Chapter 246: Exposed
"What's up?"
After Lu Jun left, Song Yuanchao asked with a slightly frown.
"Have you eaten?" Sun Yaoliang did not give a direct answer, but asked this question instead.
"What? Treat me to a meal? Why didn't you say so earlier? I just finished my noodles."
"Come on, come on, accompany me to eat something and have a drink." Without saying anything, Sun Yaoliang grabbed Song Yuanchao. Song Yuanchao was immediately at a loss whether to laugh or cry. What was going on? He had just come back from his meal and was being dragged to a restaurant by Sun Yaoliang again. This guy must have something to discuss with him today, otherwise he wouldn't be like this.
So, Song Yuanchao, who had just returned to school, got Sun Yaoliang out of the school again. The two of them came to a small private restaurant near the school. After sitting down, Sun Yaoliang directly ordered four dishes, two cold and two hot, and then asked for a bottle of Erguotou.
The cold dishes came first, one was braised beef in soy sauce and one was fried peanuts. Sun Yaoliang directly took two cups and poured wine into them. He put down the bottle, raised the cup and said to Song Yuanchao, "Third brother, come on! We haven't had a drink together for a long time. Let's go first!"
Song Yuanchao smiled, raised his glass and clinked it with Sun Yaoliang's. They both finished the wine in their glasses in one gulp and exposed the bottom of the glass. Sun Yaoliang then took the bottle and poured more wine.
"Brother, take it easy. This is Erguotou. It's easy to get drunk if you drink it like this." Song Yuanchao reminded.
"I know. Don't worry. We'll drink slowly from now on." Sun Yaoliang smiled and nodded. After pouring the wine, he picked up the chopsticks and said to Song Yuanchao, "Try the braised beef here. The beef in this restaurant is well made. You haven't been here before, right?"
This was the first time Song Yuanchao came here. If Sun Yaoliang hadn't brought him here, he wouldn't have known when a private restaurant opened here.
Since individual business was allowed last year, a large number of individual stores have sprung up like mushrooms throughout the city over the past year or so, most of which are restaurants.
As for food, clothing, housing and transportation, opening a restaurant is the first choice for many capable craftsmen. As long as they have good skills and reasonable prices, they can find a suitable store and start a business, and generally the business will not be too bad.
Song Yuanchao picked up a piece of beef with chopsticks and put it into his mouth, nodding while chewing. It must be said that the braised beef here is really authentic and is no worse than that in the old state-owned store.
After eating a piece of braised beef, two hot dishes were served. Song Yuanchao tasted it and found it was indeed delicious. He nodded, took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Sun Yaoliang. After lighting it himself, he asked directly: "Tell me, why did you suddenly bring me here to Yanwuhaoyan? What do you want from me?"
"Haha, I can't hide my little thoughts from you, Third Brother." Sun Yaoliang laughed, picked up the wine glass and took a sip of wine, then said, "I want to tell you something. Luo Yang in Dazhalan has quit..."
When these words were spoken, Song Yuanchao, who was picking up food with chopsticks, was stunned. He looked at Sun Yaoliang in confusion, as if trying to confirm whether what he heard was true.
"Luo Yang said it himself this afternoon." Sun Yaoliang sighed, as if he was unable to digest this sudden news.
"What's going on? Wasn't everything going well over at Dazhalan? Why did it suddenly stop? What happened?" Song Yuanchao asked, putting down his chopsticks.
Luo Yang's business is doing very well now. Dazhalan has become a well-known place, just like Maiyang Road in Shanghai. Moreover, the wholesale business is also booming. It is no exaggeration to say that he is making a fortune every day.
In this situation, Luo Yang suddenly decided to quit? This surprised Song Yuanchao. He had met Luo Yang at school this morning, but he hadn't heard him talk about this.
"I don't know the details." Sun Yaoliang shook his head and said, "He was fine when he came today, but later he called us to a small meeting and told us that he was going to end the business in Dashilar. Of course, he didn't mean to close the current business. He meant that he would no longer be in charge of Dashilar and would withdraw from the partnership. He asked us who is willing to take over."
"Didn't you ask him?" Song Yuanchao wondered.
"I asked, why didn't you ask?" Sun Yaoliang said, "Not only did I ask, Dabing, Junzi and Xiaoqiao all asked . Xiaoyun was not here, but it didn't matter whether she asked or not. Xiaoyun was different from us. She just came to help."
"What did he say?"
"He didn't say anything. He just said that he felt a little tired and didn't want to continue working like this. Besides, the business of the store has always been managed by a few of us. He rarely goes there and can't help most of the time. Instead, he takes the biggest share and feels bad about it..."
Song Yuanchao frowned when he heard this. Luo Yang's words were obviously excuses, but no matter what happened, Luo Yang's idea of withdrawing from this deal was real. Maybe Luo Yang had his intentions and purposes. Based on Song Yuanchao's understanding of Luo Yang, this guy was not an impulsive person.
"So how did your conversation go later?" Song Yuanchao continued to ask.
Sun Yaoliang sighed and talked about what had just happened. When Luo Yang said that he was going to quit, everyone was shocked, and Dabing and Junzi were even more surprised.
Although Luo Yang hasn't been there as often as he did in the beginning, and many of the work is done by Dabing and Junzi, including Xiao Qiao and Sun Yaoliang, but no matter what, this business was originally set up by Luo Yang , and Dabing and the others are also Luo Yang's brothers. Naturally, they are unwilling to let go now.
But no matter how they persuaded him, Luo Yang seemed to have made up his mind. He smiled and told everyone that it was not him who first applied for the individual business license in Dashilan, and as the business gradually got on track, they had also gained experience. Now he felt guilty for taking the biggest share without taking care of anything. Besides, he was still a college student and did not have much energy to take care of these things. It would be better for him to withdraw now and leave the business completely to them. As for how to divide the shares among them and who would take the lead in the future, they could discuss it among themselves and he did not need to consider it.
After saying this, Luo Yang did not stay in Dashilan for long. He just said goodbye and left.
After Luo Yang left, everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a while. At this time, Sun Yaoliang suddenly thought of Song Yuanchao. In his opinion, the only people who could persuade Luo Yang were probably Song Yuanchao and Li Xiaoyun. Compared with Li Xiaoyun, Song Yuanchao was more trusted by Sun Yaoliang. In addition, Li Xiaoyun was a female classmate, so he couldn't go to her rashly, so he went directly to Song Yuanchao to discuss it.
After listening to Sun Yaoliang's story, Song Yuanchao didn't know why Luo Yang made this decision for a while, but he promised to find Luo Yang to ask about the situation as soon as possible. When he got Song Yuanchao's clear answer, Sun Yaoliang breathed a sigh of relief. Although he only joined this team later under Song Yuanchao's introduction, Sun Yaoliang has completely integrated into this team after a year. Now Luo Yang suddenly wants to leave, Sun Yaoliang is surprised and a little nervous.
The next day, Song Yuanchao ran into Luo Yang in the classroom during class. Luo Yang was still normal as usual. After two long classes, Luo Yang packed up his textbooks and walked out of the classroom. When he looked up, he saw Song Yuanchao standing not far away waiting for him.
"What? You're not going to have lunch with your Yan Zi today? Are you planning to treat me to a meal?" Luo Yang asked with a smile.
"A meal? You wish!" Song Yuanchao said with a smile, "Are you okay? Let's go find a place to smoke a cigarette?"
"Let's go!" Luo Yang nodded readily. The two walked out of the teaching building, walked along the path for a while, and came to a secluded place with few people.
Sitting down on a tree stump beside the path, they lit up their cigarettes and started smoking. After taking a few puffs, Luo Yang glanced at Song Yuanchao and asked, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
"What do you think?" Song Yuanchao asked back, "What happened in Dashilan yesterday?"
"Haha, you are really well-informed. You know about yesterday's events today? Could it be that there are underground workers who tipped you off?"
"Don't be so frivolous, kid. Tell me, what are you thinking? Why did this happen out of the blue?" Song Yuanchao asked seriously.
After taking a puff of cigarette, Luo Yang's playful expression subsided. He sighed and said, "You think I want to? To tell you the truth, my father found out about my business in Dazhalan. He talked to me the day before yesterday and asked me to close the business there immediately."
"Is this what Uncle Luo meant?" Song Yuanchao was stunned. Seeing Luo Yang nodded, Song Yuanchao fell silent for a moment. He suddenly understood Luo Yanhua's intention.
Song Yuanchao and Luo Yanhua had only met once, when they were in Pengcheng. In Song Yuanchao's impression, compared to the elegant Lin Daoyuan who joined the army as a college student, Luo Yanhua, who came from the war and was born as a soldier, has a more military temperament. His expression is serious and his behavior is vigorous. His style is tough and his gestures still carry the attitude of a soldier.
Such a person is very principled, and in his world many things are either black or white. He is a completely different type of cadre from Lin Daoyuan, and also an elder who is not easy to deal with.
Song Yuanchao could imagine how much pressure Luo Yang had to bear in front of such a father. And when Luo Yanhua learned that his son actually had such a big business in Dazhalan, he was definitely angry, and it was natural for Luo Yanhua to stop Luo Yang from closing the business in Dazhalan after he got angry.
In Luo Yanhua's view, Luo Yang is his only son, and now he is a college student at Imperial University. He is the future of the Luo family.
Luo Yanhua has high hopes for his son, Luo Yang, and hopes that he can continue his father's business and support the entire Luo family in the future.
This can be seen from the last time Luo Yanhua specially took Luo Yang to Pengcheng. If Luo Yanhua didn't have this idea, he would not have done so.
From this we can see that Luo Yanhua has begun to train Luo Yang. Once Luo Yang follows Luo Yanhua's ideas and embarks on a career in politics, the business in Dazhalan will be a stain on Luo Yanhua, and Luo Yanhua will absolutely not allow this. Although he does not mind other children of high-ranking officials doing business to make money, he is strict with his own children. What's more, Luo Yanhua himself is currently at a critical moment. It would have been normal if he didn't know about it before, but now that he knows about it, it is normal for Luo Yanhua to react like this.
