"… I'm afraid that some people who pretend to be classmates but actually have ulterior motives will lead her astray. After all, as her cousin, I have to share some of her mother's worries."
"In this world, whether you are a person or a business person, it is very important to mix in circles. Only by having a circle can you mobilize more resources and exert greater power. Sorry, I am a little blunt, but you understand. You and I both know that you are not an ordinary child. You are a mischievous child. But... It's useless. Don't dream of getting anything from this family. If you dare to stretch out your claws, you must be prepared to draw fire upon yourself..."
"Your father has made it to this point in the field of communication equipment in such a short time, which is incredible. However, he has almost reached a bottleneck. Every step along the way may require a gamble. If the gamble is right, he can move up. If the gamble is wrong, no matter how high the building is, it will collapse. If you want to be safe, you need the right time, right place and right people. Where can you find them? Circles. Do you think he can move up further? If the circle behind me doesn't open the door for him, can he go on? It's just like what he is doing here now, finding connections, asking for help... The network we have woven here has long been deeply rooted. We can prevent Americans from doing business with your father. Do you think I am scaring you with this, or is it really so?"
Liu Gao didn't mind talking about this with Cheng Ran. On the one hand, this kid had indeed become a threat. When he went to Mount Emei last time, his arrogant and rude attitude towards him made Liu Gao feel like a fishbone was stuck in his throat and he became angry for no reason when he recalled it.
On the other hand, he deliberately approached Jiang Hongshao, who knows if this granddaughter, whom Mr. Jiang cares about, will do something that will damage the interests of the family and make them lose face. He will not let the Jiang family become a laughing stock.
If the person in front of him was Cheng Feiyang, he might have been more polite. Even if he had to warn him, he still had to be kind on the surface.
However, it is the hardest to guard against a little devil. A dam of a thousand miles can be breached by an ant hole. A thief is sneaking behind the scenes and might steal the Jiang family's foundation. Although Cheng Ran in front of him is insignificant, the distance between him and Jiang Hongshao is enough to destroy the blueprint he has drawn, so this bad breath and this spit must be spit on his face first. To put it bluntly, two slaps faded his divine light, and then he slowly cleaned it up.
"In the final analysis... the telecommunications industry has a lot of capital with good backgrounds. Your father was too ruthless in his business in China, and he broke the plates in many people's hands. Do you want to know how many people hate me and want me to die? Even here, there are Americans asking us to strangle your father at the source of competition..."
As Liu Gao was speaking, the young man who had just lowered his head, probably because he was frightened by what he said, raised his head and moved his mouth towards him, "Stupid."
At that moment, the sky was high and the clouds were light. Liu Gao's previously controlled rhythm, and his threatening words, like a knife cutting bones and flesh, suddenly disappeared in the cold wind.
He paused, his head tilted slightly, like a bloodthirsty conqueror who encountered a mudslide while showing off the majestic military appearance behind him and the huge sculpture of the totem in the distance. He still maintained a strange and incomprehensible posture, and some of his encounters were absurd and grotesque.
He did hear these two words, but... how could it be, how could it be possible... This was probably the most severe blow he had never suffered in his life, given the position and level he was in because of the golden key he was born with.
Sometimes a word can eat a person's bones, sometimes a word can destroy a person's heart, sometimes a word can take away a person's ambition and destroy a person's dignity, and can make people feel great humiliation and murderous hatred.
Originally, these were the actions he had taken against this young man.
As a result, when the young man met his gaze, he repeated, "Idiot."
Then, this young man who seemed to have never woken up from the beginning to the end laughed in Liu Gao's slightly trembling and fierce eyes, "You said this to kill two birds with one stone. You want me to go back and tell my father to lose his composure, and at the same time use my father's career and family property to threaten me to cut off contact with Jiang Hongshao? ... So you really think you can threaten my father's business?"
"You are a comprador who serves his master as a dog behind the scenes. You are not qualified to be in front of Cheng Feiyang. Even the forces behind you cannot compete with Fu Long head-on. You are trying to use despicable means to serve others as a dog. Have you ever asked yourself whether others really regard you as a loyal dog, or a weasel that can only be used to do some dirty things and will be the first to be skinned and pulled out of the tendons when they are no longer needed?"
Buzz.
Liu Gao's veins were throbbing, and his scalp seemed to be flipping. With a nearly devouring look, he spoke gloomily, "Do you know what you are talking about... What consequences will there be for what you said today?"
From the corner of his eye, he noticed that Jiang Hongshao didn't come over, and it seemed that she wasn't worried at all that Cheng Ran would suffer any loss.
Cheng Ran sat on the chair with his legs open, his hands on his knees, looking up at Liu Gao. Although Liu Gao was furious at that moment, he was not completely irrational. He had a feeling that this young man in front of him, who didn't look like an adult and whose beard hadn't even grown yet, had something more elusive behind him. Cheng Ran said, "Then tell me, how can you make trouble for my dad's lobbying in the United States? Do you really think that you, a comprador on both sides, can stir up any storm? Do you control the core technology of a related American company? Can you influence the opinions of the major shareholders of Fulong Cooperation Company? Or can you offer corresponding benefits to satisfy the appetites of these companies? What qualifications do you have to block a company that has fought hard for technology and R&D with blood and sweat, and just won't be sucked dry?"
Liu Gao's face was as cold as iron, but it was obvious that he was not without ideas. He looked at Cheng Ran coldly.
"If you can't solve it from a technical perspective, what other options do you have? It's nothing more than using the political perspective or your so-called network of American politicians. What's the banner? Republic threat theory? Chinese technology companies stealing American technology? Our competitors in the United States will do the same thing, so they don't need your little tricks."
"Or do you plan to use the politicians behind you? Then do you know what my father did when he came to the United States? The breakthrough in the charity project and the relationship with major newspapers such as The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times, my father could have set up a battle, and in the American way, he could have further expressed his views through newspaper interviews and dialogues with the upper and lower classes of the United States. There is no need to be shy about whether the rise of China threatens the United States. Western Christianity emphasizes confrontation, and the Confucian, Buddhist and Taoist cultures that have influenced the Chinese focus on harmony. Taoism emphasizes changing oneself to adapt to the environment, Confucianism is about changing oneself and blending with society, and Buddhism is about nourishing the heart. As long as the communication between the two sides can make Americans gradually realize this, it will make many people realize that the rise of China and the United States are the result of inclusive coexistence, and this should even be promoted more. Is this effect great? Is it much? Can it fundamentally change Americans' views on China? It may not be possible to make a direct judgment, but there is one thing that Americans must care about, that is, Americans' pursuit of the American spirit."
"Don't you think this is not a common criticism of Americans now?" Cheng Ran pointed to the Washington Monument in the distance. "Why is the Washington Monument the core of the core of the United States? Because Washington is indeed a real great man, a politician recognized by Americans, and the representative of the American spirit. This spirit is tolerance, openness, freedom, independence, and equality. In the eyes of Americans now, the American presidents after Washington are far inferior to him. They are not great men, but politicians at best. This is what Americans think in their hearts, that the American spirit is being lost. Fulong advocates this kind of harmony of "you in me", which can be seen as the embodiment of the American spirit by Americans. Expressing this attitude, coupled with Fulong's planning and preaching in charity, do you think those so-called allied American politicians behind you will be willing to stand up for people like you, and at this time stop the public's reflection on the increasingly lost American spirit, and stand on the opposite side of the voice of public opinion?"
From beginning to end, Liu Gao looked at him grimly with a murderous expression, but this time, for the first time ever, he did not speak.
Cheng Ran said, "So, you don't know what my dad is doing, and people like you don't know what my dad is really going to do. So... it's irreconcilable. Because people like my dad, what he did, became known, and you lost the soil to suck blood, so you and the people behind you jumped up and down, and you were all hurt, and you all wanted to surround us and defeat us... But it doesn't matter, this is a necessary stage, we have already expected to face people like you, and the people behind you..."
"So, what you don't understand is that from the very beginning, your threats, such as ruining many people's businesses and how many people wanted to kill us, you think I would be afraid? I would only think it was a good thing. Because you really deserve to die, which means you have been hurt and know that you are finished. And what we have to do is to use hammers to beat you through step by step. So you understand, your threats are just ridiculous to me, because from the very beginning, I really planned to beat people like you to death... Do you think I would be polite to you? Even if you are some kind of cousin, you are a jerk not because of your position, but because of what you have done."
"So, an idiot is an idiot..." Cheng Ran curled his lips, "Damn idiot."