Chapter 1660 - 672: Prelude

Chapter 1660: Chapter 672: Prelude

In the evening, the Gulfstream G650, which took off from Seoul, Korea, landed on time at Magic City Hongqiao International Airport.

Didn’t feel it while in Korea, but upon returning to his homeland, Zhou Wang suddenly felt utterly exhausted. As a result, he declined Jiang Qingkui’s invitation to dinner, who had come to meet him at the airport, and directly got into the Rolls-Royce Phantom driven by Miao Ying, ready to return to his place at Tangchen Yipin for a good night’s rest.

As a secretary, Jiang Qingkui naturally couldn’t say much in front of everyone. After watching the Rolls-Royce go far, she raised an eyebrow and looked toward Xu Wenqian, who stayed behind.

"What happened?"

"Uh... what?"

"Wenxi, Wenxi, the worries on your face are all too obvious."

With only light makeup, but still stunningly beautiful, Jiang Qingkui snorted lightly, "So what exactly happened? Is it because of some matter that Mr. Zhou is deliberately avoiding me?"

Xu Wenqian was startled because Jiang Qingkui’s attention was on Zhou Wang just now, Xu Wenqian thought she wouldn’t notice her, so she didn’t really disguise her expression, but she didn’t expect Jiang Qingkui to pick it up.

Xu Wenqian thought for a moment, didn’t answer Jiang Qingkui’s question, but instead softly asked, "Sister Qingkui, I have a question I want to ask you."

"Go ahead."

"If one day, the boss... went bankrupt, what would you do?"

"Bankrupt?"

Jiang Qingkui truly didn’t expect that Xu Wenqian would say such a thing; after a brief daze, she said somewhat amusingly, "Qianqian, your thinking is quite unique... If this is your way to change the subject, fine, I won’t ask anymore."

After speaking, Jiang Qingkui gestured to Xu Lingyue, who immediately stepped forward quickly to open the door of the parked Range Rover Range Rover next to them.

This top-model Range Rover SVAutobiography, priced close to 4 million, was one of the group’s assigned vehicles, and as the president of Wangzhou Group, it was practically Jiang Qingkui’s exclusive vehicle.

Originally, she also had a Panamera assigned when she joined, but by now, a Panamera worth over a million no longer matched Jiang Qingkui’s status, so except during private rest, she rarely drove that car.

Of course, Zhou Wang’s custom-made Rolls-Royce Black Knight Phantom also rested in the group’s garage when Zhou Wang wasn’t around, and Zhou Wang had already allowed Jiang Qingkui to use this car. But after much consideration, Jiang Qingkui rarely treated it as her own ride unless receiving extremely important guests.

Seeing Jiang Qingkui about to leave, Xu Wenqian got a little anxious, stepping forward to tug on Jiang Qingkui’s coat, "Sister Qingkui, I’m not joking with you; I’m seriously asking you."

"Do you know how a billionaire would go bankrupt?"

Jiang Qingkui was rendered somewhat helpless by Xu Wenqian’s stubbornness; leaning against the car door, she turned around and said.

"How?"

Xu Wenqian immediately asked.

"First, extreme leverage and concentrated investment risk... I ask you, does the boss have that?"

"No."

Xu Wenqian thought for a moment, knowing Zhou Wang’s broad range of industries and fields entirely devoid of such risk, she shook her head.

"Then the second, unlimited liability guarantee and personal joint liability risk... Does the boss bear huge debts?"

"This... should not be."Because Xu Wenqian had some control over Zhou Wang’s finances, after recalling a bit, she shook her head again.

It seems that until now, the biggest debt the boss owed was merely millions on a credit card, which generally got cleared within two months...

"The third, a ’Black Swan’ event, I don’t need you to tell me, I can answer that Wangzhou Group involves no business that might have legal risks... and the fourth, complex family and governance crisis, failed generational succession and internal struggles, I don’t need to say this, right? Mr. Zhou is only so young, these issues are too far off."

Jiang Qingkui paused for a moment, then continued, "The fifth, large scale rigid debts, like a staggering divorce case, asset collapse induced by a financial storm, but Mr. Zhou is not married... he’s not married, right?"Jiang Qingkui, when saying this, perhaps remembered something and uncertainly sought confirmation from Xu Wenqian.

"He is not."

Xu Wenqian answered honestly.Since she had helped Zhou Wang register companies and submit various materials, she was very certain about this.

"Hmm..."Jiang Qingkui nodded slightly uncomfortably, quickly shifting topics, "Then there’s last, fundamental cognitive and behavioral errors, Mr. Zhou isn’t wasteful, right?"

"Not really." Xu Wenqian shook her head.Although Zhou Wang spends money generously, he’s never let his core assets suffer any loss, plus assets like private jets and luxury residences inherently have high preservation value...

Regarding spending a hundred thousand or eighty thousand occasionally on clothes, given Zhou Wang’s enormous wealth, it’s akin to a drop in the bucket.

"He doesn’t gamble, does he?"Jiang Qingkui asked again, "When he went to Ao Island, did he charge public accounts?"

"Neither... and Mr. Zhou also acquired some shares of Galaxy Group, this possibility is limited."

"Then that’s settled, isn’t it?" Jiang Qingkui couldn’t refrain from poking Xu Wenqian’s smooth forehead, "What exactly are you worrying about for nothing, or was it during this trip to Korea that something happened making you anxious?"

"Nothing, maybe I’m overthinking things..."