God said I would meet you

In the afternoon of the next day, before the off-duty time, Zhang Xinli had already punched his card in advance, packed his things, took the car keys, and drove all the way for more than half an hour, to the villa where he met Ning Chengkai before.

—he thought he was alone.

Most of the people who come and go here are regular customers. Although the doorman on the basement parking floor didn’t recognize Zhang Xinli’s license plate, when he saw it was a Shanghai brand BMW 5 Series, he didn’t stop and ask a question. , There is no need to stop this kind of car for questioning.Seeing that he was about to reach his destination, Zhang Xinli had just shifted into reverse gear and was about to stop, when Lin Huainan called.

Because Ning Shengkai only made an appointment with him alone, and no one cares about the process of work. The boss only wants the result. Therefore, as a temporary employee, Zhang Xinli did not propose to meet with Lin Huainan today. Report, who knows...

What is he calling at this time? Is it a coincidence?

Before the appointed time, Zhang Xinli backed into the parking space and connected the phone.

"Hey, Xiao Zhang, are you off work yet?" We are already familiar with each other, Lin Huainan and his son-in-law didn't flirt with each other, just say what they have, "Is there an appointment for today's project?" He said: "Why not?" Can I do it myself without saying a word? Or I'll come here now."

His first reaction was the same as Lin Jinyu's, thinking that Xiao Zhang was a strong kid and didn't want to cause him any trouble, so he came here by himself in silence.

There may be some reasons for this, but it's not the main reason. Zhang Xinli mainly didn't want this to be a cover-up. Firstly, this matter is disgraceful. If Lin Jinyu is reduced to being coveted by his adopters when he is with him, what would Lin Huainan think of him? Secondly... Ning Shengkai just "missed" Xiaofan in his dreams all his life, this non-existent person. Not only did Zhang Xinli not give him the chance to meet his boyfriend, he was even reluctant to let him know Lin Jinyu's real name.

"No, you have other things to do today," Zhang Xinli refused while turning off the ignition, "I'm already here, I'm fine, it's fine."

Strange, how did he know about this, could it be that Ning Shengkai informed him temporarily?Could it be that he was really asked to negotiate a contract.

What Lin Huainan does every day is often arranged a week in advance. He really doesn't have much time today, but...

When his son first came to him to ask about this matter, although he was a little worried that Zhang Xinli would meet with the other party alone, but after thinking about it for a while, he thought it would be good to give him a chance to exercise.Previously, Zhang Xinli had always been ambiguous about continuing his studies, as if he had a lot of concerns and was reluctant, so he had to try to do it alone in advance to stimulate his interest.

With the level of Zhang Xinli's school, it is absolutely impossible for him to enter Lin Huainan's company only with a bachelor's degree. Will give him a job to do.

He said: "It's better for a few more people to go and follow the whole process, as your assistants." Lin Huainan half-jokingly said: "I can help you..."

"It's really not necessary," Zhang Xinli said quickly before Lin Huainan finished speaking, "I have already exchanged opinions on a draft with the other side, and it would take time to come back."

In just a few days, have you even exchanged opinions on a draft?The action is really fast.Lin Huainan said, "Actually..."

In fact, Xiaoyu suddenly came to him and said that he wanted his son to inherit his father's career and see the world. Although I thought it would be a mess if he went, but he insisted on going his own way, and now he has already taken my car keys and went downstairs to live in the car.

But before he had time to finish his sentence, Zhang Xinli rushed ahead and said, "It's really fine. I can do it alone. I'm still driving on the road. It's inconvenient to answer the phone, so I'll hang up first. I'll report to you if there's something wrong."

The appointed time was getting closer and closer. Lin Huainan probably decided to add someone to go with him. Zhang Xinli didn't want to waste time, so he prevaricated. Lin Huainan heard that he was driving, so he didn't want to say anything. , well, you pay more attention... don't mess it up."

Anyway, they set off in a while, so it can be said that they are not friends... Uh, even if they are not friends, they will meet together, and we will see each other sooner or later.

Unaware of this, Zhang Xinli solemnly agreed and hung up the phone.

Although he has never had the opportunity to enter or exit any high-end places since he was a child, Zhang Xinli did what Lin Huainan did last time in his memory, parked the car, walked to the elevator under the guidance of the waiter, and said directly Met Ning Shengkai for dinner and went upstairs smoothly.

This villa specializes in Jianghuai cuisine and Japanese cuisine, and the two restaurants together only open ten tables a day.

"Hello, do you have an appointment? You must wear formal clothes to enter, thank you for your cooperation." The waiter bowed politely, and there were traces of mechanical training everywhere on his seemingly gentle and humble face.

This time Zhang Xinli did not tell Lin Huainan in advance, of course Lin Huainan would not remember to give him a suit like the last time, and it takes a long time to order a handmade suit, and the cost is also very high. Sheng Kai, Zhang Xinli was useless at all, he thought it was too wasteful, so he politely declined Lin Huainan's proposal to set a set.

There are other diners at the door. Everyone seems to be familiar with this place where chopsticks are worth a lot of money. The men wear basic suits and leather shoes, while the women wear dresses like formal dresses. Only Zhang Xinli has no coat, and he is planning to walk in in a plain white shirt. , so I was blocked and reminded separately.

It looks like this is the first time I have come here. Fortunately, this villa is originally a one-stop shop for leisure and entertainment. The restaurant has its own dressing room for guests to change clothes. There are thoughtful clothes prepared for careless guests.The waiter reminded him and took him to change clothes. The clothes on the rack were full and no one had touched them. Zhang Xinli took a set, so a corner of the clothes on the rack was missing.

Then the waitress led him to the private room reserved by Ning Chengkai, pushed and pulled the chair for him, bowed and said: "Mr. Ning hasn't come yet, please have a cup of coffee and wait for a while. What kind of coffee do you usually like? Or do you need tea?" We can also provide it.”

The bosses who come here generally have their own fixed preferences, such as the degree of roasting of the coffee, whether the tea should be raw tea or cooked tea, these people will speak as if they understand it no matter whether they understand it or not, so the waitress did not provide any options at all.

Zhang Xinli didn't drink coffee or tea, and even the first time he drank bottled mineral water was after he went to school in the county at the age of fourteen or fifteen.He put the copy of the contract he brought on the temporarily empty table and said, "A glass of boiled water."

"What?" The waitress almost thought she had heard wrong.

"A glass of boiled water." Zhang Xinli repeated.

"Pre-dinner drinks are free," said the waitress.

Zhang Xinli stopped talking and looked at her.

"...Okay, please wait a moment." The waitress realized that she had made a slip of the tongue, and hurriedly bowed and left.There are no working-class people who come here to eat, maybe a boss with a unique taste...or someone who is allergic to caffeine and avoids tea and coffee-there are such people.

Forget it, it's not about a little waitress.

In order not to make mistakes or show timidity when talking later, Zhang Xinli arrived early on purpose, and used this time to go through the obscure contract again, and by the way, he also reviewed many business concepts that Lin Huainan and Lin Jinyu had mentioned intentionally or unintentionally.

He was trying his best to study, Zhang Xinli felt that he was not so serious when preparing for the college entrance examination.

Half an hour later, Ning Shengkai finally came.

He was well dressed and his Derby shoes were so bright that he could look in the mirror. Zhang Xinli stood up, shook hands with him, and took their seats.

"Sorry, I'm 5 minutes late." Ning Shengkai signaled Zhang Xinli to hand him the copy: "Calling from home."

Zhang Xinli said, "It doesn't matter."

"Have you read my last comment?"

The waiter knocked on the door with today's menu and asked them to have a final look. Ning Shengkai motioned to Zhang Xinli and said, "Because I was too lazy to ask your taste in advance, I decided on the menu on my own. See if there are any taboos. You can It won’t be served if you remove it...well, but it will be more difficult to add food, in order to ensure freshness, there is a fixed share of raw materials every day, if you don’t make a reservation, you won’t have it.”

"President Ning is polite." Zhang Xinli glanced politely and returned the menu to the waiter: "I have read all the comments last time."

The waiter took the menu, bowed and left, and after a while, the tableware and appetizers came up.

Two pairs of heavy-looking chopsticks, one black and one white, were placed upright on the wooden chopsticks pillow. See service for details. The theme of the meal prepared by Ning Shengkai was seafood, so he specially used the small chopsticks that were twisted and straightened up. Fish chopsticks pillow.

"That's quite efficient." Ning Shengkai asked for a cup of tea, motioned him to try cold dishes, and said, "I talked to the manager of the store where Xiao Fan used to work, and he said that you have also been to that store. , but I didn’t get the job because of my poor English.”

"I don't think my previous work experience has anything to do with this conversation." Zhang Xinli squinted down at the pair of chopsticks and a spoon, sat across from him, without moving his chopsticks, and said, "It's not even counted as work experience."

"Yes, I'm just curious. If you have the ability to understand all the labels in such a short period of time, it means that your foreign language ability is good. At the beginning, I didn't want to go so I deliberately asked Xiaofan to replace you. Or, it was..." Ning Shengkai said: "He helped you?"

It will always be like this, this man will only rely on Xiao Fan.

"You are still the same as before," Zhang Xinli said, "you worry too much."

Ning Shengkai spoke eloquently: "Indeed, venture capital is not easy. There are so many people eating with me, and I have to worry about a lot more than Mr. Zhang who has nothing to worry about. And...as your future A Fang, it is very important for me to understand your style of work and character, which is related to my credit evaluation of your side, whether you have entrepreneurial potential, and whether I can get the expected return."

"Really," Zhang Xinli replied, "It seems to be my honor to be known by you."

"I don't object to your thinking so." The private room is elegantly decorated but still luxurious. Ning Chengkai took a sip of the fragrant tea and said, "This is the first time you've come to this kind of place. How about him? I remember I solemnly invited Are you afraid of this kind of meeting where all three of you are present?"

Zhang Xinli's factory assembly line formal attire that comes with the store and his various performances before the meal have convinced Ning Shengkai that he has never been to a restaurant of this level. The eight or nine pieces of tableware in front of him are far from Xiaofan. With ease, Ning Shengkai bet that he doesn't know what the two pairs of chopsticks in front of him are used for.

Although this shows that Zhang Xinli is clean and has never received any big money because of poverty, but... that's all.

Ning Chengkai deliberately said: "So afraid that he will see me?"

Zhang Xinli had no expression on his face, and said bluntly: "You think too much, I'm afraid, Gu Ning is always afraid of seeing him."

When you see it, you will know that you are really hopeless.

Ning Shengkai answered cleverly: "If I didn't think too much, I should have lost everything long ago."

The first hot dish served was boiled shrimp.There were only a dozen peeled and shelled ruddy shrimps hunched over in the old duck soup on the big plate. There were no side dishes, but the smell was extremely delicious and strong. The tender shrimp slaughtered by diners, I think there must be someone like this on the table today.

Ning Shengkai stopped talking, and said calmly, "Eat the food first, and talk about the rest later."

After waiting for a while, Zhang Xinli finally understood why Lin Jinyu didn't want his son to inherit his father's business. Some businessmen are too lazy. Before the business has started, they have already killed a few times in the dark. A little psychological warfare in the early stage will help to lower the price later. Foreshadowing, I was really tired and panicked.

Zhang Xinli didn't eat. He really didn't know what the two chopsticks in front of him were used for.

"Why don't you move your chopsticks?" Ning Chengkai understood, but still pretended not to ask him.

Zhang Xinli watched him, feeling that Oscar owed him a trophy.Just eat when you eat, and talk about business when you talk about business, not so much red tape.

"Mr. Ning," he didn't intend to waste any more time talking, and finally said directly: "Let's talk about the contract. Although you picked a lot of small bones in the previous edition, you didn't have any money on the amount of financing." If you make any changes, can it be regarded as you have acquiesced to this amount, then we will first finalize the date of the first round of 300 million."

"No."

Ning Chengkai lowered his eyebrows and picked up the vegetables with his chopsticks, and said, "There are too many."

Zhang Xinli raised his eyebrows: "You didn't mention it in the contract in advance."

A few million is not a small amount, and if you bargain casually, it will be around 10,000+ hundreds of thousands. He never dares to make decisions on his own. If Ning Shengkai has any objections to the financing amount, he should raise it from the very beginning.

"Your contract has too many omissions. There are no back-and-forth clauses, lack of details, and the wording throughout the text is not very rigorous." Ning Shengkai said lightly: "This kind of contract doesn't even need to talk about the amount at the beginning. Be strict first. Good language."

If Lin Jinyu was present, he would definitely tell him what he farted on the spot, and he didn't even reach a clear intention on the initial amount, wouldn't he be full if he struggled with words and phrases?Oh, co-authoring Party B took time and effort to draft the contract framework according to your requirements, and you backhanded that the financing amount was too high to cooperate, so you just pat your ass and leave?When you are doing a civil servant application mock exam.

"Mr. Ning," Zhang Xinli's voice became serious, "Don't you think you're going too far?"

too much?Hearing this, Ning Shengkai stopped serving food, slowly put down his chopsticks, and said, "Mr. Zhang, you should ask yourself this question. I have repeatedly said that as long as you bring Xiaofan to me, this business It's easy to talk about, you have to push back and forth, and now you ask me too much?"

"Mr. Ning means that you must come to the unspoken rules?" Zhang Xinli said: "With all due respect, if Mr. Ning always holds this kind of thinking, he will never find your 'Xiaofan'."

He tried to persuade Ning Shengkai: "President Ning, he is not the right person, let it go, life is still long."

Ning Chengkai lowered his eyebrows and said calmly, "That's my business."

He felt that what Zhang Xinli said was too easy, not everyone was as lucky as him, and could get together with the same-sex couple he loved in school.Ning Shengkai thought: I am almost 37 years old this year, and I never had the chance to meet a lover like you when I was a teenager who didn't know what love is.

His generation never had it.

In addition to the adult dating software that "see you" and "dating" rampant, nude photos flying everywhere, and such a way of nurturing soaked in money and sex, he missed the ignorant old man who is about to enter middle age. What is the way to find some on-and-off companionship for the rest of your life?

Zhang Xinli wanted to say something more, but Ning Shengkai interrupted him: "Instead of preaching to me, you might as well use your brains to persuade me to continue talking about this business with your uncle. Actually, I'm quite curious, Boss Lin is really your uncle Does it make no sense logically. Even if it’s your uncle, Yuan Fang should have had little contact with him since he was a child, otherwise you wouldn’t be so poor that Xiaofan would go to that kind of place. As far as uncle Yuan Fang is concerned, you It seems that you are too concerned about Mr. Lin's affairs, do you want to make meritorious service?"

"Isn't it right to help uncle?" Zhang Xinli replied, "Besides, Ning always doesn't talk about this business because of me, doesn't he?"

"Hmm..." This reason convinced Ning Shengkai: "Looking at how hard you work, I thought your uncle's future inheritance would belong to you."

"His inheritance belongs to his son," Zhang Xinli said, "I have nothing to do with a penny."

"Boss Lin still has a son?" Ning Shengkai calculated for a moment, and said, "This year should be over 20, why didn't I see you last time, and let you, a distant relative, come to listen instead?"

Zhang Xinli thought to himself: Fortunately, I didn't see you. I didn't freeze when I saw you.

He said: "Don't talk about anything else, Mr. Ning, just tell me, since you don't accept 300 million, what is your psychological amount?"

"Hmm..." Ning Chengkai replied: "Xiaofan is not here, 0 yuan, Xiaofan is here, 300 million."

"..."

This old man really has enough oil and salt to keep him out, Zhang Xinli said, "Impossible."

"Finally I have spoken out my true thoughts," Ning Chengkai noticed early in the morning that he was saying "I'll persuade", but he was actually unwilling at all: "You're just afraid."

Zhang Xinli had nothing to say to him, he wasn't afraid, he just... didn't want to, simply didn't want to, it was enough for Lin Jinyu to look at him, and Wang Xiu, Lin Ye, and Ning Chengkai were not allowed to look at any of them.

"Then..." A meal of four cold and four hot, two mains, one soup, one side and one dessert has just served the first hot dish, and Ning Chengkai is about to get up and leave: "Come to me when you've made up your mind, remember to bring your little... ..."

Before the last word was uttered, the waiter knocked on the door suddenly, came in with a sorry expression on his face, and apologized: "Mr. Ning, I'm sorry to disturb you by coming in at this time. There is Mr. Lin outside who said that he is your partner for this negotiation. Come in with an assistant, just to be cautious, let's come in and ask."