Jiang Zhou was the second child in his family. He was a mischievous child since he was young. In the Huatong yard in Chengdu, his mother or father would often be seen chasing him around with a broom, shouting threats like "Er Wa, stand right there, I'll beat you up if I catch you!" Every time there was a commotion, the whole yard would be bustling with activity. As a result, the nickname Jiang Er Wa spread, and everyone in the company yard, from the octogenarians to the 6- or 7-year-old children, would call him "Jiang Er Wa Jiang Er Wa" all day long.
Jiang Erwa had poor academic performance and a stubborn personality. He was beaten by his parents since he was a child, so he was thick-skinned and tough. It is said that when he was sixteen, his father was ready to hit him twice, but Jiang Erwa broke the antique mahogany table in the house with one hand. His father thought about it and finally gave up. From then on, all such violent behaviors were changed to ideological education.
Perhaps because he had been tempered by the physical pain he had suffered since he was a child, Jiang Erwa was very experienced in fighting. When he was in middle school, he was on good terms with the nearby thugs and they fought almost every day. Later, he went to a nearby vocational school and became famous in a short time. No one dared to mess with him, and eventually all the thugs in the area knew about him, and they would avoid the area when collecting money for protection.
However, Jiang Zhou was not a rough man. He even looked a bit elegant. His hair fell to his shoulders, which concealed his well-proportioned and strong figure. He had a rock and roll style. He never did anything like extorting students passing by or stealing.
He is a brave and aggressive person, but he never bullies the weak. Some old people in the courtyard say, "Erwazi is not a bad person by nature, but he has this temper. If he doesn't change, something bad will happen in the future!"
The kids in the compound were very respectful of Jiang Zhou and all called him "Brother Erwa". Sometimes when they were short of money, they would go to the vocational school or the Internet cafe where he worked to find him and they could get some help, such as a meal, a few cigarettes, and a few hours of Internet access at a discounted price.
The joint conference in front of us was organized by Jiang Erwa. There was a huge crowd of people, dozens of them, sitting in the barbecue stalls, with drinks and skewers flowing in.
Lian Xiaohu brought Cheng Ran over. It was obvious that Lian Xiaohu had mentioned this matter before coming. Jiang Erwa waved his hand and motioned Cheng Ran to sit over, showing a proper and respectful demeanor. The boys and girls around him all cooperated and stared at Cheng Ran, naturally creating an atmosphere of awe without anger.
Cheng Ran thought it was funny, but he remained calm on the surface. He sat down in front of Jiang Zhou with a solemn expression to match everyone else's. He heard Lian Xiaohu say, "This is Erwa brother. Call him Erwa brother."
"Hello, Brother Erwa." Cheng Ran said.
Jiang Zhou nodded as if he was very pleased, and after listening to Lian Xiaohu's introduction, he didn't care whether Cheng Ran would accept it or not, and said, "In our courtyard, everyone knows each other well, so we all call each other by nicknames. Calling by your name is so old-fashioned... How about this, your last name is Yu, so I'll call you Yu from now on!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a dark-faced, capable boy named Qiu Weichao next to Jiang Zhou started laughing first and joked, "Haha, I think that's good! How about calling it dried fish, fish fillets, canned fish, small fish, etc..."
"Xiao Yu'er, where is Hua Wuque?" the quiet girl named Wen Lan joked.
Immediately, someone next to him smiled and said to Yu Hong, "Your name is Yu Mei'er, and his name is Yu'er, you two are a couple... Ouch!" Before the boy could finish his words, Yu Hong kicked his foot hard and he screamed in pain.
"Li Weilu, you'll be dead if you keep talking nonsense!" She could tell that Cheng Ran was dragging her into the same situation, which made her very angry.
However, Li Weilu's words made some of the teenagers present look at Cheng Ran involuntarily. It was obvious that Yu Hong was still very popular among the boys in the yard. Of course, everyone just looked at him and didn't think he was a threat.
Lian Xiaohu gave him a helpless look, seeming apologetic. Cheng Ran smiled at him, indicating that it didn't matter.
Jiang Zhou said to Cheng Ran again, "Don't be nervous. We are all friends from the same courtyard. We should get together often. We will become familiar with each other after a few more times."
After he finished speaking, he waved his hand towards the long line of people at the barbecue stalls, and said, "Alright, alright! I asked everyone to come here today. I'm sure you all know what happened. Our compound has changed hands and was acquired by someone else. The acquirer is our former branch company. Now they are called Fulong. They are very capable and have developed very well. Now they have come back to acquire our head office. This matter has even been reported in the news..."
Now this large group of people came for this important matter, so they all focused their attention, and all their faces looked at Jiang Zhou, showing his prestige.
"What does this mean? Hmm? If it's put outside, of course they are Fulong and they are amazing, but our head office compound is a disgrace... What's going on? They are your branch company, but they bought you out. Don't we Rongcheng Huatong have any face?"
“Isn’t it good to buy it? My mom said at least there is a future…” a little friend spoke in a low voice, quite out of place.
So everyone looked at him in unison, and the man immediately softened, and the second half of his words disappeared.
Jiang Erwa frowned, "If this matter gets out now, it means that our Huatong Company is full of good-for-nothings... Although those officials in the past were indeed good-for-nothings! But for those of us who grew up here, how will others see us... The face and dignity of the big brother are gone!"
Cheng Ran finally understood. It turned out that these boys and girls who grew up in the Huatong compound were emotionally unable to accept the reversal of their status after being acquired by the branch company, so they were trying to find a sense of existence.
"Then what should we do? I heard that this Fulong company has a big background. When they were developing, they poached many people from Beituo. It is said that the president of Beituo Rongcheng company threatened to find gangsters to deal with Cheng Feiyang... Even a big company like Beituo is afraid of the arrival of Fulong... What can we do with them?" Someone spoke, and the group of men and women present nodded one after another, frowning, as if they were worried about the future prospects of the company.
“What can we do with them?” Jiang Erwa blew his beard and glared, “What can we do with them? We are not at that level… The affairs of being an official and the development of the company are very complicated… We can’t take care of them, but we can’t let people look down on us!… Cheng Feiyang has a son, and the people in Fulong privately call him the young master… It is said that a new official will start with three fires. When Cheng Feiyang comes in, he will definitely start some fires! And his son is probably a troublesome guy, a troublesome person... But if we can subdue him, the matter will be settled... Although his father acquired the company, he is our little brother!”
Li Weilu said, "Then what should we do? If he knows what's best for him, it's fine... If he doesn't, just beat him up and he'll behave himself!"
"Why are you so violent?" Yu Hong glanced at him. "Besides, can you get away with it if you hit someone?"
"You can't hit him..." Jiang Erwa frowned, "I don't mind. Your parents will still work under his father in the future. If he does something behind the scenes and affects your family, it will be bad!"
The quiet girl Wen Lan said, "Don't think of others like that. What if it's not the case..."
Jiang Erwa said, "Do you remember the former vice president of Huatong? What about his son? He was beaten by Uncle Zhao, the warehouse manager, for stealing optical cables, and then Uncle Zhao was bullied by the manager... Even though he has no position in the company, there are people who want to curry favor with him and get benefits from his father. These people have things on their hands!"
The more they listened, the more they agreed with him. They all frowned and asked, "What should we do then?"
"Anyway, it depends on the situation... When this guy shows up, let him negotiate with me, Jiang Erwa... It depends on whether he admits that he is from our compound. If he admits it, he can be the second in command. Li Weilu, then you will be wronged and become the third in command..."
The man called Li Weilu nodded, "No big deal, for everyone."
Cheng Ran looked at his face, which looked very serious as he was serving the people.
"What if the negotiations fall through?"
Jiang Zhou smiled coldly, "The negotiations broke down, that means he wants to be the boss... Haha, let's show him what is ironclad, don't sell him any good, go against him, but don't expose yourself... Attack in private, don't do it openly. If it doesn't work, I can find some friends and teach him a lesson when he's not prepared... Of course, these are just talk, the specific situation depends on the situation. If he is sensible, accepting it is the best result."
Cheng Ran finally couldn't help it and said, "In fact, the person named Cheng Ran might not be such a person. What if he is not interested in being the boss or the second in command?"
"You don't understand... We were acquired, how embarrassing it is... We must make him bow his head on this matter! Only then can we regain our face!" Qiu Weichao said with an expression of "Is there even a need to say this?"
The group of people shared the same hatred and were getting more and more excited. Even Xiaohu made a few suggestions on how to deal with this "future opponent". At the end, he patted Cheng Ran on the shoulder and asked, "What good ideas do you have?"
Cheng Ran shook his head and smiled, "I have no idea."
Yu Hong beside him smiled and said, "No creative thinking!"
Cheng Ran: “…”
Is it really okay for you guys to discuss how to deal with me like this? However, Cheng Ran heard it from beginning to end and knew the whole story. Thinking about it, he felt helpless. If the other party suddenly found him for some "negotiation", he would be confused.
So the young people from the Rongcheng Huatong compound had all kinds of "imaginations about the future" and chatted about all kinds of gossip. They ate until about 8 o'clock in the evening, and it was almost time to pay the bill. So everyone chipped in.
As a result, these forty or so people ate a lot and ordered drink after drink. The bill for the meal was more than 900 yuan. In fact, the average cost per person was only about 20 yuan, but with so many people, the number was still very large.
Facing the list handed over by the boss, Jiang Zhou took out 157 yuan from his two trouser pockets, and the rest of the people started to collect money. Many people turned out their trouser pockets, but they didn't bring any money. It turned out that they heard Jiang Zhou say that they came out to eat and make a living, but in fact most of them came here to eat for free. After scraping together, this large group of people only collected more than 500 yuan. Among them, the richer girls had no more than 100 yuan in their bags.
This was really embarrassing. Seeing the eager eyes of the people looking at him and the boss's stiff smile as he held the list with his hands a little stiff, Jiang Erwa suddenly felt that his prestige as the "boss" was really shaken.
He gritted his teeth and looked at the person next to him, "Second Brother, do you have any more? Can you get some from home..."
"How dare I! Not long ago, I took a pack of cigarettes from my father and pawned them for money. I was almost beaten to death... I won't dare to steal again..."
Jiang Zhou groaned and turned to the right, but the others immediately shook their heads, "Brother Erwa, I don't have any either. I saved up the thirty this week and gave it all to you just now!"
"I'm only twenty-seven... Oh, here are twelve more..."
Lian Xiaohu searched through all his bags, but still hesitated. He had just said that since it was Cheng Ran's first day here, he didn't need to give him anything. But now he looked at Cheng Ran with a pleading look, "How much do you have? Can you use it as a cushion first... I'll give it to you when I get back..."
Cheng Ran smiled, took out a wallet, took out a stack of money from it, counted out about one third of it, and handed it to the boss. The boss had a bad look on his face just now, but now his face instantly filled with smiles. He took the stack of money from Cheng Ran and put the handful of change on the table.
He quickly gave Cheng Ran the money, and Cheng Ran put the change into his wallet. He turned to the astonished people and said, "I'm going to live here from now on. This is our first meeting, so let's be friends. Today is my treat."
Even Xiaohu was still a little confused. A large group of people were staring at Cheng Ran, obviously still unable to get rid of the scene of him taking out money just now.
Yu Hong's eyes looked up and down from Cheng Ran's feet to his head, as if he was observing him again. Li Weilu swallowed his saliva, and he swallowed the words "So much!" he had just said when he saw Cheng Ran's wallet. The quiet girl Wen Lan also looked at Cheng Ran mysteriously.
Everyone around was out of control, and just now there was a small burst of "Huh" in the crowd, which was heard by everyone.
This is really, really great...
How much is in that wallet
Rich, rich...
Good man, good man...
Jiang Zhou's eyes were uncertain. He silently distributed the money to everyone. When he gave the money to Lian Xiaohu, he whispered, "This friend is worth making friends with... Let's get in touch with him..."
Just as Jiang Zhou was distributing money to the other end of the long table, his speed clearly slowed down. His attention was clearly focused on a few men wearing black trousers and shirts, dressed in professional attire, who were walking towards him from the other end of the street.
Someone asked, "Erwa, what's wrong?"
Jiang Zhou whispered, "Those are the Fulong consultants who came to discuss the acquisition with the company. One of them is in his thirties. Did you see the younger one? His name is Luo Yongchun, one of the Eight Vajra of Fulong..."
The man from Fulong was walking along the street. He had probably just eaten nearby. When he passed by the barbecue stall, although Cheng Ran tried hard to step back, the sharp-eyed Luo Yongchun still spotted him at a glance.
Then, under Cheng Ran's gaze, he waved at him, his tone still as friendly and half-joking as when he was in Shanhai, "Oh... Cheng Ran, you found your friends so quickly... The food is delicious! Okay, we still have work to do when we go back, you should have fun with your new friends! When I met Yu Xiao some time ago, he made a bet with me, saying that you would not be able to adapt without his friends. It seems that your good friend Yu Xiao will definitely be disappointed this time!"
As soon as Luo Yongchun finished speaking, he noticed that the atmosphere among the group of people in front of him suddenly became wrong.
A large group of people turned their heads little by little, just like the array solar power grid they had seen when they were inspecting abroad, where each photovoltaic panel could rotate with the angle of the sun.
Now it was exactly the same, each head, like a photovoltaic solar panel, rotated and fell on Cheng Ran.
"Cheng Ran, you eat well..."
"Your good friend Yu Xiao..."
Luo Yongchun's words just now were still echoing in everyone's ears. Then, in a short period of time, the group of Rongcheng Huatong headquarter's children who were just beaming with joy, summarizing the past and looking forward to the future, recounting grievances and hatreds, and discussing how to deal with the guy named Cheng Ran to regain face, "Ah!" Ghosts howled and wolves howled, and bang! They scattered like birds and beasts.
Luo Yongchun was also confused when he saw a large group of people avoiding Cheng Ran by the telephone poles like they were avoiding ghosts. He wondered what he had said and why he was in such a state...
I highly recommend it. To be honest, it's not easy for the editor to give such a good recommendation for such an update. It's true love! You can still vote for me. Although I sometimes say it's hard, I still have to say... I love you!