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Chapter 57 The so-called truth

Chapter 50 The So-Called Truth

"That's really congratulations. Once Li Muchen quits, Universal will have another money-making expert. With Li Muchen as the chief trader, Universal will definitely make a lot of money next year."

Tony laughed softly: "Who said I want Li Muchen to be my global chief trader?"

Hearing this, I didn't realize it for a while, and was stunned for a while, "You don't plan to use Li Muchen?"

"In my opinion, the most important thing for a trader is loyalty. Li Muchen gave up Hengsheng, no matter what the reason is, it is a sign of disloyalty. I will not reuse a disloyal person."

I killed Li Muchen——

This idea suddenly rushed into my head and tightened my nerves.

I managed to ignore the guilt: "Then how are you going to use Li Muchen?"

After a pause, I reminded: "Don't forget, you paid a lot of money to poach Li Muchen from Hengsheng."

"The European market is unstable now, and I intend to transfer him to Europe."

Such a result is not too bad. Sending Li Muchen to explore the European market is exhausting, but as long as Li Muchen makes achievements, he will be a great contributor to Universal.

I am relieved.

"there's one more thing."

When Tony said that, my heart that had just settled down immediately raised my throat again.

"I've already made preparations. Next Monday, I will hold a press conference at the Global Headquarters to help you and Peng Chonglian hold a handover ceremony. Announce you, the new person in charge of Hong Kong, to the public."

"Will it be too fast?" I was afraid.

"Afraid?" Tony asked with a strange tone.

"If I tell you that once I announce my appointment, Li Muchen will never work in Universal again, what will you do?"

I asked tentatively.

As soon as I announced my appointment as the head of Hengsheng Hong Kong, it was tantamount to automatically exposing a series of lies I spun to Li Muchen.

And I really don't want Li Muchen to regret it so soon.

"Don't worry, what you signed with Li Muchen is a death contract. If he wants to break the contract, he is doomed to ruin."

I was secretly surprised: Tony was well-known in the industry for his ruthless tactics when he was young.However, after a successful career, Tony transformed himself into a well-known Confucian businessman in the industry.

It's all pretense, too.

Another person with a very deep city.

I learned another dirty trick from Tony, but instead of getting better, I got worse.

But I still understand the tricks of hypocrisy and pretentiousness, and I tried to calm down, and I said, "Is it Monday? I will rush back to participate."

At this time, a nurse approached me and saw that I was talking on the phone, so she stood aside and waited.I nodded apologetically to her and ended the call.

The nurse said to me: "Your test report is out, congratulations, you are pregnant."

never met

On Monday, I returned to Singapore with my personal assistant for the so-called handover ceremony.

The handover ceremony was held in the Universal headquarters building.A lot of reporters came.

The process of the handover ceremony was a bit cumbersome. I sat on the stage and listened to the master of ceremonies introduce my resume and my previous "achievements".

The media didn't bother to link the video of Peng Chonglian who was in Singapore.

Peng Chonglian congratulated me on taking office on the large screen.

The spotlight kept flashing.

I managed to survive the lengthy press conference and ushered in the last procedure—accepting the letter of appointment.

I signed my name on the appointment letter, and then I had to smile and shake Tony's hand for the reporter to take a picture.

On this day, I stayed in the Universal Building all morning.

After the press conference, he followed Tony directly to meet with the senior executives of Universal.

There is also a luncheon at noon.

In addition to the people from Global, some bankers and representatives from some partner companies were also invited to the luncheon.

I have already booked the air ticket for the afternoon in advance, and I plan to return to Hong Kong as soon as I accept the appointment.

I have a surgery scheduled in Hong Kong and I don't want to delay it.

Universal temporarily allocated me a car and a driver, and the driver took me to the airport.

When passing by a certain square, the huge electronic screen outside the square was replaying the press conference in the morning.

On the screen, I am smiling, looking confident. ——

I was catching an early morning flight back to Singapore, so I didn't have time to rest, and I didn't have much energy at the press conference just now.Fortunately, the result of the shooting is not bad. Looking at it on the electronic screen, I still look quite energetic.

While in the car, my personal phone rang.

Look at the number, it's a strange call.

I pick it up.

The other party said: "Is it zero?"

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It was clearly the voice of a strange woman, but she kindly called me "Zero".

I was puzzled: "I am Lin Weiling. Are you?"

The other party said with a smile: "I am Aunt Hu."

I froze.

I didn't speak, and there was silence on both sides of the phone. Suddenly, the other party said: "When you were in Hong Kong, I asked your secretary to tell you that I wanted to meet you. However, your secretary didn't seem to inform you at that time. arrive."

I recalled that yesterday, the secretary did tell me that someone from Hengsheng wanted to see me.

But I don't know, this person is actually Hu Xin.

I don't know what to say, decline?Still agree?
"Aunt Hu..."

"How is it? Zero, are you free? You should still be in Singapore."

I can't refuse, so I can only agree.

Hu Xin asked me to meet her at the villa.

What she said was nice: "It's been a long time. I saw you on TV, and I almost didn't recognize you. Zero, you should let Aunt Hu see you too."

It's just that she should not have forgotten that she was the one who forced me to go abroad.However, she can do such a terrific thing to me.Time has passed and circumstances have changed, yet he still treats me like a junior whom I haven't seen for a long time.

I thought of the word again: Ayutthaya.

I wanted to ask the driver to turn around and ask him to take me to see Hu Xin.

Unfortunately, I also have a personal assistant in my car.

After thinking about it, I decided to go back to see Hu Xin alone, and the driver took the assistant to the airport.

I asked the assistant to go back to Hong Kong first, and got off the bus after reminding the assistant to reschedule the ticket for me.

I hailed a taxi and gave Hu's address as soon as I got in the car.

The car spent a lot of time on the road, and it was already half an hour later when we arrived at Hu's villa.

The taxi stopped outside the villa, and the gate was guarded by electronic eyes. I gave my name, and the other party said, "Please wait a moment."

I waited for a moment before the door opened.

I went in, and there was a servant waiting there, who saw me, greeted me, and led me to the main house.

Walking through the vestibule towards the main house, you pass the open garage.

I glanced at the garage: there was no Hu Qianyu's car in it.I thought: Hu Qianyu should not be at home.

I still seem a little afraid of Hu Qianyu, although I don't know why.

I retracted my gaze and continued to move forward, but in the next second, my eyes were uncontrollably fixed on the car at the far end of the garage——

Metallic, waxed spotless, black, Audi.

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I stared blankly at the car, and my mind went blank for a moment.

The maid called me several times before I came back to my senses, and she continued to lead me to the main house.

The door was opened for me, I went in, and saw a man sitting in the garden from a distance.

From a distance, I couldn't see the man's face clearly.When I walked into the garden, I realized that this person was indeed Hu Xin.

A woman who knows how to take care of herself like Hu Xin should be considered amazing.Her hair is meticulously combed, and there is no gray hair on her forehead.

Since I can remember Hu Xin, she has always seemed so graceful and luxurious, with gentleness hidden between her brows.

Hu Xin was drinking tea, looking at me, beckoning me to go over.I walked to the table and called out, "Aunt Hu."

She smiled and nodded: "Sit."

She narrowed her eyes slightly, looked at me, and then smiled again: "What do you want to drink?"

I sat down, "Coffee."

The servant quickly served a pot of coffee and poured a cup for me.

I stirred the coffee with a spoon, but didn't drink it, "Aunt Hu is looking for me, what's the matter?"

After a pause, I added, "I still have to catch the plane to Hong Kong at 7 o'clock in the evening."

Hearing this, her smile froze for a moment, but soon recovered.

"I also just came back from Switzerland a few days ago, and I just heard about your return to China. How about it, zero, are you still used to life in China?" Hu Xin deliberately ignored the impatience in my words just now, and smiled at me.

I thought about it: "Although I haven't been back for so many years, I grew up in China after all. Don't worry, Aunt Hu, I'm quite used to life in China."

There was something in my words, and Hu Xin could hear it naturally, the movement of drinking tea was imperceptibly stagnant.

She put down the teacup, "At that time, Qian Yu said that you were working as a secretary in Hengsheng, and that he would bring you to Switzerland for me to meet. Unfortunately, I have been looking forward to Switzerland for a long time, but you did not come. Qian Yu said that you are very busy, I also blame him for giving you so much work. If you are busy, you should also pay attention to your body and walk around from time to time."

Her mention of "walking around" made me think of the car in the garage.

So, he asked side-by-side: "Walking around? I went back to Wuxi recently to visit my parents' graves."

She smiled gracefully: "Oh? Really? That's good. You haven't gone back to see your parents for a long time."

I took a deep breath, she beat me around like this, but I didn't want to play with her anymore: "Aunt Hu? Do you know David Yang?"

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She was visibly taken aback.

Hu Xin, a person who is used to hiding her secrets, can make me feel her emotions clearly at this time, which shows how much my question shocked her.

I waited with bated breath for her answer.

Hu Xin looked up at me slowly, and carefully studied my expression, "What did Qian Yu tell you?"

This time, it was my turn to be stunned.

What did Hu Qianyu tell me, who is David Yang, and what does it matter?
I ignored the doubt in my heart: "When I went to visit my parents' grave, I saw flowers sent by someone. The signature on the card was David Yang. I thought, this person might be a friend of my parents. Don't know this person."

"Oh? When did it happen?" She seemed to be vigilant, and her eyes changed.

I thought about it and didn't rush to answer.

Afraid she would guess something.

I didn't intend to tell her the truth, and changed my words: "I don't know the exact time. When I went to visit the grave, the bouquet of flowers had withered. The administrator there was about to dispose of the bouquet of flowers, and I happened to see the bouquet of flowers. the card in it."

I couldn't see if she was relieved.

She smiled and softened her eyes: "Your parents have a lot of friends, Aunt Hu can't possibly know all of them. By the way, it's zero. You can stay here at night. I'll send you back to Hong Kong by plane tomorrow. There will be no delay. "

After a pause, she said again: "I will ask Qian Yu to come back for dinner. After all, we haven't had dinner at the same table for a long time."

"Aunt Hu just came back to have a meal with me?" I asked with a smile, and then restrained my smile, "Aunt Hu, you also know that I just took over as the manager of Hong Kong Universal this morning. With the current relationship between Universal and Hengsheng, It is inconvenient for me to meet Hu Qianyu."

Finally, Hu Xin's smile could no longer be maintained.

She winked at the servant next to her, and the servant quickly backed away.

It's just the two of us here and now.

"Zero, you are giving Aunt Hu a problem. Are you asking me to tell me: either, I will tell you the real purpose of my meeting with you, or you will leave and refuse to have a meal with me? "

I default.

"You have really grown up and become sophisticated." She seemed to be sighing.

I smiled at her.

Hu Xin stroked her unruly hair, "The purpose of my bringing you back is very simple: don't deal with Hengsheng."

"Aunt Hu, you may have misunderstood me. I just found a job at Universal, and Universal happens to be Hengsheng's rival company, that's all."

She tugged at the corner of her mouth and laughed a little, "Zero, Aunt Hu is not old-fashioned yet. It's useless to fool me like this."

The mother and son reacted exactly the same to me.

I still remember, at that time, I said to Hu Qianyu, "I just found a job. And this job just happens to be in Hengsheng." Hu Qianyu's reaction.And at this moment, Hu Xin is also like this, laughing, a low, ambiguous smile.

"Why are you not satisfied? The Hengsheng shares you own now are enough for your lifetime luxury. Hengsheng is an empire built by your father himself. As a daughter, you should not hit Hengsheng so cruelly."

"Cruel?" I asked back, raising my eyebrows, "It's Universal who wants to deal with Hengsheng, and I'm just an accomplice at best."

What's more, my cruelty is nothing compared to Hu Xin's wrist.

"Zero, don't think you're smart," Hu Xin adjusted his breathing, "In the end, you will be harming yourself."

I laughed, this time, it was finally my turn to laugh like this: "I want to ask, what did I do to make you so afraid, Aunt Hu?"

"Open the skylight and speak plainly? If so, I'll just say it."

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"I don't care how you make things difficult for Hengsheng in Hong Kong. Hengsheng's European branch has some problems recently. Because of the economic downturn, we have to lay off employees and negotiate with the labor union. The negotiation was good, but in the middle , the trade union unilaterally announced the breakdown of the negotiations, which caused our Hengsheng to be boycotted by the European Federation of Trade Unions."

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"And as far as I know, you've rigged it."

I frowned: How could Hu Xin know about this?
I'm so speechless.

During the silence, Hu Xin's tense tone eased: "Okay, stop talking."

Hu Xin amnesty to the world, "forgive" me:

"Zero, Aunt Hu has always wanted to treat you like her own daughter. It's a pity that many things are beyond her control, and now she has to tear her face. Aunt Hu is very sorry for this."

"Aunt Hu, I think I'm not going to eat this meal." I stood up and pulled back my mind from the tension just now, "If you really cherish me like a daughter, things will never change into what it is now."

After finishing speaking, I wanted to leave, but Hu Xin didn't stop me.

When I reached the exit of the garden, Hu Xin stopped me from a distance: "It's hard to get a taxi here, I'll send you a car to take you to the airport."

I didn't look back: "Thank you, Aunt Hu." After speaking, I continued on my way.

(End of this chapter)