Water and Fire~Chapter 76.2: Don't Be So Sentimental

 

Chapter 76.2: Don't Be So Sentimental

A few days later, Tan Shen suddenly showed up at Liya Manufacturing. He drove, not that flashy Porsche, but an SUV.

After parking, he called Chu Qianmiao and asked her to come downstairs.

Chu Qianmiao was surprised and a little troubled. She ran downstairs and met Tan Shen. After much deliberation, she decided to tell him the truth. "Shen, you came all the way here. This must be a burden to me."

Tan Shen laughed at her. "You're really being overly sentimental this time."

He told Chu Qianmiao, "Your burden is unnecessary. I didn't come here specifically for you. I came for work and just happened to see you." By the way, understand?”

Chu Qianmiao immediately felt more relieved. “By the way, by the way.”

They walked into the office building together. Chu Qianmiao asked Tan Shen what he was doing.

They walked to the elevator. Tan Shen said, “It’s been another year, and the company sent me to check on Liya Manufacturing’s performance. We need to see a return on our investment, right?”

In the elevator, he asked Chu Qianmiao, “Which floor is the chairman’s office on?”

Chu Qianmiao said, “The eighth floor.”

“Where’s your due diligence office?” Tan Shen asked.

“It’s also on the eighth floor.” Chu Qianmiao answered, then asked, “Why don’t you get someone from the company to pick you up? Why just go straight to the chairman’s office?”

Tan Shen said, “I did.” "

The elevator arrived at the eighth floor. As the doors opened, Chu Qianmiao saw Qian Siji and Ke Mingjun standing at the entrance. Ren Yan was also there, and Qian Siji was talking to him.

As the elevator doors opened, their conversation paused. Qian Siji stepped forward, extended his right hand, and smiled as he asked Tan Shen, "Is this Mr. Tan Shen? You're so young and promising!"

Tan Shen took his right hand and replied, "I'm Tan Shen. Hello, Mr. Qian."

Qian Siji saw Chu Qianmiao also exit the elevator and nodded to her as a greeting.

Chu Qianmiao thought, for someone of her rank, a nod was quite good.

Qian Siji turned to introduce Tan Shen to Ren Yan, "This is Mr. Tan Shen, the Investment Director of Eagle Capital, and the representative of our strategic investors."

Ren Yan and Tan Shen's eyes met.

Tan Shen smiled and told Qian Siji, "Mr. Qian, Mr. Ren is my senior. We know each other." He then turned to look at Ren Yan and greeted him with a smile, "Senior Ren, long time no see."

Ren Yan nodded, a simple "hmm," and then said to Qian Siji, "Mr. Qian, you two go ahead and talk. I'll talk to you later about the progress of the upcoming work." "

Qian Siji said yes, and then invited Tan Shen to the office.

Tan Shen took a step forward, passing Ren Yan before turning the corner.

Chu Qianmiao didn't know if she was hallucinating. In that moment, she felt that the look between the two men was like two sharp knives clashing, blades flying, as if they were two butchers, willing to clash blades for a pig.

Ren Yan's cold, rhetorical questions shattered her illusion.

"Is this working time for daydreaming? Aren't you supposed to be working?"

Chu Qianmiao quickly retreated to the due diligence office.

In the afternoon, Chu Qianmiao was going to Liya's finance office to get some information. While waiting for the elevator, she ran into Ke Mingjun.

Ke Mingjun greeted her and suddenly asked, "Manager Chu, you guys at the brokerage firm are all pretty good at stock trading, right?"

Chu Qianmiao quickly clarified, "No, no, brokerage analysts are more knowledgeable about the secondary market. Our investment banking department actually focuses on the primary and secondary markets, so we're not very well-informed about secondary market stocks."

Ke Mingjun smiled and said gently, "Manager Chu, you're so polite. Are you treating me like an outsider?"

Chu Qianmiao quickly said she really wasn't very knowledgeable about stock trading, and besides, investment bankers were generally not allowed to open accounts and trade privately.

Ke Mingjun smiled and asked, "Even if you're not well-informed about stocks, do you have any exclusive information about your private placements? Has any listed company recently approached you about doing a share issuance? Good news like that usually drives up the stock price, right?" He adjusted his glasses and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone if you tell me."

Chu Qianmiao was utterly embarrassed and tried to explain, "Assistant Ke, I haven't heard of any listed companies planning to approach us for a private placement recently." And even if there were, it would be insider information, and leaking it would be a violation.

Ke Mingjun continued to smile, his demeanor gentle, but his words became pointed. "Manager Chu is quite interesting. She always keeps things to herself."

Chu Qianmiao: "..."

She wanted to say, "I think you're quite funny, forcing people to answer questions they shouldn't ask."

But she couldn't say that. She could only smile, trying to interrupt with a few words, like, "Why hasn't the elevator come down yet?"

But Tan Shen's voice echoed from behind her.

"Assistant Ke likes to trade stocks." Ke Mingjun turned, saw Tan Shen, and immediately switched from a gentle and gentle manner to a warm and enthusiastic expression. "No, no, I'm just playing around." Then he asked, "Where are you going, Mr. Tan?"

Tan Shen said, "Let's go and say hello to all the intermediaries working on your IPO. As a strategic investor in Liya, Yingji Capital will have to fully cooperate with you on the subsequent IPO process, which will inevitably require communication with all the intermediaries."

Ke Mingjun praised Mr. Tan for his hard work.

Tan Shen smiled and said, "It's my duty." After a pause, he told Ke Mingjun, "Investment bankers really don't know how to trade stocks. Manager Chu probably didn't hide this from you. By the way, if you do trade stocks, you might want to check out Henong shares. They're suitable for long-term holding."

Ke Mingjun was overjoyed and thanked Tan Shen repeatedly. When the elevator arrived, he didn't rush in. He said to Tan Shen, "Mr. Tan, I'll take you to greet the various agencies." He then said to the securities assistant originally assigned to lead Tan Shen, "Xiao Feng, go ahead and do your work. I'll take Mr. Tan there."

Tan Shen smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble Assistant Ke." Before turning around, he winked at Chu Qianmiao.

Chu Qianmiao mouthed "Thank you."

As she turned to get into the elevator, she thought: Tan Shen has truly transformed himself, now so much more prominent. The chatterbox he used to be had transformed into Mr. Tan, a man she almost felt unfamiliar with.

Before leaving get off work, Qin Qianyu said, "I saw a hot pot restaurant next to Liya. Seeing it made me want to eat hot pot, but it would be a bit miserable to eat alone." After a pause, he loudly suggested, "Why don't we have hot pot together tonight?"

No one responded.

Qin Qianyu, embarrassed and furious, slammed his hand on the table and began nodding his head. "Comrade Chu Qianmiao, you're the first to express your opinion." He paused, then issued a warning. "Think about how you're going to express your opinion. Then think about who gave you those materials for the insurance agent exam."

Chu Qianmiao quickly raised her hand and said, "I'll go."

She kicked Liu Lifeng's chair leg. "Hurry up and express your opinion to the future CEO Qin."

Liu Lifeng looked up from the screen full of financial data. "Are you okay? Do you know me well?" He turned to Qin Qianyu and said, "Yes, I'll go too."

He then took over and kicked Cui Xijie's table leg. "It's your turn. Express your opinion."

Cui Xijie also agreed.

Qin Qianyu slammed his hand on the table. "Okay, once everyone's here, I'll book the private room."

Ren Yan's voice rose coldly from behind him. "Am I dead?"

His words stunned everyone. Everyone turned to look at him.

Qin Qianyu trembled as he asked, "So, Boss, are you going with us?" After a pause, he muttered, "Even if I asked, you'd definitely say no."

"I'll go," Ren Yan said.

"I'll go," Chu Qianmiao, Qin Qianyu, Liu Lifeng, and Cui Xijie thought to themselves.

After work, Chu Qianmiao went downstairs with everyone else, ready to go eat hot pot.

As they reached the open space in front of the office building, she and Qin Qianyu were chattering about whether adding leeks to hot pot would affect the flavor. Just then, an SUV drove up and stopped smoothly in front of her.

Tan Shen rolled down the window, leaned out slightly, and smiled broadly. He greeted everyone first. He had already met these people that afternoon when he met with various agencies. Now, greeting them, they seemed completely familiar. He even specifically addressed Ren Yan as "Senior."

Then he said to Chu Qianmiao, "Qianmiao, get in the car."

Chu Qianmiao hesitated, "I've made a hotpot date with everyone. How about you join us?"

Following the principle of "better to break up a hotpot meal than to separate a couple," Qin Qianyu quickly said, "Qianmiao, it's okay. We can have hotpot anytime, but Director Tan doesn't come often. You should go have a meal with him."

Tan Shen thanked him, "Brother Qin," and waved to Chu Qianmiao from the car door.

Chu Qianmiao hesitantly approached. Tan Shen pulled out his wallet, pulled out his ID card, and held it up to her, pointing to the spot where his date of birth was.

Chu Qianmiao sighed.

Okay, she surrendered. Today was his birthday.

She turned around, apologized to everyone, opened the car door, and got in.

The car sped away. Liu Lifeng, standing in the exhaust, chuckled coldly, "She fooled others and didn't go herself. What kind of person is that?"

Qin Qianyu elbowed him. "You're complaining a lot right now."

Ren Yan suddenly said, "Let's go, let's go eat hot pot." After taking two steps, he handed the car keys to Qin Qianyu. "I have some wine in the trunk. Go get it for everyone."

Qin Qianyu was stunned. Not only had Ren Yan volunteered to join their dinner today, he had also offered to drink—a record-breaking move.

He quickly asked, "Boss, how many bottles?"

Ren Yan said calmly, "Bring them all."

When Qin Qianyu opened Ren Yan's trunk, he was shocked. Six bottles of Moutai. All of them.

Is the boss planning to drink them to death?