On the 49th floor of the Orlando Building, Liang Kaiwen came to the CEO office with a stack of documents.
Qin Rongze was looking at a document, and suddenly a head popped up from the side.
“Chairman…” Liang Kai proposed with a smile, “You see, we’ve successfully won the deal, so how about we make arrangements to celebrate?”
Qin Rongze was still concentrating on reading the document. He didn’t even lift his eyes, just muttered an indifferent reply.
“Hmm” probably meant…
But Liang Kaiwen didn’t even get a chance to rejoice yet before he heard the CEO ask him.
“Do you think that after working for so long, everyone still has the energy to drink and celebrate, instead of taking the time to get some good rest and prepare for the workload that is about to explode exponentially?”
“Huh~?”
Liang Kaiwen was dumbstruck for a few seconds, how come he didn’t react the way he expected?
However, on second thought, he realized that everyone was worn out at the moment.
It probably didn’t matter that much to a young man like him venturing out alone in Hangzhou. But the Orlando elites who were the main negotiators all had families to take care of, like Cheng Gang did. They probably weren’t going to be interested in going out to celebrate.
If neither the CEO nor the main team of people participate, how did low ranking members like him have any business stirring up a ruckus?
Liang Kaiwen pulled at his hair and explained, “I just passed the secretary’s room and heard them saying so, so I thought I’d just mention it to you as a passing remark!”
Qin Rongze signed his name at the bottom of the document, and said calmly, “Besides, this is just the beginning, so I don’t think there’s anything worth celebrating.”
Liang Kaiwen froze. They won a joint venture deal that attracted worldwide attention. Isn’t that worth celebrating?
But since the CEO said otherwise, he must have his reasons!
Liang Kaiwen tried to appease him by saying, “You’re wise CEO, Orlando will only become busier and busier in the future, so just thinking about celebrating at the moment is really inappropriate. I will reprimand them later!”
“Finish work early today, and everyone can get some good rest tomorrow during the weekend.” After a short pause, Qin Rongze said, “As for celebrating, it’s still too early!”
He meant that there would be a celebration feast, but not today!
Liang Kaiwen rejoiced. “Understood!”
He was holding the signed document and was about to head out, but suddenly an idea flashed through his mind, and he came back again. “Chairman, I have a bold idea.”
Qin Rongze leaned back on the armchair and raised his chin slightly towards him, beckoning him to continue.
Liang Kaiwen leaned over with excitement in his tone, “Tomorrow is the Hang City Forum’s masquerade, so how about we go and check it out?”
Qin Rongze gazed at him aloofly. “Hang City Forum? Masquerade?” What bold idea was this?
Also, how could he attend Hang City Forum’s masquerade? That would be ridiculous!
Liang Kaiwen leaned closer to his ear, and said with an animated expression, “Chairman, my idea is this…”
As he spoke, a wide range of emotions flashed across Qin Rongze’s face.
Liang Kaiwen patted his chest and promised, “As long as you agree, I promise to help you get things done properly.”
Qin Rongze chuckled, but he didn’t give an exact answer.
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It was getting dark. On the 26th floor of the Yueyang Building, it was quiet. Lin Yao had just finished her work and was stretching when her cell phone started to ring.
After seeing the caller ID displayed on her phone, Lin Yao felt a sense of powerlessness.
Some time ago, Shan Qing said that she would introduce her to “a boy with great qualifications and a high income.” Lin Yao refused from the beginning, but Shan Qing insisted and told her to “think about it,” and she agreed to “think about it.”
A few days later, when Shan Qing asked once more, she again said, “I’m not done thinking about it yet.”
Lin Yao felt that she had expressed her intentions quite clearly already, but she didn’t expect that Shan Qing would make a third call!
Shan Qing’s voice is always gentle. “Xiao Lin, have you been thinking about what I told you last time?”
Lin Yao chuckled. “How about I think about it, again?”
She didn’t refuse outright simply due to their history as colleagues in the past.
Shan Qingyou sighed quietly. “Xiaolin, it’s not just me saying this, but Qin Wenyuan and Zhou Meilin’s relationship has been very stable ever since they got together, and Zhou Meilin is turning 28 after the New Year. They’re getting married soon, so don’t do something silly…”
Zhou Meilin is almost 28?
Although Qin Wenyuan was very cool-headed, he was actually only one year older than Lin Yao and only 22 years old. He had just reached the legal age of marriage. Few young people in the province get married so early, especially young people in Hang City.
She didn’t expect them to tie the knot so quickly, so it seems like it was indeed true love.
Lin Yao looked up into the sky without saying anything.
But Shan Qing thought she hit a nerve. “You don’t have to wait for him to come back even if you had been married to Qing Wenyuan, not to mention the fact that all you two did was live together…”
She was sounding more and more outrageous!
“That’s not the case!” Lin Yao denied, “It’s not that I still have feelings for Qin Wenyuan, and there was nothing between us in the past as well, nor am I waiting for him now. I definitely won’t be missing him in the future. I simply want to work hard and find a boyfriend after I achieve good sales performances.”
Lin Yao was telling the truth, but it was a pity that she didn’t believe her. “Don’t lie to me. Besides, even if I believed you, no one else would. Truthfully, in fact, Zhou Meilin kept asking me about you, and she’s actually kinda worried.”
Lin Yao felt suffocated. Zhou Meilin was worried?
When she found out that Qin Wenyuan and Zhou Meilin were getting together, she moved out the same day. Was that still not enough?
If it weren’t for the fact that, even after the two of them had gotten together, Zhou Meilin would still report to Tianfeng day and night, and cause others to treat her like a laughing stock, things wouldn’t have gotten to the point where she lost her temper and then got herself fired as a result.
Now they chose to start a business, while Lin Yao came to Lingyun Industry, so they probably won’t see each other ever again in the future. How was it any of Zhou Meilin’s business whether or not Lin Yao went on a blind date or found a boyfriend?
Furthermore, as a cheater and a mistress, how dare they point their fingers at her?
“It’s absolutely none of my business whether they break up or stay together!”
Lin Yao felt fury and sorrow inside, and there was also an inexplicable aggrieved tone in her voice.
“Besides, you know better than me what they are! Is it that, for the sake of their happiness, I have to find a boyfriend so they can ease their guilt? Sister Shan, this is bullying!”
Shan Qing hurriedly explained, “Xiao Lin, it’s not what you think, the boy I’m telling you about really is a high ranking supervisor in my department. He’s young and promising, and a true young talent! He is very exemplary, and I’m just worried that once you pass that age there’s no going back.”
Lin Yao could guess the real reason why Shan Qing was introducing her to potential partners: Tianfeng Company had no single women.
Girls nowadays usually found their boyfriends in college or even middle school. It was relatively rare for someone to still be single after entering the workforce for more than a year, like Lin Yao.
Lin Yao knew this, but she didn’t point it out. She reiterated again, “I really don’t need this. I’m not in a hurry to find a boyfriend.”
Shan Qing said in a hurry, “Xiao Lin, the boy’s income is very high, tens of thousands a year. You just think about it, with you two together, you’ll be able to afford a house in no time.”
Tianfeng Company was mediocre, and Tianfeng company’s business units weren’t that great either.
In fact, Lin Yao’s current salary wasn’t high, but her goal was to become an external trade salesperson, the kind that made hundreds of thousands a year.
So she really wasn’t that envious of small company executives who earned tens of thousands a year.
Not to mention, she had no intention of going on a blind date at all!
Lin Yao interrupted her, “Thank you for your kindness, but…”
Shan Qing kept talking. “Xiao Lin, that boy already has a house in his hometown. Did you know that his hometown is in the big city of Shanghai, so if you go out with him, you would basically be finding yourself a home in Shanghai.”
Lin Yao disagreed and said, “But I don’t plan to go to Shanghai.”
Shan Qing chuckled awkwardly. “I didn’t say you had to go to Shanghai. I just mean that many young girls would want to go to Shanghai. But we live in Hangzhou quite comfortably. If you let him sell the Shanghai house, you two can buy a brand new mansion in Hangzhou without any mortgage. And this house would be the marriage property of the two of you after the marriage, so no matter how you look at it you’ll be benefiting…”
They haven’t even met yet, so why had the topic shifted to “marriage property”?
Lin Yao couldn’t bear to listen anymore and interrupted her again. “Sister Shan, I’ve told you several times, I have no intention of finding a boyfriend. Now I still have work to do, so I won’t be able to speak to you any longer.”
She hung up the phone after she finished saying this.
Lin Yao made up her mind. If Shan Qing called again, she wouldn’t answer.
As for the house, how could she be worried that she wouldn’t be able to afford a house if her target annual salary was hundreds of thousands?
At most, the difference would be between buying a big house if things go well and buying a small house if things went south.
Moreover, she was alone, so a small house was more than enough.
However, the premise of buying a house was that she had to save enough for a down payment first.
In order to save enough for a down payment, she had to become an external trade salesperson as soon as possible.
To become an external trade salesperson, she had to ensure that she didn’t get fired, first.
Right now, she was only an internal office worker at Lingyun Industry and was still in her trial period, so she faced the risk of getting fired.
Furthermore, she was still worried about how to pay her next rent.
In the blink of an eye, it had been two months since she moved to the Chaoyang Neighborhood Community. One month later, before the Spring Festival, she would have to pay rent again.
Li Shulan and her husband moved to Chaoyang Neighborhood Community a few days later than her, so they paid the rent to her after the Spring Festival.
Ah… truthfully, she was really broke.