There were nearly ten receptionists from Dexin's side. Zhang Xingke stood at the end of the crowd, quietly shaking his head towards Xu Tingsheng, who was about to greet him after being surprised.
Xu Tingsheng had no choice but to put down the hand he was about to raise.
Dexin's principal and boss introduced several people around him to Xu Tingsheng, but he didn't mention Zhang Xingke standing in the corner, so Xu Tingsheng didn't even say hello to his "old rival".
On this day, Xu Tingsheng met a completely different Zhang Xingke.
In just a few months, Zhang Xingke, who used to be arrogant and domineering, was even a bit complacent, disappeared. Now he gives people the feeling that if people who are not familiar with him, they will feel honest and even a little submissive.
And Xu Tingsheng knew about Zhang Xingke's past. He used to be a man of the hour in Xishan University Town, and he was a talented person who earned millions before he graduated from university.
So what he felt at this moment was admiration. Xu Tingsheng admired Zhang Xingke's ability to adapt to change. After a failure, within a few months, he became calm and introverted, and even gave people a feeling of "harmless to humans and animals".
Throughout the afternoon, Zhang Xingke was continuously assigned to do various tasks, such as fetching documents, calling someone, and even changing a hot water bottle. Every time, he said without hesitation: "Okay."
Then act aggressively and come and go like the wind.
Xu Tingsheng still remembers that just a few months ago, he was sitting in the living room of the riverside residence, pointing fingers at himself one after another, wanting to set a 51% stake in Hucheng, and said to himself, If I really move, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold it.
At that time, he had firm eyes, self-confidence, and arrogance that made people feel a little disgusted.
As for the current him, Xu Tingsheng suddenly thought of a word: able to bend and stretch.
Dexin arranged a dinner, but there was an unavoidable drinking situation.
Xu Tingsheng didn't dare to drink too much, and focused most of his attention on Zhang Xingke. I don't know if it's just pretending, or if he really doesn't hold enough alcohol, Zhang Xingke soon entered a half-drunk state.
Then, Xu Tingsheng watched him "get drunk" and flattered the leaders over and over again, making everyone's faces flush with praise, full of pride.
Zhang Xingke toasted the leader, but the leader refused again and again, so he toasted again and again.
"In order to thank the leader for giving me the opportunity, I must respect this glass of wine, that... Mr. Xu, you don't know, if it weren't for our Principal Zhang, I would probably be living on the streets... The kindness of knowing you, the spring will repay you. Do you think I should respect this glass of wine?" Zhang Xingke said solemnly.
"That headmaster really deserves a drink." Xu Tingsheng cooperated.
"Since Mr. Xu said so, that's fine, I have one cup and you three cups." Dexin's principal Zhang said.
"Sure, thank you Principal Zhang."
Zhang Xingke drank three cups in one gulp and leaned over the table to catch his breath.
Principal Zhang drank half of the glass of wine in his hand, and said to Zhang Xingke, who seemed to be a little overwhelmed, "Go, give a respect to Mr. Xu."
"Okay," Zhang Xingke rubbed his face, poured the wine, held the glasses in both hands, stood up and said, "Mr. Xu, I offer you a toast."
"What is one cup? To Mr. Xu, are you qualified for one cup to one cup? In this way... you have five cups, and Mr. Xu has one cup." On Dexin's side, a 30-year-old office director, a coquettish woman said, "Mr. Xu, Right?"
Xu Tingsheng didn't answer.
"The director reminded me." Zhang Xingke said, "Then, Mr. Xu, I'll do it first as a respect. I'll drink five cups before you drink."
"Let's drink one cup to another. I think you've had a lot to drink." Xu Tingsheng raised his hand to stop it.
"It's okay, young man, it's okay, right? Xiao Zhang?" said the coquettish woman.
"Yes, I'm fine."
Zhang Xingke drank one cup after another, and Xu Tingsheng also stood up for the last cup, raised his glass and touched him.
…
At around nine o'clock, Dexin sent Xu Tingsheng and others to the hotel they had arranged.
Xu Tingsheng drank a lot that night. After everyone in Dexin left, he closed the door and washed his face with hot water. The two sides didn't discuss the price and specific plan this night. , Xu Tingsheng would remind himself not to make any promises or decisions.
There was a knock on the door.
Xu Tingsheng opened the door, and Zhang Xingke stood outside.
"Don't bother me?" Zhang Xingke said.
"No, please come in, senior."
Xu Tingsheng let Zhang Xingke into the room, half-closed the door, boiled hot water and made tea for Zhang Xingke, and said, "Aren't you drunk?"
"A little bit," Zhang Xingke said with a smile, "It's a surprise to see me today, isn't it?"
"It's a bit of a surprise. I think the senior should have a lot of money in his hands. With your ability, you should have a lot of things to do, so you won't..."
In the middle of Xu Tingsheng's words, Zhang Xingke took it and said, "It wasn't that much in the first place. I made a lot of money a few years ago, and spent a lot of money. The main reason I asked you for the price was to scare you... If you really agree, I will pay you back." I have to sell my suites."
Zhang Xingke smiled after finishing speaking, Xu Tingsheng was a little sensitive to the concept of "housing", and said off topic: "It's better not to sell the house, it seems to be going up all the time."
"It's too late, I've already sold it, and then I went to the stock market to roll around... thinking about rolling the snowball a little bit, and doing big things directly. In the end, more than three million yuan went in, and less than half a million came out." Zhang Xingke said with a smile.
Regarding the stock market, Xu Tingsheng was actually quite annoyed after his rebirth. In his previous life, he paid little attention to the stock market after he graduated from work, not to mention that it was 2004. At this time in his previous life, he still had to rely on work-study programs to get enough to eat. poor students.
"Is the stock market situation bad?" Xu Tingsheng asked.
"You didn't play?" Zhang Xingke was a little surprised. In his view, under the current upsurge of stock speculation by the whole people, Xu Tingsheng has funds. Among such people, there are very few people who don't touch the stock market at all.
Xu Tingsheng nodded, "I don't really understand that."
"That's a good thing." Zhang Xingke thought for a while and said, "In fact, the situation can't be said to be bad. It's just that from April to July, there was a sudden sharp drop, which almost wiped out the increase in the past year. The sky seems to be falling.
In this case, the people in the front made money, and the people in the back may also copy the bottom. I was quite unlucky, and it happened that I went in and out in the past few months, and it was basically folded in. "
"So, after thinking about it, I'd better go back to my old business. The outside is different from the school, and Shenghai City is even more different, so I wanted to get familiar with it slowly, so I went to Dexin and started from scratch." Zhang Xingke said again.
In fact, he still holds more than 500,000 yuan in his hand. He is definitely not a poor person in this era, and there are things he can do, but judging from his current situation, Dexin has put himself in a very low position.
"You know, I don't even have a college degree."
Zhang Xingke added that Xu Tingsheng could almost understand the reason why he put his posture so low, his situation. It is not easy to enter Dexin, let alone enter the management team. I want to know the situation of Shenghai City and Dexin through Dexin, and see if there is a chance.
"So, the senior intends to work hard and become the director or vice-principal in Dexin?"
Xu Tingsheng asked with a smile, because he didn't believe that in a private training school, no matter how hard he worked and how fast he rose, as long as he couldn't be the boss, he would definitely not be able to satisfy Zhang Xingke.
"What do you think?"
Zhang Xingke looked at Xu Tingsheng and smiled too. Both of them knew the meaning of the smile.
"If you win Dexin, the senior doesn't have enough money, right?" Xu Tingsheng said.
"So I'm looking for you," Zhang Xingke said with a smile, "I persuaded Dexin to find you this time. Don't you think they are a little too enthusiastic about you today? Dexin's scale and configuration are actually good, but, There is too much competition in Shenghai City, so Dexin's situation is actually very bad, and they put all their hopes on you this time."
"so… "
"So, you can offer around 100,000 tomorrow. Dexin still has 150,000 liquid funds on its account. If you offer 100,000, they will definitely accept it in the current situation where they have no choice but to put all their eggs in one basket."
"Then… "
"Then you make a little move on recruiting. I'll do something on Dexin's side. You can come to discuss the acquisition within two months at most. I hope that I will have a share by then."
"Raising a tiger?"
"Dare you?"
"I really don't dare, let me think about it... However, I want to remind the seniors that Hucheng has never tampered with recruiting students."
Hearing what Xu Tingsheng said, Zhang Xingke thought about it for a while, and said in a vague way, "Do you believe in Buddhism?"
Xu Tingsheng was stunned and said, "It's optional."
"It doesn't matter, believe it or not. But have you noticed such a thing, it seems that it is always difficult for a good person to become a Buddha, and it is ten lifetimes of penance, and it is also going through disasters, sacrificing one's life and so on... In the end, it is not always certain It can be done."
Xu Tingsheng nodded and waited for him to continue.
"Where are the villains?" Zhang Xingke looked directly at Xu Tingsheng, and said with a faint smile, "Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately."