The story of Rose starts with being a brother

Chapter 268 Acquisition Meeting

December 18th, at the Shen Mansion in Modou.

This garden house was once the Fan Garden where celebrities lived a hundred years ago. Today, it still quietly exudes its charm in the green alleys.

Today is the day of Shenggu Group’s acquisition announcement conference, and the venue is chosen to be Shen Mansion.

Jian Xi also came today. Originally, this matter had nothing to do with him, but his good brother Gu Yuan invited him, so he came to join in the fun.

I guess it was because he didn't tell me directly when I asked him how he planned to deal with Sheng Gu's affairs, so he asked me to come and take a look at the scene.

But Jian Xi had watched the original drama, so he already knew the result from the original drama.

At this time, there were still ten minutes before the press conference officially started. Jian Xi had already taken a seat in the reception area, and many people had arrived. The protagonist of this press conference, Gu Li, and important supporting actors, Gong Ming and Ye Chuanping had not arrived yet.

Jian Xi sat there leisurely with his eyes closed, and began to recall the contents of the original play in his mind.

At this point, Gu Li should have signed a contract with Gong Ming to sell Shenggu to the Constanly Group, and she herself will serve as the financial director of "ME".

Then Ye Chuanping realized that she had been tricked.

What made Jian Xi speechless was that Ye Chuanping didn’t even know whether or not the company had been successfully acquired before the press conference!
What is this? An auction?

Shouldn't we know the outcome before negotiating with the other party?

The other party will never tell you not to worry, you will know the result at the press conference...

Isn't this similar to what a bootlicker would say when being rejected?

So Jian Xi’s attitude towards the so-called acquisition of Shenggu Group is a bit, well... difficult to comment.

Just as he was still thinking about it, someone tapped his shoulder.

"Jian Xi!"

Gu Yuan greeted him with a smile. When Jian Xi turned around, he also saw Ye Chuanping standing next to Gu Yuan.

"Gu Yuan, Aunt Ye."

Even though he thought the other person was mentally ill just now, it didn't stop him from being a polite and good boy at this moment.

"Yeah." Ye Chuanping smiled slightly and responded before continuing, "I heard from Gu Yuan that your company is developing well?"

"Hey, we've just started out, and it's just a small business now." Jian Xi was not being modest, but whether according to his own estimation or in Ye Chuanping's eyes, his company was indeed just a small business.

Ye Chuanping nodded, looking at Jian Xi with a slightly probing look in her eyes, but she still smiled and said, "It's already very good. If you have any difficulties, you can tell Gu Yuan. It's good for him to have more experience."

"it is good."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Ye Chuanping went to sit on the sofa in the first row. The sofa was a double sofa, and it was obvious that the seat next to her was reserved for the eldest son, Gu Yuan.

Gu Yuan, who had been silent beside her just now, breathed a sigh of relief and sat down next to Jian Xi.

"What? Have you thought about how to explain to your mother after the results are announced?"

"I didn't think about it."

Gu Yuan didn't find it strange that Jian Xi knew this result. He had said before that he would help Gu Li sell Sheng Gu for a good price, and he would naturally not let his own mother be taken advantage of with the extra money.

In this sense, although he did not successfully acquire Shenggu as his mother requested, he still helped her save a lot of money.

Who dares to say that he is not a filial son?
After Gu Yuan finished speaking, he sighed and continued, "Instead of thinking about how to explain it, I should think about how to ruin the marriage that my mother randomly arranged."

"So you've thought about this?"

After hearing Jian Xi's words, Gu Yuan was reserved for only two seconds before he could no longer pretend and smiled with raised eyebrows.

But he quickly coughed and straightened his expression and said, "Well... I can't tell you now. You will know when you come to my engagement ceremony."

"..."

Jian Xi was speechless. Is this something to be proud of?
Seeing Gu Yuan's high spirits at this moment, Jian Xi could already imagine how upset Ye Chuanping must be.

"Okay, the press conference is about to start, go sit next to your mother."

Gu Yuan smiled and nodded, then stood up and sat down next to his mother in the front row.

As soon as she sat down, Ye Chuanping started speaking.

"Have you been to Jian Xi's company?"

Gu Yuan, who had regained his serious look, was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then shook his head and said:

"Not yet. Jian Xi said before that I could come over to see you when I'm free, but as you know I've been busy recently, so I didn't make it."

Ye Chuanping nodded, looking thoughtful, and then asked, "Besides helping him smooth things over, did Jian Xi ask you to do anything else?"

"No."

Gu Yuan shook his head and said, "I asked him before if the company was short of money. He said that the company was definitely short of money at the beginning, but there was no rush. We need to wait a while before he will increase the capital investment."

"Hmm..." Ye Chuanping thought for a moment and suddenly wondered, "Where did Jian Xi get so much money? Did his family give it to him?"

The other party and his son were childhood friends, and he also knew the situation of Jian Xi's family. Although compared with his family, it was just an ordinary family, but if Jian Xi's family was ruthless, they still had enough money to start a company.

But this also means that it cannot withstand twists and turns, has a low risk tolerance, and its capital chain can easily break once it encounters any problems.

This was also the reason why she was not optimistic about Jian Xi before, but because he had a good character over the years and had a good relationship with her son, she did not directly tell her son not to get involved.

Moreover, Ye Chuanping had also considered the matter in his mind. Anyway, Gu Yuan had no substantial investment resources at the moment. Even if Jian Xi's company went bankrupt, it would be a good thing for him.

Haodaer has the same common problem as those rich second-generations in wanting to prove himself. Instead of stopping him all the time, it is better to let him fall here, so that he can take over honestly when the time comes.

Although I haven't paid much attention to it during this period, from what Haodaer said, it seems that Jian Xi's company is making some progress.

He had asked Jian Xi this question before, so he smiled and said, "Jian Xi said he made money in the stock market and invested it in the company."

"The stock market?" Ye Chuanping frowned. She thought that Jian Xi's family was supporting it by selling everything they had.

“Does he make enough money in the stock market to support himself?”

Gu Yuan continued, "He said that it is enough for now, and now his company is getting on the right track, and it won't be long before it will be profitable."

"Internet celebrity..." Ye Chuanping muttered several times, and then said to Hao Daer, "When you are free, ask Jian Xi to come to your house for dinner."

"Ah?" Gu Yuan hesitated for a moment, then immediately agreed.

This is a good thing. If my mother's previous attitude of not objecting was just perfunctory, then now it can be considered that she officially cares about it.

After discussing this topic, Ye Chuanping turned his attention back to the next key issue.

"You said that Gu Li will announce the news that Sheng Gu was acquired by Ye's Group at today's press conference. Are you sure you have discussed it with her?" "I'm sure!" Gu Yuan answered firmly, "Just let me take full responsibility for this matter. You will know later."

I saved you hundreds of millions!
"it is good."

Ye Chuanping's face brightened when she heard Haodaer's answer, but she still asked the question in a fake manner.

"Then you and Gu Li..."

If they have already broken up, I won't have to think of ways to separate them later.

After hearing his mother's question, Gu Yuan immediately started his performance.

His expression suddenly became depressed, his mouth pursed, he sighed with loss, then he forced out a smile, shook his head in a dry tone and said, "It's okay."

"..."

Ye Chuanping frowned. Did they break up?

I've never seen my son look like this after breaking up with Gu Li before?
But looking at this situation, it seems like they really broke up.

After much thought, Ye Chuanping was still willing to believe that they had broken up.

How could Haodaer resist the temptation of agreeing to let him marry Gu Li?
But it seems to be just as he expected, Haodaer wants to marry Gu Li, but Gu Li doesn't want to marry in this way.

Finally, a worry has been put to rest!

She held back her smile and looked to the side. Coincidentally, Gu Yuan, who had the same opposite thoughts as her mother but was in the same mood at the moment, also looked over.

"..."

So the loving mother and son continued to hold back their laughter and looked at each other... without smiling.

At this time, a figure sat down on the sofa next to her. Ye Chuanping turned around and saw that it was her competitor Gong Ming.

"Aunt Ye, we meet again."

The Gong family and the Ye family are old friends, and Ye Chuanping is from the same generation as Gong Ming's father, so according to seniority, when Gong Ming sees Ye Chuanping, he has to take the initiative to greet her and call her aunt.

Ye Chuanping smiled, nodded and replied: "How is your father? I haven't seen him for a while."

Gong Ming, who always had a stern face, had to smile politely when he saw Ye Chuanping and said, "Thank you for your concern, Aunt Ye. My father is in good health. He also said before that he would let the two families sit together for a meal again someday."

"..."

The two of them exchanged brief greetings, and neither of them mentioned anything about the acquisition, as if they were just attending an ordinary press conference and just happened to meet each other.

Not far behind the two of them, Jian Xi silently watched them whispering to each other.

These two families are also quite interesting.

The Ye family and the Gong family are old friends, but that does not prevent the two families from fighting with each other. This is very normal in the business world. After all, friendship is friendship and business is business.

Moreover, in the original drama, Ye Chuanping joined "ME" as the new president, and Gong Ming at that time was dismissed because of a conflict with Mr. Gong.

But the plot in this area is still quite vague, as the positions were replaced almost at the speed of light.

The original drama said that Mr. Gong asked Ye Chuanping to clean up the mess, but the situation at that time could not be considered as coming to help, it was more like taking over "ME".

Moreover, Gu Yuan had previously proposed to understand the financial situation of "ME", but not long after, Ye Chuanping arranged for Gu Yuan to serve as the financial director of "ME".

It's not like these two companies have a relationship where they can just give key positions in the company to each other as a favor!

I just don't know what else happened inside.

Of course, there is one thing that Jian Xi finds strange and interesting, and that is the situation in front of him.

The Ye family and the Gong family actually set their sights on Shenggu Group at the same time.

After Gu Yansheng passed away, Shenggu Group was indeed a piece of fat meat. Although there is a saying that if you have money and don't make it, you are a bastard, but it is actually not worth the two companies fighting for it.

Moreover, this seems to conflict with the two things that the Gong family later did: they appointed Gu Yuan and Ye Chuanping as the financial director and president of "ME" respectively.

Does Shenggu Group have anything to do with what happened later?

Jian Xi didn’t know either, even if he had watched the original drama, he still didn’t know, because the internal situation was not filmed. Or maybe, this was also a bug?

Jian Xi was quite interested in this. He also wanted to know what secrets existed between the Sheng Gu and Gong Ye families.

He had to accept the offer as long as Ye Chuanping agreed to let Gu Li in.

Just as Jian Xi was lost in thought, there was a noise behind him.

Amid the commotion of reporters and photographers, Gu Li, wearing a gray and black velvet dress from Bottega Veneta's fall 2012 collection, walked down the spiral staircase of the Sen Mansion.

Pushing open the door, the protagonist of the Shenggu Group acquisition press conference entered with a smile on his face, accompanied by the continuous bombardment of shutter clicks and flash lights all around.

Gu Li walked in the aisle among the guests at a leisurely pace. She was dressed up carefully and was not at all nervous facing everyone's gaze. Instead, she raised her hand and greeted everyone and the camera.

It was like she turned this acquisition press conference into her own personal show.

However, when passing by Jian Xi, Jian Xi clearly felt the surprise in her eyes when she saw him. It was obvious that she didn't expect him to come over.

Jian Xi smiled at her. He didn't expect that he would come here suddenly.

After their eyes made brief contact, Gu Li continued to walk forward. Jian Xi looked at her back and suddenly wondered if Lin Xiao had told her about her and Lin Xiao's current situation.

Gu Li must have known about his breakup with Lin Xiao and Lin Quan, and she even sent him a message asking what the situation between him and Lin Xiao was.

After all, the bad man was happy after the breakup, but Lin Xiao was sad and Gu Li had to go and comfort him.

But her consolation was useless because the breakup was so strange and the normal way of comforting best friends was totally useless, so Gu Li was also very annoyed.

It's a pity that Jian Xi just continued talking about something like fate and didn't give any other explanation. He couldn't tell her about his theory of wings, could he?
And now the situation between him and Lin Xiao was almost unresolved, making it even harder to say.

When the two of them broke up a few days ago, he didn't ask Lin Xiao.

When he thought about the breakup with Lin Xiao two days ago, the man's face became a little strange. How come Lin Xiao's underwear was almost exactly the same as Nan Xiang's?

I've never seen Lin Xiao wearing black lace before?

As a result, when Lin Xiao had his back to him, he almost thought he had recognized the wrong person...

The acquisition meeting has already begun. Everyone in the Gentleman Mansion has turned their eyes to Gu Li on the stage. However, Jian Xi, who is sitting in the audience, is thinking about the best friend of the person on the stage.

"Thank you all for coming today. After careful investigation and comparison, all shareholders of Shenggu Group have agreed to reach a strategic agreement with our future partners at a price of 800 million."

“I believe that the Constanly Group will definitely bring better resources and development to Shenggu. At the same time, starting today, I will serve as the financial director of ME.”

(End of this chapter)