Financial freedom starts from graduation

Chapter 291 "Give Him a Chance"

Gum!

The remaining soup in the hot pot began to bubble, and the swirling hot steam passed between the two people, hitting the wall decorated in the style of the era and then disappeared into nothingness.

Although it was clearly a busy dinner time, the hot pot restaurant had become quite quiet at some point. Under Zhou Wang's urging, Jiang Mo finally ate something and went to the hall outside, leaving the space in the private room for the two of them.

The conversation had to be in private, so the senior sister's sensible avoidance also saved Zhou Wang from the burden of conscience.

……

[Secret and Great: Prologue - Please follow the key words prompted by the system and have a separate conversation with the target character Wang Ruxi. Different levels of rewards will be given depending on the completion of the conversation and the host's performance.]

【Have you ever thought that you could have lived another life? 】

【Key words: trauma, agreement】

……

According to Zhou Wang’s own understanding, this is probably similar to a “role-playing” game, and what he needs to play well is “himself”.

In fact, Zhou Wang still doesn't understand whether that period of life is his sealed memory or time and space distorted by the system, and whether people like Wang Ruxi and Caroline originally existed...

But it doesn’t seem to matter anymore.

The Wang Ruxi sitting in front of him at this moment was a living person who could be seen and touched, and obviously had his own thoughts and feelings.

His life has completely changed. The only thing he needs to do is to grasp this overwhelming wealth...

Before Wang Ruxi arrived, Zhou Wang had been thinking for a long time based on the "keywords" given by the system and had initially come up with his own plan.

The Fenjiu that had just been brought had not been drunk yet. Zhou Wang removed the seal at this time, picked up the wine glass and poured a glass for each of them.

A hint of surprise flashed across Wang Ruxi's eyes, but he still leaned forward and took the wine glass.

"what happened?"

Zhou Wang noticed the brief strangeness in his expression and asked with a smile.

"Mr. Zhou, you used to be a person who never touched liquor. You said... all alcohol that can interfere with brain thinking is a cancer. I was deeply impressed."

Wang Ruxi explained.

Zhou Wang just smiled faintly when he heard this, "Maybe it's because I later realized that I should give my brain a rest occasionally."

Wang Ruxi nodded in understanding and said meaningfully, "That's right. You were probably too tense before."

"How's it going over there?"

After Zhou Wang and Wang Ruxi clinked their glasses, he asked the question naturally.

"We disposed of the surveillance footage, and also obtained letters of apology from the girl named Sisi and Wang Feiyu. We gave them each 2,000 yuan in financial compensation."

Speaking of business, Wang Ruxi said seriously, "In addition, according to the news I just received, Meisong Trading Company, whose legal representative is Cao Meijuan, has been investigated for economic crimes, and Cao Meijuan herself has also been summoned. The group company belonging to the Wang family has been suspected of using loans in violation of regulations, and its bank account has been frozen. The relevant departments that received the report have also followed up and are investigating the crimes of money laundering they are involved in..."

What Wang Ruxi said sounded like two completely unrelated things. After listening to them, Zhou Wang felt a little dazed.

The first thing is the manifestation of compliance with laws and regulations. Wang Ruxi’s handling of the matter could not be more perfect and there will be no hidden dangers left.

As for the things that Wang Ruxi "heard" later, they were a little beyond Zhou Wang's expectations.

What he originally thought was that at most he would teach a few families a profound lesson, which might cause them serious injuries, but who knew... these two families were so unclean to begin with, so he couldn't blame anyone.

But the movement from the mysterious force was too fast...

Zhou Wang took a deep look at Wang Ruxi, and quickly suppressed the strangeness in his eyes. He just nodded calmly, and then he remembered something, "You didn't seem to mention Liao Jianli?"

Hearing Zhou Wang's question, Wang Ruxi hesitated for a moment, then took out a rose gold business card belonging to Zhou Wang from his pocket and placed it on the table.

Zhou Wang picked up the cool business card, rubbed it slightly, then raised his eyebrows and looked at Wang Ruxi.

He realized that this was the business card that Wang Ruxi had taken back from Liao Jianli, but he didn't understand why he took out this business card at this time.

"You gave him your business card. Do you want to give him a chance as well?"

Wang Ruxi asked softly, "After all, this business card should symbolize your friendship..."

Wang Ruxi's words were subtle, but Zhou Wang understood them instantly.

He is the actual head of Yunshang Trust and the only hacker in the Earth's "Online". The business card he personally gave out should have more meaning than just itself.

Not everyone is qualified to get his business card. Since he got it, it means that Zhou Wang recognizes him to a certain extent...

In other words, this involves a question of "quality".

Zhou Wang had never thought of this before. For a moment, Zhou Wang looked at Wang Ruxi with a strange look in his eyes.

...Can you still pretend like this?

Old Wang, you are also an expert in this field!

But soon, Zhou Wang's eyes turned cold again, and he said calmly: "So... are you teaching me how to do things?"

This startled Wang Ruxi so much that he stood up immediately and bowed, "Sorry, Mr. Zhou, I overstepped my authority!"

After Wang Ruxi kept his head down for several seconds, Zhou Wang waved his hand and said, "Forget it, sit down."

Wang Ruxi breathed a sigh of relief and sat down again. Zhou Wang poured him another glass of wine and said with a faint smile, "I'm sorry, I felt a little uncomfortable just now and couldn't control my emotions..."

Upon hearing this, Wang Ruxi immediately looked up with concern, "Looking at your condition today, I thought you had recovered well. Does your head still hurt?"

"I'm feeling better now."

Zhou Wang calmly heard what he wanted to know. After replying, he turned and asked, "Let's continue talking about what happened just now. What did you mean by giving Liao Jianli a chance?"

"Qiangsheng Group is doing well now, and Liao Jianli has made great contributions. Do you think you can leave him 1% of the shares and let him continue to serve as the CEO of Qiangsheng Group? This can be regarded as a way to make up for his crime and then see the effect..."

Wang Ruxi suggested cautiously.

“How many shares did he originally have?”

Zhou Wang asked after being stunned for a moment.

"Although he went through a round of financing, with our help, Liao Jianli successfully repurchased all the shares back to himself, so now he is the wholly-owned shareholder of Qiangsheng Group..."

When Zhou Wang heard this, his expression suddenly became strange.

In other words, he originally had 100% of the shares, and your so-called "giving him a chance" was just leaving him 1% of the shares. Is this also called "giving him a chance"?
Not only that, Liao Jianli, whose assets shrunk a hundred times in an instant, still has to continue to work for you... Oh, no, is he working for me?
And in order to preserve this hard-won "glimmer of hope", Liao Jianli might work harder than before, even working like a slave to express his gratitude...

Seeing Wang Ruxi seem to think nothing was wrong, Zhou Wang couldn't help but reflect. Was he too kind?
Perhaps this is the norm of cruel business competition?
As the person in charge of Yunshang Trust in China, Wang Ruxi might have gotten used to this kind of thing...

"Just do as you say."

Zhou Wang played with the business card in his hand, then nodded calmly.

……

More than half an hour later, Zhou Wang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the system prompt that the [Hidden Round] had been completed.

Objectively speaking, it seemed that Zhou Wang was still in control of the situation, but the conversation was actually not easy.

Because Zhou Wang's mind was always in a tense state, in order to avoid accidentally saying something that would confuse Wang Ruxi...

He was not worried about being exposed or anything like that. After all, from Wang Ruxi's perspective, it was impossible for him to doubt whether there was another Zhou Wang. He was just worried that it would affect the acquisition of the reward.

Zhou Wang did not choose to completely play the role of "Wang Ruxi's impression of himself". This method is thankless because Zhou Wang actually does not know his previous self well enough and it is easy to reveal various flaws.

Based on the keyword "trauma", Zhou Wang planned to overturn Wang Ruxi's inherent impression of himself from the very beginning and let him slowly accept his current self.

It was a bit risky, but judging by Wang Ruxi's reaction later, it was a success...

The only thing that made Zhou Wang depressed was that he originally wanted to find out a little bit about the woman named Caroline from Wang Ruxi, but was warned by the system.

Obviously, the system did not think it was a good idea for him to rashly ask around at this time.

This should be related to the content of the keyword "agreement", or in other words, Zhou Wang at this time is indeed not qualified to control "Cloud Trust" and can only grow step by step...

The second half of the conversation was more about small talk, including astronomy, geography, local customs and people, and occasionally some business cases. It must be said that Zhou Wang benefited a lot from Lao Wang's broad vision and profound knowledge.

Until the system prompt sounded, Zhou Wang also spoke at the right time: "Old Wang, you should have a lot of things to do, let's stop here today."

Upon hearing this, Wang Ruxi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Given his status and position, he was naturally extremely busy. In fact, in just such a short while, his silent phone had already piled up with several things that needed his approval... and this was after the secretarial team had already screened them in advance.

"Let's go together."

Zhou Wang stood up and glanced at his phone. Jiang Qingkui, who had just landed in Beidu in the afternoon, was already waiting outside with Miao Ying.

……

When Zhou Wang came out of the hot pot restaurant and saw the empty lobby, he realized that Wang Ruxi had cleared out the place.

Not only that, except for the black-clad bodyguard Zhou Wang had seen before, from the entrance of the hot pot restaurant to the first floor of the shopping mall, and then to the entrance and exit, men in black suits of different appearances could be seen at intervals.

They wore sunglasses and had headsets on their ears, standing by in different positions. The scene looked like an action blockbuster.

"Because of what happened tonight, we have to be on guard against people who are desperate..."

Facing Zhou Wang's sidelong glance, Wang Ruxi simply explained this.

But what Zhou Wang was actually concerned about was not why Wang Ruxi had to mobilize so many troops...

It was not until he arrived at the parking lot that he saw three Mercedes-Benz S-Class cars driving up to him, and a dozen men in black walking around vigilantly. At the same time, an agile driver ran up to help Wang Ruxi open the car door. Then he looked at the broken Audi waiting for him not far away, and Jiang Qingkui standing alone next to it, and Zhou Wang could no longer bear it.

"That... Old Wang."

"Mr. Zhou?"

Wang Ruxi looked up, confused.

"My former bodyguards..."

Recalling the scene of being surrounded by people in [No. 006], Zhou Wang asked tentatively.

Wang Ruxi was startled at first, then he thought he understood what Zhou Wang meant, and quickly replied: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhou, their pensions have been doubled and transferred to the accounts of their designated relatives as you wish, and there will be someone to follow up on their family situation..."

Zhou Wang:?
What the hell is a pension?

Does that mean all my bodyguards are dead?
But thinking of the last scene he saw in [Memory Gear], Zhou Wang couldn't help but remain silent. Okay, anyway, judging from the situation at that time, being my bodyguard is indeed quite dangerous.

However, this is obviously not what Zhou Wang wants to ask. How could Old Wang be so blind at the critical moment?
Can't you see that I'm jealous...

I am the boss, how come you have more than ten times more subordinates than me!
Seeing that Wang Ruxi didn't get what he meant, Zhou Wang could only cough and say, "I mean, your bodyguards look very professional. You should treat them very well, right?"

Wang Ruxi looked a little confused, and said puzzledly:

"Mr. Zhou, they are from the security company you founded. Their professionalism is beyond doubt. But as for the salary...it seems that you provided it to them. I am not sure."

"Ok?"

Now it was Zhou Wang's turn to be confused.

I actually started a security company?
How come I don’t know…

However, just when Zhou Wang wanted to get to know Wang Ruxi further, he received another warning from the system... Well, this was obviously beyond his current reach.

After sending off Wang Ruxi and his professional security team in frustration, Zhou Wang checked the [Senior Resume] that he had used a long time ago.

The progress bar of this item card, which cost him 10,000 reputation points to exchange, still showed "in interactive reality". His powerful bodyguard was still nowhere to be found...

Zhou Wang had never used this level of [Resume] before, and he wasn’t sure if such a long interaction time was normal, but he had no choice but to wait patiently.

Holding the hand of his senior, Zhou Wang came to the Audi A6L driven by Miao Ying.

The car was taken from Ding Yi's driver. Although it was not a top luxury car, it would be more convenient to use this Audi with many passes placed on the window in Beidu.

In the night wind, Jiang Qingkui, wearing a long windbreaker, has been waiting here for a long time with his hands folded.

Seeing Zhou Wang and Jiang Mo coming over, Jiang Qingkui first looked at Jiang Mo with a slightly complicated look, then nodded at her:
"Junior Sister Jiang Mo, we meet again..."

Jiang Qingkui and Jiang Mo both studied under Professor Wang Hongying of Caida University, so there was nothing wrong with calling her "junior sister".

Originally, Jiang Qingkui, who once had an abnormal sexual orientation, had been interested in Jiang Mo.

But now, she saw that the other party had no waves...

The man who caused this subtle change was standing next to Jiang Mo at the moment, looking at her long legs wrapped in flesh-colored stockings, which were vaguely visible under the hem of her windbreaker, with a very annoying look...

"Hello, Senior Sister Jiang."

After Jiang Mo greeted her politely, Jiang Qingkui took a deep breath, gathered her messy thoughts, and then looked at Zhou Wang with a serious expression.

"Boss, there is something...I want to report to you alone."

(End of this chapter)