Key words: gambling, violence, self-control, fanaticism, loneliness, dark side of personality, quantitative operation, precision and rationality, Andy is good to Tan Mingzong, driving. Abuse first, then sweet. A * * * two chapters.
The first part of parting Guluan
Before the economic crisis, the world was still running as usual. In the evening city, people still pick and choose in the supermarket, complaining about rising prices and crowded roads, and then rush home to watch news and entertainment programs and snuggle up in their lover's arms until the window is calm and people fall asleep.
But before the storm warning, the agitation of everything will always bring some anomalies to this calm appearance.
Tan has a hunch about it. Shengxuan's board of directors has become an undercurrent, and every meeting is full of strange silence and confrontation. As a person who sees the situation clearly but chooses to do nothing, Tan can't escape the blame. No matter what he does in the company, he will be secretly restricted by others, as if forcing him to choose a position. Tan noticed that the company's accounts began to show large-scale vacancies. For the normal operation of the project, the board of directors has been discussing countermeasures, but no matter how it operates, it is just digging up the flesh to mend the sore.
Last week, Andy went to Tan's office to discuss the company's financial situation. After thinking for a long time, Tan carefully asked her if she could allow him to invest some of his own assets to fill the vacancy. Andy helped him analyze for a long time and finally agreed to his decision. That afternoon, before leaving the office, looking at Tan's tired face, she just smiled and said, "I want to remind you to shave before going to bed tonight. Your face is very anxious. "
Tan can see clearly, and he also knows that a storm is coming. During this time, he always suffers from insomnia. Andy occasionally wakes up at night and sees the man around him staring out of the window with bright eyes, and the stubble reflects the moonlight. Tan Mingzong pays the most attention to his image. He always keeps himself clean. Now that he has stubble, Andy only feels distressed. Naturally, she was also affected and began to find it difficult to sleep. She can't see the cracks in the board of directors, but as the chief financial officer, she naturally understands the changes that are taking place in this company. Andy moved his body, rubbed against Tan Mingzong's side, put his arms around his waist and leaned his head on his shoulder. He also adjusted his body slightly and hugged her shoulder tightly.
Tan Mingzong and Andy made a rule when they first got together. They don't talk about work at home. Therefore, they have been in silent worry for a long time. From their tight hugs when they can't sleep every night, we can see that they are both worried about what is coming.
Andy needs to travel for two days at this juncture. Before leaving, Tan Mingzong hugged her tightly, buried his head in her hair and whispered, "Come back soon, Andy. I love you. " Andy also understood the uneasiness in her premonition with Tan, so he held her tighter and even stood on tiptoe.
When Andy came back from a business trip, he saw Tan writing a brushwork in the courtyard of the villa by the last sunshine of the day.
"I haven't shaved these two days." Andy lightly chastises, walks around behind Tan, gently puts his arm around his waist, and carefully keeps a distance for fear of touching his handwriting. "How do you suddenly think of practicing calligraphy? What are you writing? "
"On a whim." Tan Mingzong put down his brush, turned around and hugged Andy. He was silent for a while, then suddenly asked, "Andy, do you know where the essence of calligraphy is?"
"Hard and powerful?" Andy looked at Tan's sharp brushwork and heavy pen and ink, so he replied.
"No, calligraphy can be vigorous and powerful, and it can also be soft and smooth. You can have the skills of calculation and measurement in decades of accumulation, but in any case, once the ink falls on the paper, everything must be done in one go, and there is no room for turning back.
This is the soul of calligraphy, because a word can only contain the feelings of the moment of writing, turning the decision of the moment into eternity. "
"It's like gambling."
"yes."
Andy felt vaguely uneasy. She suddenly thought of the direction of this conversation. After getting off the plane, she heard from her assistant that something had happened at the top of the company these two days, and she couldn't talk about work at home, so she wanted to meet Tan again and didn't have time to ask for details.
"Andy, there are two ways in front of me, one is to lose and the other is to gamble. I may have to gamble, will you accompany me? " Tan Mingzong still hug Andy, she can't see his face.
"Of course you have to gamble."
The afterglow has faded. On the way to the villa, the light in the red basket suddenly flashed. Tan Mingzong pushed Andy away from him and stared at her transfixed.
The wind messed up Andy's hair, and Tan Mingzong didn't help her tidy it up. Xuan paper, which was pinned down by a stone in the corner, fanned wildly in the air, making a hunting noise, and dropped the brush and ink tray, leaving the table in a mess. Through the flying hair, in the whirring air, Andy looked at Tan Mingzong's dark golden face and hair in the noisy dusk and heard him look at her and say-
"Run, Andy, run." He looked solemn and affectionate into Andy's eyes, which were full of gentle determination. In the sunset, his body is like a statue, with infinite strength and overload fatigue, which seems to be broken and crumbling.
Andy looks over Tan Mingzong's shoulder and sees the light in the red basket getting closer and closer. Suddenly, pulling the suitcase that had not been put down before, he turned and ran towards the Woods in the backyard.
That night, Tan, CEO of Shengxuan Group, was arrested and became the key investigation object of economic crimes in Shanghai. When the news came out, there was a storm all over the city.
Andy met Lao Yan three days after the incident. On the night of the accident, she found that Tan transferred most of his personal property to Andy's name during his business trip, but after the company invested a large sum of money, his property was running out. This is a good thing, at least it shows that Tan is prepared in advance. Andy thought. At first, she was afraid to make a move. Only then did she return to her residence in Ode to Joy Community, put away all traces of Tan in this home, sat in front of the computer and chased the clues about Tan's charges in news reports, looked up information, understood everything that had been going on during this period, and sorted out her thoughts. Then, Lao Yan contacted Andy through Fan's mobile phone and asked her to see a lawyer who was willing to help Tan.
"Many times, the law is about the logical law of non-contradiction and law of excluded middle." The lawyer, dressed in a straight suit, sat on the shabby leather sofa of Lao Yan's house and spoke to Andy in a bitter tone. "You may not want to hear it, but I must tell you that the first thing you have to do now is to divorce Manager Tan."
"I understand. But I have never married Tan Mingzong. "
The lawyer was shocked by Andy's calm tone and then replied, "Just right. Save a lot of trouble. You don't even need to see him. "
"When can I see him?"
"You can't see him until we win the case and he is released. Tan Can knows nothing about you, and you shouldn't think much about what he is like now. I need you two to draw a line and become irrelevant people. In this way, you will not be involved in the court, at least you can keep the part of the property that he transferred to your name and take the first step to win the lawsuit. "
Lao Yan glanced at Andy, who was thinking calmly and seriously. She tried to reach for the bottle of mineral water on the table, but on the way, she took it back.
"Very good." She replied, "I agree."
"During the two days you left, Mr. Tan asked me to help him clean up all the things you left in his villa." Lao Yan said: "They know that Tan's property was transferred to your name in the last period before it was frozen, and it will be traced back to you soon, so the story should be round."
"I also packed Tan Mingzong's things at home," Andy replied.
"At the beginning of this crisis, Sheng Xuan's board of directors was divided into two factions. Everyone is busy withdrawing money, trying to put as much money as possible into their pockets when the crisis comes, and then get out. " Lao Yan explained, "Many vacancies that can't stand the table and can't stand the test began to appear at that time."
"The board of directors are cranes that can't dance."
"But it is these dancing cranes that make Tan always invest more money to fill the vacancy. In the end, when everything fell apart, the two factions were United and made perjury, leaving Tan alone to bear the charge. It seems that the whole Sheng Xuan has come to this day because he is a step-by-step person. Everyone on the board of directors is losing money, as are all the group companies that cooperate with Shengxuan.
"They are all full of money, but Lao Tan is the one who suffers the most." Andy said, "The evidence is conclusive."
"This group of cranes that don't dance together can also toss up. This is what I said. They gave false testimony. "
"Since it is perjury, it is no problem to find out."
"Only we know that this is perjury. Now the media and the court will think Tan is guilty. Mr. Tan is the most easily envied by those who hate the rich. Now that the people are affected, we must give him an explanation first.
Even if it is checked once, it is obvious that the board of directors of Shengxuan can continue to sue again. As long as the charges are not dropped, Mr. Tan will always be investigated and reported by the media. "
Andy finally picked up the mineral water on the table. Her hand holding the bottle was trembling, her joints were prominent, and her pale blood vessels were clearly visible. But she just held the water in her hand and didn't send it to her mouth.
She straightened up and stared at the front as if there was a cliff in front of her. Lao Yan seemed to see an eagle in her eyes.
Tan Mingzong sat on the only bed board in a small space, frowning tightly and staring at the ground.
He has been silent since he came in, reading the daily newspaper, eating three meals carefully to keep his strength, exercising when he is allowed to, and not communicating with anyone here. He is thinking. He wants to know how the media will report him next, whether he may make a comeback, whether Andy is implicated, and whether he can get away with it.
Two weeks after he came in, Lao Yan finally came to see him.
"Manager Tan, I tried my best." Through tempered glass, Lao Yan looked into Tan's eyes, and there were guards around him. He dare not say too much, so he can only make his words as vague as possible.
Tan Mingzong nodded and asked, "Where's Andy?"
Lao Yan quickly stared at Tan, his eyes full of vigilance. Tan Mingzong understands that he can't ask anything about Andy, and he shouldn't even call her Andy. Knowing that I had touched a minefield, I glanced at the guards around me and fell silent.
"Mr. He is fully dealing with the follow-up affairs of Shengxuan Finance. Please believe in her ability. " Lao Yan answered meticulously, and all information was limited to the scope of work. "As for the progress of the saint porch, you have no right to ask. Regarding the other one, I am not your lawyer and can't answer for you. "
"Very good."
What Lao Yan admires is that Tan is not anxious or lonely at all. He sat quietly and stared at Lao Yan's eyes to make sure that he understood his every word correctly. Lonely life did not kill the violence and light that occasionally flashed in his eyes. When Lao Yan was watched by him, he only felt that the other party was like a clever little animal that was dormant and accumulated strength, and like a beast waiting for an opportunity. There is an eagle in his eyes.
From then on, every time Tan saw Lao Yan, he never mentioned Andy again.
Every time Lao Yan comes, he can't provide much information, but he will come to see Tan on time every month, and Tan can at least know whether everything is going well and whether the investigation has made progress. He didn't get any news about Andy and acted tacitly as if Andy had nothing to do with him.
He misses her very much. It's a little cold here at night. Looking at the iron bar supporting the bed board, he especially wanted to hug her warm and soft body. When his heart fluctuated because of the news in the newspaper, his mood changed because of the monotonous life here, and his courage was gradually worn away because he was taken to cooperate with the investigation again, he remembered her, the way she stared at the squirrel, the way she smiled and lay on the sofa, and the way she swallowed when she saw the braised pork hairy crab. These unimportant details of his life, which he deeply remembered in his heart, have now become the driving force for him to persist.
At the beginning of the second year, I finally read about her in the newspaper. Mr. He took over the power of Sheng Xuan, and the case of Sheng Xuan took a turn for the better.
Lao Yan always feels strange in his heart. When he went to see Tan, Tan never asked about Andy. And every time I see Tan Mingzong coming back, Andy never asks about him. They seem to shut all their feelings out and concentrate on fighting. When they spoke, their eyes were falling apart, but they were as calm as an ice sheet.
"This is about the final battle. When the evidence is recovered, the whole farce can be reversed. " The lawyer tidied up all the papers on the desk and put the one in his hand in the lower right corner.
"Very good." Andy nodded and clenched his fist, and the light in his eyes was fierce. Her desktop is already full of piles of papers, and there is no free place to put mineral water.
Old Yan watched, suddenly some trance. This pair of lonely cranes, separated by several iron gates and a lawsuit for several months, are now more like two wild animals running side by side on the thorny land. Even though they haven't met or mentioned each other in recent months, they always seem to stand straight and face the same smoke side by side.
On the eve of the Spring Festival the following year, economic fluctuations gradually subsided, life became calm, and people no longer discussed what happened before. One day, the media released a new news, just in a small place on the page, talking about Tan. The main idea of this news is that Tan's great talent was criticized by the board of directors and jointly falsely accused. Probably not many people pay attention to this matter.
That is, on that day, Lao Yan saw the reunion of the two.
Two people who have experienced a turbulent world change, with gentle and satisfied eyes, walk towards each other with steady steps. It's dusk again, and the last sunshine in the city seems to be gathering at those two people, pouring into this street and falling on them. A piece of golden red.
He held her with a smile in his eyes and sniffed her hair.
Two people who have gone through the earth-shaking, only said one sentence after everything was over.
"I told you to remember to shave."
Lao Yan heard Andy say this. This is a light cloud, but Lao Yan thinks it is an earth-shattering happy reunion. No, this is not a party. It seems that we have never been separated at all.