The journey from Bingang to Tongjiang is not long.
Early the next morning, Xu Sheng first played golf with Xu Hefu for two hours as usual, and then went to the hospital to see Xu Keyu. After lunch, we set off with Tang Zhi.
After getting off the golf cart, Xu Hefu's secretary handed Xu Sheng's information about the person they wanted to meet.
On the way to Tongjiang, Xu Sheng read the information, picked out a few pages from a pile of documents, and threw them to Tang Zhi, asking Tang Zhi to "read it too". He probably wanted Tang Zhi to do his homework. Don't mean to be embarrassed when the time comes.
The weather was gloomy again that day, and the natural light was not bright enough. Tang Zhi turned on the reading light and started reading quietly.
The person Xu Sheng wants to meet is named Wan Heyu, a middle-aged man with a rather mysterious background.
About five years ago, Wan Heyu showed up in Tongjiang with a large sum of cash and founded an investment company called Dexin Group.
At the beginning of this year, DXN successfully went public and moved into the 49th floor of the newly built twin towers in Tongjiang city center.
The data intercepted an interview draft of Wan Heyu. In the draft, Wan Heyu said that he deliberately chose the 49th floor of the Twin Towers as the office location of DXN.
He likes to study the Book of Changes and believes that the year of "Nine" is very important. The Dexin Group went public this year when he was 49 years old, which shows that 49 is an auspicious number that he wants to remember.
Tang Zhi has always been insensitive to such nonsense. When he saw this, he couldn't help but feel tired. It took a lot of effort to control the urge to return the information to Xu Sheng. He turned around and wanted to discuss it with Xu Sheng: "Mr. Xu, do you want to finish reading it all?"
Xu Sheng was closing his eyes to rest. After hearing this, he opened his eyes and glanced at Tang Zhi, and asked, "What do you think?"
Tang Zhi had no choice but to continue looking down.
At 1:30 in the afternoon, they entered Tongjiang City. When they saw the Twin Towers in the distance, Tang Zhi almost memorized the lives of Wan and Yu. When he closed his eyes, he saw the photo of Wan and Yu wearing suits and vests.
He raised his eyes and looked at the gray-blue exterior glass of the Twin Towers that reflected the sky, trying to erase Wan Heyu's face from his mind.
The Twin Towers can also be seen from the window of the small house Tang Zhi rented in Tongjiang.
The exterior of the building lights up with lights of different colors every night, changing patterns from top to bottom.
Tang Zhi can watch for a long time.
He thought his mother might like the night view because she loved the musical light fountain show and took him to see it every summer.
While living in Tongjiang, Tang Zhi once imagined that if his mother's sentence was commuted, or he was retried, or he was released from prison, mother and son could come together to visit the Twin Towers.
But I thought it was too difficult at the time, so I didn’t dare to think about it for too long.
The aromatherapy in the car is exactly the same as that in Xu Sheng's home. Tang Zhi may have been looking at the documents for a long time, and he felt a little motion sick. He felt that the car was very stuffy. He wanted to ask Xu Sheng if he could open the window a little, but he felt that Xu Sheng would not allow it, so he looked back at Xu Sheng hesitantly.
I don't know what happened, but Xu Sheng also raised his head and looked at him for a second.
Tang Zhi felt that Xu Sheng didn't like him looking back because Xu Sheng showed some impatience again, as if he was reminding Tang Zhi not to be so dishonorable.
So Tang Zhi turned back.
Fortunately, within a few minutes, they arrived at the downstairs of the Twin Towers.
The driver stopped at the gate. Wan Heyu and several subordinates in suits and ties were waiting downstairs.
Wan Heyu is tall and strong, with a red face and bright eyes. As soon as Xu Sheng got out of the car, he strode over to shake hands and called Xu Sheng "Mr. Xu" in a loud voice.
As he led Xu Sheng towards the glass revolving door, he said: "I have heard Dong Jin mention you a long time ago, saying that you are a rare young talent. When I saw you today, I realized that Dong Jin was not exaggerating. You were simply exaggerating." I can’t praise you enough.”
Tang Zhi wanted to laugh when he heard this, but he was following Xu Sheng and couldn't appreciate Xu Sheng's current expression.
"Thank you." He heard Xu Sheng whisper.
To Tang Zhi's surprise, Xu Sheng skillfully negotiated with Wan and Yuxu and praised Dexin Group's financial report for being very beautiful.
Tang Zhi looked at Xu Sheng's tall back and realized that Xu Sheng was very good at hiding his true thoughts.
Wan Heyu was always not as good looking as Tang Zhi. Because of their social value, Xu Sheng would not wash his hands immediately after shaking hands with him.
They took the special elevator provided by DXN in the Twin Towers. They could go directly to the 49th floor without taking the stairs on the 30th floor.
After the elevator door opened, Tang Zhi's first impression of Dexin Group was that it was pretending to be simpler than he imagined.
The walls are pure white, with some concave and convex places and some flat. Large oil paintings are hung on the flat places, and there are large and small caves for art collections in the concave and convex places.
The entire floor was very large and divided into different work areas. Wan Heyu introduced the company to Xu Sheng while leading him inside.
What Wan Heyu said was almost word for word from the interview Tang Zhi watched, which made Tang Zhi wonder whether Wan Heyu was reciting the draft to visitors every day.
They stopped in the secretariat outside the chairman's office and stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows, overlooking half of the city south of the Tongjiang River.
Wan Heyu pointed to another high-rise building in the distance and told Xu Sheng: "That piece of commercial real estate is about to be auctioned. We collectively bid, and Director Jin is also very interested."
"But I told him not to rush into anything," Wan Heyu winked at Xu Sheng, "Cooperation must be steady and steady, so that we can go further together with friendship."
Xu Sheng smiled as if he also found it interesting.
Tang Zhi felt that his soul was being destroyed by Wan Heyu's exaggerated winking and Xu Sheng's arrogance. He could only focus on Secretary Wan Heyu who was standing a little in front of him, facing him, and began to try to lose his mind.
The secretary was wearing a dark suit and had a pen stuck on his chest.
Coincidentally, Tang Zhi is very familiar with this pen. He worked for a luxury brand last year and sold many pens of the same style.
At this time, Wan Heyu said he was excited and patted Xu Sheng's shoulder. For some reason, he turned his elbow to the vase with flowers on the side.
The vase swayed and fell. Wan Heyu's secretary reacted so quickly that she bent down and caught the vase before it hit the ground.
Tang Zhi stared at the pocket of his secretary's suit that was hanging down by the pen, and suddenly felt something was not right.
This pen shouldn't be so heavy, Tang Zhi thought. There is no way it would be so heavy even if it contains ink.
The secretary stabilized the vase again. He seemed to notice that Tang Zhi was looking at him, and he also looked at Tang Zhi. Tang Zhi raised his eyes and smiled gently at him.
Wan Heyu approached the door of the chairman's office and recognized the iris on the pillar beside the door. The thick black wooden door automatically opened inward.
"Mr. Xu, please come inside," he made an inviting gesture to Xu Sheng, and then whispered, "It's not a good time to talk outside."
He walked in first, and his secretary followed.
When Tang Zhi was hesitating whether to follow him, Xu Sheng looked back at him.
It was difficult for Tang Zhi to describe the way Xu Sheng looked at him. Maybe it was because he didn't trust him, or he was worried, so Xu Sheng hesitated for two seconds before he said, "Wait for me outside."
Tang Zhi nodded, and Xu Sheng followed them in.
Wan Heyu's assistant was still outside, enthusiastically taking Tang Zhi to sit in the open reception room not far away.
Tang Zhi passed by a table in the secretarial department and suddenly saw a pen on the table with the same style as the one pinned to Secretary Wan Heyu's chest, and a thought that was not law-abiding came to his mind.