Game within game: chess player

Ye Fang smiled and pushed the POS machine away, signed his name on the receipt, and then handed it back to the salesperson. The salesperson was inexplicably surprised when he looked at Ye Fang's ghostly name on the receipt, obviously not understanding the meaning of Ye Fang's move.

"Sir, what do you mean?" the salesperson asked.

Pang Hongfei on the side was also very surprised when he saw Ye Fang's behavior. He had seen people signing for meals, but he didn't know that people who bought jewelry worth nearly ten million could also sign to offset their bills.

"Forward this document to your boss and he will know what it means?" Ye Fang said.

"This..." The salesperson looked at Ye Fang and did not dare to neglect, and quickly found the manager of the specialty store. The store manager is also a local South African executive employed by the Star Diamond Company. Although he speaks less than standard Chinese, he cannot recognize all the Chinese characters.

The store manager looked at the ghost-like signature on the receipt and had to call the company owner, Xiong Yang, general manager of Xingyao Diamond Company, for help.

Since Xiong Yang was appointed by Ye Fang as the boss of the diamond company, he has changed his past habits and seriously studied company management and jewelry and jade-related knowledge. He has transformed from a small gangster to the big boss of the diamond company.

Xiong Yang was on vacation at his beachside villa when he received a call from the store manager.

"Boss, a mysterious oriental customer came to the store. He purchased tens of millions of dollars of sapphire jewelry at one time but refused to pay. Instead, he signed his name on the receipt and said that you will know what it means after reading the signature. ." Store Manager Hui reported.

"Tens of millions of dollars?! No payment? And an IOU!" Xiong Yang said unhappily while wearing sunglasses while lying on a lounge chair by the swimming pool.

"The key is that I don't recognize the words he signed." The store manager was confused.

Xiong Yang knew that the specialty store often had super rich people from all over the world, but this was the first time he met someone like today who bought gems for free.

"You fax me the documents right away. Don't hang up the phone. I'll look at the documents first." After a while, Xiong Yang received the fax of the documents. At first, Xiong Yang didn't recognize it. Later, Xiong Yang gradually recognized the documents. Written above is the word "Ye Fang".

Seeing this name, Xiong Yang felt like he was electrocuted. He slid directly from the recliner to sit on the ground. He saw Xiong Yang stammering and said to the store manager on the other side of the phone, "This customer... please treat me well." ..Immediately lead us into the most private reception room of the store, don’t delay, I’ll be there right away!”

After speaking, Xiong Yang ignored the store manager, hung up the phone, and then dialed Liao Yuanzheng's number while getting dressed.

"Hey, Mr. Liao! The boss is here!" Xiong Yang said excitedly

"Boss, which boss?!" Liao Yuanzheng obviously did not respond to what Xiong Yang said. After all, Ye Fang has not been to South Africa for more than a year, and more importantly, he has been missing for more than half a year. Therefore, the current upper-level parent company of South African Petroleum Corporation is in a leadership vacuum. Liao Yuanzheng, who wonders if Ye Fang can appear again, now regards himself as the real boss.

"Ye Fang! Ye Fang! Who else can we have as a boss?" Xiong Yang said angrily.

"What?! You said Mr. Ye came to South Africa? Where is he? I'll be there right away!" Liao Yuanzheng on the other side of the phone seemed to have sat down on the ground, because Xiong Yang heard "Plop" on the other side of the phone. "A sound.

Liao Yuanzheng and Xiong Yang took special cars from different locations and arrived at the store almost at the same time. Under the leadership of the salesperson, the two rushed directly into the top reception room of the specialty store. Xiong Yang and Liao Yuanzheng walked into the room and saw Ye Fang sitting directly opposite. If it wasn't Ye Fang, who could it be? Nan Yi, Pang Hongfei, and Lu Jiuge stood behind Ye Fang, looking at Liao Yuanzheng and Liao Yuanzheng with unmoving expressions, feeling full of oppression.

"Boss, you miss me so much!" Xiong Yang took three steps in a row and "plopped" two meters away from Ye Fang, kneeling in front of Ye Fang and crying loudly.

Ye Fang had imagined countless scenarios of seeing Liao Yuanzheng and Xiong Yang again, but he never expected it to be like this. Liao Yuanzheng frowned slightly when he saw Xiong Yang's appearance. He couldn't bear to lose face. Do this kind of thing.

Ye Fang, who couldn't laugh or cry, kicked Xiong Yang away with a look of disgust, scolded with a smile, "You kid, don't do this to me! Get up!"

"I really miss you!" Xiong Yang wiped the tears from his eyes and said loudly, then stood up and stood aside respectfully.

Ye Fang stood up and walked to Liao Yuanzheng and said slowly, "Old Liao, you are fine."

"Mr. Ye, I hope you're fine. I'm really happy to see you again." Even though Liao Yuanzheng had been feeling like there were no tigers and monkeys in the mountains for more than a year, he felt the same after seeing Ye Fang again. The sense of surrender between the monarch and his ministers immediately increased. Facing Ye Fang's inquiry, Liao Yuanzheng had to answer respectfully.

"Who are these two people?" Pang Hongfei asked Nan Yi next to him in a low voice.

Before Nan could reply, Ye Fang called Pang Hongfei over and introduced him. When Pang Hongfei learned that Liao Yuan was the CEO of the oil company, Xiong Yang was the CEO of Sapphire Company, and Ye Fang was the boss behind them, Pang Hongfei was shocked again. Now Pang Hongfei knew why Ye Fang was able to "rob" tens of millions of sapphire jewelry from the store, because it was his family's property.

"This is Pang Hongfei. He will be responsible for the group's international strategic research in the future. Get acquainted with him and we will deal with him frequently in the future." Ye Fang introduced casually.

Although Liao Yuanzheng and Xiong Yang are still a little vague about the concept of national strategic research that Ye Fang mentioned, the people who can always work with Ye Fang must be his close ministers. This is just like the ancient emperors. Even a eunuch will compare. One of the princes was half a head taller, so the two of them greeted Pang Hongfei politely.

"Mr. Ye, let's go to the company headquarters. I'll bring the group executives together for a meeting." Liao Yuanzheng said respectfully.

Ye Fang waved his hand and said, "Don't tell anyone about my coming to South Africa. I don't want anyone to know. Do you understand?"

Liao Yuanzheng nodded and replied, "Understood." Although Liao Yuanzheng had many questions about Ye Fang's disappearance for more than half a year, he did not dare to ask them now and continued, "The group has recently developed a new villa and has left it for you. I bought a house and it was all decorated.”

Ye Fang nodded and said, "Okay, let's go there. Let's talk there."

As soon as he walked out of the living room, the store manager and salesperson who had been waiting outside took the POS machine and asked Xiong Yang how to deal with this account. Xiong Yang rolled his eyes and said bluntly, "This is our big boss, what do you think of this account?" Deal with it! Call the big boss!"

"Hello, boss!" Upon seeing this, the store manager immediately led all the salesmen to salute and bow to Ye Fang, until Ye Fang and others walked out of the store.

"Mr. Ye, take my car." Liao Yuanzheng said directly with a smile.

Ye Fang glanced at Xiong Yang with a brow. Xiong Yang had a clear understanding and immediately stepped forward and pulled Ye Fang's shoulders and said, "Mr. Liao, let Mr. Ye get in my car. I have a lot to say to Mr. Ye, so just sit in the back." Bar."

Ye Fangchong said to Liao Yuanzheng, "Then I'll take Xiong Yang's car, Lao Pang, you take Mr. Liao's car."

"Okay." Liao Yuanzheng immediately asked Pang Hongfei to get into his car, while Ye Fang and Nan Yi got into Xiong Yang's car.

Xiong Yang drove the car himself, Nan Yi sat in the passenger seat, and Ye Fang sat in the back seat.

After the vehicle started, Ye Fang touched Xiong Yang's newly bought Mercedes-Benz and joked, "It didn't take long for Mr. Xiong to change the situation. It seems that he is quite comfortable in South Africa."

Xiong Yang chuckled and said without hesitation, "Mr. Ye gave me everything. If you hand over the company to me, I will protect it for you."

"You are the only one who can talk." Ye Fang then added, "Of course you can also do things."

Of course, Xiong Yang knew that Ye Fang wanted to ask him something alone, so he chose to take his own car. Xiong Yang was a Jianghu man and didn't know how to beat around the bush, so he simply asked directly, "Mr. Ye, just ask whatever you want to ask. You know I will tell you everything."

Ye Fang raised the corner of his mouth and asked, "How has the company developed during my absence in South Africa?"

"The company has made a lot of money during your absence. The price of oil changes day by day, the output of sapphire mines has become increasingly stable, and the houses built by the group have been sold out. The company's profits this year will definitely exceed your expectations..."

Xiong Yangdong spoke one sentence after another. Although the context was not clear, it still gave Ye Fang a general understanding of the specific situation of the company in South Africa. One word means good, four words means the situation is excellent.

"How did Mr. Liao behave during the period when the group's management was in a vacuum?" Ye Fang asked calmly.

Xiong Yang's hand holding the steering wheel involuntarily tightened, but his face remained calm. He smiled and replied, "Mr. Liao is very good. During your absence from the group, he was supporting the oil company. The overall layout is still the same." It was carried out in accordance with the strategy you set at the time. President Mbeki came once, inspected various operations of the oil company, and expressed his approval of General Liao's work."

"Where is Han Hui?" Ye Fang asked.

"The group invested in another oil field in eastern South Africa, and Director Han was sent to be the person in charge of the oil company there." Xiong Yang replied.

"Then who is responsible for the group's finances?" Han Hui was posted to South Africa as a group financial auditor. After South Africa became financially independent, Han Hui took the initiative to apply to stay in the oil company as the financial director. Now the financial director is sent to be the person in charge of the group subsidiary. It seems that he has been promoted, but the power in his hands has been solidly reduced.

"Group finance..." Xiong Yang spoke hesitantly.

"Old Xiong, if you have anything to say, just say it." Ye Fang knew that there must be something hidden when he saw Xiong Yang's appearance.

"The group finance manager is now Mr. Liao's wife..." Xiong Yang said in a low voice.

Ye Fang snorted coldly and said, "I guess Han Hui was transferred after I disappeared."

"Well. We have been paying close attention to your news since you disappeared. When we found out that you...what the hell, Mr. Liao transferred Director Han away, and then promoted his wife to manage the group's finances." Xiong Yang Directly.

"Why didn't he touch you?" Ye Fang asked.

"He thought about it, but he didn't dare! He knew that I was from a gangster background and had a group of brothers below me. I told him that he wanted to transfer me. Unless Mr. Ye told me personally, the matter would be over. That’s it.” Xiong Yang said nonchalantly.

Ye Fang nodded as I expected, and asked Xiong Yang with a smile, "Old Xiong, have you never thought that I am really a spy, or that if I really disappear forever, you can always stay here?" Are you in position?"

"Mr. Ye, first of all, I absolutely do not believe that you are a spy, so I will bring Zhou Guanglong and Fang Tianhua to justice. I will fight with anyone who says you are a spy. Secondly, even if you step back ten thousand steps, even if you are really You are missing forever, and I will always guard this property for you. When your children grow up in the future, I will definitely return this property to them! It is impossible for others to get involved! People in the world of Jianghu must have the loyalty of people in Jianghu!" Xiong Yang said excitedly.

"Okay, okay, okay, I believe it, you drive well!" Ye Fang smiled and patted Xiong Yang on the shoulder.

It wasn't until Ye Fang patted his shoulder that Xiong Yang felt relieved. At this time, Xiong Yang's back was soaked with sweat, and Xiong Yang resisted the cold sweat on his forehead from dripping down.

"How is Zhou Kai?" Ye Fang thought to himself that Zhou Kai was originally driven to South Africa to do real estate development. He didn't know what this kid would do to him now.

"Lao Zhou is still a manager, and he has made a big impact in the group's real estate business. The reason why the house is selling so well is all thanks to Lao Zhou." Xiong Yang replied.

"Did Liao Yuanzheng not want to touch Zhou Kai?" Ye Fang asked directly.

Xiong Yang clearly sensed the changes in Ye Fang's title and psychology towards Liao Yuan. From the original old Liao to Mr. Liao, to the current Liao Yuanzheng, although they all refer to the same person, the change of title almost represents Liao Yuanzheng's identity. Yuan's career in the oil company is coming to an end.

Liao Yuanzheng didn't seem to expect that he would fall from the clouds to the ground in just over ten minutes' drive, nor did he expect that he would fall on the body of Xiong Yang, a big boss.

"After all, Lao Zhou is someone sent directly from the headquarters, and Liao Yuanzheng doesn't dare to do anything to him. Besides, Lao Zhou knows the real estate business, and Liao Yuanzheng doesn't have that many useful people around him," Xiong Yang replied.

Ye Fang took a deep breath, pondered for a moment, and said to Xiong Yang, "You call Han Hui and Zhou Kai immediately and ask them to come to the villa to meet me."

"Yes, Mr. Ye!" Xiong Yang quickly took out his cell phone and dialed. After receiving Xiong Yang's call, Han Hui immediately took a helicopter and went straight to the oil town. When Zhou Kai knew that Ye Fang was not dead and had come to South Africa, he burst into tears. He put down the phone and went straight to the villa.

"Is that villa really left to me by Liao Yuanzheng?" Ye Fang suddenly asked.

"Then...that villa was actually reserved for himself by Liao Yuanzheng. It has just been renovated and has not been moved in yet." Xiong Yang felt that the sweat on his forehead was about to fall again.

After hearing Xiong Yang's words, Ye Fang snorted coldly and did not answer.

Xiong Yang finally felt a sense of relief and thought to himself, Liao Yuanzheng, goodbye.