Cover the glass with water

In the past few days, the reputation of Su Zhong in Financial Street has undergone a strange reversal.

Originally, David's big plan to ban him went smoothly, but who knows, that day, someone from the headquarters called, reprimanded David, and asked him, "Why did you approve Su Zhong's resignation?"

David was surprised: "What do you mean?"

The people at the headquarters crackled, and David broke out in a cold sweat.

It turned out that Su Zhong published a paper on quantitative models in an authoritative journal in the United States, which attracted the attention of many investment institutions.Su Zhong's model has high self-learning ability, stable performance and abstract simulation ability, and has faster response ability than ordinary models, and has a very promising prospect in the investment field.

David has never cared much about the working mode of his subordinates, so he doesn't know that Su Zhong is doing very in-depth research.Quantitative trading is still in its infancy in China, and David is a relatively traditional "old man", and he has no concept of quantification, and it is just a gimmick.Think investment is a human thing, how can a machine learn it?

Therefore, he felt that a person like Su Zhong who seldom communicates and only concentrates on research does not have much prospects.

Who knows, there are several funds on Wall Street that pay special attention to model research.After Su Zhong's paper was submitted, several experts who specialize in quantitative research have already voted for Su Zhong before it was published.

David's company was not that sensitive about this area. It wasn't until the publication of the paper in the past two days that caused a sensation that the company headquarters suddenly discovered that its own wealth had flowed to outsiders.

David really doesn't understand how powerful quantification can be. After all, domestic institutions generally don't pay much attention to quantification.What he cares about is that Su Zhong went directly to m-global's US headquarters? !

m-global is a giant of hundreds of billions!

David's mind was heavy: "He, what position does he go to m-global?"

The other party sneered: "m-global valued his research very much, and directly distributed his shares and made him a partner."

"Partner?" David was stunned, "Could it be a mistake..."

How can a fund manager become a partner directly?

"You don't know, do you? m-global attaches great importance to the application of cutting-edge mathematical algorithms such as data mining, machine learning, and neural networks in the financial field. Their quantification is at the forefront of the world, and the management scale of their robo-advisory platform has reached tens of billions However, recently it has been hit hard by the global black swan event.” The person on the other end of the phone patiently explained to David, “But, haven’t you noticed that Su Zhong’s fund is not affected by the black swan? ? That’s because his model is very advanced, and he responds faster and more quickly to the market. This deeply attracts m-global. Alas, you really don’t know Jinshan!”

David doesn't know much about AI and the like, and he can't hear it very well, but he fully understands one thing, that is, Su Zhong is going to be a partner of m-global!

partner!

Su Zhong was originally just a fund manager under David, and David could decide his promotion if he was unhappy.Now, Su Zhong directly became the partner of m-global?

Didn't that just step on David's head?

Ah, no, not stepping on David's head.

It was stepping on David's top top top top head.

In other words, Su Zhong jumped to a place that David couldn't reach even if he jumped three feet high.

However, David is a senior old man after all, and he quickly adjusted his mind.He knew that he couldn't please Su Zhong here, and his most urgent task now was how to explain to the headquarters.

Headquarters over there Xingshi asked the crime.

David's technology isn't great, but office politics are strong.He immediately resorted to the "Leader's nirvana - picking a lucky subordinate to take the blame".He pushes Ruilei up without saying a word, only saying that it was Ruilei who snatched Suzhong's clients and spread rumors to smear Suzhong, which caused Suzhong to leave in anger.

Just like that, Ruilei was kicked out of the position of investment director that she had earned so hard, and her year-end bonus was gone.

Knowing that she was being blamed, Rui Lei was also very shocked. She ran to David's office, but she didn't dare to question him, so she could only express her emotions tactfully.

But David didn't care about her emotions, David just pretended to be kind and said: "You have to see the big picture!"

Rui Lei hated these three words very much.She had no choice but to say angrily, "David, Su Zhong's departure really has nothing to do with me. I can explain it to the headquarters."

David smiled: "The matter of Su Zhong leaving is none of your business? Whose business is it? Is it my business? What do you want to say to the headquarters?" Although David said it with a smile, there was Hid the knife.

There must be one person who is responsible for Su Zhong's departure, either David or Rui Lei.

David is the boss, how can there be any reason to block the knife?Only the subordinates help the leader block the knife.

Rui Lei took a deep breath: In fact, she also knew in her heart that she had to help David take the blame.She also didn't know the meaning of her struggle, but if she lay down and resigned to her fate, she couldn't do it.

David said lightly again: "By the way, the headquarters doesn't have a good impression of you, and thinks that you are not suitable to appear on financial programs as the endorsement of our company. How about this, I will let new people replace you on the program after the next year. Actually That's good too. You don't have to work so hard, isn't it tiring to go to the TV station every now and then? It's good to have more time to do things."

The blood on Rui Lei's face faded, but she couldn't say a word, she could only bite her lower lip and nod, and left the office in a daze.

Now Rui Lei has tasted what Su Zhong once tasted: the promotion and salary increase that was originally promised, and the early days were all taken back by David with one word.At the same time, he will be slandered by David as a villain who framed his colleagues.However, she is very different from Su Zhong.Su Zhong held a high-quality achievement and got an enviable offer.And what about Rui Lei?Riley has nothing.

She stood where she was, not knowing where she was going.

To tell the truth, she started to be jealous of Su Zhong.But she hated David more for his reneging on his promises and throwing the pot away.

However, she doesn't have the ability of Su Zhong to soar into the sky, so she can only swallow her anger.

When Rui Lei was at a loss, Su Zhong had already flown to the United States to start his new job.

Besides Rui Lei and Xin Qianyu remained helpless at the same place.

Xin Qianyu lives a nine-to-five life every day.Live every day like an ordinary bachelor.If it weren't for the fact that there were still Su Zhong's things at home, Xin Qianyu might have been even more lonely.

There are Su Zhong’s tableware in the closet, and Su Zhong’s clothes in the closet... When Su Zhong went to the United States, he didn’t take anything with him, only a few sets of clothes and a laptop—not even their couple’s water glasses take away.

Su Zhong has used that brown water glass for several years, and this is Xin Qianyu's first gift to Su Zhong.

The water cup was made by Xin Qianyu in the handicraft workshop. The shape is not perfect and looks quite rough.When he wanted to give Su Zhong away, he was afraid that he might not be able to do it.Unexpectedly, Su Zhong readily accepted the gift and has used it for so many years.

Xin Qianyu just didn't expect that Su Zhong didn't take it away.

Su Zhong didn't take him away, nor did he take it away.

He and the cup were left alone like this.

Because of the distance across the ocean, jet lag has also become a problem.If Xin Qianyu wanted to make a phone call or video chat with Su Zhong, he had to accommodate Su Zhong's working hours.One problem is that Su Zhong has just joined the new company and doesn't have much free time.When he was free, it was probably when Xin Qianyu was sleeping.

Furthermore, Su Zhong is not a person who likes to chat.It was rare to have time to make a phone call, and Su Zhong was also silent, so Xin Qianyu racked his brains to create topics, and then asked Su Zhong to chat to death within three sentences.

"How is yours? Is work going well?" When Xin Qianyu asked, she didn't realize that her tone had become reserved, as if she was chatting with someone she didn't know well.

"Everything is fine." Su Zhong replied, "Is your work going well?"

"Well, it's pretty good." Xin Qianyu said, "It's the end of the year, and there's nothing to do..."

"Hmm." Su Zhong replied.

……

In silence, the phone faithfully recorded their steady breathing.

Xin Qianyu's eyes fell on the lonely ugly cup on the closet again.He said, "You left that clay cup at home."

"Well, I didn't bring it." Su Zhong replied calmly.

Xin Qianyu grasped the meaning at once: Su Zhong didn't leave the ugly water cup at home, but didn't bring it with him.In other words, Su Zhong didn't bring it on purpose.

"Why don't you bring it?" Xin Qianyu said, afraid that her tone would be a little aggressive, so she softened her tone and added as if to explain, "I thought you were used to this."

"The water glasses are all the same, there is no difference between using them or not." Su Zhong replied.

Xin Qianyu's heart seemed to have been ripped out: all the water glasses are the same?Is there no difference?

"Oh..." Xin Qianyu replied in a low voice, "Did you buy a new one?"

"I didn't buy it. The company has a new cup with a logo printed on it for the customer. Li Lisi gave me one." Su Zhong replied.

"Li Lisi?" Xin Qianyu captured the name sensitively.In their limited conversation, this is the third time Su Zhong mentioned this person.This is not an unusual event.After all, Su Zhong had only been to the United States for a week, and Li Lisi already had a strong presence in Su Zhong's life.Xin Qianyu picked up her phone and clicked on Su Zhong's circle of friends.Su Zhong seldom posts updates. The latest update is a photo he posted with his company colleagues on his first day at m-global.

"Is it the girl standing next to you in the group photo in Moments?" Xin Qianyu asked.

Su Zhong's answer is yes.

Xin Qianyu felt even more uncomfortable.The first time he saw the group photo, he noticed the little beauty standing beside Su Zhong.It's not to say how beautiful this girl is, after all, Rui Lei is much more beautiful than Li Lisi, and it didn't make Xin Qianyu feel any sense of crisis.This is Li Lisi standing next to Su Zhong, her posture seems to be very close, their faces are almost touching together, but if you zoom in on the picture carefully, you will find that this is just an optical illusion, Li Lisi is vainly leaning against each other Su Zhong, each other is actually separated by air.Xin Qianyu couldn't tell whether the shooting angle happened to be like this, or Li Lisi did it on purpose, so Xin Qianyu didn't say anything at the time.

Now Xin Qianyu felt a sense of crisis, so she asked, "Did Li Lisi ask you to post this photo?"

Su Zhong recalled the situation at that time and said, "Yes."

On Su Zhong's first day at the company, Li Lisi proposed to post a group photo, which was also chosen by Li Lisi.At that time, Li Lisi asked everyone in the group photo to post this photo, with a text saying that she was very happy to meet a new colleague.Although Su Zhong has a cold personality, he is not a completely out-of-group person, so he did as he did.

The more Xin Qianyu thought about it, the more she felt that there was something wrong with Li Lisi. He said, "Is Li Lisi an analyst?"

Su Zhong said: "No, she is HR."

Xin Qianyu frowned, and asked some details about how Su Zhong got along with Li Lisi.

The more he listened, the more weird he felt, Li Lisi was different from Ansu, she was not the kind of idiot who stalked so much that someone would call the police to report sexual harassment.Li Lisi's scale is very well-measured, just like the group photo, it's quite annoying to look at, but in fact the person doesn't do much.Su Zhong didn't have a water cup, so Li Lisi gave him a new water cup with the company's logo printed on it.Su Zhong just came to the United States, and Li Lisi took Su Zhong to the apartment allocated by the company as an hr to help Su Zhong buy daily necessities. Now Li Lisi bought many daily necessities in Su Zhong’s apartment—this made Xin Qianyu Want to get angry, but can't.

The fire suffocated in her chest for a while, Xin Qianyu didn't dare to vent it, so she could only say sullenly: "Oh, then does she know that you are gay?"

Su Zhong said: "I don't know about this, maybe I don't know."

Xin Qianyu said, "Then you have to tell her."

Su Zhong was puzzled: "Why?"

Xin Qianyu didn't know what to say, she was silent for a while, and said, "Can't you just tell her?"

This is a bit arrogant.Xin Qianyu rarely spoke to Su Zhong in such a tone.After saying this sentence, Xin Qianyu still felt a little regretful, afraid that Su Zhong would just say "no".

Unexpectedly, Su Zhong said, "Okay."

Su Zhong agreed with the company that he would only come to the United States for one year, so the company rented a high-end apartment for him as a place to stay.

Li Lisi also lives in this apartment, and meets Su Zhong by chance every day.

This morning, when Su Zhong went downstairs, he ran into Li Lisi.Li Lisi looked at Su Zhong with a smile, leaned on the door and said, "Good morning, Su Zhong."

Su Zhong said, "Good morning, I'm gay."