I trade in both worlds

Chapter 337 Withdrawal of Shares

The next morning, the sunlight shone through the gap in the curtains and onto Fengjie's face.

She took a deep breath, got up, washed up, and set off for Xu Zhuang.

Along the way, she had mixed feelings. She wanted to see Xu Xu as soon as possible and explain things to him, but she was also afraid of seeing Xu Xu's disappointed eyes.

Xu Xu was sitting at a small table, holding a brush tightly in his hand, concentrating on sketching something on the paper.

With a creaky sound, the courtyard door was gently pushed open and Sister Feng walked in.

She was wearing a neat outfit, but her expression seemed a little complicated.

Xu Xu looked up when she heard the voice and saw that it was Sister Feng. She quickly put down the pen in her hand and greeted her with a smile: "Sister Feng, why are you here? Come in and sit down."

As Fengjie walked in, she asked, "Where are the children? Are they not at home?"

"No, Xiaojin took Xiaozhun and Weiwei to study abroad, and Tiantian went to my second uncle's house to play." Xu Xu stood up and greeted them.

"How can you let them go out without worrying about them when they are so young?" Sister Feng looked at Xu Xu in surprise.

Xu Xu sighed and said helplessly: "The children are grown up and have their own ideas. We can't keep them under control forever. Besides, I can't stop them even if I want to."

Sister Feng nodded when she heard this, and looked at Xu Xu with some emotion in her eyes: "Time flies so fast, in the blink of an eye the children have grown up so much."

Xu Xu smiled when he heard this: "Yeah, when they were little, it felt like they still had a long way to go before they grew up, but now, in the blink of an eye, they have grown taller than me."

Fengjie's eyes fell on the unfinished bag drawing. It was a mini rattan-patterned handbag with an exquisite design that combined traditional and modern elements. It looked very high-end and elegant.

"Is this your new painting?" Feng Jie asked, trying her best to make her voice sound calm.

Xu Xu nodded, his eyes sparkling with excitement: "This is a new product I plan to launch before the New Year."

Seeing Xu Xu's expectant expression, Sister Feng couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness in her heart.

I wonder if this new product will have a chance to appear in the workshop.

After a moment's silence, Sister Feng finally plucked up the courage and decided to speak.

"Xuxu, I have something to discuss with you." Fengjie's voice was low and serious, completely different from the usual cheerful Fengjie.

Xu Xu noticed that Sister Feng was abnormal and looked at her seriously: "Sister Feng, you came here specially today, is there something going on?"

Sister Feng took a deep breath and said slowly, "It's about the workshop. I received a letter from the Liu Mansion in the capital yesterday. The master wanted to buy your shares in the workshop."

Hearing this, Xu Xu's smile froze instantly, and a trace of disbelief flashed in his eyes: "Buy it, why?"

The news came too suddenly for her. When they first started working together, she never thought it would last for so many years.

But after doing this for a few years, Xu Xu thought that this cooperation was long-term. There was no sign before that someone suddenly wanted to withdraw his shares.

She couldn't figure it out.

"Sorry." Sister Feng lowered her head, feeling too embarrassed to see Xu Xu.

Xu Xu shook her head and whispered, "Sister Feng, this has nothing to do with you. You don't need to apologize."

Fengjie was silent for a while, then continued: "In recent years, many bag workshops and doll workshops have appeared, and many popular bag styles have appeared on the market, which has affected the sales of bags to a certain extent."

"Plus, you have helped the Liu family train some designers in the past few years. These people can now design independently. Therefore, Fuli feels that giving you a share every year seems... not very cost-effective."

Fengjie tried her best to express the Liu family's intention as tactfully as possible, but she knew that these words would undoubtedly be cruel to Xu Xu.

Xu Xu lowered his head and said nothing, feeling mixed emotions.

She knew that there were no permanent friends in the business world, only permanent interests. But she didn't expect that this day would come so soon and so directly.

She thought of the hard work she had put into the workshop over the years, the days of staying up late to design, the time she spent discussing improvements with the workers... and now, it had to end like this.

Xu Xu was silent for a long time, so long that Fengjie thought she would never speak again.

"Sister Feng, I understand what the Liu family means." Xu Xu finally spoke. Although her voice was soft, it revealed a sense of helplessness: "But I never thought that I would leave in this way."

Fengjie's heart was deeply touched, her eyes slightly reddened, because of her own powerlessness.

As the manager of the Liu residence, she could only carry out her superiors' decisions: "Xu Xu, I understand your feelings, but the master's decision... I can't do anything about it. However, I will try my best to get the best compensation for you."

Xu Xu raised her head, her eyes showing both disappointment and relief: "Sister Feng, this is not your fault. I know this has nothing to do with you, and you were just following orders. I just... just feel a little unwilling."

She took a deep breath and continued, "How much money does the Liu family plan to pay for my shares?"

Sister Feng hesitated for a while, gritted her teeth and said, "One hundred thousand taels."

When she saw the amount, she felt sorry for Xu Xu. In the past few years, Xu Xu's annual dividends were 70,000 to 80,000 taels. Although sales have declined in the past two or three years, he could still get 40,000 to 50,000 taels a year.

Now the Liu family only plans to use 100,000 taels to buy it back, which is a bit like bullying Xu Xu who has no power and no one behind him.

Hearing this, Xu Xu looked at Sister Feng in disbelief.

"Xu'er, I..." Fengjie wanted to say something, but found that she was choked with sobs and couldn't speak.

Fengjie could only lower her head in shame, not daring to look Xu Xu in the eye.

Xu Xu gently patted Sister Feng on the back and said soothingly, "I agree."

The next day, Xu Xu went to Jinxiu Pavilion to sign the contract. Feng Jie wanted to ask Xu Xu whether he would sell the drawings he drew yesterday.

Finally she sighed, she couldn't bring herself to say it.

Beijing, Yang Erzhu, no, in order to have a smooth career, he had long abandoned that name full of rural flavor and changed his name to Yang Wei.

However, it is easy to change one's name but difficult to change one's destiny. After ten years of struggling in the capital, he was still just an official without real power.

Seeing his colleagues rising one after another, he became extremely anxious and his resentment was evident in his words.

Yang Wei accidentally heard that the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, the Third Prince, the Fourth Prince and the Fifth Prince were going to visit the Crown Prince's Zoo in the suburbs in a few days.

The Garden of All Beasts is where the prince has spent a lot of effort to collect all kinds of ferocious beasts. It is said that there are more than forty kinds of animals collected there.

There are lions from the north, tigers from the south, cheetahs from the east, wolves from the west, as well as all kinds of rare and exotic animals such as peacocks, ostriches, monkeys, etc. It is simply a living animal kingdom.