cut the crap

Two days later:

As a regular Friday afternoon practice, Senior Sheng met Senior Yun at the club over a game of golf. The two seniors were fast friends since college times.

"I hear praises every time for Liang. He has built a strong name for himself in a short span." Mr. Yun stated as a matter of fact.

Overflowing with pride Mr. Sheng replied "he is my son after all."

Overwhelmed by his old friend's narcissism, he stopped playing and looked over at Mr. Sheng "ohh!!! Cut the crap old man…"

Father Sheng let out a hearty laugh looking at his friend's expression, which was full of mockery. "okay okay…. I'll let it be. But even Yun Luwei is doing great and he is even younger than Liang." Mr. Sheng genuinely praised Luwei.

Imitating his friend's previous statement Mr. Yun said "he is my son after all." to which Mr. Sheng could only shake his head and both the seniors laughed and continued with their game.

Later over drinks, Mr. Sheng touched the topic of the city S project.

"We are planning a large scale project in city S. we are looking for potential investors." Mr. Sheng merely stated trying not to sound desperate. He did not require the Yun's to invest, there were many companies who would be more than willing to partner with the Sheng corp. but he had to stick to his son's plan. For the sake of his family's peace and happiness, he had to go by what he suggested and that was to get the Yun's on board."

Taking a sip of his drink, Mr. Yun casually said "aren't the Mu's the ones who always tie up with the Shengs?? Moreover, don't you now have personal ties as well?"

Even though the Yuns were equally close to the Shengs, the Mu family did not let them collaborate professionally, by applying underhanded means.

Clearing his throat Mr. Sheng spoke the truth, there was nothing to hide anyway. "well, we have called off the engagement and don't want to be involved with the Mu's professionally anymore."

Assessing his friend's expression Mr. Sheng continued "so we are not only looking for an investor but also a pioneer in the field of IT and Technology to take care of all the security and systems in the project." Hinting at Mr. Yun, he continued to sip on his drink.

The Yuns had also ventured into IT and were the best in the field in country C.

After a moment of silence, Mr. Yun spoke up "IT and technology you say…. Then why look further. The Yun enterprise would like to partner with the Shengs. What do you think?"

'yes! Yes! He said it….' Mr. Sheng rejoiced internally seeing his plan starting to take shape.

Pretending to be surprised by the suggestion, Mr. Sheng said "ohhh yeah!!! Why dint I think of that. That's wonderful. This way we can further strengthen our good relations."

"you dint think because you are a dumb old fool." Mr. Yun did not hesitate saying it as they shared a very relaxed relation.

Even though Mr. Sheng did not take Mr. Yun's words seriously, he could not help reprimand Liang in his heart 'what all I have to listen to because of you. Now you better not mess this up.'

"so is Liang going to be in charge of the project, then I will get Luwei to handle things from our end."

'bingo!!! I did not need to say anything; this fool did everything as per my wish' thought Mr. Sheng.

"yeah! That's great. Let the young people lead. So I will ask Liang to meet up Luwei first day next week…. how does that sound?" asked Mr. Sheng.

"great!!!" Mr. Yun replied. The two friends clinked their glasses "cheers to new partnership."