When Lu's mother heard that Bei Lvqing was in Tianjin and had asked a friend to introduce a job to Lu Xiaoping, she was so happy that she almost cried. When she heard that Bei Lvqing wanted to drink the porridge cooked by Lu Xiaofan, she hurriedly urged him, "Then go ahead, and be sure to thank Lvqing!"

Lu Xiaofan nodded, and moved from his small single room to Bei Lvqing's apartment with almost no obstacles, and lived with Bei Lvqing again.

In fact, Lu Xiaofan was quite happy to lie back on Bei Lvqing's bed, as if he had gone a long way and walked back to the old path.

It's not that he didn't think that Lin Ziyang's move might have been instructed by Bei Lvqing. Lin Ziyang always followed Bei Lvqing's wishes, and he didn't like him, so why bother forcing him to reconcile with Fei Lvqing?

Maybe it was because he was lying flat, Lu Xiaofan was a little bolder. He thought that Bei Lvqing might have gone through a long process before he found that he still liked to be with him. Later, he thought about it more and omitted a few words, which became "he found that he still liked him". The omitted words and the memory of Bei Lvqing and Li Wenxi standing shoulder to shoulder were also diluted.

His life with Bei Lvqing suddenly entered a peaceful and stable period. In the evening, even if Bei Lvqing didn't come back for dinner, he would come back for soup.

During the holidays, Lu Xiaofan took him to eat delicious food everywhere. Bei Lvqing was actually average about food, but Lu Xiaofan was very enthusiastic and had a picky taste. It was also one of his pleasures to go home and cook delicious food for Bei Lvqing again.

Usually, Bei Lvqing would order more, and Lu Xiaofan would naturally pack the rest and send it to Lu's mother Lu Xiaoping. Bei Lvqing's car never stopped outside the alley and Lu Xiaofan didn't force him.

Every time Lu Xiaoping saw a table full of exquisite food, he would eat while saying sourly: "Lu Mom, have you seen the benefits of being an official? We have nothing to eat, and others can't eat it!"

Lu Xiaofan retorted: "This is my brother's own money, what does it have to do with Dad Bei!"

Lu Xiaoping exclaimed, "Lu Mom, listen, brother, has he ever been so affectionate when he called me?!"

Lu Mom glared at Lu Xiaoping and said, "So much food can't fill your mouth, how can you compare with Lu Qing? Lu Qing is better than you with just one finger!"

Lu Xiaoping was frustrated and said embarrassedly: "Well, I know, I'm not like A brother-in-law like Lu Qing deserves to sleep in a broken house and eat stale rice with dried radish every day. " 

Ignoring Lu Xiaoping's weird tone, Lu Ma took Lu Xiaofan's hand and said, "Thank Lu Qing for me. You should be good to him and be obedient. Don't cause trouble for Lu Qing!" She added at the end, "Lu Qing likes to drink porridge. Can you make it? Do you want me to make it for him?" 

Lu Xiaofan had been nodding all the way while listening to Lu Ma's words. When he heard this, he hurriedly said, "No, no, Mom, you don't know how to make it, it's annoying." Are you kidding? Does Bei Lu Qing really like to drink his porridge? He probably prefers to press him under his body after drinking the porridge. 

Lu Ma nodded after hearing this. In fact, she saw that Bei Lu Qing was also quite creepy. This guy didn't owe them a penny, never embarrassed them, and was always helping their family. The eldest son of the Bei family, Lu Ma couldn't help but be in awe of him. 

Lu Xiaoping said, "Mom, you can make porridge, why do you ask me to eat stale rice every day?!" 

"Eat your own food!" Lu's mother said unhappily. 

Lu Xiaofan knew what Lu's mother was thinking, so he said, "Don't worry, my brother has asked someone to find a job for my brother, and there will be news soon." 

Lu's mother smiled and said, "Hey, hey, that's just what Lu Qing said." 

Lu Xiaofan sat for a while, and then hurriedly said goodbye to Lu's mother and the others. 

"You won't sit for a while?" Lu's mother was a little disappointed. Lu Xiaofan only said these few words every time he came, and he didn't even care about talking about his own affairs. Lu's mother really wanted to know that since he had contacted the Bei family again and their relationship had been reconciled, what should he say about Lu Xin's affairs, when would he return to Beijing, etc. 

But Lu Xiaofan didn't have time to tell her so much. Bei Luqing was waiting outside the door. He didn't dare to let Bei Luqing wait too long. He knew that Bei Luqing didn't like him being with Lu Xiaoping. 

As soon as Lu Xiaofan left, Lu Xiaoping said behind him, "Lu Mom, every time he comes, he can't even sit for five minutes. I told you long ago that his heart is with the Bei family. Maybe he made such a fuss last time just to show us, so that we won't go to the Bei family in the future!" 

Lu Mom didn't say anything. After a long time, she sighed and said, "Don't cause trouble for Fanfan in the future. Our family has caused enough trouble for him, do you know that?" 

Lu Xiaoping said, "He is not your son? You ask him to do something, and that's trouble? Besides, why should our family cause trouble to their family? Lu Mom, you don't know that you are in the countryside. For a family like theirs, our problems are like drizzle. They are just a bunch of idiots. "As long as we give others a look, we can be much better than we are now! It's not that others can't do it, it depends on whether they have the intention! Don't worry, Lu Ma, we also know that our family has not made it in the past few years because we have to rely on the Bei family's mood. When our family makes it, we won't beg them!" 

Lu Ma paused with her chopsticks and said, "That's the best, but remember, Lu Qing and Fan Fan have never treated you badly!" 

Lu Xiaoping picked up a piece of beef brisket and put it in his mouth, saying, "I know, Lu Ma, how many times do you want to say it?" 

Lu Xiaofan ran all the way to Bei Luqing's side, panting, and got in the car still panting. Bei Luqing started the car and said, "Is Lu Ma okay?" 

"Very good... She misses you a lot, and she said that the porridge I cooked is not good, she wants to make it for you!" Lu Xiaofan paused and seized the opportunity to say a few good words to Lu Ma, lest Bei Luqing only remember that their family wanted to marry the little one to him. It would be embarrassing for these two toads in the family to want to eat his swan meat. 

Bei Luqing glanced at him and said, "When are you going to pick up Lu's mother? I'll take her around. I'm afraid she hasn't had a peaceful life here because of your brother." 

Lu Xiaofan turned his head to look at Bei Luqing's side, his eyes moist, and whispered, "Hey..." 

That night, the two of them seemed to be very enthusiastic about doing things, so much so that in the morning, Lu Xiaofan found that Bei Luqing, who was lying prone, had teeth marks all over his neck and shoulders. He quickly found a T-shirt with a stand-up collar for Bei Luqing and put it next to his pillow. 

Bei Luqing seemed to have asked for a year's annual leave from the Foreign Affairs Bureau, and seemed to have been staying in Tianjin for a long time. 

Lu Xiaofan couldn't figure out Bei Luqing a little. He didn't know what he was doing in Tianjin when he was so busy. Was it for himself? Lu Xiaofan would think so sometimes even if he took off his courage. 

The food at Bei Luqing's place was good, and he slept soundly at night. After a while, other salesmen who were with him would laugh and say, "Hey, Xiaolu, you are in love, right? You look so rosy." 

Lu Xiaofan quickly denied it and said, "I drank too much soup at night." 

Indeed, Bei Luqing would always pull Lu Xiaofan to drink the soup that was originally made for Bei Luqing. Lu Xiaofan sat on Bei Luqing's lap. Sometimes Bei Luqing would feed him mouth to mouth. Often when he was halfway through feeding, Lu Xiaofan would feel something pressing against him from below. Usually, the posture of the following things became Lu Xiaofan lying on the bed. 

He had not contacted Miss Xu for a long time, because once he told Miss Xu very tactfully that there was no possibility between them. Miss 

Xu asked him angrily if he had fallen in love with someone else. Lu Xiaofan said awkwardly that he did. Miss Xu was quite stubborn, so she never spoke to Lu Xiaofan again. When they occasionally met in the factory, they would just pass by each other without even glancing at each other, like strangers. 

Sometimes Lu Xiaofan felt sad looking at her back. After all, Miss Xu had been with him for quite a while. The important thing was that they had both secretly imagined a future with each other. Now one of them suddenly denied it, as if they had not only suffered a serious betrayal, but also been deprived of their bright future. Lu Xiaofan could understand Miss Xu.

Lin Ziyang was always very efficient, but this time he was not very efficient. Lu Xiaofan had to wait for more than half a month before he and Lu Xiaoping were able to meet.

The only time Lu Xiaoping had met Lin Ziyang was when he sent a large box of seafood sashimi to their home. At that time, Lu Xiaoping felt that Lin Ziyang's style was not like what he said, that he was an errand boy for Bei Luqing. Later, he learned from Lu Xiaofan that Lin Ziyang was a senior official in the Municipal Party Committee. Naturally, when they met again, he was very enthusiastic and wanted to be brothers with Lin Ziyang.

Lin Ziyang crossed his legs and smiled. Lu Xiaoping didn't know that it was this man who looked much more easy-going than Bei Luqing who ruined his future.

"Brother Lu, don't be so polite. I'm working for Lu Qing. He asked me to find you a job, and I can't just give you a job casually, right? I have to respect your wishes. What kind of job do you want?"

Lu Xiaoping rubbed his hands and said, "Brother Lin is really a straightforward person... I think that given the current situation in China, it's too outdated to engage in politics. In the future, the economy will definitely be the main thing. What do you think, Brother Lin?"

Lin Ziyang smiled slightly, and did not answer. Lu Xiaoping said, "So... I want to do an economic job!" "

There are many kinds of economic jobs. There are several vice premiers in Zhongnanhai who are engaged in economics!" Lin Ziyang raised his hand and poured himself a cup of tea and smiled.

"I want to work in securities! I heard that Wanda is recruiting people!" Lu Xiaoping said quickly.

Before Lin Ziyang opened his mouth, Lu Xiaofan hurriedly said, "No!"

"What's wrong with you!" Lu Xiaoping got anxious and said, "Your brother is talking to people, and they know to respect your brother's meaning!"

Lin Ziyang said leisurely, "That's right, why not?"

Lu Xiaofan puffed up his face. Of course, he was embarrassed to say it directly in front of Lin Ziyang for fear that Lu Xiaoping would try to take advantage of him again. He just kept saying, "He is not suitable for this!"

"You are not me, how do you know I am not suitable for this!" Seeing that Lu Xiaofan was blocking his way to wealth, Lu Xiaoping's eyes almost turned red, and he stepped on Lu Xiaofan's feet under the table. 

Lin Ziyang ignored their brothers' dispute and said with a smile: "I know Mr. Lu from Wanda and we have a good relationship. It's not difficult to get you in. But let's be clear. If you enter the securities industry, you have to fight for your own success. I can't help you!" 

Lu Xiaoping said repeatedly: "Of course, of course." 

Lu Xiaofan watched Lu Xiaoping send Lin Ziyang out with a smile. Bei Luqing frowned when he heard that Lu Xiaoping was going to work in securities, but didn't say much. Lu Xiaoping took office like this, and Lu Xiaofan could do nothing about it. 

Lu Tao even invited the Lu brothers and Bei Luqing to dinner for this matter. In fact, Lu Xiaofan knew that Lu Tao's invitation to them was fake, and Bei Luqing was real, but since he gave Lu Xiaoping a job and politely invited him to dinner, Bei Luqing seemed to have no reason to refuse. 

Lu Xiaofan had not expected Bei Luqing to go. After all, if it were him, he probably would not want to be too closely related to Lu Xiaoping. But he did not expect Bei Luqing to agree. 

Lu Xiaofan knew that Bei Luqing actually did not like to be involved in these mundane affairs. Besides, since he had clearly stated that he did not want to cooperate with Lu Tao, it was very nice of him to go there even if it was just a perfunctory move. So he was particularly attentive to Bei Luqing during those two days. 

Lu Tao even brought an assistant with him that day. He pointed at him and said with a smile, "Chen Zhiqin, the best trader in our futures market, I will hand Xiaoping over to him. I have given him a death order to train Xiaoping into a master!" 

Lu Xiaofan looked at the assistant. He was tall and handsome, but he did not seem to be in high spirits. Lu Tao was talking passionately, but he did not even lift his chin. 

Lin Ziyang smiled and said, "Oh, this name is so friendly!" 

Shen Zhiqin said coldly, "You are a commoner. How can you not be diligent?" He was even more arrogant than Lin Ziyang. 

Lin Ziyang pointed at him and said to Lu Tao with a smile: "I like him!" 

Lu Tao laughed and said: "He is just like that." 

Seeing Lin Ziyang's favor, Lu Xiaoping also said a few polite words, but Shen Zhiqin was always inconsistent and did not seem enthusiastic at all, not to mention other people, just eating his own food. 

Seeing that this man was so unsociable, Lu Xiaoping thought that he must be a stubborn person, so he did not think much of him, and was happy to brag to Lu Tao and Lin Ziyang. 

Lin Ziyang raised his glass and said with a smile: "Mr. Lu, I have to toast you with this glass of wine. Thank you for giving me the job opportunity." 

Lu Tao returned a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Ziyang, we are all real people, there is no need to be so pretentious. I am not trying to sell you a favor, I am just trying to please the great Bodhisattva behind you." 

Lin Ziyang laughed and said, "Hey, we are cooperating, it's not a question of who is pleasing whom." 

Lu Xiaoping raised his glass and said, "With the support of Luqing and Brother Ziyang and the guidance of Mr. Lu, we will surely make a lot of money." 

Lu Xiaofan couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Brother, you haven't toasted your master yet!" 

Lu Xiaoping said with a smile, "Xiaofan is right, we have to toast you with this glass of wine." 

He stretched out his tone, as if he was quite humorous, but Shen Zhiqin didn't appreciate it at all. He just said, "Mr. Lu, I'm full. I'm leaving first!" After he finished speaking, he patted his butt and left. 

Lu Xiaoping couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed, and Lu Tao was also embarrassed, and said, "Don't blame him, Xiaoping, he is born with it. He keeps looking at the market all day and makes people stupid." 

Lu Xiaoping withdrew his hand and smiled, "It's nothing for me, I'm just a newcomer. But 

why is he so arrogant to you, Mr. Lu?!" Lu Tao smiled, sighed, and said, "There's nothing I can do. He has good skills. He can be arrogant so be it!" 

"That won't do. No matter how capable he is, he can never be better than you, Mr. Lu!" Lu Xiaoping seemed to be standing up for someone, and said, "Mr. Lu, you are such a generous person!" 

Lu Xiaofan was listening at first, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but say, "As long as a person has real ability, what's wrong with not liking to socialize with others?!" 

Lu Xiaoping pointed at Lu Xiaofan, snorted at Lu Tao, and shook his head, meaning that my brother is just a layman. 

They were just chatting when Bei Luqing pushed the door open. As soon as he came in, Lin Ziyang said with a smile, "You deserve to be punished, you deserve to be punished!" Lin 

Ziyang smiled and said, "Luqing, you are so late. You are here to pay the bill instead of eating!" 

Bei Luqing smiled and said, "This guest should be my treat!" 

Lu Tao stretched out his hand to Bei Luqing and smiled, "Luqing, we haven't seen each other for a while!" 

Bei Luqing sat next to Lu Xiaofan and smiled, "You are busy, Mr. Lu!" 

"Oh, what you said. Luqing, Ziyang knows that I have asked you out several times, and you turned them down!" 

Bei Luqing smiled and said, "I am here now, so I accept the punishment!" As he said that, he poured himself a glass of wine and drank it all. 

Lu Tao laughed and said, "Oh, Brother Lu, I don't mean to blame you. I just have this bad habit. I'm too attentive. Xiaofan was scared by me and wanted to cancel his account with me!" 

Lu Tao looked gentle and refined, but he didn't have any airs and was humble. It was easy for him to get along well with others. When he said that, everyone laughed. Even Bei Luqing laughed and said, "Boss Lu, you are too humble. You are deliberately trying to scare Xiaofan. Are you going to let him down?" 

Boss Lu pointed at Bei Luqing and said, "Listen, he's helping his own family right from the start!"

Lu Xiaoping was in high spirits after the meal, and felt as if he had finally entered the realm of the upper class.

Lu Tao and Lin Ziyang did not avoid telling them a lot about internal information.

Internal information! It is an indicator of important class divisions. Which class you are in depends on which level of confidentiality you can obtain (Note 18).

Lu Xiaoping was very keenly aware that Lu Tao's flattery of Bei Luqing was not only because Bei Luqing had a lot of liquid funds, but also seemed to contain some political content. For example, Lu Tao repeatedly talked about whether the China Securities Regulatory Commission would take over the Shanghai and Shenzhen securities markets. (Note 19)

Bei Luqing replied calmly: "It's only a matter of time. It's not whether they will regulate or not, but when they will regulate!"

Lin Ziyang added with a smile: "Whether the CSRC regulates securities firms or not, you, Mr. Lu, will still make a fortune!"

Lu Xiaoping's blood boiled when he heard this. It was like Bei Mosha was just a consultant for the cornucopia in the past, but now he was going to become the owner of the cornucopia. Doesn't this mean that he was closer to the cornucopia? No wonder Lu Tao, such a popular securities general manager, tried so hard to please Bei Luqing.

He winked at Lu Xiaofan repeatedly, but Lu Xiaofan's eyes were like a blur. He didn't understand Lu Xiaoping's meaning at all. He just lowered his head and ate his own food. Lu Xiaoping almost vomited blood and could only look at his brother with regret. 

Lu Xiaoping thought about it and realized that Lu Tao seemed to be very flattering to Lu Xiaofan. Even Lin Ziyang would occasionally make Lu Xiaofan laugh. Although Lu Xiaoping didn't know why they all valued this ignorant brother so much, it would never do him any harm. 

This meal didn't involve anything too critical. Lu Tao tried to test Bei Luqing, who neither refused nor agreed explicitly. Lu Tao was not a person who liked to do things to the extreme, so he was still very happy to eat this meal. 

Bei Luqing didn't show any sign of favor to Lu Tao in person, but not long after, he opened an account in Wanda's futures market and made several transactions. Lu Xiaoping excitedly asked Lu Xiaofan to meet him for the first transaction. 

"Do you know how much money Bei Luqing made from one order?" Lu Xiaoping's eyes turned red, and he said excitedly: "1.6 million, 1.6 million, Xiaofan, I only get 2,000 yuan a month, and 25,000 yuan a year. I would have to work for 70 years to get this amount of money, and he took it away in the blink of an eye!" 

Lu Xiaofan lowered his head and ate his lunch box, not surprised. 1.6 million was just a test for Bei Luqing. It seemed that Bei Luqing was not at all unwilling to cooperate with Lu Tao. 

Seeing Lu Xiaoping still breathing heavily, he looked up and asked, "How do you know my order?!" He paused and said, "Didn't Mr. Lu give my order to Shen Zhiqin to handle? He wouldn't show you the account, right?" 

Lu Xiaoping said embarrassedly, "Yes, I took a few peeks while he was in the toilet!" 

Lu Xiaofan was a little angry and blurted out, "Why did you peek at my account?" 

"What's the big deal?!" Lu Xiaoping looked dissatisfied and said, "You talk about the Bei family like a white lotus all day long. After all the trouble, they just don't want to take us to get rich together." 

Lu Xiaofan felt dizzy and said, "Lu Xiaoping, can you save some energy?" 

Lu Xiaoping had never seen Lu Xiaofan speak to him so loudly and disrespectfully, and they parted unhappily. 

Lu Xiaoping thought about it for two days and decided to ask his family to put pressure on Lu Xiaofan. He also knew that it would be useless to tell Lu's mother, so he called Lu's father several times in a row. 

The specific content firstly talked about how fast the securities market makes money, secondly, it talked about how fast Bei Luqing himself makes money, and thirdly, it said that he is now in this business. Originally, he was sure to make a fortune with Bei Luqing. He told him so many inside information in front of him, and obviously did not regard him as an outsider, but now his family stopped him. 

Dad Lu had not experienced the anxiety of Lu Xiaoping's re-employment at home, and he was still very confident. He also took Lu Xiaoping's ability seriously. In addition, his son's big pie, so he called Lu Xiaofan, saying that he wanted to help his brother, who was the real family! Lu Xiaofan had no choice but to listen to the first part and forget the rest as if he didn't hear it. 

Lu Xiaoping saw that Lu Xiaofan didn't move, and he was anxious, especially Shen Zhiqin was a dull person, who didn't answer nine out of ten questions, and always said: "Watch the market more." 

And he didn't know whether Shen Zhiqin found out that Lu Xiaoping had peeked at his computer and actually added a password to his computer. Even if he went to get some water, he would first protect the password. 

Knowing that millions of other people's money were flowing in and out, but he couldn't see it, Lu Xiaoping could be said to be itching to keep it. 

Note 18: Some confidential documents for internal viewing by the Party and government 

Note 19: Before 1997, the Shanghai and Shenzhen Securities were not under the management of the China Securities Regulatory Commission.