Financial freedom starts from graduation

Chapter 440 You Have No Face in My Place
"Hey……"

Except for Zhou Wang, no one present knew who called. They could only see Secretary Ge pick up the phone and say only one syllable before falling silent.

I don’t know what was said on the other end of the phone, and then Secretary Ge just stood there in a daze.

I don’t know how long it took, but when the call was probably hung up long ago, Secretary Ge finally dropped his hand and let the phone fall to the ground. His expression changed from initial panic to despair.

pat!

Secretary Ge collapsed on the floor, as if he had lost his soul, his eyes were lifeless, and no matter how the anxious Director Gao called out to him, he did not respond at all.

It felt like he was still breathing, but actually dead.

"Secretary Ge, Secretary Ge..."

Gao Jianhong was extremely panicked. What happened to the promise that “everything is just a coincidence”?

At this moment, looking at Zhou Wang's indifferent eyes, Director Gao's regret reached the extreme. Although it might be useless to continue begging for mercy, now he has lost his last chance...

He Jiang watched Secretary Ge get a weird phone call and then look as if his spine was broken. His expression became uncertain again.

He is not a fool. If what happened to Gao Jianhong was just a coincidence, then what about Secretary Ge?
And Xu Qing...

Although this woman is a little pretentious in her daily life, it is undeniable that she was able to come from a rural family and step by step to where she is today, becoming the person in charge of Ginkgo Capital. No one can deny her shrewdness.

She must have noticed something early on, which is why she was willing to offend herself and retreat at the critical moment.

In other words, this Zhou Wang must not be as simple as he seems.

He Jiang finally began to look the other person in the face, and felt a moment of regret.

If I had known earlier, I should have accepted another friend's invitation and went out to sea to have some fun, and I wouldn't have encountered the current mess...

But, can he still admit defeat?

Just as He Jiang was struggling with his thoughts, the cell phone in his pocket suddenly rang with a ding-dong sound.

At this moment, the nerves of everyone in the audience had been stretched to an extremely sensitive level. In an instant, everyone unconsciously cast their eyes on He Jiang.

Gao Jianhong received a call and began to beg for mercy in a panic. Secretary Ge received a call and collapsed to the ground... What will He Jiang's call bring?
Even He Jiang's expression changed slightly. After a brief hesitation, he took out his cell phone.

However, when he saw the contact on the caller ID, He Jiang breathed a sigh of relief and quickly answered the phone.

"Hello, it's me... um, I'm on the fifth floor of the club, you can just come up, brother-in-law, thank you very much this time."

Just as He Jiang answered the phone, Xiao Wang quickly ran to the window to observe the situation outside. Then he turned back with a serious expression and whispered something in Zhou Wang's ear.

Zhou Wang raised his eyebrows in surprise. He never expected that He Jiang could mobilize...

He suddenly understood why Jian Zhuoran and others behind him were so afraid of He Jiang.

As expected of the top second generation in Shanghai, his energy is indeed extraordinary.

At this time, He Jiang also hung up the phone. Perhaps the arrival of his brother-in-law gave him more confidence, and his face returned to normal.

But due to the unknown concerns in his heart, He Jiang still spoke:

"Zhou Wang, I admit that your methods are indeed beyond my expectations... I, He Jiang, rarely give face to others, but today, I can make an exception and treat it as making friends with you."

There were slight discussions all around. He Jiang's tone suddenly became calm, which obviously made everyone a little uncomfortable. But after thinking about it, they could understand it because of what had just happened.

"How to say?"

Seeing that He Jiang seemed to be willing to make peace and no longer had the arrogance he had just had, Zhou Wang asked with interest.

"You and your people leave now, and I can pretend that nothing happened... As for other people and things, you don't need to interfere anymore, how about that?"

When talking about "other people and things", He Jiang's gloomy eyes swept over Yu Duo's family, and then stayed on Xu Qing for a while, making this mature woman's face turn a lot paler.

Obviously, because of the powerful and unknown force displayed by Zhou Wang, He Jiang, a second-generation man who still had some brains, showed his cautious side under his domineering character and was no longer prepared to continue to confront Zhou Wang head-on.

But... the fuse of all this today, that is, Yu Duo's family, he did not intend to let them go easily.

And Xu Qing, who "betrayed" him at the last minute, will probably also have to bear the remaining anger of He Jiang.

Xu Qing's heart rose to her throat, because according to normal logic, there was an 80% chance that Zhou Wang would agree... After all, he didn't actually suffer any loss. Although He Jiang was still maintaining his dignity, it was already a disguised retreat. There was no need for Zhou Wang to provoke such a strong enemy.

Zhou Wang might be very powerful, but the people behind He Jiang are no pushovers either.

"No way."

However, at this moment, in the eyes of Xu Qing's surprise and He Jiang's astonishment, Zhou Wang shook his head.

"Mr. He, you got two things wrong."

"what?"

"First, Yu Duo... is my woman."

When Zhou Wang spoke softly, He Jiang's face became stunned. At the same time, Xu Wenxi, who was behind Zhou Wang, looked up in surprise and looked in the direction of Yu Duo.

But the most confused ones are actually Yu Zetao and his wife, as well as Yu Fei.

They looked at each other first, and after confirming that what Zhou Wang had just said was not their hallucination, they looked at Yu Duo in disbelief.

Yu Zetao, in particular, had a face full of question marks.

How come Yu Duo quietly got such a great boyfriend?

But in fact, Yu Duo was staring at Zhou Wang in a daze at this moment, and her mind was also confused...

Me, when did I become your woman?
Although they held hands and kissed, and Zhou Wang even held her and played with her Jio, and she was willing to let him play... Well, just hearing this, it is indeed difficult for the two of them to be innocent, but in Yu Duo's heart, this should only be regarded as ambiguity, right?
The thoughts in my mind were spreading, and at the same time, there was also an unexpected huge joy and shyness that exploded.

He actually said in front of so many people that I was his woman!
He is so shameless...but I am so happy.

"Duoduo, how could you and Zhou Wang... When did this happen? And you, why didn't you say anything just now?"

Finally, Yu Fei couldn't help but ask out loud. Only then did he realize that it was no wonder that Yu Duo rushed over here regardless of anything. It turned out that it was because he saw Zhou Wang.

In this way, from their perspective, Xu Wenxi's advancement and Zhou Wang's appearance seemed to have some kind of explanation.

But the biggest question in the hearts of Yu Zetao and his wife, as well as Yu Fei, is, since Yu Duo has such an amazing boyfriend, why didn't she tell her earlier? "I..."

Yu Duo stammered incoherently: "I didn't know he was so powerful... In fact, I told you about him before. He was the one I told you I could borrow 10 million from..."

After hearing what Yu Duo said, Yu Zetao and others remembered that Yu Duo seemed to have said something similar at home a few days ago.

But at this time, Yu's mother remembered something and asked suspiciously, "That's not right, Duoduo, you clearly said that the man was your roommate's boyfriend, how come he became your boyfriend now?"

"Yes, yes?"

Feeling extremely guilty, Yu Duo didn't know how to explain for a moment and could only speak vaguely.

When Yu's mother wanted to ask more questions, Yu Zetao held her back. It seemed that this was not the time to pursue these things. After all, although Zhou Wang seemed powerful, the crisis seemed not to have been completely overcome.

"Is she your woman?"

He Jiang was also a little confused and asked Zhou Wang, "Why didn't you tell me earlier... That's not right. She has a boyfriend like you, so why does her family need to ask for help everywhere?"

He Jiang's intuition told him that Zhou Wang had no reason to lie to him, which made He Jiang even angrier and angrier. He even began to wonder if this was a setup for him. But Yu Zetao was almost drunk to the ICU, so it didn't seem like he was acting...

He Jiang couldn't figure it out at all and his head started to hurt.

Zhou Wang had no intention of explaining to him. He just smiled faintly and continued to tell him the second thing that He Jiang didn't understand.

"Secondly, I don't think you are qualified to be my friend. Your father might be a better choice, so there is no such thing as you giving me face, because you really don't have much face in front of me."

He Jiang's face suddenly turned ugly, and he no longer cared about Yu Duo's affairs.

Just because Zhou Wang's words did not contain any dirty words, he felt extremely humiliated.

No matter how smart and cautious he was, He Jiang was eventually used to living a life of looking down on others. Besides, he was only wary of Zhou Wang, which was far from being afraid of him.

He Jiang's fists clenched unconsciously, and his face became completely gloomy.

"Zhou Wang, I don't care how awesome you are, but you don't seem to understand the current situation... This is the Magic City, and you are standing on my territory!"

As He Jiang finished his words, everything seemed to be choreographed. Suddenly, dense and orderly footsteps were heard from the stairs on the other side of the hall.

Everyone subconsciously turned around, and when they saw the figure emerging on the stairs, everyone became nervous unconsciously.

The uniforms and their stern faces said it all.

"Since you are so shameless, don't say I didn't give you a chance!"

He Jiang pointed at Zhou Wang's nose and cursed, "I want to see if you can still be so awesome when you kneel in front of me later..."

Zhou Wang… ignored him and just looked down at his watch again.

He Jiang's face twisted as he was ignored. Just as he was about to say something else, the footsteps on the stairs not far away suddenly stopped.

He Jiang looked back and frowned when he saw that they did not come closer. He took out his cell phone and wanted to call his brother-in-law to ask what was going on, but he didn't expect his brother-in-law to call him first.

"He Jiang, I've been nice to you, right? Is this how you repay me?"

"Uh, Brother Sheng, where did you get this from..."

He Jiang was stunned for a moment, but before he could ask any more questions, his brother-in-law started cursing.

"Fuck you, you really screwed me this time. Even your father can't afford to offend this person, and you want me to clean up your mess?"

"Fuck, I'm telling you, if this gets me involved, not to mention my sister, even if the king of heaven comes, he can't save you... What are you still standing there for? Get back on track!"

He Jiang felt extremely confused as he heard the busy tone on the phone.

His brother-in-law was a man of temperament. In the past, due to the friendship between the two families, he would always respond to his requests. As far as he could remember, this was the first time that his brother-in-law had lost his temper with him, and it could even be said that he was resentful.

He just didn't understand what his brother-in-law meant by "a person that even your father can't afford to offend"...

"They're gone!"

At this moment, accompanied by exclamations, the large number of figures on the stairs retreated in an orderly manner like the tide, as if they had never appeared.

Just when He Jiang was feeling inexplicably panicked, hurried footsteps sounded again from the stairs, followed by a panting figure emerging and running towards this side in panic.

He was a well-built middle-aged man, wearing a high-end suit. However, due to his rapid movements, his shiny hair had fallen out, making him look rather disheveled.

Seeing the middle-aged man appear, Xu Qing and others standing next to He Jiang, as well as Jian Zhuoran and others behind Zhou Wang, all showed surprised expressions.

"Mr. He?"

The He family, which has been deeply rooted in Shanghai, has many representatives, but according to the tacit understanding in the circle, generally only one person is called "Mr. He".

That is He Jiang's father, He Jinglun, the chairman of the He Group, who has topped the Magic City Rich List for several consecutive years and is the head of the He family with extensive social connections and influence in all fields.

Countless legends are staged in Shanghai every day, and He Jinglun’s story of making a fortune is undoubtedly the most talked about by many people.

His original name was He Dali, and he only had an elementary school diploma. By chance, when he was young, he was spotted by Guo Wangshan's father, the leader of the Jiangbei Guo family at the time, and was recruited as a driver.

After working hard for the Guo family for more than ten years, with the support of Guo Wangshan, He Dali also went into business on his own. He was very successful and built his own business empire in just twenty years.

He changed his name to He Jinglun, and married into another wealthy family, that is, the family of He Jiang's brother-in-law. With the invisible support of Jiangbei Guo's family behind him, a peddler who set up a stall to repair shoes on the street suddenly transformed himself into a leading figure in the Shanghai circle.

"Dad...why are you here?"

He Jinglun's sudden appearance caught everyone off guard for a moment, especially his forehead which was covered with sweat from running so fast, and his pale face, which made it difficult for people to associate him with his usual majestic appearance.

He Jiang was also particularly confused. Only then did he realize why his brother-in-law mentioned his father. It turned out that it was because He Jinglun came in person.

He Jiang had just asked when He Jinglun came in front of him. He took He Jiang's arm, which was supporting him, and took a deep breath, then suddenly shook his hand.

While He Jiang was confused, He Jinglun took a deep breath, swung his arm, and slapped He Jiang in the face.

Snapped!
He Jinglun showed no mercy and even tried his best. He Jiang was caught off guard and was knocked to the ground with blood flowing from his mouth.

But He Jinglun didn't even look at He Jiang. He just quickly put on the brightest smile on his face and turned to ask:

"Excuse me... who is Mr. Zhou Wangzhou?"

(End of this chapter)