Reborn as Zhao Ruilong of Handong, I will defy fate.

Chapter 576 Without strength, how dare you show off in front of me, Zhao Ruilong?

Jingle bell~

Jingle bell~

The landline suddenly started ringing loudly.

Tang Jiayue, who was about to leave, hurriedly ran back and picked up the receiver.

"Manager Gu, I'll go downstairs and take a taxi right away. I'll be there within twenty minutes."

Tang Jiayue, who didn't even glance at the caller ID, assumed it was a call from Gu Jinyang.

After receiving the request from Gu Jinyang to handle his passport last night, Tang Jiayue thought he was about to make a fortune.

Who knew that just one night later, Gu Jinyang suddenly called and said he was no longer going to apply for a passport.

When Tang Jiayue asked why, Gu Jinyang said that his father had suddenly passed away the night before, and he himself did not want to go abroad...

Regardless of whether the news is true or false, since the customer said they didn't want to proceed, Tang Jiayue had no choice but to issue a refund.

Besides, who in this world would use their own father's death as an excuse to cancel a partnership?

The key is……

Gu Jinyang instructed Tang Jiayue to take a taxi to the Baoshan Funeral Home in Yanjing, where they would meet to return the checks and photos.

They've already arranged to meet at the funeral home, how could this be fake?

So Tang Jiayue immediately agreed, quickly washed up, got dressed, and prepared to go out.

Before he even left the room, the landline suddenly rang.

Tang Jiayue naturally assumed it was Gu Jinyang calling.

"What Manager Gu? It's me, Zhao Ruilong!"

"what???"

Tang Jiayue was suddenly startled and subconsciously glanced at the incoming call number on the landline screen.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. I was just on the phone with a client and we arranged to meet. I thought he wanted to give me some more advice, so I didn't check the caller ID. I'm sorry, Ruilong, I got the wrong person."

Zhao Ruilong laughed and said, "It's alright. Can you still come to Handong Building for lunch?"

Tang Jiayue was overjoyed.

I was so excited that I involuntarily straightened my head and puffed out my chest.

At that moment, my heart pounded wildly, as if it had been injected with adrenaline.

"Sure, of course I can! His father passed away suddenly last night, so he doesn't need me to help him with the passport anymore. I'll send the check and photos to the Yanjing Baoshan Funeral Home, and I'll be there right away!"

In his excitement, Tang Jiayue no longer cared about protecting customer privacy.

Moreover, after waiting for so many long days and gaining a deeper understanding of how powerful Zhao Ruilong is now, he subconsciously felt that there was nothing he could hide from Zhao Ruilong.

Moreover, Gu Jinyang's father, Gu Maoyuan, passed away last night. Such a big event must have spread throughout Beijing's elite circles. How could Zhao Ruilong, as the son of a top-tier noble family, not know about it?

As for Zhao Ruilong on the other end of the phone...

He was naturally speechless, taken aback by Tang Jiayue's words.

Last night, Dou Jiansheng brought Gu Jinyang to see me, wanting to sell his game shares, but Wei Yun exposed him on the spot as trying to make money and run away.

Zhao Ruilong also believed that Gu Jinyang had a premonition of something bad and wanted to make as much money as possible so that he could take his father, Gu Maoyuanrun, away.

But to everyone's surprise, Gu Jinyang actually found Tang Jiayue and asked him to help him apply for a passport...

It seems Zhong Xiaoai was right: the higher you go in social class, the smaller your social circle becomes.

Within the top circles, almost everyone is an acquaintance.

"Uh... well, you don't need to rush. Just be there at noon! But let's make it clear beforehand that I have to treat you to lunch."

Tang Jiayue hurriedly said, "No, no, absolutely not! I have to pay! How can I let you spend the money?"

Zhao Ruilong laughed and said, "If you insist on treating us, then we won't have this meal. Listen to me, this meal has to be on me!"

"The reason is simple: I promised to meet you for a meal, but I've been extremely busy every day, which has made you wait from October 2nd until today."

"I've kept you waiting for so many days, and it must have caused you a lot of trouble. It's only right and proper for me to treat you to a meal instead of making you pay, right?"

Tang Jiayue said, feigning reluctance, "Well... alright then. Anyway, you're such a big boss, even if I eat a hundred or a thousand meals of your food, I still won't bankrupt you!"

Zhao Ruilong laughed and said, "That's true. If you could eat me out of house and home with just one bite of your mouth, that would be terrible! Let's meet at noon in room 506 of the Handong Building."

"Alright, see you there!"

Tang Jiayue gripped the receiver tightly with excitement, reluctant to put it down.

Only after Zhao Ruilong hung up and heard the busy tone did he gently put the phone down.

"Damn, that's awesome!"

"It wasn't for nothing that I waited all these days!"

"As expected, hard work pays off!"

After waving his arms and legs excitedly and shouting a couple of times, Tang Jiayue went out in high spirits.

As I walked, I hummed a tune, saying, "I've waited so long for this day, and I've dreamt of it for so long; it's finally come true..."

Tang Jiayue, who was excited, went downstairs, took a taxi, and headed straight to the funeral home. However, he did not want to be all smiles in front of Gu Jinyang, who had just lost his father.

So along the way, he didn't want to finally meet Zhao Ruilong for dinner, so he frantically recalled unhappy memories in order to make himself look more gloomy.

Thinking of my grandfather, who doted on me when I was a child, and who recently passed away from a serious illness, having been ravaged by disease to the point of being almost nothing but skin and bones, I immediately stopped being excited and restless.

Upon arriving at the funeral home, I bought a bouquet of chrysanthemums and inquired about the location of General Gu Maoyuan's memorial hall.

Tang Jiayue soon saw Gu Jinyang, whose arm was wrapped in black gauze.

Gu Jinyang, who was originally chubby and fair-skinned, suddenly looked haggard and thin, as if he had lost his soul.

After exchanging a glance, the two remained silent and, in perfect unison, went to the back of the mourning hall.

Seeing Gu Maoyuan, dressed in military uniform, lying quietly on the coffin, surrounded by flowers and pine trees.

At that moment, Tang Jiayue felt a jolt in his heart.

Gu Maoyuan was once a veteran general with a distinguished military record!

He spent half his life fighting on the battlefield, making numerous military achievements, and was once a well-deserved pillar of the nation.

Tang Jiayue still remembers that many years ago, Gu Maoyuan led a military procurement delegation to visit France.

How spirited and ambitious Gu Maoyuan was back then!

That battle-hardened, imposing aura of killing intent remains vivid in Tang Jiayue's memory to this day.

However, now...

He suddenly turned into a cold corpse.

Tang Jiayue stood silently before the coffin, feeling an indescribable sense of sorrow.

He knew very well that Gu Maoyuan did not die suddenly from an illness, but rather committed suicide out of fear of punishment.

The reason for choosing to do this was clearly to preserve his illustrious reputation as a military commander and to protect his beloved son, Gu Jinyang.

Reputation is extremely important in life.

Without a good reputation, life would be worse than death.

“When I got home last night, I found him lying motionless on the bed, and there was a strong smell of alcohol in the room. I thought he was in a bad mood and had gotten himself drunk and fallen asleep again, but who knew…”

Gu Jinyang shook his head repeatedly, unable to continue.

Tears welled up in his eyes.

"Don't be sad, and don't blame yourself!"

"If your uncle is watching from heaven, he certainly wouldn't want to see you so heartbroken and blaming yourself! Please accept my condolences!"

After saying that, Tang Jiayue quickly returned the photo of the check to Gu Jinyang.

"Although you don't need it for now, I'll say it again: if you need anything, feel free to contact me anytime!"

Gu Jinyang forced back his tears and nodded emphatically.

After exchanging a few polite words, Tang Jiayue took his leave.

Many people came to pay their respects, but Gu Jinyang did not try to stop them.

After leaving the funeral home, Tang Jiayue couldn't wait to take a taxi to the largest shopping mall in Yanjing.

With plenty of time left until noon, he wanted to take the time to tidy up his clothes.

And while he was overjoyed, making meticulous preparations as if it were New Year's Day.

After having his guards book a private room, Zhao Ruilong was fast asleep, sprawled out on his back.

For him, it was just a simple lunch.

Rather than letting Tang Jiayue stay in Yanjing and call her every day to ask if she was free, she decided to give him a better idea.

I might as well take advantage of the time I have today and invite him over for lunch.

Anyway, even without Tang Jiayue, I would have eaten lunch before going home anyway.

It was almost noon.

Zhao Ruilong tidied up and went out. When he came downstairs to the private room, it was still a few minutes before midnight.

But Tang Jiayue was already waiting in the private room, and immediately stood up.

"Old classmate, we finally meet again!"

Tang Jiayue was overjoyed and quickly came to greet him.

"To be honest, it's so hard to see you!"

"I really didn't expect that after so many years, you would be so successful in your career..."

Zhao Ruilong had long anticipated that Tang Jiayue would shower him with flattery upon their reunion.

The two had met by chance at Gyeongju International Airport. Having lived abroad for a long time, he was unaware of his own situation or the situation in China.

Now that so many days have passed, he couldn't have just stayed in the hotel in Yanjing doing nothing; he must have already learned something about himself and Huilong Group.

Faced with Tang Jiayue's praise and compliments, Zhao Ruilong remained completely unmoved.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries and taking their seats, the two ordered three dishes.

As soon as the waiter took the menu away, Tang Jiayue couldn't wait to apologize by offering tea instead of wine.

As for why he apologized...

Of course, it was because he was unaware of the situation beforehand, and on the plane he spoke recklessly and rudely, disparaging the domestically produced new energy vehicles and large jet aircraft that Zhao Ruilong had invested in developing.

Zhao Ruilong knew, of course, that Tang Jiayue apologized not because he had a deep understanding of the situation or even personally experienced it, but mainly because he was rich and powerful and was worth currying favor with.

Even if the technological products he invests in are industrial waste, Tang Jiayue will obviously praise and extol them wildly.

Who can blame me for being born into a top-tier powerful family? Clinging to a powerful figure can bring immense benefits.

If I were to be just average, I would be far less successful than Tang Jiayue.

Why did he not return to France on the same day after their chance encounter, but instead wait in Beijing until today?

of course.

A man needs a face, and a tree needs its bark.

Tang Jiayue certainly couldn't say outright that he stayed behind to curry favor with him.

His reason for this was that after a chance encounter with Ni Zhiping and experiencing the luxurious comfort of the Land Rover S9 sedan, he had the idea of ​​selling Land Rovers to Europe.

He believes that he has worked and lived in Europe for many years and has accumulated a certain network of contacts, making him fully capable of acting as an agent for Land Rover, the number one domestic luxury brand in China.

But he was clearly unaware that he had already been cooperating with Ge Junshan's son, Ge Anlin.

With his powerful background and years of experience in Europe, Ge Anlin was a true top-tier comprador.

Under Ge Anlin's active efforts, many domestic technology companies, represented by Huilong Group, are actively expanding their business in the European market.

From social media apps to communication devices, from electronic components to photovoltaic panels, many software and hardware products are gradually entering the European market.

The reason why the Land Rover vehicles that Tang Jiayue wants to distribute have not yet been officially launched in Europe is entirely because there is still a lot of preliminary work to be done.

Besides the usual store location selection, staff recruitment, advertising and marketing, the most important thing is of course to ensure that each new energy vehicle passes the whole vehicle type certification.