I was a stand-in for those years

Guo Zichen came back from a business trip in Zurich, slept in the car for 10 to [-] minutes, and then hurried back to the office. Before the old project was finished, Ryan pushed him a new one, without a break every day.

After a while, the secretary told him to go to Ryan's office.

Ryan stood in front of the transparent glass window and turned around when he heard the knock on the door: "Come in."

"Boss, are you looking for me?"

Ryan looked solemn, and pushed him a piece of paper. Guo Zichen looked down and saw a dismissal letter.

Guo Zichen smiled: "What does this mean, who do you want to fire?"

"you."

Guo Zichen didn't come back to his senses. He never expected that he would be fired by his boss the next second he just came back from Switzerland to discuss cooperation with a client.

"Then, what's the reason?"

Ryan didn't answer, and continued: "We will compensate you with the salary standard of the first vice president for one year. The project in your hand will be taken over by others, so you don't have to worry about breach of contract."

Right now, inexplicable, shocked, and angry, they all occupied Guo Zichen's brain, and he grabbed Ryan by the collar: "How much did I fucking pay for the company, and you just resigned?"

Ryan patted his hand away, a little impatient: "The dismissal announcement will be issued tomorrow, don't make it too ugly."

Guo Zichen was trembling all over, and his heart trembled violently. He sat down on the sofa slowly, closed his eyes for a long time before recovering: "You were the one who poached me, and you were the one who fired me out of nowhere. Don't expect much from you either."

The next day, the news about Guo Zichen's sudden dismissal made the news. Although the announcement didn't specify the reason, leaving in such an embarrassing way, his career was over.

It happened to be Wednesday, and Guo Zichen drove aimlessly around Manhattan.

All these years in New York, he has been in a hurry, come to think of it, he has never been around this charming city like a tourist.

He came to Times Square for a stroll. As the sun was setting, the storefronts were glowing with colorful lights in the black and white sky. A group of girls were laughing and laughing, posing in front of the square and waiting for their partners to take pictures of them. Arm in arm, they walked into the restaurant sweetly.

At the entrance of a high-end restaurant, two middle-aged men in suits and carrying black briefcases just came out. They smiled politely, shook hands with each other and said that they had a happy cooperation, but Guo Zichen knew that there was no joy, and all is fake.The smile of capitalism is both hypocritical and vain. In this profit-seeking urban area, humanity is obliterated, kindness is exploited, and there is no trust between people, only interests.

The streets are filled with all kinds of foreign languages ​​and faces, excluding him, a foreigner, from this bustling world.

Guo Zichen stared at the Prosperity Avenue for a while, then went back to his rented room in New York, didn't eat dinner, went into the bedroom and fell asleep.

Too tired, too tired these years, he has been busy these years, dedicated the best years of his youth to his career, and in the end only left behind the high position that was once within reach, a year's subsidized salary, and a A shattered broken heart.

Even if he is a big man, it is impossible to comfort himself after losing the career he worked so hard to say, it doesn't matter, if the career is gone, you can start all over again.

Thinking about it, the corners of Guo Zichen's eyes twitched, and the grievance in his heart was about to drive him crazy. He subconsciously called Ke Chen, and when he came back to his senses, the call was connected, and Ke Chen gave a soft hello on the other side of the phone.

Guo Zichen panicked, hurriedly said that he had made a mistake and hung up the phone.

Ke Chen didn't call again, Guo Zichen dropped the phone and let the bleak air wrap around him.

He didn't dare to tell Zhang Chengwen all this, at least he didn't dare to take the initiative to contact him before he got the news.Zhang Chengwen watched him work hard, he had seen himself working hard, he had seen himself nervous and embarrassed when he gave a speech for the first time, and he had seen himself elegant and arrogant under the lights and applause.

But the current self is like weeds, like birds, small and pitiful.

Tears stuck to the pillow, his brain gradually became confused, and he didn't know when he finally fell asleep.When he woke up the next day, he was woken up by the doorbell.

Without even thinking about it, Guo Zichen thought it was Zhang Chengwen who came. He put on his slippers and ran into the bathroom. He wiped his slightly swollen eyes with cold water indiscriminately, trying to make himself look normal. Then he sniffed and held the doorknob He opened the door, didn't see who the person was at the door, turned his back and walked into the room, complaining as usual: "Can you take the key I gave you? Don't let me open the door all the time, it's so troublesome." .What to eat for lunch?"

Ke Chen stood at the door, suppressed the anger in his heart, and called out, "Chenchen."

Guo Zichen was walking into the house on his slippers, but when he heard the voice, he froze instantly.

Ke Chen stood at the door, clenched his fists: "Who did you give the key to? Zhang Chengwen? Are you living together?"

With his back turned to him, Guo Zichen said in a hoarse voice, "It has nothing to do with you."

"It's related." Ke Chen walked into the room, but just stood at the door, not daring to go forward: "I was hospitalized before, and you didn't come to see me."

Guo Zichen turned his back to him, unable to see his expression clearly.When Ke Chen thought he would never say another word after being so silent, Guo Zichen said, "You came all the way here just to say this?"

Ke Chen slowed down his voice, and spoke earnestly: "Chenchen, I just miss you, and I want to see you and talk to you."

Guo Zichen wanted to laugh when he heard it, but he finally turned his head with a sneer on his face: "But I don't miss you at all, and I don't bother talking to you."

"I figured it out, the ring was thrown away by you, we can buy a new pair, so don't be angry, Chenchen, come home with me."

Guo Zichen stared at Ke Chen's face, and didn't want to say another word: "If you have nothing to do, then go, I still have work."

Ke Chen came from the entrance, his gentle eyes were full of sympathy: "I heard that you have resigned."

Guo Zichen's eyes widened for a moment, and the pores all over his body dilated a little. He rushed over and grabbed Ke Chen by the collar, and threw him onto the door frame with a bang, looking at him with extremely angry eyes:

"Don't fucking look at me like that! I was fired yesterday, so you just came here to see my jokes today? Do you want to see that I, Guo Zichen, can't do anything without you? Then you You've seen it all, I, Guo Zichen, are just a fool, are you satisfied?"

Ke Chen stretched out his right hand, gently touched the broken hair on his forehead, and comforted him: "I just want to tell you that no matter what happens, I will still be there."

"I contacted the lawyer, let's go to court."

Guo Zichen sneered: "The company owns 20.00% of your shares. You want to sue? Who do you want to sue? You?"

"For you, I don't need these shares. In any case, I will sue the company for bankruptcy and Ryan for bankruptcy. I want them to know what the end is for bullying you!" The fierceness in Ke Chen's eyes was conveyed to Guo Zichen through the air, For a moment, he didn't know how he felt in his heart, and his mouth softened.

Knowing that you are being bullied in a foreign country, people who are separated by mountains and rivers across the ocean, rushed over immediately, hugged you, listened to your complaints, and sought justice for your injustice, which is quite touching.

Seeing Guo Zichen's expression moved, Ke Chen put his arms around his waist, turned around, and the two switched positions, pushing Guo Zichen against the door frame.

Guo Zichen was at a loss, he stretched out his arms and swung him wildly, Ke Chen felt the pain, but hugged him even tighter, Guo Zichen couldn't push him away, and then kicked him twice, Ke Chen deliberately got knocked by his feet, hugged him Guo Zichen fell straight on the floor.

The moment the two fell to the ground, Guo Zichen hugged Ke Chen's head with his fingers intertwined, and with a bang, the back of his hand resting on his head was painfully knocked.

Guo Zichen pressed on Ke Chen, stood up and hugged Ke Chen, and said in a panic, "Are you all right, where did you hit?"

Ke Chen burrowed his head into the man's arms, took his hand and stuffed it under his body: "I knocked my butt, rub it for me."

He patted him angrily: "Death is not serious!" He wanted to pull out his hand, but Ke Chen pressed his hand on something that was hard to hold, and said in his ear: "Chenchen, I miss you, I miss you, I miss you!" You, don't break up with me, you go back with me, the whole Koshi is yours."

(………)

Guo Zichen fell asleep on Ke Chen's shoulder. Ke Chen got up and walked to the bathroom, staring at the two toothbrush cups on the sink and laughing.

The lawsuit Ke Chen said is of course false, does he really want to sue himself?

If you beg him in a low voice, he doesn't know what's good and what's wrong, so you can only play tricks.

……

Ryan was still working overtime in the office that day, and there was a light knock on the door outside the house. Ryan recovered from work and glanced at his watch. It was almost morning.He got up and opened the door, unexpectedly saw Ke Chen standing outside the door.

He invited the man in, ground him a cup of coffee, and asked the gloomy man, "Why didn't you let me know in advance when you came to my place?"

"Just got off the plane." Ke Chen leaned on the sofa, tilted his head back, and asked, "Guo Zichen works here, how is he doing?"

"It's pretty good," Ryan frowned, "Why?"

Ke Chen turned around and cast his stern gaze on Ryan, but he still smiled on the surface: "Shut him out."

Ryan thought he heard it wrong, so he hurriedly asked again: "What?"

"I said, let him go." Ke Chen repeated.

"No, you know, there is a problem with his position, and our guild will suffer huge losses. Besides, he has only been here for a few months. Why should I fire him?"

Ke Chen's expression turned ugly: "Do you have to explain? I just don't want him to hang around in this business anymore. Now, immediately."

For ordinary people, it doesn't matter if Ryan resigns, but Guo Zichen appreciates it very much, and Guo Zichen has several consulting agency projects in his hand to help companies go public. Now changing people, the huge liquidated damages are enough for Ryan.

"Ke Chen, I don't care what major shareholder you are, but I have the final say on business operations. I have nothing to do with any grievances between you. I only know that he is my employee and I am his boss. There is no legitimate reason. I He will never be fired."

Ke Chen couldn't help being surprised when he heard that Guo Zichen was so capable that even Ryan wanted to protect him.

But the person Ke Chen wanted to punish, ten Ryan couldn't protect him.

"Did you buy enough of the hexavalent chromium before?"

A sudden nonsensical remark, Ryan didn't find it inexplicable, but was surprised.

"The thermal power generation project you invested in Brazil used hexavalent chromium on a large scale to prevent steel equipment from rusting, and the toxic chromium mixed in the cold water was released without treatment." After taking a sip of coffee, Ke Chen continued to speak without haste. He said: "What a coincidence, I bought a rubber plantation in Brazil before, which happened to be near your power plant."

Ke Chen tapped his fingers rhythmically on the ceramic cup, and his words sounded light and ethereal:

"You said, if the employees of our rubber plantation suffer from heavy metal poisoning or cancer tomorrow, I will file a lawsuit for our workers. If an unscrupulous media accidentally reports this matter half-smeared and half-reported, if the China Securities Regulatory Commission asks you to What about the suspension investigation?"

With a snap, Ryan shook off the pen holder and documents on the desktop with one hand, and said angrily, "Are you threatening me?"

Ke Chen bent down to pick up the documents on the floor, wiped the paper towels on the table, and put them back in front of Ryan: "Don't worry, isn't your project signed by Guo Zichen? If you fire him, you should be yours." Do it for you, I won’t mention a word, and the nearby rubber forest will send you off by the way.”

The anger in Ryan's heart was extinguished by half, but he still felt a loss: "If I quit him, my loss is far more than the piece of rubber grove you accompanied me."

Ke Chen waved his hand, with the attitude of "what's the big deal": "I transferred the chief financial officer from Ke's headquarters to you."

This condition was very attractive, and Ryan was moved.After all, he is a businessman who puts profit first. If he gives up a pawn in exchange for greater benefits, why not do it.

[The author has something to say]: Lin Xingmu's appearance in the next chapter is a bit cruel, let me tell you in advance.Then I wrote a car in the brackets in this chapter. Hey, I don’t know how to send it to you. If you have time, check out the entire Weibo and send it to you in private messages.