Lai Yang used to think that the prerequisite for freedom was to achieve financial freedom.
But since he met Tian Jing, he found that this law didn't seem to be very accurate.
Lai Yang took a deep breath, asked Qianying to go back to the theater to help, then sat on a bench on the street and took out his cell phone and cigarettes.
After lighting up a cigarette, I found Tianjing's phone, but my finger hovered over the screen for a long time without pressing it.
What else could he give her besides a few useless words of comfort
Lai Yang scratched his hair and after some thought, he called his quiet secretary Li Rouhe first. The call showed that she was on the phone, so Lai Yang waited for a while. Half a minute later, she called back.
"Hello, how are you?"
"Hello, Miss Li. I'm Lai Yang. I heard from a friend that Yunbin seems to be in trouble recently. Several groups of people came to visit us from the Shanghai headquarters. What happened?"
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a few seconds. Li Rouhe asked in a low voice, "Has Lai Yang asked President Tian?"
"No, shouldn't I get the situation from you first? Is she okay?"
Li Rouhe breathed a sigh of relief: "Not so good, something has indeed happened in the company these days, and President Tian has been working non-stop for two days without closing his eyes."
Lai Yang took a deep breath and frowned, "Is it so serious? What happened? Can you tell me more?"
"Well... let me explain briefly. Yunbin is a private AMC (asset management group). The company's work process is divided into six stages, namely information screening, asset investigation, fund raising, asset package purchase, project management, and project exit. Do you understand these?"
Lai Yang bit the cigarette butt and touched his cheek.
"Well... if we take a building as an example, it is like seeing an unfinished building that the developer cannot continue to build. Yun Bin will then conduct a commercial investigation on it. If he thinks it can be sold at a good price in the future, he will start to invest his own money or raise funds for secondary construction, and then manage and operate it until it is profitable and then exit."
"Oh, I understand now."
"The problems that have erupted in the past few days originated from Guangzhou. The company and the local AMC jointly financed and took on several real estate projects. Just after the acquisition of the projects was completed, the local AMCs suddenly united and pointed out a small loophole in Yunbin's asset investigation and refused to let it go."
Li Rouhe sighed and continued.
"As a result, companies in cities across the country that already had conflicts with Yun Bin suddenly united and made the problem particularly serious. It was like a domino effect, one after another fell, and many partners with good credit also began to waver. It was... very troublesome."
Lai Yang changed his sitting position, and his cigarette butt was burnt. After throwing it away, he lit another cigarette and asked.
"A small loophole in your company can cause such a big problem?"
"Of course, Yun Bin's two strongest weapons are asset investigation and management. Investigation is like treasure appraisal. The money invested by those financial partners is not small. Once the investigation reveals a little problem, their funds may go down the drain. So you understand, right?"
Lai Yang remained silent, while Li Rouhe also complained that in fact, the matter in Guangzhou could have been handled secretly in private, but they didn't know who they had offended, causing the local AMC to directly announce the matter in the circle, resulting in such serious consequences.
"Could it be that one of your competitors did this on purpose?" Lai Yang asked back.
Li Rouhe sighed and couldn't explain it clearly, then reminded Lai Yang not to call President Tian for now, as she would be very busy now, and they could contact each other after nine o'clock in the evening.
"It's okay, Laiyang, don't worry too much. Yunbin is such a big company, it's normal for it to have a bombshell. The company is also handling it."
Lai Yang knew that Li Rouhe was trying to comfort him, but he was still in a depressed mood.
"You guys are opening... Do you need a stand-up comedy performance? I can come for free."
"You can talk to President Tian about this, but as far as I know, the opening activities and procedures have been arranged."
Lai Yang said "oh", said a few words of thanks, and then hung up with Li Rouhe.
It was 6:30 in the afternoon. Lai Yang was slumped on a bench holding his cell phone. The sunlight was as golden as wheat ears, spreading on the cobblestone street beneath his feet. It looked warm and comfortable.
But Lai Yang couldn't feel happy at the moment.
When I was in college, if my roommates and I played games all night, the next day we would feel like fish that had been pulled ashore, shrunken and drowsy all day.
But Li Rouhe said that Tianjing had been working non-stop for two days. She is still a woman, and this intensity of work will definitely cause health problems for her.
Lai Yang felt a tightness in his chest, so he stood up and walked aimlessly along the road towards Jiahui Plaza.
…
In the square, Lai Yang met the "little boy" again.
He was playing basketball in a blue short-sleeved shirt, and next to him was a girl of about his age, holding a bottle of mineral water and looking at him.
Oh boy, premature love.
"Hey~ Are you on holiday today? You had a girlfriend in high school?" Lai Yang walked up to say hello with a smile.
The little boy turned around and glared at Lai Yang, then looked at the girl next to him. Her cheeks were a little flushed and she looked a little shy.
"We talked about it! What's wrong? Is it illegal?" The little boy said with his head raised, holding the ball under his arm.
"Haha, you're awesome, it's not against the law, so why don't you introduce me to it?"
The little boy was a little reserved. It was obvious that he just wanted to show off in front of his girlfriend, but he was actually quite nervous inside.
"Why should I introduce you? I don't know you well." The little boy glanced at the girl and said to Lai Yang.
"Hey, how can you say that? I am at least your witness. You and your sister-in-law can each call me brother, and I will buy you some milk tea."
"I don't care~"
The little boy was inexplicably aggressive today, probably because he was on guard.
Lai Yang narrowed his eyes and said, "If you say so, I will have to go home with you and talk to your parents about premature love."
The girl was a little nervous about this, and the bottle in her hand began to rattle.
The little boy was also a little anxious, blushing and hesitating: "Are you sick? I... I, did I provoke you?"
"Haha, weren't you very arrogant just now? Try to be more arrogant?" Lai Yang said with a smile.
Bang!
The little boy threw the basketball to the ground and said angrily, "I hate people like you the most. If you want to say something, just go ahead and say it. At worst, we can elope!"
After he finished speaking, he picked up the basketball again, ran to the girl, took her hand and left.
"Elope? Your family doesn't want you anymore? You can't go to school anymore?" Lai Yang shouted.
The little boy looked back angrily and said, "You've eloped, what's the point of going to school? Have you ever been to school?"
Their receding figures were stretched out by the setting sun. Looking at this pair of high school students, Lai Yang was lost in thought for a few seconds. Then he took out his cell phone, took a photo of them holding hands, and sent it to Tian Jing.
Jingjing, do you still remember the little boy in Jiahui Plaza? He fell in love early and said he wanted to elope with his female classmate. Do you think... is this kind of love childish
After Lai Yang sent it, he was stunned when he saw the word "childish".
The reason why he felt it was childish was because he felt deep down that it was impossible and unrealistic.
So, is it another kind of childishness that I want to be with Tianjing