Perfect Fiancé Chapter 33

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Chapter 33: Gifting I imagine this is what Qin An portrays as he goes up and down the stairs with doc.u.ments. Poor guy~

The afternoon of the second day, Qin An juggled a large pile of doc.u.ments as he pressed the doorbell of his boss' home.

Su Jin had just been holding Lu Xi's notebook to peruse the newest details of the screenplay. Upon seeing Qin An, who had come over from time to time during this period to watch over the progress on the project, she was not at all surprised and only acknowledged him with a wave of her hand before she burying herself back into reading the screenplay once more.

In the study on the second floor.

Qin An placed the doc.u.ments in his arms onto the desk and with a turn of his hand, dragged a chair over to sit in front of it. Patting the thick pile, he shot Lu Xi, who had sitting behind the desk, a smile, "Today, at only just past ten o'clock this morning, Chief Lu had these sent to me. Boss, seeing that I have dealt with this so quickly and efficiently, won't you give me a reward, eh?"

Reward? Lu Xi arched an eyebrow and the laughter in his peach blossom eyes deepened.

In hindsight, after waiting for a long time and noticing that the person in front of him had remained silent, did Qin An realise that something was a little off.

Lu Xi, who was sitting opposite himself, was as always distinctly handsome, tall and outstanding with a gentle as jade demeanour. And while the expression on his face bore a smile, why did this smile of his have to be so horrifying?

"That…"

Reaching out to rub his nose, he pointed to the door as he spoke, "the screenplay has not been fixed yet and I still have some things to settle. Boss, I will take my leave first!"

The sound of his voice had not completely faded away before the person had already reached the door.

Just as he was about to place his hand onto the door handle with a sigh of relief, behind him Lu Xi's voice echoed.

"Halt."

His voice was not loud and Qin An went to great lengths to pretend as if he had not heard anything. However, after some consideration about the issue of 'having his death come sooner than later', with a face filled with aggrievement, he turned around.

"Boss, I truly do have some things to do."

Limply, his body leaned back against the door and his long and narrowed eyes looked directly in the direction of his own BOSS with a face filled with sincerity.

"Some things?" Lu Xi's lips curled into a smile, "in a hurry to send some news secretly?"

Secretly send some news? Qin An was startled but then suddenly he thought of the phone call from last night. His heart sped up in alarm as it hammered against his chest like a snare drum. With a gaze filled with a bit of suspicion, he gazed in Lu Xi's direction. How did the boss know? He couldn't be trying to probe him for information right?

His eyes s.h.i.+fted as he immediately feigned dumb.

"Cough… Boss, what are you saying? What sending news out in secret?"

Staring at his face and manner filled with bewilderment, Lu Xi let out a slight snort. Apart from the two of them, for anyone to be this clear about the matters between Su Jin and himself, there could only be this a.s.sistant of his, that dropped in occasionally from time to time, who knew.

"Since you have the time to let information out secretly, begin the preparations for the cast and crew then." He instructed this in an extremely casual tone.

Preparations for the cast and crew?

With his mouth slightly agape, Qin An hid the bitterness in his gaze as he promptly sped over.

Wasn't that the job of the producer? What did this task have to do with him, this personal a.s.sistant?

"Boss, can we talk this over more?"

"Talk this over?" Lu Xi arched an eyebrow and reached out to pick up the phone on his desk, "why don't I give my Mom a call and ask her who was the one that had such loose lips so then I won't accuse…"

"Hold on! Wait a minute!" Qin An hastily obstructed Lu Xi who had adopted a pose to dial a number. His mouth twitched, "I will go and learn from Old Yan how to make preparations for the cast and crew immediately."

Old Yan was a highly respected producer of the branch office in Shenhai so he should be able to help him. Otherwise, if Lu Xi's phone call was really made, then he truly would have trouble currying favor from either side, and might even receive a reproach from both parties as well.

"Go then." Looking at his own a.s.sistant's dispirited expression, Lu Xi could not help but let out a chuckle, "have Old Yan a.s.sist you."

After all, the one questioning Qin An was his esteemed mother, so giving Qin An a reminder to make sure he did not reveal everything would be good enough.

Once he heard this, Qin An suddenly smiled. Like he said, his own boss was not an unfair and unreasonable person.

"Alright." Lu Xi pointed at the doc.u.ments on the table, "have this brought down again."

"???" Qin An was again speechless.

He had a dumbfounded expression on his face.

When Su Jin noticed Qin An bringing down the doc.u.ments that he had just taken upstairs, she uprooted herself from the notebook and arched an eyebrow in astonishment. She then shot Lu Xi with an inquiring glance.

"I'm preparing to make a trip to Uncle Su's." Lu Xi did not reply and only asked, "do you want to go?"

"My dad's company?"

"Mm."

"Then, let's go together." Su Jin put down the computer on her knees and stood up from the sofa. "I'll go home and change my clothes."

On the road to the company, Su Jin held the thick pile of doc.u.ments and flipped through them.

"This is…" She frowned.

"The doc.u.ment for the transfer of shares- the Zhao family's." Lu Xi grasped the steering wheel as he answered carelessly.

"I know that it's the Zhao family's doc.u.ment for transferring shares."

These were the words on the cover and below there was a signature.

"So, why are you going to my Dad's?"

Raising her head, Su Jin was rather puzzled. Could it be that he was seeking Dad's help to look over any loopholes in the doc.u.ments?

"You know, to deliver the betrothal gift." Lu Xi remarked with a broad smile on his face.

Deliver a betrothal gift? Su Jin reacted at first before she finally understood. She was unable to deal with and could not be bothered to nitpick about the word 'betrothal' anymore. She directly had her thoughts circle around to the words, 'delivering a gift.'

"My dad will definitely not accept." She shook her head and spoke with utmost earnestness.

Although her dad was a businessman, in his veins he still had some of an intellectual temperament. And, having this sort of pie drop into his lap like this, he would definitely and straightforwardly reject it.

The girl said this with the utmost seriousness, yet Lu Xi merely nodded and did not reply.

Who said… …That he was gifting them to Uncle Su?

The Su clan's general headquarters was in the Pu An district, which was at the core of Shenhai and the most expensive land in that area.

The reception desk naturally recognised the eldest young miss of the Su family and that was why Lu Xi who had been standing beside Su Jin, was relatively more eye-catching.

As the receptionist greeted the eldest daughter, from the corner of her eye she simultaneously sized up the distinctly handsome, tall and outstanding man. It was only once Su Jin had walked away with Lu Xi to enter the lift that she reluctantly pried her gaze away from them and immediately turned to become a part of the company's gossip network.

On the top floor, Su Chenghai had already received the news from the reception desk and had instructed his secretary to brew some coffee.

Seeing Su Jin push the door inward, he shot her a smile as he waved, "Xiao Jin, why did you come over today?"

This girl, in the past, had always run over to the company. However, once his old father was injured in a car accident and died, she no longer came by.

"It was not me who had some matters to seek you out for." Su Jin sat in the armchair to the side of the coffee table and with an upraised chin, shot the man behind her with a look.

"Lu Xi?" Su Chenghai stared blankly and then smiled. "Come, sit."

Doing as he was told, Lu Xi sat on the long couch opposite of Su Chenghai and pushed the doc.u.ments in his hands towards him.

"Uncle Su, please look at these first."

Su Chenghai glanced at the pile of doc.u.ments before him and looked confused.

Doc.u.ments for a share transfer?

As he flipped through the pages, the more he looked at them, the more he was alarmed. His initial casual sitting posture had now straightened up until finally, faint beads of sweat had actually appeared on his forehead.

As he perused the final page, Su Chenghai was distracted for a long time. There was a myriad of thoughts that spun around his mind. After quite some time, he finally relaxed as he sighed. Looking at his future son-in-law that sat opposite him with his upper body upright and proper, all of those thoughts changed into admiration.

"What a good scheme!" He could not help but chuckle as he nodded.

Previously Su Jin had already mentioned to him that Zhao Wenhua was the mastermind behind the kidnapping, only he had not had a chance to dispose of him before the Zhao family had already been thrown into disorder.

When the artistes of Tianyu Productions began to land on the 'Hottest Search' list one after another, he had guessed that this was Lu Xi's hand in handling the matter. Therefore, he had immediately added fuel to the fire and had the situation become speculated upon even more fiercely.

However, he did not expect that Lu Xi had actually made such a huge play. It had only been a little over half a month and during their internal upheaval, and without hesitation, he had taken the chance to acquire a greater part of the Zhao family's shares.

During these few years of expansion in growth, the Zhao family's strength had only been preceded by the big three families. Yet right now, what had been placed before him was no less than sixty percent of the Zhao family's a.s.sets.

"Uncle flatters me." Lu Xi smiled, "in fact, the acquisition of the Zhao family's company could only have been accomplished mostly due to my brother's hand and skill in the matter."

"The takeover has already been completed?" Su Chenghai was rather astonished.

"Mm." Lu Xi nodded, "ninety percent of the Zhao family's shares have been bought and Zhao Wei has actively requested a halt to the purchasing of the remaining ten percent. In exchange, he will send Zhao Wenhai overseas."

Using a son in an exchange for ten percent of their a.s.sets, this Zhao Wei… Su Chenghai shook his head. Yet, he did not know what he could say, it was true that a pitiful person definitely had a reason to be despised.

"Uncle, I have come at this time to request that you have all of these shares gathered under the Su family's name." Lu Xi continued to say.

" Gathered under the Su family's name?" Su Chenghai was stunned and immediately shook his head in refusal, "this is out of the question."

"Look, like I said, my dad will definitely not accept this." Su Jin, who had been leaning back against the sofa looking at a video, raised her gaze and b.u.t.ted in.

"Uncle Su, please don't be in a hurry to refuse so quickly." Lu Xi glanced at the girl who had been undermining his efforts, then looked back at Su Chenghai as he continued, "This looks like a lot but truthfully, they are merely no more than the remains of an empty sh.e.l.l."

"An empty sh.e.l.l?" Su Chenghai was startled for a moment.

"Mm. Otherwise, they would not have been bought this easily. Over the last year, the Zhao family has been going downhill; they have been merely able to deeply conceal all of this. Even now, if Tianyu Productions were dissolved, the remaining useful sections would be merged into the subsidiary Shenhai branch of Sheng Ming Production."

"As for the other parts, whether it was the general headquarters or the main businesses, Sheng Ming has none of these here. Keeping them would be outliving their usefulness and even if we supplied a staff, to have to support all of these empty sh.e.l.ls more would be unprofitable. I, as a director, have no interest in these businesses so they would be better off merged directly into the Su family's group of businesses.

What Lu Xi said had been reasonable and logical and his att.i.tude had also been extremely sincere.

Su Chenghai sighed, "Lu Xi, all of that does not matter. Since these are yours, granted they are useless and of little worth, my Su family cannot simply just receive all of this either."

"How about…" He thought for a bit, "the amount that your brother has used to buy the shares, why don't I buy them directly from him? Or perhaps, I shall have them merged into the Su family, and then I will allocate the shares to you?"

"Uncle Su." Lu Xi could only helplessly chuckle, "although the Zhao family has suffered a defeat, even an emaciated camel is still larger than a horse. To incorporate them into the Su family but afterwards, give me those shares- then would the Su family's a.s.set still remain the Su's? You must realise, that for family enterprises, it's extremely important to have an independent voice in matters. Moreover, to buy them…"

Although his words had not been completely spoken, Su Chenghai understood.

Truly, he also knew. Although the Su family was one of the three influential families of Shenhai, how could they possibly compare to Beijing's Lu family, that hundred year old inherited colossus? Though even in the international rankings, the Sheng Ming corporation was ranked in the top ranks too.

Even if this was the actual situation, he still did not pay heed to it. Only, settling this matter was truly no easy feat. Initially, he had thought that since Lu Xi was not in touch with the business side of things, he may not be too clear of these affairs. Then, even if he had to, he would be willing to sacrifice everything he had to buy the shares. As long as the Su clan was able to tide this over, this opportunity would be a stepping stone for them and make it an actual reality that they are in fact, Shanghai's finest family.

With such a great opportunity…

"However, these…" His right hand covered the doc.u.ments with some helplessness in his expression.

"How about this, Uncle Su." Lu Xi frowned as he thought for a bit and raised his head as he spoke, "you could merge them into the Su family, then, have the shares written under Jin'er's name, how about that?"

"Xiao Jin?" Su Chenghai's expression stirred.

"That's right. Just take it as the compensation that the Zhao family has given to Jin'er. If Uncle Su is still unwilling to receive them, then these businesses can only await closure for good."

He looked at the youngster before him that he could only look at as a child, his appearance distinctly handsome. Although he had a pair of seemingly pa.s.sionate and playboy-like peach blossom eyes, he was actually very thoughtful and had a seldom-seen devotion towards his daughter. To be in the entertainment circle and yet never have any rumours… Su Chenghai's thoughts whirled and he suddenly understood. All of this, perhaps he really wanted to gift them to his family's daughter? Only, he was afraid that Xiao Jin would be unwilling to accept, therefore, he decided to beat around the bush with him here.

He turned to glance at his little girl who was leaning back against the armchair watching television attentively. From how the two people interacted, this engagement was more or less settled. Since his son-in-law had such thoughtful intentions in mind, he would grant his wish and help him accomplish his goal then.

Thinking like this, Su Chenghai chuckled with a nod.

Translated by Irisu

Edited by Ely