Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Just when “Flying Bird” was becoming a big hit, photos of Liang’s president secretly keeping a lover outside without the knowledge of his wife and son were suddenly exposed on the Internet. Of course, what made everyone most angry was that Liang’s high-end residential area that had just passed the quality inspection was also exposed by another person to have a big safety problem.
Just when everyone thought that the whistleblower was Liang’s opponent, someone else soon exposed Liang’s real estate tax evasion and false accounting. And when the whistleblower listed a series of evidence, his tone and words sounded like an internal staff of Liang’s, who just because he looked down on Liang’s prince’s arrogant behavior, had leaked these.
Most ordinary people didn’t really care about which company evaded taxes and false accounting, but who made Liang’s boss a famous private entrepreneur in recent years, where reporters often praised him in newspapers as a good man who cared about his family and his wife, and there was a TV station that specially even made a program about how he and his wife Zhang Fang supported each other over the years and made a fortune, so that many people thought that Liang’s president was a good man who did not forget his wife after striking it rich.
As soon as the evidence that Liang Guoming, the president of Liang Group, kept a mistress and that the mistress had given birth to a daughter for him was posted, the image of a good man that he had originally created collapsed instantly.
If it was a man who often cheated on his wife, most people would at most mock him by saying “your circle is so messy” when these evidences were posted. But if a model of a good man had a dozen photos of him with different mistresses posted, where he even had a daughter with one of them, it would be equivalent to breaking the trust of some people. Therefore, after this incident, the people who admired and praised him before now hated him as much as they liked him before.
The incident had become a farce in the business circle. Later, someone came out to reveal that a female star was involved with Liang Guoming, and some even said that a male artist was also kept by Liang Guoming. So this incident completely became a double farce in the entertainment circle and the business circle.
There was no shortage of people who took advantage of others’ misfortunes. Lu Chengyu only posted some of Liang Guoming’s shameful things on the Internet, but he sent more of them anonymously to Liang Guoming’s former enemies, who then found someone to expose Liang Guoming’s scandals.
Liang Guoming’s ability to become a well-known private entrepreneur in China from an ordinary person showed that he had means, and he had offended many people, so there were many people waiting for him to be unlucky.
The Internet was very lively because of this incident, and many paper media began to report on it, so that even people who didn’t go online much knew that Liang Guoming was an unjust rich businessman and a real-life version of Chen Shimei[1].
After these things became a big deal, Liang Guoming’s reputation was notorious for a while, and the sales of many Liang products were also affected.
What was worse was that the tax bureau began to check Liang’s accounts. Some people who had a relationship with Liang Guoming did not dare to participate in this matter at this time. As for the quality of the high-end community built by Liang’s before, the housing quality inspection department intervened and re-tested it. The final result was not surprising to everyone, and there were problems with the quality of the houses.
The quality problem of the houses eventually involved several termites, who were dragged out and criticized. After that, some people mocked Liang Guoming as a professional scumbag who sold out his teammates.
Just when the matter was getting bigger and bigger, Liang Guoming’s wife Zhang Fang stood up and said that she forgave her husband’s cheating and accused netizens of meddling in other people’s business. Only she knew how good her husband was, and she didn’t believe any other accusations.
Liang Guoming also apologized to his wife in front of the public media and said that the only heir to the Liang family would always be Liang Deyou, the Liang family’s prince. They quickly filled the previous tax loopholes and made corresponding compensation to the communities with quality problems.
Originally, Liang Guoming, as the legal representative of the company, should have been sentenced for tax refund evasion and house quality issues, but because he had the good attitude to admit his mistakes where he made up for the taxes he had missed in the past, and presented a medical certificate that he was over 60 years old and had diabetes, so, in the end, he was released on bail after spending less than a day in the detention center.
Liang Deyou, the successor of Liang’s family, cried bitterly in front of the media, saying that his father was old and in poor health, how much he had suffered when he was young, how difficult his life was, and asked the media and netizens to let his father go.
Netizens who originally sympathized with Zhang Fang and Liang Deyou saw this reversal drama, and their sympathy was completely worn out. Some people also said that Liang Guoming’s family was simply a family destined by God.
The so-called life was like a play, and it all depended on acting skills. The Liang family showed these two sentences vividly.
In the end, although Liang’s family was saved, the entire Liang family was seriously injured, and the market for Liang’s products shrank significantly. In order to turn over funds, Liang Guoming even sold several of his branches and barely supported it.
From then on, Liang Guoming, a private entrepreneur, fell from the altar, and netizens gave their family new titles. Liang Guoming was called Actor Liang, Liang Deyou was called Second Actor Liang, and Liang Guoming’s wife was named Movie Empress Zhang. In just one National Day, it was as lively as the Chinese New Year. And Lu Chengyu, the instigator, was still at enough leisure to go to the farm house with Zhuang Yu under the name of being close to nature.
Leisurely grilling the fish he had skewered on the grill, Lu Chengyu handed the cumin to Zhuang Yu next to him: “Brother Zhuang, the barbecue will not taste fragrant enough without cumin.”
“Put it on now?” Zhuang Yu looked at the fish in his hand that was cut a little messily in confusion, “I remember that it was sprinkled on it when it was almost done?”
“How about sprinkling it once now, and sprinkle it again when it’s done?” Lu Chengyu turned over the fish that was already a little burnt uncertainly, “I always feel that something is wrong.”
Zhuang Yu nodded. When he came to the farm house to play before, he just focused on eating. Originally, he saw that Lu Chengyu’s technique was very professional and thought he was a master, but the facts proved that the other party was just professional in appearance.
Zhang Zeyun, who was sitting next to Zhuang Yu, had already given up on the blackened chicken wings in his hands. Seeing that Zhuang Yu and Lu Chengyu were still struggling with the fish, he couldn’t help but say, “I say, why on earth did you guys want to do this yourself? I’m smelling like oil smoke all over my body.”
Zhuang Yu and Lu Chengyu looked up at Zhang Zeyun, and then looked at each other. They just said casually on the road that they wanted to barbecue by themselves, but they didn’t expect that they would really fight with the field they were not good at.
After being exposed by Zhang Zeyun, the two of them instantly lost the idea of continuing. Zhuang Yu threw the fish into the trash can and said, “Forget it, let’s go fishing.”
Then Zhang Zeyun and several other friends saw Zhuang Yu and Lu Chengyu, whom they just met, walking towards the pond, and they looked at each other in surprise.
“I say, Lao Zhuang seems to get along well with this guy named Lu Chengyu,” a friend couldn’t help but say, “This is really rare. Lao Zhuang’s vision for making friends is not low. But he can actually take a fancy to a kid outside the circle.”
Even if they were in the same circle, there were ordinary friends and close friends. Zhang Zeyun, Zhuang Yu and Yan Mu had been iron brothers for many years. Although they had a good relationship with the three of them, they couldn’t compare.
“Xiao Lu is a good person,” Zhang Zeyun did not tell these friends that Lu Chengyu was the investor of a very popular movie recently. You know, this movie made Zhuang Yu a lot of money. In addition, the two of them had similar personalities, so it was not strange for them to get together. So he smiled and said, “As long as the person is clean, it doesn’t matter what circle he belongs to.”
The other people heard the obvious protective meaning in Zhang Zeyun’s words, and immediately understood that this Lu Chengyu might not be Zhuang Yu’s little lover but was really regarded as a friend by Zhuang Yu.
So several people did not mention this matter anymore, but after going fishing, their attitudes when getting along with Lu Chengyu became much more natural, and they were no longer superficially polite.
Zhuang Yu was about to hook a fish when he was interrupted by a bodyguard who came from behind to give him a mobile phone. He looked at the fish with regret, took the phone and said casually, “Brother Mu.”
“You want to come over?” Zhuang Yu raised his eyebrows and looked at Lu Chengyu who was ten meters away from him. “Okay, I’m waiting for you to have lunch. Xiao Lu and I caught a few big fish. You’re in for a treat.”
After hanging up the phone, Zhuang Yu handed the phone to the bodyguard with a complicated expression. Brother Mu never liked gatherings with too many people, but today he took the initiative to ask to come over…
The fish in the pond were raised by the owner of the farmhouse, and there were a lot of fish and it was easy to catch them. So Lu Chengyu caught several big fish in just one hour.
He looked at his watch and it was almost eleven o’clock, so he put away the fishing rod and handed the fish to the staff of the farmhouse, asking them to cook it. Turning around, he saw Zhuang Yu was still fishing, so he didn’t go up to disturb him. Instead he just sat in the pavilion by the pond to drink tea.
If he hadn’t had the experience of being a lobby manager of a luxury hotel in his previous life and didn’t know what attitude to show so as not to offend these high-ranking princes, he might not have been able to get along so well with these second-generation rich people and second-generation officials.
Social skills were not something that could be achieved on paper but were accumulated through time and experience.
Although he was very unlucky in his previous life, he also understood a lot of principles of dealing with people and things. He was lucky to have come back in this life. What reason was there not to make himself live a better life?
“Lu Chengyu?”
Hearing someone calling him, he turned around and saw Yan Mu standing on the steps outside the pavilion, holding a bag of grapes that looked very fresh.
Yan Mu looked nothing like the CEO with few expressions in the past. Instead, he looked like a handsome and down-to-earth model of men’s autumn clothing.
“Boss, you were also called here by Brother Zhuang to play. Why are you playing like this? We have almost caught all the fish.” Lu Chengyu smiled and called people in to sit down. “The grapes are so fresh. Are they just picked?”
“Well, I had something to do in the morning, so I came late.” Yan Mu looked away uncomfortably and put the grapes on the stone table in the pavilion. “Eat them if you like.”
“Thank you,” Lu Chengyu tasted one. It was sweet and juicy, and seemed to have a little milky taste. “It’s delicious. Boss, you should try it too.”
Yan Mu silently reached out, peeled one and put it in his mouth. He chewed it casually twice and swallowed it.
Lu Chengyu spat the seeds onto a tissue. When he looked up, he saw Yan Mu’s action. It suddenly dawned on him that the boss was a member of the group that ate grapes but didn’t spit out the seeds?
Zhuang Yu, who was holding a fish bucket outside the pavilion, looked at the purple-black grapes on the stone table. He was stunned for a long time before he cursed in a low voice.
“F**k, is my guess coming true?”
He wiped his face silently. Who the hell was going to tell him that the person who ate the grapes was not Brother Mu?
Didn’t Brother Mu hate fruits with too high sugar content?
Who said that grapes have a high sugar content? The person who said that must be a liar. Anyway… Brother Mu won’t be like a beginner, panicking in front of his crush, right?
How could they be in love if they were of the same gender?
He must have guessed in the wrong direction.
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When I saw the discussion about whether to spit out the grape seeds when eating grapes or swallow them, I realized that I was in the camp of spitting out the grape seeds.
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[1] Chen Shimei is a Chinese opera character and a byword in China for a heartless and unfaithful man.