AWB Chapter 121 Looks familiar
Chapter 121 Looks familiar
After hearing this, Jiang Wan realized that the other party should be an assistant secretary or something like that.
After following Shao Ting into the room, Jiang Wan did not see the entire picture of the private room.
They were now in what should be a tea room, with a high, suspended ceiling and famous paintings hanging on the walls. There was a black walnut square table in the middle and armchairs on both sides.
The actual dining area should be behind the floor-to-ceiling solid wood screen.
As expected, a man in his forties soon walked out from behind the screen and shook hands with Shao Ting.
"It's been a while since we last met, Mr. Shao, how have you been lately?"
Jiang Wan's eyelashes twitched slightly, and she recognized the man in front of her as Yi Chongyuan, the chairman of Mingda.
His face was basically the same as in an interview news on a business website, and his smile was full of brilliance.
Shao Ting's expression remained unchanged, and his voice was deep and indifferent.
"as always."
Yi Chongyuan was quite familiar with Shao Ting's temperament. When he was about to continue speaking, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a slender figure behind him and was stunned.
"Who is this?"
Shao Ting raised his eyelashes slightly: "A newly hired secretary."
Jiang Wan hurriedly opened her lips and said softly: "Hello, Director Yi, my name is Jiang Wan."
Yi Chongyuan looked at her calmly, then laughed and said, "It turned out to be Secretary Jiang."
He turned to look at Shao Ting, his tone meaningful.
"Boss Shao is great. He found such a pretty secretary without making any noise. Xiao Jiang has to live up to his expectations."
This was obviously a joke, so Jiang Yan responded modestly. However, Shao Ting just nodded slightly and said nothing.
Yi Chongyuan was also very tactful and did not ask any further questions. Instead, he looked at her meaningfully and said, "Let's take a seat first. Director Ji is waiting inside."
It goes without saying who Mr. Ji is. Jiang Wan recalled the events in the Junjian Capital market and held his breath.
Of course, she was curious about what kind of person would look like who could compete with a man like Shao Ting.
This question did not linger for long, because the moment he walked around the screen, the man's figure came into view.
To be more precise, her eyes fell on him involuntarily, because the other person... really had a very impressive appearance.
The man's facial features were extremely deep and three-dimensional, especially his eyes, with dark pupils and slightly narrow eyelids. He did not give people a sense of indifference, just coldness.
I couldn't help but look downwards. The collar of his exquisite dark black shirt was slightly open, and there was a tiny red mole just below his Adam's apple. Against his thin white skin, I felt inexplicably mute.
When they came in, he was leaning on the sofa chair in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, his long legs crossed, his cold white wrists casually resting on the edge of the table, looking out the window, no one knew what he was thinking.
Not until he heard the noise did he finally raise his eyes. The look he cast over was half lazy and half oppressive, yet extremely penetrating.
The atmosphere around seemed to freeze for two seconds.
After a moment, he slowly opened his mouth: "Mr. Shao, long time no see."
At Yi Chongyuan's invitation, Shao Ting sat down with a slight smile on his lips.
“It’s been a long time indeed.”
The two men spoke slowly and politely.
Jiang Wan, who was sitting between Shao Ting and Jiang Yan, tried hard to suppress his unconsciously accelerated heartbeat, and couldn't help but feel emotional.
Ji Xingjing... this man is really good-looking, and even his voice is deep and pleasant.
Anyone who cares about appearance would find it hard not to take a second look.
Unfortunately, the chairman of Junjian Capital is known to be cold-hearted and ruthless, with ambition and interests in his bones. He is a truly dangerous man with no bottom line.
After an interview, a financial reporter described him as a true hunter in the business world. Once he sets his sights on his prey, there is no chance of escape.
After meeting him in person, the feeling of fear caused by his identity and deeds became more concrete.
Jiang Wan's intuition told him that this description was probably not an exaggeration.
She just suddenly felt a little relieved.
Compared to Ji Xingjing, Shao Ting at least has a bottom line, and now it seems that he is gradually softening his heart towards her.
As for a man like Shao Ting, even if there comes a day when they part ways, he should not be killed.
But the same cannot be said for Ji Xingjing.
Thinking of this, she was about to look away.
However, at this moment, the man's eyes suddenly fell on her without warning.
The unexpected eye contact slowed down Jiang Wan's heartbeat and made Shao Ting, who was always sharp, look slightly darker.
The person concerned raised his long eyelashes as if he hadn't noticed anything, and there was a hint of mockery in his eyes.
"Why do I feel that Mr. Shao's new secretary looks familiar?"
As soon as these words fell, the atmosphere around them, which was not at all gentle to begin with, almost instantly froze.
Yi Chongyuan glanced at Shao Ting, who seemed calm but whose dark and sharp eyes were clearly colder, and hurriedly tried to smooth things over with a smile.
"I haven't seen you for a while. I didn't expect that Director Ji has become more humorous. But Secretary Jiang is so pretty. Director Shao really has good taste."
Shao Ting did not respond to this. Instead, he crossed his legs, leaned back in his chair, and pursed his lips: "Oh? Then Director Ji, why don't you recall when you met my secretary?"
Ji Xingjing finally moved his gaze away from Jiang Wan, but he slowly said something that made the atmosphere in the venue even more tense.
"There is nothing to recall. Even if I have seen him, it should have nothing to do with Mr. Shao."
Shao Ting's expression became increasingly gloomy, and as they stared at each other, the remaining people at the table were so depressed that they didn't even dare to breathe.
Needless to say, Jiang Wan, the person involved, tightened his slender white fingertips holding the teacup slightly unconsciously.
In just a few tens of seconds, her mind was working rapidly, and she finally came to an extremely certain conclusion.
For a person like Ji Xingjing, not to mention his identity, just looking at the man's face, it is certain that if she has seen him, she will never ignore or forget him.
In other words, either Ji Xingjing had seen her without her knowledge, or this sentence was just a casual remark and later became the cause of the confrontation between the two men. The two possibilities each accounted for almost 50%.
During this period of time, Jiang Wan has become very clear that some things cannot be fully predicted, and many times variables may occur in an unconscious moment.
But no matter what the truth is, as a secretary, she absolutely cannot be so smart as to interrupt in such an occasion and at such a time. She should just remain silent.
Fortunately, this scene did not last long, as the person from the Planning Bureau arrived.
The other person was about the same age as Yi Chongyuan, but he had a more profound feeling that was unique to people in officialdom, and he was very reserved and modest in his conversation.
Jiang Wan heard Yi Chongyuan call him Deputy Director Tan.
Naturally, she quickly realized the other person's identity, Tan Huaiming, deputy director of the Planning Bureau.
When Deputy Director Tan sat down, all the tense moments had disappeared as if they had never existed.
The group was toasting each other until the second half, when Yi Chongyuan finally turned the topic to the highlight of the evening.
Jiang Wan finally understood the real purpose of setting up this game.
It turned out that what they wanted to talk about was the most important and core airport project of the South Extension Line.
Tan Huaiming's tone was smiling but obscure.
"The Beijing South International Airport project is indeed the largest international aviation hub in China in the future. Compared with the current Kyoto Airport, the cost is probably several times higher."
Everyone present already knew this.
Yi Chongyuan knew that Tan Huaiming was very tight-lipped, so he was not in a hurry to hear him repeat what everyone present knew. He smiled and said, "Yes, Jun Jian swallowed up the entire Kyoto Airport project on his own."
Ji Xingjing held the wine glass in his hand and turned it slowly, his deep voice filled with a hint of laziness.
"Mr. Yi, you are too kind. Jun Jian did put in some effort at that time."
Yi Chongyuan sighed at his modesty, and then mentioned the largest piece of land in Chao'an District that Shaw Group had just acquired this year.
After Shao Ting responded calmly, Yi Chongyuan sighed, "It's a pity that the Beijing South Airport project is definitely not something that can be taken over by a single company. I just don't know...how the higher-ups are going to arrange it specifically."
Hearing this, Jiang Wan's heart could no longer hold back its ups and downs.
In the past, the Beijing South Airport project was put to tender, and was finally contracted by three companies: Shaw, Junjian and Mingda.
Such a large project caused a huge response in the business circle at the time, and even their finance students’ teachers mentioned it in class.
No one knows what happened, but it turns out...it all started with this dinner.
Of course, this kind of thing doesn't work that easily.
There is little meat and many wolves. There are so many companies in Beijing and countless people want to get a piece of the pie.
If you ask whether Shaw Brothers or Jun Jian can undertake the project alone, the answer is of course yes.
But the so-called airport project is of course not just the airport, but the entire piece of land, including surrounding projects of all sizes related to the airport.
The amount of money that needs to be invested is difficult for ordinary people to estimate, and if you take it alone, the risk is too high.
Businessmen must consider both short-term and long-term interests. Otherwise, no matter how wealthy they are, there will always be times when they will be overtaken.
Therefore, sometimes sharing part of the burden is also sharing the risk.
Deputy Director Tan is obviously not a man without bottom line. He only revealed some seemingly insignificant information from beginning to end.
But seeing that they had calmly changed the subject, as if this little bit of information was enough, Jiang Wan realized that her level in this area was indeed not high enough.
Yes, in things like this, if you can catch a little more information than others, you can often gain the upper hand.
This is what is meant by a single hair moving the whole body.
In short, the Beijing South Airport project has already been decided, so naturally it has nothing to do with her.
Seeing that they were already chatting and laughing, she relaxed a little, until this time Tan Huaiming suddenly said casually: "By the way, the procedure for the land in the East District of the South Coast that Director Ji acquired should be finalized in a few days, right? Is Director Ji planning to invest all of it himself, or is he planning to attract investment?"
Ji Xingjing narrowed his eyes slightly and said calmly: "It's just a small piece of land. Maybe we can make it into a tourist area. I'll negotiate with the bureau in a few days."
Tourist Area?
Jiang Wan's heart skipped a beat.
In fact, she has been thinking about the past few days whether the tourist area in the eastern area of the South Coast Line was tendered by the city or which company won the land.
Because she vaguely remembered that Meng Shuyi mentioned at her birthday party in her previous life that the Meng family had invested in a tourism project in the southern section.
This investment was the beginning of Meng Huainian's participation in the southern line investment, but at that time she did not know her relationship with the Meng family, so she did not specifically check the background of this project.
Calculating the time now, it does coincide exactly.
It seems that after comprehensively considering the differences in interests and rates of return, Jun Jian did not swallow it all by itself, but instead chose to attract investment. After all, the planning period required for such a tourist city is too long.
In the end, there should be several companies participating in the investment.
The small piece of land that Ji Xingjing mentioned is already enough for many people to get some benefits.
Meng Huainian must have spent a lot of effort in negotiations.
From this perspective, she was actually somewhat thankful that Shao Ting had asked her to come to the dinner, and was also thankful that Shao Ting had asked her to be with him at just the right time.
If she was one day late, she would miss the news.
Once things are settled, it won’t be so easy to do anything.
While Jiang Wan was immersed in his thoughts, the dinner finally came to an end. However, this meeting tonight naturally did not end so easily. After leaving the table, several people went to the tea room on the same floor.
Several people drank some wine during the meal. Of course, they went to the teahouse not to drink tea, but to have a chat in another place.
Several assistants were waiting outside.
Seeing that she was quieter than usual, Jiang Yan asked, "The dinner is over, but it won't end for a while. Do you want the driver to take you home first? In the past, Mr. would rest here after drinking."
Jiang Wan raised the corners of his eyes and chuckled, "It's okay. How can a secretary go home before the boss has finished his meal?"
Seeing her determined tone, Jiang Yan could only nod.
"Okay then, I'll go talk to Assistant Cheng."
Jiang Wan followed his gaze and saw the person who had just opened the door for them.
She already knew the other person's identity during the meal.
His name is Cheng Li, and he is Ji Xingjing's assistant. He speaks in a mature and smooth manner, and looks to be about the same age as Jiang Yan.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Yan's tone seemed to be very familiar to the other party.
Thinking of this, she casually asked her doubts.
Jiang Yan did not hide it and smiled, "We are not that familiar with each other. We were in the same class in college and also happened to be in the same class when we were studying abroad, so there were always disputes over resources, and we just couldn't stand each other."
"Later, we each went to work at Shaw and Jun Jian. Now we are all adults who have been working for several years. Although we are still competitors to some extent, we have become friends who can talk to each other."
Jiang Wan blinked her eyelashes and sighed, "This is actually fate. Don't worry, I'll take a rest."
Jiang Yan left quickly and went to the tea room in the corner where Cheng Li was. Jiang Wan lowered her eyes, took out her cell phone from her bag and opened WeChat.
In the time between getting off work and having dinner, she received a lot of unread messages. She opened the chat box and replied one by one. The last one was from He Nanchao.
He Nanchao: [Wanwan, the other party has already drafted the contract, when are you free? ]
Jiang Wan pursed her lips and said directly: [Let’s meet at 6:30 tomorrow night. You can choose a place that is a little closer to the Shaw Group Building or Zhong Rong Mansion.]