Xie Wei felt that he had achieved his goal. He knew that Mu Qingcheng was as relaxed as she appeared on the surface, and that was enough.
Meanwhile, something shocking happened on the other side of the capital city that rocked the city's business community.
The renowned Shanghai-based company, Qianxun, is planning to open a branch in Beijing. Qianxun is considered one of the most successful companies in Shanghai.
I heard that Chihiro wasn't always called Chihiro. Back then, it was a company that wasn't even considered a big name in Shanghai. But three years ago, it was acquired by an unknown person and renamed Chihiro.
Chihiro has two important development directions. One is called "Wind and Cloud," which is to enter the entertainment industry. In three years, it has cultivated many film queens and emperors, top stars, idols, and many well-known directors have also been connected with it.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they control half of the resources in the entertainment industry.
Two years ago, they launched their exploration of the new energy field and named it the "Source Start-up" plan.
The "Source Startup" project is dedicated to researching new energy sources and chips for mobile phones and computers. In just two years, it has surpassed major new energy manufacturers.
Qianxun's new energy batteries are world-renowned, attracting numerous domestic and international automakers eager to collaborate with them. Furthermore, Qianxun's chips, once released, broke Xiong Guo's monopoly on the chip market, and now almost all major mobile phone manufacturers in Long Guo have partnerships with Qianxun.
Many people have tried every means to find out who is in charge of this company that rose to prominence in just three short years. But so far, all they've found out is that the assistant's surname is Qin; they haven't found out anything else about the person behind it. This only makes people realize how powerful and terrifying Chihiro is.
Rumors have circulated that Qianxun announced a further breakthrough in the field of new energy at its last press conference, and is now establishing a branch in Beijing. Some people speculate that it is looking for partners in Beijing.
Once the idea took hold, it took root in people's minds, exciting all the businesses in the capital, who were like pork waiting to be selected.
Xie Wei, who had just finished a meeting in Qiyuan, heard Lu Yan talking to him about Qianxun. Xie Wei just smiled faintly and was somewhat indifferent.
"Third Brother, do you think we should get involved too?" Lu Yan asked casually, twirling his pen.
"Where did you hear these fake news?" Xie Wei asked Lu Yan, who was still rambling on on the other end of the phone.
"Hey, Third Brother, I heard this through insider information. You're not the CEO of Qianxun, how do you know it's insider information?" Lu Yan said, not entirely convinced. "Although I admit you're just as capable as the CEO, how do you know what he's thinking?"
Hearing this, Xie Wei just chuckled a few times, told Lu Yan not to listen to those rumors, and then hung up the phone.
Why is Xie Wei so certain that all the news about Chihiro circulating in the market right now is fake?
The reason is ultimately that Qianxun was founded by Xie Wei. However, it's not quite accurate to say that. "Fengyun" was established by Qianxun to find people, while "Yuanqidong" was developed and succeeded by Xie Wei through the system's rewards.
Xie Wei attended that cruise ship party two years ago to announce "Source Launch" and subsequent plans. It was also during that event that he crossed paths with Mu Qingcheng.
Xie Wei didn't go to Shanghai much. Usually, Assistant Qin would send over any documents. Ouyang Hao and Assistant Qin handled almost everything there, just like Qi Yuan.
Ouyang Hao is from the Ouyang family in Shanghai and is a partner of Qianxun "Fengyun". He was responsible for finding the initial network of contacts and also invested some of the funds, so he can be considered a shareholder of Qianxun.
Assistant Qin and Qi Yuan's assistant were in different situations. Qi Yuan's assistant was saved through Xie Lan's Destiny Chart, while Assistant Qin was almost wrongly imprisoned. It was Xie Wei who lent a helping hand and pulled him out of prison at that time.
When Qianxun was officially hiring, Assistant Qin joined Qianxun to express her gratitude to Xie Wei for saving her life, and diligently became Xie Wei's assistant.
"If you doubt someone, don't use them; if you use someone, don't doubt them." Xie Wei was very confident in entrusting important matters to Assistant Qin.
The real reason why Qianxun's branch office was established in the capital was not what the outside world had speculated, but rather that Xie Wei had other plans.
Seeing that there was no news from Chihiro, and that the launch of Qiyuan's beauty cream was held as scheduled, news about Chihiro was quickly overshadowed by the beauty cream.
After the beauty cream was released, it received rave reviews. Products from other manufacturers were compared to it, and customers chose Qiyuan's beauty cream. Those other merchants essentially benefited Qiyuan.
Xu Daiwei and Li Ning were also very pleased to see such good data. With such positive results, Xu Daiwei could finally begin the next phase of her plan.
Meanwhile, Xie Wei was still in the basement of a villa somewhere, performing a ritual on the stone he had previously acquired at an auction.
Xie Wei used his spiritual power to forge the stone, compressing and shaping it. After repeating this process more than ten times, Xie Wei used the last bit of his spiritual power to divide it into several parts, shaping them into dark, round rings.
This is only the first step in refining a weapon. Next, spiritual energy must be used to carve patterns on the surface and spiritual power must be stored inside before it can function.
But Xie Wei had reached his limit; he had no spiritual energy left. If Xie Wei hadn't been refining his spiritual energy recently, he probably wouldn't have been able to last this long with his current strength.
So the current ring is still just an empty shell, without any functionality.
Xie Wei placed the ring into the system space. His clothes were soaked with sweat, his hair was wet, and his face was pale. After calming himself down, Xie Wei took a simple shower in the villa.
Looking at the weakened Xie Wei in the system space, Xie Lan's eyes were full of heartache, but she still said some sarcastic things to Xie Wei.
"I told you to come back to the Innate Realm before practicing this thing. Don't push yourself. Now look what you've done to yourself."
As she spoke, she used her own power to help Xie Wei regulate his breathing and recover faster, still complaining, "I don't know what's wrong with him. He's been like this ever since he met Mu Qingcheng today."
After Xie Wei took a shower, he cut off his contact with Xie Lan, which made Xie Lan a little angry.
"You stinky Xie Wei, why are you so wary of me? Do you think I'm that kind of person? So what if I have a few abs? Who cares? Humph!" Xie Lan said, somewhat annoyed. "Besides, what's wrong with letting me see? I just helped you out."
Xie Lan did not open a communication channel, so Xie Wei could not hear what Xie Lan said, and naturally, Xie Wei did not know Xie Lan's situation.
If Xie Wei knew, he'd probably give himself a thumbs up for what he did, and might even think, "That 'perverted system' is making me drool."
After he finished washing up, Xie Wei saw the message Xu Daiwei had sent him. Looking at the girl's excited expression, Xie Wei smiled. He understood that the girl was happy because she had bought the beauty cream well, and also happy that she could help him.
Xie Wei replied to Xu Daiwei, telling her to tell all the colleagues in charge of the beauty cream that the boss was treating them to a celebration dinner tonight.
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