Chapter 1 The prosperity of Wedge has passed by for a season
Crack... Bang——
The flames were burning, the circuits were crackling, and when he climbed out of the overturned car, his vision Somewhat blurry.
In the park by the river at night, the dense lights of the city sway like fire on the opposite side, like a huge city floating on the water. That prosperous scene contrasted with the remoteness and loneliness of the park here. I remember that he presided over the development project of the park more than ten years ago.
“It is a failed development...”
The wind blew over, and he sighed, staggering towards the blurry water. Suddenly, there was a huge explosion from the car behind him, flames rose, and a heat wave swept from behind, as if to drown him. Generally, there was the sound of a helicopter in the sky, and then a bright beam of light brightened the field of vision. Someone was shouting from high in the sky. The chasing vehicles on both sides of the park had also arrived. Most of them were police cars with various lights. Chaos.
His head was still groggy and blood was flowing from his forehead. He stretched out his hand to wipe it and tightened his windbreaker. On both sides of the river, hovercrafts and speedboats swarmed in to prevent him from jumping into the water and escaping.
"Really...I'm not a killer..."
He was surrounded by dense sea, land and air forces, which made him feel a little bored. His vision was no longer clear, and he understood in his heart that this time Perhaps there was not much chance of luck. The cold wind blew over and what came to mind were some insignificant things. This is the city where he grew up. At that time, the city was not so good. Standing on the river bank, you can't see the glorious palace-like bustling scene of the entire city, but you feel warm. The river bank is also full of soil slopes, and there is only one road. It is a small loess road. When I go to school from home, I often ride my bicycle there with a few friends.
“I will build a park here in the future to make it more beautiful, so that there will be high-rise buildings everywhere in the city, and we will all live in them...”
I was still young at that time, and I made this ambition after going to the prosperous provincial capital. What a high-spirited age. In the next twenty or thirty years, like a primitive man who had just invented the stone knife and stone axe, he forged ahead with astonishing courage, overcoming countless thrilling difficulties that others could not imagine, and established one of the best in the world. A huge financial empire, sometimes even he himself feels like a dream when he thinks about it.
In the eyes of others, he was already a financial giant who could not be defeated at all. He himself thought so too. However, when he returned to his hometown at this moment, he gradually realized that this park was, after all, a It failed.
Its original intention was to make everyone happy...
The failed development project was not irreversible later, as long as a large amount of money was invested - for him now , this small amount of funds is nothing - but why hasn't it been done? When I still wanted to do it, it was because I didn’t have enough money. Now, I deliberately bypass it because it’s not profitable. Now that I think about it, there are many things that I thought I remembered, but in fact I forgot them. There are many things that I thought I had forgotten, but in fact I remembered them again...
Those friends and partners back then wanted to make the world a better place. expectations, wishes and paths traveled. He sat down on the stone bench on the river embankment. The light was dazzling and his mood was complicated. He reached out and touched his pocket a few times. At this time, he really needed a cigarette, even though he had quit smoking for a long time...
Someone handed over the cigarette.
The man was standing next to him in a suit and gold-rimmed glasses. In fact, he knew it was him without looking up. He took the cigarette, and the man with gold-rimmed glasses took out a lighter, blocked the wind with his hand, and lit it for him.
"Remembering the past, we rode bicycles to school together, you, me, Qingyi, A Kang, Ruoping... Qingyi died two years ago, I couldn't attend his funeral Go and participate..." He took a puff of the cigarette and when he blew it out, the cold wind immediately blew it away. "How is Ruoping?"
"You have two children and are doing well. "The man wearing glasses sat down.
"Ah...you told me, I almost forgot..." He thought for a moment, then laughed, "She is the most beautiful among the girls. I remember that I have always had a crush on her. I didn’t dare to confess.”
The man next to him was silent for a while, then he also took out his lighter and lit a cigarette: "I know you like her. I confessed my love to her before you, but was rejected... She said she likes you."
“I’ve never heard you say anything about this...”
“Also What can I do? Later, when I was working hard for the future, you forgot about her. She couldn't always wait for you. She got married without you confessing her love. "
"Yeah, I missed a lot of things. ..."
"You always strive for perfection."
"You know, right? When you reach the top..." He thought for a moment and raised his hand to indicate a height, "When you reach the top, you will find that there is nothing except a moment of sense of accomplishment. You will always feel ...Regrettably...the path we are taking now may not be what we originally wanted to achieve..."
"Yes," said the man wearing glasses.
After being silent for a while, he looked at the cigarette in his hand. It was already very short: "It will be very troublesome to deal with the loss of more than 10 billion. I knew it a few months ago and have already done it. I made a plan, it’s in my computer... I just didn’t think about it. It should be so intense, and the change of government in the company can indeed transfer the losses to some people, which will make it a lot easier. You can make some modifications to the plan and try not to affect too many people. After all, everyone has been working together for so long. "
“…I "The man next to him hesitated for a while, as if he wanted to explain something, but in the end he just said, "I'm sorry."
"It's nothing. I've always been standing in front of you, brother. It's a game, it's time for you to try...this game The setting is very good, the company will give it to you, it won’t fail, but... get some money later and really develop the park. I’ve always wanted to do it, and I always thought I remembered it, but when I think about it, I feel like I’m not in a hurry. , always delayed..."
"I told you over there that after this incident, you can still live a good life..."
"Cut the grass without eradicating the root, the spring breeze will bring new growth, let the tiger return to the mountain..." He turned his head, There was a kind of sternness in his calm eyes, "What do you think you are?"
"As long as I live, I can threaten you!" He paused, threw the cigarette butt to the ground and stamped it out, "It's cold at high places. It's enough to reach this point in my life. Even if I have to do it all over again, I also hope to be free from worries and have a clean slate over those messy and dirty things. , intrigue... If we could do it again..."
He smiled and stood up: "If we could do it again, I think I would confess to her..."
Helicopter Hovering in the sky, boats speeding on the water, and the park surrounded by cars On the embankment where the lights were focused, the man who stood up suddenly pulled out his gun and pointed it at the man wearing glasses next to him. Seeing his actions, the man wearing glasses also stood up at the same time and raised his hands. , waving at the people around him: "Don't shoot——"
Gunshots rang out intensively, and blood bloomed on his back. After a long while, he turned around and looked at the body lying in a pool of blood. He took off his glasses in a daze, wiped them a few times, and then put his eyes back on again. Put it on and pick up the gun in the corpse's hand.
"I told you not to shoot...there are no bullets..."
He murmured in the night wind. (End of this chapter)