Wen Liang didn't like or hate Bemi. He was just an ordinary peer like other students in No. 1 Middle School. Their joy and sorrow, their excitement and confusion, were all their own stories and youth. Outsiders had no need to judge or interfere.
If it weren't for Tan Yu, Wen Liang and Beimi's circles of life would have never intersected. But it was also because of Tan Yu that Wen Liang could not pretend to be blind and allow her to be bullied by a group of gangsters. Although Tan Yu finally let go of this first love that was destined to have no results, letting go of the past does not mean forgetting the past. Those silly and frivolous years were like engraved in his memory with a knife and became a part of his life.
In addition, Wen Liang also knew this group of hooligans. The leader who cursed was the one with the gold chain he met last night. It must be that Brother Ming had someone teach him a lesson and told him not to cause trouble for Zhou Xiaochang. He was so angry that he came to find trouble with Beimi.
"I am not your relative, and of course I have no right to control you. I just want to tell you one thing. Standing here and waiting for five minutes will be more effective than rushing in."
After all, she had known Wen Liang for such a long time. Bemi knew that he had great powers, but she didn't believe that standing there and waiting would make Jin Lianzi and others behave themselves. She knew better than anyone what kind of people those guys were. Looking at Wen Liang's face, which seemed to be calm and composed at all times, she couldn't help but feel an unbearable impatience in her heart. She laughed coldly, "Yes, I'm not as rich and powerful as you. It's useless to rush in, but at least I won't get my friends into trouble!"
Her younger sister came from a poor family and had to go out to work to earn money before finishing junior high school. This time, she gathered together almost all the money she could borrow and rented a small store in Songlan. It had only been open for a few days. If her troubles were ruined by Jinlianzi and the others, she would never forgive herself in her life.
Wen Liang smiled slightly. He didn't care about Beimi's bad attitude. He said, "If you don't want to implicate your friends or yourself, just listen to me and wait a moment... Beimi, we are not very familiar with each other, but do I ever go against my words?"
Beimi was stunned for a moment, looked in the direction of the clothing store, then looked at Wen Liang, and fell silent. During this moment, she was drenched even more. Wen Liang opened the passenger door and said, "Come up to avoid the rain."
Beimi turned her head away stubbornly, with her back to the car, and the big raindrops hit her face, stinging her skin. Wen Liang sighed and stopped talking. There was a spare umbrella in the car, but judging from her attitude, she would not take it even if he handed it to her, so forget it.
About two or three minutes later, a dozen security guards came out from the lobby on the first floor, escorting Jin Lianzi and others who were beaten with bruises on their faces, and threw them directly into the puddle under the stairs.
"Get out of here right now! Don't you know where this place is? I'll spare you this time today, but if you do it again next time, I'll cripple your hands and feet!"
Jin Lianzi and others were lying on the ground in a mess, their clothes and hair were in tatters, they looked no different from stray dogs, and looked so miserable.
Wen Liang was sitting in the car watching this scene and said with a smile: "Not bad, it was two minutes faster than I expected!"
Beimi was completely shocked. After all, she was still a young girl who didn't know much about the world. How could she know who the boss behind this Woandan Clothing City was? Gu Wenzhou looked gentle and elegant, and he had a strong bookish air like a newly crowned top scholar. He was definitely not a harmless nerd. To put it bluntly, if someone dared to cause trouble in Minghua's shopping mall, he must be a heartless idiot, if not a leopard's courage. Jin Lianzi's family was also rich, and he was already a great figure to Beimi, but in front of Minghua Group, he was not even a small ant!
Beimi stared at Wen Liang blankly. Wen Liang shrugged and said with a smile, "It's not me who is awesome, it's the boss of the clothing store who is awesome. They open a store to attract merchants to do business, but if they can't even guarantee the basic safety of the merchants, how can the business continue?"
Jin Lianzi has been unlucky these past two days. Yesterday he was taken to the police station, completing his feat of entering the palace. In the evening he was teaching Zhou Xiaochang a lesson but was disrupted again. This morning he was almost beaten to death by Ma Qianjin. He finally stopped Beimi and was about to vent his anger, but he hit a wall again and was beaten up by that group of ferocious security guards. With new injuries and old pains added to them, he was so sad that he couldn't speak.
A group of brothers in distress helped each other to get up from the ground and were about to leave when someone spotted Bemi and shouted in surprise as if he had discovered a naked beauty: "Boss, that bitch hasn't run away yet..."
Jin Lianzi followed and saw that Beimi was standing there intact, not taking the opportunity to escape. He couldn't tell whether the water on his face was rain or tears, and his voice was trembling with excitement: "Quick, go and block it, don't... don't let him run away again..."
In an instant, countless scenes that were not suitable for children flashed through his mind. He wanted to get back tenfold all the anger he had endured in the past two days from Bemi.
Several people didn't care about their injuries and rushed over with a shout like chicken blood. Jin Lianzi saw that his men had taken four positions and knew that Bemi couldn't escape anyway, so he was relieved and pointed at him and cursed: "Fuck you, if I don't kill you today, I'll fucking follow you..."
Before he finished speaking, the door of the car next to him opened, and a man walked down holding a black umbrella, and said with a soft smile: "What do you want?"
Jin Lianzi was stunned for a moment. This voice was the one he least wanted to hear, and this person was the one he least wanted to see. He was not stupid. He knew from Ma Qiankou's words that he had offended someone he couldn't afford to offend. This person certainly wasn't Zhou Xiaochang, so there was only one conclusion!
So when Wen Liang's ghost appeared in front of him, Jin Lianzi felt a bitter feeling in his heart that was a hundred times more bitter than coptis. His face, which had been twisted with excitement just now, immediately drooped down and he said tremblingly, "No, nothing happened..."
"Then why don't you leave?"
"Ah?" Jin Lianzi was ready to be beaten again. Although they were outnumbered, they had no intention of resisting. Unexpectedly, Wen Liang actually asked them to go. The happiness of escaping death filled his heart. He almost knelt down to thank the Buddha for his blessing, and kept saying, "Let's go, let's go now!"
"Walk faster, take a walk in the rain, how about being romantic?"
Jin Lianzi and the others ran as fast as they could, even faster than Bolt, and disappeared in a moment. It is estimated that they will never appear in No. 1 Middle School and the Clothing City again in this lifetime.
Beimi remained silent. Seeing Wen Liang's casual words, the always domineering Jin Lianzi was so scared that he ran away and never dared to embarrass him again. He didn't know what to feel for a moment. Wen Liang took two steps forward, handed over the umbrella in his hand, and said, "It's raining too hard. Take it. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
Without caring whether Bemi was willing or not, he stuffed the umbrella into her hand and drove away. Bemi held the umbrella, and her face, which had been washed clean by the rain, was as pretty as it should be at this age. She stood for a moment, then suddenly squatted on the ground, buried her head tightly in her knees, and sobbed silently.
When they arrived at the hotel entrance, Ji Zheng was already waiting on the side. When he saw Wen Liang get out of the car, he hurried over and said, "Mr. Wen, it's raining heavily outside. Go in and take shelter." Then he led him inside. Without waiting for the receptionist at the door to open it, he pushed the door open himself to let Wen Liang in before following him in. He was very humble and acted very naturally.
After experiencing so many setbacks and hardships, the rebellious Ji Zheng finally had all his edges smoothed out and became calm and steady. This was a good thing for both him and Wen Liang!
In the private room, Ji Zheng focused on reporting the work done during this period. With the assistance of Hua Zhishao and the tens of millions of funds injected by Wen Liang, Xinxing Factory has basically completed its reorganization. In addition to re-employing the original management team, it has also recruited a large number of fresh graduates and industry elites to fill the gap. From top to bottom, the factory is full of energy and looks brand new.
Wen Liang gave Ji Zheng all the power over personnel, administration and finance when he first took office. He appointed all management including the deputy director, and did not need to report expenses below one million. Of course, as a mature enterprise, this undoubtedly has hidden dangers. Once it is on the right track, it must establish various perfect systems. However, considering the situation of Xinxing Factory at that time, Wen Liang was far away in Beijing, so it was necessary to give Ji Zheng absolute control. This is trust, but also a test. If done well, it is the pleasure of master and servant knowing each other. If not done well, it may be the beginning of mutual betrayal.
Fortunately, Ji Zheng finally learned from his previous lessons and did not let Wen Liang down again!
"… After all, the Qinghua Plant is too large for Xinxing, and it is also involved in the overall layout of the city. Sometimes, we may not be able to make timely and accurate decisions. According to our plan, we should selectively share some of the scientific research data in the PAM Technology Research Institute with the research department of the Qinghua Plant, and then concentrate all our efforts to start trial production of sewage treatment equipment while ensuring quality and reducing costs. But I have talked to Lu Jie several times, and he said that the city's funding has not yet arrived, and the workers' subscribed capital has not yet been collected, so it is difficult to start construction, and we still have to wait... But if we wait any longer, I am afraid that the timeline set by you, Wen Shao..."
In June, the State Council will release the "Huaihe River Basin Water Pollution Prevention and Control Plan and the Ninth Five-Year Plan". This is another round of pressure from the central government on local governments for shirking responsibility and failing to implement the "Huaihe River Basin Water Pollution Prevention and Control Interim Regulations" implemented in August last year. Therefore, Wen Liang gave Ji Zheng a deadline of late May or early June to start the water treatment equipment production line.
"Don't worry about this. Let's talk about it after my dad comes over. He's inviting the heads of the four major banks to dinner tonight, and the funding issues should be almost settled." Wen Liang suddenly changed the subject and said, "Uncle Ji, what do you think of He Xihua?" (To be continued)