Chapter 387: An Olive Branch
In Jingyunju, the morning sunlight shines into the house through the slits in the curtains.
On the soft and smooth silk mattress, Tang Huan, who had just opened his eyes, lazily hugged Wang Huaian, pressing his delicate face tightly against his chest.
Wang Huaian was sitting against the bed, reading a newspaper intently in his hand.
"What are you looking at so seriously?"
The news in Wang Huaian's hand was about the arrest of Han Wenxiu and others.
He said with a burning gaze, "This Lu Yiming is quite amazing. Even when things got to this point, he was able to escape."
Tang Huan rested his chin on Wang Huaian's arm and glanced at the contents of the newspaper, but his expression was quite disapproving: "Lu Yiming is just lucky If it weren't for the sudden big news from the Jishi Medical Association, he probably wouldn't be able to get away so easily now."
However, Wang Huaian shook his head slightly at Tang Huan's judgment, and obviously had a different opinion on it: "How do you know that Lu Yiming was not behind this? It happened so coincidentally, do you think it was an accident?"
When Tang Huan heard this, his expression suddenly became solemn, and his eyes were full of doubt and uncertainty: "Now that you mention it, it's true. Why didn't this Jishi Medical Association have any problems earlier or later, but it happened after offending Lu Yiming? Could it be that Lu Yiming planned this matter?"
Many things, although they seem to have nothing to do with each other, but if the timing of their occurrence is too coincidental, or the coincidence is abnormal, it is inevitable that people will think too much.
In addition, Lu Yiming has done similar things before, so it is possible that this time Lu Yiming also directed and acted in it himself.
"I don't know. Lu Yiming is a bit weird. We can't jump to conclusions easily."
Wang Huaian has always been cautious and prudent in doing things, so he never believes in so-called coincidences. Instead, he firmly believes in the principle of being cautious.
In the past, no matter how rich Lu Yiming was, he would not take it seriously.
The Xia Kingdom was not a capitalist country. Even if it had taken the capitalist path, the status of merchants in this ancient land might have been higher than those in the ancient unified dynasties, but the class that held power was never the so-called capitalists.
In Wang Huaian's eyes, Lu Yiming was just a lamb to be slaughtered. No matter how hard he struggled, he could not escape from his clutches.
But Hurun's Rich List has changed this situation.
After all, in a new era, there are new rules of the game. Even someone with an extraordinary background like Wang Huaian cannot break the rules easily.
After Lu Yiming was put on the list, he was exposed to the public, and his every move would be watched and followed by the whole society. If he made a mistake, he would be doomed.
After all, the Pig Killing List is not a name for nothing.
But precisely because of the attention and concern from public opinion, people like Wang Huaian have to restrain their hands and feet when they want to deal with Lu Yiming.
Reputation is sometimes a trouble, but sometimes it is also a talisman.
The more Wang Huaian thought about it, the more regretful he felt. He had already woven a big net, ready to "catch" Lu Yiming, the "hen" that lays golden eggs, at any time. But this kind of thing happened at this time, and he was cursing in his heart.
"I don't know which bastard exposed Lu Yiming and put him on this hundred rich list, which disrupted all my plans."
Tang Huan pressed his entire body against Wang Huaian's chest, feeling his strong heartbeat, and asked leisurely, "So what are you going to do now? Are you going to stop? He seems to be getting harder and harder to deal with."
Lu Yiming, who is on the Hurun Rich List, may not have achieved a golden body, but as long as he does not commit suicide on his own initiative, no one can do anything to him. Otherwise, the overall situation of the Xia Kingdom, which is centered on economic development, will be ruined, and no one can take the blame.
Wang Huaian sighed and said helplessly: "It seems that I have to change my plan. It is basically hopeless to subdue him. Then I will settle for the next best thing. I will persuade him with reason, lure him with benefits, and tie him up in a cooperative way."
The rulers hope that the economy will prosper and people's livelihood will be stable. Businessmen also need a stable environment to make money. From this point of view, Wang Huaian feels that there is a basis for cooperation between the two sides.
It's just that those who eat meat are despicable. People like Wang Huaian always thought that all the benefits would be for themselves. At least when dividing the cake, they had to take the knife and cut the biggest piece themselves, under the guise of controlling the situation.
This is what Wang Huaian had thought before, so in his plan, the so-called cooperation with Lu Yiming would naturally be centered around him, Wang Huaian, who would give the orders.
As for Lu Yiming, he just needs to follow orders, do the most work and get the least money, and the biggest share goes to him, Wang Huaian.
However, man proposes, God disposes. Wang Huaian did not expect that Li Chaoren and Li Kai also set their sights on Lu Yiming. As a result, without any communication between the two sides, Lu Yiming ended up with a "negative equals positive".
In this way, Lu Yiming escaped from Wang Huaian's clutches without even realizing it.
Wang Huaian knew nothing about this. He thought Hu Run's incident was just a coincidence. After carefully weighing the pros and cons, he said to Tang Huan, "You should try to invite Lu Yiming to Jingyunju."
Tang Huan seemed to have thought of something, and asked in surprise: "Are you going to make peace with Lu Yiming?"
This kind of thing has never happened before!
As far as she knew Wang Huaian, had he ever bowed his head to anyone in his life?
Wang Huaian was a very strong person, always the one giving orders. Tang Huan had only heard of others submitting to him, but never heard of Wang Huaian giving in. So, Tang Huan was shocked.
Wang Huai'an stroked Tang Huan's smooth hair and smiled nonchalantly, "A real man can bend and stretch. I am destined to be in a high position. Why should I get entangled with a small character like Lu Yiming because of a dispute of pride? As a person, you should have a bigger vision and put interests first."
After saying this, Wang Huaian seemed to feel a lot more relaxed: "When I get promoted in the future, I can just shout from a high place and crush him to death. How much more difficult would it be than crushing an ant?"
After listening to this, Tang Huan became even more obsessed with Wang Huaian.
He is worthy of being the man that Tang Huan likes. His courage and mind are so outstanding and unique!
After Wang Huaian left Jingyunju, Tang Huan found Lu Yiming's contact information and called him.
"Mr. Lu, hello, I'm Tang Huan from Jingyunju, do you still remember me?"
"Oh, I remember."
"Mr. Lu is really young and promising. He is only seventeen years old, but he has already made it onto the Forbes list. He is really the envy of others. He is simply a role model for all the young talents in Xia Country."
The sweet voice coming out of the microphone was enough to make one's bones go soft.
On the other end of the phone, Lu Yiming suddenly received a call from Tang Huan and was also very surprised.
Of course, he didn't simply think that Tang Huan just called to congratulate him. From Lin Shuyi, he had learned that Tang Huan was not a simple woman, so Lu Yiming was also very alert.
Behind her stands a big shot like Wang Huaian.
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Ms. Tang, you actually took the initiative to call me. I am really flattered. But, you didn't call me today just to praise me, did you? If so, why not write it down and fax it to me. I can frame it and hang it in the most conspicuous place in the living room."
Facing Lu Yiming's teasing, Tang Huan was quite unhappy, but thinking of Wang Huaian's instructions, she did not show it, but suppressed her unhappiness and said in a normal : "Boss Lu, you are joking. Boss Lu is very busy, and I dare not disturb him casually. This time, a big shot wants to invite you to Jingyunju for a gathering."
Lu Yiming pointed out the name directly and said, "Wang Huaian asked you to call me, right?"
Lu Yiming was not familiar with Wang Huaian. Of course, that was also because he was in a very low social class in his previous life and had no contact with those big guys who could really call the shots.
Seeing Lu Yiming being so direct, Tang Huan fell silent. Through this contact, she could see that Lu Yiming was not a person who liked to play by the rules.
Lu Yiming continued, "Wait, I'll see when I'm free and I'll take the time to go over. You know, I'm still a senior high school student, I have to focus on my studies. I also have to manage so many companies, I'm very busy."
Tang Huan was speechless, thinking that Lu Yiming was too arrogant, but she had no way to deal with Lu Yiming, so she could only hold her anger back in her stomach and said, "In that case, I will wait for Mr. Lu to come to Jingyunju."
Saturday afternoon.
Accompanied by Zhao Tiezhu , Lu Yiming came to Jingyunju.
This was the second time Lu Yiming and Wang Huaian met.
When Wang Huaian saw Lu Yiming, he was far less arrogant than last time. Instead, he said gently, "Mr. Lu is really a busy man. It's so hard to invite you over for a cup of tea. Today I specially prepared a portion of mother tree Dahongpao. I hope Mr. Lu likes it."
Tang Huan held Wang Huaian's arm and said to Lu Yiming, "This mother tree Dahongpao is a rare treasure. At the first Wuyishan Dahongpao Tea Culture Festival held not long ago, Mr. Xu Rongmao, an Australian man known as the 'Godfather of Luxury Houses', won 20 grams of mother tree Dahongpao at an auction for more than 150,000 yuan. What you drink today is part of it."
Mother tree Da Hong Pao?
There are only six of these trees in the world today. In principle, the tea leaves harvested are not sold to the outside world and are guarded by armed police 24 hours a day.
The so-called Da Hong Pao on the market is probably fake. Even if it is real, it is grafted from branches of the mother tree Da Hong Pao.
Wang Huaian actually took out the precious mother tree Dahongpao to entertain guests, which really surprised Lu Yiming.
However, this also made Lu Yiming more alert.
As the saying goes: If someone shows kindness without any reason, he is either a traitor or a thief. Since Wang Huaian was willing to use the mother tree Da Hong Pao to entertain, it meant that the matter he was going to discuss was of great importance.
However, there was no change in the expression on Lu Yiming's face, he was still smiling.
"So, should I feel honored?"
Although Wang Huaian's attitude today has taken a 180-degree turn compared to the last time, it is just like the so-called dignitaries in ancient times who treated the wise and the humble with respect. Although they look peaceful at first glance, they still have an arrogant attitude in their bones.
In his two lifetimes, Lu Yiming had seen too many people like Wang Huaian, so he sneered at his so-called kindness.
Wang Huaian took Lu Yiming into the tea room and said, "Please sit down."
Lu Yiming and Wang Huaian sat opposite each other, while Tang Huan knelt on the soft cushion on the side and began to make tea for them.
Lu Yiming didn't want to chat with Wang Huaian, because Wang Huaian's best skill was the art of language, and Lu Yiming was afraid that he would fall into his trap without realizing it. Therefore, after the two chatted for a while, Lu Yiming said directly: "Mr. Wang, a noble man, asked me to come here today, it should not just be to invite me for tea, right? You can just say whatever you want."
Wang Huaian was stunned when he heard this, but he nodded obediently and said, "Mr. Lu is indeed a quick-witted person, so I'll speak frankly. I'm about to go to Ludao City to take up my post. I wonder if you, Mr. Lu, are interested in investing in Ludao?"
In ancient times, Ludao was the habitat of egrets, hence the name.
In modern times, Ludao has become Xia's national comprehensive reform pilot zone, a north-south logistics hub, and a southeast international shipping center.
It has to be said that for ordinary people, the investment value here is indeed very high. As long as there is an opportunity, they will break their heads and drill there. And now that Wang Huaian personally invited Lu Yiming, in Wang Huaian's view, it is enough to show his sincerity.
"Mr. Lu, I know there was a little misunderstanding between us. As the saying goes, it is better to resolve a feud than to create one. I personally welcome you to invest in Ludao and will give you considerable preferential policies. What do you think?"
In Wang Huaian's opinion, if he wants to climb higher and more dangerous peaks, he needs the help of a businessman like Lu Yiming, so today's meeting took place.
He thought he had already offered benefits, and according to common sense, Lu Yiming would certainly happily agree and accept the olive branch he extended.
After all, as a businessman, who wouldn’t want to have a good relationship with a big shot like him?
Apart from anything else, the conveniences of bank loans and low-price land acquisition are enough to attract people.
Unfortunately, he misjudged himself and also misjudged Lu Yiming.
In front of Wang Huaian, Lu Yiming shook his head disapprovingly and said bluntly: "Sorry, I don't have any intention of investing in Ludao for the time being."
Are you kidding? The Internet wave is about to come. If you invest some money in any company, the return rate will be thousands or tens of thousands of times. Now you want me to invest in real estate?
You must be mentally ill to agree to this!
What's more, Lu Yiming had a very bad impression of Wang Huaian, and he had no intention of cooperating with someone like him, so as to avoid being implicated by him if something went wrong one day.
