King of Capital

On New Year's Eve 2020, Xie Jingxing went on a date again.

Watching a concert at the Shanghai Convention and Exhibition Center. The singer was the folk band 'Landlord's Cat'.

There were not many audience members, and the guest singers came on stage to create the best atmosphere, but after that it became a bit boring.

"Are you tired? Do you want to drink some water?" Xiao Zhou was not interested in watching the fireworks.

Xie Jing Xing reluctantly sang along with the audience for a few songs but still felt quite bored: "It was obviously you who booked the ticket."

"There's only one concert in Shanghai tonight. Any singer with a little fame would get invited to perform at a New Year's Eve party," Xiao Zhou said confidently with a pout.

"Okay, my bad."

Xie Jing Xing immediately apologized with a smile, and coaxed with a flirtatious tone: "Let's go watch the fireworks, and the night sky of Disney will light up for you."

"Shit, you'll just say nice things to me."

Student Xiao Zhou was unhappy and secretly hated himself for being so naive to believe in the unparalleled reputation of the young marshal. In fact, he was a mentally ill patient with split personality.

On the one hand, he seemed to be harassing and teasing her frequently, but he was just talking nonsense, while on the other hand, he was giving the resources to others.

A well-known young actress who has become extremely popular in the entertainment industry in the past two years is currently singing with G.E.M. Deng at the Shanghai New Year's Eve party. Her fans are not ashamed of it but proud of it. They nicknamed her "Princess" - gossip rumours say that she is the cousin of Song Anli, chairman of Xiaoma Pentium.

It was weird. When Xiao Zhou thought about the fact that the total screen time for the dramas he had acted in over the past two years was less than half an hour, he became more and more angry and decided to buy out his agency contract and leave.

She is already twenty-two years old, no longer an eighteen-year-old girl!
This year she must at least have the leading role in a TV drama that is broadcast on TV, be a regular on a variety show, and play the leading roles in two S-level web dramas, otherwise that damn scumbag will never be able to expect her to change his mind.

"How about next year? You know, you are always the one I am most optimistic about."

"No way. Count how many years you have been fooling me with this nonsense. I'm going to expose you."

"Expose me what?"

"It's revealed that you've been married for a long time and have three sons and a daughter!"

"Oh, by the way, Xiaoman cried when you didn't answer the video call she made last week. She really likes playing with you."

"Why don't you just die? I still want to play with your daughter?!"

Classmate Xiao Zhou was furious, but Xie Jingxing was indifferent and perfunctorily said that it was really difficult to invest in film and television dramas this year.

The two of them left the venue early after a quarrel, and happened to meet the guest performer outside the venue. It was dark and I couldn't see clearly what was going on, but I heard that their conversation was roughly about confirming each other's documents and plane tickets.

This is a folk band from Taiwan. We will fly back soon. It seems that there are temporary changes in the entry and exit management in the past few days.

Ignoring the insignificant episode, Xie Jingxing and the others drove to the Magic City Disneyland. On New Year's Eve, the traffic was extremely dense and congested, but after arriving at the park, the road was deserted.

"There are many princesses coming to Disney every day, but tonight you are the only one."

The puppets played by the staff stood at the door to greet them. Xie Jingxing lowered the car window and took over a dazzling crown inlaid with gemstones. He handed it to the co-pilot with one hand and counted down: "5, 4, 3, 2, 1."

The night sky suddenly lit up with fireworks in full swing, and the drone swarms changed under the fireworks, drawing classic Disney doll images.

The 22-year-old girl held the crown in both hands, her eyes slightly moist, and she pursed her lips as she looked out the window. The gate of the park slowly opened.

The car drove into the illuminated dreamland until it stopped at the best fireworks viewing area. Fresh petals floated in the sky like rain and fell all over the ground.

She held the crown in her hand and looked up in a daze, the time numbers ticking back to zero.

"Happy New Year." Xie Jingxing snapped his fingers.

At this moment, nameless faces light up on the large LED screens in the city’s core business districts.

Farmers, couriers, food delivery riders, online car-hailing drivers, large model algorithm engineers...

"you……"

"Happy New Year, Sister Xiao Zhou!"

"Uh."

Xie Jingxing looked at little Xie Yun, who was running towards him with her hands tied together and giggling. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly and he was speechless for a moment.

The defensive midfielder had probably been pinched bruises, but he showed a standard smile as if he was unaware of it, with an unmistakable calm and composed demeanor of a big boss.

"Happy New Year."

Yu Tong appeared with a smile on his face. He greeted Xiao Zhou and helped him straighten his messy clothes. "Manman heard that you were here and insisted on coming."

"It's just perfect, let's celebrate the New Year together!"

Xie Jing Xing nodded casually, his eyes cast towards the fireworks show that was still going on in the night sky.

Booking the night at Disneyland on New Year's Eve is not a matter of money. Jingxing Group and the Shanghai Cultural Department jointly organized a public welfare cultural promotion event, so except for the crown, everything else is public.

This event had been prepared for a long time, and Yu Tong had long known that he disliked the noise and didn't want to come, so Xie Jingxing...

"Have fun."

She hugged Xie Jingxing and kissed his cheek: "Don't work too hard."

"it is good."

"Bye, Dad. Goodbye, Sister Xiao Zhou. Please answer my call. Mom won't let me play with my phone too much."

Little Xie Yun reluctantly told how difficult it was to call her beloved sister every time. She turned around and walked a short distance away, then asked pitifully, "Mom, why can't Dad go home with us?"

"Because your father works very hard, he has to celebrate the New Year with many people."

Yu Tong held his daughter's hand, and the phone in his pocket kept vibrating. Discussions about a place name in various biomedical professional group chats were refreshed in real time.

"Xie Jingxing, I won't live any longer, you've embarrassed me to death!"

"Ma'am, do you need artificial respiration? I'm a professional."

"Can you please stop being such a bitch? I'm really angry."

"There's something even more annoying. She's finished her show and will come over later."

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The next day, January 2020, 1.

Yunhe Logistics Company held its year-end meeting in a unique online video conference format, with tens of thousands of front-line employees participating.

The company's chairman, Xie Jingxing, presided over the meeting and opened it with last night's public welfare promotion activities, paying tribute to all grassroots employees. A sharp-eyed employee discovered that the chairman seemed to have a wound on his neck.

"That woman must have been busy last night!"

"Haven't you heard the saying that the rich brother suffers? I tell you, he can't relax even if he wants to. How can it be scratched? It's obviously being bitten."

"Hey, anyway, it has something to do with women. Our Young Master Xie has been a playboy for many years."

"You know what? We've never held an annual meeting like this before. They even paid tribute to us in a very decent way. Is there some explanation?"

"What can I say? I heard that the company is going to go public. Young man, just remember that when your boss treats you well, it means he wants you to work hard for him!"

"Stop talking nonsense and get to work. These two cars are full of precision medical equipment. Be careful not to bump into them."

The foreman stamped out his cigarette butt and shouted in a sweary voice, saying whatever came to his mind: "The company leaders are coming downstairs to inspect in the next few days. Don't come to me to ask for leave before the New Year's Eve. I won't approve it!"

"In previous years, I let you go home early because it was a favor. If anyone dares to offend me this time, don't blame me for punishing him."

As he walked by, he heard some employees complaining angrily and spitting vulgarly: "You are comparing yourself with JD.com, so why don't you go to work for JD.com?" "Who just said that the company is good to you in order to make you work hard? I like to hear that! You all signed labor contracts directly with the company, with five insurances and one fund, and the company also provides additional medical insurance for your family members. Which of the salary and benefits is not the best?
"Whoever wants to compete with those old farmers who work on the farm for half a year and then go to the city to work for half a year, just go home now to celebrate the New Year and don't come back!" The foreman scolded so arrogantly that everyone in the audience was ashamed and no one said a word.

Precision medical equipment, masks, protective clothing, alcohol disinfectants and larger quantities of raw materials are transported into warehouses day and night.

In the chairman's office, which is invisible to grassroots employees, Xie Jingxing signed the company's first board resolution of the new year - logistics supply chain finance, and overseas bulk commodity procurement, with a red mark on his neck.

The list of goods includes 217 items with a total value of 84 billion yuan.

"Hello, Huiling, this is Jingxing. Yes, I'm in urgent need of a batch of medical resources, from meltblown cloth to ventilators. If Chen Bingyao is willing to help, I owe him and his family a favor."

On January 1, the third update of the medical report was made. Xie Jingxing called Grab co-founder Chen Huiling and asked the Malay Red Blood Family to help buy Southeast Asian resources.

The next day, with the signature of the chairman, the general office of Xindani Group issued an internal notice that annual leave for all employees would not be approved, and masks and medical kits were distributed to employees. In the afternoon of the same day, the company was summoned for an explanation of the situation.

"Jingxing Group will not establish a second international business office outside of New York in North America within five years. This is just normal private business dealings. Come on, you will make at least several hundred million from me in the next five years. Don't tell me that Goldman Sachs has money that it dares not make."

On January 1, Neon released its first case notification, and Xie Jingxing called the other side of the ocean.

Pinduoduo, JD.com, Xindaer, and Yunshan Group have all set up global procurement teams, and the upgraded product catalogs include but are not limited to medical and agricultural products.

Buyers flew from South America to Europe, searching for sources of goods all over the world.

The next day was the Little New Year in the north.

The five listed companies and 5 enterprises under Xie Capital’s actual control have issued internal notices by the highest decision-making level of each company, suggesting that all employees stay where they are.

There was no interview this time. The crowdsourcing business volume of Yunhe Logistics has surged, and it is the only logistics company with all employees on the job as of today.

On January 1, Xie Jingxing received a call asking him to arrive in Beijing before 22 pm that day and sign in for the meeting.

"Don't waste time. I'll be back soon. Take the children to the island and have a good time for a few days. Don't quarrel with her. Take this opportunity to help the children bond."

"Why can't the waves pull you down?"

Yu Tong put down the suitcase filled with clothes and felt a sour feeling on her nose. Her professional knowledge told her that this was different from the stock market crash.

"Maybe I'm more handsome. Isn't Yu Nian also sticking to his post?" Xie Jingxing laughed at himself.

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January 1, New Year's Eve.

The middle-aged man pushed open the door in his weathered military coat. He pursed his cracked lips and lowered his bloodshot eyes to avoid the worried and expectant childish gazes.

"Who told you to come out? Go back to your room and close the door!"

The director was a skinny old lady. She shouted at the children to go back to their rooms, then walked down the stairs holding the rusty handrail, picked up the alcohol spray bottle on the wooden bench at the door and sprayed it at the middle-aged man.

"Please sit on the stool and take a rest. What was said on the official account has to evaporate." The old lady director was unkind.

The middle-aged man listened in silence for a long time, then spoke with difficulty, "Section Chief Huang really has no other choice. They are under great pressure from the Civil Affairs Department, and there is not a single grain of rice in the cafeteria. The goods that just came into the city this morning are given priority to the hospital. No one paid any attention to him even when he nodded, bowed, and knelt."

"The hospital is... difficult. The doctors and nurses are in more danger than us. Now that supplies can't come in, we have to take care of them."

The old lady's tone gradually lowered: "I heard that Xindahang has food. Why don't you ask them? If not, pay a little more money to buy it."

"Let me give it a try."

The middle-aged man came in without saying a word of thanks, but he was holding his phone in his hand so tightly that he couldn't lift it.

Most people think that Xin Da E is a food delivery company, but to the orphanage it looks like a high-end vegetable market.

The salesman had come to our door several times before, claiming that he supplied food raw materials to the canteens of hundreds of thousands of businesses, enterprises and institutions, and that after signing a long-term supply contract, we wouldn't have to worry about anything.

Everything was going well until the contract quotation was made, which turned out to be a complete rip-off.

He directly kicked the salesman out at that time. How could the hospital afford to pay at this time?

As a thoroughfare connecting nine provinces, people in this city have been proud of its transportation hub since ancient times, but now they are at a loss and have nowhere to turn to.

"Mr. Li, we bought it with our own money, so it would be enough if you could give us a little bit. We are all children and can't eat much..."

The middle-aged man finally made a call, standing with his feet bent and his hands humbly holding the phone steady.

Two hours later, a broken van rushed out of the night and stopped in the warm yellow light under the eaves of the old building.

"Ten bags of rice and one bag of flour, both weighing 50 kilograms. Vegetables are in short supply and we don't have enough transportation capacity to get them. I managed to grab a few cabbages. My colleague bought a few chickens from a farmer in the suburbs this morning, and there is one left here."

The young man wore a dirty cotton jacket over a cheap suit and dumped a box of Coke on the ground: "I brought this from home. Give it to the kids. I don't know if it's enough."

"That's all. You guys move in on your own. I have to get back to the office soon since I have limited time out."

He hurriedly took out his mobile phone, recorded a video, turned around and got in the car and left. The middle-aged man and the old lady stood in the cold wind, watching the broken van speed away.

The top person in charge of each region of the New DAE Group has the obligation and the need to open the storage center unconditionally and mobilize all mobile forces to cooperate with the administrative department in disaster relief.

——Young people are not clear about the specific meaning of the announcement posted on the company's internal office software, but they know very well that as long as they upload the rough video they just recorded, it will be a proof of no responsibility.

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【Yunhe Logistics】

At the highway intersection, Guan Linhui, president of Yunhe Logistics, stood on the side of the road, looking at the long convoy that seemed to have no end.

Except for the shipping fleet which can still operate continuously, all other modes of transportation are in but not out. Xinda E has sent in 10,000 deliverymen, Didi and Huolala have sent in more than 5,000 people, and now it is his turn.

"Enter the city."

His words were a little muffled by the mask: "Lao Yu, please take good care of the employees."

"Fuck it, I finally figured it out. He's taking the blame for our young commander, and if anything goes wrong, he'll really ask you to fill in the gaps. I said he didn't hold back his tribute to his employees." Yu Congxin gritted his teeth, smiled bitterly, and cursed.

Guan Linhui twitched his lips and said, "How about I go in?"

"Don't make trouble. You don't know how hundreds of people eat, drink, defecate and urinate in there. Guard the house well and persuade him not to be impulsive." Yu Cong emphasized seriously again.

Guan Linhui stared at the company logo on the fleet: "He won't act impulsively. He has more important things to do."

"Enter the city."

Yu climbed back onto the truck with his bloated body and held on to the intercom.

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The computer screen emitted a bright red and green light, reflecting Xie Jingxing's slightly pale face.

He picked up the wine glass at hand and took a sip, trying to ease the pain in his temple.

The central bank has granted Jingxing Group a credit line of 2000 billion yuan, focusing on financial markets such as foreign exchange and commodities that are in line with international standards. This amount of money is just a drop in the bucket, so it is another game in which the main forces need to cooperate with each other.

There is blood in the wolf's den, so the wolf has no time to prey, but the hunter must guard the door with a steel fork.

"Are you okay? I know you must be very busy right now, please reply to me when you have time."

WeChat had a new message popping up, Xie Jingxing relaxed his body, raised his phone and looked at it carefully, then he exhaled the alcohol and laughed.

The name is really suitable for the situation, day and night...

He and all the hunters will stay here until dawn and their families are safe. (End of this chapter)