Chapter 315 March th Party
It's still chilly in spring, and green buds are sprouting on the trees along the street.

Two red and black bicycles with the Mobike logo printed on them passed side by side through the quiet street, crushing the morning dew-soaked dirt and dust, stirring up a vibrant earthy smell.

"What are you humming about?"

Now it is approaching mid-March, Luzhou Xinhai Fund and Changxin Storage are progressing steadily and orderly, and Mobike bicycles were rolled out across Beijing the day before yesterday.

Everything was just right. It was a rare opportunity to enjoy the morning leisure. Xie Jingxing was dissatisfied with the spoiling singing beside him - if being tone-deaf and out of tune could be considered singing.

"Thirty-Year-Old Woman, Zhao Lei, a local folk musician in Beijing who has become popular recently, even joined Liu Huan's team when he participated in Sing My Song China."

Concubine Pei recited the lyrics with confidence and affection: "After the cold winter and before the hot summer, who will give you the love like spring?"

"You took Yuan Jin to the livehouse last night to listen to this thing?" Xie Jingxing's mouth twitched.

"Yes, Yuan Jin was so moved that she cried. There was also a little puppy who came to chat with her and wanted to take in the heartbroken big sister."

"..."

Xie Jingxing was speechless. Concubine Pei was enjoying herself and singing without caring about other people's lives. It was not just the thirty-year-old woman, but also the young man in the melancholy white shirt.

Add to that the girl from the south and the wine from the north, two cigarettes from the northwest and the Central Plains, and an unsatisfactory life, and folk songs always like to use a few lines of this kind over and over again.

Folk music has indeed become increasingly popular in the past two years. The theme song of the movie "Lost in Thailand" a few years ago was of this tune, and it was played on loop in two Budu milk tea stores in Yunnan.

The long-tail effect driven by film, television and music works, coupled with the topic of Chinese brands that just walked around the fashion week a few days ago, Yinshanbudu has successfully established its image as a national fashion brand.

"Honey, I want to go to Hangzhou to watch the music festival, so can we go together?"

Concubine Pei felt that she had laid enough groundwork, so she finally retracted her magical power of magic sound that penetrated her ears, and instead started to act coquettishly without any concealment.

Xie Jing Xing squinted at her: "You and Yuan Jin are not good sisters anymore?"

"Then you can ask your concubine for her."

Concubine Pei felt at ease that Yuan Jin had to stay in the capital to serve Zhou Fenglan. It was not that she didn't want to take her good sister with her.

Xie Jing Xing asked again with interest: "But aren't you very busy? Do you have time to watch the music festival?"

"I am very busy. I am busy accompanying you from morning to night, thousands and thousands of times." Concubine Pei flirted with her charming eyes.

Today she wore mid-calf Martin boots and straight jeans with her trouser legs rolled up. She leaned on the bicycle pedals to make her legs look long and straight. She wore a sweatshirt inside and a baseball jacket outside, and a baseball cap on her head.

The whole person looks quite simple and refreshing with a British neutral style, but no matter how carefully he dresses, it is difficult to hide his gradually round chin and face.

Ever since her defense was violently broken by Zhou Fenglan on the Lantern Festival, she made a quick choice that night and decisively turned down a large number of subsequent celebrity announcements.

During the day, Xie Jingxing was busy dealing with peer institutions in the Beijing venture capital circle that were cooperating with Xinhai Fund on sub-funds. She, on the other hand, dressed in her professional attire and regularly went to the Kujiji studio or the Xiaoma Pentium office.

In her spare time, she also attended private management classes taught by a Peking University professor and studied hard, determined to take back the power that belonged to her from Song Anli sooner or later.

When she returned home at night, she and Yuan Jin, who had improved their relationship, worked together to coax Xie Jingxing to deliver the goods, while trying to be cunning and try to get more.

Concubine Pei secretly consulted her private doctor and learned that she was too thin for camera purposes, which was not conducive to pregnancy. She also had poor physical strength and often could not compete with Yuan Jin in the second half of the harvest.

I've been taking a lot of supplements and increasing my exercise recently, so my face has naturally become rounder.

"Being a lover is more tiring than being a star."

Princess Pei felt guilty and sorry for how humble she was, but then she remembered what she had just learned from a professor at Peking University, that this should be considered a normal business orientation in a free market economic model.

It is reasonable that the more profitable the projects or jobs are, the higher the competition intensity will be.

"Honey, have you booked a flight to Hangzhou?" She quickly comforted herself and remained unyielding.

Xie Jingxing squeezed the brakes, straddling the bike with his legs supporting the ground: "The day after tomorrow, we'll have to go to Luzhou in a few days."

"Then I can go with you."

Without thinking twice, Concubine Pei obediently acted like a little wife, took out a bottle of mineral water from her bag, unscrewed the cap and handed it over.

Xie Jingxing took the water and took a sip: "Have you thought it through?"

"......Yeah." Concubine Pei pursed her lips.

Xie Jingxing didn't comment or say anything, and silently handed the water back to her.

In Beijing, we have reached cooperation agreements with several venture capital institutions led by Sequoia and GSR Ventures to set up sub-funds of Xinhai Fund. Next, we will go to Hangzhou to raise most of the 200 billion yuan of social funds needed by Xinhai Fund. Finally, we will go back to Luzhou to formally sign the Luzhou-Xinhai Fund cooperation.

Then the entire chip layout has come to a preliminary conclusion. Southeast Asian overseas mobile payments, as well as the pan-entertainment layout of Yinshanbudu's national trend marketing and Panda TV will be the important main line of work this year.

Obviously, if Concubine Pei gave up and went home to get pregnant and have children at this time, she would not only miss a large wave of career dividends, but she might even be replaced by someone else in her position as a rising star in the entertainment industry due to the vacuum period.

"Can I make a request?" Concubine Pei suddenly said.

Xie Jingxing nodded: "What?"

"Just tell me whether you agree or not."

"Now?"

"Well, right now!"

"Okay, you go ahead."

Xie Jingxing raised his wrist to check the time. He didn't have any work arrangements in the morning, otherwise he wouldn't have come out to ride his bike.

"Go shopping with me."

There was a gleam in Concubine Pei's bright eyes. Xie Jingxing shrugged helplessly. What kind of request was this?

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"We're here, we can open our eyes."

Concubine Pei tiptoed and removed the hand that was covering Xie Jingxing's eyes: "Wait for me for a moment, and don't leave this room."

"You're going to sell me to Africa to mine?"

Xie Jingxing had been blindfolded from the moment he entered the door, and he knew full well that he had a romantic taste, so he pretended to be puzzled and raised his eyebrows.

Concubine Pei's beautiful eyes moved and her smile was bright. She put her hands behind her back and walked away slowly and mysteriously, a body movement that only a young girl would make.

Xie Jingxing's eyes lit up as he admired this rare beauty. Even after she left the room, he was still not satisfied and looked around at the layout and furnishings.

This is a detached villa. The room we are in should be the study on the second floor. Outside the window, there are trees and green branches that provide good privacy. The large outdoor swimming pool is filled with water and reflects the azure blue.

Looking back, I saw that most of the bookshelf was filled with various success stories and management books, and the rest were some classic financial works.

[For you, thousands and thousands of times. ]

Xie Jing Xing picked up a copy of "The Kite Runner" on the desk and opened it. He flipped to the creased page out of inertia and couldn't help but smile knowingly.

It is clearly a famous quote about friendship, loyalty and betrayal, but it can actually be used to tell dirty jokes.

It turned out that this villa was the home of Concubine Pei. Xie Jingxing put down the book and curiously explored every detail. This was his first time here. There was a trophy for the Drama Newcomer Award in the corner, a guqin was hidden behind the screen, and a crown inlaid with dazzling diamonds lay quietly in a glass cabinet. Everything he cared about from childhood to adulthood was visible here.

Before we knew it, the sun had risen to the sky, and the warm spring sunshine filled every corner of the room.

"you?"

There was a noise from the door, Xie Jingxing turned around, dazed and only uttered one word.

Wearing a pure white dress embroidered with intricate and gorgeous patterns, Concubine Pei walked towards him gracefully, holding a bouquet of white flowers. Her fluffy skirt dragged on the ground as she walked past the sunlight-paved path outside the window.

She stopped and looked towards the glass display case. Xie Jingxing took out the gift he had given her, held it in both hands, and gently placed the crown on her head.

"Come."

Concubine Pei took his hand and walked backwards out of the study again. She turned half way and walked faster and faster with ease, her skirt messy.

In the end, they almost ran into the bedroom, and the two of them hugged each other and stumbled onto the bed.

"Hubby, you won't abandon me in the future, right?"

Concubine Pei was looking at the ceiling. Xie Jingxing couldn't see her face, but her delicate collarbone and chest were covered with loose powder, her skin was white and delicate, and her fragrance was warm, but it tasted really bitter.

She has no allies and no enemies. Neither Zhou Fenglan nor Song Anli has anything to do with her.

Concubine Pei turned her head to look at the bouquet that had fallen to the floor with its petals scattered all over the place. She suddenly clenched Xie Jingxing's hand tightly, with a slight smile on her lips, as if she was proud.

No matter who you are, we are all bitches, why should I argue with you.

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"Anyway, you are reluctant to do so, and no one dares to expose Yu Tong to the public for criticism."

The plane slid smoothly down the runway. Concubine Pei had no sense of being a celebrity. Her face, which was both happy and angry, was completely uncovered. She hugged Xie Jingxing's arm affectionately and whispered in his ear.

"Want to take a photo?"

She was so busy that she took the opportunity to say hello to a young couple sitting in the back seat of the shuttle bus.

"Uh, is that okay?"

After getting permission, a young couple smiled to cover up the embarrassment of being secretly photographed: "When did you two get back together?"

"What reconciliation?" Concubine Pei was puzzled.

"It's just love. Didn't you two break up last year?"

"Oh, yes, we broke up and didn't get back together."

"...No, then you two are...it's me..."

"Yes, you misunderstood. We are currently just friends."

Concubine Pei waved goodbye, and with her other hand, she interlocked her fingers with Xie Jingxing, and the two of them gradually walked away.

The eyes of the young couple were as big as bells. Are the Chinese people so open-minded and tolerant now? Do wealthy people dare to support celebrities without any scruples? !
It's so obscene. You do it behind people's backs, even if it's just a little bit. I feel ashamed for you!

When you are eating braised pork and see others eating boiled cabbage, not smacking your lips is also a traditional virtue, the boy in the young couple thinks so, while secretly looking at his girlfriend beside him.

It doesn’t matter if male celebrities have casual affairs, but once female celebrities announce their relationship, their commercial value plummets. Such a perfect match has to love each other in the name of friends.

What a wicked feudal ideology! The girlfriend became angrier and angrier as she thought about it, and she glared at him viciously.

"Baby, you are also braised pork in my heart, I swear, it's true!"

The boyfriend shuddered with a guilty conscience, and his girlfriend snorted coldly, not wanting to pay attention to him. She took out her mobile phone and opened the recently popular photo social software Xiaohongshu, and began to type away on the keyboard to compile a few hundred-word essay accusing oppression.

In the evening, the atmosphere at the table was lively and the guests were laughing and chatting.

Conjoined twin baby Pei Fei held onto Xie Jingxing's arm and was reluctant to let go. Her cell phone vibrated for who knows how many times. Teacher Ma, who was sitting in the main seat, cast a probing look at her.

She gave a gentle apologetic smile, stood up and walked out of the room to answer the phone.

"Big sister, what's wrong with you? Can you tell me what you are thinking? Xie Jingxing is forcing you to play those low-level games that satisfy his perverted tastes, right?"

The agent on the other end of the phone couldn't control himself and kept swearing, picking out the most unpleasant words.

Concubine Pei calmly interrupted and warned: "If you let me hear such words again, you can get lost. Be more thoughtful and don't bother me anymore."

"The Weibo account has exploded. As long as Mr. Xie doesn't announce his marriage, the public will even praise him for his ability to seduce women. But Feifei, we don't get any benefit at all. It's all negative. I'm a little excited, don't be angry. Wait, your mother wants to say something to you."

The agent transferred the call, and her mother's voice became shrill: "What did you promise me? Didn't I tell you to stop having unrealistic fantasies? You are so old now, you should consider your future while you are still young. How can you hang yourself on this tree!"

"You forced me to agree to it. Come on, I don't want to argue with you. Just tell me how much money you want this time." Concubine Pei retorted lightly.

There was silence on the phone for a few seconds, and then the tone slowed down slightly: "We have to suppress the trending searches on Weibo, and we have to buy notices to clean up other platforms like Douban and Xiaohongshu. In addition, I have to go to the public relations department to prevent Didi and Ele.me from sending us a lawyer's letter on breach of contract."

"Just tell me how much!" Concubine Pei frowned impatiently and scolded in a low voice.

"Then just give me a hundred... one hundred and eighty, I guess. The studio still has some liquid funds on its books, so if it's not enough, mom will give you the money... I heard that the Mafengwo Travel invested by Xiyou wants to hire a spokesperson, so talk to Xiao Xie about it. Don't be embarrassed, after all, he's the one who always likes to drag you out to do some messy things... We spent a lot of money this time, and mom is doing this for your own good..."

The other end of the phone kept talking on and on. Concubine Pei moved the phone away from her ear with disdain. Just as she was about to hang up, a scream came from the receiver.

"Something happened, Feifei, something happened to President Xie, the focus of public opinion is about to shift, and we don't have to bear the pressure anymore!" The agent shouted with joy.

Concubine Pei's palms were sweating coldly. She didn't have time to scold her for having brain palsy, so she quickly asked, "What happened?"

"At the consumer evening party, Xinda E was named on the list! Fortunately, I almost forgot that such a thing happened today. Feifei, you scared me to death. We must never do this again in the future." The agent tried to persuade after he had survived the disaster.

"Get out, get out now, don't let me see you again!" Concubine Pei was so angry that she trembled all over and hung up the phone.

At the end of January this year, relevant departments named e-commerce counterfeit goods, and Alibaba’s market value evaporated by US$110 billion in hours.

At this moment, Mr. Ma, who was sitting in the main seat in the private room, reacted quickly and chose to confront head-on. This was not the most outrageous thing. The most outrageous thing was that after several rounds of fighting, they quickly shook hands and made peace.

All I can say is that that’s tens of billions of dollars in profits.

Therefore, how can the loss of the last gala for Xinda E, a startup unicorn giant with a valuation of hundreds of billions of yuan and which is related to people's livelihood, be compared to a blessing in disguise?

Concubine Pei clenched her numb palms, thought again and again, and typed a line of words in the memo of her mobile phone. She tried her best to keep a calm face and quickly walked back to the box, quietly pulling Xie Jingxing's arm.

"Xiao Pei, you're going a bit too far. Everyone knows that the young couple has a good relationship. There's no need for them to show off in front of us old guys." Teacher Ma joked.

Xie Jing Xing looked at the contents of the memo and chuckled, "If you're not young, when will you show off? If you admit that you're envious, everyone will understand."

"Well...how do you say it, it's on TV?"

Teacher Ma was halfway through his words when an assistant hurried over and whispered something in his ear. He then changed the subject and asked cheerfully.

"You guys got on, too, but some people didn't."

Xie Jing Xing was frank and looked at Teacher Ma for a moment, then they both shook their heads and laughed in tacit understanding, skipping the topic and continuing to drink and chat calmly.

(End of this chapter)