Recalcitrant

"President Lu, An Ran is here."

Ling Xiao pushed open the door of Lu Shaoheng's office and saw him staring at a photo in a daze.

In the photo is a very beautiful woman. Her skin is as white as snow and her hair is as long as ink. She can firmly grasp the hearts of others with just one look.

If you look closely, you can find that her facial features are somewhat similar to Lu Shaoheng's, but there is a kind of paranoid enthusiasm in her eyes, which makes her look a little weird.

Sensing Ling Xiao's probing gaze, Lu Shaoheng put away the photo and said, "Please come in."

After acting as the president, Lu Shaoheng did not move to his father's luxuriously decorated penthouse, but still stayed in his bare-walled office. Looking out of the office window, he could just see the spiers of the auditorium in the city center.

The venue for the Flying Eagle Awards this year was also set there, and for no reason, he thought of Chen Zhuo again.

Lu Shaoheng understood better than anyone else that the current relationship between him and Chen Zhuo was due to an accident on the one hand, but more of it was the result of his careful planning.

Since he stopped Chen Zhuo on the cruise ship seven years ago, all the plans began.Earlier, he just wanted to win over Chen Yao by investing in filming, and build a bridge between himself and the Chen family - this method is quite common in the film and television industry. They have maximum creative freedom, in order to seek the possibility of future cooperation.

It's the same when it comes to Lu Shaoheng's place. Although the subsequent development of some details deviates from his original intention, the general direction is generally the same.

Later, the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. This relationship made him aware of the unstable factors, and he needed to end it as soon as possible. As for other things, he will find a way later.

So Lu Shaoheng chose to expose the intimate video of himself and Chen Zhuo in order to destroy the possible marriage between Chen Zhuo and An Ran's family, and then anger Chen Guangyu, disintegrating the alliance between him and Lu Heping and his wife.

But the follow-up development was beyond his expectation. First, in order to appease this friend, Lu Heping gave Chen Guangyu an additional part of the shares of Stars, which successfully stabilized Director Chen's mood.Then, as smart as Chen Yao, he fell into his trap so easily, and really went back to have a "showdown" with his father. people" scope.

So, in an unexpected way, things returned to Lu Shaoheng's originally established track, and he even completed an additional question and got a result higher than he expected.

"I'm going to see your father. I passed by the company and brought you some soup." An Ran's voice came before he appeared, "Hurry up and drink while it's hot."

Hearing the voice, Lu Shaoheng stood up and came out from behind the desk to greet her: "Thank you, just ask Ling Xiao to go and get it back, there is no need to make a special trip."

"No trouble, we're here." An Ran looked at Lu Shaoheng with a loving smile on his face: "I've been very tired from work recently, look at you, you've lost weight."

"Is there?" Lu Shaoheng gently put the thermos bucket brought by An Ran on the table, and took An Ran to the sofa to sit down: "You are here today, what's the matter?"

Ling Xiao brought the tea in at the right time, An Ran gracefully picked up the teacup, lowered her head and took a sip, then put the cup on the saucer.

"I heard that you dismissed the manager of the production department regardless of other people's objections." An Ran seemed to ask casually.

"There is such a thing." Lu Shaoheng did not mean to hide anything, and said truthfully: "The creative staff resigned collectively, "Limited Time Rescue 2" failed at the box office, and the budget of "Tomorrow" continued to exceed the standard and the production cycle was repeatedly delayed. He has an unshirkable responsibility."

As soon as Lu Shaoheng finished speaking, An Ran immediately scolded: "How can you be so nonsense!"

Realizing that her tone was too harsh, she softened her tone again, and persuaded Lu Shaoheng earnestly: "Shaoheng, you are too aggressive this time, no matter what, you can't casually fire the manager of a department." , You have just taken office, and it is the time when you need everyone's support."

"Aunt An." Lu Shaoheng glanced at her with a smile on his face: "In your opinion, I can't fire a department manager, or your brother An Huaisheng."

Not just An Huaisheng, the marketing manager An Lu is An Ran's sister, the financial director An Yuanyuan is An Ran's biological niece, the operations director Lu Jinguo is Lu Heping's cousin, and his wife is a distant cousin of An Ran.

In the top management of Juxing, there are countless such family relationships, and the interest groups formed by them firmly grasp the core of the company.And the grandfather's family that contributed resources to support Juxing back then, with Shi Qing's death, was slowly squeezed out of the company, and the few remaining were only marginal figures.

"It turns out that you targeted him because of me." Hearing what Lu Shaoheng said, An Ran's eyes turned red instantly: "Why are you so eager to eliminate dissidents? Sooner or later, Juxing will be yours, and we are just strengthening it for you." Everything this country does is for you!"

After finishing speaking, An Ran seemed to be completely chilled by Lu Shaoheng's words, she lowered her head and shed tears.

Lu Shaoheng didn't make any excuses, he took out a handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to An Ran, and just looked at her peacefully, with gentle and affectionate eyes.

"Over the years, I have never thought of having a child of my own, because I have always treated you as my own son." Speaking of this, An Ran could no longer control her emotions, even her voice trembled.

The expression on Lu Shaoheng's face was still gentle: "Aunt An, it's okay, at this time, we don't need to act anymore."

Having said that, he pursed his lips with a shy expression: "You don't think I'm so naive as to believe that I can take over smoothly."

"Shaoheng! How could you misunderstand me so much!" An Ran retorted emotionally: "For so many years, your father and I have treated you wholeheartedly, and respected and loved your mother..."

Lu Shaoheng finally couldn't help it, and laughed out loud.

"Aunt An, don't describe yourself as innocent." Lu Shaoheng murmured jokingly, "I'm no longer a seven-year-old child, so how can I believe this anymore? It's not certain whether my mother died in an accident?"

"Shaoheng, do you know what you are talking about? There is a misunderstanding between us, but things are definitely not what you think."

An Ran was furious and eager to deny, but after this sentence, she couldn't continue, she lowered her head and wiped the tears on her face with the handkerchief Lu Shaoheng gave her.

Lu Shaoheng didn't take care of her emotions, and continued to say: "Su Hong will take the artist to find another job, and Zhang Lida and his group will terminate the contract collectively. You must have reached an agreement with them behind the scenes."

"Let me guess what you promised them?" He looked at An Ran, frowning slightly, looking a little distressed, "After you take over my dad's position, will you increase their salary share? You can still get the company's salary. Shares?"

Without Su Hong, Zhang Lida and others in Juxing, there is only an empty shell left.In the beginning, their purpose was just to use this as a threat to make Lu Shaoheng retreat and take the initiative to step down from the position of acting president.

Unexpectedly, he let them leave Juxing in such a smooth way, and didn't really try to keep them.

An Ran has been in charge of Juxing behind the scenes for many years, and has long been used to strong winds and waves, so she quickly controlled her emotions.

She wiped away her tears, folded the handkerchief neatly, and gently placed it on the coffee table. When she raised her head again, her pain and sadness had been cleaned up, and she didn't panic at all.

"Shaoheng, I have really underestimated you these years." An Ran looked at Lu Shaoheng, her tone had regained her composure, but her gaze was like a sting of a scorpion: "I should have been vigilant since you got in touch with Chen Zhuo , but I just thought you were just playing around."

For so many years, Lu Shaoheng has been carefully hiding his ambitions, trying his best to play the role of a dandy—of course, he is indeed a dandy, and the flowers and plants around him were not forced on him by others.

A lie told for a long time becomes true, so careful as An Ran even relaxes his vigilance towards him.In order to stop Yoyo, he even took the initiative to suggest that the board of directors give him the title of "Deputy General Manager" so that he can have a place in the company.

Lu Shaoheng, the "deputy general manager", didn't do a good job, which made An Ran believe that he was indestructible.At the moment when Lu Heping fell ill and the stars gathered without a leader, in order not to attract An Ran's attention and avoid being dragged into the battle ahead of time, he also acted out a play of mindlessness.

If it weren't for this, he would have been sentenced to be out of the game early in Juxing surrounded by wolves.

Hearing what An Ran said, Lu Shaoheng also felt a little embarrassed, and heaved a long sigh: "I just realized it now, it's a little late."

Hearing this, An Ran sneered twice: "You don't think that I really can't do anything about you, do you?" After finishing speaking, she opened her bag, took out a folder, and threw it on the coffee table: "Take it and see look."

The folder was scattered, and the pages inside were scattered all over the floor. Lu Shaoheng glanced at it and saw that it was all kinds of evidence that he arranged a marketing account to plot against Chen Yao.

"Your biggest bargaining chip right now is that the Chen family and his son are all on your side." An Ran raised the corners of her mouth and laughed: "If Chen Zhuo knew that all of this was carefully planned by you, what would he do?"

"What am I? He wants to threaten me based on these." Lu Shaoheng withdrew his gaze, and said in a cold tone: "Do you think he didn't notice at all? People, it's better to be confused sometimes."

Chen Zhuo didn't benefit from maintaining this superficial relationship with Lu Shaoheng. For their own purposes, both parties were pretending to be confused.

"Why do you think he helped me?" Lu Shaoheng laughed at himself and asked softly, "Is it because he likes me?"

The answer is actually very simple, everything is driven by common interests.At this time, if the contradictions are brought out clearly, it is not certain which side the Chen family and his son will fall to in the end.

The smile on An Ran's face turned cold, this was her biggest concern, if they really just used each other as Lu Shaoheng said, then this cooperative relationship would be unbreakable.

"You and Chen Zhuo have been together for so many years, don't you have any feelings for him, and don't care about his feelings?" An Ran asked.

"Since I made up my mind to use him, why do I have feelings for him. I have seen the end of my mother, do you think I will be so stupid to step in?" Such naive words, to Lu Shaoheng, sounded like A joke: "What do you want to say to him, just go, I am also looking forward to his reaction and see if he will do what you want."

An Ran admitted that Lu Shaoheng's words were correct, but his indifference made her feel a little ironic, "I never thought that Shi Qing, who regards love as everything in her life, has a son like you."

When mentioning his mother, Lu Shaoheng was in a trance for a moment. He thought that being trapped by love was probably the root of the tragedy in her life.

Lu Shaoheng didn't want to discuss Shi Qing with An Ran anymore, he raised his hand and glanced at the watch on his wrist, stood up, and said to An Ran with a warm smile: "It's almost time, I'm going to a meeting, is Aunt An interested in attending?"

Naturally, An Ran would not attend this bullshit meeting with him, she picked up the bag on the sofa, pushed open the door of Lu Shaoheng's office, and left without looking back.

The author says:

*I'm not going to pretend anymore, it's time for a showdown here, Xiao Lu is a black cut and even blacker, and he is a bit crazy.

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