Splendid in bag

Lewis also didn't know where the impulse in his heart came from.

Obviously he was never an impulsive person.He didn't know what was driving him, maybe it was alcohol!Is it because he just drank too much wine?Glasses of whiskey after glass made him lose his usual calmness and rationality.

"I told you not to drink whiskey!" Yang Olive said while supporting Lewis, "And you still drink so much!"

Listening to Yang Olive's complaints, Lewis suddenly asked himself, why did he drink so much whiskey? Why whiskey?In fact, Lewis rarely drank whiskey, especially Scotch, and he didn't like the rich peaty taste much.However, Liu Xiusi liked it very much.

If Lewis went to meet Liu Xiusi at a drinking place, there was a high probability that Liu Xiusi would be seen tasting Scotch whiskey in a crystal glass.

"Why do you like this taste?" Lewis couldn't help asking.

Liu Xiusi smiled and said, "I don't know either."

— This conversation took place when Lewis was in high school.

It was when Lewis had just turned 18 and he was in high spirits with his friends at the pub.It was the first time in his life to go to such a place. Of course, many people, especially the rich kids in their school, would be exposed to alcohol before the age of 18, and even go to these places that only adults can go.But Lewis is obviously not on this list, he is a good boy in everyone's eyes.

When he was 18 years old, this well-behaved boy came to a bar closest to the school, justifiably.

Lewis quickly saw his brother in the crowd, and at that moment, for some reason, Lewis' heart was racing.The light in the bar had an ambiguous dark red, and the light hit Liu Xiusi's face, the bridge of his nose was like a mountain mist, and his eyes were like lake water.

When Lewis looked at him, Liu Xius also looked back, his eyes pulsed like the light of a lake.

At the time, Lewis felt drawn to him.Not only his gaze, but also his footsteps moved in the direction of Liu Xiusi involuntarily.

He saw that Liu Xiusi was drinking - Scotch whiskey.

Instead of ordering Scotch whiskey for Lewis, Liu Xiusi gave him Japanese whiskey with a lighter and softer taste.

Lewis felt that Liu Xiusi might be underestimating that he felt that he was not a mature man and could not taste the mellow texture of alcohol.And it turned out that Lewis was right. Lewis really didn't like the taste of Scotch whiskey.Although he also learned to taste whiskey later, it was only for occasions.I usually drink by myself to relax, and I seldom choose this kind of spirit.

Unless it is very unhappy.

He drank scotch when he was very unhappy or stressed.

Whenever this unique peaty smell invades the taste, the bright and handsome side face of Liu Xiusi, who was only in his early 20s, appeared in front of Lewis again.

Hughes at that time...

At that time, Liu Xiusi was his elder brother.

Although the two of them were neither close nor distant at the time, Lewis felt very secure and never worried that their relationship would change.

It's different now...

When Lewis returned home, he booked a plane ticket to Eastern Europe, washed his face, climbed into bed, and hugged the soft bear doll uneasily...

next morning.

The sound of driving cars disturbed the quiet of the morning.Birds scurry by in the garden.Lewis looked out the window and saw a familiar SUV slowly approaching.

"That's the third uncle's car..." Lewis suddenly became nervous: what is he doing here?

What made Lewis's heart tighten even more was that not only the third uncle got out of the car, but also several other uncles, but there was no seventh uncle.

"This...is too strange..." Lewis secretly said something bad, "This must be for 'that matter'..."

Lewis paced the house like a wild animal trapped in a cage.Wandering anxiously, but unable to break out of the predicament at this moment.

He thought for a long time, but then said, since Uncle Qi didn't come, does it mean that Uncle Qi is still on my brother's side?

Lewis gritted his teeth, picked up the phone, and dialed Uncle Qi's number.Seventh Uncle quickly answered the phone and asked him what was the matter. Lewis hesitated for a few seconds before saying, "Third Uncle and the others are here, locked in the room with Father and don't know what to say, why didn't you come?"

Uncle Qi was silent for a while, and then said: "You are so smart, you should know why!"

It was the first time in a long time that Lewis was praised by his elders as "smart", but he was not at all happy.He said: "They must have obtained the evidence when they came. I think my father should make concessions to them. After all, my father's real power has been deprived early on. His words have no weight."

"Yes, and the person who deprived your father of his real power and forced him to 'retire' is precisely Liu Xiusi!" Uncle Qi said with a hint of sarcasm in his tone, "It's really a cycle of heaven and law."

"What?" Lewis was surprised to hear such words, "I thought you were on my brother's side?"

"I'm standing on the side of the rock." Seventh Uncle said, "When the egg hits the rock."

Lewis couldn't understand this sentence for a while.Uncle Qi didn't intend to give advice to this ignorant junior, so he quickly ended the call: "Lewis, to tell the truth, even if there are any strong winds and waves that can't hit you, what are you worried about?"

After speaking, he hung up the phone.

Lewis put down the phone and looked out the window blankly.Opposite is Hughes' room, there is no movement, because Hughes has left.It rained suddenly, and a gust of wind blew, blowing the windows of Liu Xiusi's room.Only then did Lewis discover that Hughes left the money without closing the doors and windows.

He opened the door and walked towards Liu Xiusi's room. When he passed the long corridor, he met the maid head-on.She held a tray in her hand, and there were several teacups on the tray.Seeing Lewis, she immediately bowed her head and said hello.Lewis looked at the six teacups placed neatly on the tray, feeling a little disgust in his heart.

He has always been docile to his elders, even if there is a grievance, he will not be disrespectful.

But this time is different.

Lewis' tone became colder, as if the temperature suddenly dropped now: "Are you sending it to the master's room?"

The maid nodded: "Yes."

"Give it to me, I'll deliver it. I happen to be going to the master's study." Lewis took the tray in her hand without any doubt, "Go to the young master's room and help him close the window."

"Yes." She didn't dare to disobey the young master's order, turned around and went to the eldest young master's room.

Holding the tray in his hands, Lewis arrived at the door of his father's study room, raised his hand and knocked on the door. After hearing the permission to enter, he pushed the door open and entered.The uncles and father were sitting in the study, and they all looked surprised when they saw Lewis: "Why are you?"

"Seeing so many people coming, I thought it was a family gathering? So I came." Lewis put down the tray, picked up the tea bowls one by one, and put them in front of each elder, "Did I misunderstand? Yes Is there anything you can't let me hear?"

Several uncles showed embarrassment on their faces.Old Liu cleared his throat and said, "Such a big matter can't be kept from him. How about it, Lewis, you sit down too."

Lewis sat down slowly.

The third uncle also coughed twice, and looked at Lewis with a contemptuous smile: "Actually, you are not a shareholder, nor a member of the board of directors, and it doesn't make sense to tell you, but since we are a family and have no distinction between each other, let's be frank, we already know Liu Xiusi's matter. According to the company's regulations, we must buy back his shares, but we actually don't want to..."

Lewis would be an idiot to believe that "nor do we".This group of uncles had been thinking about this for some time, and they conspired to kick Liu Xiusi out of the game, wishing to step on it again, so that Liu Xiusi would not be able to stand up for the rest of his life.

Lewis bowed his head, pondered for a while, and then said, "Father, do you think so too?"

Of course, Lao Liu didn't want the power to pass from his family to his relatives, but there was nothing he could do now. "I also love your brother very much, you know that, and I am very reluctant to let go, but the rules are the rules..." Lao Liu said this, and there was regret that could not be faked in his tone.

"I see..." Lewis nodded a little lonely.

He had expected that Old Liu would give up on Liu Xiusi... But hearing it with his own ears was the real disappointment.

"Lewis, you are too soft-hearted. You still think he is your brother? But he no longer regards himself as a member of the Liu family!" Third Uncle said bitterly.

Lewis was puzzled, and asked with a frown, "What is this?"

"I just found out, and you certainly don't know either..." Third Uncle said in a rather resentful tone, "He probably also knew about the Dong Chuang incident. He said he was going on a business trip, but he was actually selling his shares. We It has been found that he has registered his own company in Eastern Europe. In other words, he simply wants to take away the company's money and develop in Eastern Europe before we forcefully buy back his shares!"

Lewis maintained a calm look: "Could it be some misunderstanding? If he sold so many shares at once, we can't be completely unaware!"

"It's true that it hasn't been sold yet." The third uncle replied, "But we have all heard the wind that he is contacting several sellers, planning to make a lot of money! By doing so, he will seriously damage the interests of the company and the family! He is What should we do if we get the money? Wouldn’t it be a catastrophe if so many shares fell into other people’s hands? He only thinks about himself! He didn’t think about our Liu family’s situation at all! You still treat him as one of his own?”

"This is really a rebellious boy!" Old Liu said viciously, and he also hated Liu Xiusi's decision very much.It was also because he knew that Liu Xiusi had such a rebellious behavior, that Lao Liu resolutely gave up the idea of ​​protecting him.

"But..." Lewis raised his eyes, "He hasn't sold these shares yet. There's not even news of his next home..."

"This is also the best news!" Uncle San said, "A board meeting will be held tomorrow, and he will be deprived of 13% of his shares in accordance with the company's regulations. This is related to the interests of the company. Although your father is very reluctant to part with your brother, but Agreed too."

"He now owns 20% of the shares, so say you plan to buy back 7% compulsorily. Then who will the 7% belong to after it is taken back?" Lewis's question made the uncles look bad when he raised it.Everyone wants to own this 7%, but no one is ashamed to say.Uncle Wu cleared his throat and said, "Of course our seven brothers each share 1%!"

That sounded fairly fair, and everyone nodded.

"Well, that sounds reasonable..." Lewis pretended to agree and nodded, "You said that everyone gets 1%, including Uncle Qi?"

Everyone's expressions became even more strange. They didn't inform Uncle Qi of this decision. They just felt that even if Uncle Qi didn't agree at that time, he had to agree, but should he give him the 1%? ——Everyone is still quite hesitant.

Everyone is inclined not to give the 1% to Uncle Qi, but to himself, but no one is embarrassed to say it. Now that Lewis has opened up this topic, it is really enough to disturb the morale of the army.

Lewis saw everyone's expressions, and understood a little bit in his heart, and smiled slightly: "I am talking too much."

But everyone has reached a consensus to hold a board meeting tomorrow, and quickly kick Liu Xiusi, a confidant, out of the game.

However, after everyone left and went home, everyone got a call from Lewis.Lewis's words were consistent: "What's the point of 1% of the shares? It's meaningless. My brother said that if you want, he can sell you more and make you the largest shareholder."

"Impossible, Liu Xiusi is willing to sell so many shares to me?"

"Think about it, my brother is going to sell the shares now, and outsiders will definitely lower the price if they take over, but it's different when it's sold to you, and you'll be willing to pay a high price! Isn't he just looking for money?"

This is really irrefutable... Who doesn't know that Liu Xiusi is only interested in profit and interests come first?

Lewis even said very frankly: "I have said this to each of you, and it depends on who of you pays the higher price."

"You... how can we trust you?"

"Yes. I can't convince you." Lewis said lightly, "You can also choose to vote tomorrow to take back Liu Xiusi's 7% shares, and then you will hold 1%. If you want to do so If you do, I will definitely respect your decision."

Lewis even said the same thing to his own father.

However, this is purely a lie of Lewis...

Lewis has not yet been able to contact Liu Xiusi, nor can he act as Xiusi's "agent".However, other people also couldn't contact Liu Xiusi. No one could know where Liu Xiusi was and what he was doing.

They were all inclined to believe Lewis.First of all, everyone knows that Lewis and the Hughes brothers have a good relationship. Lewis always protects Lewis from people, and supports his wayward business decisions-this alone shows that the two brothers have a good relationship .At least none of them are willing to pay for their brother's money-losing business.In addition, it is also very important. In their eyes, Lewis has always been well-behaved and sensible, but quite stupid.None of them thought Lewis could tell this level of lying.

But Lewis can.

This is really what game theory calls the Prisoner's Dilemma.Obviously, if everyone is united, they can all get that 1% of the shares, but they just want to hurt others and benefit themselves, and betray their partners for the "more shares" that they can't get at all.On the second day, the uncles and brothers all suffered from headaches, fever, and physical discomfort, and the scheduled board meeting was cancelled.The plan to take back Liu Xiusi's shares was shelved.

In retrospect, they all regretted that they had lost a good opportunity.

But human nature is just like that...

Knowing that the board meeting was cancelled, Lewis was also quite relieved.

Lewis sat in the president's office of his company, tapped his fingers on the solid wood tabletop, and explained to his subordinates: "I'm going to leave for a while...you guys have to work hard..."

The subordinates were all accustomed to Lewis's "come and go like the wind" style of work, thinking that this was just another whim-collecting trip by Lewis.Everyone nodded and agreed, "Okay, no problem! President, don't worry, let's go collect the wind!"

Lewis smiled, looking as calm and collected as ever.

But in fact, his heart is really like the ancient poem "I haven't seen a gentleman; I am worried".

I don't know why, neither he nor anyone else can contact Liu Xiusi... Maybe something happened?

Lewis was genuinely distraught.

At this moment, he finally understood that he absolutely, absolutely, absolutely, absolutely did not want Liu Xius to leave... any form of leaving is not allowed!

So just like that, after Lewis took care of everything, he got on the plane to Eastern Europe...

Liu Xiusi was gone.

Lewis wants to get him back.