Shen An had been leaning against the entryway cabinet in the living room, carefully examining the materials used, but now he heard the sound of the three women laughing and messing around on the balcony.
After glancing over with a hint of envy, he straightened up and walked over to Jiang Cheng's side.
After sitting down, he lightly nudged Jiang Cheng's arm with his elbow, his tone full of teasing: "Brother Cheng, you really have great luck. Sister-in-law has such a good personality, and even the friends around her are so lively. Living here in the future definitely won't be lacking in fun."
He had pursued Xu Yan for a while before, but after Jiang Cheng said a few words on her behalf, he very proactively gave up on her.
He wasn't the kind of brainless Second-generation rich who constantly needed to fight for pride.
Although he didn't know if Jiang Cheng was interested in Xu Yan.
But just for the fact that Xu Yan was Chu Ran's best friend, he wouldn't touch her.
To Shen An, women were always available, but a good brother wasn't something one encountered often.
How could Jiang Cheng not understand Shen An's meaning?
As men, everyone was well aware of such things, but they couldn't be said out loud.
Jiang Cheng gave Shen An a death stare: "Shen An, don't mess with me."
Hearing this, Shen An laughed heartily and made a "zipping his lips" motion.
"Understood, understood! My mouth really doesn't have a filter."
After saying that, Shen Lang continued to talk about the Facebook matter.
"Since last night, the Facebook scandal we jointly pushed has completely fermented here in China. Financial accounts and social platforms are all reposting details of the user data leak. Even the old news about 'targeted push to manipulate elections,' which hadn't been exposed before, has been dug up. Three of the top twenty hot searches are occupied by it. It's even more intense over in the United States. Over a dozen financial bloggers with millions of followers have posted three consecutive analysis videos, directly linking this matter to the 'Internet trust crisis.' On Twitter, the #DeleteFacebook hashtag has already rushed to the top supporter."
When the three women walked in from outside, they happened to hear Shen Lang talking about this.
Shen Shuang spoke up and asked: "Are you guys following this too? I've been surfing the web and following the drama these past two days."
Shen An didn't mention his business with Jiang Cheng; instead, he gave a mischievous laugh.
He said to Shen Shuang: "By the way, I remember you know Xu Zhi, right?"
Speaking of Xu Zhi, Shen Shuang and Chu Ran looked at Jiang Cheng somewhat unnaturally.
Shen Shuang rubbed her nose: "Yeah, you should know that my dad's Company's business is linked to their family's Company, so..."
Hearing this, Jiang Cheng's brow twitched: "Your family has business dealings with Company?"
The first time they met, Shen Shuang had taken Chu Ran to a bar to attend Xu Zhi's gathering.
Although Xu Zhi had gone over to toast Jiang Cheng, it was clear that Jiang Cheng didn't like him.
Shen Shuang responded: "Yeah, my family is one of their suppliers. But we don't see each other often. It's just that when I come to Kyoto to play, I'll show up to support the gathering when they organize one..."
Hearing this, Jiang Cheng instantly felt a bit of sympathy for Shen Shuang.
Starting from the last fine, Company had already begun to have problems.
Although if there were no other accidents, Company could still hold on for another two years.
However, during these two years, Company had been transferring assets overseas.
If Shen Shuang's family business was deeply linked with Company, he feared they would be dragged down by Company when the time came.
After all, in the later stages, Company owed a lot of money to many suppliers and builders. It was a situation where the goods were taken and the houses were built, but the money wasn't repaid.
However, Jiang Cheng didn't plan to tell Shen Shuang.
After all, she wasn't Chu Ran.
Jiang Cheng had heard the story of "The Farmer and the Viper" from his father many times since he was a child.
Seeing Jiang Cheng ask Shen Shuang this question, Shen An spoke up: "Brother Cheng, you know Xu Zhi too??"
"Not really, do you know him?" Jiang Cheng responded low-key.
Shen An denied: "I can't get along with him. I went to one of his gatherings once when someone else organized it."
Shen Shuang looked at Shen An and asked: "Why did you suddenly bring him up?"
"Oh, I heard rumors that Xu Zhi is also looking into this Facebook thing, so I wanted to ask if you knew anything."
Hearing this, Shen Shuang shrugged: "I don't know. I haven't seen him since the last New Year's Eve, but I heard he recently came to Kyoto..."
Jiang Cheng then spoke: "He's also working on the Facebook matter??"
Seeing Lin Jie nearby, Shen An said to him: "Old Lin, what are you standing here for? This house is worth tens of millions at the very least; don't you want to sell it? Go with my sisters-in-law to look upstairs."
Lin Jie immediately looked apologetic upon hearing this: "Yes, yes, yes, Young Master Shen. I was just dazed by the decoration and layout of this house."
After saying that, he immediately bowed and scraped to the three women: "Ladies, please follow me. I'll give you a proper introduction to the layout and decoration materials of this house."
Knowing that Shen Lang had something to say to Jiang Cheng, the three women all sensibly followed Lin Jie to tour the place.
After speaking, Shen An asked again: "Brother Cheng, so his information chain isn't the same as yours, right?"
Naturally, it wasn't.
His information source came from the system.
And in Jiang Cheng's view, he didn't exactly have a grudge against Xu Zhi.
But after two interactions, Xu Zhi's character was far too narrow-minded.
Plus, with the foundation of Company being what it was, they were destined not to be on the same path.
Of course, this was just Jiang Cheng's view; it didn't represent Xu Zhi's view.
In Xu Zhi's eyes, although he didn't dare to do anything to Jiang Cheng, Jiang Cheng had long been listed as his number one rival.
As long as he had the chance, the first person he would mess with would be Jiang Cheng.
Jiang Cheng certainly knew that this matter wasn't caused by Shen An.
Last time with Conglomerate, Jiang Cheng only told them after Conglomerate had already broken out.
This time was naturally the same.
Jiang Cheng denied: "I haven't had any contact with him lately."
Shen An nodded upon hearing this: "Then it seems I thought too much."
"Do you mean there's some hidden story??"
Hearing this, Shen An leaned closer to Jiang Cheng and said with a bit of uncertainty: "Brother Cheng, remember when we shorted Conglomerate a while ago?"
Seeing Jiang Cheng nod, Shen An continued: "After receiving the profits from shorting it, I also heard that Xu Zhi followed and invested after us, and he even made quite a bit from that wave of the market."