Chapter 2872

Lu Qing listened with growing astonishment, and after Zhou Andong finished speaking, he finally took a drag on his cigarette, then pressed the butt into the ashtray: "So you're saying this Zhou Li girl is your great-grandfather's biological granddaughter, your cousin?"

"Exactly!" Zhou Andong nodded: "Sometimes I think fate is truly amazing. Our country is so vast, Yangcheng is so crowded, yet we managed to meet like this—can only say heaven hasn't been stingy with our Zhou family."

"Predestined in the dark." Lu Qing's tone was equally emotional: "Then why did you come to me today? Want me to make the call, handle Wu Hui?"

Nationwide, there aren't a thousand people named Wu Hui, but there must be eight hundred—but only someone who could show up to take the blame, have law enforcement suppress the case without processing it, must be the Wu Hui he knows.

Zhou Andong said with a smile: "One Wu Hui doesn't need you to step forward."

Lu Qing's brow twitched imperceptibly, then he joked: "So today you came to me—what investment project do you have?"

"Of course there's an investment project." Zhou Andong glanced at the already-extinguished cigarette butt, casually tossed it into the ashtray: "An eighty-million-dollar project."

"An eighty-million-dollar project?" Lu Qing's expression turned serious: "You're not messing with me?"

Zhou Andong gave a wry smile: "Uncle Lu, where would I get the nerve to come here and toy with you?"

Lu Qing said while speaking, but his mind kept turning: "Such a huge pancake, you don't draw it for your father-in-law, yet you run here to draw it for me—I keep thinking you're not a good guy."

Lu Qing said, but his mind kept turning: Zhou Andong had drawn him such a huge pancake—clearly the ambition is not small. Coupled with this kid's irreconcilable conflict with Wu Hui, and Jian Zhengxue still not having found his footing...

"Uncle Lu!" Zhou Andong found it easier and easier to call him: "You're the monitor, my dad is the deputy monitor, all his work must proceed under your guidance. Going to find him, I might as well do it all at once—come straight to you."

Lu Qing stared at Zhou Andong, his eyes deepening, the corner of his mouth lifting in a barely perceptible smile: "What exactly is this eighty-million-dollar project?"

"Setting up a bottling base in Guangdong Province." Zhou Andong leaned back, making himself more comfortable: "Iced tea, Very Cola, and several other drinks not currently in R&D will be rolled out across South China—must build our own bottling line to ensure quality.

Additionally, Brave the World beer will start nationwide distribution next year, currently researching whether to open a branch factory or acquire a brewery. But whether opening a branch or acquiring an existing brewery, the investment won't be small.

Lu Qing's heart stirred—Vitality Beer is seeking reform; selling it all is impossible, but letting go of some shares is fine. Mainly, being able to cooperate with Zhou Andong, Vitality Beer selling nationwide isn't a problem.

Lu Qing pondered and said: "Vitality Beer is seeking reform, the province has already reached consensus—are you interested in investing?"

Zhou Andong hadn't expected such a gain today, but his face showed no expression, fingers lightly tapping the sofa armrest, after over ten seconds he said:

"Cooperation is no problem." Zhou Andong paused: "But I want to know how many shares Vitality can offer me."

Lu Qing didn't answer immediately, but thought for a long while: "Thirty!"

"Fifty-one!" Zhou And said in a deep voice: "Vitality is a state-owned enterprise—too few shares, problems will surely arise later, possibly even being swallowed up—I won't do such a foolish thing. Besides, the general manager and deputy financial supervisor must be my people.

"No way!" Lu Qing refused without hesitation: "Shares can be negotiated, but general manager cannot."

"Okay!" Zhou Andong stepped back: "Then deputy general manager, financial director."

Lu Qing opened his mouth, Zhou Andong had already stepped back—if the financial director's position isn't yielded, this kid definitely won't agree: "This needs to be discussed at a meeting."

"No problem!" Zhou Andong said: "If Vitality agrees to my demands, the Guangdong branch factory shares of Brave the World, I can let go of a portion."

Lu Qing's eyes lit up—although it's the branch factory's shares, it's equivalent to Brave the World ceding part of the South China market to Vitality—this is very worth studying.

"Can be considered."

"By the way!" Zhou Andong suddenly changed the topic: "I heard your niece just graduated from university this year, still undecided on where to go. Coincidentally, Yuxi Real Estate is still missing a deputy general manager—why don't you ask her if she's interested?"