Chapter Six Miss Liffey

  Wu Lun's eyebrows slightly furrowed, he didn't want to stay in his office for another moment. If it were the old him, he would have kicked all these men and women out with one foot. He suddenly felt very pathetic, a group of people staying in his own office discussing the ownership of this office, while he could only be a miserable onlooker.

  "Wu Lun, where are you going?" A slightly childish voice, Wu Lun ignored it and walked out the door. He knew it was Sun Jia, that annoying girl who went around telling everyone that he had a fake academic record.

  "Didn't sleep well in the new environment?" It was Li Na walking towards him, Wu Lun smiled lightly, "No, yesterday was the best sleep I've had, how did you come here?"

  "Somebody was looking for Director Cheng, but nobody answered when they called, so I came over to take a look."

  Wu Lun pointed to his own office.

  Li Na nodded and smiled, Wu Lun then went out on his own, he wanted to get some fresh air.

  "Director Cheng?"

  Cheng Lü turned around, it was Li Na with a rough red face. Cheng Lü's face was still cold, but without the usual disgust. At this moment, Li Na was her savior. She didn't let her say anything else and instead spoke to others, "Don't consider Wu Lun for now, you all discuss how to swap, just tell me the result later."

  "No need, Wu Lun is an assistant, but the company should respect its employees. I think the current arrangement is fine, and besides, Li Wen and I are familiar with each other, it's not inconvenient to be in the same office." The speaker was Li Na, who recognized Yue Zheng, a newcomer on his first day of work, who seemed to have noticed Li Na's gaze and glanced over indifferently. His eyes fell on Li Wen, who was standing with her arms crossed, looking slightly angry. Her name was only one character different from Li Na's, but the two women were worlds apart. Before she even arrived, rumors about Yue Zheng and Li Wen had already spread like wildfire in Chongxing, and Yue Zheng came to Chongxing because of a woman - Li Wen.

  Cheng Lu pretended not to hear, expressionless, and signaled for Sun Jia to leave with her. Sun Jia wanted to stay and watch the commotion, but Cheng Lu's gaze was fixed, so she quickly lowered her head and followed, knowing Cheng Lu's temperament, she knew that Cheng Lu had reached the edge of eruption and didn't dare to provoke her further.

  Cheng Lu sent the people in the office away, and the results of Yue Zheng and Li Wen also came out. Yue Zheng and Wu Lun will share the current office, while Li Wen's place remains unchanged. Yue Zheng cannot insist on his own views like an investment.

  Wu Lun sneered at such a farce, but also knew that he could only be manipulated at will now. Moreover, he had no reason to shout about such an ending, and Yue Zheng, the industry's top talent, was in the same office as him, what could he say!

  But things didn't go as badly as they could have, according to Cheng Lu's new arrangement, he was supposed to become Yue Zheng's assistant, but Yue Zheng said he didn't need one. Wu Lun suddenly became redundant, if it wasn't for the halo brought by Deng Qun yesterday, he would have become the most miserable person in the company overnight.

  Wu Lun stood in front of Lü Zhòng, quietly listening to him finish speaking in a roundabout way. Only then did he open his mouth and say calmly, "If that's the case, it wouldn't be suitable for me to stay in Manager Yue's office."

  Lü Zhòng's eyes flashed with a hint of unusual color, and as someone skilled at observing expressions, he could often uncover the humiliation, loss, and anger hidden beneath people's outward appearances. But in front of Wu Lún, he gained nothing.

  Lv Zhongpa clenched his fist and rubbed it, as if thinking, "But there are no vacant offices in the company at present."

  "I can go to the big office." Wu Lun's answer made Lü Chóng somewhat surprised. The big office that Wu Lun said was a place where non-core employees of various departments concentrated and worked, which could accommodate more than a dozen people, but although there were positions available, it also represented a low level, and he didn't expect Wu Lun to take the initiative to suggest it.

  "This is no problem, I will discuss with Director Cheng to rearrange your work." Lü Zhòng finally nodded in agreement, and once again had a new understanding of Wu Lun.

  Wu Lun returned to the office to gather his things, he had just arrived at the company and hadn't started any specific business yet, so there wasn't much stuff, he piled up miscellaneous items on his laptop and left with them in his arms. Yue Zheng glanced over and smiled, "Actually, going to Beiguang is a wise choice."

  Wu Lun shrugged his shoulders, and Yue Zheng obviously knew his situation, but Wu Lun had no interest in explaining anything to him.

  "Finished talking?" Cheng Lai received a call from Lü Chóng.

  Lv Zhong smiled, "He didn't want to be in the same office as Yue Zheng, so he suggested going to a bigger office, and I just went along with him."

  Cheng Lu's tense expression relaxed.

  "What new arrangements do you have for him?" Lü Chóng asked.

  "For the time being, let him assist me with my work, and I'll ask for his opinion later." Cheng Lai replied subconsciously. Although Wu Lun was a negligible figure in her eyes, but now that things had turned out this way, she didn't know how to face Wu Lun, especially since Wu Lun's emotions were always beyond her expectations, and his calmness seemed like mockery, making her want to escape inexplicably.

  "It's enough that you have Sun Jia there, lend him to me, I'm going to Guangcheng tomorrow, let him come with me, and I can also help you investigate at the same time." Lü Chóng chuckled.

  Cheng Lu thought for a moment and agreed, she couldn't find any reason to refuse.

  Wu Lun traveled around the world on international flights, and only then did he realize that domestic airlines' planes were all shabby, especially the B763 he and Lü Chóng took, whose cramped space made him think of his own global tour bus, as well as the Gulfstream G650 he had booked.

  At the same time in Zurich, "Miss Liff, do you have to take a night flight? Considering your safety, Captain Bob, former secret agent, suggested..."

  Lily didn't say a word, but continued to walk towards the bus in front of her. Bob let out a sigh and whispered a few words into his collar, and before long, the plane had taken off from Zurich and was headed for Washington. The international bankers' conference that had just passed was already forgotten by Lily. As the days went by since Aln's departure, she finally realized he was serious this time. Those old guys in Blackwood were furious! Aln had actually destroyed all of Blackwood family's DNA, fingerprints, iris records, and even their entire database - not just his own, but also those of his deceased father. He wanted to completely erase any trace of himself from Blackwood, so that even if he stood right in front of her one day, she wouldn't be able to prove it was him. No, she could prove it - Aln had undergone plastic surgery, and looking into those eyes, she would still recognize him. But Aln seemed to have won anyway, as he had thoroughly enraged the old guys, who were now determined to give up on him, rendering Lily's efforts to find him meaningless.

  ……

  "Rumor has it you're living with Lina?" Lv Zhong's voice, Wu Lun opened his narrowed eyes, "Yes."

  Lü Chóng let out a soft sigh, "The logistics department's Wang Manager was arranged by the chairman, it's not good to make a move on her for now, after a while, this can't go on like this forever." Lü Chóng shook his head slightly with some helplessness.

  Wu Lun's mouth twitched, and he thought that these internal affairs had nothing to do with him. He was about to close his eyes and rest again when Lü Chong handed over two newspapers, "Take a look at these two statements."

  Two newspapers published two different company statements, with different entities behind the announcements, both of which revolve around Guangcheng Yinnan Real Estate. One statement claimed that Guangteng Industry holds 99% of Yinnan Real Estate's shares and recently convened a board meeting, unanimously passing a resolution to remove Li Pei as chairman, director, and legal representative of Yinnan Real Estate, and appointing a new chairman. The other statement was in response to the first one, issued by Guangcheng Yinnan Industry, with Li Pei, the removed chairman of Yinnan Real Estate, as its chairman, stating that Guangteng Industry's actions did not follow the legal procedures stipulated by national policies and laws, were not confirmed by Guangcheng Yinnan Industry, and were not registered with the Administration for Industry and Commerce. Therefore, Guangteng Industry's statement on the change of Yinnan Real Estate's board members is invalid, and Guangteng Company's unilateral announcement is ineffective.

  Wu Lun couldn't help but smile wryly, "Which side are we on?"

  Lv Zhong glanced at Wu Lun, a man who didn't need too many words. "Yingnan Industry is an old customer of our company, and Li Pei is also a director of Chongxing Investment, holding 10% of the shares. However, the dispute between Guangteng and Yingnan Industry has nothing to do with Chongxing Investment."

  "So you went to Guang City to help Li Pei out of trouble?"

  "It's us, just a casual conversation, nothing more than understanding the situation from our personal standpoint and helping to mediate a bit, it has nothing to do with reviving the case."

  Wu Lun smiled to himself, this is actually saying that Chong Xing will use his influence to mediate and offer some advice, but if it involves Chong Xing's own interests or spending money, then there's no way.

  Involved in real estate, and such a dispute, Wu Lun found it hard to imagine that the Li Pei standing in front of him was a sturdy man with thick eyebrows, a square face, and wide glasses, especially with that awkward smile on his face. It's hard to imagine he's a businessman, or even a real estate businessman.

  After the warm-up introduction, Lü Chóng and Li Péi went to "catch up", while Wu Lún stayed behind to take over some contract documents from Li Péi's secretary. After a brief tidy-up, he handed them over to Lü Chóng, who thus got his hands on first-hand materials and quickly grasped the general situation. Li Péi had taken over the long-stalled Guangcheng Garden project through registered Yīngnán Properties, then sold 40% of Yīngnán Properties' shares to Guangteng Enterprise at a negotiated price, bringing in investment. Next, Li Péi mortgaged the remaining 60% of Yīngnán Properties and two subsidiary companies to borrow RMB 6 million from Guangteng Enterprise for developing the Guangcheng Garden project.

  Wu Lun soon realized that this was Li Pei's empty-handed white wolf game. The payment for Guangteng Industrial to acquire 40% of Yinnan Real Estate should have been used to pay for the takeover of the rotten tail project, Guangcheng Garden. The subsequent development funds were also borrowed from Guangteng Industrial through mortgage, and in fact, Li Pei never spent a single penny. So what's going on with the current dispute? Looking at the statement, it seems that Guangteng Industrial doesn't expect Li Pei to repay the 60 million, but wants to swallow up Guangcheng Garden in one gulp.

  [Thanks to Mu Tian Shui for proofreading]