Zhao Yuzhuo said "as soon as possible" and hung up the phone.

Look at the time, it's already noon.

After following the boss around for a long time, I felt hungry.

Looking around, I saw that there were only main roads near the provincial party committee and no place to eat, so I hailed a car and went to the ramen restaurant that I used to go to often to eat first.

See Li Lin hang up the phone.

Xu Wen came over and sat down next to Li Lin, continuing the topic they had just left unfinished, and said, "Xiao Linzi, do you know how miserable Chu Yao's situation is now?"

Li Lin was not interested in this topic. He shook his head and said, "What's wrong with you today? You keep mentioning her?"

Xu Wen said, "After all, we were friends. Although her father made a mistake, she did not. She once helped me. To be honest, I feel bad when I see her in this situation now... Should we help her?"

Li Lin knew that it was not that Chu Yao had not made any mistakes, but that Chu Guoan took all the blame. She was not the legal representative of Chu Yao's company, so in the end she did not bear the corresponding legal responsibility, but only had her property confiscated, leaving her with nothing.

This result was very merciful to Chu Yao. At least, she was still free.

Li Lin said, "Everyone has to pay the price for their mistakes. Even if you sympathize with her and feel sorry for her, it won't change the final outcome. I think it's better for her to bear the consequences of her own actions alone."

Xu Wen pouted and said, "Why are you so hard-hearted? After all, you are classmates."

Li Lin said, "It's not that I'm hard-hearted, it's that I don't have the ability to help her."

Xu Wen said, "Then let my brother help her? She is doing business, maybe my brother can provide her with a platform."

Li Lin said, "Don't bother. She won't appreciate it."

Xu Wen said stubbornly, "I'm not doing this to make her appreciate it."

Li Lin said, "Then there is no need to do this. She is too proud. At this low point, the last person she wants to see is probably her former friend."

Xu Wen said, "Well, I can't bear to see her sink into despair... Let's do our best. I'll contact my brother."

Li Lin didn't say anything, but stared at Xu Wen. She felt that there was something else behind her words, as if something serious had happened to Chu Yao, forcing her to intervene.

Although he didn't say anything, deep down, Li Lin still had a negative attitude towards Xu Wen helping Chu Yao.

Dongsheng Hotel.

Luxurious private room.

Chu Yao was dressed in gorgeous clothes, with a glass of red wine on her lips and elegant manners. She still looked like the high and proud princess.

What is different from the past is that the main seat no longer belongs to her, and everyone no longer revolves around her. Her role has been reduced from the center of attention to a supporting role at the back.

Just like in the past, she still had delicate makeup on and a smile on her face, but that smile seemed a little forced and helpless.

"Come on, let me introduce you to you. This is President Chu Yao, our Hanjiang celebrity entrepreneur... Normally, if you want to meet President Chu, you have to make an appointment a week in advance. It is a great honor for all of us that she can accompany us tonight! Hahaha... Come on, President Chu, have a drink with us!"

The middle-aged man in branded clothes stood up and loudly introduced Chu Yao to everyone. In fact, he didn't need to introduce Chu Yao, because everyone present knew Chu Yao. Even if they didn't know her, they had heard of her name. Everyone knew her identity as a second-generation official. In the past, Chu Yao was indeed an existence that they could not reach, but now... her status was not as good as that of an ordinary businessman.

Chu Yao stood up a little embarrassedly, raised her glass and clinked it with everyone else, and said awkwardly, "Thank you, Mr. Liu, for your kindness. I hope you will take care of me in future business matters."

After saying that, Chu Yao raised her head and drank the red wine in the glass.

"good!"

Seeing Chu Yao's generous attitude, the crowd applauded and cheered.

They applauded, not because they really admired her generosity, but because they felt that seeing the daughter of the vice governor reduced to a foil today and toasting them in return, their vanity was greatly satisfied and they were very excited.

This applause was probably for themselves. They all thought, look how awesome I am, even the sons of high-ranking officials have to toast me! This will give me something to brag about when I go out.

All those present were well-known businessmen in Hanjiang. In the past, they had wanted to make friends with Chu Yao, but they were not sure they could succeed.

But now, in order to reopen the situation, Chu Yao had to lower her status and ask these businessmen to give her company some business so that she could make some money to maintain her high daily expenses.

She didn't think making money was that difficult before. But when she lost her support and had to work hard on her own, she realized that making money was as difficult as eating shit.

She went to look for those old acquaintances, but they all avoided her. Even if they met them, they would just chat for a few words in a lukewarm manner. Once the topic started to change to business, they would automatically skip the subject and would not even give her a chance to ask for help.

Only then did she fully understand what it meant to be surrounded by people and what it meant to be forgotten when people left.

After three rounds of drinking.

Everyone was a little drunk.

The atmosphere in the box gradually became heated.

At this time, a middle-aged man stood up with a wine glass in his hand and took the initiative to walk up to Chu Yao to toast.

Before a toast, you shake hands, but this handshake is like sticking to each other. After holding hands for too long, the polite gesture becomes taking advantage and shameless...

Chu Yao pulled her hand back several times but failed to do so. She tried to control herself and stay calm. She smiled and nodded frequently, "Boss Gong, please take care of me in the future."

Mr. Gong still held Chu Yao's hand and said with a big smile, "Miss Chu is so beautiful, of course I have to take good care of her... In fact, with your conditions, you don't have to work so hard. If you are willing, I can invest in you. I will support you in any business you want to do, as long as you..."

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