Li Yaozu is a good businessman, but not a good father.
His educational philosophy is Spartan, and the idea he has instilled in his daughter Li Xuexuan since she was a child is that "people have to rely on themselves"! All he can give is Thailand's huge financial resources and the connections that the Li family has accumulated over the past century.
Therefore, when Li Xuexuan went to Hong Kong alone to work hard and replace his cousin Li Zhaotian as the helm of Li Shi, Li Yaozu did not pay special attention to it.
For Li Yaozu, this is just a trial in her daughter's life. Whether she can succeed or not depends on her own efforts, luck and good fortune.
When she succeeded, she soared into the sky.
The father is also happy for her.
If he fails, the worst he can do is return to Thailand and inherit his huge property, which means he will lose nothing.
He didn't care about what happened to Li Xuexuan in Hong Kong, and he didn't even talk to her on the phone.
Only in the dead of night would Li Yaozu show his fatherly worry and waste his time secretly.
Because of this, Li Xuexuan fought to the death with Shi Zhijian in Hong Kong. Li Yaozu didn't know because he didn't want to know.
What is the relationship between Shi Zhijian and Li Xuexuan? Li Xuexuan didn't tell him as a father, so Li Yaozu didn't know!
Li Yaozu never expected that his precious daughter would have an indescribable relationship with a young man in Hong Kong, let alone that he had accidentally become someone else's cheap father-in-law!
Now, this pair of gods and ghosts are about to meet for the first time.
Originally, Feng Guoquan wanted to arrange the meeting between Shi Zhijian and Li Yaozu in a teahouse outside, or in Li Yaozu's home. After thinking about it carefully, the meeting in the teahouse was a bit too formal, and the meeting at home seemed too ambiguous, so he finally chose the company office.
In fact, there is a lot of knowledge involved in arranging a meeting, especially as a middleman, you have to think of both sides.
For Li Yaozu, it was also a test for Feng Guoquan.
Feng Guoquan did not disappoint him. He did not choose a teahouse or a home, but chose a company office seriously.
In this way, in the face of the relationship between superiors and subordinates, even if Shi Zhijian wants to have a relationship, he must have the courage to do so.
…
Ritchie Group,
President's Office.
Sister Lan, who is Li Yaozu's personal secretary and the group's administrative director, is wearing a cheongsam and sticking her butt out while helping Li Yaozu sort out the clutter on his desk.
Sister Lan is thirty-four years old this year. She used to be the top singer in the Chinese dance hall in Bangkok. She is best at singing the song "Song Girl from the End of the World". This song happens to be Li Yaozu's favorite song.
At that time, Li Yaozu was forced by his younger brother Li Yaozong and others to go into exile in Thailand from Hong Kong.
That was the most difficult time in Li Yaozu's life. He came to Thailand and was unfamiliar with the place. Not only did he have to deal with the rough people here, but he also had to deal with the exploitation and oppression of the military and political personnel here. Doing business is not that simple!
Even in order to seize the territory, Li Yaozu did not hesitate to offend the Chinese boss Bai Diaoliang. In the end, he was almost assassinated by Bai Diaoliang's men. Fortunately, Huang Dongliang came to the rescue and blocked three swords for him. Li Yaozu was in trouble.
Not dead, just injured his left arm.
It was also during the days when Li Yaozu was recuperating that he met Sister Lan, who was singing in a karaoke hall.
Sister Lan, like Li Yaozu, is from Jiangmen, Guangdong. Her familiar hometown dialect, coupled with Sister Lan's expertise in Jiangmen cuisine, made Li Yaozu feel like he was at home. So he paid to recruit Sister Lan from the dance hall to the company.
Come.
Li Yaozu's original intention was just to let Sister Lan have a name in the company, serve him food and drink, and get a thousand Hong Kong dollars a month.
This job is not tiring and the salary is high, so many people are looking for it.
But Sister Lan is a thoughtful person. She is not willing to spend her whole life as a servant who cooks and waits for people to eat and drink.
She wants to rise up and live like a woman.
So after joining the Ritchie Group, Sister Lan began to take the initiative to learn secretarial work. She didn't know English, so she learned it word by word and paid a teacher Gui Lao to teach her.
I didn’t know how to type, so I asked a teacher to teach me. I went from typing word by word to typing quickly now.
In addition, she also enrolled in night school, studied business courses, and spent all her private time studying.
For this reason, her monthly tuition alone costs thousands of Hong Kong dollars, which is higher than the salary offered to her by Li Yaozu.
Relying on this indomitable spirit of learning, Sister Lan soon replaced the female secretary who had graduated from Yale University beside Li Yaozu, and also replaced the administrative director of the company, becoming an irreplaceable person around Li Yaozu!
Of course, Sister Lan’s ultimate goal in doing this is not to gain power and become a strong woman. Her ultimate wish is to become the woman behind Li Yaozu!
But Sister Lan knows that this possibility is very small, because Li Yaozu has never forgotten his wife who died prematurely. No matter how good he behaves and even treats his baby Li Xuexuan very well, Li Yaozu is still wary.
Hold her and prevent her from entering the core part of the Li family.
As for Li Xuexuan, he has always been lukewarm towards her. Perhaps in Li Xuexuan's view, the things Sister Lan did were very utilitarian, and the purpose was to replace her dead mother.
Always, Sister Lan is a special existence to the Li family and Li Yaozu. She is neither a relative, but more than a relative.
"Lisheng, I heard that you coughed again last night. Would you like me to make some rock sugar snow pears for you?" After Sister Lan put away the clutter on her desk, her beautiful eyes looked at Li Yaozu, who was still immersed in his work.
"Huh?" Li Yaozu raised his head and looked at Sister Lan, smiled, took off his reading glasses and said, "I don't cough every day or two, so you don't need to worry so much."
"Did you fall asleep in the study again and forget to cover yourself with the quilt?" Sister Lan rolled her eyes at Li Yaozu and complained, "Since Xuexuan left, you have stopped taking good care of your health. How can this continue?"
Li Yaozu smiled bitterly and said, "I don't want to either. I'm really busy with work recently!"
"No matter how busy you are, you have to take care of yourself!" Sister Lan said, lowering her voice: "If you don't feel sorry for yourself, others will still feel sorry for you!"
Li Yaozu was startled for a moment and felt Sister Lan's affection for him. He had always been wary of Sister Lan because she was so outstanding. A singer who didn't know anything could be relied on in just a few years.
Study hard, become a group administrator, and lead your subordinates to do their work in an orderly manner, which is difficult even for a man to do.
Li Yaozu has experienced family betrayal, brothers turning against each other, and has a sense of distrust towards everyone. However, Sister Lan has been supporting him conscientiously for so many years. Even though Li Yaozu is hard-hearted, he can't help but be touched.
"Anyway, I'll go back tonight and make rock sugar pear for you. Also, I'll help you unpack and wash the bedding in your study. You said it was something you carried all the time when you came to Thailand and couldn't bear to lose it, so I'll allow you to keep it.
I keep it hidden, but it’s too worn out now, so it’s time to change it——”
Sister Lan thought that she would be angry if she said this to Li Yaozu. She knew that Li Yaozu was very nostalgic. He had brought the tattered quilt from Hong Kong to Thailand for more than ten years and was reluctant to throw it away and replace it. Every time someone moved around, it would attract a lot of attention.
He was furious, and Sister Lan pretended to be brave enough to say these things today.
Sister Lan was ready to wait for Li Yaozu to get angry, but to her surprise, Li Yaozu was just stunned for a moment, then put on his glasses again and said, "Just take them out and wash them! They're old anyway."
"Uh, you're not angry?" Sister Lan asked strangely.
"Why should I be angry?" Li Yaozu asked.
"In the past, you would lose your temper if someone touched your quilt." Sister Lan said.
"That was before -" Li Yaozu smiled, "Then do you know why I am angry? Because Seolxuan's mother sewed the quilt for me personally, and it was the only relic left by her -"
Sister Lan immediately covered her mouth with a look of horror on her face, as if she had done something terribly wrong.
Li Yaozu didn't care, as if he was talking to himself: "I always dream about her these days. She told me that it's time to let go. It's been more than ten years! Even if she didn't die, she would still be there."
Already getting old! What do you care about when you are old?!"
After saying that, Li Yaozu raised his head and looked at Sister Lan: "Tell me, is what she said right?"
Sister Lan nodded, then shook her head: "I'm old, but I still have to commemorate it!"
"I have kept her in my heart for so many years, specifically seventeen years, which is enough!" Li Yaozu said, "She told me that I should let it go. I am tired too. I really want to let it go."
He raised his head and looked at Sister Lan, "I remember well, your full name is Hu Yulan, right?"
Sister Lan nodded.
Li Yaozu smiled and said: "Look, you have been with me for so many years, but I almost don't even know your name. I only know that you are called Sister Lan. When you have something to do, you call me Sister Lan, and when you have nothing to do, you call me Sister Lan - but
I have wronged you!"
For some reason, after hearing these words, Sister Lan felt warm and sour in her heart, her eyes were red and she said, "I...should have done everything!"
"You are kind, but I thought too much. It's my fault. I didn't treat you well. I'm sorry!"
"Woo——!" Sister Lan couldn't bear it any longer, covering her mouth and choking.
Li Yaozu stood up and took out his handkerchief. At this time, Sister Lan's face was already covered with tears.
Li Yaozu wiped the tears on Sister Lan's face with a handkerchief, and said comfortingly: "It won't happen again. Now Seolhyun has left me and gone to Hong Kong, and you are the only one by my side. If I treat you as an outsider again,
Who will cover me when I catch a cold in the middle of the night? Who will make pear soup for me when I cough? Alan, I can't help you!"
Li Yaozu's words made Sister Lan burst into tears. She felt that she had done so much for so long and it was all worth it now!
After a while, when Sister Lan's mood stabilized, she found herself nestled in Li Yaozu's arms, and she immediately broke away embarrassedly.
Looking at Sister Lan's shy little daughter's posture, Li Yaozu smiled knowingly and said: "I want to drink papaya soup tonight, come and help me make it!"
Sister Lan nodded shyly and said "Yeah".
Just then, dong dong dong, there was a knock on the door.
Li Yaozu remembered something, walked back to his seat, and said to Sister Lan: "I'm going to receive a young man later. Please help prepare two cups of coffee. Also, help me see what this young man is like."
how?"
"Huh?" Sister Lan was slightly startled. Li Yaozu had always been very confident and never let others interfere in such matters. Today, he actually had to stand aside by himself——
This is out of trust in yourself!
Sister Lan's heart suddenly felt sweet.
Boom, boom, boom!
The knock on the door sounded again.
"Come in!" Li Yaozu sat up straight behind his desk and said.
It was Feng Guoquan who opened the door. Feng Guoquan glanced at the office, his eyes lingered on Sister Lan, nodded and smiled, appearing very polite and polite, and then said to Li Yaozu: "Li Sheng, I
We brought people here, you see--"
"Invite him in first!" Li Yaozu said to Feng Guoquan, and then said to Sister Lan: "Don't clean up now, go help make three cups of coffee!"
…
Not long after, Feng Guoquan led Shi Zhijian into the office outside and introduced him to Shi Zhijian immediately: "This is Mr. Li!"
Shi Zhijian looked at Li Yaozu.
Li Yaozu also looked at Shi Zhijian.
Shi Zhijian also has feelings for Li Xuexuan, although he is a big scumbag, so he has some closeness to Li Yaozu. He immediately smiled at Li Yaozu, his posture was neither humble nor arrogant, and there was even a trace in his eyes.
Joking.
Li Yaozu was also looking at Shi Zhijian. He was dressed in white and had a handsome demeanor. He was a handsome man.
However, Li Yaozu soon noticed Shi Zhijian's "joking" look. He didn't understand what the look meant. He just felt that the young man seemed stable, but he was still a little frivolous in his heart.
Still too young!
I have seen too many self-righteous people!
Li Yaozu came to a conclusion about Shi Zhijian.
"My name is Shi Zhijian, and I am the new accountant of Li's Shipping Company! Nice to meet you, Mr. Li!" Shi Zhijian took the initiative to extend his hand to Li Yaozu.
Li Yaozu frowned, but didn't say anything. He just shook hands with Shi Zhijian casually, and then said: "Please sit down! Listen to Director Feng, do you want to see me for something important?"
Shi Zhijian looked at the simple office environment and said, "It is indeed true! It is related to Ritchie's Shipping business. I feel it is necessary to report to you personally!" After saying that, he found a sofa and sat down.
Feng Guoquan looked at Li Yaozu.
Li Yaozu said: "You also sit down."
"Okay, Mr. Li." Li Yaozu then sat next to Shi Zhijian.
Looking at Feng Guoquan, who was sitting cautiously, and Shi Zhijian, who was chatting and laughing next to him, Li Yaozu had an illusion in his trance that Shi Zhijian was more like a leader than a subordinate.
"What exactly is it?"
At this time, Sister Lan came in with coffee and placed a cup in front of everyone. Then she stood behind Li Yaozu and began to look at Shi Zhijian.
Women and men look at people differently. What Li Yaozu saw was Shi Zhijian's frivolity, but what Sister Lan saw was Shi Zhijian's calm general demeanor. She was slightly surprised when Bangkok had such a talent?!
"The thing is like this -" Shi Zhijian looked directly at Li Yaozu, "Since I took over the accounting work of the shipping company, I have discovered many loopholes, the biggest of which is - smuggling!"
Shi Zhijian directly threw a bomb, thinking that Li Yaozu's expression would at least change, but he didn't expect that Li Yaozu's expression would be as usual after hearing this. Instead, he reached out to pick up the coffee and took a slow sip, then raised his head and looked at Shi Zhijian's eyes.
