Chapter 89 Left Too Far Behind
"Old secretary!" When walking in the room, the middle-aged man behind Zhang Xingguo immediately shouted with a flattering smile.
Although he was Zhang Xingguo's confidant in the company, he didn't see much of the old secretary. He had always wanted to flatter the old secretary to build a close relationship with him once he got the chance.
Retiring for many years, on the surface, the old secretary Zhang Weimin seemed to have less influence as before. But Kong Liqun knew how powerful his reputation and political achievements were, which he gained during his longtime service in Jiangzhou. Within the current system in Jiangzhou, countless bigwigs were either the old secretary's subordinates in those years, or they had owned the old secretary a favor. With such a background, even after the retirement for many years, the old secretary Zhang Weimin still had his great power in ​​Jiangzhou, so Kong Liqun dreamed of getting close to him!
Zhang Xingguo, rarely took anyone to meet his father, for knowing about his personality well. Consequently, Kong Liqun didn't get any chances even if he was always thinking about it.. But this time,, Zhang Xingguo asked Kong Liqun to drive him back home because his car was lying at anchor.
They should have only stopped outside the house, but Kong Liqun said that there happened to be a modern copy of "The Orchid Pavilion" in the car. Knowing that the old master liked calligraphy, Kong Liqun thought of giving it to him. Zhang Xingguo had to bring him in since Kong Liqun wanted to give it to the old master so sincerely.
However, the moment Zhang Weimin saw Kong Liqun, he could not help frowning, and Zhang Jingshan's disgust overflowed his face. Obviously, they didn't like Kong Liqun.
The old secretary who had met countless people in his life felt that Kong Liqun was hypocritical and cunning. Zhang Jingshan was extremely disgusted with Kong Liqun being an apple polisher with no limits. In Zhang Jingshan's opinion, even if Zhang Xingguo asked Kong Liqun to give up his wife, he would do it without frowning.
"What are you doing here?" Zhang Jingshan asked in a deep voice dissatisfiedly, not sparing his father Zhang Xingguo's sensibilities.
"Young master, Mr. Zhang couldn't start his car, but he was in a hurry coming back, so I drove him back. I just got a modern copy of "The Orchid Pavilion", although it is not valuable, it is very similar to the original version. I heard that Old Secretary likes calligraphy, I thought that it is something you should have, instead of leaving it to some careless person like me!" Kong Liqun didn't pay attention to Zhang Jingshan's bad attitude, he said flatteringly.
"Damn, I thought it is the original version of Wang Xizhi's "The Orchid Pavilion", it's a modern copy and not valuable, so why are you taking it here?" Out of extreme disgust Zhang Jingshan had for Kong Liqun, he didn't want to control his temper, talked back to him without even thinking about it.
"Don't talk like that! No matter what Mr. Kong does, you should call him Uncle Kong, you are in your twenties already, do watch your tongue!" Zhang Xingguo scolded resentfully.
"I don't want to, I just don't. If you don't like the way I talk, just go. I didn't ask you to come back!" Zhang Jingshan snorted coldly. "You..." Zhang Xingguo was trembling with anger.
"Enough, stop it! Don't make fun of yourselves." Zhang Weimin slapped the table and scolded loudly, which stopped Zhang Xingguo and Zhang Jingshan from arguing.
"Mr. Kong, please take the copy of "The Orchid Pavilion" back. You should know that I never receive gifts in my life, and I also have a copy of "The Orchid Pavilion", and even I copied it for several times myself. I appreciate it, but please take it back with you!" Looking at Kong Liqun, Zhang Weimin said calmly.
From the first time he saw Kong Liqun, he was extremely repelled by the hypocrisy that seemed to be in his bones, but still, he wouldn't talk to him coldly or angrilywhen facing Kong Liqun's fake smile.
"Old secretary, well..." Kong Liqun froze. He looked at the scroll in his hand, and then he looked at Zhang Weimin. It seemed that he was in a daze all of a sudden. "I've told you long ago, you don't have to do this. Now you've tried, and since my father told you to take it back, just listen to him." Zhang Xingguo waved his hand.
"Mr. Zhang, I..." Kong Liqun wanted to take this opportunity to have a meal with the Zhang family and compliment Zhang Weimin to get a little acquaintance, but what was this? He was a little bit frustrated.
"All right, go home!" Zhang Xingguo, who was in a low mood, did not intend to let Kong Liqun stay, and waved his hand. Kong Liqun couldn't stay any longer no matter how much he wanted to once Zhang Xingguo gave that order.
He forced a smile and said goodbye to the Zhang family, and then he looked a bit down and walked out.
"Young friend Ye, sorry about that. I assume that the father and son were enemies of in their previous lives, and they are taking revenge on each other in this life! Ever since Jingshan's mother was gone, they have quarreled as soon as they met!" After Kong Liqun left, Zhang Weimin looked at Ye Chen and smiled bitterly.
Zhang Xingguo was trying to say something, but he stopped in the end. However, he looked at Ye Chen suspiciously. Many people visited the Zhang family, but he had never seen his father treat a young man like this.
"Old secretary, don't worry about it, it's nothing. Tensions often arise between fathers and sons, but no matter what, the blood that flows in their bodies will always be the same, and no matter how big the conflicts are, it will eventually be gone!" Ye Chen smiled lightly. He didn't want to interfere with their family conflicts, and he didn't even want to know so much about it.
"That's right!" Zhang Weimin knew it was time to stop this topic, so he looked at Zhang Xingguo, saying, "Xingguo, this is Ye Chen, my young friend Ye!" "Ye Chen? You predicted that the price of the Jin Lin Mansion would increase, and took Jingshan there to buy two houses, didn't you?" Zhang Xingguo frowned and said to Ye Chen.
"Mr. Zhang, we just happened to be lucky!" Ye Chen smiled slightly. "I know it's luck, of course. Could it be that you are so powerful that you know the city government will issue a renovation announcement in a few days? Even I haven't heard the slightest bit about this!" Zhang Xingguo responded indifferently.
Zhang Xingguo acted like this because the price of Jin Lin Mansion had skyrocketed, and he had checked the information out of concern for his son. He found that the person who booked a house with Zhang Jingshan in Jin Lin Mansion was Ye Chen.
He then had Ye Chen's background checked. Everything looked fine before checking, but actually, Ye Chen was an out-and-out gambler and an alcoholic, people often came to him for the usury he borrowed every now and then, and that was Ye Chen's daily life.
He wanted to find a chance to tell his father that Ye Chen was this kind of person, his father Zhang Jingshan from hanging out with him. He never thought that Ye Chen would be welcomed to the Zhang family, and even have dinner with them now. He didn't know what did he get to get along with his son Zhang Jingshan, even with the old master.
Ye Chen couldn't help frowning about Zhang Xingguo's indifference, he hesitated now about saving Zhang Xingguo out of the trouble.
"Luck? Do you mean that only you, Zhang Xingguo have the strength and power? If it weren't for grandfather, how many people do you think are willing to do you a favor? And do you think your construction company would be surviving? It would be a dead company for long!" Zhang Jingshan said that as if he would be uncomfortable if he didn't argue with Zhang Xingguo. "You little bastard, you..." Zhang Xingguo couldn't bear it anymore.
Zhang Weimin interrupted, "Do you think the two houses in Jin Lin Mansion skyrocketed after a few days is out of luck?" Zhang Xingguo didn't know what to answer after his father said this, so he said, "If it's not because of luck, what is it? Could it be that he analyzed that the government will start the demolition of the urban villages? Is there such kind of person?"
Just when Zhang Xingguo was about to tell him Ye Chen's background he had learned about, Zhang Weimin said loudly, "He really is this kind of person! You don't have that kind of ability, it doesn't mean that other people don't. At least in my eyes, young friend Ye is definitely one of the best among the younger generation! Not to mention the younger generation, even you are left too far behind him!"
Zhang Weimin was slightly stunned that Zhang Xingguo was not nice to Ye Chen, so he started to argue with Zhang Xingguo in front of Ye Chen and said out loud that Zhang Xingguo was left too far behind, which was true. Besides, he was doing this to comfort Ye Chen in a way, and he didn't want Ye Chen to be fussy about Zhang Xingguo.