Chapter 67 Half Brother
Zhu Libo frowned, walked back and forth in the room with his hands in his pockets, and thought for a few minutes before saying, "I was indeed in charge of this matter. When the building was built, plastic steel windows needed to be installed. I specially sent someone to calculate the approximate budget and planned to negotiate directly with the plastic steel window factory, but the funding required Zheng Zicai's signature. I found him that day and took the quotation sheet, but he did not sign that night."
Neither Han Yun nor Yu Miaomiao interrupted him, but listened attentively.
"Two days later, Mr. Zheng called me and asked me to come over. We went to a KTV. In the private room, there were Mr. Zheng and Qian Feng. Mr. Zheng asked me to increase the budget calculated in the quotation by 400,000 yuan, and then hand over the plastic-steel windows to Qian Feng. In fact, if it is entrusted to an outsider, a contract agreement needs to be signed, but Mr. Zheng said that it was not necessary and that Qian Feng was reliable. Since Mr. Zheng had spoken, I could not say anything." Zhu Libo stood in front of the window with his hands in his pockets, looking into the distance and said: "I followed his instructions and added another 400,000 yuan to the original budget. This money, plus the original budget for the plastic-steel windows, was equivalent to being transferred to Qian Feng's personal account."
"How much is it in total?" Yu Miaomiao asked.
"Five buildings, hundreds of households, about three million." Zhu Libo said: "Because of the extra four hundred thousand, I have to tamper with the quotation, so the price will naturally be higher than the market price."
"In other words, you have no idea why Zheng Zicai did this?" Han Yun continued to ask.
Zhu Libo shook his head and did not turn to look at Yu Miaomiao and Han Yun. He said with his back to them, "In fact, from the idea of the hot spring town to the design drawings and concept drawings with the designers, I was in charge of all the preliminary work. Mr. Zheng let me go and basically did not participate in anything. When I went to him for signature, he signed without even looking at it. Except for this matter..."
"I heard that the entire concept of the hot spring town was proposed by Zheng Zicai and fully supported by his father Zheng Li, right?" Yu Miaomiao asked while typing on her phone.
"This is the purpose of my existence." Zhu Libo turned his head, looked directly into Han Yun's eyes, and said, "Mr. Zheng just returned to China, and his father gave him 50 million yuan, letting him start his own business and not interfering with him in anything. In fact, he just wanted to test his son's ability. After all, Mr. Zheng has been abroad for many years, and the father and son have not had much contact. Mr. Zheng needs to see what Mr. Zheng has learned abroad. Unfortunately, Mr. Zheng only has a burst of drive, but his keenness to the market is far from enough. In the end, he not only lost all the 50 million yuan, but also owed a lot of money. Mr. Zheng didn't say anything and helped pay the money back, but he had an assessment of his son's level in his heart. Mr. Zheng's only condition is to let Mr. Zheng join Shangya and start from the bottom."
"Everything you said is available on the Internet. Tell me something that is not available on the Internet," Han Yun reminded.
"Zheng Zicai and I were classmates in a foreign country. At that time, he didn't study hard. He spent his days in debauchery, surrounded by women one after another, and often caused trouble on campus. Maybe because we were both from China, Zheng Zicai took special care of me. When he saw me being bullied, he would come out to help. You say we are friends, but not really. At most, we are classmates who can talk to each other in a foreign land. In fact, I couldn't stand Zheng Zicai's character at that time. But we went to the same school. When he returned to China, he immediately had 50 million to spend, but I could only find a job with a monthly salary of 8,000 or 9,000." Zhu Libo laughed at himself: "This is reality. After Zheng Zicai joined Shangya, he contacted me one day. After meeting, I learned that he wanted to return to the top as quickly as possible and win his father's recognition and trust."
"And your purpose is to help him achieve this goal?" Yu Miaomiao put away his phone and guessed.
Zhu Libo nodded and said helplessly: "But Mr. Zheng doesn't know what to do, but I know that helping Mr. Zheng is helping myself. It's better to be with Mr. Zheng than to get a salary of several thousand yuan a month. So I agreed to Mr. Zheng and helped him with his plans. At first, Mr. Zheng was also very concerned and worked very hard at the grassroots level. Do you really think that Mr. Zheng will not care about it after he brings Mr. Zheng into the company? How is it possible? There are countless eyes staring at it. So it is the most basic to work hard. Only Mr. Zheng feels that Mr. Zheng is working hard, can he listen to Mr. Zheng's suggestions. Since last year, I have started to work on the plan for the hot spring town. At the beginning of this year, all kinds of information were prepared and handed over to Mr. Zheng, asking him to give it to Mr. Zheng. Sure enough, Mr. Zheng fully supports this project. At first, Mr. Zheng was also very concerned about this project, but recently he has returned to his nature and started to spend money on wine and women. He doesn't care about the project and leaves it to me."
"So you have no idea who Zheng Zicai has contacted privately and who he has grudges with?" Han Yun asked.
"When I was abroad, I never participated in his parties. Mr. Zheng knew that I was not that kind of person. If he asked me to go, he would not have fun." Zhu Libo spread his hands, and then said with some doubt: "But there is one thing I know."
"What's the matter?" Yu Miaomiao asked.
"I shouldn't have said this, it's Mr. Zheng's family matter." Zhu Libo hesitated again: "If I tell Mr. Zheng and it gets to his ears, I'll really lose my job ."
"I believe Mr. Zheng must have promised you something in private, right?" Han Yun asked.
"He promised that after the hot spring town project is completed, he will recommend me to General Zheng and let me be responsible for the later development of the town. Of course, this is not the main point. The main thing is to let General Zheng see my abilities. I heard that General Zheng appreciates talented young people very much." Zhu Libo replied.
"So Zheng Zicai is just a stepping stone in your promotion plan. In fact, I might as well tell you that the little Zheng you mentioned has gone too far this time. I can tell you clearly that he is going to be in trouble." Han Yun took a deep breath and said firmly: "So whatever you know, you must tell the police. Only in this way can you protect yourself. Besides, our conversation this time is absolutely private, and the police will not disclose this matter to anyone."
After listening to Han Yun's words, Zhu Libo moved his eyes to the window again. After thinking for a long time, he spoke: "In fact, it was Young General Zheng who told me this himself, but he was also suspicious. He said...he said that Old General Zheng was looking for his illegitimate child. From what Young General Zheng said, Old General Zheng had a child with a woman before he met Young General Zheng's mother. In other words, Young General Zheng has a half-brother."
