Chapter 133 Extra

Later (I)

The weather was fine, the morning meeting was over, and everyone in the building was busy.

Special Assistant Xu sorted out the materials from the morning meeting and sent them to his boss' office along with the next project.

Chen's company has been developing rapidly in recent years. The transformation projects of previous years have become another strategic goal of Chen's company through the promotion and operation in recent years. Several large projects have been completed in succession, and the company's reputation at home and abroad has been thoroughly established. The loopholes caused by Lin's Medical in previous years have gradually been repaired with the increase in the group's net profit in recent years.

Nowadays, the Chen family is very famous in the country.

With the development of these businesses, Chen's main business has been gradually transferred to Chen Shiming's hands. Chen Jianhong has already handed over part of the power. Now the biggest decision-maker in Chen Group is Chen Shiming, followed by Chen Qizhao.

If Chen Shiming managed the Chen Group in an orderly manner, then the East District that Chen Qizhao took over from Chen Jianhong at that time has now become a rising force in the Chen Group. Under the impact of emerging industries in the past two years, it has successively occupied the cultural and entertainment market, and even reached a cooperation with Shen's Group, and has a place in the Internet.

But because of this, the shareholders of the Chen Group had other ideas. Some senior shareholders who were not on good terms with Chen Shiming wanted to instigate Chen Qizhao, hoping to use Chen Qizhao's power to compete with Chen Shiming.

"Boss Jiang is very angry. I just heard that he was scolding someone in the office."

In the morning, because President Jiang had secretly tried to sow discord between the two brothers, Chen Shiming was ruthless in the meeting and did not give the other party any way out, so that President Jiang lost face in the meeting and is still a joke in the company.

"Well, let him scold you." Chen Shiming listened, his eyes fixed on the computer, and said in a normal tone: "Next time, don't be polite to him, just let the suppressed things go."

Special Assistant Xu added: "I need to go to City Y this week. I need to take care of the Bay project."

Chen Shiming responded without looking up.

Special Assistant Xu couldn't help but move his eyes to his boss's computer and noticed a physical examination report on it.

In recent years, the Chen family has undergone a health check-up every six months, and a summary of the reports would be sent to his superiors.

"What's wrong?" Chen Shiming looked away slightly, "Is there anything else?"

Special Assistant Xu handed over a USB drive. "These are the photos from last week's island trip. They have all been sorted out. The developed photos have been taken back by Butler Zhang."

In the past two years, whenever the Chen family has time, the whole family will take time out to travel.

Last week, the whole Chen family finally got together some time and went on a three-day trip to the island. Zhang Yazhi took a lot of photos, and after all the photos were developed, an electronic copy was also sent to Chen Shiming. My boss didn't seem to respond on the surface, but in fact, he worked overtime for a week in order to prepare for last week's trip, and he was in a good mood for several days after he came back.

Chen Shiming took the photo and asked, "He's coming to the headquarters this afternoon?"

"We're already there." Special Assistant Xu said immediately, "The Second Young Master is still in the conference room."

The relationship between the two brothers has improved a lot in the past two years. Although they can't avoid quarreling occasionally, the big quarrels like before have never happened again. Chen Qizhao was not very interested in the headquarters' affairs and was only responsible for the business in the East District. He did not get involved in the headquarters' affairs except for meetings. He stayed in school for further studies. He had already graduated from college and was currently studying for a master's degree.

Chen Qizhao happened to have time to attend today's routine meeting at headquarters, and the topic was the business interactions between several companies.

When Special Assistant Xu first arrived, he passed by the conference room and saw the people sitting inside through the glass window. He knew that today's matter would not end well.

Chen Qizhao used to be a well-known playboy. Many people said that he had no talent and ability. When Chen Jianhong handed over the East District business to him, several shareholders in the group deliberately opposed it... But the following year, the East District business began to flourish and became the most successful pilot area for transformation under the group. All those who were previously pessimistic about Chen Qizhao turned against him and tried every means to get people to the East District.

It’s a pity that Chen Qizhao is a tough guy, and a tough guy who is difficult to get along with.

Any senior executive who wanted to interfere with his East District business returned empty-handed, just like today's meeting, some people wanted to get some benefits from him, but ended up shooting themselves in the foot.

"Second Young Master's words are a bit harsh." Special Assistant Xu coughed, "He criticized the project that was connected to the East District and said it was completely useless. Now the marketing department... has to re-plan the plan."

Chen Shiming inserted a USB drive and opened a folder full of travel photos. He looked at it and said, "Submit the case to me later. Who in the marketing department proposed the plan and where the problem is. Then summarize it and send it to Xiao Zhou."

Special Assistant Xu knew that his boss would not interfere with the Second Young Master's decision, but would instead hand him a knife when he needed it.

After receiving the order, Special Assistant Xu quickly gave his instructions and left.

Chen Shiming flipped through the photos, taking some time to read from beginning to end before finally closing the folder. After closing it, what was presented to him was the physical examination report that he had not yet finished reading. He had read so many reports over the years that he knew the problems of some indexes without the doctor's explanation. After learning that his parents' health indexes were within the normal range, he clicked on the last report.

Chen Qizhao's mental condition was not good. After this problem was discovered a few years ago, the Chen family dared not ignore it anymore.

Even though he was later discharged from the hospital and stopped taking the medication... every once in a while, the Chen family would still tactfully persuade him to go to the hospital for a follow-up check-up. Chen Qizhao never refused. On the contrary, he cooperated very well with the inspection.

Chen Qizhao also had a regular checkup during his health check-up yesterday.

The result was good, but Chen Shiming never dared to relax...

Last year, Chen Shiming was involved in a car accident on his way to work. It was just a minor accident, in which he scraped against a turning vehicle. He arrived at the company an hour or two late. When Chen Qizhao learned the news that day, his face looked very ugly. He even contacted the traffic police to find out the cause and effect. Finally, it was confirmed that the driver was an ordinary person with no background. Only then did Chen Qizhao's face look slightly better.

Later, Chen Qizhao didn't say much, but Chen Shiming recalled the strange dream that Chen Qizhao mentioned a few years ago. Even though he had never had such a dream, every time he imagined that the nightmare repeated itself on a person, he thought about how serious it would have to be for a person to fear reality because of the dream.

That can only be unforgettable.

When the turmoil caused by the Lin and Gu families occurred, Chen Qizhao's paranoia about certain things was more serious than he expected. But he would not tell anyone about this. After everything had been settled in the past few years, the past was gone without a trace.

Chen Qizhao's emotions are unstable, but at times he is an overly rational person. The words "emotion" and "reason" appear contradictorily in his younger brother. Reason and emotionality coexist. If it were someone else, Chen Shiming would only think that such a person is a lunatic.

When he is rational and calm, Chen Qizhao displays a maturity beyond his age, such as his keen awareness of market trends and his response to emerging industries... or his mature and ruthless skills in the business field, which have enabled him to develop the East District's business to this level in just a few years... Chen Shiming himself is not completely sure that he can achieve this level.

Chen Shiming wanted to hand over more business to Chen Qizhao, but the other party was obviously opposed and resisted. It seemed that compared with these financial powers, he preferred the carefree environment of S University or the crowded school computer room.

Chen Qizhao has never been ordinary, nor has he been a madman.

The words on the health report came into his field of vision one by one, and after reading the report, Chen Shiming felt relieved. After finishing the work documents on the desk, Chen Shiming had a rare moment of free time. He looked at the good weather outside the window, and occasionally glanced at the electronic clock on the desk.

Today's meeting really lasted quite long.

After a while, the phone on Chen Shiming's desk rang. It was Zhang Yazhi calling.

"Mom?" Chen Shiming answered the phone.

Special Assistant Xu went out to finish his work, and met Xiao Zhou when he went to Chen Qizhao's office. Chen Qizhao has been working in the East District in recent years and seldom comes to the headquarters. But even so, his original office at the headquarters is still there, occupying the best view and lighting on this floor.

Xiao Zhou was busy organizing documents. Compared to when we met last month, Xiao Zhou's hairline seemed to have moved back a little.

Special Assistant Xu put down the documents and just said a few words to Xiao Zhou when he saw the door of the conference room not far away opened. People came out one after another. The first to come out was Manager Wang from the Marketing Department, with an extremely ugly face.

After a group of people came out one after another, a boy dressed differently came out behind them, followed by two middle-aged men, who seemed to be discussing follow-up matters. Special Assistant Xu stopped discussing with Xiao Zhou, and straightened his back instantly when he saw Chen Qizhao looking at them.

Chen Qizhao said a few words to someone else and quickly went into the office.

Special Assistant Xu noticed the boy's gaze and immediately said, "The boss asked me to come over and deliver a document from the marketing department."

"Leave it there." Chen Qizhao handed the document to Xiao Zhou and asked, "Is he in the office?"

"Yes." Special Assistant Xu.

Chen Qizhao picked up the coat that was thrown on the sofa, and after saying that, he walked out, apparently going to Chen Shiming's office.

After the people left, Xiao Zhou said, "Last week, the marketing department wanted to push the responsibility onto our subsidiary, and it just so happened that the boss was on an inspection tour."

Special Assistant Xu: "Wang was transferred here last month, and this is the first project he took over."

Xiao Zhou suddenly realized: "How miserable! Our boss is very protective of his people."

Assistant Xu knew that his boss was also protective of his superiors, "Then I will go back first."

After he finished speaking, he paused for a moment and reminded, "Xiao Zhou, I have a Chinese herbal remedy for hair care... I'll send it to you later."

Xiao Zhou: “?”

The corridor was quiet, and discussions in some offices could be vaguely heard.

When Chen Qizhao arrived at Chen Shiming's office, the other party was on the phone, so he simply sat on the sofa and waited for Chen Shiming to finish the call.

Chen Shiming noticed it when Chen Qizhao came in. He hung up the phone and asked, "Are you not going back there?"

Chen Qizhao looked at his phone without raising his eyelids. "Nothing else. Leave the rest to Xiao Zhou. I'll be home for a few days this week."

Chen Shiming asked, "Where is Chen Yuhuai?"

"He's on a business trip this week, to City G." Chen Qizhao said, and then said, "It's just me."

Chen Shiming glanced sideways, "Mom just called, she and Dad are going to a banquet tonight, do you want to eat out or at home, I'll tell Uncle Zhang -"

After finishing his work, Special Assistant Xu planned to go to his boss' office to deliver some documents, but when he arrived at the office door, he found out that his boss had left work on time that day.

The atmosphere at the two meetings in the company today was depressing, but the two instigators just walked out of get off work as if nothing had happened.

Xiao Zhou booked the restaurant, which was not far from the company, and Chen Qizhao drove the car.

It’s not a high-end restaurant, it’s just a small restaurant called Huang’s Restaurant.

Chen Qizhao often comes here and the waiter recognizes him.

There was air conditioning in the room, so Chen Shiming took off his coat. Chen Qizhao was replying to a message, which seemed to be about something at school.

Chen Shiming looked down at the menu and selected some of the restaurant's specialties, and also picked a few that suited his and Chen Qizhao's tastes. After Chen Shiming finished ordering, the waiter was about to leave after taking down the dishes when he was called down by Chen Qizhao.

Chen Qizhao glanced at the menu and frowned slightly, "We don't want these two. This one is not good either. Let's change to green vegetables."

After the waiter finished recording, he asked, "Are the drinks still the same?"

"Coconut juice." Chen Qizhao. He was driving at night and couldn't drink.

After the people left, Chen Shiming looked at him and frowned, "Don't you like eating these?"

"The beef in those spicy dishes you ordered is also marinated."

Chen Qizhao glanced at him and said, "Aren't you having a stomachache? Eat something light to nourish your stomach. Do you really want to go to the hospital?"

While traveling to the island, Chen Shiming went to a clinic halfway because he was suffering from stomach pain caused by fatigue and improper diet, and in the end he didn't eat anything.

Chen Shiming couldn't help but say: "...This is too bland."

Chen Qizhao handed him the menu and said, "There's a clinic nearby, about 300 meters away."

Chen Shiming: “…”

When the dishes came, they were not as bland as expected, but Chen Shiming had an inexplicably good appetite.

Neither of the brothers was a talkative person. They would occasionally chat during the meal, talking about work and Chen Qizhao's school arrangements. Chen Qizhao has recently participated in some competitions with the school team, and occasionally has to go out of S City, and has achieved good results.

After going back and forth, we had basically finished everything we ordered.

On the way back, Chen Qizhao was still driving.

Halfway through the journey, Chen Shiming leaned sideways and closed his eyes for a while. The fatigue of the day seemed to surge up at this moment.

Chen Qizhao glanced to the side and said nothing.

I just slowed down and drove for fifteen more minutes.