Chapter 84 1

The Songhua River flows torrentially, and a layer of mist is shrouded on the river.The limousine of Xingbei Company drove along the river bank and stopped suddenly at the entrance of the river embankment. Wu Zhenqing got out of the car first and stepped down the embankment alone. Wang Xiaosong then got out of the car and followed behind him. They stopped at the bottom of the steps, Wu Zhenqing turned to Wang Xiaosong quickly: "Your Mr. Miyamoto Tatsuo came to my house to buy me with money, you know about it?" Wang Xiaosong replied calmly: "I know." Wu Zhenqing asked again: "You gave him the idea, right?"

Wang Xiaosong shook his head: "No. This is part of the mission entrusted to me by Mr. Miyamoto Kentaro in order to achieve his goal..." Wu Zhenqing grabbed him by the collar: "Then why don't you go to my house to buy it yourself, you dog that eats Japanese food? Ah?! Wouldn't that prove your loyalty more?!" Wang Xiaosong didn't speak. Wu Zhenqing let go of his hands, turned his back, put his hands on his hips, looked at the river, and said angrily, "You're so shy! Let me ask you, did you investigate the real estate operations of our Xingbei Company..."

Wang Xiaosong was still very calm: "That's right, it's me..." The wind from the river was strong, blowing their hair and making Wu Zhenqing's suit flutter. Wu Zhenqing continued to criticize: "It's also you who dissected me like a toad to Miyamoto Tatsuo, in order to make him bribe him successfully, right?" "We've been apart for ten years, and I don't know what you've become. I just told him that you like to cut straight to the point..." Wu Zhenqing shouted: "Sophistry! Isn't this enough? Why are you doing this..."

Wang Xiaosong said: "I have this obligation to Sakimaru, and I owe the Miyamoto family a feeling..." Wu Zhenqing suddenly turned around towards Wang Xiaosong, waved his arm, and interrupted him: "Then what do you do to me? Our friendship and loyalty back then should be exchanged for today's secret deeds?!" Wang Xiaosong looked at him sincerely: "Then you ask for it too, how do you ask me to repay you? I will keep it in mind and consider your request." "You!... You are really my good brother back then!" Wu Zhenqing said it almost through gritted teeth, and slapped Wang Xiaosong hard across the face.Wang Xiaosong stared at him in a daze for a long time...a long time...

Wang Xiaosong inserted one hand into his suit, pulled out a large envelope, threw it on the ground, then turned around and walked up the embankment. Wu Zhenqing picked up the envelope - took out the contents and saw that it was Xingbei Company's internal confidential materials, love letters and photos... Wu Zhenqing was taken aback for a moment, recalling Xiao Gao's report in his mind, suddenly realized, took the envelope, and chased after the river embankment. Wu Zhenqing finally caught up with him, and walked backwards in front of him: "Why are you so coquettish, you are half Japanese? I can't bear the grievance of a slap in the face! You stop for me! Some things don't talk about it!" It's clear that you don't even want to leave!"

Wang Xiaosong had to stop. Wu Zhenqing said: "I know who you got those things from. What do you want to do when you get them? Blackmail me when necessary? Then why give them back to me? You can't use them anymore?" Wang Xiaosong said: "If we want to talk clearly, we have to get even before talking, otherwise there is no justice in this world." Wu Zhenqing asked: "How to get even?" Wang Xiaosong also slapped Wu Zhenqing hard: "It's evened now, can we still talk about it?" Wu Zhenqing nodded: "Talk!" Wang Xiaosong said: "If you want to talk about yourself, talk to the Songhua River! I already feel that it is meaningless to talk about anything! If I really owe you something in the past, in this envelope, I have stuffed my repayment to you... "

He turned and left alone. Wu Zhenqing said loudly: "If you leave, I will never want to see you again!" This sentence worked, Wang Xiaosong stopped. When he looked back, Wu Zhenqing had already walked in the opposite direction. Wang Xiaosong looked at Wu Zhenqing's back and chased after him. Wu Zhenqing walked very confidently - as if there were a pair of eyes in the back of his head, seeing Wang Xiaosong following him. Wu Zhenqing walked to the embankment steps and sat down. Looking at the river, Wu Zhenqing felt that Wang Xiaosong sat down beside him, but said without looking at him, "I knew you would come back, just sit here obediently..."

Wang Xiaosong took out a cigarette, but couldn't touch the lighter, and said, "Fire..." Wu Zhenqing pressed the lighter, still didn't look at him, just stretched out his hand to Wang Xiaosong. After Wang Xiaosong smoked, he also looked at the river and said, "So what if I don't come back?" Wu Zhenqing still looked at the river: "You can leave as long as you want, that's okay... time is very fast..." Wang Xiaosong replied: "What do you mean?" Wu Zhenqing said sadly: "Time can smooth out many things. It can make the relationship between lovers who have sworn each other dull when they meet each other again. It can make brotherly love seem like nothing. It can make our own hearts become numb. scars, make us often feel at a loss and depressed about ourselves..."

Wang Xiaosong remained silent. Wu Zhenqing asked: "If I was really bought, how would you feel about me?" Wang Xiaosong replied: "I will be thankful for the Japanese, and I will also feel a sense of relief." Wu Zhenqing asked again: "Because you fulfilled your mission?" Wang Xiaosong replied: "Yes." Wu Zhenqing finally turned his head and looked at Wang Xiaosong. Wang Xiaosong was still looking at the river. Wu Zhenqing said sadly: "Unexpectedly, you became so indifferent to everything... I felt this to some extent when we first met, but I still want to say... everything you said to me tonight made me... I am heartbroken..."

Wang Xiaosong said: "Whether you are bribed or not is your own choice. I must have an account for my actions, and you must also be responsible for your actions. They are all in their forties. Now, it’s time for you to make up your mind about your own behavior. I think, Miyamoto Tatsuo is by no means the first person who wants to bribe you with money, and he may not be the last—the buyer is usually by the fire pit Buyers are bought, not in a pit of fire. People who fall into a pit of fire often jump out of themselves. I neither wished you much to be bribed, nor prayed that you should never be bought. I just calmly expected to accept A fact... that is, ten years later, what kind of Wu Zhenqing will life give me..."

"What do you think of me now?" Wang Xiaosong glanced at him: "I admire you more than before... Mr. Miyamoto's special way of trying to achieve his goals under the negotiating table is not something that many people can be invincible..." "This old fox!" Wang Xiaosong felt that it was unfair to say this, so he said: "There are many foxes in China now, and this way of achieving their goals is commonplace. Mr. Miyamoto is shrewd, mercenary, and unscrupulous. If you say he is a fox because of this, then Sometimes he is a very humane fox, just like the fox named Reina in the fairy tale. Especially for those whom he cherishes and cultivates sincerely, sometimes he is almost like a responsible father, He will unreservedly pass on all his cunning, shrewdness, means of planning, success and failure experience and lessons to you..." The two sat by the river with complicated emotions like this, smoking a cigarette in the wind, and started the first and possibly the last heart-to-heart conversation between them since Wang Xiaosong returned to China. Wu Zhenqing asked: "Do you respect him?" Wang Xiaosong said: "I am grateful to him for his kindness." Wu Zhenqing said, "You learned a lot from him." Wang Xiaosong corrected: "It should be said that he wanted to make me learn a lot." Wu Zhenqing said, "What's the difference?" Wang Xiaosong threw the cigarette into the river: "Everything is different only when people feel that there is a difference—what should I ask you—does it feel good to be a big boss?" Wu Zhenqing said: "I often feel that a strong umbilical cord connecting myself with something old has been broken. I used to absorb something from that old thing. Although it made me anemic and malnourished ...and it loses nothing to me now. It itself is diluted, diluted, like ice approaching fire, melting into a puddle of water. When the umbilical cord is broken and the baby falls into the bloody hands of the midwife, I feel , My umbilical cord was not cut, it was twisted, it was pulled, it was worn after a knot. And I am no longer a baby, I am a man, a grown up A man's contemporary baby, a free fall. But I'm not yet good at absorbing and digesting all the new brands of 'milk replacer' that reality offers us. My teeth are used to crushing everything hard, and the new 'milk replacer' It's soft, sticky, gluey, clingy. Sometimes it makes me nauseous, makes me nauseous... But I have to get used to it. Because I have to grow again... Yes, in the eyes of others, I I'm the big boss, but I often feel like I'm standing on the palm of one hand. I look tall because of that palm. We've all seen grown-ups hold a baby on the palm like that, holding Their little feet..." Wang Xiaosong said: "For the times, we will never mature... I feel a little cold from sitting, let's get up and walk." So they stood up and went against the current. Wu Zhenqing said: "If you stay longer, you will understand that there are so many people who blame me, hate me, and curse me. Our company's brand name has been taken off several times, and our company's cars have disappeared. I was smashed once. So many people hope that one day, with some legitimate reason, a movement similar to the 'Cultural Revolution' will be launched, knock me to the ground, and then step on their feet, so that I will never stand up again... ..." Wang Xiaosong said: "I didn't expect you to offend so many people..." Wu Zhenqing smiled wryly and said: "The ones I offended the most were my buddies back then. When I made a comeback, there was a lot of response, so many people responded to me under Wu Zhenqing's command. Now, I have fired them one by one. Those who wanted to enjoy the glory and wealth with me, did not enjoy it, and hated me. Those who wanted to be deputy managers and department heads, but failed, hated me. But here I am a company, not Notre Dame de Paris, not a workhouse. And college students and graduate students In comparison, who do you think I want? Who do I want? Today’s juniors are fearsome. The disadvantages of our generation are compared. Experience can be mastered in two or three years, but can knowledge structure be? Sometimes I ask myself , am I, Wu Zhenqing, too ruthless? In order to calm my conscience, I set aside a sum of money from the company to help the needy households in our generation every year. No one knows who helped them, and they are grateful for that relief They are people, but because of this, they resent me, hate me, scold me, and curse me. I think this is also good—grateful and curse, all of them can be offset by myself! Why leak the secret to the society and make myself In the eyes of the public, it becomes a double-faced face—half red face, half white face, wouldn't that be more commentable..." "Don't be so pessimistic," Wang Xiaosong comforted, "and don't be so sad. Life is like this. There is no life that is not incomplete. No one can catch a complete life that meets their wishes. We can only Grab it, grab a large arc or a small arc, that is the wreckage of a period. Human life is more like a comma in the embryonic stage, so the form of life is a comma..." Wu Zhenqing nodded with emotion: "Yes, sometimes life is like a big oscillator. It starts during the day and stops at night. People are like sand and gravel. When it vibrates, it jumps and rubs against each other. During the friction, it is covered with bruises. When it stops, it stops. Only when it stops does it really feel tired, even dizzy, confused, and depressed. And when it vibrates again, it jumps along with it..." Wang Xiaosong said: "I still say that, life is like this." They talked all the way and walked to the car. The two got into the car and continued their conversation.The barrier has been lifted, and they both feel like they have a lot to tell each other. Wu Zhenqing said: "Sometimes, I really envy Tsui Hark. Maybe, it's not bad to be a master. The sense of responsibility is a terrible thing. But now I shoulder the responsibility for a big company. It weighs me down so much that I often want to lie down." Fall, get down..." Wang Xiaosong said: "You won't do that. You hope that the world will give you a thumbs up. When the public says you, they will admit that you are a great man..." Wu Zhenqing couldn't help but grabbed one of his hands, held it, and said eagerly: "Xiao Song, come back! I need you! I need your help..." Wang Xiaosong said: "This is not something I can decide now—and..." Wu Zhenqing: "And what?" Wang Xiaosong said: "As you just said, it is better not to collide with each other on the same vibrator. I have many scars on my body, but it was not caused by you. You are also, but not caused by me. We are all wise. Let's keep this rare relationship!" Wu Zhenqing let go of Wang Xiaosong's hand slowly.He said guiltily: "You...are caused by me...When I think of you and..." Wang Xiaosong quickly interrupted him: "Don't mention her. We were all children back then, and you did it out of kindness." Wu Zhenqing said: "No, I want to talk about this! I'm so stupid, you got married later, but I'm not married yet. Since Zhang Meng and I can't get married, since I have to marry a woman, Hao Mei has to marry a man Married, why do I have to be her big brother instead of her husband! One day I suddenly understood, and hurriedly went to her and said... She lowered her head for a long time and didn't lift it up. Find something to show me..." "What?" asked Wang Xiaosong who was listening attentively. Wu Zhenqing smiled wryly: "Marriage certificate, the marriage certificate of her and someone else, that is, her current husband... I acted as the big brother, and the others typed it in between. It's short and fast..." Wang Xiaosong couldn't help laughing: "Tell me, should I meet her this time?" Wu Zhenqing said: "Well, we have to see what she means..." Wang Xiaosong said: "Try it out... I bought a collection of her novels, and I found that most of her novels end with abridged marks. If she can't put a full stop on the past, she won't find out that there are many novels today. It is more worth writing about real life. I think our meeting, both for me and for her, is mutual hope. Once this kind of hope is realized, the future life of each other will be at ease." Wu Zhenqing agreed: "Okay, I'll arrange it, but when will you leave?" Wang Xiaosong said: "Duffo Miyamoto and I have already booked the air tickets for the day after tomorrow..." Wu Zhenqing said: "The two sides will not talk again?" Wang Xiaosong shook his head: "There is no need. For Xingbei and Qimaru, this is a negotiation that is destined to be impossible to succeed. Negotiations in various aspects are carried out every day all over the world. According to statistics from scholars, the success rate is less than a quarter. The English meaning of the word negotiation also includes a footnote to face reality..." Wu Zhenqing: "Then, we should also try to stay longer... It's not easy for you to come back once." Wang Xiaosong said: "Why don't I want to, but I have to give old Miyamoto an explanation as soon as possible..." "Then, I'll organize a party tomorrow for your farewell..." Wu Zhenqing started the car and drove away.