Li Rui was in a dilemma when he received this call. If he accepted this 10% of shares, he would be digging his own grave. Not to mention whether this matter would be known by others, just the fact that Yu Nan had such a secret to use against him would make his life difficult. But if he didn't accept it, Yu Nan would use his relationship with Zhang Zixiao as an excuse. He was in a dilemma. After thinking about it, he replied Yu Nan, "We're all friends, so don't be so polite. I don't want this 10% of shares. If you need help in the future, just look for me. I'll definitely do it for you."
Yu Nan was determined to tie Li Rui to his rumbling chariot. He shouted, "How can you not accept it? I, Yu Nan, don't have any great abilities, but I don't let my friends down. I'll never order anyone around for free. So, just accept this money. I'll have to trouble you a lot in the future. "
Now that things had come to this, Li Rui couldn't say anything else. He could only bite the bullet and agree.
Yu Nan said that he would finish the share contract in two days. When the shareholders signed it, he would give Li Rui a copy. Then, the business would be set up.
Li Rui hung up the phone bitterly. He hadn't thought of a way to counter Yu Nan for so long. Now that he was forced to join him, he didn't have any power to resist. In the long run, he was afraid that he would be tricked to death by this Yu Nan guy. What should he do?
On the second day of August, the Provincial Agricultural University's principal, Chi Guohua, led a team to Qingyang City. He represented the Provincial Agricultural University to discuss the cooperation with Qingyang City. The Municipal Party Committee's secretary, Song Chaoyang, and the acting mayor, Yu Heping, both took time out of their busy schedules to welcome this powerful principal. The deputy mayor, Li Jing, who was in charge of culture, education, and health, also accompanied him.
During the meeting, the two sides reached a consensus on the initial cooperation matters. Then, the two city leaders, Song Chaoyang and Yu Heping, led the team and invited Chi Guohua and his team to visit the two sites chosen by the city for research. After the research, Chi Guohua expressed that he was quite satisfied with the environment of the school site in the Shinan District. However, he said that he would only make a decision after returning to the Provincial Agricultural University and holding a group meeting.
But in truth, as the high and mighty principal of the provincial agricultural university, his words were like gold and jade, and he was a man of his word. No team member would take the risk of offending him and raise their hands to object. More importantly, this was a project to build a branch in a foreign land, and there was no profit to be gained from it for the provincial agricultural university. The only profit would be taken away by Qingyang. Naturally, it would not infringe on the interests of the school's team members, so no one would object to it.
Therefore, after lunch, Song Chaoyang and Yu Heping had a brief discussion. They immediately arranged for the leaders of the Southern District to plan the construction of the school site and make sufficient preparations for the official start of the project.
On the other hand, Li Rui received a private call from Chi Guohua. Chi Guohua wanted to meet Wen Moshi, the daughter of the great painter Wen Xing, the author of Old Temple in the Mountains. He wanted to discuss the art of painting with her in private.
Li Rui guessed that Wen Moshi had already returned to the capital to prepare for the wedding. She was not in Qingyang now because he had not seen her for a while. However, he was not sure, so he called Wen Moshi. He would not have known if he had not called her. After the call, he found out that Wen Moshi was still in Qingyang. She was watching the construction team rebuild the Fragrant Ink Garden that had been burned down by lightning.
Li Rui told her about Chi Guohua's wishes. After hearing it, she replied coldly, "I don't want to see him!"
Li Rui was surprised and asked, "Why? He is the principal of a school and a fan of your father and you. He just wants to see you, his idol, and admire you in person to ask for advice. You won't agree to such a simple request? "
Wen Moshi said, "I don't know him. Why should I see him?"
Li Rui could not refute this statement. He begged, "Can you do me a favor? This Principal Chi is of great significance to the establishment of the first high school in Qingyang. Even if you don't flatter him, you have to at least let him have his way in Qingyang … Speaking of which, it's stingy to say that you're doing me a favor. You're doing Qingyang a favor. You're doing the six million people of Qingyang a favor! Do you know how much higher the standard of Qinyang's education environment will be if you help him? "
Wen Moshi asked hesitantly, "Why do I feel like you're morally kidnapping me?"
Li Rui only chuckled.
In the end, Wen Moshi gave him face and agreed to meet Chi Guohua. The two of them agreed to meet at Wen Moshi's grandfather's house after work.
After Li Rui told Chi Guohua about the appointment, Principal Chi was very happy and immediately decided not to leave tonight. He only wanted to see the great painter he admired.
In the afternoon, acting mayor Yu Heping and deputy mayor Li Jing brought Chi Guohua and his group around the city so that the people from the Provincial Agricultural University could understand Qingyang's social and economic development level and achievements. They visited the two busiest streets in the city, investigated an industrial park in Gaokai District, and finally visited the Qingyang Music Academy. After a few laps, the afternoon was easily spent.
After work in the evening, Li Rui greeted his boss, Song Chaoyang, and went with Chi Guohua to the old house where Wen Moshi lived.
Li Rui noticed that Chi Guohua was holding a painting scroll in his hand when they went out. There seemed to be a painting in it. He did not know what he meant by that. Was he giving it to Wen Moshi as a gift, or was he using his work to ask Wen Moshi to evaluate it? He did not ask further and pretended not to see it.
The old house was not far from Fragrant Ink Garden. It was a rare siheyuan in the center of the city that had not been demolished. This also showed the family background of Wen Mo Shi's maternal grandparents. Not every citizen of Qingyang City could own a siheyuan, let alone one in the center of the city.
The moment Li Rui stepped into the courtyard house, he was sure that Wen Moshi was born in a scholarly family. Chi Guohua, who was at the side, admired the ancient courtyard house under the dim yellow night sky as he walked. He nodded repeatedly with a look of admiration on his face as he praised Wen Moshi who was welcoming him.
The three of them came to the main room of the north house. Wen Moshi invited the two of them to take a seat and personally poured tea for them. After exchanging pleasantries, Chi Guohua unrolled the painting scroll in his hand and handed it to Wen Moshi. He said, "I'd like to take the liberty to ask Teacher Wen to evaluate my painting. In recent years, I've always felt that my painting skills have reached the peak and it's difficult for me to make a breakthrough. I've also asked the seniors of the Provincial Academy of Art to give me some pointers. However, the seniors are all smart. They're afraid of offending me, so they've never told me the truth. I'd like to take the liberty to ask Teacher Wen to … "
As he was speaking, Li Rui's phone suddenly rang happily. Li Rui did not want to listen to the two of them evaluate the painting, so he took the opportunity to answer the phone and ran to the courtyard to answer it.
The call was actually from Song Xue. The little girl told him aggrievedly that she had been cheated of her hair and was now under house arrest in the hair salon. She could not go out and had to pay enough money before she could leave. She asked him to hurry over to help her.
Li Rui exploded with anger when he heard that. Which hair salon was so ignorant to actually dare to cheat and extort the daughter of the Municipal Party Committee's secretary? The owner of the salon did not want to live anymore, did he? He immediately ran back to the north house, greeted Chi Guohua and Wen Moshi, and drove to the hair salon where Song Xue was.
On the way, Li Rui did not know why, but he had a feeling that this hair salon was the same as the hair salon chain that had tried to take over Zhang Roujia's Angel. Other than that hair salon that was so daring, there should not be another hair salon in the city that dared to be so arrogant.
During this time, he had not contacted Zhang Roujia, but since Zhang Roujia did not call, it must mean that the hair salon chain had not taken revenge. However, his request was not as simple as not taking revenge on Zhang Roujia and Angel. He also wanted the hair salon chain to spit out the hair salon chain that had been seized by force. He did not know if the hair salon chain had done as he asked.
The hair salon where Song Xue was located was on Hongqi Road. Li Rui arrived in less than ten minutes and parked his car on the side of the road. When he got out of the car, he saw that the salon's sign was "Paris Xianzi Hair Salon, Hongqi Hair Salon." There was a number three at the back, which meant that there were three stores.
Li Rui was very familiar with this sign. After all, he often went around Hongqi Road and was familiar with it. Even if he had never entered the salon, he was already familiar with it.
The sky was not completely dark yet, and there were still many people on the road. However, the salon was already brightly lit. Strangely, there did not seem to be many customers in the salon.
Li Rui didn't find this strange. If this store was maliciously cheating and blackmailing customers, naturally, no one would visit it again. This kind of hairdressing store could only cheat customers once. On the surface, it seemed to make a lot of money, but it wouldn't attract repeat customers. After a long time, it would definitely go downhill, and in the end, it couldn't escape the shameful fate of closing down.
He strode into the salon. Before he could find Song Xue, he was greeted by two beautiful waitresses at the door.
"Hello, sir. Are you a hair salon or beauty salon?"
"I'm looking for someone!"
The two beautiful waitresses' faces darkened when they heard this. They stood back in their original positions and ignored him.
Li Rui walked around the projector wall and into the salon. He saw Song Xue at first glance. She was standing pitifully at the innermost part of the cashier counter. Next to her was a young hairdresser with colorful chicken hair, blocking her way out.
Li Rui was angry when he saw this. He suppressed his anger and walked over to her. He called out softly, "Xiao Xue!"
Song Xue looked up and saw that it was him. She could no longer hold back the grievance and resentment in her stomach. She sobbed and raised her hand to pull him back. She called out, "Brother Xiao Rui …"
Seeing that she was about to come out, Chicken Feather Head raised his hand and pushed her back. He called out in an irritating tone, "Hey, where are you going? Didn't I tell you not to go anywhere without paying the bill? Just stand here!"
Li Rui's face darkened. He suddenly raised his hand, grabbed the hairdresser's hairdresser, and pulled him to the ground.
"Ah …"
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