Gold Investor

Chapter 74 Hostile Takeover (3)
There are a large number of people present here, and under Cao Bohua's suggestion, the table immediately "bombed with wine", setting off waves of climaxes.Even Tong Xiaozhi, the only lady, was not spared. Encouraged by everyone, she held up the wine glass to toast one by one.

The first person Tong Xiaozhi respected was Su Hao. She said politely, "I've always heard about Mr. Su's name, but I never met him."

Ever since he saw Tong Xiaozhi, Su Hao had a feeling of deja vu. Hearing her voice again, he felt more and more familiar.After refreshingly finishing the drink in the glass, he finally couldn't help asking: "Miss Tong, have we met before?"

Tong Xiaozhi nodded and said, "Actually, I also think Mr. Su is very familiar, but I was too embarrassed to say it at first."

"If you say that, we must have met before." Su Hao put down his wine glass, looked at Tong Xiaozhi, and searched hard in his mind.

"Oh, I remember." The two said almost at the same time.Tong Xiaozhi asked: "Is it in Binhai Grand Theater?" Su Hao nodded with a smile: "That's right, it's there."

More than half a year ago, the Tang and Song famous music recitals, which enjoyed a high reputation in the domestic art circle, came to Binhai for a tour.Su Hao, who is keen on classical literature, of course would not miss this opportunity, so he booked the tickets early.On the night of the performance, sitting next to him was a sweet and charming woman.

When the artist on the stage finished reciting the Qijue "Liangzhou Ci" written by Tang Dynasty Wang Zhihuan, Su Hao applauded and couldn't help asking the woman sitting next to him: "Did he just recite 'Yellow River is far above the white clouds' or 'Huangsha is far away Between the white clouds'?"

The woman replied: "It's 'Yellow sand far above the white clouds'."

Su Hao said "Oh", and the woman continued: "The original text of this poem has always been controversial. Some people think it's 'the Yellow River goes up to the white clouds', and some people think it's 'the yellow sand goes straight up to the white clouds', there are two different versions You can’t say anything wrong. However, once you use “yellow sand” in the front, you should use “straight up” instead of “far up” in the back. Just now on the stage, it was pronounced as “the yellow sand is far above the white clouds”, probably a slip of the tongue.”

Su Hao was quite surprised. He didn't expect a young woman to have a lot of knowledge in Tang poetry.Originally, I wanted to chat with the other party for a few words, but another piece of work was recited on the stage, so I had to stop talking.

After the reading was over, Su Hao stepped out of the theater and got a cup of coffee at the retail store in the aisle.When it was time to pay, I found that the purse was full of bank cards, and there was no cash.At this moment, the driver went to the garage to drive again. Su Hao who couldn't pay the bill was quite embarrassed.It happened that the woman passed by, and when she saw this, she offered to pay for Su Hao's relief.Su Haolian said thanks, and asked the other party to leave his contact information, and return the money later.The woman smiled and said that there is no need to worry about the tens of dollars.

This woman is Tong Xiaozhi.I didn't expect to see each other in a hurry, but today we meet again!
"This is called a predestined person." After listening to Su Hao's narration, Cao Bohua said with a smile, "Old Su, I don't think you need to pay back the money you owe Miss Tong. I really want to thank you and toast him with a few glasses of wine. "

"That's for sure." Su Hao raised his wine glass again, and said to Tong Xiaozhi, "Thank you for helping me out."

"It's just a small matter. If I hadn't been lucky, how could I have been owed money by a big boss like Mr. Su?" Tong Xiaozhi's answer was both decent and humorous.

"Miss Tong, do you also like Tang and Song classics?" Su Hao asked.

Tong Xiaozhi said: "My father is a fan of Tang poetry. He even wrote a book on Tang poetry at home, but it has never been published. I was also influenced by it when I was young."

"They're all elegant." Cao Zhonghua interjected, "I usually like to be arty, but I'm far behind you. When the recitation came to the Binhai tour, I had booked tickets before, and I had something to do so I didn't go. Really? As obsessed as you are, you can turn off everything."

Cao Zhonghua added: "I know that among the Tang and Song dynasties, Mr. Su is the only one who favors Su Dongpo. His obsession with Su Dongpo is beyond comparison to ordinary people."

"Miss Tong, do you like Su Dongpo?" When meeting a like-minded person who loves poetry, Su Hao will inevitably exchange his views on Su Dongpo with him.

Tong Xiaozhi paused for a moment before saying, "It's okay."

Su Hao smiled and said, "It looks like you didn't speak the truth. We are an exchange between literary friends, you can say whatever you want."

Tong Xiaozhi said: "Among the Tang and Song dynasties, Su Shi's literary attainments are of course outstanding. But there are many people who are as talented as him. There are many people who like Su Shi in later generations, and even because of their own likes and dislikes, they also dislike Su Shi's many flaws." Turn a blind eye."

"What flaws does Su Dongpo have?" Su Hao asked.

Tong Xiaozhi said: "Su Shi has a romantic nature, that's all, the key is that he is quite unfeeling to his concubines. Whenever he is demoted, he will give away all the concubines around him, not keeping any of them."

As a fan of Su Dongpo, Su Hao naturally wanted to defend his idol: "What you said is indeed the truth, but Su Dongpo also had unavoidable difficulties. After being demoted, he was displaced and he couldn't take care of himself. How can he take care of his concubine?"

Tong Xiaozhi said: "Ordinary concubines are fine. It is too unreasonable to give away those concubines who are already pregnant. So much so that later, many sons of Su Shi appeared, all claiming to be the concubines given away by Su Shi." Born."

"The woman sleeps by herself, and the son is raised by someone else. Damn it, Su Shi lived a comfortable life." Cao Bohua slammed such a sentence on an originally elegant occasion, which made people laugh and cry.

Cao Bohua went on to say: "Although I don't study much, I don't think I should be strict with the ancients in terms of life style. Men have been superior to women for thousands of years. Men are romantic and occasionally a little bit dirty. As long as they don't act low, I don't think it's a big problem."

"Brother makes sense." Cao Zhonghua echoed, "Which of those great talents is not a group of wives and concubines. I won't mention Li Bai's unrestrained behavior. It is said that Bai Juyi, who is known as a well-behaved man, wrote poems in his early years to recall the time when he was in Chang'an brothel. The situation. How that poem was written, I forgot for a moment."

Su Hao, who is well-educated, immediately gave the answer: "It was written by Bai Juyi, "Happy Meeting Xiao Jiuche in the South of the Yangtze River, and Giving Fifty Rhymes for Chang'an Old Games". In the poem, it is written: Go back to the deep courtyard together, and enter the bridal chamber separately. The colorful curtain opens Emerald, Luo recommends the mandarin ducks. Staying overnight competes for the sleeves, sleeps each occupying the bed. The green window cages the water shadow, the red wall backs the light. The mirror gathers the flowers, and invites people to untie the crotch. Dark make-up smiles, whispers lip-smacking Fragrant. Afraid to listen to the bells and sit, ashamed to reflect the man's possession." This is a long poem, and Su Hao recited the most fragrant part of it at his fingertips.

Bai Juyi's poems are famous for being easy to understand. It is said that after he finished writing his poems, he would read them to the old ladies in the alley until the old ladies who were illiterate could understand them roughly before publishing them.Sure enough, the kung fu of a generation of poetic demons is not in vain. Even if it spans a thousand years, Cao Bohua, who is not well educated, can still understand the meaning of this poem when he hears it.What "invite people to untie the crotch" and "whisper the fragrance of mouth", such simple words and sentences made Cao Bohua laugh from ear to ear.

"Good poetry, good poetry!" Cao Bohua praised, "It's too unpleasant to visit a kiln, so it's called 'separate into the bridal chamber', which is both elegant and close. There is also the sentence, 'I'm afraid to sit while listening to the bell', if the time is too short, Wouldn’t it be enough to add the clock? I just don’t know if brothels in the Tang Dynasty look like today’s massage parlors, did you add the clock?”

As soon as this remark came out, the table burst into laughter.After all, Tong Xiaozhi is a girl, so she held back her laughter, but continued: "I think Su Shi still has one flaw, that is, he is too arrogant."

Su Hao shook his head: "Talented people are arrogant, I don't think this can be regarded as a defect."

Tong Xiaozhi said: "Maybe there is nothing wrong with arrogance, but you can't rely on belittling others to elevate yourself. In the middle school Chinese textbook, Su Shi's "The Story of Shizhong Mountain" is included. In terms of writing, it is indeed a masterpiece. Unfortunately, the last two sentences What a failure."

"You mean the sentence 'Gai sighs at Li Yuanzhi's simplicity, but laughs at Li Bo's ugliness'?" Maybe because "The Story of Shizhong Mountain" was selected into the textbook, many people have the impression, and Yu Fei, who had been silent for a long time, also asked. .

"Yes." Tong Xiaozhi said, "Shizhong Mountain is located at the mouth of the lake in Jiangxi. The outside world believes that it got its name because the mountain emits bells. Regarding this natural phenomenon, Li Daoyuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty and Li Bo of the Tang Dynasty have made Explanation. Su Shi was very skeptical about what the two said, so he decided to investigate in person. So on a moonlit night, he took his son Su Mai in a small boat, haunting the cliffs and deep pools, and conducted serious on-the-spot investigations. Later, He believed that he had solved the thousand-year-old mystery and found the real reason for the "bells" of Shizhong Mountain, so he pretended to write "The Story of Shizhong Mountain", criticizing Li Daoyuan for his simple investigation and ridiculing Li Bo's theory for being too crude."

Su Hao is naturally familiar with such famous stories as "The Tale of Stone Zhongshan". Listening to Tong Xiaozhi's description, the beautiful scene and Su Dongpo's skill of writing dragons and snakes can't help appearing in his mind - to Mo Yeyue In the Ming Dynasty, Du and Mai took a small boat to the bottom of the cliff.The boulders stand thousands of feet on the side, like beasts and strange ghosts, and they are eager to fight people; while the falcons on the mountains will be startled when they hear the sound of people, and they will fly into the sky; and also.Yu Fang was eager to return, so he uttered loudly on the water, screaming like a bell and drum.

I only heard Tong Xiaozhi continue to say: "It's a pity that later generations discovered that Su Shi's conclusion at the time was incorrect. He even said that he visited the mountain in June, when the water was rising, and he didn't see the whole picture."

Tong Xiaozhi also said: "Su Shi pointed out in "The Story of Shizhong Mountain" that it is okay to make assumptions about things without seeing or hearing them? This spirit of seeking truth from facts is of course correct. No matter what the final result is, it is important to be able to visit the site in person. It is worth advocating. However, it is too arrogant to demean the predecessors to be worthless, and to say "sigh Li Yuan's simplicity, but laugh at Li Bo's ugliness". Besides, Su Shi himself is not the same as Li Daoyuan and Li Bo. Didn't know the real situation."

"That's right." Cao Zhonghua clapped his hands, "Because this is an article in textbooks, and it is often tested in papers. I remember there was a multiple-choice question, which asked how to treat Su Shi himself. I made a mistake. I chose it. The answer is: Laugh at Su Shi like you mocked Li Daoyuan and Li Bo. The result is nothing, and the correct option is: learn from Su Shi’s spirit of exploration.”

Cao Zhonghua's grades were mediocre, and he was angry when he talked about the exam: "I saw that the head of the person who asked the question was caught by the door. There is a good saying, an eye for an eye, an eye for an eye, Su Shi can laugh at others, why can't I laugh at him?" You? Still going to learn the spirit of exploration, it's nonsense."

Over the years, with his respected status, Su Hao has not heard any harsh words.Some so-called experts, scholars and masters of Chinese studies, after learning that Su Hao loves Su Dongpo, even deliberately flattered them, saying that anyone who doesn't like Su Shi has no style.Unexpectedly, today, Tong Xiaozhi threw out another argument.

Su Hao couldn't fully agree with Tong Xiaozhi's words, but he was surprised that a little girl had such insight.He didn't refute anymore, but cast a ray of approval.

"Li Bai can write hundreds of poems only when he fights wine. Let's just talk about poetry and songs, and we won't be able to delay our business." Cao Bohua was yelling and drinking again, and everyone was very interested and responded one after another.

After drinking for a while, Tong Xiaozhi got up and went to the bathroom.Taking advantage of the wine, Cao Zhonghua patted Yu Fei on the shoulder and teased, "Your female assistant is good-looking and talented. Is she your girlfriend?"

Yu Fei changed the topic: "The TV in the private room has been broadcasting a football match. Which game is this? Is it live or recorded?"

"I'm asking about the small ball, don't get involved with the big ball." Cao Zhonghua seemed very interested in asking about Yu Fei's privacy.

Yu Fei stared at the TV screen, still avoiding answering: "This football was played well. Concentrate on watching the football, why talk so much useless?"

"I understand." Cao Zhonghua laughed loudly, "Do you often watch ball games with Tong Meili in the middle of the night?"

"How do you know? Even if my girlfriend and I watch the ball, what's the matter?" Yu Fei chuckled.

Seeing that Yu Fei didn't mind, Cao Zhonghua said without any scruples: "I advise you to watch the ball with your girlfriend less. They are so excited to watch, they insist on pulling you to shoot tonight, and then they will have to test you La."

"It's simple." Cao Bohua interjected, "Brother Yu can push it away and shout, "You know how to play ball. Shooting at your own goal is considered a loss, but shooting at someone else's goal is great!"

Cao Bohua didn't talk much, but every sentence could hit a point of laughter, and the tea in Yu Fei's mouth couldn't help but spit out.Su Hao cared about picking up the vegetables, but he didn't smile. There was even a trace of regret in his heart.

At this time, Cao Bohua's cell phone rang.He took out his mobile phone and saw the calling number, his face slightly startled.Cao Bohua walked out of the private room quickly, and swiped the answer button: "Mr. Wang, hello!"

Wang Cheng's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Bo Hua, thanks to you, I'm fine for now."

Of course, Cao Bohua understood the implication of these words, and he continued to laugh: "Europe is not bad, when are you coming back? It's still noon in England right now?"

"What noon?" Wang Cheng said, "It's the same as where you are standing. When the lights are on, the night is more beautiful."

"What do you mean? You're not in England?" Cao Bohua asked.

Wang Cheng said: "I went back to China yesterday, and I'm in the office in Binhai. Let's meet tomorrow morning."

Cao Bohua knew that his matter would not be hidden for long, but he did not expect that Wang Cheng had already returned to the country.He didn't want to see Wang Cheng, or that there was nothing to talk about when the two met, so he could only lie casually: "Tomorrow, I won't be in Binhai tomorrow. I'm on a business trip in Shanghai now, and I can't make it back tomorrow."

Wang Cheng sneered: "Why? Now I want to see you, but I can't do it anymore?"

"What are you talking about!" Cao Bohua said, "I'm really on a business trip and I can't make it back. I'll ask Zhonghua to come over tomorrow morning. If you need anything, just tell him."

"Okay." Wang Cheng hung up the phone.

4 The bigger the stage, the bigger the risk
Wang Cheng's office is located on the 28th floor of Qiancheng Building in the center of Binhai.Push the door in, and outside the huge floor-to-ceiling glass windows, you can have a panoramic view of Marina Bay, where dozens of skyscrapers together divide the iconic skyline of Marina Bay.

For many years, Wang Cheng has been a legend in the business world.Regarding his office, the outside world has been circulating two completely different versions.Some people say that Wang Cheng's office is so big that it looks like a maze.It is also said that Wang Cheng's office is very small, only less than 20 square meters.In fact, both statements are correct.

The entire 28th floor of Qiancheng Building is Wang Cheng's exclusive office floor, where offices, lounges, small meeting rooms, and restaurants are all available.Unless accompanied by specific security personnel to swipe the code card, the elevator cannot be reached at all.There are also five doors on this floor, separating many areas.Many visitors who went to see Wang Cheng hadn't met anyone yet, but just saw the size of the office, and their hearts began to tremble.

Wang Cheng's usual office is located at the end of the floor, with an area of ​​only 18 square meters.The furnishings inside are like a western-style bar, except for the office desk and chairs, there is a table for playing bridge, and there are a few photos of Wang Cheng and his family on the wall, which is not extravagant, but rather warm.There is not even a computer on the desk, and the telephone is the most visible technological invention of modern times.Wang Cheng said that all he needs are paper documents and phone calls, and as for emails or various electronic documents, they are all handled by his subordinates.

In the small office, there is also a TV.In recent years, Wang Cheng has been studying English hard, and he can watch various programs from CNN, BBC and other channels on TV.As a sports enthusiast, he also ordered his subordinates to ensure that the first channel they see is ESPN sports live broadcast whenever they turn on the TV.

Cao Zhonghua had been to Wang Cheng's office several times, and when they met today, he still bent down and held each other with both hands, with a respectful look.Wang Cheng took out a bottle of mineral water from the refrigerator, handed it to the other party, and asked, "How are you doing?"

Cao Zhonghua didn't know what Wang Cheng was asking, so he looked confused.Wang Cheng smiled and said, "I didn't ask about business matters, but how are you doing?"

Cao Zhonghua nodded and replied, "It's okay."

(End of this chapter)