He won 900 million in the lottery.

Three days passed, and there was still no news from the other side.

I'm not in a hurry, because I've fallen in love again.

WeChat chat.

Zero Zero: "It's finally over." [Tired]

I replied instantly: "Thank you for your hard work, it's been so long."

Zero Zero: "What are you doing? You replied to my message so quickly?"

Me: "Video?" [Sexy]

Lingling didn't reply, so I made a video call directly.

The video background is a dormitory, so it seems he came straight back after the meeting.

Me: "Did you just get back to your dorm?"

Lingling: "Yeah, look, we haven't even packed our things yet."

Me: "You didn't come back from the dorm last time you left?"

Lingling said helplessly, "Well, my supervisor told me to keep it a secret. Who knew I wouldn't be able to come back after going? I only attended three days of meetings; the rest of the time they were negotiating."

Me: "Since it's a secret, let's not talk about the meeting. I miss you, Lingling."

Let's be direct.

Me: "It's only been 7 days since we separated, but it feels like a long time, even though we've only known each other for 3 days."

Zero Zero: "Me too."

The other person blushed a little; having never been in a relationship before, she couldn't handle such a direct expression.

Lingling: "It's only been 10 days, but it feels like we've known each other for ages."

Me: "Leaving you feels like an eternity; it's been 10 years already."

Lingling: "Ugh, this is too cloying."

Me: "Hey, I have something to report to you. I was going to send you a WeChat message, but I was afraid of disturbing your meeting."

Zero Zero: "What's wrong?"

I told Lingling the whole story of the government's tender for purchasing mobile phones.

In my hometown, "proposing a matchmaker" means getting married.

Whether it's a financial matter or a work-related matter, you must report it.

Lingling: "I'll support whatever you do, as long as you let me know."

Me: "You're my wife, so I have to report everything to you."

Zero Zero: "Hmph. How much money do you want?"

In her mind, my principal was still 200 million, and she didn't know I had bought a car.

Me: "The Pareto Principle (80/20 rule) applies forever; use 400,000."

Lingling: "That's good. You said the target price is over 400, and the cost is almost 300 million. What about the rest of the money?"

Me: "Let's share the risk. Zhang Xingxing and Haitao, each of you should contribute. We can also find a few friends and chip in."

Lingling: "Hmm. Tianyi, have you thought about what to do if we can't get the money back?"

Me: "HW's manager, Chen Yuanyuan, signed a repayment guarantee, and I also need to meet with the person behind her."

Zero Zero: "Just meeting them isn't enough. You need to leave evidence to prevent them from cutting their losses and trying to survive."

My eyes lit up; Lingling was absolutely right.

Me: "Lingling, you're amazing! That's truly enlightening."

Lingling: "I read it in a book. They secretly recorded the business battles involving 3000 yuan. Although it seemed absurd, they actually got their money back in the end thanks to the recording."

Me: "Yes, even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit."

At that moment, a knocking sound was heard on the video feed.

Lingling: "Here I am—my classmate. She went to the meeting with me and just got back."

As she spoke, Lingling went to open the door.

Sure enough, a beautiful woman entered the frame, looking dashing and spirited.

Why do we say they are heroic and dashing?

With medium-length hair, he looked like he had served in the military.

"Hello there."

"Oh, you're a handsome guy! No wonder you didn't open the door, Dong Ling. Hello, handsome."

Lingling: "This is my husband, Shen Tianyi. My classmate, Zhongqing."

"Husband? Liu Dongling, you got married after going home for a month during summer vacation? How come you suddenly have a husband?"

Zhong Qing's surprise was undisguised: "Tell me quickly, how did you force Dong Ling to fall for your trick!"

On the other end of the video call: "Beautiful lady, I was the one who was forced into this scam. I've only been home for 7 days."

Zhongqing smiled in the video: "Your husband is really funny."

Lingling: "I'm not talking to you anymore. Let's go out for dinner, and then go shopping this afternoon to relax!"

Me: "Yeah, get some rest when you get back tonight."

Zhong Qing: "Men are all talk and no action. Show some real effort!"

Me: "The beautiful lady is right."

Lingling immediately came to my defense: "Oh, don't talk about him anymore, he's been busy lately. I'm hanging up now."

The video call ended.

Zhongqing makes a lot of sense. A man who only talks the talk is useless. What's the point of chatting about tenderness on WeChat? He still has to take action.

I've decided to go to Beijing at least once a month.

The WeChat video call had just ended when Chen Yuanyuan called back with a voice message.

I hung up immediately and called back.

Mobile phone calls have an automatic recording function, but WeChat does not.

Chen Yuanyuan: "Boss Shen, they've agreed. We can meet tonight."

Me: "It's 7 p.m., I'll just pick a random place."

Chen Yuanyuan: "Something more private."

Me: "No problem."

The location can't be just any place; it has to be high-end, and preparations need to be made in advance. The other party is considered part of the local upper class, and we can't go to places that are too famous, because we might know the club owner.

It seems that creating my own place is imperative.

In the end, we chose a newly opened restaurant that specializes in Chaoshan seafood.

What I wanted was luxury.

When you eat with this kind of person, you can't really expect any rules, but you still need to maintain a certain level of decorum.

Wine bottles are not allowed in the private rooms.

The phone should be placed on the table.

Mute is essential.

To be honest, I've been in this situation a few times, and I always felt that the other person was just showing off by opening the door—they were showing off to the extreme.

Moreover, none of the projects he organized were successful; he didn't make any money and even lost money on tobacco, alcohol, and tea.

However, looking at it from a different perspective now, this approach is actually not wrong.

Caution is the boat.

You can attend ten banquets that exceed the limit without worry.

But you only need to be caught once.

There was no choice but to accept the bad luck.

It's 7 PM, time's up.

Even leaders at the deputy director-general level have the opportunity to shake hands with small and micro-sized enterprises in Shanghai and Hangzhou.

But in my hometown, in these third- or fourth-tier cities, he's a paragon of virtue.

After the waiter closed the door, Chen Yuanyuan began her introduction.

Chen Yuanyuan: "This is Director Wu of our Municipal Procuratorate, and this is General Manager Shen."

Wu Lei can be found on Baidu Baike; the photos match the person.

Dean Wu: "President Shen is young and promising."

Me: "I still need the boss's support, otherwise I wouldn't have anything to eat. Boss, please order first."

Dean Wu casually picked out a dish and handed me the menu.

"King crab, prepared in three ways."

"Grouper."

"Two-headed abalone".

Sea cucumber porridge.

I marked a few more and then handed the menu to Chen Yuanyuan.

Chen Yuanyuan didn't order anything; instead, she took the menu out to the waiter.

Liu Haitao is not here.

Zhang Xingxing is not here.

There were only the three of us.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward, but the necessary procedures couldn't be ignored.

Me: "Director Wu, I asked the waiter to open a bottle of grain liquor from my hometown. I'll just have a little to drink today."

Dean Wu: "Let's not drink alcohol, we have regulations."

"Yuanyuan, go get it and let Director Wu take a look. It's not expensive, only 50 yuan per jin. Don't worry, it's within the limit."

A little while later, the decanter used for red wine was used to hold white wine.

It has a strong grassy aroma.

Dean Wu: "Then drink less, business is more important."

This time, the drinking was much more refined; a small cup costing a penny was used, making the drinking quite elegant.