Chapter 29 Private life
"Okay." Jiang Jibai responded and obediently took the brownie from the table and started eating it bite by bite.
Halfway through the meal, Jiang Jibai glanced at Lin Shanshan and Liu Yanan, and decided to tell them about his idea of becoming a freelance illustrator.
She put down the spoon in her hand and said, "I've recently started to want to take on some private work. If you have colleagues or friends who need illustrations, please tell them to contact me."
Lin Shanshan and Liu Yanan stared at her without blinking.
"Bao, are you short of money? Why do you suddenly start taking private jobs? Didn't you just say you were busy with work?" Lin Shanshan asked in confusion.
Jiang Jibai told them her idea that she wanted to gradually break away from the company and become an independent illustrator.
After hearing this, Lin Shanshan and Liu Yanan expressed their support for her, saying that this was indeed better than working for a company.
Liu Yanan: "With your painting skills and reputation, you will definitely succeed once you spread the word."
Lin Shanshan began to let her imagination run wild: "By then, our Jibao will become the most popular independent illustrator in the country. Then you can open your own illustration studio. We'll quit our jobs and work for you, okay?"
Jiang Jibai smiled and said, "I haven't even fallen asleep yet and I'm already dreaming."
Lin Shanshan: "This is called hoping your best friend will become Jackie Chan."
Lin Shanshan raised her cup and said, "I wish our Jibao will become famous overnight and soar to the sky. I hope he will become a boss soon and take me, a lovely little employee, as his employee."
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After the shareholders' meeting, Gu Moyang walked out of the meeting room with steady and quick steps, followed by a group of shareholders in suits and ties.
He walked in front, looking at the time on his wrist with an indifferent expression. There were still ten minutes until the next meeting.
On the way to the president's office, several new female employees greeted him, but he just responded indifferently, and several female employees blushed.
Gu Moyang is different from other heirs of wealthy families. He exudes the spirit of someone who has fought his way through years of blood and gore. He is diligent and conscientious, and he is calm and composed as he stands at the top of the pyramid. However, he does not have the innate arrogance of other rich children.
Everyone who comes to Heguang knows Gu Moyang’s struggle history. He jumped from an ordinary working class to the top of the pyramid through his own efforts.
Gu Moyang himself came from a poor family, and he knew how hard it was for ordinary people at the bottom of the society to work hard. Therefore, he never treated his subordinates and company employees harshly, and his salaries and bonuses were the highest among those in the same industry in Jinghuai.
So although Gu Moyang looks cold and unapproachable on the outside, the people in the company are actually not afraid of him. Instead, they are more in awe of him.
They knew that he was once just like millions of ordinary people, and his commoner background allowed him to resonate with more ordinary people.
In terms of appearance, Gu Moyang is even more of a chest-beating and foot-stamping existence in the eyes of the female employees of the company.
However, they all knew that President Gu had a close relationship with Xu Jiaman, the director of their company's human resources department, so no one dared to put themselves in the shoes of Director Xu.
Back in the office, Gu Moyang was about to hold a cross-border conference call with the overseas branch when Wu Qian came in.
Seeing that his boss was busy, Wu Qian didn't know whether he should speak.
Seeing that he was about to speak, Gu Moyang looked at him and asked, "What's the matter?"
Wu Qian: "It's not a big deal. It's about the welfare home. If you're busy, I'll wait until you finish your meeting and then I'll talk to you."
Gu Moyang immediately stopped what he was doing and said seriously, "Hurry up and tell me, the matter of the welfare home is not a trivial matter."
Wu Qian: "The donations to the ten welfare homes you selected have been finalized. The funds and donations are ready."
"Then donate. Every year, I'll select some welfare homes with less developed conditions and donate to them in my name. You don't have to report this to me."
"By the way, remember it's an anonymous donation." Gu Moyang reminded.
Anonymous? Wu Qian couldn't believe it.
Why should something that can only be named be anonymous?
If you donate this, who will know it was you who donated it?
Seeing the boss's firm tone, Wu Qian knew that no one could easily change the decision made by Gu Moyang. He could only complain in his heart, because it was not his money anyway.
Seeing Wu Qian leave, Gu Moyang leaned back in his boss chair and thought about his childhood days in an orphanage.
Although that period was short, it was very memorable.
He was only seven years old when his parents died. He spent two months in the orphanage, feeling both grief and fear at being in an unfamiliar environment.
At that time, the environment of the welfare home was very poor, and the conditions of the welfare home in the county were even worse.
New kids are always excluded, so he soon became the new target of bullying by the older kids.
Those two months were extremely painful for him, and he lived like a rat in a gutter.
Until now, those scenes sometimes appear in my dreams: many children crowded in a dark and messy room, with dirty bedding, the air smelling of sweat and urine, and the feeling of fists hitting their bodies.
It was not until his aunt and uncle took him away from the orphanage that his life gradually improved.
The children in the welfare home have already lost the protection of their parents, and he hopes to at least do his best to make their living environment better.
As for choosing anonymity, he doesn't care about the name, nor does he want people with ulterior motives to know his past.
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Finished a cross-border conference call.
Gu Moyang called Ji An.
"I had an idea that I hadn't implemented yet, which was to change our company's overall image after returning to China. I wanted the entire VI design to be slightly different from our overseas branches, but still give people the impression that we were the same company at first glance."
"What do you think, Mr. Ji?"
Ji An smiled and said, "Boss Gu already has an idea, why are you asking me what to do?"
Gu Moyang supported his temples with his hands: "After all, this matter is yours to manage, so of course I have to discuss it with you."
"Okay." Ji An crossed his legs. "Boss Gu isn't discussing this with me; he's giving me an order. I'll go find a few reputable design companies and finalize this."
Ji An suddenly thought of something. "Didn't Jiang Jibai study design? She's currently working at a design company called something like Chuxin Design. Shouldn't we take care of our old classmate?"
Gu Moyang subconsciously glanced at the table and found that the place where the big Smiley doll was originally placed was empty.
Chuxin Design? The name sounds pretty good, but does she remember her original intention?
She has no heart at all.
His eyes darkened unconsciously: "Their small company can't take on a project as big as ours."
Ji An looked at Gu Moyang and confirmed that the dog was not speaking in a sarcastic way.
"Okay, then I'll rule out their company first."
After he finished speaking, he saw that Gu Moyang had a cold expression and really had no intention of stopping him.
Were they really over? He didn't quite believe it.
So he tentatively said, "I saw on Lin Shanshan's WeChat Moments that she was getting some private work for her best friend who's studying painting."
Ji An held up his chin and pretended to chat casually, "Lin Shanshan seems to have only one best friend when it comes to painting."
Gu Moyang paused scrolling through his phone, frowning. Taking on private work? Was she short of money?
His slender fingertips tapped lightly on the table, as if he was thinking about something. After a while, he said, "Don't look for a design company yet. Go and get a copy of their company information."
Ji An: ???
How come this face changes faster than his hands?
Ji An looked expectant and boastful: "Why don't you ask me why I added Lin Shanshan back on WeChat?"
Gu Moyang gave him a sidelong glance: "What does this have to do with me?"
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