Chapter 827: 821. Three Days (Seeking Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets)

Meng Shu understood his son too well, so he refused Zhang Ran's proposal.

Zhang Ran did not care much about this, but at the dinner table that followed, he did not know how to respond to Meng Gu's obsequiousness.

Fortunately, Meng Shu was there; after being scolded twice by Meng Shu, Meng Gu finally quieted down a bit.

After the meal, Zhang Ran looked at Meng Gu and went out with Meng Shu and the others; it was better not to let him know about the matters to be discussed next.

Meng Shu followed behind Zhang Ran with a serious expression; the reason he had not refused Zhang Ran's help in seeing his wife's illness earlier was that he had already made up his mind—no matter what Zhang Ran asked him to do, he would agree to it.

Seeing Meng Shu's solemn expression, Zhang Ran smiled and said, "Don't be so serious. Coming here this time is also to see an old friend, and the matter I want you to do is something to discuss with you, not a forced command."

Meng Shu said, "I know, Brother Zhang, please speak."

Zhang Ran did not beat around the bush anymore and said directly, "It's like this: I have established a Security Company over in Africa. This Security Company involves many things, and some aspects cannot be made public."

"Right now, Sicheng is helping me manage the combat-related matters over there, but there is no one to help oversee the big picture, and I don't quite trust others, so I came to ask for your thoughts."

Zhang Ran then explained some of the matters involved, and when Meng Shu finished listening, his expression was somewhat agitated.

He knew that Zhang Ran would not be content with loneliness, but he did not expect that, although the things about Zhang Ran currently circulating on the internet were already surprising enough, the matter of the Security Company still caused his heart to tremble.

The things involved were simply astonishing; this was not just a matter of a company, and even less a matter of money—it vaguely involved the struggles between great powers.

Meng Shu understood Zhang Ran's philosophy even more, which was not wanting to get involved in such matters, but since Zhang Ran had agreed now, he must have his own considerations.

But at the very least, it was not good for Zhang Ran to be associated with the affairs of the Security Company.

In fact, Meng Shu guessed correctly, and the reason Zhang Ran agreed, while having earth-shattering benefits, also involved patriotic sentiment at play, but there was one more point that was the most critical.

That was that he had planted some secret hands in the United States; even if what he was doing on the surface now were to be discovered, he could suppress it through these connections.

This would have no impact on his future business dealings.

This was the benefit of investing in advance; Zhang Ran did not interfere in their economic development, but he invested in quite a few people, only it was all done in secret.

And Zhang Ran had never asked these people to do anything, so now it was time for these people to repay him.

The most critical thing was that these people could eliminate the impact of these matters just by moving their lips.

Meng Shu did not hesitate at all, "Brother Zhang, I agree."

After saying that, he added somewhat embarrassedly, "It's just that my ability might not be enough; such a large Security Company, plus involving so much, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it well."

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "Don't agree so quickly; you should think about it carefully. Although the matter is urgent, it is not that it must be you."

The reason Zhang Ran said this was not to look down on Meng Shu, but because he did not want to put pressure on him; that would be meaningless.

If Zhang Ran said that it had to be Meng Shu now, then that would carry a sense of coercion, and Zhang Ran did not want to do that.

Meng Shu also understood Zhang Ran's meaning, so he immediately said, "Brother Zhang, I didn't agree on impulse; I have actually already thought it through."

Pausing slightly, Meng Shu said, "I actually have no regrets now; you could say the only regret is Qingmei's illness."

"Now it's better; with your help, Brother Zhang, Qingmei will be much better in the future. And I also understand one thing: no matter how good a doctor is, facing Qingmei's situation, the best case is likely conservative treatment, and that will definitely cost a lot of money."

"Now that you are providing me with such a good position, what else could I be dissatisfied with?"

Zhang Ran looked at Meng Shu and said, "If you take this job, you will have to leave home in the future, and your wife won't be able to go with you either; you'll probably only be able to see each other once or twice a year."

Zhang Ran was not worried about Meng Shu being restricted from traveling at that time; after all, such matters were, in a certain sense, tacitly approved by Huaxia.

Therefore, as long as Lianhua Security did not do anything too excessive, Huaxia would completely act as if they did not know.

Meng Shu would be able to enter and exit the country without any restrictions at all.

If possible, even Li Cheng would have his restrictions lifted.

In the past, Li Cheng would have had no chance to return to the country, but now it was different; if things went well, plus a little maneuvering by Zhang Ran, there should be no problem for him to return to the country to see his family.

Meng Shu smiled and said, "I know this point too. Actually, as long as there is nothing seriously wrong with Qingmei's health, it doesn't matter."

"There is one more thing—don't laugh at me, Brother Zhang, but actually, when I heard you finish saying all this just now, my first reaction was that such matters must be handled by people like us; we don't trust anyone else."

After saying this, Meng Shu seemed to think of the past, and a smile bloomed on his face.

It could be said that back then, after Zhang Ran disappeared and his death was confirmed, they chose the wrong direction, but no matter when, they basically had no other intentions.

Of course, Meng Shu subconsciously forgot about the time they were bought off by Luode Xiongmei back then.

In fact, Zhang Ran thought the same; in some matters, trust is truly not easy to build.

Although Zhang Ran might not trust Meng Shu and the others as much as before, there was a foundation after all; relatively speaking, Zhang Ran was still willing to trust Meng Shu.

Added to the reasons he mentioned earlier, which was the matter of Zhang Sicheng taking over, it was best for Meng Shu and Li Cheng to manage this Security Company.

From every aspect, it was a very good choice.

"Go back and consider it again; once you have thought it through clearly, just come and tell me." Zhang Ran did not agree right now, but first let Meng Shu go back and consider it carefully.

He did not want Meng Shu to agree out of impulse; that would not be good for him either.

After saying this, he left directly and returned to the hotel to rest; he did not say how long he would wait.

However, Zhang Ran was leaving tomorrow, and the time Zhang Ran gave to think about it was three days; if he did not contact him after three days, Zhang Ran would consider that Meng Shu had automatically given up.