i'm not a bad man

Chapter 480 Return to Qingdao

Chang Yuli's failure to acquire shares seemed to be a signal. In the afternoon of the next day, I heard the news that Chang Tianming convened a meeting with those investors, and he said at the meeting that he would give these investors Regarding the matter of giving up part of their rights and interests, allowing them to become shareholders of this scenic spot, and using the other part of their rights and interests to increase capital and expand shares, he accepted my proposal, but excluded me, and made some adjustments to the equity allocation I proposed. Even if the scenic spot is restructured, he still owns 50.00% of the equity and retains his absolute control over the scenic spot.

I also heard that he hired an operations manager from a scenic spot in Hunan with a high salary and was fully responsible for the operation of the scenic spot, which was equivalent to completely replacing me.

These days, including entertaining my parents and seemingly sincere chats with me, just to get an idea from me to revitalize the scenic spot.

This is the answer Chang Tianming gave me after thinking and weighing.

In response to that sentence, once the vase is broken, even the most skilled craftsmen cannot completely repair it, because even if the surface is repaired, the cracks will always exist.

Chang Tianming and I were like this, we were wary of each other, but in the end, I was still used by him.

I didn't feel frustrated, let alone angry, because in my opinion, this matter was far from settled.

However, Chang Tianming did stabilize those investors because of the ideas I gave him. These investors I brought in all resumed work one after another because of the shareholder status promised by Chang Tianming. When the villagers saw that the investors had resumed work, they also Then resumed work.

……

I am ready to leave the small town temporarily. I want to go back to Qingdao for a walk. I miss this city a little bit, especially after Renran sent me that photo.

Before I left, I called Chang Tianming, but he didn't answer. No matter what his mood was, I didn't care if he didn't answer my call. I just felt that I had to call him. It didn't matter if he answered. No answer.

After that, I called Wu Luoge in Zhejiang. After the call was answered, he was the first to speak to me: "We really have a tacit understanding. I was just about to call you, and you I called you...I've heard about what happened in the small town, you seem to have missed the mark this time!"

"At this point, it looks like it was a mistake."

"You shouldn't have asked Chang Yuli to ask for shares from Chang Tianming... What can I say about Chang Tianming? He is also the richest man in the small town. Even if people of that generation do not have the ability to operate capital, they must have experience in mixed society... Chang Yuli is in this When you go to ask him for shares, it’s impossible for him not to be a little suspicious... You are still a little too eager to get things done! "

“It could be a rush to get something done, or it could be a one-and-done thing.”

"How do you say that?"

"Let's see. I'm not 100% sure, so I won't say too much yet." After a short pause, I said to Wu Luoge on the other end of the phone: "Brother, don't let the outside world know about our origins yet... ...When Chang Tianming is operating the matter of increasing capital and stock, you should contact him. No matter whether I fail or succeed this time, my original intention remains the same. I still hope that you will invest in that scenic spot and become a Shareholders of the scenic spot...you can fight for your own rights and interests to the greatest extent. Chang Tianming does not have the capital to bargain with you at this time, he has only temporarily stabilized the situation..."

"If you fail, what's the point of my investing there?...To be honest, I'm not willing to deal with people like Chang Tianming. You have already verified his character."

"I don't think it's very likely that I'll miss."

"Why are you so confident?"

"Because understanding human nature is like believing in destiny."

"Okay, when he is preparing to increase capital and expand shares, I will go and have a chat with him."

I responded, and Wu Luoge asked me again: "Are you still in the small town now?"

I took a long breath, and then said in a relieved tone: "After staying here for so long, I finally have some breathing space... I can't waste it, I want to go out for a walk."

"Why don't you come to Zhejiang to meet my parents and me? Later, we will take them to Sanya to relax."

"I won't go. I have somewhere else I want to go."

Wu Luoge was a little curious and asked: "Where?"

"Qingdao."

……

In Qingdao, I lost the person I once loved most, but I also met the person I love most now. Therefore, no matter how good Sanya is, it cannot compare with my feelings for Qingdao.The temperature in Qingdao has risen. When I arrived, it was just in the evening, but the sea breeze blew slowly with a temperature that would not be seen in winter...

I sat alone on the beach and took my phone out of my pocket for a long time to look at it.

I wanted to check the weather tomorrow, but unexpectedly I saw an article pushed by Zhihu. The general idea was to talk about how it felt to have a celebrity classmate. This person was very subjective. He said that when he was a child, he was friends with a famous star. After this star became famous, they had a party. He felt that the two people who were once at the same table were no longer from the same world. He focused on the aura of the star.

I don’t agree. Celebrities are also human beings. They will be in pain, helpless, crazy, coquettish, and long for a sense of security and emotional satisfaction.

I thought again of the last night Lu Xi and I were together. She leaned in my arms and cried silently.

I miss her, miss our first meeting, and miss us driving a convertible on the Jiaozhou Bay Bridge.

The Jiaozhou Bay Bridge is still there, spanning the blue sea, but she is no longer in this city.

Many of the people from back then are no longer in this city, including Lu Xi, Qiao Jiao, Ren Ran, Zuo Xiaowei, and Luan Yu...

My heart felt hollow because of this, and the whole city also became hollow, especially when night fell, everything reflected my loneliness.

I finally called Liu Chuang, the agency guy, and asked him to meet at May Fourth Square.

……

When we met, I handed the gift I bought for my child into his hands and asked him, "Is Brother Shanhe still living in the sea-view room I rented before?"

"He recently returned to his hometown. He said there was something going on there...Brother Chao, do you want to go back to that house to have a look?"

"Ah."

"The code on the door has never been changed... Brother Shanhe raised a lot of flowers in the house. When he left, he asked me to go there and water them every two or three days... It's time to water the flowers. Let's go see them together. Look."

"Okay!"

These days, I am finally excited for once.

……

Still on the sea view terrace, Liu Chuang and I stood side by side. The villa where Qiao Jiao once lived was within my sight. When I saw the light in the villa, I remembered that Qiao Jiao might still be in Qingdao; she is now , she should have reconciled with her father, so the house was returned to her.

I knew clearly that she might be in that villa, but it felt very far away.

Because our hearts are not as close as before.

I looked back at the sofa in the glass room. It was on that sofa that she pretended to be a ghost to scare me and pressed on me. For the first time in my life, I felt that my soul could leave my body.

I was really frightened by her!
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but light a cigarette for myself, but I never mentioned Qiao Jiao. I just asked Liu Chuang next to me about the current situation of Sao Zhu, Tu Lin and others.

Liu Chuang told me that Saozhu had divorced his wife. He did not ask for a house in Qingdao, but only paid a little money and returned to his hometown.

Tu Lin went to BJ. I still don’t know what he was doing at BJ or whether he found a job.

Even Sao Zhu and Tu Lin left...

To me, Qingdao seems to have become an empty city, empty but brightly lit!

(End of this chapter)