Kacha … Bang!
The flames burned, and the circuit crackled. When he climbed out of the overturned car, his vision was a little blurry.
Under the night sky, in the park by the river, the dense lights of the city swayed like fire, like a huge city floating on the water. The prosperous scene formed a contrast with the remote and lonely park here. He remembered that the development of the park was presided over by him more than ten years ago.
"It's a failed development …"
As the wind blew over, he sighed and staggered towards the blurred water. Suddenly, a loud explosion came from the car behind him. Flames rose, and the heat wave swept over from behind, as if it wanted to drown him. The sound of a helicopter came from the sky, and then a bright beam of light dazzled his vision. Someone was shouting in the sky, and the cars on both sides of the park had also arrived. Most of them were police cars, and there were all kinds of lights, and it was chaotic.
His head was still dizzy, and blood flowed from his forehead. He reached out to wipe it, and tightened his windbreaker. On both sides of the river, hovercraft and speedboats swarmed to prevent him from jumping into the water to escape.
"Really … I'm not a killer …"
The dense encirclement of the sea, land, and air made him feel a little annoyed. His vision was not clear, and he knew that there was not much chance of getting lucky this time. The cold wind blew over, and his mind was thinking about some unimportant things. This was the city he grew up in. At that time, the city was not so good. Standing on the riverbank, he could not see the glorious scene of the whole city like a palace, but he felt warm. This side of the riverbank was also full of soil slopes, and there was a yellow dirt road. When he went from home to school, he often rode a bicycle over here with a few friends.
"In the future, I will build a park here, make it more beautiful, let the city be full of high-rise buildings, and we will all live in them …"
At that time, he was still young, and after going to the prosperous provincial capital, he made this great ambition. What a high-spirited age. In the next 20 to 30 years, he was like a primitive man who had just invented the stone knife and stone axe, with amazing courage to forge ahead, overcome countless dangers that others could not imagine, and built one of the largest financial empires in the world. Sometimes when he thought about it, even he felt like he was in a dream.
In the eyes of others, he was already an invincible financial giant. He himself thought so too. However, at this moment, when he returned to the old place, he gradually understood that this park, after all, had failed.
Its original intention was to make everyone happy …
It was not that the failed development project could not be remedied, as long as a large amount of money was invested. For him now, this amount of money was nothing. But why didn't he do it? When he wanted to do it, it was because he didn't have enough money. But now, he deliberately avoided it because it wasn't profitable. Now that he thought about it, there were many things that he thought he remembered, but in fact, he had forgotten. There were many things that he thought he had forgotten, but in fact, he remembered …
His friends, companions, hopes to make the world a better place, wishes they had made, and paths they had taken. He sat down on a stone bench by the river bank. The light dazzled his eyes, and his emotions were complicated. He reached into his pocket and felt around. At this moment, he really needed a cigarette, even though he had quit for a long time …
Someone passed a cigarette over.
That person was wearing a suit and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses standing beside him. Actually, he didn't need to raise his head to know it was him. He took the cigarette, and the man wearing the gold-rimmed glasses took out a lighter. He used his hand to block the wind and lit the cigarette for him.
"I remember the past. We rode a bicycle together from here to school. You, me, Qing Yi, Ah Kang, Ruoping … Qing Yi died two years ago. I didn't get to attend his funeral …" He took a puff of the cigarette. When he exhaled, the cold wind immediately blew it away. "How is Ruoping?"
"She has two children. She's doing well." The man wearing glasses sat down.
"Ah … You told me before. I almost forgot …" He thought for a while and then smiled. "She was the most beautiful among the girls. I remember that I always had a crush on her, but I didn't dare to confess."
The man beside him was silent for a while, took out a lighter, and lit a cigarette. "I know you like her. I rushed to confess to her before you, but I was rejected … She said that she liked you."
"I didn't hear you mention this before …"
"What else could it be? After that, you were all working hard for the future. You had already forgotten about her. She couldn't have waited for you all the time. You didn't confess, and she got married."
"Yes, I missed a lot of things …"
"You've always strived for perfection."
"You know, right? When you reach the peak … "He thought for a while and raised his hand to indicate a height." When you reach the peak, you'll realize that other than a moment of accomplishment, there's nothing else. You'll always feel … regret … The path that you're taking now might not be what you wanted to achieve in the beginning … "
"Yes," the man wearing glasses said.
After a moment of silence, he looked at the cigarette in his hand. It was already very short. "The deficit of more than 10 billion yuan will be very troublesome to deal with. I knew about it a few months ago. I've already made a plan. It's in my computer … I just didn't expect your reaction to be so intense. When the company changes dynasties, we can indeed transfer the deficit to some people. It'll be much easier. Make some changes to the plan. Try not to affect too many people. After all, everyone has been working together for so long."
"… I." The man beside him hesitated for a while as if he wanted to explain something, but in the end, he just said, "Sorry."
"It's nothing. We've been together for so long, and I've always been standing in front. As brothers, it's time for you to give it a try … This is a good plan. The company is yours, and it won't collapse. It's just that … in the future, take some money and really develop the park. I've always wanted to do it. I always thought that I remembered it, but when I thought about it, I felt that it wasn't urgent.
"I've told the other side that after this incident, you can still live a good life …"
"If you don't remove the roots of the weed, it will grow again when the spring breeze blows …" He turned his head, and there was a kind of sternness in his calm eyes. "Who do you think you are?"
"As long as I'm alive, I can threaten you!" He paused, threw the cigarette butt on the ground, and stepped on it to extinguish it. "It's lonely at the top. It's enough that I've come this far. Even if I have to start all over again, I hope that I can start all over again without any worries. Those messy, dirty things, scheming … If I could do it all over again …"
He smiled and stood up. "If I could do it all over again, I think I'll confess to her …"
Helicopters hovered in the sky, boats sped on the water, and cars surrounded the park. On the embankment where the lights were focused, the man who stood up suddenly pulled out a gun and aimed it at the man wearing glasses next to him. Seeing his action, the man wearing glasses also stood up at the same time, raised his hand, and waved at the people around him. "Don't shoot — —"
Gunshots rang out, and blood blossomed on his back. After a long while, he turned around and looked at the corpse lying in a pool of blood. He took off his glasses in a daze, wiped them a few times, then put them back on and picked up the gun in the corpse's hand.
"I said don't shoot … There are no bullets …"
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