She laughed heartily. "First impressions are very important. From the first time we met, I felt that you were very nice. You were gentle, courteous, and most importantly, you were very kind. If you were a crocodile, I wouldn't be friends with you no matter how many tears you shed."
Fu Yao was stunned. "How do you see that I'm kind?"
"You went to high school in Wallace?"
"Yeah." This was not a secret. His mother must have told her about it.
"Then you don't have any impression of me?" She leaned forward, her face getting closer to him.
"No." Fu Yao shook his head. A delicate fragrance crept into his nose unconsciously, and he was flustered.
Qiu Huimin smiled. "Actually, we should have known each other more than ten years ago. I also graduated from Wallace. You don't remember, but I remember it very clearly. There was a time when the school organized the Boy Scouts in the national park. At that time, I was bullied by a little fatty, and you were the one who helped me."
"Did I?" Fu Yao did not have any impression of it.
"Hey, do you think I'm lying?" As she said that, she took out a photo from her bag and pointed at it. "Look, which is you and which is me?"
Fu Yao held it in his hand for convenience. The photo was a group photo. The boys wore blue collars, white shirts, white socks, and white shoes. The girls all wore white blouses, white skirts, and white shoes.
He quickly found himself. His tanned face shone under the sun.
After a long time, he smiled and said, "I think I have this photo too."
He did not have the habit of keeping photos. His mother had carefully kept them for him since he was young. He did not even know how many photos he had.
"Do you remember anything?" she asked hopefully.
"Sorry, it's been too long. I can't even remember the names of my classmates." Other than a few close friends, he had forgotten the surnames of his deskmates.
"Okay." She spread her hands and put the photo back into her bag. She smiled and said, "Fortunately, we're reacquainted now. I support your military service. It's not like you're the only one. I don't think it will affect your life. "
Fu Yao was a little annoyed at himself for being so thin-skinned. He did not know how to reject her, and he was too embarrassed to do so.
His marriage, the happiness of a lifetime, had been inexplicably decided.
That night, his mother brought him to the Qiu Family to discuss the details of the wedding. She asked for his opinion, but he only agreed and didn't say anything against it.
The next day, the two of them went to Malaysia to take their wedding photos. Throughout the whole process, she held his arm and did all kinds of intimate actions. Vaguely, he felt a kind of joy.
Qiu Huimin's cousin, Zhu Dongli, was a Malaysian funeral tycoon who monopolized the independent cemeteries and urns in Malaysia. He invited the two of them to a family dinner.
Qiu Huimin said to Yao, "If you think it's inauspicious, we don't have to go. Our family isn't too close to them anyway."
Fu Yao smiled and said, "There's no need to be so particular about it. He meant well."
He was glad that the other would ask his advice on many small matters.
Thankfully, his temperament wasn't like his mother's.
Puffing out his chest, he was also a man!
While the two were preparing for their wedding, Singapore's shipping industry was undergoing some changes.
The shipping industry had always been a capital-intensive market. Not only was the investment huge, but the return period was also relatively long. Once there was a cyclical or global economic downturn, the risk factor would increase exponentially.
The Qiu Family started off with palm oil, then registered in Panama in the 1960s and officially entered the shipping industry. They didn't own their own ships, but rented ships from other ship owners or charterers after locking on to the source of goods.
At the beginning, the company was doing well. After the New Century, it became one of the top three shipping giants in Southeast Asia. Qiu Huimin's father, Qiu Lihai, was once ranked 11th on Singapore's rich list.
In order to quickly expand the market, they blindly expanded the fleet, but this radical business strategy eventually caused them to suffer a serious blow.
After the financial crisis, almost all shipping giants were in trouble. Not only did they have to face the fact that freight rates had dropped, but they also had to face high rental fees.
The amount of long-term loans increased rapidly, and the huge amount of external debt caused the monetary balance to continue to decline after repaying the loans.
In the past six months, Qiu Lihai's Daquan Shipping Group's credit rating kept falling, from the initial A grade to the current D grade. The ratio of bank loans to total debt soared to 92%, and the debt exceeded 900 million USD.
Qiu Lihai had to deal with lawsuits all over the world every day and was troubled by his shipping containers being held in various countries.
The 100 million USD financing from the Fu Family was just a drop in the bucket!
It was only a temporary respite!
However, what he didn't expect was that an hour after his daughter and Fu Yao got their marriage certificate, Daquan Shipping's share price surged against the trend, rising by 37.23% on the closing day!
After that, there was a lot of good news. The creditors had agreed to Daquan Shipping Group's bailout plan and withdrew their lawsuits. Hamburg Fuel Company was the only one that did not withdraw its lawsuit. They continued to hold 4 of Daquan's ships to get back the 35 million USD funds used to purchase the fuel.
When Qiu Lihai was about to use the 2 billion USD loan from Citibank and Singapore Commercial Bank to repay his debts, he received news that Hamburg Fuel Company was acquired.
Everything happened too suddenly, and Qiu Lihai was overwhelmed.
"Manager Guo, thank you. Thank you so much!" Sitting opposite Qiu Lihai was the Deputy Chairman of Singapore Commercial Bank, Guo Yinian. He had just signed a 1.8 billion USD loan contract, and his hands were still trembling. Guo Yinian was used to this, but he still could not believe what he had just seen. All along, there were only icing on the cake and no timely help!
Guo Yinian knew the Fu Family's influence, but this gift was too generous!
There was no news about this before!
Guo Yinian smiled and said, "Although the global shipping industry is currently in a slump, I believe that with the steady development of China's economy, the shipping industry will have a fundamental rise this time, not just a short-term rise in the market. Moreover, Mr. Qiu, we also believe in your credibility."
"Manager Guo, I will treat you. Please come." Qiu Lihai was extremely excited.
Guo Yinian laughed. "Don't mention it, Manager Qiu. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. I heard that your daughter will be getting married soon. Just don't forget about me when you send out the invitations."
Qiu Lihai had heard that Huang Bingxin would be attending this wedding, and Qiu Lihai had to find an opportunity to get close to him. He guessed that even if the Fu Family did not invite him, he could still attend the wedding with the Qiu Family's invitation.
"Of course. Of course." Qiu Lihai was overjoyed.
The Qiu Family's crisis was resolved, and Qiu Lihai drank alone at home.
Qiu Huimin looked at her father's excited expression and felt a lump in her throat.
PS: I recommend a book, Reset 1992.
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