After going back to the room and resting for a while, Cheng Yu took a shower by himself. After asking Zhang Ziqing, he said he didn't need to take a shower, the two left the hotel.
It was said that Cheng Yu and Zhang Ziqing took turns driving, but the total drive was less than four hours. Zhang Ziqing still wanted something from Cheng Yu and was embarrassed to let this young master drive.
Three and a half hours later, the two arrived in Wudong.
As soon as the car got off the highway, Cheng Yu sent Xue Changyun a WeChat message asking him if he had arrived in Wudong.
Soon, Xue Changyun sent a reply, saying that he had arrived in Wudong and was staying in a hotel not far from Cheng Yu and Du Xiaoyu's Wudong courtyard.
Cheng Yu sent Zhang Ziqing directly.
When Zhang Ziqing opened a room downstairs, Xue Changyun also came down from upstairs, and the two met.
Looking at Zhang Ziqing who was going through the room check-in procedures at the front desk, Cheng Yu pursed his lips and said, "Here, that's that person."
Xue Changyun frowned slightly, as if he had no impression of Zhang Ziqing at all. He asked: "Who is that person? I have no impression."
"Mr. Xue is busy with things, so it's normal not to remember him."
"Stop teasing me, who is that person? How did he know that my father was preparing for surgery in the United States, and why did he come to see him?"
Cheng Yu smiled and roughly told Xue Changyun Zhang Ziqing's identity and previous situation.
Xue Changyun seemed to have thought about it and said: "I seem to have some impressions. I did invest in an Internet project two years ago, which can be regarded as a trial for me to move towards the Internet.
However, the process was not too pleasant. Fortunately, I did not lose money in the end and made a slight profit. The overall time was not long, only about a year.
At that time, our investors and their technical side had differences. First of all, there were actually people who were willing to invest in that project at that time. I even said that even if no one was willing to invest, I would still be willing to invest.
However, the technical side said that they were ready to abandon the project completely and package it for sale as a supplement to a project of another company.
That sale was just a project sale, and all their technical staff remained in the company.
This is also the most unacceptable thing for our three investors.
If it is sold together with their company, it can form a share swap, and we can still hold the expanded shares of that project.
But they chose to sell it in cash, which meant we were forced to cash out directly.
Although we didn't lose any money, it made some of us feel unhappy.
Those people also said at that time that their next project would be better, and if we were willing, we could invest in their new project.
Although I was a little angry at the time, I felt that if there was a new project, it wouldn't be a bad idea.
But after waiting for two months, they didn't bring any new plan. I asked people from the company to investigate and found that their technical backbones were all in the family business, and they did have a new project.
, but it is the capital provided by the family.
I was really unhappy about this matter, but after all, it was just a small project with an investment of several million, so I didn’t pay too much attention to it.
It's been two or three years since this happened, but I didn't expect him to still remember it?"
Cheng Yu still smiled and said: "On the plane, he explained to me that he really planned to continue to accept your investment. For them, whether the family invests or accepts external funds,
, there is no substantial difference.
But their family insisted on investing their own money, so they had no choice but to accept it.
And that project is indeed good. The current market valuation of their company is said to be several billions. If you had still invested according to the previous proportion, those millions should be doubled by one or two hundred times now.
Therefore, he feels a little guilty towards you. After all, his first project after returning to China did not go well in finding investors. It was you who finally invested in him, which allowed him to have a second project.
Otherwise, I'm afraid he would have been asked by his family to manage the family business."
"But how did he know about my father's situation? We have always kept this a secret!" Xue Changyun was still a little confused, and looked at Zhang Ziqing with a little caution in his eyes.
Cheng Yu glanced at Zhang Ziqing and saw that Zhang Ziqing had already taken the room card and was walking towards them, so he lightly patted Xue Changyun on the shoulder and said, "You should ask him directly about this. After all, I'm not very familiar with it.
It's easier to deal with each other if we are more frank. Generally speaking, I think since Uncle Xue's surgeon also highly recommends the expert he mentioned, then both parties can really have a consultation, and their confidence in the old man's surgery will also increase.
Some."
Xue Changyun nodded, and Zhang Ziqing had already walked over.
Zhang Ziqing's posture was very low. As soon as they met, he bent down, stretched out his hands towards Xue Changyun, and said, "Mr. Xue, I haven't seen you for a long time. I don't know if you still remember me."
Xue Changyun pointed at Cheng Yu and said, "If he didn't remind me, I really wouldn't remember it. We probably only met once or twice before, and most of them were my assistants dealing with you."
Zhang Ziqing nodded, and Xue Changyun also stretched out his hand and held it with Zhang Ziqing.
"I'm really sorry. Back then, according to my original intention, even all my partners had the same idea.
We were very optimistic about the second project, so we decided to sell the first project directly in cash.
At that time, everyone felt that after the initial development stage was passed and the project entered the actual operation stage, we would need to raise funds.
We still hope to accept your investment.
But during the early development of that project, we also conducted some market testing at the same time. As a result, SoftBank was quite optimistic about our project, so they took the initiative to contact us and wanted us to accept their investment.
We didn't dare to refuse directly, after all, it was SoftBank.
But this also let our parents know that our project should be quite promising, so they discussed it and decided that they would make the A-round investment.
After the A round, our market value was overestimated by venture capital institutions. When we still had a few million in hand and could survive at least a few more months, we were given a valuation of more than 400 million.
Although we were determined to continue looking for you in round B, after all, the valuation was too high and we were not confident enough, so we didn’t dare to look for you.”
Xue Changyun took a deep look at Zhang Ziqing and felt that Zhang Ziqing was quite sincere at least in terms of attitude, so he nodded slightly to Cheng Yu.
“All of this has passed, and even if you find me during the B round, I may not invest.
Our family's business has nothing to do with the Internet. When I invested in you before, I just wanted to test the waters a little bit in the Internet field.
An investment of several million is fine, but if it really reaches tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, I definitely won't consider it.
What I’m more concerned about now is that my father’s condition has been kept secret. How did you know which hospital he was in?”
Just when Zhang Ziqing was about to speak, Cheng Yu stood up and said, "You two, let's talk. I have to go home first. I have been out of touch for more than half a month."
When Xue Changyun heard this, he stood up and, together with Zhang Ziqing, sent Cheng Yu to the hotel entrance.
Cheng Yu got into the car directly and drove back to Wudong Courtyard.
As for the conversation between Xue Changyun and Zhang Ziqing, he didn't want to interfere too much. He just felt that there was nothing wrong with Zhang Ziqing's proposal, but it was unclear whether Zhang Ziqing had other purposes. Cheng Yu also really
I don't want to affect Xue Changyun's judgment because of my excessive involvement.
Hearing the door knock, Aunt Zhang walked out of the room, holding a rag in her hand, probably cleaning the house.
When she saw Cheng Yu, Aunt Zhang smiled brightly and hurriedly greeted her: "Uncle, you are back. Oh, you have been gone for more than half a month, and the lady is very anxious. Although she didn't say it, I
I have watched her grow up since I was a child, and I understand her very well. I have never seen anyone make the young lady so worried."
Cheng Yu smiled slightly and said: "Aunt Zhang, I drove back from Shanghai directly after getting off the plane. I'm a little tired. I contacted Xiaoyu before and agreed to go to her parents' place for dinner together in the evening. I'll go first
Go back to the house and lie down for a while."
"Yes, yes, my uncle, please take a rest as soon as possible. You have to deal with the jet lag at this time."
Cheng Yu nodded, but murmured in his heart, Aunt Zhang knew quite a lot, she even knew that I came back from abroad.
But he didn't think much and went back to the house directly.
After closing the curtains, Cheng Yu looked at the neatly stacked big bed, got into his space capsule, and lay down.
He sent a WeChat message to Du Xiaoyu and told her that he was already home.
Du Xiaoyu quickly replied and said: "Your mobile phone card has been repaired and it is on my bedside table. I have a meeting here in the afternoon and it will be finished at about three o'clock. Are you very tired? If you are too tired
, why don’t I go to my parents’ place today? I can go tomorrow.”
"It's okay. I slept very well on the plane. When I came back from Shanghai, I hired a driver to help me drive. I just need to lie down for a while."
"Okay, I'll go back after the meeting."
Cheng Yu threw his cell phone aside, got out of the space capsule, and found the mobile phone card that Du Xiaoyu had reissued for him on the bedside table.
After the replacement was completed, Cheng Yu called Ning Kezhu.
As soon as the call was connected, Ning Kezhu answered the call. The voice on the phone was loud and seemed very urgent.
"Yu'er, where have you been? You've made your mother so anxious. You can't get through the phone calls, and you don't reply to WeChat messages. What's wrong with you?"
Seeing his mother yelling, Cheng Yu subconsciously put the phone away from his ears, but his heart felt extremely warm, because this was the most direct and pure love from his mother.
"Mom, what can I do? I'm busy with company matters. I went to South America. As soon as I got there, my phone was stolen. Then I made a local phone call, but the place where I went was...
There is no network signal, so I can’t quite remember your phone number, so I haven’t contacted you.”
"You kid, why are you so careless? Where did you go and there was no network signal? You worried your mother to death. And your dad, you may think that your dad is just a blockhead, but in fact, I
It can also be seen that he is really anxious since there has been no news from you in the past half month."
"Come on, Lao Cheng can't be in such a hurry. Anyway, I'm fine. I'm just on a normal business trip. It was only for about a week, but I didn't expect that I met a classmate from the University of Southern California, and then some other things were involved, and I
I went back to Los Angeles. That’s why I was delayed until today.”
"You kid, you didn't even know to contact us when you arrived in Los Angeles." Ning Kezhu blamed Cheng Yu, and then said, "You'd better call your dad and tell him to reassure him."
Cheng Yu smiled and said, "Old Cheng must have known I was back for a long time..."
"Ah? Impossible. If he knew you were back, why wouldn't he tell me?"
"The flight I took back from Los Angeles was ours. The flight crew even prepared Moutai for me. Why don't I just talk to the boss? Lao Cheng is like that. He didn't worry about me when he arrived.
Regarding the loss of contact, and knowing that I was fine and already on the plane back to China, I must have been even more calm. It made him appear to be particularly rational and emotionless."
"You kid, you are just talking nonsense. What did you say about your father?"
"Wood, this is what you said."
Ning Kezhu laughed and said angrily: "Yu'er, don't always quarrel with your father. Okay, I'll be relieved when you come back. I'll bring Xiaoyu back for a meal tonight."
"Oh, we can't do it tonight. Xiaoyu's parents are also clamoring for Xiaoyu and me to go back."
"This Wei Lan, why are you so shameless? She is marrying a daughter, so it's like marrying a son-in-law and returning home. My son has been away on a business trip for more than half a month. When he comes back, of course he has to go back to his home first."
"Mom, please don't make things difficult for me, okay?"
Ning Kezhu said angrily: "Okay, I won't embarrass you. I'll go directly to Wei Lan. I still don't believe it. I haven't seen my son for more than half a month. What's wrong with letting my son come to see me first?"
Cheng Yu smiled and hung up the phone. Let the mothers of the two families deal with this matter on their own.
Although he said he was not tired, he was still a little tired. It was a non-stop journey. Cheng Yu sent a WeChat message to Guan Lu and Gao Yiming respectively. After telling them that he was back, he threw his phone aside and fell into the space capsule for a long time.
Almost asleep.
It was about two o'clock when he woke up. Cheng Yu sat in the room to relax a little, packed up the space capsule, and opened the curtains.
Aunt Zhang had obviously been paying attention to what was going on with Cheng Yu. Seeing him open the curtains, she knocked on the door and asked Cheng Yu if he wanted to eat something.
While Cheng Yu was flipping through his cell phone, Guan Lu and Gao Yiming both made a fuss about how he had disappeared for more than half a month, but it was obvious that there was more content in Gao Yiming's messages.
But he didn't dare to say it clearly. He probably heard Xiao Ni mention it to him, and he also knew that Cheng Yu had done some illegal things during his trip to South America. At least Xiao Ni must have done it a lot, even the telecommunications operation of Maldao.
The merchants were all hacked.
There’s no need to go back to the plumbing guy, we’ll talk about it later when we meet.
When Gao Yiming asked him when he would be free to meet for a talk, Cheng Yu thought about it and replied.
"I have to go home for dinner today, and I have some things to deal with tomorrow. If nothing else happens, I will either see you at nine or ten o'clock tomorrow night, or I will go to your company the day after tomorrow."
Gao Yiming quickly replied with only one word: "Okay."
Cheng Yu thought about it while eating the food prepared by Aunt Zhang, and sent a message to Lao Bian.
Lao Bian quickly called back directly.
"Mr. Cheng, you are finally back.
Li Dali is currently undergoing quarantine review. This process is expected to take a few days, and we also need to get some information about you.
They have been urging me for the past two days, asking if I can contact you.
Based on what you said at the embassy in the Falklands, I directly said that your mobile phone has been dropped, and if you don’t take the initiative to contact me, I will not be able to contact you.
But they keep asking questions, and let me tell you, once you come back, you'd better meet them immediately."
"Hey, they control heaven and earth, but they can still control me?
Li Dali and I met by chance. He needed to be quarantined for review due to visa and passport issues. What did it have to do with me?
Why should I go see them immediately when I come back?
I haven't been back for more than half a month. Do I have to meet all my family members one by one?
And I haven’t been in the company for more than half a month, so I’m not allowed to handle the company’s affairs?
Well, since they have been following you and asking questions, they must have been keeping an eye on it at the immigration customs.
They must already know the news about my return. Don't worry about it. If they ask you again, just say directly that I have some things to deal with.
Next Monday, I will contact them.
I am traveling abroad on a normal business trip, what can I say to you?
It’s as if I’m a guilty person, and they’re asking me to verify the situation now, okay?
Figure out priorities."
Cheng Yu's tone was unkind, and he seemed to think that I would get angry if you kept nagging me. Lao Bian hesitated for a few words and felt that what Cheng Yu said was reasonable.
Although Li Dali's matter is by no means just about his visa and passport, it is about him who used to be a member of the military. He has been missing for several years and is also involved with overseas armed forces. After returning to China, he will definitely have to
It was thoroughly investigated.
The police are not investigating this matter.
Li Dali's current situation is that he was arranged to stay in a hotel as soon as he returned to China. It does not restrict freedom like Shuanggui. He can go out, but he must be accompanied by the police when he goes out.
Now the military and government are working together.
But on Cheng Yu's side, as long as Li Dali didn't say anything wrong with Cheng Yu, neither the police, the government, nor the military would take any measures against Cheng Yu.
If Cheng Yu refused to return to China for a long time, there might really be some problems with this matter, but Cheng Yu came back just a few days after Li Dali returned to China, and nothing could be done to him in any way.
Therefore, it is best if Cheng Yu is willing to cooperate. But if Cheng Yu doesn't want to cooperate, he really can only wait until Cheng Yu is in a better mood.
Lao Bian understood that Cheng Yu's handling of this matter would definitely arouse dissatisfaction among those in charge of the matter in the military and government, but what if they were dissatisfied? Cheng Yu was not an ordinary person.
Not to mention it was just a joint investigation team, even the head of the Wudong Military Region and the top leader of Jiangdong Province had to give Cheng Guangnian some face.
At least in the current situation, no one will force Cheng Yu to cooperate immediately.
Besides, Cheng Yu's request is also reasonable!
I have been abroad for more than half a month. When I come back, don't I have to meet my family first?
Moreover, this is a man with a net worth of billions or even tens of billions. There are so many things in the company that he hasn’t dealt with in more than half a month, but doesn’t he have to deal with them too?
On Wednesday today, Cheng Yu said that he would contact them next Monday, which was quite a favor.
After hanging up the phone, Cheng Yu was finally able to finish his late lunch safely.
As for how to coordinate with Lao Bian, that's none of his business.
What's more, if Lao Bian is a little tougher, there is no need to coordinate anything. He only needs to bring Cheng Yu's original words.
To put it bluntly, Lao Bian was also doing them a favor, and this was not his job.
