: "Yes."
Chen Jianhong chatted with Lin Shizhong, and inevitably talked about Lin Shi and Yicheng. Lin Shizhong picked himself up in a few words, "It's true that my subordinates did something wrong, some things were not dealt with properly and hit the market on Yicheng's side, plus the conflicts accumulated before, Yicheng's side targeted us. Start."
"If you need help..." Chen Jianhong said.
Lin Shizhong smiled: "Then I will find you naturally, don't worry. I heard that Shiming has found a lot of problems in the group recently?"
"They're all commercial spies who eat inside and out." Chen Qizhao looked at Lin Shizhong and continued: "Uncle Lin, don't you know that Chen Shiming picked up two from my dad's assistant group some time ago, one of them was Yu Jie, and he also Been with me for a while."
Lin Shizhong's voice sank: "Really?"
"Yeah?" Chen Qizhao sighed, looked straight at Lin Shizhong, and said, "Uncle Lin, my dad is not bad to him, you said that man looks like a dog, who would have thought that his heart was so dark. Woolen cloth?"
"In the business field, it is nothing more than interest-related." Lin Shizhong glanced at Chen Qizhao, then turned to Chen Jianhong and said, "This business has exposed a lot of problems, and you should be careful about things on your side, especially the people on the board of directors. , maybe it will also target Shi Ming, you have to pay more attention to this."
"Okay." Chen Jianhong said again: "Shi Ming, did you hear what Lin Bo said?"
Chen Shiming watched from the side, and when he heard Chen Qizhao's words, he couldn't help but look sideways, and when he saw Chen Jianhong asking questions, he said, "Well, I know this in my heart, and I will also pay attention to the board of directors."
Chen Qizhao listened and looked at Lin Shizhong's dignified appearance and the board of directors he mentioned in a few words. Chen's situation of internal and external troubles exists. The biggest internal problem is the board's difficulties and the overall situation laid out by Lin Shizhong. The former is in the light, and the latter is in the dark.
Chen Qizhao was quite clear about Lin Shizhong's layout. The details he found out in his previous life were basically very clear about who had problems. However, some things haven't happened yet.
After this Feihong incident, Chen Shiming mainly aimed at various major projects and personnel deployment within the group, which was obviously very unfavorable to Lin Shizhong, because many of Lin Shizhong's arrangements were in these projects.
For example, this time, two assistants were found in the group, and it was said that Yu Jie and others were buried deeper.
Obviously, Lin Shizhong's layout has been disrupted.
For Lin Shizhong, there have been flaws in the layout of the decades, several core pieces were exposed in advance, and Yicheng was out to make trouble for Lin Shizhong. Missing.
Lin Shizhong is an old fox. He can prepare for a big situation for decades. It is impossible for him to be in chaos because of this sudden incident. It is very likely that he will recuperate and wait for the next opportunity. Therefore, what he wants to do most urgently now is to stabilize the internal layout of the Chen family, find a way to divert Chen Shiming's attention, lead the conflict to the board of directors, and seek opportunities for adjustment for himself.
Chen Qizhao couldn't make Lin Shizhong wish, since the other party didn't want to move, he had to find a way to make Lin Shizhong move.
"What are you thinking?" Chen Shiming suddenly asked.
Chen Qizhao came back to his senses, Lin Shizhong was talking to Chen Jianhong, but he didn't notice any movement on their side.
Looking at Chen Shiming's puzzled eyes, he said casually, "I'm looking for an assistant."
Chen Shiming looked slightly surprised, and said directly: "If you need someone, I will send someone to you."
"I don't want it. If I meet another Yu Jie, I will suffer."
Chen Qizhao didn't want Chen Shiming's assistant. Chen Shiming has a lot of things to do himself. If he chooses someone to come over to him, if he deploys some random people into Chen Shiming's assistant group, the problem will be even bigger.
There will definitely be actions after the year. Chen Shiming has too many things to deal with, and Special Assistant Xu may not have time to run back and forth. Although Special Assistant Xu is really good, he can't move Chen Shiming's people at this time.
So Chen Qizhao wanted to find a trustworthy assistant to fight for himself... But as for a trustworthy and capable person, he had a personal choice in his heart.
After chatting for more than an hour, Chen Qizhao listened for more than an hour.
When he left the Lin house, Chen Qizhao looked at the garage behind the villa. If he remembered correctly, there should be several spare parking lots behind the Lin house. He was suspicious, and just took two steps in that direction when Chen Shiming behind him stopped him.
"Where to?" Chen Shiming: "Our car is here."
Lin Shizhong looked at Chen Qizhao.
"Uncle Lin's garden is quite big." Chen Qizhao asked thoughtfully, "I'll just take a look."
Lin Shizhong said, "If you have time after the year, you can also come to play at home."
As soon as the Chen family left, Lin Shizhong's face immediately sank. He returned to the living room, and Jiang Yuze had already come out of the study.
"Why did the Chen family suddenly come?" Jiang Yuze frowned: "I was almost discovered."
"Don't worry, your whereabouts have not been revealed." Lin Shizhong lit a cigar, "Chen Jianhong said that he would come to pay New Year's greetings. I thought it would be two hours late, but I didn't expect it to come so quickly."
Lin Shizhong asked again, "What happened to Yicheng?"
"There is no way to deal with it." Jiang Yuze frowned, "We thought of a lot of ways to divert Yicheng's attention, but their high-level side has now insisted on our actions, with Yicheng's current actions, the two related to us after the year Biao estimates that they will grab it hard and suggest giving up."
Lin Shizhong didn't move, and looked at the tea tray in front of him with a gloomy expression.
All the layouts were originally arranged well... As long as the Chen family and Yicheng were in trouble, they could watch the tiger fight or enjoy the success. The two targets Jiang Yuze mentioned were projects that they had prepared for a long time ago, and they paid a lot of money for this. Originally, when Yicheng was fighting with the Chen family, Yicheng would have no time to take care of other things. These two specimens should be in their pockets. thing.
But now everything is messed up, just because of the Chen family, the projects that the Lin family has prepared for more than half a year may have to pay more to get them back, and Yicheng, a mad dog, is always watching and being restricted everywhere.
After a long time, Lin Shizhong said, "The last time I asked you to check Chen Qizhao, how did it go?"
Jiang Yuze: "We have checked all of his friends. Chen Qizhao goes out drinking with them basically every week, and his personality is just like that. He occasionally gets angry when he drinks. On the surface, it doesn't look any different from the results of our previous investigation. ... At the end of the year, he often showed his dissatisfaction with Yicheng's handling of Yanyu in front of Cheng Rong and others."
"There is a doubt, but it's not a doubt. Chen Qizhao has been very concerned about the health of Chen Jianhong and Zhang Yazhi recently." Jiang Yuze said after thinking for a moment: "It happened in the middle of last year. Chen Qizhao and Zhang Yazhi went to the hospital for examination, and Zhang Yazhi's body was found. A little fault, Chen Qizhao's attitude is a bit extreme."
"Suddenly concerned about...?" Lin Shizhong frowned, "Has he found a problem?"
"Chen Qizhao is in Chen's house and has the best relationship with Zhang Yazhi. It is normal for him to care about Zhang Yazhi's body. The problem of Chen Jianhong's three highs was also discovered after that, and he even asked me to make an appointment for a full-body physical examination after the year." Jiang Yuze said: "Because Chen Qizhao didn't do anything extra except caring, it's not really suspicious."
"Be careful about this, and don't expose it in the near future."
Lin Shizhong asked again, "Where is his school?"
Jiang Yuze continued: "There is no other gain, Chen Qizhao's social circle at school is limited, we checked the people he gets along with, the only one he goes with is Shen Yuhuai of the Shen family, and the two seem to have a good relationship because of the previous research institute. And I received news that the Shen family also went to the Chen family to pay New Year's greetings this morning."
The Shen family... Lin Shizhong couldn't understand it. He also heard about Shen Yuhuai of the Shen family. It didn't look like Chen Qizhao would make friends. They do bad things."
"The main thing is to keep an eye on Chen Shiming, once he finds out what's wrong."
Lin Shizhong sneered, "I don't have to tell you the rest."
-*
During the Chinese New Year, the Chen family was still quite lively, and people came to pay their respects one after another. Chen Qizhao was still listening at the bottom two days ago, but after that, he was really not interested. Apart from eating, he stayed in the room and was dragged by Yan Kailin to play games.
Chen Qizhao really liked to play games when he was young, and he thought he was playing well, but he didn't play for a long time, and the feeling was gone. After playing with people in troubled waters, Chen Qizhao couldn't pick up his youthful interest, so he went downstairs to find Zhang Yazhi.
Zhang Yazhi was drawing in the small garden, but she hadn't reacted when Chen Qizhao passed by.
"You kid, come over and don't tell your mother." Zhang Yazhi turned sideways and said, "Your father and brother are playing chess over there."
Chen Qizhao asked, "Have you had your blood pressure today?"
"Measured." Zhang Yazhi glanced at him out of the corner of the eye, and put down the things in his hand, "Why are you here, didn't you mean to play games with Xiaoyan?"
"You draw yours, I'm just here to take a look." Chen Qizhao sat down in the chair next to him, not intending to disturb Zhang Yazhi, and picked up the phone to read the news after asking.
It was found that it was news from Special Assistant Xu.
[- Zhao: So fast? ]
[- Special assistant Xu: There is information in the last review at the parking lot, so it is not difficult to check. ]
Xu Tezhu had a good year this year. For a profession like theirs, the boss is used to being on call, but this year's New Year's Eve is not bad, at least there is no quarrel like the previous year.
For this reason, when Xu Te helped his New Year's blessing, he also said something to his boss, wishing his family harmony.
But the boss didn't find him, but Chen Ershao found him.
Said to ask him to check the maintenance and technical masters in the suburban garage, and send him the information after the year. It just so happened that he had the materials reviewed at the end of the year at the parking lot, so he temporarily sorted them and sent them to Chen Ershao.
It's just that he was curious about why Second Young Master suddenly started to check the parking lot. This has nothing to do with Feihong!
[- Special assistant Xu: Why did Er Shao suddenly want to check the parking lot? ]
[-Zhao: Oh, Chen Shiming asked him to test his driver's license, let me see which technique can do it. ]
Assistant Xu: "..."
You put this concubine on hold, you need so much information to find a driver's license coach!
[- Special assistant Xu: … The maintenance master? ]
[- Zhao: I want to get a modified car. ]
Assistant Xu: "..."
The license has not yet come down, and I plan to change the car!
When Xu Te was thinking about whether to give his boss a small report to help the heaven and the earth, Chen Qizhao had already checked the information of the car park one by one.
The information is very detailed, including the employees of the parking lot, from the managers of the management to the master workers in the parking lot. At the end of the year, there was no problem in the review of the parking lot, and Chen Jianhong's team was also operating. The data of these characters, at a glance, did not seem to be a problem. This is a parking lot that seems to be completely fine.
Hire personnel, yard equipment, partner parts dealers, etc.
If you want to check the parking lot, the problems involved are all aspects.
Chen Qizhao hesitated a little, and scrolled to the maintenance master's information page.
Chen Shiming was unable to determine whether the accident was completely accidental or man-made. After all, the cause of the accident was speeding in the city and the turning of the truck. Later, Chen Qizhao did not suspect that there was a human factor, but the driver died, and Chen Shiming also admitted that he had question.
Therefore, the car accident in the past life is handled as a traffic accident.
If it is man-made, the problem is likely to appear in the truck that caused the accident. At the time of Chen Shiming's accident, Yu Jie had already entered Chen Shiming's assistant group under Jiang Yuze's arrangement. As an assistant, it is entirely possible for Yu Jie to get Chen Shiming's itinerary, so the appearance of the truck may not be an accident, it may be Lin Shizhong's hand.
But in addition to trucks, there is another possibility.
It was Chen Shiming's car accident. The driver, Lao Lin, has worked in Chen's house for many years. His driving skills have been recognized by many people, and he can drive stably even in heavy rain. Even if speeding occurs while driving, as an experienced driver, when a special situation occurs, it is impossible not to take any action even if you fail to react...
The car accident at that time was very tragic. When checking the monitoring after the incident, the traffic police investigator said that the steering wheel of the vehicle should have changed before hitting the truck. Therefore, in that major car accident, Lao Lin died on the spot, and Chen Shiming lost both legs, but he survived. . Due to the serious damage to the vehicle and a small fire at the scene, the progress of the vehicle investigation has been slow, and no results have been reached in the end.
But again, in the case of unsure whether it is human or accidental, Chen Qizhao cannot make Chen Shiming repeat the same mistakes. If the problem of the truck is that the assistant leaks the secret and arranges the itinerary in advance, it will cause the artificial or the passive manipulation of the vehicle... The driver Lao Lin may have a problem, But is it more likely that it will be in the regular maintenance of the garage
The parking lot has to be checked.
Zhang Yazhi's brush did not move, she seemed to be focusing on the painting, but in fact her attention had been on Chen Qizhao who was sitting diagonally in front of her.
Chen Qizhao was sitting in front of her, his eyes stopped on the phone.
But his fingers haven't moved for a long time.
The child did look thinner, and her face with flesh gradually became more angular. Even when she was wearing a heavy cotton coat, she felt that the body under the clothes was much thinner than before.
In addition, there are changes in the child. The time of silence is much longer than before, and she does not express her needs as directly and clearly as before. Sometimes she looks at the child and sees the subtle changes in his expression, but she does not express her needs. Know what's on the mind of this kid.
Chen Qizhao suddenly noticed Zhang Yazhi's gaze, "Mom?"
Zhang Yazhi came back to her senses, "Why don't you wear more clothes when you come out? Is it cold? Mom, go get you some clothes?"
"It's not cold." Chen Qizhao noticed Zhang Yazhi's clothes, "I'll go get you one."
"Hey no need..."
Chen Qizhao has gone far.
Zhang Yazhi pursed her lips slightly, and swallowed the words in her mouth, her mind was full of thoughts.
She felt as if the child was pressing down on a mountain.