Qi Tongwei: Sign-in relationship started during student days

Chapter 452 Guo Xiaopeng's Test

In the magnificent rooftop restaurant, melodious tunes lingered in the air. Guo Xiaopeng and Wang Jingwen sat opposite each other, taking in the dazzling city night view.

The crisp clinking of wine glasses and the swirl of red wine made the conversation between the two people enter a climax.

Wang Jingwen said, "Chairman, you're amazing. I've only been here for a little over a month, and you've already invited me no less than five times."

Guo Xiaopeng smiled and said, "Ms. Wang Jingwen, you are the representative sent by Shengtian Group. To me, you are my God of Wealth. Let alone five times, even fifty times is not too much."

Wang Jingwen glanced at the rich and sinful ingredients on the table and joked, "Mr. Guo, if we follow this standard, fifty times, even if we don't go in, Haizhou Pharmaceutical will still make us suffer losses."

Guo Xiaopeng took the joke and said seriously: "Then you underestimate the strength of our Haizhou Pharmaceutical. I think it's at least a hundred times!"

Wang Jingwen was amused.

Guo Xiaopeng narrowed his eyes slightly and his gaze fell on Wang Jingwen, who was smiling with her hands covering her mouth. Her smile, like a blooming spring flower, made him a little dazed.

I don’t know if it was the alcohol playing tricks on me, or the fact that I had been lonely for many years and now I met someone who moved my heart, but an indescribable impulse surged in my heart, as if I had a strong desire to pour out my heart to the woman in front of me.

"You know what? When I was little, I longed for a full meal, a full meal where no one would disturb me."

Wang Jingwen waited for Guo Xiaopeng's explanation with a puzzled look.

Guo Xiaopeng did not answer immediately, but drank the red wine that he was shaking gently in his hand, and then said: "You may think that I am making it up to add more color to my life.

A person who has achieved success from scratch is far more respectable and admirable than one who stands on the shoulders of his parents.

Wang Jingwen tactfully acted like a qualified audience member, raising questions and continuing the conversation, "Are your parents not good to you?"

"Very good, even better than most parents," Guo Xiaopeng recalled with a smile: "My biological father is a very talented writer, and my mother is an excellent dancer.

Originally, we should have been an...educated family that everyone envied.

Unfortunately, all this changed one day.

My father was inexplicably labeled a rightist because of one of his works."

Guo Xiaopeng paused and said, "I don't know if you can understand that in that era, once you were labeled as such, your status was basically zero.

So, in order to prevent my mother and I from being looked down upon, my father resolutely chose to sacrifice himself and divorce my mother.

But he overlooked one problem, a survival problem: how could a woman support a young boy in that era?

In order to survive, my mother had no choice but to marry a man, my stepfather, a provincial leader.

Logically, under the care of such a senior cadre, even if I wasn't loved during my childhood, I should have had enough food and clothing, but the opposite was true."

Wang Jingwen listened fascinatedly, then became worried, "Did he abuse you?"

“No, as a senior cadre, he never hit anyone with his own hands, but his condescending attitude, always accompanied by class contempt, was far more intense than physical pain.

I was like his pet, with no equal rights to talk to him. When I was in a good mood, I could enjoy a meal normally, but once I violated a taboo, I would be restricted from eating to maintain his authority."

Wang Jingwen's eyes were full of sympathy.

Guo Xiaopeng took a deep breath, put aside his memories, and changed the subject abruptly. "Jingwen, please allow me to call you that. We've known each other for so long, but I still don't understand you clearly. Would you mind sharing your past with me?"

Wang Jingwen was still immersed in the previous topic and paused for a moment. After a moment, she replied, "I... I'm actually quite ordinary. I was born in a small city in Nanyun. When I was eighteen, my family moved to Hong Kong Island, where I completed my studies. About six years ago, by chance, I joined Shengtian Group, and then I ended up here."

"Six years ago? The scale of Shengtian Group at that time should not have been very large. To be able to reach your current position, you must have been in charge of a very important job at that time." Guo Xiaopeng asked.

Wang Jingwen's heart skipped a beat.

Here it comes! Guo Xiaopeng's test.

Fortunately, we had made sufficient preparations at the time.

Wang Jingwen said calmly, "I should keep it confidential, but Mr. Guo, you have told me so much about yourself, I think I should be honest with you.

Most people don't know about my department, but I'm in charge of Shengtian Group's stock business. I wonder if Mr. Guo has any knowledge of the stock market.

Guo Xiaopeng nodded. "It just so happens that the company is also preparing for an IPO, so I know a little bit about it."

"In 1992, Shanghai issued stock subscription certificates. At the time, one certificate cost 30 yuan. But within a few months, the price of one certificate increased by dozens of times.

And Shengtian Group’s first pot of gold came from this. By the way, we really turned Shanghai upside down at that time.

Because the subscription qualification is limited to Shanghai residents, we secretly found a number of people to pretend to be the bosses and paid local people to help us buy subscription certificates.

At the time, the public didn’t realize this opportunity to get rich quick, and we raked in hundreds of millions for nothing. Remember, that was six years ago.”

Speaking of this, Wang Jingwen's eyes burst into a different kind of brilliance, that is the madness of extreme excitement.

As if realizing that she had "lost her composure", Wang Jingwen embarrassedly slowed down her speech and regained her usual composure.

“Unfortunately, as people gradually came to understand the value of warrants, profits became very limited.

Of course, the subscription certificate is just an admission ticket, a stepping stone. The real money is made after purchasing the stocks. If a stock rises exponentially, it is easier than picking up money.

For the next few years, I stayed in Shanghai, responsible for the stock business of Shengtian Group and providing financial support for its development. Until a few years ago, I was recruited back to Hong Kong by Chairman Liang.

Guo Xiaopeng nodded.

It is well-reasoned and involves a new field and a new place.

No matter how capable Guo Xiaopeng is, he still has to work hard to find out the truth of the matter in this information-blocked world.

"It seems I need to re-evaluate your abilities. Chairman Liang and President Luo are overdoing it by assigning you to my company. If you continue to roam the stock market, you will definitely earn more than if you stay with me."

Wang Jingwen smiled and said, "Mr. Guo, you are wrong. Although the stock market can make money quickly, the risks are extremely high. It is only suitable for the accumulation of original capital and does not represent eternity.

When someone makes money, someone else must lose money, but we were lucky enough to get the first bite of bread.

On the other hand, the stock market is more like a means for the country to control and attract idle funds and to accelerate the development of enterprises.

If you continue to exploit the rules and seize national wealth, you will only end up in prison."

The best actors are always undercover, because once they are discovered, they will lose their lives.

Wang Jingwen's performance made Guo Xiaopeng believe it a little.