Chapter 608: The Boss Behind the Scenes

It is a forty-minute drive from home to the airport.

If one were to go to the airport now, it would indeed be early.

But Sheng Hanyu had no intention of going to pick anyone up; he said concisely, "I am going to work."

Sheng Jiang:...

He was first astonished, then for a moment incredulous, and then he became very angry.

He took two or three steps to stand before his son, spread his arms to block him, and said, "Say that again, where are you going?"

"To work." His son swept a cold glance at him, his icy eyes devoid of any warmth.

If this were any other time, he would have moved aside long ago.

But today, he did not.

Sheng Jiang blocked his son's path and said loudly, "No, you cannot go to work. You should have the Chairman come over. Now that he has set aside so many matters to come and see you, you are going to work? This is too unreasonable; I won't let you go."

Sheng Hanyu: "He is your Chairman, not mine."

As for his father's words, Sheng Hanyu listened, and that was that.

A person who talks about business worth tens of billions at every turn is the Chairman of a company with a total registered capital of thirty million?

Only his foolish father would believe such nonsense.

"Book a table at the hotel for noon, I'll pay the bill." Sheng Hanyu pushed his father aside and went to work.

Sheng Jiang did not chase after him, because he knew his son had always been a man of his word; once he said something, it was settled, and even if he chased after him, he wouldn't be able to stop him.

If he happened to annoy him and his son gave the Chairman a cold look when they met, he would be even more unable to step down from the situation.

Jiangzhou International Airport.

General Manager Sheng Jiang, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, stood at the arrival gate, craning his neck in anticipation, and finally welcomed Zhu Xingye, who was wearing white casual clothes.

"Chairman, welcome to Jiangzhou, welcome, welcome." Sheng Jiang gripped Zhu Xingye's hand with both of his, holding on excitedly and refusing to let go.

He kept asking after his well-being, asking if everything at the company had been arranged properly.

Did he rest well on the plane?

The hotel has already been arranged, go to the hotel and catch up on some sleep first...

Sheng Jiang had never even been this concerned about his own son.

Of course, he wasn't truly concerned about the Chairman's health; he was just afraid that since his son had set the meeting time for noon, the Chairman might suddenly propose to see someone, and it would be difficult to decline.

"General Manager Sheng is too kind. With you having arranged everything for me here, I am completely at ease."

Who was Zhu Xingye?

He saw through Sheng Jiang's petty schemes clearly, but he did not expose them, instead accepting his arrangements with a smile.

And he gave affirmation to what he had done.

Zhu Xingye was arranged to stay at the hotel, and it was quite a coincidence.

It happened to be the same hotel where Wang Bingbing had stayed before, in the same Presidential Suite.

He frowned almost imperceptibly, stood at the door without entering, and said to Sheng Jiang, "General Manager Sheng, this room is too luxurious. Our company is just starting out, and if I stay in such a luxurious room, it will set a bad example for my subordinates. Let's change to another one."

Sheng Jiang did not mind: "It doesn't matter, the hotel expenses won't go through the company's accounts; I'll pay out of my own pocket."

Zhu Xingye's brows were now completely furrowed, almost knotted together.

"So General Manager Sheng still had a trick up his sleeve. Didn't you say you had taken all your money to invest in the company? So you still have private savings?"

Actually, this was being a bit nitpicky.

It was only the cost of one night at a hotel; for people of their social standing, one really shouldn't quibble over it.

But Sheng Jiang did not notice these details and hurriedly explained: "I don't have a single cent left; I borrowed it from someone else."

"It is even more inappropriate to be extravagant with borrowed money. Return this room immediately and change it to a standard room."

Sheng Jiang would never know what the Chairman was avoiding; he only felt that the Chairman was truly considering the company's interests, and thus he admired him even more.

The room was changed, and Zhu Xingye moved in happily.

Noon.

The hotel's Chinese restaurant.

Sheng Jiang led Chairman Zhu to the private room, and his first sentence was: "Chairman, rest assured, my son is paying the bill today." This meant there was no need to worry about the cost; even if it was extravagant, someone else was paying.

The two took their seats as host and guest, and when the appointed time arrived, Sheng Hanyu walked into the private room on time.

After introductions, the waiter served the dishes, and they chatted while eating.

Although Sheng Hanyu was aloof, he was a good judge of character.

Zhu Xingye was also a person of true talent and learning; the two chatted happily and even felt a sense of mutual appreciation.

Sheng Jiang sat to the side, wanting to interject several times, but found he couldn't get a word in at all!

He didn't understand what they were talking about.

However, he was happy to see the Chairman and his son getting along well; this was for the best, as it saved his son from always worrying that he had been swindled.

Although Sheng Jiang was the General Manager of the company, and the company claimed to be in finance, he didn't even understand what specific business the company did.

But Zhu Xingye was an expert, speaking about the business with great authority and logic.

And Sheng Hanyu's companies covered almost every industry, and he understood a little about each one.

Although Dingsheng Group did not focus on finance, Tianma Group did focus on the financial industry.

Although they were two companies, due to the close relationship between the chairmen of the companies, the business dealings between the two companies were also very close, basically having become intertwined.

Therefore, Sheng Hanyu was no stranger to finance, and the two chatted very congenially.

Unable to join the conversation, Sheng Jiang drank glass after glass of wine to mask his awkwardness.

He hadn't drunk too much, but he needed to go to the restroom.

Sheng Jiang had just left the private room when Sheng Hanyu suddenly blurted out: "Chairman Zhu, why did you want to start a company with my father?"

Zhu Xingye:...

He had been prepared, but he had not expected Sheng Hanyu to suddenly change the subject.

The topic change was too abrupt, and after he finished speaking, his entire aura expanded, intimidating him so much that he felt guilty before he could even tell a lie.

But Sheng Hanyu did not let him off the hook.

He stared into Zhu Xingye's eyes, a faint smile on his lips: "Don't tell me that my father is a very capable man, and that you two are heroes recognizing heroes, coming together to cooperate out of mutual admiration."

If that were the case, I'm afraid no one would believe it except for Sheng Jiang.

"Why couldn't it be like that?"

Zhu Xingye was, after all, a man who had seen the world; he would not be scared into revealing everything by a single sentence.

Even though there were stormy waves in his heart, he remained calm and unhurried on the surface, following Sheng Hanyu's topic: "That's right, your eye for detail is sharp. My motive for approaching your father was indeed impure; I wanted to get to know you through him."

With one lighthearted sentence, he covered up the fact that he had deliberately hidden his identity back then.

Sheng Hanyu was not Sheng Jiang; he was not so easily fooled.

"Oh? There are plenty of ways you could have approached me; isn't this method a bit too laborious?"

Zhu Xingye: "It doesn't matter; I have already achieved my goal now."

He explained: "If I had used other methods to approach you, of course that would have worked too, but the effect wouldn't have been as good as it is now."

Zhu Xingye's candor was somewhat beyond Sheng Hanyu's expectations, but it was not without reason.

There were many people who wanted to know him, and to come to him directly required booking an appointment a month in advance.

Even then, it was not certain one would be able to see him, whereas now it was he who had taken the initiative to request to see Zhu Xingye; no matter how you looked at it, this method of approaching him was much better.

If Sheng Hanyu were an ordinary person, he would have believed it.

However, he was not an ordinary person, and the man before him, who appeared candid but actually had a hidden story, was not an ordinary person either.

Sheng Hanyu did not believe what he said, but he did not expose him; instead, he raised his wine glass: "Chairman Zhu thinks so highly of me; I am very honored. Cheers!"