Investment Life

The notification light of the internal phone was still flashing, and Li Fangqing was paying attention to the change of the light while processing the work at hand. When the notification went out, she quickly got up from the seat and walked to the chairman's office next door.Just now, Mr. Chen was answering an important international call, and that call would go directly to his office. However, in terms of importance, the level of that call is obviously not inferior to any official business.

Standing in front of the door and straightening her clothes, Li Fangqing raised her hand and knocked on the door twice, the sound was neither loud nor soft, and the crisp knocking sound echoed in the quiet corridor.

Only a few seconds later, a voice came from the room, "Please come in."

Li Fangqing gently opened the door, and saw behind the big desk in the center of the office, a man was writing something at the desk, occasionally operating the laptop at hand, obviously very busy.

Just glanced at it, and Li Fangqing immediately said, "Chen Dong, I just received a call from Xiao Dong. The plane in Shenzhen was delayed due to the airport. He may have to take the plane tonight and fly directly back to Beijing."

"I see."

"What about your flight today?"

"Board the plane as usual." The man looked up at the clock beside him, "Let Mr. Yu and the others come over in an hour, just for a small meeting."

"Ok."

With just a few instructions, the man lowered his head again and returned to his intense work.Li Fangqing didn't talk nonsense, stepped out lightly, and closed the door.After becoming Chen Yuanming's special assistant, she has been sitting in this job for 6 years. She has seen countless employees who were dismissed due to incompetence. She also watched the chairman's office expand from a mere few people to Two continents, a team of nearly 3 people.To be able to survive in this office and become one of the very few middle managers with a "special" title, she naturally has her unique way of life.

At this time, no one knows better than her how much trouble Chen Yuanming is facing with the family crisis. If Xiao Dong can relax a bit, it will be much better. Unfortunately... Suddenly, Li Fangqing threw this idea away. When it comes to the back of her head, no matter how slick her wrist is, the word "family affairs" is still restricted by the assistant, so it's better not to worry about it!

Taking a deep breath, Li Fangqing regained her spirits and walked quickly to her own battlefield.

Half an hour later, after finally reviewing the pile of materials in front of him, Chen Yuanming put down his pen, leaned on the back of the chair, rubbed the bridge of his nose, and dialed the familiar number. After 1 second, the call is connected.

"Finished?"

The voice from the earpiece had such a calming and soothing mood, Chen Yuanming couldn't help showing a little smile.

"Well, Goldman Sachs is very willing to cooperate, and we may have to go to Beijing to continue the discussion. How is your plane?"

"It's probably not going to happen this afternoon, sorry, I thought I could get to you sooner..."

"Safety is the most important thing, and it will save you from flying around. I will go to see your parents first when I go home in the evening, and we will celebrate the old man's birthday together tomorrow."

"Okay. But you don't have to wait for me at night. The flight is probably late. You should take a good rest."

"Well, don't worry. See you tomorrow."

After just a few chats, the two hung up the phone.Tomorrow is Mr. Xiao's [-]th birthday. They originally planned to meet up in Hefei and fly back to Beijing together. Who knows that it's not as good as the sky, so they had to go back separately.Fortunately, a buffer time of one day was arranged, and the regular day was not missed.But considering the workload of the two of them, such an arrangement is not easy.

Or the year is too special...

In 1999, mankind entered the first year of the new century.After the doomsday scare of [-], this millennium was a new beginning for many, but it was a terrible year for the Internet-centric high-tech industry.

In fact, the situation at the beginning of the year was pretty good. The "Yearnary Bug" virus that the industry had been waiting for since 1999 did not really break out on a large scale. Nasdaq continued to soar under favorable conditions, and broke through a certain mark in a blink of an eye.This was supposed to be a year when the Internet industry continued to boom, but unexpectedly, this huge Internet bubble collapsed in front of the world like a castle made of sea sand.

Starting from March 3, in just one week, the Nasdaq plunged by more than 1 point, and collapsed like an avalanche of bubbles.In the following months, the entire U.S. stock market plummeted all the way, and all the leading high-tech stocks fell into this horrible disaster. Internet stocks led by Yahoo fell even more terribly, countless.The company closed overnight, and more people with the title of "engineer" lost their jobs.Let this bubble inflated by Silicon Valley and Wall Street fall back in the blink of an eye.

Facing this catastrophic change, countless CEOs of i Company were awake at night, wanting to save their strength in the avalanche and survive this cold winter.But for Chen Yuanming, this is a real "harvest" season.

Since 1996, Chen Yuanming has acquired the stocks of many high-tech companies in Nasdaq since [-], and a large amount of money has been invested in Silicon Valley leaders such as Microsoft, Cisco, Sun, and Oracle.With the continuous intensification of the Internet bubble, Yuanyang's position in this war has been highlighted step by step.This private equity fund controlled by the Chinese boss is simply facing the black hole of the Internet, devouring a large number of high-tech stocks every year. When its absorption is close to the critical point, Wall Street began to rebound.

Since 1999, pressure from all sides has been exerted on Yuanyang. Too many people, even those Internet companies themselves, are eager to take back their own shares from him.But now Yuanyang is not what it used to be, because the direction of investment is correct, and it made a fortune from American hedge funds during the financial crisis in Southeast Asia. Within a few years, Yuanyang’s assets broke through 1 million US dollars in a straight line. It made everyone stunned. Faced with this beast that is deeply rooted in Silicon Valley, even those Wall Street predators had to put on a kind face.

The war has always been going on under the surface. After a year of negotiations and exchange of interests, Chen Yuanming finally gave in and began to release a large number of shares in his hands, each worth hundreds of millions.In order to take over these shares from him, Wall Street and Silicon Valley had a bloodbath, using a lot of cash and some reciprocal conditions in exchange for victory in the war.

However, before the champagne was opened, the Internet bubble came.The big victory worth boasting turned into a straw that broke the back. In this war without gunpowder, Chen Yuanming won simply and beautifully.

However, the victory in the stock market did not deter him. At the end of 1999, after the birth of Feiyan's home machine generation, Sony had fallen into a passive position.In July 7, Chen Yuanming invested in the acquisition of Electronic Arts, the largest video game company in the United States, and unified the Eagle's Nest Alliance, occupying an advantageous position for the first time in the cooperation with News Corporation.

At the beginning of January, the release of Feiyan's third-generation mp1 player cheered up the sluggish New York Stock Exchange. After several years of transformation and upgrading, Feiyan completely abandoned the VCD production line in Asia and stepped into the DVD and In the era of flash memory, the birth of this mp3 means the birth of an alliance of world-class audiovisual companies.

Different from previous generations of mp3 players, Feiyan 3 is a new generation of multimedia equipment with online purchase function.Users can directly purchase genuine mp3 through ralork's online platform. This cross-generational operation mode has completely rewritten the problem of pirated downloads that has caused headaches for major audio-visual companies, making online music possible.

Today, Apple is still struggling to bear the negative effects of the Internet bubble, while Microsoft is entangled in monopoly lawsuits and cannot afford to develop next-generation mobile products.Just a few years ago, Microsoft completely bundled the i browser on its i98 operating system, but such a move failed to shake the status of the Netscape browser. It is currently the browser product with the most abundant plug-ins and the strongest expandability.

At the same time, Netscape's tentacles extending to mobile phone operating systems have also been extremely successful.On today's mobile multimedia platform, Netscape has become the company with the highest system share, not inferior to Microsoft's achievements in the computer field.With the support of Netscape, the mobile phones produced by Anxin Company have also become well-known brands that can enter the world field, and PHS has begun to conquer small countries in the third world.

Whether it is China or the United States, in this catastrophic year for the Internet, companies with the imprint of the Chen family have more or less shown a trend of sailing against the current.This strong risk resistance has attracted countless investors.It is no exaggeration to say that this is the peak period of Chen Yuanming's career.

However, the invincibility in the mall still cannot erase the rifts caused by some family trivial matters.

A small meeting was held in the company, and the work arrangements for the last quarter of the year were further arranged. Chen Yuanming boarded the flight to Beijing on time.More than an hour later, in the Xishan villa area, Chen Yuanming walked into an elegantly decorated villa with steady steps.

"Mom, I'm back."

The lady sitting on the sofa suddenly showed a warm smile, "Yuanming, come and sit here. I heard a call from Junjun, saying that he won't be back until tomorrow. You people, you run around the world like this all day long. , and didn't find a chance to relax for myself..."

The smiling and chattering woman in front of her was none other than Liu Lanxin.Now in her late seventies, she's ditching the fancy hair-color products and letting her gray hair show its true colors.The elegant lady who used to be is now slowly turning into an amiable old lady, restraining the edge hidden under the smile.

"He will be able to go home tomorrow." Chen Yuanming smiled and defended his lover, "This year is really too busy. Taking advantage of Cisco's illness, he will also try his best to let Jun Teng seize some opportunities. I am afraid that in the past two years It will work harder."

Liu Lanxin shook her head helplessly, "Both of you are too ambitious, alas...it's a pity that I have suffered."

This is also the thing that worries her the most as a mother. If she can find a good wife to take care of the two people's daily life after busy work, their life will be much easier.It just so happened that the two of them saw each other rightly, and they were usually fine, but in the past two years, they have been together less and separated more, to the point where the two places are about to separate.Feelings are not something that can withstand tempering, and what worries her even more is...

Seeing Chen Yuanming's smiling face, Liu Lanxin hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Ajuan went home with Jiaxing the day before yesterday, you..."

"I know about it." Chen Yuanming smiled, the expression on his face remained unchanged, "I'm afraid she is trying to hide from us, and she will come back naturally after we leave Beijing."

Five years is enough for this family to change a lot.Since Jiaxing was one year old, Chen Yuanming took his parents and younger brother to Beijing and lived next to the Xiao family.Although it was only a vacation in name, Wang Juan was very happy living in the capital, especially after knowing her son's business dealings with Xiao's family, she even introduced this elder sister Liu as her confidant.Of course, the quality of education in Beijing is far higher than that in her hometown. For the education of her youngest son, she often goes to Beijing to live for a while.

This seasonal migration continued until 1998. In that year, the Chen family encountered a kidnapping case. Although it failed, it still caused great shock in all aspects.Only then did Wang Juan suddenly understand the purpose of the bodyguards her son put beside her.Apart from fear and anxiety, she was more inclined to come to Beijing with her husband and live a peaceful life at the feet of the emperor.

This matter should have had a good development, and it was nothing less than an earth-shaking change for the two elders who had a hard time leaving their homeland.However, all these good hopes were shattered by the cruel facts.

Chen Yuanming likes men, but that man is actually a child of the Xiao family, Liu Lanxin's youngest son!

Even if several years have passed, even if Wang Juan has long been familiar with Xiao Junyi, and has long been used to Liu Lanxin, a good teacher and helpful friend who lives next door, this fact still destroys everything about her.Her son is her lifelong pride, her greatest support and comfort, but such an excellent child, going crazy and being abducted by a man is an unacceptable fact for the old-fashioned Wang Juan.

But everyone around her, including Xiao Junyi's parents, had a tacit attitude towards this matter. This attitude of high-level intellectuals also had a conceptual impact on Wang Juan.I didn't choose to make a scene, and I didn't join my husband to blame my son.She just chose to escape, using the cold war to express her disapproval.

Deep down in Wang Juan's heart, she was very aware of her son's filial piety. She thought that what she did would make her son feel guilty, and he had to "reform evil and return to the right" and return to the right path of common sense.However, this time, Chen Yuanming did not back down.

Things have come to an impasse.During the one-and-a-half-year-long Cold War, Wang Juan had no regrets, and even came to Beijing several times, trying to encourage Liu Lanxin to break up with her.Xiao Junyi is already 9 years old this year, how many years does he have to hang out?Don't you care about your own property and your family's face?

It's just that her skill is not enough in front of Liu Lanxin, and it is she herself who is assimilated over time.But obsession is powerful precisely because it is stubborn.No, when it came to the big day of Xiao's family, when Chen Yuanming and Xiao Junyi both returned to Beijing, she also chose to leave.

This is a truly protracted cold war, and even Chen Jiaxing has become a weapon in the war. No one knows better than Wang Juan his son's love for this younger brother, and he pins his hopes on the "child".Being in the center of such a battlefield, Chen Yuanming would naturally not be as relaxed as he showed.

Seeing the smile of the young man in front of her, Liu Lanxin also felt heartbroken.She really wanted to change Wang Juan's mind, but a year later, the progress was still limited.It is also thanks to the fact that she has three children who are married and start a business, so that Wang Juan relaxes her vigilance and is not as guarded against herself as she was against thieves at the beginning.

Reaching out to pat Chen Yuanming's arm, Liu Lanxin comforted her, "Let's stay at home for a meal today. Take advantage of this opportunity, you young couple should have a good rest, at least spend your annual leave."

"Well, we will stay in Beijing for a few more days, and play two more chess games with the old man." There was no impurity in Chen Yuanming's smile.

A good dinner, and comforting chatter and encouragement.A few hours later, Chen Yuanming bid farewell to Liu Lanxin and returned to the opposite house.Unlike Xiao's Mansion, which is full of exquisite life, today's Chen Mansion is still empty, and outsiders like nannies and drivers can't create a family atmosphere.

It's just that in the past half a year, Chen Yuanming has gradually gotten used to this kind of desertedness, and the long business trip has exhausted his physical strength. He didn't even deal with official duties, so he went to bed.

A few hours later, he woke up amidst the sound of Xisuo.The light in the room was not turned on, the quilt was gently lifted, and a body with a damp and cold breath was pressed against it.Shivered slightly, but his mind was not really clear, Chen Yuanming just stretched his body, and gently hugged the person in his arms, trying to warm up the slightly chilly body with his body temperature.

A vague laughter came from next to my ear, "I just got off the plane, and came to sneak attack when I heard that the mother-in-law was not there."

Chen Yuanming raised the corners of his lips, and hugged the person in his arms even tighter.

"It's a pity that Jiaxing was also taken away by her..." The voice paused for a while, "Why don't we go and see the second elder next month, from my mother's tone, they are not so persistent..."

The chaotic consciousness began to really wake up, and Chen Yuanming remembered the scene of Xiao Junyi being rejected several times. They were not insincere, but the other party could not accept this kind of kindness at all.Breathing out a foul breath from his chest, he said softly, "Just wait a little longer, I'm afraid it's not the time yet..."

Xiao Junyi didn't reply, and gently stroked Chen Yuanming's back with his warming palm.After a long time, he suddenly asked without beginning or end, "Yuanming, do you want a child?"

Chen Yuanming opened his eyes involuntarily, and met his lover's eyes.Those peach blossom eyes shone with a slight light, full of excitement and seriousness.

"Recently I heard that last year the world's first test-tube baby conceived naturally and gave birth to a daughter. There is no defect in test-tube technology, we only need one egg... no, maybe two, a pair of twins, a pair of Brothers who are truly connected by blood.”

"Test tube baby..." Chen Yuanming repeated the word, "Looking for a surrogate mother?"

"Well, you also know that this is nothing new in foreign countries. My family can also solve the child's household registration without any problems."

If there are children, the prejudice between the parents may be crushed, and their families can be united again through blood.Just this life...

Chen Yuanming hesitated, "Do you want a child?"

"I didn't think about it when I was young, but as I got older, I suddenly thought about it." Xiao Junyi rested his head on his lover's shoulder, his short hair rubbed against his neck, and with a deep smile, "A pair took us Children of blood, we raise them together, teach them all we can, and give them happiness."

There was a sentence stuck in his throat, and Chen Yuanming swallowed several times, but he couldn't get it out.However, Xiao Junyi seemed to have noticed the entanglement of the person next to the pillow, and patted his back lightly again.

"Are you still afraid of that future? Then you should keep a child..."

For yourself, and for me.Chen Yuanming understood the deep meaning hidden behind this sentence. Counting the previous life in his dream, he was over 4 years old. The love he never expected made him gradually understand the true meaning of family.He really wanted to have a child, not only for himself, but also for his lover to rely on and comfort behind him.One... no, two of their children.

"We can try it." Chen Yuanming's voice was not loud, but with unprecedented affirmation.

Xiao Junyi laughed softly, "That's right, we should try it."

In the early winter of November, the heating was not yet turned on, and the two were like a pair of ordinary couples, warming each other with their bodies, whispering to each other while leaning against the pillow.The new life has not yet come, but they are ready.