When Chen Xihua returned to the dormitory, all five of her roommates were there.
"Our little Wu, you're back early today! It's not like we're already fast asleep when you come back in the early hours of the morning. Have you finished your experiment?"
Deng Xinyin raised an eyebrow, making a slightly sarcastic joke.
Xu Min, the dormitory head, and the other three girls looked at Chen Xihua with a hint of joy in their eyes, but also with an inquiring look in their eyes.
When Chen Xiaowu gets busy, she really works day and night. They live in the same dormitory, and it feels like it's difficult to even talk to her.
Needless to say, it's about wanting to participate in certain campus activities with a few people.
As everyone in the class knew, Chen Xihua had been invited by Professor Ning to work on a special research and development project with several graduate students.
Although they didn't know what kind of project Chen Xiaowu was involved in, the students in the pharmaceutical class were very happy and proud.
Starting in the second half of this year, when they are juniors, they will gradually begin to conduct research and development on some simple drugs.
It's no longer just about doing some hands-on verification exercises and learning theoretical knowledge.
Chen Xihua was also quite happy. She looked up and pretended to show off, saying, "That's right, I've already earned enough professional lab credits, and all I have to do now is take the theoretical exams for each subject. As for you guys, the next two years will be the opposite; you'll be very busy!"
"Oh my, look at how smug she is." Deng Xinyin rolled her eyes, curled her lip, and said disdainfully.
"Then, Miss Wu, shouldn't you treat us to a celebration? We don't need to choose an expensive place, just go to the Fengting Club." Liao Jiajia spoke up, deliberately covering her mouth with her finger, speaking in a coquettish tone.
Chen Xihua felt: Jiajia has been studying etiquette for two years, but something seems off about her, neither fish nor fowl, and she really wanted to laugh.
Chen Xihua deliberately feigned reluctance. Actually, inviting them to dinner wasn't out of the question, since she had probably bothered them a bit over the past two years.
When she comes back late, she tries to be quiet, but it still affects her roommates to some extent: "Hehe, you guys just know how to exploit me. Of course, it's not a bad thing to celebrate, but not recently. I have to go home after my exams. I haven't been back for two years."
"It's settled then, I'll be back after the New Year, Chen Xiaowu, at Fengting Club!" Tian Tian said cheerfully. After two years of getting along, the group had a rough idea that Chen Xiaowu seemed to be quite wealthy.
On the first day of school, Chen Xiaowu was the only student in the dormitory, using a cell phone worth several thousand yuan.
Moreover, they soon learned that she had already bought a three-courtyard siheyuan (traditional courtyard house) in Beijing. In addition, Huo Shao, the richest man in Beijing, also treated Chen Xiaowu like a brother and protected him.
The main thing is that they sometimes hear Chen Xiaowu making phone calls in the bathroom, seemingly talking about the company, making money in business, and dealing with some tricky issues.
So they felt even more strongly that Chen Xiaowu was a rich woman, and if they didn't exploit her, who would they exploit?
They had been studying in Beijing for over two years and knew that some young people from the upper class in Beijing liked to go to the Fengting Club Hotel, so they really wanted to go there once.
After all, it's difficult to book a table at Fengting Club, but it shouldn't be difficult for Chen Xiaowu.
"Okay, I'll come back next semester. You can decide the time." Chen Xihua nodded with a smile.
She spent the next week taking exams, but it was easier than doing experiments, and she ate and slept well every day.
The theoretical knowledge tested was frequently applied in experiments, and she also easily passed the other major, Business Administration.
During this time, she also handled several company matters and inquired about the progress.
The Yunhua Building in Yunshi, Yunnan Province, was completed at the beginning of the year.
Because the boss doesn't have time, the company's staff haven't gone there to work yet.
However, apart from floors 25 to 30, which were reserved for their own company use, Chen Xihua had asked Wang Ying to help rent out all the offices below the 24th floor long ago.
At the time, Director Yang was not entirely in favor. He thought it wouldn't be appropriate to hold a grand opening ceremony before she had even arrived, and that it wouldn't be right to rent to outsiders before his own people had moved in.
But Chen Xihua didn't care about any of that. An 800-square-meter floor in the provincial capital would cost around 100,000 yuan a month in rent. Over a year, the rent for more than 20 floors would amount to more than 20 million yuan. She'd be a fool not to make that money.
As for Nanhua Investment Company, the more than eight million yuan it had previously invested in the stock market, although it did not increase 50 times in June of this year, it still exceeded her expectations.
Chen Xihua was very satisfied with the total profit of 300 million yuan.
By the middle of this year, she had already instructed Zhang Hai to sell everything; her group's reserve funds and Jinghua Tourism's start-up capital were sufficient.
At that time, He Lili even came all the way from Shanghai to Beijing to meet her near the school. The two talked for more than an hour, analyzing some investment situations in the current domestic market.
Although it was a bit rushed, Chen Xihua still saw He Lili's strengths and her insightful perspective. In particular, she was very perceptive about the several rapidly developing fields that would emerge in the next decade or so.
Naturally, she formally hired He Lili as a professional manager at her Nanhua Investment Company to help her manage investment matters.
Of the 300 million yuan obtained from the stock market, 50 million yuan was left in the investment account for He Lili to invest as needed.
Several months ago, he invested 10 million yuan in the TV series "General Returns" which An Chuyuan was preparing to film.
His film "That Girl," which he had been preparing for four or five years, was completed at the end of 2000. That year was spent on post-production editing, sound effects, and broadcast approval.
Yesterday, Chen Xihua spoke with Director An on the phone, saying, "Boss Xiao Wu, the movie will be released during the Spring Festival this year."
Feng Hua Entertainment has achieved stable development and currently has more than ten third- and fourth-tier celebrities under contract. However, it lacks any big-name or A-list stars, but it has already trained forty or fifty new talents.
Although most of them are minor actors with no significant work or even minor roles, they have undergone rigorous acting training in the past two years and have also played minor roles in An Chuyuan's films to gain experience. They will gradually make their mark in the future.
Huizhu's cousin, Zhouzhou, officially signed with Fenghua Entertainment last June and is currently the highest-ranking star in the company.
Zhouzhou will play the female lead in "The General Returns," a female general disguised as a man. Of course, this wasn't a pre-arranged decision; she auditioned herself and won the role based on her talent. She had already passed the audition before even signing a contract.
The third sister also has a role, but she is still the villainous supporting character number five who dies after a few episodes; she is a glamorous and extravagant royal princess.
Chen San San had sent her several text messages before, all saying: "Xiao Wu, boohoo, can I switch roles? I'm fine with being a maid, I just don't want to be a villain, is that okay?"
"I can't make that decision. You should ask Director An; he's the one who's casting," Chen Xihua replied dismissively with a smile, not wanting to get involved.
On January 5th, Chen Xihua finally finished all her final exams and also finished processing the text messages she had received.
Another troublesome matter concerning the company is that several major business families in Yun City, Nan Province—the Gao family, the Wang family, and the Liu family—want to join forces to drive Fanghua Company out of Yun City.
They realized they couldn't win her over, and starting this year, they couldn't use special means to suppress her, so they came up with various methods to create trouble, compete with peers, and seize the market.
In the city center of Yuncheng, several clothing stores of different brands have already opened. Many of them are similar to or follow the trend of Fanghua in terms of design, but the prices are slightly lower.
They've already heard that Chen Xihua will likely establish a group company in Yun City in about six months. This will have a significant impact on local businesses.
That afternoon, Chen Xihua, carrying a small backpack, left her dormitory and headed towards the gate of Peking University, intending to meet up with her fourth sister and take the train home.
In the past two years, my fourth sister only went back to Gaoyang County for about ten days during the Spring Festival last year. She majored in mathematics and specializes in the most difficult advanced calculus, so she doesn't have much time during holidays.
Another major is English oral translation. Fourth Sister is only a junior in college, but Minister Huang wants her to start working part-time.
After learning about Chen Xiuhua's English speaking skills through his daughter Huang Feifei, Huang Zhixing shifted his focus and stopped paying attention to Chen Xihua, instead taking a liking to Chen Xiuhua.
In the area of diplomacy, he felt as if he had found a successor, and would often have his daughter invite Chen Xiuhua home for dinner.
As soon as Chen Xihua stepped out of the school gate, she was startled by the person in front of her.
"Xiao Wu, Chen Xiao Wu, over here..." It was Second Sister Chen Jinhua, with her short, dashing hair and cool appearance, driving a military green SUV, parked across the road.
When she saw Chen Xihua come out, she shouted, "Did you miss me? Are you surprised to see me? Xiao Wu, you don't need to open your mouth so wide!"
Chen Xihua was speechless. She quickly ran over. If she stayed even a minute longer, she would probably be gossiped about by the classmates who saw her at the school gate.
Because she has been doing experiments at the school for the past year or two, she rarely appears in public and keeps a low profile. The topic that has been quieting down may be brought up again.
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