Zhou Lu stared wide-eyed in disbelief. The so-called Chief Operating Officer is what is commonly known as COO, a core senior executive within the company, mainly responsible for the company's strategic operations, with extremely high management authority.

I thought Jiang Xia would be lucky to get a department head position, but I never expected it to be COO! In terms of the current business segments of D Station, apart from Jiang Xia and Li Weiya, she is almost in complete control.

If compared to the original TV station, this is almost equivalent to the level of deputy director, and it's a direct appointment from outside, which may cause dissatisfaction among many people.

"President Jiang, I'm new here. Isn't this position a bit too high for me?"

Jiang Xia took a sip of tea and smiled, "I highly recognize Editor Zhou's professional abilities, and I believe that D Station will develop better and better under Editor Zhou's leadership. At least, in my mind, there is no one more suitable for this position than you."

Li Weiya watched silently from the side, smiling without saying a word.

Her strength lies in animation, while Zhou Lu comes from a background in video content production at a television station, making her a very suitable candidate to be the initial operations officer of D-site.

Zhou Lu pursed her lips and clenched her fists, remaining silent for a while. Jiang Xia's sincerity had put immense pressure on her, and she didn't know if she could handle the task.

If, instead of effectively promoting the development of D-site, she causes the company to decline, then her tenure can be considered an extreme failure.

After a long while, she looked into Jiang Xia's eyes and gritted her teeth.

"President Jiang, President Li, if I fail to improve the content of D-site within six months, I will resign voluntarily."

Jiang Xia thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Six months is indeed enough to prove whether a person is competent or not.

"Don't be impatient, take your time. I have great faith in Mr. Zhou's abilities. Our primary task at D-site is to develop a robust self-produced content system, create a complete ACG (Anime, Comics, and Games) cultural ecosystem, and build a cultural community that young people love most."

Zhou Lu nodded. With her professional expertise, she could naturally see the development model of D-site. On the one hand, it introduced excellent animation resources and operated its own animation content. On the other hand, it vigorously supported content creators and produced original content to improve user stickiness with high-quality services and content.

Jiang Xia smiled and extended his hand: "Welcome, President Zhou, to the company."

Zhou Lu reached out and shook his hand, saying emphatically, "Thank you for your guidance, President Jiang. I will work hard."

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That evening, Li Weiya arranged a banquet at the hotel to welcome Zhou Lu and also to arrange for the heads of several departments of D Station to meet with her so that they could get to know each other.

Back home, Jiang Xia lay in the bathtub, soaking in the tub. He had drunk a little alcohol at the banquet that evening, and his head was a bit spinning.

Lin Yanwan came in wrapped in a bath towel, rinsed herself in the shower, and then stepped into the bathtub to soak face to face with him.

Jiang Xia gently stroked his wife's delicate and slender legs, feeling an exquisite smoothness in the water.

No wonder my neighbor always likes to film bathtub scenes; the experience is indeed quite unique.

He gently lowered his foot, and Lin Yanwan blushed, curling her toes slightly as the water in the bathtub rippled gently.

Jiang Xia let out a soft breath: "Honey, how about we buy a house this summer?"

Lin Yanwan was taken aback: "Aren't you staying here anymore?"

“Based on the real estate trends of my previous life, starting this year, with the market economy recovering, the national real estate market will experience explosive growth. While housing prices in the capital are still low, if we buy a house now, it will be equivalent to saving the cost of several houses,” Jiang Xia said with a light laugh.

He still remembers the days when the average house price in the capital was 60,000 to 70,000 yuan per square meter, and many people worked hard for a year but couldn't even afford a toilet.

“I’ve been keeping an eye on housing prices in Beijing lately. Last year it was around 11,000 yuan per square meter, but now it’s 22,000 yuan per square meter.”

He sighed softly. Real estate brokerage truly is a pillar industry of the country. As long as you buy a house early, you don't have to do anything. You just need to sell it at a high price a few years later, and your assets will increase several times over.

This is why there were so many property speculators in the past 10 to 20 years. They didn't need much financial knowledge, nor did they need to take huge risks to speculate on stocks or buy genes. After all, buying them meant making money, and they could double their money in a year.

Sometimes Jiang Xia even considered whether to take some funds and try his hand at real estate. It concerns the housing of 1.3 billion people, a market worth tens of trillions of yuan. Even if he could only get a small share, it would still be an unimaginable figure.

However, after careful consideration, Jiang Xia decided to give up.

Firstly, it's really unethical to make this money. In his previous life, he was a mortgage slave and experienced the hardship of paying off a mortgage, so he didn't want to put the pressure of life on ordinary people.

Secondly, he's content with working in CG-related fields for the rest of his life. What's the point of making more money? You can't take it with you when you die, so enough is enough.

As for housing, having one place to live in is enough.

"House prices are rising so fast," Lin Yanwan remarked.

If they hadn't achieved financial freedom now, the longer an ordinary person tries to buy a house in Beijing through work, the less achievable it will be.

"Prices will rise even faster in two years. Speaking of which, I need to hurry up and persuade my godmother and her family to buy a house in Beijing. If we miss this opportunity, we'll have to pay several times more to buy one. We can't keep renting, can we?"

"really."

Jiang Xia chuckled softly, "So, baby, would you like to live in a villa, a low-rise house, or a large apartment?"

Lin Yanwan looked at him with a big smile: "That goes without saying, of course it's a villa."

"I also think villas are nice."

In terms of privacy and comfort, villas are far superior to other types of houses.

"Even in this day and age, a villa costs at least several million. Are you really willing to buy it?"

Jiang Xia raised an eyebrow, grabbed her hand, and pulled her into his arms: "Are you doubting your husband's earning power?"

A splash of water rose from the bathtub, and Lin Yanwan gasped as he tightly embraced her slender waist.

She couldn't help but blush. How could she dare to doubt him? If she scolded him even a couple of times in bed, he would be so weak the next day that he would never be able to get out of bed.

"I'm taking a bath, what are you doing?" she said in a soft, coquettish voice.

Looking up at Jiang Xia, I noticed that his face was completely red, probably because the alcohol in his blood was gradually taking effect under the influence of the hot water.

I want to be intimate with you.

Jiang Xia breathed heavily, his head spinning. His hazy gaze fell on his wife's snow-white collarbone, and he lowered his head to give her a light kiss.

Lin Yanwan tilted her head back slightly, her whole body swaying gently with the ripples on the water, like a beautiful mermaid. (End of Chapter)