Chapter 398 - There It Is (1/2)

These two, who were called Uncle Hao and Auntie Chang, were definitely not nobodies. Since they were invited by Qin Changan to have lunch on the first day of the Chinese New Year and were the audience for the Qin Family’s big news, they were thought highly of by Master Qin.

It was a mystery to Qin Sheng and a lot of other people where Qin Changan’s business stopped. It was so unpredictable that even the most professional accounting organizations should make some efforts to investigate and calculate.

The Chinese capital market named all of Qin Changan’s businesses, including the listed and unlisted companies, as Changan Industries, which included almost all enterprises, especially real estate. He invested and held a couple of real estate companies, enjoying the advantages of a broader picture and also taking the risk of an unstable capital chain.

Qin Changan realized the problem and consulted some business professionals. Changan Industries was then adjusted and restructured into a financial industry-centered mode, focusing on two aspects—one was insurance, banking, stocks, and other financial sectors; the other was private equity investments, angel investments, and other investing and holding sectors. The two aspects were like a titan’s two strong arms, shaping Changan Industries into one of the biggest players in the Chinese capital market.

The two distinguished guests here each controlled one arm of Changan Industries, in other words, they were the most valuable assistants of Qin Changan. Their resumes and family backgrounds were shocking to most people.

There are cliques in all companies, like the House of Lords and the House of Commons in Parliament, and it was the same with Changan Industries. Conflicts went on all the time before Qin Changan put forth his own opinions. This situation had its two sides to Qin Changan, the manager, and to the internal structure of the whole company. But Qin Changan still should be careful to keep the balance.

However, this balance would be lost due to Qin Sheng’s return…

Uncle Hao, Hao Mingyi, was a local of Beijing, graduated from Qinghua University, and then studied further abroad. After that, he worked for foreign financial organizations and some of the world’s top 500 companies. He had reached the highest position in an international company, but then went back to China, working for a central enterprise and teaching at Qinghua University. Now he was poached by Qin Changan to work in the Changan Industries. While Auntie Chang, Chang Xinyi, also a Beijing local, had similar working experiences as Hao Mingyi and enjoyed a more powerful background since she used to work in the Central Bank of China and the four major banks in China. She was more capable than most men in the field.

Qin Changan had some other assistants, who were all elites having successful careers at home and abroad. They were the major reason why Changan Industries stood on its two feet in their investments in foreign countries, unlike most other private or central enterprises that fell flat once they started in other countries.

Hao Mingyi and Chang Xinyi had worked for Qin Changan for several years, but never heard a word about this son. They only knew Qin Ran, who had been taking charge of the angel investment company and never entered the core layer of the enterprise. This was Qin Changan’s decision and Qin Ran’s own will.

Now Qin Changan got a son from midair and introduced him to them so formally. Hao Mingyi and Chang Xinyi, who were both sophisticated and smart, already had some ideas on their minds.

Smart people never waste time and energy on questioning the details. Qin Changan had to have his own reasons to have a son at this time, and these two people were not interested in the story behind it. They both had an idea about Qin Changan’s lovers and wouldn’t feel surprised if Qin Changan had a few illegitimate children.

They only cared about what effect this new son would have on their careers.

Hao Mingyi and Chang Xinyi sat still in shock when Qin Sheng was staring at them and thinking. Qin Sheng had already gotten some answers about these two people. Hao Mingyi mentioned “extra work”, so these two were obviously senior executives of Qin Changan’s company.

They had the very look of elites, totally different from common people. Qin Sheng greeted them in a proper voice. “Uncle Hao, Auntie Chang, nice to meet you.”

Qin Sheng started the conversation, so Hao Mingyi and Chang Xinyi had to react then.

They were both sophisticated enough to be cool on this occasion, concealing every feeling and behaving normally. Chang Xinyi smiled. “Nice to meet you, Qin Sheng. If I knew I was coming to see you, I would have prepared a present for this first meeting. Your father should have told us. I’ll bring you my present next time.”

Qin Sheng immediately sensed the woman’s tact and wits. “That’s very nice of you, Auntie Chang.”

Hao Mingyi followed up and said, “I found that Master Qin looked a bit different today. He eyed us with happiness. It’s because of this big, good news.”

Qin Changan had expected their surprise. Only a limited number of people knew about the existence of Qin Sheng—the few people who knew about the incident of the Qin Family and his peers since childhood. None of the staff in his company had any idea about this.

“Just take a seat. Help yourselves here.” Qin Changan turned to Qin Ran and said, “Ran Ran, go to the kitchen and see if our lunch is ready.”

Qin Ran squinted. “Uncle Hao, Auntie Chang, I’ll be back in a minute.”

Then Qin Ran left. She knew a lot about her father’s company, but she didn’t want to take a share in it. She was not capable enough to deal with those things perfectly and didn’t want to take any risks for the company. Moreover, she was not ambitious about her father’s business. Her father was enthusiastic about his business, and didn’t want others to help.