Chapter 1731 — Don't Waste Food
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"Haha, Yaoyao, don't worry. Daddy knows what he's doing. I certainly won't take part in anything illegal! The cooperation we discussed this time is legitimate business. There won't be any problem!" Gu Pengzhan said.
"That's good, then..." Gu Mengyao had only meant to remind him, and hearing her father say so, it should be fine — after all, Daddy was a veteran of the business world, he knew his limits, far better than she did.
Wei Zhao, for his part, was not very optimistic about the cooperation between Gu Pengzhan and An Mingyue either, and shared a worry akin to Gu Mengyao's. But after Gu Mengyao asked, Wei Zhao hesitated and said nothing more. Though he nominally held the title of second-largest shareholder of the Gu Group, in truth he did not manage any affairs at all.
So when it came to the group's business, he could hardly put in his word at will. Presumably, if any of the dealings were questionable, Gu Pengzhan would not have taken part, and so Wei Zhao did not intervene much.
"Xiaoyi, I hear from Yaoyao that you're taking her, Xiaoshu and Tang Zhi back to your old hometown?" Gu Pengzhan changed the subject and asked Wei Zhao.
"Yes, we plan to set off in the next few days," Wei Zhao said. "Is there something you need, Uncle Chu?"
"Nothing much. I had meant to go back with you and pay a visit, but we've just taken up a big project here and I can't get away for the moment. I can only apologize," Gu Pengzhan said apologetically.
"That's nothing. We're only going back for a trip," Wei Zhao said with a smile. "But Uncle Chu, where the An family is concerned, it's best to be on your guard as much as you can..."
Since the conversation had come round to this, Wei Zhao took the chance to put in a word of warning.
"Naturally!" Gu Pengzhan said. "My cooperation with the An family is something I've thought over carefully. On one hand, they're old friends, and I can't refuse them to their faces; on the other, I've looked at this project, and if it succeeds it will be genuinely very profitable — it can lift the group to a higher level!"
"That's good, then." Wei Zhao said no more. Gu Pengzhan was a veteran businessman, and Wei Zhao was utterly ignorant of such things; he could settle certain problems with brute force, but when it came to commercial cooperation, he had no say.
In the parking lot, Wei Zhao parted ways with Gu Pengzhan. Uncle Qing had come to pick Gu Pengzhan up, while Wei Zhao drove Yaoyao and the others back to the villa.
Today he had managed to get eight million in funds out of An Liwen for the time being, enough to give the orphanage some relief; as for the rest of the money, Wei Zhao could think of other ways. He had originally meant to ask Gu Pengzhan for a loan, but hearing today that the man was about to undertake a big project — which would surely need money too — Wei Zhao had not brought it up again.