Chapter 2584: Big Boss Zhou

Shen Wenqi gave a bitter smile: "Since meeting Chairman Zhou at the bar last time, I haven't seen him again. Even the cooperation with Da Run Fa has been discussed with President Tang all along. How could I have the nerve to go find Chairman Zhou for help?"

Wu Hongkang understood. Shen Wenqi coming to find him was indeed to ask for help. But it wasn't to help get someone out, but to arrange a meeting with Zhou Andong. He wouldn't refuse this, because he knew about Zhou Andong's father-in-law taking up a post in Guangdong Province.

The matter of Shen Wenqi's cousin was a big trouble for others, and they wouldn't dare to touch it. But for Zhou Andong, or more accurately, for Zhou Andong's father-in-law, it might be good news.

"Wenqi!" Wu Hongkang said softly: "I understand your intention. I can help you arrange a meeting with Zhou Andong, but whether it can be done, I can't guarantee. After all, intervening in your cousin's matter offends too many people."

"I understand!" Since entering the door, Shen Wenqi's heart had been in his throat. Now that he had agreed to arrange a meeting with Zhou Andong, his heart finally settled. Then, he opened the bulging briefcase and took out five stacks of hundred-yuan bills: "Brother Wu, take this money, I..."

Wu Hongkang waved his hand to interrupt Shen Wenqi's words: "Wenqi, if this fifty thousand yuan is for me, you are looking down on me. If it's for me to give to Zhou Andong, that's an insult to him."

Wu Hongkang pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray: "Don't say fifty thousand, even if it were fifty million, do you think Zhou Andong would take it seriously?"

Shen Wenqi's face was full of embarrassment: "Brother Wu, this money isn't for you, and it's not for Chairman Zhou. I just feel that to solve my cousin's matter, there must be expenses to grease the wheels. I can't let you and Chairman Zhou pay this money, so..."

Wu Hongkang laughed out loud: "If Zhou Andong doesn't agree to help, no amount of money will be useful. If he agrees to help, there's no need for greasing the wheels. However, when he opens his mouth to ask for something, it won't be a matter of money anymore."

Shen Wenqi looked at the fifty thousand yuan on the coffee table. He really didn't know what to do—should he take it back, or leave it there?

Wu Hongkang picked up the money and stuffed it into Shen Wenqi's arms, smiling: "Take it back."

Shen Wenqi took the hint and put the money into his briefcase: "Brother Wu, when can you arrange a meeting with Chairman Zhou?"

"Tonight, perhaps." Wu Hongkang thought for a while and said: "Your cousin has been arrested for almost a month. The longer the delay, the more unfavorable it is for us. Once your cousin is sentenced, the resistance to overturning the case will be even greater."

Shen Wenqi stood up and bowed to Wu Hongkang: "Brother Wu, sorry for the trouble."

"What are you doing?" Wu Hongkang hurriedly stood up, patted Shen Wenqi on the shoulder, and said helplessly: "Tonight, it will be arranged at the First Bar. I will notify you of the specific time."

"Alright!" Shen Wenqi nodded: "Then I won't disturb Brother Wu anymore."

"I'll see you out!" Wu Hongkang saw Shen Wenqi downstairs and watched the Xia Li disappear from sight before turning to go back upstairs.

Liu Xiuyan saw Wu Hongkang return, put the bowls and chopsticks on the dining table, looking like she wanted to say something but stopped, and finally just sighed: "Let's eat!"

Looking at his wife's appearance, Wu Hongkang smiled and said: "Are you trying to say that we shouldn't meddle in Shen Wenqi's matter?"

Liu Xiuyan sat opposite him and sighed again: "If it were Wenqi's own matter, we would definitely help if we could. But his cousin's matter is so complicated, I think it's better not to participate."

"You don't understand!" Wu Hongkang picked up a steamed bun and took a bite: "Wenqi's cousin's matter might not necessarily be trouble for Zhou Andong."

"Fine!" Liu Xiuyan shook her head and said: "Anyway, I don't understand. As long as you know what you're doing."

After breakfast, Wu Hongkang wanted to call Zhou Andong, but Shen Wenqi's cousin's matter was quite complicated, and it might not be clear over the phone. It was better to talk face-to-face.

So Wu Hongkang put down the phone he had picked up, stood up, and walked out: "Old Liu, I'm going to the Woolen Mill. I might be back late tonight."

"Go ahead!" Liu Xiuyan's voice came from the kitchen.

"I'm back." Wu Hongkang was putting on his shoes when the door opened, and he saw his youngest son, Wu Lin, enter the door: "Dad, where are you going?"

Wu Hongkang snorted: "You didn't come back all night last night, where did you run off to?"

Wu Lin swayed his body to the sofa and sat down with a thud: "Yesterday I went fishing at the Guanting Reservoir with my aunt's husband and Chen Feng, and I slept at my aunt's house last night."

Wu Hongkang snorted and didn't speak again. After putting on his shoes, he reached out to grab the door handle, pushed open the door, and was about to leave when Wu Lin's question came from behind.

"Dad, you still haven't told me where you're going?"

"Bang!" The answer to Wu Lin was the sound of the door slamming shut.

Looking at his son's depressed face, Liu Xiuyan smiled and said: "Your dad is going to the Woolen Mill to find Zhou Andong."

"I'm going too!" Wu Lin stood up with a swoosh, took two steps to the door, opened it, and ran out.

Wu Hongkang had just exited the unit door when he heard rapid and heavy footsteps behind him. Turning his head, he saw it was Wu Lin and said irritably.

"Where are you going again?"

Wulin chuckled, "I'm going to the Woolen Mill with you!"

Wu Hongkang said with a dark face: "I'm going to the Woolen Mill for serious business, not to play. Why are you following me?"

Wu Lin pulled Wu Hongkang and said excitedly: "Of course, it's to see Big Boss Zhou."

Wu Hongkang was pulled forward by his son, the expression on his face somewhat stunned: "Big Boss Zhou?"

"Yeah!" Wu Lin said: "In my heart, Zhou Andong is a big boss who is awesome to the heavens."

Wu Hongkang suddenly realized that his son was talking about "Boss" (lao) and not "Old" (lao): "Stop pulling me, let go."

Wu Lin let go of Wu Hongkang, waited for a while, hailed a taxi, and Wu Lin diligently opened the car door for his old man.

"Factory Director Wu, please get in."

Wu Hongkang had no way to deal with his youngest son, so he lowered his body and got into the car. After Wu Lin got in, he said: "Driver, go to the Woolen Mill."

Zhou Andong had just arrived at the office, and the teacup was raised waiting for him to drink when Dong Wenjuan knocked on the door and entered: "Factory Director, Factory Director Wu from the Hongxing Winery is here. He wants to see you."

Zhou Andong took a sip of tea; the temperature was just right, neither cold nor hot. It was obvious that Dong Wenjuan had brewed the tea in advance: "Let him in."

"Alright!" Dong Wenjuan responded, turned, and walked out. Immediately after, Wu Hongkang and his son Wu Lin entered.

Zhou Andong glanced at Wu Lin, stood up, and said with a smile: "Old Wu, you came to the Woolen Mill to find me so early in the morning, there must be something, right?"

"Indeed, there is something." Wu Hongkang pulled Wu Lin: "Call Uncle Zhou!"

Wu Lin opened his mouth, but couldn't make a sound. Because Zhou Andong was the same age as his eldest brother, the words "Uncle Zhou" were really hard to say for a moment.

"Slap!" Wu Hongkang kicked Wu Lin's butt without hesitation: "Are you mute?"

Wu Lin staggered from the kick, then quickly reacted, looked up, and shouted at Zhou Andong with a flattering smile: "Uncle Zhou, hello. My name is Wu Lin, and I am the youngest son of Comrade Wu Hongkang."

Zhou Andong saw at a glance that this kid was a rogue, probably harder to handle than Jian Mingfan: "Hello, nephew!"

Zhou Andong's "nephew" made Wu Lin feel a burst of depression, but the smile on his face didn't diminish at all. He grabbed Zhou Andong's hand and shook it, saying.

"Uncle Zhou, you are my idol. When my dad said he was coming to find you, I shamelessly followed. It was just to see my idol and fulfill my wish of the past two years."

"Enough!" Wu Hongkang pushed his son, who had no sense of propriety, to the side: "Old Zhou, I came to find you so early because Shen Wenqi begged me to help him arrange a meeting with you, hoping to see you tonight."

Zhou Andong said somewhat puzzled: "What's going on? Is Shen Wenqi afraid I'll kill him, or afraid I'll eat him? He can't come to find me himself, he has to arrange it through you?"

Wu Hongkang sighed: "Shen Wenqi has something to ask you for help with, and it's not a small matter. He has thin skin, so he arranged to see you through me."

"Dogs growing horns, just doing fancy things!" Zhou Andong walked to the sofa: "Sit down and talk." ===== CHAPTER 2585 =====