Chapter 2153: Old Zhang, Have You Been Well Lately? (4000 words)

"Rumble—"

Accompanied by a deafening roar, a lightning bolt, winding and twisting like a giant dragon, suddenly tore through the gloomy, ink-like sky. The dazzling light seemed to want to split the entire firmament in two.

Immediately after, a thunderclap like ten thousand horses galloping roared, its momentum so great that it was several times louder than the shocking thunder of last night.

The earth under their feet seemed to feel this powerful force and trembled slightly, making people feel fearful.

The rain that had been stifled for a whole day poured down like a burst levee at this moment. Bean-sized raindrops smashed violently against the ground, splashing up patches of water.

The whole world was shrouded in this torrential rain in an instant, becoming incomparably blurry, and all scenery seemed to be covered with a thick veil, making it impossible to see clearly.

Zhou Andong stood quietly in front of his office window, his gaze fixed on the raging rain outside the window.

At this moment, the window had long been completely covered by dense rain, forming a hazy water curtain, making him only vaguely see the big trees outside that were being whipped by the strong wind, swaying and tottering.

They struggled desperately in the wind and rain, but still couldn't resist the violent power of nature. Branches were blown off, leaves danced in the air, and it was a mess.

Gu Bing stood quietly beside Zhou Andong, his right hand tightly holding a teacup, the heat from the cup curling up, his expression more serious than ever, as if shrouded by an invisible haze.

"What should come has finally come..."

Zhou Andong took a deep puff of his cigarette, and the smoke was exhaled from his mouth, diffusing in the air like a hazy cloud. "Yes!" Zhou Andong's tone was very light, looking at the window that couldn't be seen clearly at all. "It's just that it's not clear yet who is behind Deng Zhangli, and whether his power can build a firewall for us."

Gu Bing was silent for a moment and then said, "Doing this, aren't you worried that it will provoke the other party, thereby inviting backlash?"

Zhou Andong smiled slightly. "The Yugong Group can have today, Deng Zhangli has half the credit. The hard work and energy he put in are no less than Cheng Dadan's.

It can be said that the Yugong Group was born before his eyes, and he also watched it grow up. It is possible that it is the most brilliant political achievement in his political career.

Therefore, no matter what, he will never tolerate any mistakes in the Yugong Group. So, even if the person behind him is dissatisfied with my plotting and won't follow my rhythm, it is impossible to take excessive action against me."

"Slap, slap, slap..."

The office door was knocked gently. Zhou Andong said without turning his head, "Come in!"

The door was pushed open, and Yao Jun came in with an umbrella. "Damn it, the rain is too heavy. The car was parked at the gate, and it was just a few steps, but I was soaked."

Zhou Andong turned around slowly and saw that Yao Jun's two trouser legs were wet, and his upper body was also half wet.

Yao Jun threw the umbrella by the door and cursed, "This broken thing, I was blown over by the wind as soon as I got out of the car, otherwise I wouldn't have been poured like this."

Gu Bing laughed. "If you have anything, just make a phone call, why run over here."

Yao Jun picked up the towel hanging on the coat rack behind the door and started wiping his hair and face regardless.

Zhou Andong turned into the lounge next to him. There were his clothes inside, all prepared by Jian Qiu.

They used to be in the old brewery office. Returning at the end of the year, he spent more time here, so he took the clothes over.

He found a new pair of underpants in the wardrobe, took a pair of trousers and a vest, and then came out of the lounge and threw them to Yao Jun.

"The underpants are new, the trousers and vest are probably a bit big for you, just make do."

Yao Jun quickly took off his clothes. Gu Bing cursed with a smile, "F*ck, you really don't avoid anything at all."

"We are all men, what's there to avoid." Yao Jun changed his clothes. "If it were like you said, changing clothes would be embarrassing, then there's no need to go to the bathhouse to take a bath."

Zhou Andong took out a cigarette and distributed one to Yao Jun and Gu Bing. "How is the effect?"

"The effect is great." Yao Jun chuckled. "It's just that this rain came a bit early. If it had rained in the middle of the night, it would have been better if there was more time."

Yao Jun sent all the people from Jin Dun Security out, wherever there were many people, they gathered, splashing dirty water on Yin Mingsheng everywhere. In less than half a day, Yin Mingsheng's reputation in Jiangzhou was already stinking.

Who let his son be named Yin Mo, caught for prostitution and still so arrogant.

Still the same sentence, know the father by his son. Common people won't think so much, but it's different if there is guidance.

The wind outside gradually stopped, but the rain did not decrease, and the thunder remained.

Seeing that it was almost 6:00 PM, it was pitch black outside. Because the rain was too heavy, many employees were stranded in the factory.

"A bit hungry, what to do?" Gu Bing rubbed his stomach and checked his watch. "Damn it, it's only 6:00, and it's already this dark outside."

"Bang, bang, bang—"

Heavy knocking sounded. Zhou Andong sat lazily in his chair and shouted.

"Come in!"

As the office door was pushed open, two masters from the canteen kitchen came in wearing raincoats, each holding a paper box wrapped in plastic cloth in their arms.

"Chairman, Chairman Gu, I'm here to deliver your meal."

After saying that, he noticed Yao Jun. "President Yao is also here, I'll come back later to deliver yours."

Zhou Andong opened the paper box. There were more than ten lunch boxes in each box. Except for two boxes of rice, the rest were all dishes.

"Such heavy rain, you don't need to deliver it again, it's enough for us to eat."

Gu Bing asked, "Have you delivered to President Wu?"

"It has already been delivered." One master replied. "Chairman, we are going back."

"Go back!" Zhou Andong nodded. "Come on, let's eat. We will definitely have to sleep here tonight."

Yao Jun opened all the lunch boxes, then took a lunch box lid and scooped some rice.

"I won't go back either, I'll just make do for a night on the sofa in my office."

After all, he was the Minister of the Group's Security Department, and he had an office here, but there was nothing to do here, and he would be at Jin Dun Security.

The three of them finished eating, Zhou Andong took out tea leaves, brewed three cups of tea, and then checked the time. It was almost 7:00. He sat in the chair and picked up the phone to dial a string of numbers.

Soon the other party answered, and a woman's voice came. "Hello, who are you looking for?"

"Sister-in-law, right?" Zhou Andong said with a smile. "I am Zhou Andong, is Old Wu there?"

"Chairman Zhou!" Wu Hongkang's wife's tone was obviously smiling. "Old Wu is at home, I'll go help you call him."

Then there was no sound, and soon, hurried footsteps came vaguely, followed by Wu Hongkang's voice.

"Chairman Zhou, looking for me so late, is there anything important?"

"The matter is indeed not small." Zhou Andong reached out to take the ashtray and flicked the cigarette ash. "I called your office this afternoon, but you weren't there, so I could only call your home at this time."

"What's the matter?" Hearing that the matter was not small, Wu Hongkang immediately became nervous.

"Now there are floods everywhere in the country, so I thought about uniting Future Culture and CCTV to hold a disaster relief performance."

As soon as Zhou Andong's words came out, Wu Hongkang let out a long sigh of relief. He thought something was wrong with the brewery.

During this period, he had been busy, taking out the shares of Brave the World in Hongxing's hands, and it was almost done. Now it was just a matter of signing the contract.

Hongxing's leadership didn't look favorably on Brave the World. When they invested, most people were against it. It was Wu Hongkang who insisted on promoting the cooperation.

This year, Brave the World had been tossing, sponsoring sports events, and advertising, but the sales had not been able to go up, and they were very dissatisfied.

Of course, this was the result of Zhou Andong deliberately suppressing it. Except for the three northern provinces, it was not sold nationwide. But they didn't know, so when Wu Hongkang proposed selling the shares of Brave the World, not a single person opposed it, which could be said to be very smooth.

"There is no problem with this matter." Wu Hongkang agreed without thinking. "I will pull a few more companies to participate. No matter how much they donate, more help means more hope."

"Right!" Zhou Andong agreed very much. "The date of the disaster relief performance is set for the end of the month, the 31st, which happens to be Sunday."

Wu Hongkang said, "I will contact others now. If there is any change in the matter, you call me again."

Zhou Andong hung up the phone and then called Zhang Shenghui's home, and it happened to be him who answered the phone.

"Old Zhang, have you been well lately?"

"..."

Zhang Shenghui was silent for a while. "Originally, it was quite good, but with your 'have you been well lately', suddenly I felt not good."

"Road, only by appreciating together can the scenery be beautiful. Emotion, only by communicating with each other can it be more real. Ask for well-being, friendship can last forever."

Saying that, Zhou Andong sighed. "I sincerely treat you as a friend, as a brother, heart and lungs, called over, asked for well-being for the first time, and you treat me like this?

You once said that friendship is trust. So, I planted the seeds of trusting you in my heart. But it just sprouted, and it was ruthlessly pulled out by you. Our seedling of friendship withered, and my heart broke.

My whole body is cold now, and there is a sadness of misplaced friendship. You let me understand that if you don't get hurt, you don't know how thin the human heart is."

At this moment, a click came from the receiver, which seemed to be the sound of a lighter, and then he heard Zhang Shenghui say.

"Chairman Zhou, if you have anything to say, say it quickly, I am very busy now."

Zhou Andong asked in surprise, "What are you busy with?"

Zhang Shenghui was silent again. "I have goosebumps all over the ground, and I am busy picking them up."

Zhou Andong chuckled. "Old Zhang, now there are floods everywhere in the country. I plan to unite Future Culture and CCTV to hold a disaster relief performance. You can go on stage to perform a program and tell a joke."

Zhang Shenghui immediately understood Zhou Andong's purpose in calling him. "You are just thinking about the little money in our brewery, right? I knew it, you looking for me is never a good thing."

"Such a good propaganda opportunity, you tell me it's not a good thing?" Zhou Andong was very dissatisfied. "Okay, just pretend I didn't make this call."

After speaking, he put down the phone without hesitation, and then muttered softly in his mouth: 1, 2, 3—

"Ding-a-ling..."

Before he could mutter 4, the phone rang, but he didn't answer it immediately, but waited for a few rings before picking it up.

"Why are you calling again?"

First, a sigh came from the receiver, and then he heard Zhang Shenghui say. "What date is the disaster relief performance?"

Zhou Andong grinned silently, not joking anymore. "End of the month, just Sunday. You have another task, whether it's a state-owned enterprise or a private one, you contact a few more."

"There is no problem with this." Zhang Shenghui also agreed very readily. "I will give you a list the day after tomorrow, which CCTV definitely needs."

"Still Old Zhang, you think comprehensively." Zhou Andong sighed. "Otherwise, I like to do things with you. Not only is the person reliable, but the brain is also good. No matter what happens, you can think of it before me."

"Stop, stop, stop!" Zhang Shenghui shouted to stop. "I say Old Zhou, don't talk anymore, the goosebumps I dropped on the ground are getting more and more, I can't pick them up."

Zhang Shenghui didn't give Zhou Andong a chance to speak again and hung up the phone immediately.

"Doo, doo, doo—"

Zhou Andong held the phone in his hand and said dissatisfiedly, "Too impolite, it's a pity I praised you so much."

Gu Bing rolled his eyes and said boredly, "Too boring, find someone else to play mahjong."

"Where to find mahjong tiles?" Yao Jun was also very moved. "Such heavy rain, you can't go home to get them."

"My wife's office has them. I bought them a few months ago, just thinking about taking them back when moving upstairs. We all live in one building, and after work, we can play mahjong."

Gu Bing turned and walked out of the office. It took more than ten minutes to come back. He hugged the mahjong tiles back, followed by Xu Baowei, the Minister of the Finance Department, holding brand-new mahjong cloth in his hand.

"Chairman, Old Yao, I'll make up a hand for you, but don't play too big. If you lose all your salary, you don't have to think about entering the house this month."

Zhou Andong laughed out loud. "We don't gamble, it's just entertainment."

Yao Jun looked at Gu Bing. "There are mahjong tiles, but there is no table."

Xu Baowei took the conversation and said, "The Finance Department has a folding round table, and it will be delivered immediately."

As soon as his voice fell, several employees of the Finance Department came with tables and chairs.

The table was set, the chairs were arranged, Xu Baowei spread the mahjong cloth, and Gu Bing poured the mahjong tiles onto the table with a crash.

"Come, come, come, I will definitely kill all directions tonight."

They were playing cards enthusiastically, but Yin Mo and the others, who were still held at the Beishan Police Station, were not doing well.

Originally, they thought that when the sky brightened, they would be released, but another day passed, and not only did no one ask about them, but they were only given one meal.

How could they not be angry? They scolded, shouted, and threatened. Finally, their voices were hoarse, and no one paid attention to them, finally making them realize that something was wrong. ===== CHAPTER 2154 =====

This made them furious; they cursed, shouted, and threatened, until their throats were hoarse, yet no one paid them any mind, finally making them realize that something was wrong.