Chapter 1116 Failure
Song Yuanchao frowned as he left the tea room. At this moment, his heart was not as calm as when he was facing Hu Yaoqing just now.
He did not take a car. He waved to the driver waiting outside and asked him to leave. He walked east along West Aixians Road alone. This road would take him to Song Ziwen's former residence and then turn left to reach Song Yuanchao's home.
West Aixians Road is a very artistic road, with plane trees lining both sides and hundreds of years old buildings everywhere. In addition, there are several distinctive restaurants, teahouses, coffee shops, etc., which has a European style of scenery. Therefore, in recent years, young couples come to this road from time to time to take wedding photos.
Song Yuanchao didn't walk fast. He walked slowly forward without paying attention to the couples who were posing for photos. He was thinking about something as he walked, with a frown on his face.
Hu Yaoqing's previous guess was correct. The main reason why Song Yuanchao rejected Shi Lei was that he wanted to lure out Hu Yaoqing who was behind Liu Da, so as to find out the real reason behind Shi Lei's company.
After discussing this matter with Xu Hui and others, Song Yuanchao thought a lot about it. After thinking about it, he always felt that this matter seemed simple, but in fact it was far more than what seemed on the surface.
Why did Liu Da play a role in this, and why did he not take a bite of this piece of fat meat? This was totally inconsistent with Liu Da's personality. After thinking about it, Song Yuanchao turned his attention to Hu Yaoqing. He guessed that this matter could not be Liu Da's alone, Hu Yaoqing was the real mastermind, and Song Yuanchao did not understand what Hu Yaoqing's intention was. In order to confirm this, Song Yuanchao called Shi Lei.
What happened next also proved Song Yuanchao's guess. Not long after Song Yuanchao called Shi Lei, Hu Yaoqing contacted him, which led to the scene of them drinking tea together in the tea room.
But Song Yuanchao never expected that when Hu Yaoqing told him the situation behind this matter, the truth was far more complicated than he had imagined.
If it was just the Lu family kid, Song Yuanchao might consider intervening in this matter. Although Song Yuanchao admitted that he was very dissatisfied with the Lu family because of what happened to Si Te, and he couldn't swallow this breath, and he always remembered it in his heart.
If there is a chance, Song Chaoyuan would be happy to cause some trouble to the Lu family. But the premise is that he must first ensure his own safety. Song Yuanchao is a businessman. Businessmen value profits and do not act on impulse. This is also the main reason why Song Yuanchao did not pursue the matter to the end and finally shook hands and made peace.
It's not that Song Yuanchao is afraid of the other party. The key is the result of weighing the pros and cons. What's more, some of them are lobbyists, so Song Yuanchao still has to give face to some people.
But Hu Yaoqing just told him another thing, which made Song Yuanchao suddenly alert, because he never thought that Zhang Liming would join forces with the kid from the Lu family and play an important role in it.
When Song Yuanchao saw Hu Yaoqing write the word "Zhang" on the table with his finger dipped in tea , some key points that he had not been able to figure out before suddenly became clear to him.
No wonder Shi Lei's company got into trouble. The Lu family boy and Zhang Liming joined forces. Not to mention Shi Lei, no one else could handle it. Moreover, after Shi Lei found out that something was wrong, he sought support but was rejected. Originally, Song Yuanchao thought it was due to other reasons, but now that Zhang Liming has surfaced, all the problems have more reasonable answers, which made Song Yuanchao suddenly realize.
Song Yuanchao could conclude that if he did not take action, Shi Lei would be ousted as a foregone conclusion, and the company that Shi Lei had started for more than 20 years would also change hands and become a meal for the Lu family boy and Zhang Liming.
When he reached the intersection ahead, Song Yuanchao did not turn left, but sat down on a bench at the intersection and subconsciously took out a cigarette and lit it.
Taking a deep puff of cigarette and expelling the thick smoke, Song Yuanchao was a little hesitant. Deep down in his heart, he wanted to do something, because whether it was the kid from the Lu family or Zhang Liming, Song Yuanchao didn't want them to succeed.
Moreover, once Song Yuanchao intervenes, they will inevitably fail. In addition to being able to gain some benefits in the stock market, it will be impossible for them to take over Shi Lei's company. Song Yuanchao is confident about this, but if he does so, there will be certain risks for Shenghua, which is why Song Yuanchao hesitates.
But if he didn't do it, then Shi Lei's defeat would be doomed. Hu Yaoqing told himself that Zhang Liming might go a step further. A person who originally had no future could actually turn things around. Song Yuanchao knew what this meant. And Hu Yaoqing also said that it was the Lu family who helped. It seemed that the kid from the Lu family had already negotiated the conditions with Zhang Liming and paid a great price, which led to the current alliance.
Song Yuanchao was happy to cause some trouble to the other party, but he hesitated to make things bigger.
The reason is simple. If the matter of Shi Lei's company is not important to the Lu family boy and Zhang Liming, then they would not join forces like this, and even offer such high conditions. Once it fails, and it fails because of Song Yuanchao, then what will happen? Song Yuanchao knows very well.
If it was just one of them, Song Chaoyuan wouldn't take it to heart, but if two of them joined forces, Song Chaoyuan had to think twice.
Besides, Hu Yaoqing is not a good person. He is so concerned about this matter and spared no effort to instigate Song Yuanchao to do so. To put it bluntly, he is killing someone with a borrowed knife.
The old man of the Hu family has always been in poor health, and there are not many people in the second generation of the Hu family who can support such a large business. Now that the one from the Lu family is in the limelight, Hu Yaoqing clearly wants to create some trouble for the Lu family in this matter, and at the same time, also involve Zhang Liming.
Hu Yaoqing's plan was good. He was well aware of the grudge between Song Yuanchao, the kid from the Lu family, and Zhang Liming. He took this opportunity to instigate Song Yuanchao to take action. On the one hand, he could solve Shi Lei's problem, and on the other hand, he could cause trouble for the Lu family and the Zhang family. Why not kill two birds with one stone?
Song Chaoyuan was not unaware of this , but he admitted that some of Hu Yaoqing's words touched his heart. Whether it was the grudge between him and Zhang Liming, or the feud with the kid from the Lu family because of Si Te, it was the best choice to settle these old accounts together and use Shi Lei's problem to solve them.
"To do it or not?" Song Yuanchao faced a difficult choice. For a moment, he had never found it so difficult to make such a decision, not even when he started his business.
If he did it, Song Yuanchao was worried about the sequelae, but if he didn't do it, he might never have such a good opportunity again. And once they succeeded, after taking over Shi Lei's company, the strength of the Lu family boy and Zhang Liming would be completely different. It would never be as easy to deal with them in the future.
Song Chaoyuan frowned, thinking for a long time but still couldn't make up his mind. Unconsciously, the sky gradually darkened. When the street lights came on, Song Chaoyuan realized that more than an hour had passed. He stood up and walked towards home.
A few days later, Song Chaoyuan went to Yanjing and had a long conversation with Lin Daoyuan behind closed doors. After the conversation, Song Chaoyuan's confused expression became much more relaxed, as if he had let go of something.
Then, Song Chaoyuan called Hu Yaoqing. Hu Yaoqing seemed very happy when he received the call from Song Yuanchao. It seemed that he had been waiting for this call.
But Hu Yaoqing didn't expect that Song Yuanchao called him not to intervene in Shi Lei's affairs. On the contrary, Song Yuanchao told Hu Yaoqing apologetically on the phone that he was not going to intervene in this matter or these disputes. He was just a businessman. What's more, the previous things were in the past. He was about to retire and now his main energy was focused on training his son to complete the class. He had no other ideas.
After finishing speaking, Song Chaoyuan didn't give Hu Yaoqing a chance to speak. He said that he had things to deal with and would invite Hu Yaoqing to dinner alone another day, and then hung up the phone.
Holding the hung up phone, Hu Yaoqing's face suddenly became gloomy. He didn't expect that the arrangement that was originally a sure thing would have such a result.
For a moment, a look of anger surged across Hu Yaoqing's face. Song Chaoyuan's refusal surprised and angered him, but he couldn't do anything about Song Yuanchao. He couldn't force Song Yuanchao to do it with a gun, right?
Standing up, Hu Yaoqing's face was gloomy and he couldn't help but curse a few dirty words.
He walked around the room several times, gritting his teeth in anger, "You don't know how to appreciate my kindness! Without you, Song Yuanchao, do I still have to eat hairy pigs?"
Hu Yaoqing quickly walked back to the sofa, picked up the phone that was thrown on the coffee table, and made a call.
The phone on the other end rang twice before being picked up, and Ke Dongsheng's voice came through.
"elder brother!"
"Where are you?" Hu Yaoqing asked.
Ke Dongsheng gave an address, and Hu Yaoqing said directly: "Come to my place, now! Immediately!"
"Brother...what happened?" Ke Dongsheng couldn't help but ask.
"Come here if you're asked to. Why are you talking so much nonsense? By the way, where is Chi Yue? Is she with you?"
"He was here just now, but now he's gone. I'll go find him right now..."
"Bring her here with you, I'll wait for you at home!" After Hu Yaoqing finished speaking, he hung up the phone without waiting for the other party to answer. Then he sat down on the sofa and buried himself in the large sofa. The phone in his hand made him feel irritated and he couldn't help but curse again.
Ke Dongsheng and Chi Yue arrived quickly and reached Hu Yaoqing in less than half an hour.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw Hu Yaoqing with a grim expression. The two of them subconsciously exchanged glances and then walked over quickly.
"Now you're here, everyone sit down." After calming down, Hu Yaoqing calmed down a lot. He pointed to the sofa in front of him and said.
Chi Yue sat next to Hu Yaoqing, and Ke Dongsheng sat on the single sofa opposite him. After sitting down, Ke Dongsheng asked what happened. Hu Yaoqing sighed and did not hide anything from them. He told them everything about Shi Lei and Song Yuanchao.
