Chapter 1830 Saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda
As the sun sets in the west, everything returns to silence, and only the afterglow of the setting sun quietly tells the passage of time and the ups and downs of years.
Zhou Chen has witnessed hundreds of thousands of sunsets like this, but he still doesn't feel bored.
Many people may think that if they live long enough, they will be able to see through the affairs of the world, be able to take on and let go, and face death calmly.
But Zhou Chen, who has lived for hundreds of years, can say with certainty that this is not the case at all.
There are some things that he can take and let go of, but when it comes to death, he can never let go. The longer he lives, the more he wants to live, especially for someone like him who has experienced too many separations and deaths, he wants to keep living.
He can't do it in the real world for the time being, but the world of movies and TV shows is a segment of his life that allows him to survive.
Looking at the sunset in the sky, Zhou Chen's thoughts have drifted to who knows where...
The sunset was somewhat attractive to Zhou Chen, but to Dai Qiye who was standing next to him, it had no appeal. He just glanced at it twice, and then turned his attention to Zhou Chen. He was surprised to see Zhou Chen staring at the sunset in a daze.
Because he had doubts in his heart whether Zhou Chen intended to get close to him. If so, he would definitely try hard to get close to him. But the two of them sat for a long time, and Zhou Chen just looked at the sunset, with no intention of trying to please him.
Seeing that it was about to get dark, Zhou Chen suddenly stood up.
"Dai Xing, I've finished watching the sunset and I'm ready to go back. Are you going down the mountain now?"
"Let's go down the mountain, Xiao Zhou. It's getting dark. Let's go down together, but you have to wait for me. I'm old and can't keep up with you, a young man."
Dai Qiye laughed. He had no idea what Zhou Chen was thinking, but he was still happy that Zhou Chen didn't try to please him.
He was used to being flattered, but he wasn't in the mood today.
"Let's go."
Dai Qiye stood up and walked down the mountain first, and Zhou Chen followed. The two chatted as they walked down the mountain, mainly Dai Qiye asking Zhou Chen about his work.
Although Lansun Mountain is not high, Dai Qiye's walk is not fast. It took them more than half an hour to walk from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, and they even rested once in the middle.
Arriving at the foot of the mountain, Dai Qiye said, "My car is over there, Xiao Zhou, how did you get here?"
"I sent my car for maintenance, so I took a taxi here."
On the way down the mountain, Dai Qiye asked about Zhou Chen's situation. He knew that Zhou Chen was a local of Shanghai and had a house and a car, so he asked this question.
"It's already dark, why take a taxi? Take my car and I'll take you back."
Zhou Chen evaded the question, "How can I let Dai Xing take me there? No, I'd better take a taxi."
Dai Qiye pretended to be unhappy and said, "In the bank, I am the president. Outside, you don't have to be so polite to me. Today we are just hikers going down the mountain together. Come, I will take you back."
"Oh well."
Walking to Dai Qiye's car, Zhou Chen was about to speak, but Dai Qiye spoke first.
"Xiao Zhou, I'm a little tired, can you drive?"
Zhou Chen had originally planned to do this, but he didn't expect Dai Qiye to ask him first, so he replied without hesitation: "Sure, Dai Xing."
Dai Qiye smiled and handed the key to Zhou Chen: "Then you open it."
"Okay, Dai Xing."
Zhou Chen didn't hesitate. After Dai Qiye got in the car, he got into the driver's seat and started the car very skillfully.
"Dai Xing, where do you live? I'll take you back first."
Dai Qiye was amused: "You are an interesting guy. I said I would take you home, but you wanted to take me home first. You drove me home first, so what would you do?"
"Take a taxi home. It's not too far anyway."
"Haha, that would be a waste of time. You don't need to send me off. Send you off first."
Dai Qiye glanced at his watch. It was still some time before the U.S. stock market opened. He thought for a moment and asked Zhou Chen, "Xiao Zhou, you probably haven't eaten yet, right?"
Zhou Chen replied: "No, I plan to go home and eat."
"Don't go home to eat. I'm hungry too. Drive down the mountain first and find a place. I'll treat you to a meal before you go back."
"Dai Xing, we can have dinner, but you can't treat me. I'd rather treat you."
Dai Qiye laughed dumbly: "You drive for me, and I asked you to treat me, okay, I'll treat you, so don't refuse, let's go."
Zhou Chen did not refuse. He first drove into the city, and then followed Dai Qiye's instructions and found a small restaurant.
Dai Qiye ordered a few dishes at random and a bottle of wine.
"Xiao Zhou, do you want to drink with me so I can find a designated driver later?"
Zhou Chen shook his head and said, "I would like to have a drink with you, Dai Xing, but I can't today. I have a cold these past two days and I took some medicine."
"You're running so far to climb a mountain when you have a cold?"
"It's just a minor cold, nothing serious. I took medicine just to avoid delaying work. I climbed the mountain mainly because I was too busy at work recently and had a lot of psychological pressure. I just wanted to relax."
Dai Qiye gave a thumbs up and said, "You are a good young man, very ambitious. I am very optimistic about you."
After listening to Zhou Chen talk about his family situation, he learned that Zhou Chen was a local and came from a relatively good family. His parents were not around, but he had managed to stay in the right place and worked hard. He really thought Zhou Chen was pretty good.
It can be seen that Dai Qiye was not in a good mood, as if he was full of worries. During the meal, he did not eat much, but drank half a bottle of wine. He talked a lot, constantly encouraging Zhou Chen, asking Zhou Chen to work hard, and also talked about the hardships of their time, saying that Zhou Chen was born in a good era and so on.
"Dai Xing, please drink less."
"This little bit of wine is nothing."
Zhou Chen wanted to persuade him but he had no good reason to do so, so he could only watch him drink.
As expected of a branch president of a big bank, his alcohol tolerance is really amazing. After drinking half a bottle of liquor, he was only slightly tipsy and his body was not even shaking.
After dinner, it was already nine o'clock. Dai Qiye did not sit in the back seat, but sat in the passenger seat.
"Xiao Zhou, drive to your house first, I'll call a designated driver later."
"It's okay, Dai Xing, I'll take you home first. Tell me the address, and I'll go back after I take you home."
This time, Dai Qiye thought about it and did not refuse: "Okay, let's go, go..."
After giving the address, Zhou Chen started the car and turned on the radio in the car. He leaned back in his chair and listened to the news about Jiaxiang Industry.
Zhou Chen adjusted the navigation, drove steadily, and slowly drove onto the viaduct.
After a while, news about Jiaxiang Industry was broadcast on the radio, which made Dai Qiye, who had his eyes closed, sit up straight and listen attentively.
"Today is August 2016, 8. Local unrest in South America is still ongoing. The market is pessimistic about the full resumption of production of Jiaxiang Industry and other companies. Jiaxiang Industry defeated international competitors last year and received high-value orders. If it cannot deliver on time, it will need to pay compensation and add liquidated damages..."
Upon hearing the news, Dai Qiye's face suddenly turned ugly.
Jiaxiang Industry is a private enterprise that he supported personally, and he and the boss of Jiaxiang Industry, Cao Jiaxiang, have been friends for many years. This time, Jiaxiang Industry was attacked by foreign capital, which led to the deteriorating situation of Jiaxiang Industry.
In order to help Jiaxiang Industry, he had to violate regulations and use a trust company to transfer the bank's money to Cao Jiaxiang so that he could deal with the desperate situation of the stock market being sniped.
Without complete formalities, investing the bank's money into the stock market is a serious violation. If discovered, he will be fully responsible. If he had saved Jiaxiang Industrial's stocks and the money could have returned to the bank normally, that would have been fine. But if he had failed to save Jiaxiang Industrial and instead the money flowed into the stock market and could not return to the bank, then he would have been held responsible.
Even as the branch president, he could not bear the consequences of misappropriating 1 billion yuan of public funds.
So when he heard in the news that the situation of Jiaxiang Industry was pessimistic, he became very upset.
Zhou Chen was driving while listening to the radio and paying attention to Dai Qiye's situation. He knew that in the plot, Dai Qiye felt a pain in his heart after hearing the news, and he didn't pay attention for a moment and got into a car accident.
Now Dai Qiye is sitting in the passenger seat and he is responsible for driving, so he naturally doesn't have to worry about a car accident. But he still has to pay attention to whether Dai Qiye will be stimulated. After all, he doesn't know whether Dai Qiye has any disease such as heart disease. If he is over-stimulated, it may be dangerous. This is when he has to take action.
The broadcast was still going on, but the content did not get better. After more than ten minutes, the U.S. stock market had started for a while, and Dai Qiye's face became more and more serious. He took out his mobile phone and looked at Jiaxiang Industrial's stocks while listening to the broadcast.
"…………Recently, the share price of Jiaxiang Industry has fluctuated greatly, indicating that the bulls and bears are in a continuous game. After a brief rise today, the share price has continued to plummet. Analysts believe that the market's long funds may have dried up, and the stock price collapse is inevitable…………"
Hearing this, and watching the falling stock price trend on his phone, Dai Qiye suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest and dizziness. He covered his heart with one hand and grabbed his head with the other. Even his phone fell at his feet, but he seemed to be unaware of it.
"Dai Xing, Dai Xing, what's wrong with you? Dai Xing, are you feeling unwell? Dai Xing..."
Dai Qiye only felt a buzzing in his ears, as if someone was calling him constantly. He wanted to open his eyes, but the severe pain in his chest made him unbearable. Then he felt that he had no strength left in his body and could not hear any sound.
Seeing that something was not right with Dai Qiye, Zhou Chen did not hesitate and immediately turned on the hazard lights, then stopped the car, quickly unbuckled his seat belt, and got up to check on Dai Qiye's condition.
He opened his eyelids and took a look, then quickly got out of the car, went to the passenger seat, opened the door, laid the seat flat, and performed simple first aid on Dai Qiye.
"Dai Xing, Dai Xing..."
Dai Qiye heard the sound from far away, slowly opened his eyes, and saw Zhou Chen with an anxious look on his face.
"Xiao, Xiao Zhou, what's wrong with me?"
"Dai Xing, you may be suffering from angina pectoris caused by anger. Don't worry, I have given you a simple first aid and will send you to the hospital now."
Dai Qiye felt powerless, but he still shouted with difficulty: "Cellphone, cellphone..."
Zhou Chen said: "Dai Xing, don't think about anything now, empty your mind and body, you can't be stimulated anymore, no matter what happened, you must take good care of your body, then you can find a way to solve it."
Despite such persuasion, he still handed the phone to Dai Qiye. He knew that Jiaxiang Industrial's counterattack would be coming soon, and perhaps seeing the stock price go up, Dai Qiye's mood would improve.
Zhou Chen quickly got into the car and drove straight to the nearest Grade A hospital.
…………
An hour later, Zhou Chen stood at the door of the emergency room, waiting quietly.
As he thought, Dai Qiye, who was stimulated, endured the discomfort and continued to pay attention to the stock price of Jiaxiang Industrial. When he saw that the stock price of Jiaxiang Industrial had reached the lowest point, he felt particularly uncomfortable. But then he saw the stock price slowly rising, which made him immediately become energetic, as if he had forgotten the pain in his body.
But what he didn't expect was that when he saw the stock price rising continuously and was sure that Jiaxiang Industry had turned the corner, he got so excited that his emotions fluctuated so much that he fainted again.
Zhou Chen rushed him to the emergency room as quickly as possible. He also checked Dai Qiye's condition, which was indeed dangerous. It could be myocardial ischemia and angina pectoris, or even myocardial infarction in a serious case. However, he was sent to the hospital in time, so even in the most serious case, there is still a chance for rescue, and his life is unlikely to be in danger.
"Da da da……"
Hurried footsteps were heard, and a woman in her fifties, supported by a young man in his twenties, ran to the door of the emergency room in a panic and looked inside excitedly.
"Old Dai, Old Dai."
Zhou Chen walked over and took the initiative to call out, "Excuse me, are you Dai Xing's family?"
Hearing Zhou Chen's question, the woman immediately turned her head and excitedly grabbed Zhou Chen's arm.
"You are Xiao Zhou who used Lao Dai's phone to call, right? How is Lao Dai now? Why hasn't he come out yet?"
"How is my dad?"
These two people were Dai Qiye’s wife and son. Zhou Chen called them using Dai Qiye’s cell phone and explained the situation to them, which scared them so much that they rushed over immediately.
"Dai Xing was stimulated and had chest pain and dizziness, so I immediately sent him to the hospital. He is still in the emergency room."
Dai Qiye’s wife, Teacher Ouyang, suddenly felt weak, and Zhou Chen quickly stepped forward to help Dai Bin support her.
"Mom, mom, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?" Dai Bin was panicked when he saw his mother like this.
Zhou Chen said: "Auntie was frightened, let's help her sit down and rest first."
Teacher Ouyang was helped to the chair, and as soon as she sat down, she pulled Zhou Chen again.
"How could Lao Dai be suddenly upset? You were the one who took him to the hospital. You must have been by his side when he had the attack. What happened?"
Zhou Chen did not reveal the true situation of Jiaxiang Industrial, but simply said that Dai Qiye fell ill in the car while he was looking at his mobile phone and listening to the radio.
After hearing this, Teacher Ouyang found it hard to accept. He let go of Zhou Chen, clenched his hands, and looked towards the emergency room nervously and fearfully.
As a university professor, she has always been relatively calm, but at this moment, she really couldn't stay calm. Her husband was already in the emergency room, so how could she possibly stay calm?
Just when she was frightened and uneasy, the door of the emergency room was opened and she stood up excitedly.
"Doctor, doctor, how is the patient?"
(End of this chapter)