The next day, the sky finally cleared up, the light broke through the clouds, shining brightly on the buildings, reflecting bursts of golden halo.
Lai Yang thoroughly washed the clothes that had accumulated for several days, hung them on the balcony, and then hurried out to find Li Rouhe.
Because today was a weekday, the meeting place was at a cafe near Yunbin.
When Lai Yang walked over, Li Rouhe had already arrived. Maybe it was Lai Yang's psychological effect, but when he saw her in a professional suit through the window, she looked a bit like Tian Jing for a moment.
"Secretary Li?"
Lai Yang entered the cafe and called out softly as he approached Li Rouhe.
She was looking down at the iPad in her hand. When she looked up and saw Lai Yang coming over, she put the iPad into the briefcase beside her and asked him what he wanted to drink.
Lai Yang saw that the small round table in front of her was empty, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I'll treat you to a drink, what do you want to order?"
"A cappuccino, then."
"Okay, wait a moment."
After ordering two cups of cappuccino, Lai Yang sat down and looked at Li Rouhe and said, "Why didn't you go to Xiamen with Jingjing this time?"
Li Rouhe leaned back in her chair with her arms folded across her chest, her eyes as calm as water: "This isn't the point of you looking for me, right? Tell me, what's on your mind?"
"Uh... I'm just asking casually, you don't have to be so formal."
"You were the first to be formal. You called me Secretary Li right away. Don't you think that's very official?"
"I'm sorry, He He, I'm just afraid that others will know about our relationship." Lai Yang said with a wink.
Li Rouhe stretched out her hand in the air and made a slapping gesture, which made Lai Yang laugh. After a few seconds, she said that when they met privately in the future, he could just call her Xiaohe, and explained that she was accompanied by another secretary on this trip to Xiamen.
"Huh? Jingjing changed her secretary?"
"… She is a secretary assigned by Yuke Group and has a good understanding of new energy."
"Yu Ke Group? Yu Bo's company?"
"Um."
After just two simple sentences, Lai Yang felt a little depressed. He then asked Yun Bin if he and Yu Ke were already cooperating so deeply now
"Yes, after the successful opening in Chengdu, the shareholders of both parties signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Shanghai the next day. This is why President Tian left in such a hurry at that time."
During a period of silence in Lai Yang, coffee was brought up and the topic was interrupted.
Li Rouhe took a sip
Cappuccino continued, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
"Well... I have an idea for a profit-sharing plan between the theater and Yun Bin, and I want to see if it is feasible first, that is..."
“We don’t really need to talk about this.”
Li Rouhe interrupted, looking at Lai Yang with a sad look: "Boss Tian decided to split the profits of the theater with you, and she doesn't care about the profit or loss of the shop at all. Don't you understand her idea?"
Lai Yang's heartbeat slowed down: "To be honest, I really don't understand what she means. To be honest, I have already confessed to her, but she rejected it."
"Ah? Really?"
Li Rouhe's aura as a female career elite instantly disappeared by half, and she turned into a gossipy girl, quickly asking for details.
"She said we are not suitable, but this makes me conflicted. If she doesn't want to continue developing a relationship with me, why would she help me again and again?"
After listening to Lai Yang's story, Li Rouhe sighed softly.
"There are many factors that may lead to incompatibility. However, President Tian's decision to split the shop with you is actually a disguised way of dividing the emotional relationship with President Yu. It is her attitude. If she doesn't like you, I think she wouldn't do this at such a critical moment."
Lai Yang changed his sitting position and continued listening.
"And as far as I know, President Tian also rejected President Yu privately, but... But as long as President Yu doesn't let go, she is actually quite passive. After all, the cooperation between the two companies is here. As the future deepens, it is estimated that the two will spend more time together."
Lai Yang was annoyed by what he said. After holding it in for a long time, he asked.
"Will Yunbin be unable to continue without Yuke Group? I think the current situation is pretty good, isn't it?"
Li Rouhe glanced at Lai Yang and sighed.
"The higher the place, the stronger the wind, and the faster the turnaround. Ordinary people are still ordinary people if they fail in starting a business, but once Mr. Tian fails, to put it bluntly... he may not even be an ordinary person!"
"… "
These words made Lai Yang break out in a cold sweat.
But if you think about it, you can understand that, just like his club, there were only three people in the beginning. If they failed, the worst that could happen was that they would lose everything. But now the situation is different.
He can't even afford to fail, let alone Tian Jing
…
After coming out of the cafe, Lai Yang walked towards the theater. Just as he turned into the street where the theater was located, someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder. When he turned around, he saw Sun Hao standing behind him.
"Laiyang, I was just going to the theater to look for you, but I didn't expect to run into you on the way."
Sun Hao smiled politely. Although Lai Yang didn't like him, he still asked lightly considering the cooperation with the cinema.
"What do you want from me?"
"Yes, let's go to your theater and talk."
"I'm not going back to the theater right now. I'll just stand here and talk."
The smile on Sun Hao's face froze a little, then he took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed one to Lai Yang.
Lai Yang was not used to his sudden change in attitude, so he said that he didn't know how to smoke.
"Hey... don't be so hostile to me. I'm sorry for hitting your friend last time."
"The past is the past, you don't have to apologize to me."
Sun Hao took a deep puff of cigarette, his eyes serious.
"Okay, then I'll be frank. I know you're so hostile to me because of Momo. To be honest, I'm happy for her to have a friend like you, but... I'm also even sadder because we've known each other since we were kids. Do you know how much it hurts that our relationship has ended up like this after so many years?"
Lai Yang was stunned, then he remembered that Xu Mo once said that she and Sun Hao were childhood friends.
"She and I have been together since high school, and we came to Shanghai together, but... her family is well-off, and her mother has always looked down on me, so I have to work harder than the average person to... provide her with the most basic material security, so that her family will not be so opposed to me."
Sun Hao's hands were shaking slightly as he smoked.
"Later, at a friend's party, I met a woman. Because I helped her block the drinking, she... developed a crush on me. Her family is very powerful in Shanghai, and I wanted to use her resources to develop quickly, but I didn't expect her to be so open. Once when she was drunk, she... had sex with me."
Lai Yang looked at him sideways. He seemed to be immersed in regret. The hand holding the cigarette grabbed his hair fiercely again.
"I originally thought that we were just a one-night stand and Momo wouldn't know about it, but I didn't expect that she would take the initiative to find Momo and ask her to break up with me... This is not what I want, no! But after this incident, everything got out of control. Although I made several steps higher in my career, I lost her! So I later broke up with that woman by force. I wanted to save the relationship, but Momo didn't give me a chance..."
"Why are you telling me this?" Lai Yang asked puzzled.
Suddenly, Sun Hao grabbed his arm, his pupils trembling.
"I know she trusts you, Laiyang... Can you do me a favor?"