20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3614 Zhao Chang'an finally sorted things out

On the first day, Zhao Chang'an had a meal with Pei Xuezhe, Qian Mingjian and others, and then did not meet with them again. They did not even visit the headquarters of Nanostar City or the best-performing securities investment company.

Zhao Chang'an had previously considered at least going to visit and encourage the employees, but when he picked them up at the airport, he saw that Xia Wenzhuo now had absolute control over the entire One Nano Star City headquarters.

If he were to go there, Xia Wenzhuo would become his subordinate, which would not be conducive to Xia Wenzhuo's establishment of authority here.

Therefore, he shook his head and refused Xia Wenzhuo's suggestion to inspect the company. He simply asked his secretary, Wei Xuena, to contact Yang Yixin and arrange for the employees who came this time to visit the company, as a form of interaction.

Xia Wenzhuo also put aside everything he was doing, spending his days shopping, enjoying food, and strolling on the beach with Zhao Chang'an, and his nights working tirelessly in bed.

This was the longest time the two of them had spent together alone in both their past and present lives. It was also the promise Zhao Chang'an had made to Xia Wenzhuo that he would not do anything during this trip to Xingcheng but would simply spend time with her.

Looking at Xia Wenzhuo's happy smile and her sweet, deep sleep in his arms at night, Zhao Chang'an felt that his decision was right. The pressure on this little woman's body and heart was far heavier than her calm and collected appearance suggested.

Moreover, Zhao Chang'an finally learned more about things that were previously unknown.

Back then, to express his gratitude to the construction site staff, Lu Xiaotian would often send them various gifts after defeating his opponents, and he also became familiar with the people on the site.

He brought some people into the construction site, and these people later became the core team of Tianyue Construction. When the First Construction team left the mainland, Lu Xiaotian gave Zhao Shubin, Xia Wenyang, and Yin Wenxi each a gold nugget weighing about one kilogram as a gift.

At the time, Lu Xiaotian famously said that this was a private gift for the three of them, and if it was to be reported or handed over, then they didn't need to take it. Zhao Shubin, on the other hand, said that the country was in difficulty, and he still hoped to hand over the gold nugget to the country in exchange for foreign exchange.

Zhao Chang'an suspected that it was from this moment that Yin Wenxi and Xia Wenyang began to have a lot of opinions about their father, and the two of them naturally came together.

Then Lu Xiaotian took back the three gold nuggets, saying he was just testing them, but he actually had prepared gifts for them, though they weren't ready yet.

When he left, Lu Xiaotian commissioned a bronze sculpture of Chinese and African construction workers holding hands and raising plastering knives, which he then presented to the First Construction Company.

The bronze statue was hollow inside, which is why the gold encased in bronze was heavier.

Based on the approximate weight of the three nuggets after refining, Lu Xiaotian used three kilograms of gold to create this bronze statue.

At that time, the price of gold in China was 55 yuan per gram, and the monthly salary of a first-level construction worker was about 160 yuan.

The three kilograms of gold were worth 16.5 yuan, equivalent to an ordinary worker's salary for 86 years. After returning to China, Xia Wenyang and Yin Wenxi secretly switched the gold with gold, and the bronze statue is still in the general manager's office of the First Construction Company.

It simply became a real bronze statue.

Afterwards, the gold that was divided equally was secretly used by Peng Huijun to make jewelry, while Xia Wenyang secretly cashed it out and opened the Qiaojiashan Brick and Tile Factory.

This also resolved Zhao Chang'an's long-standing question: where did Xia Wenyang get his first pot of gold?
Before competing with his father for the position of general manager of the First Construction Company, Xia Wenyang could only embezzle a limited amount, because he couldn't bypass Yin Wenxi, who was in charge above him, as well as the factory's accountant, cashier, and the person in charge of each department.

If he were to embezzle a hundred yuan, he would have to give at least seventy or eighty yuan to these people. Besides, at the time he was just the factory manager of the precast concrete plant. The procurement department was responsible for purchasing materials such as cement, sand, steel bars, and gravel, as well as various tools such as mixers. He simply didn't have the right to embezzle. Even if he wanted to, there was nowhere for him to do so.

Xia Wenyang started his business by persuading Yin Wenxi to purchase large quantities of red bricks from the Qiaojiashan Brick and Tile Factory, thus accumulating capital.

But the question is, where did he get the money to build this brick and tile factory before this?

Zhao Chang'an could say that one-third of Peng Huijun's gold jewelry was from his family, and that Xia Wenyang's Qiaojiashan Brick and Tile Factory should have one-third of his family's shares.

While this may seem a bit illogical, it's not entirely without merit.

The death of Shang Qingqing's lover, Zhou Xiaowu, also helped Zhao Chang'an understand why he had always felt that Shang Qingqing's gaze towards him was somewhat strange, complex, and cold.

If her father hadn't agreed to let Lu Feifei temporarily hide at the construction site, perhaps Zhou Xiaowu, Shang Qingqing, and Lu Feifei would all have died, but it's also possible they wouldn't have.

Women, you shouldn't expect them to reason with you.

It seems that Lu Feifei understood this principle as she grew up, which is why she never took the initiative to come to Shancheng to see her pen pal, Zhao Chang'an.

I'm afraid of reopening old wounds.

In Zhao Chang'an's previous life, the Lu family and Lu Feifei simply avoided discussing the past and let it go.

Of course, Lu Feifei didn't completely avoid him. She was admitted to Suzhou University, fulfilling the promise she made to her pen pal, Zhao Chang'an, in their letters.

They both loved that poem: "The moon sets, crows caw, frost fills the sky; River maples and fishing lights reflect my sorrowful sleep. Outside Suzhou city, at Hanshan Temple, The midnight bell tolls to the traveler's boat."

However, Zhao Chang'an broke the agreement and went to Muye Technical College, while Yin Wan was admitted to Suzhou University and became a classmate of Lu Feifei.

Either the two had no connection, or they had; in Yin Wan's words, Zhao Chang'an and his son had become heinous criminals.

Having untangled these two issues, especially the mystery surrounding the Lu family, Zhao Chang'an felt much more at ease. He had never been surprised by what the Lu family had done with domestic industries like Tianyue Future, because the Lu family's history of accumulating wealth was one of shamelessness and cunning. Talking about morality, sentiment, and contractual spirit to a bunch of scoundrels was a joke.

However, when it comes to personal integrity, the Lu family members are all quite decent. For example, when Jurassic was first established, Lu Feifei offered to invest money to help Zhao Chang'an, while Ye Zi offered to invest money to take control, which was to plunder Jurassic.

When One Nano withdrew from Tianyue Future, Qi Daolong, because of Qi Xiu and Tang Shuang, did not make things difficult for Zhao Chang'an and gave him a premium share of 20 million to acquire it. Lu Xiaotian also agreed without objection.

At this moment, Zhao Chang'an and Xia Wenzhuo were sitting in a coffee shop. Seeing the look of realization on Zhao Chang'an's face, Xia Wenzhuo knew that he had figured out the whole story.

He lowered his head, took a sip of coffee, and asked Zhao Chang'an, "Lu Feifei and Lu Tanhua are in Xingcheng. Do you want to see them?"