The story of Rose starts with being a brother

Chapter 370: Tongque Spring Locks the Second Forest

"Aunt Ye, when will you rescue Gu Yuan?"

In the teahouse box filled with fragrance, Jian Xi, after finishing the previous conversation and pouring another cup of tea, spoke again.

Ye Chuanping, who was sipping tea with her head down, paused and looked at the amber tea in the cup and said, "Wait a little longer. We are in the limelight now, so it's better to hide for a while."

After a pause, she put down the teacup, her face darkening slightly: "It's a good opportunity for him to think carefully in there, whether it's worth it to end up like this!"

Jian Xi nodded. Her eldest son went to jail for another woman, which was equivalent to neglecting his own mother and the entire family. Any mother would be furious.

At this time, Ye Chuanping said in a bad tone: "In the end, I was the one who had to fill the hole in Shenggu. The Gu family really made a good plan!"

Thinking about this period of time, she plotted against the Gong family, and her eldest son helped the Gu family to plot against her. It felt like all the effort she had put in wasted.

In fact, it can be called a calculation, but Ye Chuanping knew in his heart that it was not a calculation at all.

If Haodaer could really use his imprisonment to trick her, his biological mother, into helping him pay off his debts, then apart from being angry at first, she would probably be happy, because this was also a sign of Haodaer's growth. At least he would use his brain to scheme against others, even his biological mother.

But what made her even more angry was that Haodaer didn't think this was a plot at all. He was just having a love affair and became so stubborn. This was what made her most angry.

If you do something stupid without realizing it, under other circumstances you could say it was a blessing in disguise, but in this situation, you are a typical example of being extremely stupid and stubborn like a donkey.

Stupid and stubborn, when Ye Chuanping thought of this word, he felt that he was not happy at all about the current achievement of winning "ME".

Damn it, why didn't you have another child?!

So far, the only thing that Haodaer did with his brain was to help Gu Li sell Sheng Gu to Gong Ming, which fooled him for a while. But maybe it was Gu Li who used his brain at that time, and Haodaer just helped the other party...

Whether it was intentional or unintentional, Haodaer had directed all his thoughts on her as a mother!
When she thought of this, Ye Chuanping felt that the tea she had just drunk did not taste sweet, but bitter.

Seeing the wonderful expression on Aunt Ye's face opposite him, Jian Xi looked a little strange. After thinking about it carefully, he vaguely guessed something.

So he couldn't help wanting to laugh, but he quickly held back and asked, "By the way, Aunt Ye, do you still remember the bet we made?"

"Bet?"

Ye Chuanping, who was still in a state of panic, frowned and quickly recalled that incident. Her expression became even more unpleasant as she said, "Isn't this obvious? Gu Yuan is such a loser that he still can't forget me, but I've already dumped him like a dog."

"Several hundred million yuan in breakup fees!" Ye Chuanping gritted her teeth and said, "That Miss Gu really knows how to do business!"

If they weren't outside and the person in front of her was a junior, she would have wanted to curse, saying that even if Gu Li had diamonds on her body, it wouldn't be worth so much money!
Jian Xi, who didn't know what Aunt Ye was thinking, smiled when he heard this, picked up the teapot and added more tea for her: "Aunt Ye, calm down, calm down."

Then he added: "But as for the secret of Sheng Gu that you are worried about, Aunt Ye, I have already figured it out. It won't take long for me to help you fulfill this little wish."

The remaining shares of Shenggu are still in his hands, but he is not sure whether to give them to Ye Chuanping or Gu Yuan.

There’s no rush now anyway, let’s wait until our good brother comes out.

Ye Chuanping's eyes lit up when he heard this, and his displeasure just now dissipated a lot: "Are you sure?"

"Yes, and I am more and more confident." Jian Xi said with a smile, "Aunt Ye, I may not lose the bet. Anyway, some things on hand are not finished yet, why not continue to wait?"

"..."

Hearing this, Ye Chuanping said nothing. Even if she really got the secret, she was not so excited at the thought of Gu Li marrying into the Ye family.

But it was that stupid ass named Daer who was determined to hang himself on Gu Li's crooked tree as if he had drunk a drug of love, and he even went to jail to show his determination...

Being a mother is really hard, especially being Gu Yuan’s mother!
After a moment of silence in the private room, the aunt and nephew tacitly skipped the previous topic and started chatting about something else.

When the tea was almost finished and the meeting was drawing to a close, Ye Chuanping suddenly remembered something and asked with a smile, "By the way, Jian Xi, I just heard you talk about some domestic financial issues. It just so happens that a friend of mine proposed a project to me not long ago. I'm still considering it. Do you have any ideas?"

"Hmm?" Jian Xi, who was about to send a message to Xiaoluocha, put down his phone and asked, "What project?"

"Regarding the financing projects, a 'shared' bicycle concept emerged in Beijing last year. The founder is still a graduate student. His shared bicycles developed very well last year. Now he intends to expand to Shanghai. The potential is huge."

"..."

Just after hearing the first part, Jian Xi's brows became strangely furrowed. This sounded too familiar!

But if I calculate the time, it seems to be about this time now.

"ofo?" He asked out of caution.

"Oh, yes, that's the name." Ye Chuanping nodded and said, "My friend is in the venture capital circle in Beijing. He mentioned it to me and I paid some attention to it. This team started to develop in the second half of last year. Just half a year later, at the beginning of this year, it raised tens of millions of funds in the A round. Many people have noticed it, and now they are interested in entering Shanghai. I am also optimistic about it."

At this point, she looked at Jian Xi and said, "Do you know about this project?"

"Haha, I've heard a little about it." Jian Xi laughed twice. Whoever works in finance in the future would know this thing? It is simply a textbook on the capital market. It's a pity that it's not positive.

"Then what do you think?"

Facing Aunt Ye's gaze, Jian Xi did not rush to answer, but hesitated for a moment before saying: "It does have potential, but... uh, Aunt Ye, if you want to get involved, how much money do you plan to invest?"

Jian Xi did not hide the hesitation in his words. Ye Chuanping could naturally notice it. However, she only intended to take it as a reference. She had her own standards in mind for whether to spend money, what to spend money on and how to spend the money. However, she also wanted to hear what her great nephew, who was still young and had even greater potential, had to say.

"Well, I haven't decided whether to invest or not, but if I really invest, it's estimated to be around 20 million. What do you think?"

"Twenty million..." Jian Xi nodded, thought for a moment and smiled, "US dollars?"

Ye Chuanping's face condensed, and he subconsciously asked, "Are you so optimistic about this?"

"I am very optimistic about its concept and its ability to raise funds." Jian Xi did not finish his words, and then continued with a smile, "When I heard you mention shared bicycles just now, I thought of this company and did pay attention to it. Apart from anything else, its ability to raise funds is indeed impressive."

"It's just financing..." Ye Chuanping tapped the wall of the teacup gently. It was not like she didn't understand what the other party said. Financing was one thing, and landing and making a profit were another.

"So do you think I can vote?"

"Of course you can invest. It's a good thing to be able to raise funds. How many people who invest money will wait until the end to share the money?" Jian Xi said with a smile, "In my opinion, Aunt Ye, no matter how much you invest, whether it's US dollars or not, just wait for one or two rounds to get out."

Jian Xi's words basically told her that she could invest, but she just didn't have to be too stubborn. After the valuation increased, she could consider selling it and treat it as financial management. However, the returns from this financial management were extremely substantial, and the only drawback was that it could not be held for a long time.

"You think this is a balloon?"

"I can't predict the future, but there's an old saying that goes, gambling is risky, and investing requires caution."

Turning the glass cup in his hand, Jian Xi laughed and said, since they were asking for his advice, he naturally couldn't be too decisive.

But ofo is really amazing. Before the balloon burst, its expansion speed can be said to be changing with each passing day. According to the time, it will take a few months for the other party to complete the B round of financing, and then complete the C round of financing within a month, and the D round of financing within half a year. The amount will become larger and larger, from tens of millions of dollars to hundreds of millions of dollars and then to several hundred million dollars. From starting a business to the D round of financing, it has become a unicorn with a valuation of over 1 billion in just over a year. Isn’t it amazing?

As for the future, although there will be more and more financing, the problems will also become more obvious, until the balloon bursts and everything is shattered.

After all, the founder's way of burning money is crazy, faster than blowing up a balloon, he just burns the money like paper.

Ye Chuanping frowned and fell into deep thought. She had just mentioned it casually just now. If Jian Xi hadn't said much, she wouldn't have cared much about it. But now the other party's words made her think more about it. After all, ofo was currently an uncertain project on paper to her, but she could see and touch Jian Xi's abilities.

Seeing her frowning in thought, Jian Xi thought for a moment and then smiled, "But Aunt Ye, if you really want to invest, don't rush to give your intention now. Wait a little longer so that you can get less money and more shares. Because as far as I know, if they want to promote this project nationwide, Shanghai must be the place they want to take over. But I don't think they can take over Shanghai right away. Whether it's the industry situation in Shanghai, the climate, or the lobbying of universities, the promotion of shared bicycles is not something that ofo can solve directly, but Aunt Ye, you happen to have such an advantage locally."

Jian Xi's words echoed in the box. After hearing them, Ye Chuanping nodded but didn't say anything more. After all, this decision could not be made in a short time.

Seeing that his nephew lowered his head to play with his phone after he finished speaking, Ye Chuanping hesitated and asked, "Jian Xi, I heard you talk in great detail. Do you have any ideas about this project?"

"That requires some spare money. If I don't have enough, people won't think highly of me. If I have more, I can't afford it." Jian Xi shrugged and chuckled, "Besides, I have my own things to do at Red Leaf Media. I don't have that much energy."

Things are different now than when he was at Red Leaf Capital. Money is one thing, but there are also some troubles in other areas.

Besides, even if he had the money, he couldn't spend it on these things now. After the Gong family affairs were settled, he had to prepare funds to welcome the real big opportunities in the international market in the near future.

In 2016, a storm will arise in the southern sea that will stir up the whole world.

……

April 14th, afternoon, at Jian Xi’s home.

Lin Xiao opened the door and casually hung her bag on the wall. After changing her shoes, she walked towards the living room with a look of despair.

Then, as she arrived in the living room, she saw Lin Quan standing with his back to her, motionless, and she didn't know what he was doing.

"What are you doing?"

Lin Xiao suddenly spoke up, startling Little Green Tea. She quickly turned around, put her hands behind her back and said angrily, "You scared me, but you walked without making any sound!"

"Can't you hear the door opening so loudly?" Lin Xiao snorted, and seeing the other party's hands behind his back, he asked, "What are you hiding?"

"Don't tell you."

"Tsk, who cares?" After rolling his eyes, Lin Xiao sighed deeply, then collapsed on the sofa and said uncomfortably, "You all kept it from me, and you all don't like me."

"..."

Lin Quan opened his mouth. He already had a secret, so why did people start accusing him?

Seeing Lin Xiao about to cry, Little Green Tea pursed her lips and said helplessly: "Okay, okay, I'll show you." After that, she took out the thing hidden behind her. Lin Xiao turned his head on the sofa and glanced at it, and was immediately a little surprised.

"Ah! What a cute porcelain doll, is this you?"

At this moment, in Lin Quan's hand was a Q-version little green tea ceramic doll wearing a little red hat and a white dress. At first glance, Lin Xiao thought the doll was extremely cute... much more pleasing to the eye than the real person in front of him.

Little Green Tea raised her eyebrows and squinted her eyes with a smile: "Of course it's me. How about it? Doesn't it look good? Does it look like me?"

"..." Lin Xiao pouted, somewhat unwilling to admit it, but seeing that the woman in front of her had been staring at her, she had no choice but to pinch her nose and nod, "Like, like you, okay?"

Lin Quan nodded in satisfaction, and then she heard Lin Xiao say, "Where did you get this doll? I want one too."

"This..." Little Green Tea's face froze, and she didn't know what to say for a moment.

This doll was naturally made for her by Jian Xi. During the previous Chinese New Year, when they were visiting the City God Temple, some women disturbed them and caused the date to be cancelled. The dog man agreed to make one for her personally, and then she said that he could only make it for her.

It was finally finished a few days ago. She loved it so much after the man gave it to her. These past two days, she has been taking it out and staring at it whenever she has nothing to do.

Now that she heard Lin Xiao also wanted it, she immediately became unhappy. She didn't want to tell the other party!
Just as Little Green Tea was hesitating to find an excuse, Lin Xiao thought of something and asked tentatively, "Is this a gift from Jian Xi?"

"Of course not!" Little Green Tea denied it firmly, and then she added, "I saw someone making clay figurines near the school before, so I asked someone to customize one for me. They fired it and gave it to me two days ago."

After all these reasons, Lin Quan silently gave himself a thumbs up, but Lin Xiao was a little suspicious and asked: "Then why did you hide when you saw me?"

"I was afraid you might try to grab it and break it."

"..."

Lin Xiao gritted his teeth, snorted and stopped looking at this green tea bitch: "Who cares? I'll go and order one for myself later."

"Hehe, go ahead, go ahead. Yours is definitely not as good as mine." The little green tea girl laughed and shook her head. How could what others made be the same as what Jian Xi made?

Woman, you lose too much to me after all!

Lin Xiao became more and more annoyed the more he listened, so he sat up angrily and said, "Can you be quiet for a while? If you want to see it, go back to your room and see it yourself!"

Lin Quan, who was in a good mood, was startled by Lin Xiao's sudden increase in volume. He almost dropped the doll in his hand and shouted, "What's wrong with you? You're unhappy outside and you're here to vent your anger, right? What else can you do besides being a bully at home?!"

It has to be said that the little green tea girl's counterattack caused critical damage to Lin Xiao, and she immediately got so angry that her face turned red. She wanted to curse back but didn't know what to say, and her eyes turned red from holding it in.

"You are all bullying me!"

After saying this, Lin Xiao couldn't help crying immediately, which made Little Green Tea confused. Normally, the opponent's combat power shouldn't be so low?
As the only opponent he recognized, he was prepared to fight her for three hundred rounds, but he didn't expect to win so easily?
Seeing that the other person was crying louder and louder, Lin Quan's lips moved slightly, and the words she was about to say, "Cry, cry, cry, you just know how to cry," were swallowed back by her.

Just when I was about to open my mouth to comfort her, I heard a noise at the door and then Jian Xi pushed the door open.

"Hey, why are you crying?"

Jian Xi said with a strange look on his face while changing his shoes. He heard the noise in the house just now when he was at the door. He was a little surprised that Lin Xiao suddenly started crying, but considering the context, he could guess that there was probably his own reason.

Seeing him come back, Lin Xiao was unmoved, but the little green tea girl pouted. Why did this scene make it look like she was bullying Lin Xiao?
Who is the green tea?

The two girls were silent, so the dog man came over, smiled at the little green tea girl to show that he knew what was going on, then sat down next to Lin Xiao who was crying with her legs hugged and whispered, "What's wrong? Who bullied you? I'll find a place for you."

As he spoke, he reached out to hug Lin Xiao, but the other party struggled and said, "You are the one who bullied me!"

"Me?" Jian Xi glanced at the little green tea who kept rolling her eyes, and smiled again, "How did I bully you?"

"You clearly knew that I was worried about Gu Li, yet you kept it from me."

The dog man who knew it was this matter laughed and said, "Didn't you say that I would talk about it after you three best friends are all here? Aren't Tang Wanru and Nan Xiang part of your era sisters?"

"But..." Lin Xiao suddenly raised his head and looked at Jian Xi with his rabbit-like eyes, "I can't find Tang Wanru."

"You went to see her?"

Lin Xiao's eyes dodged and he lowered his head: "I... don't dare to face the scar on her mouth. She loved beauty so much, and now she has become like that. I feel hard to breathe just thinking about it."

"Did you send her a message?"

"Yes, and I also said I wanted to meet her... but she refused." Lin Xiao said softly, "Since she went back, she has never left the house. Everyone is staring at the scar on her mouth."

That’s right. If Tang Wanru drew a red line on the other side of her mouth, people would think she was COSing as the Joker when she went out!
Jian Xi sighed and consoled her, "You guys have to meet her eventually. You don't want to keep seeing her like this, do you? Go meet her, and ask Nan Xiang to come over so I can tell you everything."

At this point, the dog man added: "Gu Li didn't want me to leak the secret, but you are the people she cares about the most after all."

Lin Xiao looked at him and opened his mouth, wanting to ask him what was going on, but seeing him like this and thinking of Tang Wanru's matter, he had to swallow it back.

Seeing this, Jian Xi hugged her and said with a smile: "Don't cry, we'll have dinner later. What if you cry so much that you lose your appetite and your breasts become smaller?"

"..."

The dog man was serious for less than three minutes and then started to be indecent again. Little Green Tea's eyes almost cramped after hearing this. Lin Xiao was also speechless, but at this time she said: "There is one more thing."

"Ok?"

"It's just that the company is now managed by Ye Chuanping, and she..."

Jian Xi's expression changed slightly, and he asked curiously: "Why? Did she bully you?"

"No." Lin Xiao frowned, "I just feel that she treats me very strangely, and treats me like air. It seems that she doesn't care whether I go to the company or not. If it were in the past, she would definitely cause trouble for me because of Gu Li."

Hearing this, the dog man laughed, and guessed that Ye Chuanping was probably doing this for his sake and should wait until he went to "ME" to make arrangements for Lin Xiao.

But unfortunately, I probably don’t have time to take care of that for the time being. After all, I’m competing with Constanly right now!

The day after the conversation with Ye Chuanping, public opinion about the Gong family was stirred up again, and the spearhead was directed at the Constanly Group.

After all, the trouble of "ME" was ultimately caused by Gong Xun. How could it be so easy to clear himself of the blame?
Moreover, "ME" is a subsidiary of the Constanly Group. The subsidiary has a huge financial loophole. Who knows whether it will affect the parent company?

Even if we push the blame onto Gong Ming, as father and son, outsiders have to believe that Gong Xun was unaware of the situation, right?

Although "ME" has not been listed, the special nature of its industry gives it considerable influence. At least in the eyes of outsiders, as the leading fashion magazine company in Shanghai, it has considerable financial leverage capabilities. Will the financial situation of this subsidiary really not directly affect the parent company's financial report?
You know, Shenggu was previously acquired by the Constanly Group, which used it specifically to cooperate with "ME" after the acquisition. Who can believe that the financial status of the parent and subsidiary companies can be independent?
Having concealed it for so long, was the parent company's financial report falsified to match the subsidiary's fake accounts?

Listed companies are different from non-listed companies. The crime of illegally disclosing or not disclosing important information alone is enough to get Old Man Gong into trouble. But if this is committed, has it also constituted the crime of manipulating the securities market?

Anyway, they are all reasonable suspicions, so why can't we link it to the "ME" incident?
Oh yes, there is also the most crucial crime of misappropriation of funds. Although Jian Xi doesn’t know whether Gong Ming is really responsible for this, it doesn’t matter. According to the time calculation, the financial loopholes that were exposed at the time were when Gong Xun was in charge of "ME"!

Listed groups are large in size and have a lot of blood, but at the same time, once they are injured and bleed, the amount is really large. The impact of public opinion on stock prices is also extremely sensitive, and it fluctuates in real time.

Since the stock market started to fall, Jian Xi mobilized overseas funds to launch an official attack in the past two days. Although compared with the funds used by the Constanly Group to protect the market, his funds are indeed unlikely to be as much as the other party, it doesn't matter, he still has follow-up measures.

Moreover, he never had the delusion of competing head-on with the Constanly Group on his own. He had only one target from the beginning to the end, and that was Gong Xun.

The listed company is not a family business of the Gong family. Now the fundamental reason for the decline in Constanly Group’s stock price is Gong Xun. Are you willing to take this blow?
Jian Xi was very much looking forward to it, and his subsequent measures were also prepared for this attack.

"Huh? Why do I feel that Ye Chuanping is a pretty good person?"

The voice of Xiao Lu Cha suddenly sounded in the living room. She tilted her head and looked at Lin Xiao curiously. When she first visited the Ye family, she didn't think there was anything wrong with Ye Chuanping.

"..."

Lin Xiao was choked and said unhappily: "You didn't come to ME, what do you know?"

"Tsk, who wants to go there?"

Lin Quan snorted and responded with what Lin Xiao had just said.

However, this does serve as a reminder to the dog man that he will definitely enter the entertainment and film and television industry after "ME". Maybe the little green tea girl can really come and participate in his studies later.

Lin Xiao, Lin Quan... Could it be possible to change the name of "ME" to "Tongquetai" in the future?
……

In Sinan Mansion, the Gu siblings were eating dinner quietly.

The brother and sister didn't talk much. The reasons why Gu Li was in a bad mood were naturally those things. The fact that she was still in a good mood to eat showed that she had a strong mental state.

As for Gu Zhun...

Gu Li frowned when he saw his younger brother staring at the food on the table but not eating much. After a while, he finally couldn't help but knocked on the table.

"What are you doing? Just looking at it can fill your stomach!"

"Ah? No!" Gu Zhun came to his senses and looked at his elder sister. Seeing that she looked unhappy, he subconsciously picked up the chopsticks and wanted to eat, but the chopsticks stopped in mid-air after being halfway extended.

As Gu Li looked more and more puzzled, Gu Zhun withdrew his hand, lowered his head and covered his chest, saying, "Sister, I don't know why, but I feel a little panicked. I always feel that something bad is going to happen."

"Something bad..."

Gu Li's face turned pale, and he blurted out subconsciously: "You know?"

(End of this chapter)