Chapter 2470

Seeing Zhang Shenghui and Wu Hongkang arrive, Zhou Andong's face immediately bloomed with a smile, and he said enthusiastically: "Oh my, Old Zhang, long time no see. Look at you, you seem to have gained a little weight."

Seeing this, Liu Lijuan and Dai Weimin hurriedly stood up and quickly moved to the side, making room for Zhang Shenghui and Wu Hongkang.

Zhang Shenghui sat down without any politeness, grabbed a piece of watermelon on the table, took a big bite with a 'crunch', and the juice flowed down the corners of his mouth. While chewing the watermelon, this guy said vaguely.

"I was thinking that you were isolated and schemed against in the Woolen Mill, and your days were so difficult, so I felt especially happy in my heart. Once my mood was good, naturally I ate well, drank well, and slept soundly, so didn't I just get fat."

Hearing Zhang Shenghui's words, Zhou Andong laughed and suddenly asked: "Old Zhang, do you have time tomorrow?"

"What for?" Zhang Shenghui looked at Zhou Andong vigilantly: "You are smiling like that night owl, I can tell you aren't planning anything good."

"Old Zhang!" Zhou Andong sighed very sadly, "Between us brothers, don't we even have this little trust?"

"I don't have a fart's worth of trust in you." Zhang Shenghui snorted disapprovingly: "Old Wu is the person I trust the most."

Zhou Andong looked at Wu Hongkang with a smile and asked: "Old Wu, do you have time tomorrow?"

"I have time!" Wu Hongkang picked up the beer, took a sip, burped, and then said, "I have two 'mores' now: one is more famine, and the other is more time."

"..."

Zhang Shenghui stared at Wu Hongkang with wide eyes, speechless: "Old Wu, before we came, we agreed that no matter what happens, you and I must stand on the same side. As a result, before we even finished this bottle of beer, you betrayed me, which really caught me off guard!"

Zhou Andong hurriedly reached out and picked up a piece of cake, put it in his mouth and took a bite, then said to Zhang Shenghui with a smile: "Old Zhang, the three of us are partners, why are you still forming cliques? If this were in ancient times, you forming cliques like this would definitely lead to being dragged out and beheaded, and you might even be executed along with your nine generations!"

"Old Zhang, we've known each other for so long, you don't understand me at all, it makes me so sad." Wu Hongkang grabbed a handful of melon seeds, leaned against the back of the chair, and cracked them with a 'ka-ka' sound: "Am I that kind of fickle villain? I just think that since Old Zhou asked me if I have time tomorrow, it's very likely he wants to treat me to a meal!"

Zhang Shenghui curled his lips, revealing an expression of extreme disdain, and sneered: "With his stingy look, it would be good enough if he treated you to a bowl of noodles, let alone adding two slices of beef? Wouldn't his heart ache to death! Treat you to a meal, forget it, don't daydream!"

"You're wrong about that." Wu Hongkang was unhappy and said with a full face of displeasure: "Old Zhou is not that kind of stingy person, he is still very generous. Just take this drink today, it must be his treat, it's absolutely impossible for us to pay the bill!"

Zhang Shenghui looked at Zhou Andong suspiciously, and said with a face full of surprise: "Oh my, Old Zhou, is it really your treat today? Then I really wronged you, sorry about that!"

Zhou Andong's mouth twitched slightly. The two of you singing in harmony, your acting is too bad, and you still want to pit me?

"Don't say that, you didn't wrong me at all." Zhou Andong was gnawing on an apple, crossing his legs, and said very leisurely: "It was Old Wu who called me out for a drink. Since he set up this bureau, of course, he has to pay!"

After finishing, Zhou Andong threw the apple core into the trash can next to him and wiped his mouth with a napkin: "I don't have Alzheimer's, and you aren't beauties, you're all grown men with guns. It's raining so hard, I ran so far to treat you to a drink, for what?"

Wu Hongkang immediately said: "Old Zhou, although I called you out for a drink, this bureau was set up by Old Zhang, and it has nothing to do with me. So, according to the rules, whoever sets up the bureau pays, naturally Old Zhang has to pay the bill!"

Zhang Shenghui: "..."

Zhou Andong laughed loudly and said to Zhang Shenghui with schadenfreude: "Old Wu is a down-to-earth person, he can't possibly collude with you."

Zhang Shenghui sighed helplessly, picked up the beer bottle with a look of life-weariness, and took a big gulp.

Liu Lijuan and Dai Weimin listened to the three people chatting on the side, wanting to laugh but not daring to, and could only endure it. That uncomfortable look made them look like they were constipated.

"Speak!" Zhou Andong revealed a faint smile on his face. He reached out and picked up the beer bottle on the table, shook it at Zhang Shenghui, and then took a sip from the bottle: "To make you, Zhang Shenghui, that iron rooster, take the initiative to pluck your feathers and treat me to a drink, there must be something you need my help with."

Zhang Shenghui glared at Zhou Andong: "The shares of 'Yongchuang Tianya', I have already put them in my children's names, and all the procedures have been completed."

Zhou Andong said with a smile: "The higher-ups are so easygoing, letting you take out the shares of 'Yongchuang Tianya'?"

Zhang Shenghui grabbed a few cashews and put them in his mouth: "Actually, when I invested in the brewery, some people had criticisms about it. It's just that, because it was a cooperation with you and Old Wu, although those people were a bit dissatisfied with me, they didn't have too strong opposition."

"So!" Zhou Andong looked at Zhang Shenghui and said: "When you proposed to buy the shares of 'Yongchuang Tianya', they not only didn't oppose it, but were very happy, right?"

Zhang Shenghui nodded, then raised the beer bottle in his hand and said: "Old Zhou, no matter what, this time I really want to thank you properly!"

"Ding..."

Zhou Andong also raised his beer bottle and touched it lightly with Zhang Shenghui's, making a crisp sound: "Aren't you afraid of losing everything?"

Zhang Shenghui looked up and drank the beer in the bottle in one gulp, feeling the coolness of the liquid sliding down his throat, feeling his pores all open, with an indescribable comfort.

"In this life, whether for fame, profit, or power, one must take a risk, right?"

Zhou Andong looked at Zhang Shenghui suspiciously, as if seeing him for the first time, scanning him up and down, back and forth, and finally laughed out loud: "Old Zhang, I really didn't see it, you insidious guy, actually able to say such words, it really surprised me."

Actually, Zhang Shenghui is still very talented. When he decided to leave Qin Chi, he left two sentences. The first sentence was an evaluation of Qin Chi: "Qin Chi is like a cripple." Although this sentence is short, it pointed out the problems existing in Qin Chi accurately.

The second sentence was a summary of his five-year experience in Qin Chi. He said: "The state gets the big share, the locality gets the middle share, the enterprise gets the small share, and the individual gets a body full of diseases." These few sentences exhausted his bitterness and helplessness in Qin Chi.

"Fart!" Zhang Shenghui cursed: "If we talk about being insidious, I, Zhang Shenghui, am far behind you!"

Liu Lijuan and Dai Weimin on the side heard Zhang Shenghui's words, looked at each other, and saw approval in each other's eyes. Their factory director is indeed very insidious, otherwise, it would be good enough not to be sidelined, how could he have mastered the Woolen Mill so quickly.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Zhou Andong nodded repeatedly, revealing a helpless expression on his face: "You, Zhang Shenghui, are a gentleman who is open and aboveboard, and I, Zhou Andong, am an insidious villain, is that okay?"

Hearing this, Zhang Shenghui blinked his eyes, revealing a confused look: "Why does your tone sound a bit wrong? Are you praising me or scolding me?"

"Of course I am praising you!" Zhou Andong immediately changed the subject: "You asked me to come over, it wouldn't just be to tell me that you have already obtained the shares of 'Yongchuang Tianya', right?"

Zhang Shenghui shook his head: "Of course not, I am looking for you to ask if you have received an invitation to the China-Foreign Management Industry-Academic Symposium?"

Zhou Andong suddenly realized, "So that's what you're talking about, I did receive the invitation, you received it too, right?"

Zhang Shenghui nodded: "I have learned about this symposium, it is quite helpful for us business people."

"Helpful my ass, inviting me to participate in the symposium, and actually wanting to charge me money, it's simply unreasonable." Zhou Andong cursed, and then said to Zhang Shenghui: "I don't plan to participate anymore. I don't care about the money, but they treat me like a fool, and I care very much about that."

Zhang Shenghui looked at Zhou Andong, revealing a hint of suspicion on his face: "Do you really not plan to participate?"

"Not participating!" Zhou Andong's answer was decisive, without the slightest hesitation: "I advise you not to participate either. Going is just wasting money for nothing, and you'll be scolded as a fool!"

Regarding Zhou Andong's words, Zhang Shenghui didn't believe them at all, but still said calmly: "Since you, Boss Zhou, are not participating, then I won't go either."

Zhou Andong raised the beer bottle in his hand and said generously: "Come, let's have a drink for our like-mindedness!"

Zhang Shenghui also raised his beer bottle and touched it lightly with Zhou Andong's, making a crisp sound. Immediately after, he looked up and drank most of the bottle of beer in one breath.

"If you have time tomorrow, go to the Woolen Mill for a stroll." Zhou Andong said with a smile: "I'll treat you to a big show."

"A big show?" Not only Zhang Shenghui, but even Wu Hongkang became interested: "What big show?"

Zhou Andong picked up the cigarette on the table and lit it: "There is a performance at the Woolen Mill Cultural Palace tomorrow."

Zhang Shenghui asked suspiciously: "Just a performance at the Woolen Mill Cultural Palace?"

Zhou Andong bared his teeth and smiled at Zhang Shenghui: "There is a performance inside the Cultural Palace, and there might be a big show outside the Cultural Palace."

"Okay!" Zhang Shenghui agreed immediately: "Old Wu and I will go to the Woolen Mill tomorrow to see if your big show is exciting."

Zhou Andong looked at Wu Hongkang: "Old Wu, since you have already left Hongxing, then go to 'Yongchuang Tianya', the position of General Manager belongs to you."

"Not going!" Wu Hongkang refused without hesitation: "I am so old, since I have left Hongxing, I should enjoy life properly, I won't go to be a cow or a horse for you two."

Time passed bit by bit, Zhou Andong and Zhang Shenghui and Wu Hongkang chatted idly, Gu Bing, Liu Lijuan, and Wu Hongkang occasionally participated, and the atmosphere was still very good. As for that fool Zhang Zuo, he didn't know where he ran off to long ago.

"Alright!" Zhou Andong looked at the time and stood up: "It's past eight o'clock, let's stop here tonight."

Zhang Shenghui waved his hand: "You guys go, Old Wu and I will stay for a while."

At this time, the rain outside was still falling, but it wasn't as heavy as before. Zhou Andong stood at the door and stretched, then looked up at the misty sky.

"Factory Director Liu, Factory Director Dai, see you tomorrow!"

Liu Lijuan and Dai Weimin said in unison: "See you tomorrow!"

Zhou Andong and Gu Bing opened the car doors and got in. After the car disappeared into the night, Liu Lijuan and Dai Weimin got into their cars and left.

Inside the bar, Wu Hongkang asked Zhang Shenghui: "Are you really not participating in the symposium?"

Zhang Shenghui asked back: "Do you think Zhou Andong will not participate?"

"No!" Wu Hongkang shook his head: "He called me the day he received the invitation from the symposium organizer. At first, he really didn't want to participate. But after he knew that many big shots would also participate in the symposium, he changed his mind."

Zhang Shenghui laughed: "So you see, Zhou Andong is participating, how can I not participate?"

Wu Hongkang sighed: "You two are really not things. If I had received the invitation and heard your words just now, I definitely wouldn't go."

Zhang Shenghui said earnestly: "Old Wu, as an ally, I won't pit anyone, but I won't pit you. But that guy Zhou Andong is different; he pits everyone, so he is the most not-a-thing. In the future, you must stay away from him."

"You're right!" Wu Hongkang agreed very much with Zhang Shenghui's words: "In the future, I will definitely stay away from that insidious and cunning bastard Zhou Andong."

Zhang Shenghui laughed loudly: "Old Wu, this is the most correct decision you have made in your life."

"Time is almost up, let's finish this drink and disperse." Wu Hongkang raised the last bottle of beer: "Let's finish it."

There were only two sips of beer left in their bottles. They touched the bottles and looked up to drink.

Zhang Shenghui beckoned to the waiter not far away: "Waiter!"

The waiter trotted over: "Sir, is there anything else you need?"

"No!" Zhang Shenghui pointed to the table and said: "Put it on your Chairman Zhou's account."

Wu Hongkang thought Zhang Shenghui called the waiter to pay the bill, but didn't expect it to be telling the waiter to put it on Zhou Andong's account. He really didn't know what to say at this moment.

"Sorry, sir." The waiter said very politely: "Just now when Chairman Zhou left, he instructed us that today's consumption is to be paid by you."

"Hahaha..." Wu Hongkang couldn't help but laugh out loud: "This is really 'the devil is one foot tall, the Tao is ten feet tall'. Old Zhou must have known you would renege on the bill, so he instructed the waiter to avoid you running away."

Zhang Shenghui asked with a dark face: "How much?"

The waiter said respectfully: "Chairman Zhou instructed to give you a 20% discount, totaling 1,360."

"Ha!" Zhang Shenghui sneered: "He, Zhou Andong, is really generous."

Wu Hongkang suppressed his laughter and persuaded: "Zhou Andong is such a stingy person, he even gave you a discount, you should be happy."

Zhang Shenghui: "..."

In the end, Zhang Shenghui endured everything, took out the money, and paid the bill.

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With a 'creak', Wang Wentian slammed on the brakes.

Zhou Andong, who was resting with his eyes closed in the back, immediately opened his eyes: "What's wrong?"

Wang Wentian hurriedly said: "Just now the headlights swept over, and there seems to be a person lying next to the trash can on the side of the road, but I'm not sure."