Financial freedom starts from graduation

Chapter 290: Beijing Opera Hot Pot Test
Wait…wait for what?
Who won’t starve to death?

Cao Meijuan and Wang Yaolong were just stunned, but when Liao Jianli heard these words, all his strength seemed to be drained away, and he collapsed to the ground.

But Wang Ruxi stopped talking. He just sat there, smoking one cigarette after another.

The cigarette he smoked was of an unknown brand, but the filter was very long, which made the cigarette look very long.

When Wang Yaolong went to help Liao Jianli up from the ground, Wang Feiyu and other younger generations still didn't quite understand what had happened. They just felt that this moment seemed to be particularly long.

Finally, Wang Ruxi finished smoking his cigarette, and his cell phone on the table vibrated at the same time.

"understood."

Wang Ruxi picked up the phone and after hearing what the person on the other end said, he hung up the phone, put out the cigarette in the ashtray, and stood up.

"Boss Wang!"

At the moment Wang Ruxi stood up, Liao Jianli suddenly came to his senses. He broke free from Wang Yaolong's support, stumbled to Wang Ruxi, and spoke with rapid breathing.

"Boss Wang, can you please give me another chance for the sake of our past friendship... Please tell Boss Zhou that I really don't want to offend him. I can satisfy any request he makes!"

Looking at the desperate Liao Jianli, Wang Ruxi was about to leave, but suddenly remembered something and stopped.

"When you were in Yunnan Province, did Mr. Zhou give you a business card?"

"Yes, yes... Mr. Wang, please wait for me!"

Liao Jianli was stunned at first, then he excitedly ran to the main dining table and rummaged through his Hermès handbag. After a moment, he found the rose gold business card, then ran back and handed it to Wang Ruxi.

At this moment, Liao Jianli was extremely grateful. Every time he attended a social event, he would receive countless business cards, and most of them were naturally thrown into the trash can by him.

Fortunately, Zhou Wang's business card was made of extraordinary material, so he took good care to preserve it and did not lose it.

Wang Ruxi took the business card, looked at it, and couldn't help muttering to himself.

Such a fancy style... He has really changed.

Then, with Liao Jianli's hopeful eyes, Wang Ruxi put the business card into his pocket and said to Liao Jianli, "Maybe there is a glimmer of hope. I'll try to help you..."

Wang Ruxi only mentioned him and ignored Cao Meijuan, Wang Yaolong and others, but it was enough to make Liao Jianli ecstatic.

"Hey, Mr. Wang, please take care, take care..."

Amid Liao Jianli's repeated farewells, Wang Ruxi disappeared at the restaurant door.

It was not until this point that Cao Meijuan and Wang Yaolong finally couldn't help it... In fact, they couldn't help it just now. The problem was that the two of them tried to talk to Wang Ruxi, but Wang Ruxi had never paid any attention to them.

"Old Liao, what's going on?"

"Yes, Mr. Liao, what exactly is Mr. Wang trying to say? Even if he is dissatisfied with us because of Mr. Zhou's matter, there is no need to be so mysterious, right?"

Cao Meijuan and Wang Yaolong were indeed puzzled and even a little dissatisfied.

I know that you, Mr. Wang, are awesome, but there's no need to treat us like air, right?

Sisi, who was comforting Lele who was slapped, couldn't help but mutter, "Brother Liao, you really went too far. How can you hit a woman…"

Liao Jianli just sneered at Lele and Sisi, thinking that now was not the time to deal with them. But looking at Cao Meijuan and Wang Yaolong, Liao Jianli thought about it and spoke.

It doesn’t really make much difference, they’ll know soon enough anyway…

Liao Jianli, who has already faced the reality, is not an ordinary person after all. He is terrifyingly calm at this moment.

"Boss Cao, Boss Wang, since we have known each other for a long time and our previous cooperation was quite pleasant, I will give you one last piece of advice."

Liao Jianli also sat in the seat that Wang Ruxi had taken before, lit a cigarette for himself, and said calmly: "Go back quickly and destroy as much of the evidence of your previous projects and your connection with Party A as you can while there is still time..."

"Lao Liao, what do you mean?"

Cao Meijuan and Wang Yaolong's faces changed.

Before Liao Jianli could say anything else, their cell phones rang one after another.

When Cao Meijuan saw the incoming call, the unique last digit of the number caught her eye and she quickly walked aside to answer the phone.

"Hello, I'm Cao Meijuan... Want to talk to me? Can I ask what it's about..."

On the other side, Wang Yaolong was also shouting into the phone in disbelief:

"What did you say? The bank said we violated the rules and asked us to repay the loan immediately? Are you crazy or am I crazy? It's seven o'clock in the evening. Which bank is still open now..."

Qu Jie and Wang Feiyu, who were standing by, watched their parents with panic and disbelief on their faces as they received one life-threatening phone call after another, and their expressions became increasingly confused.

So what exactly happened?

With their experience and age, they were destined to be unable to see the essence of all this, but at this moment, Zhou Wang's grin as he left appeared in their minds at the same time...

While Wang Yaolong and Cao Meijuan were becoming somewhat hysterical due to the successive bad news, Liao Jianli turned his cell phone to silent mode and his eyes slowly swept across the western restaurant in front of him.

In this high-end restaurant, which cost more than 20 million yuan, the music was still lingering and the waiters were still walking around, busy cleaning up, but the number of guests was visibly much less.

It’s ridiculous that Cao Meijuan and Wang Yaolong didn’t even notice this.

The guests who stayed behind were all friends of the three. They were still in a state of confusion and some were even hesitating whether to come over and ask them what had happened.

The restaurant, which was renovated just half a month ago, still looks brand new everywhere, but in Liao Jianli's eyes, it seems to have shown signs of decay at this moment.

Amidst the chaos, Liao Jianli hummed a leisurely tune from Peking Opera:

"I watched him build a tall building, I watched him entertain guests, and I watched...his building collapse."

……

"Boss Jin, I don't understand."

In the moving Bentley sedan, Qi Lingtong, deputy general manager of Douyin's e-commerce operations department, who was acting as the driver himself, looked at the silent director Jin Lu in the rearview mirror, and after a while he couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"What don't you understand?"

Jin Lu, who was frowning and thinking about something, was startled when she heard the words.

"How did Mr. Zhou get in touch with Mr. Wang? If I were to ask you, is Mr. Wang really that mysterious..."

Qi Lingtong, who was just dragged away by Jin Lu, was puzzled at this moment.

"Whether he is mysterious or not, you will know when you pay attention to Mr. Liao again."

Jin Lu chuckled and said, without further explanation, she just turned and asked, "But that Mr. Zhou Wangzhou, are you familiar with him?"

"I met him in Hangzhou some time ago. He is a new shareholder of Wuyou. He is from Yunnan Province and has some assets..."

With Qi Lingtong's identity, he has come into contact with countless asset tycoons. Zhou Wang is definitely excellent among young people, but in horizontal comparison, he is certainly a little lacking, so Qi Lingtong made a very "objective" evaluation.

Jin Lu nodded, but still frowned, "Strange, then I probably haven't seen him before, why do I feel his name is a little familiar?"

"Mr. Jin, you must have seen him in a short video. He runs an account himself..."

Qi Lingtong said half-jokingly.

"You know I only watch Tiktok... In that case, Zhou Wang is still a big internet celebrity on Douyin, huh?"

Jin Lu was smiling, but because of the "keywords", a connection suddenly formed in her mind.

Under Qi Lingtong's surprised eyes, she hurriedly took out her mobile phone, opened her mailbox, and soon found an encrypted email about "equity changes" that was only circulated among the company's board of directors.

"… Equity transferee: Zhou Wang."

When she saw the key words, Jin Lu's pupils shrank sharply.

"Mr. Jin, are you okay?" Qi Lingtong noticed that Jin Lu was acting strangely and couldn't help but ask in confusion.

Jin Lu didn't say anything, but just looked at Qi Lingtong with a strange look.

An individual shareholder who owns 0.1% of Douyin’s shares…you call this “small assets”?
Qi Lingtong felt uncomfortable being stared at and couldn't help asking, "Boss Jin, what happened?"

"Nothing. If you don't go on a business trip recently and stay at the company headquarters, you will know soon."

Jin Lu just smiled thoughtfully.

……

It was eight o'clock in the evening. Wang Ying, Jie Ge, Cindy and Yue Yue, who was the last one to come out, walked out of the mall together.

The square was brightly lit. Not far away, children were laughing and playing under the guidance of their parents. Several peers passing by were still discussing which bar in Gongti to go to for partying in the evening. The worldly atmosphere was overwhelming, making them feel a little dazed.

Cindy couldn't help but look back, her eyes seemed to want to penetrate the barrier of the building and see the western restaurant on the top terrace.

The past hour was like a dream to them. They witnessed an argument... an argument that probably happened countless times every day all over the world.

However, this small quarrel seemed to have caused a huge earthquake.

That was beyond their comprehension, but there was no doubt that perhaps many years later, they would still remember vividly everything that happened today.

Especially those so-called "successful people" who looked wealthy at first glance, ended up becoming distraught and hysterical.

The lady who looked so elegant turned out to be a lunatic in the end and had a quarrel with Liao Jianli.

Wang Ying, who was terrified, mustered up the courage to find the restaurant manager and ask for their performance fee. Fortunately, the restaurant manager was upset at the time and was too lazy to argue with her. He directly asked Wang Ying to take out the payment code and paid her the fee.

What Wang Ying didn't know was that her action of asking for money was very timely, because if she had waited another ten minutes, she would have found that the restaurant's account could no longer be used to pay the money...

"Hey, you guys..."

At this time, Yueyue, who had been walking at the end with her hands folded, finally couldn't help but speak.

Her face still had a bit of panic on it. When several people looked over, she stammered, "This... this restaurant won't really close down like this, right? Brother Yu and that Mr. Qu have such rich families, they... they should be able to make it, right?"

Cindy and Brother Jie looked at each other, while Wang Ying sighed after a brief silence.

She walked up to Yueyue, and when Yueyue subconsciously looked up, Wang Ying said earnestly, "Yueyue, I know you have good intentions. Listen to my advice and find a chance to apologize to Momo. Maybe... you can still stay in the band."

"...What do you mean?"

However, Tiaoyue seemed to be stimulated by something, and suddenly took a few steps back, and said excitedly: "Didn't we form the band together? When did it become Jiang Mo who decided whether I should stay or go?"

"It's not Jiang Mo, it's us."

Wang Ying shook her head calmly.

Yueyue was stunned and looked at Wang Ying in confusion.

Wang Ying walked closer and stared at Yueyue.

"Do you know how much the watch on Jiang Mo's wrist is worth? I'll tell you, it's a Patek Philippe, worth three million. Cindy and I watched Zhou Wang buy it for Jiang Mo this afternoon."

Wang Ying raised her wrist again, allowing her Patek Philippe women's watch to appear in Yueyue's sight. The elegant and bright watch sparkled with gorgeous colors under the light.

"Also, didn't you ask us where we bought this watch? Yes, it's also a Patek Philippe, given to us by Zhou Wang... It's not too expensive, it can be sold for more than 200,000 yuan."

Wang Ying stared at the dazed Yueyue. "Now you know why Momo has the right to decide... If you still don't understand that I'm doing this for your own good, then you don't have to wait for Momo to make a decision. Just leave now."

……

Across the street is Mi Chongshan Hotpot, Hujiashan Branch.

With a price of only a hundred yuan per person, it certainly isn't considered high-end food to Zhou Wang today.

But when it comes to hotpot, there is really no need to pursue anything high-end, those are useless, the most important thing is whether it has the right taste.

In fact, if you want to eat hot pot in a mountain city, you have to specifically look for those unknown small shops on the streets and alleys and eat the "mouth-water pot", otherwise it will not be authentic.

But because he was eating Shancheng Hotpot in Beidu, in order to ensure at least the most basic taste, Zhou Wang chose a relatively reliable chain store.

Miao Ying drove Zhou Wang and Jiang Mo here, then turned around to pick up Jiang Qingkui from the hotel. Zhou Wang brought his senior sister into the hot pot restaurant and specifically requested a private room.

The decoration of the hot pot restaurant is average, and the private rooms are also very simple, but fortunately there are private rooms. After Zhou Wang explained that he would order something worth at least one thousand yuan, the waiter certainly had no objection.

Tripe, duck tongue, spicy beef...

He tried all the special dishes, some of which he directly selected two portions. Later, Zhou Wang found that it was a bit difficult to get a thousand yuan, so he ordered a bottle of the store’s most expensive 42-proof Qinghua Fenjiu, which finally made up the price.

The wine was prepared for Wang Ruxi, so Zhou Wang didn't care. After the dishes were served, he invited the senior sister to enjoy the meal.

He is really hungry.

Although he didn't have the chance to eat spicy food in the western restaurant, when he was particularly hungry, Zhou Wang was only willing to eat something spicy. The reason was that it would whet his appetite and he wouldn't get sick of it.

But Jiang Mo didn't move her chopsticks much. She just sat quietly opposite him, occasionally helping Zhou Wang to eat a piece of tripe. Most of the time, she just looked at him quietly.

"Brother, it's okay, it's really okay... Oh, what happened to Beidu again... Don't worry, I won't be stubborn. If I really need help, then I will definitely rely on you..."

Zhou Wang was still on the phone with Zhang Shihao.

Because Lin Dantong and others were also present before, Zhou Wang was not surprised how Zhang Shihao got the news. Faced with the concern revealed in the other party's words, Zhou Wang still felt a little warm.

Although he was not sure how sincere Zhang Shihao was, the fact that he would call him spoke volumes.

Wuyou Media is nothing, but the Zhang Group is still very strong, so Zhang Shihao is still quite confident in his words and deeds.

After exchanging pleasantries and hanging up the phone, Zhou Wang glanced at his phone, which still had several unread messages from Lin Dantong and Wang Xiaoxiao.

Under the circumstances at that time, he did not pay attention to the reactions of the two people. It was not important now. However, at the end of the message sent by Wang Xiaoxiao, there was also a hotel address and house number.

Zhou Wang smacked his lips. If he counted Jiang Mubai's, he would have two places to "visit" tonight...

Jiang Mubai is a pretty good girl. Although Zhou Wang only saw the informative message she sent after he left, it at least showed that she was still on his side.

At that time, she didn't know that Wang Ruxi would help her. In Jiang Mubai's eyes, she was the "weaker party", so her action was very rare.

After a simple thank you, Zhou Wang put away his phone and looked at Jiang Mo helplessly: "Senior sister, does my face secrete adrenaline?"

"Ok?"

Jiang Mo didn't understand what he meant.

"Then how come you are full just by looking at me?"

Zhou Wang smiled only then.

Unfortunately, Jiang Mo didn’t get Zhou Wang’s “high-level joke”. He just blinked in confusion and shook his head, “I’m not hungry…”

"Okay, but speaking of which...senior sister, you seem to have suddenly become much braver?"

Zhou Wang asked the question very seriously.

Although Jiang Mo would stare at him in the past, she would always feel shy from time to time. Unlike now, she can stare at him straight all the time. This is usually something that only Su Yajing can do.

This change seemed to have started at some point today, and it didn't seem to have happened in the Western restaurant, but Zhou Wang was not sure of the exact time for a moment.

"Would you not like it?"

Jiang Mo pursed her lips slightly and then asked.

Zhou Wang was about to answer when he suddenly felt something. He turned around and saw a man in a suit appearing at the door of the private room...Wang Ruxi's bodyguard.

The man nodded to Zhou Wang and then disappeared. Then, Wang Ruxi, who looked a little tired, appeared at the door of the private room.

Zhou Wang no longer cared about talking about love with the senior student, and his face became serious.

If nothing unexpected happens, the test of his unique [Hidden Round] will only begin now...

　The next update should be tomorrow... My eyesight isn't good enough and I have social engagements in the evening. Thank you all for your tolerance.

　
(End of this chapter)