“Yes, but we’ll still be friends.” Lu Zhiwei stood up gracefully, handed him her hand, and gave him a bright smile.
Ruan Jizhou didn't want to ask for help.
Once you hold it.
They really did become friends.
There was no other possibility.
Lu Zhiwei teased him with a smile, "What, does Actor Ruan not want to shake hands with me?"
"How could that be?" Ruan Jizhou smiled through his tears, extended his hand, and held it tightly.
"I have something to do at the company, so I'll head back now." Lu Zhiwei pulled her hand away from Ruan Jizhou's palm.
The moment he was pulled away, it felt as if a piece of Ruan Jizhou's heart had been ripped out.
He seemed to understand the emotions that Shen Jinmo had been experiencing these past few days.
It's that feeling of not being able to keep the one you love.
It felt like everything had been drained away.
Lu Zhiwei picked up her bag and turned to leave.
Watching her graceful figure from behind, Ruan Jizhou called out to her, "Weiwei."
"Hmm?" Lu Zhiwei turned around.
Ruan Jizhou frowned and asked her with unusual seriousness, "Will anyone else be able to enter your heart?"
Lu Zhiwei smiled, her bright and beautiful face seemingly becoming even more radiant at that moment.
It shines brighter than ever before.
"I guess there probably won't be another one. I want to enjoy it all by myself."
After saying that, Lu Zhiwei turned and left.
Ruan Jizhou's hand, tucked into his pocket, was clutching a photograph.
That was a family photo taken on the beach that night.
He added his sister Zhou Shuang to the photo, but he felt as if he had suddenly lost two of his most beloved people.
This family photo will never be complete again.
Affected by this wedding incident.
The stock price of Lu's Group has fluctuated to some extent.
The group's shareholders began to confront Lu Zhiwei one after another.
She was reprimanded for acting impulsively, falling out with the Zhou family, and embarrassing the entire Lu family.
After meeting with Ruan Jizhou, Lu Zhiwei returned to the Lu Group.
Several long-time shareholders were already sitting in her office, having drunk several cups of coffee.
"Sister Wei, these old fogies are not easy to deal with." An Yang told Lu Zhiwei to be prepared before she entered the office.
Lu Zhiwei patted An Yang on the shoulder: "You go to work first, I have my own way of handling this."
He walked into the office with an air of composure.
Several shareholders stood up one after another: "Mr. Lu, you've finally arrived! We thought you were going to be a coward and hide somewhere to have your baby."
"Your personal affairs have become so embarrassing, making things difficult for the entire Lu Group. Mr. Zhou of Zhou's Pharmaceuticals even threatened to terminate the cooperation with Lu Family Hospital. They had already signed a five-year agreement to provide medical equipment to Lu Family Hospital at cost price, but he has now unilaterally breached the contract. How do you plan to deal with this?"
"And the Lu Group's stock price has been falling across the board these past few days. How are you going to explain that to us?"
These shareholders are all shrewd foxes, relentlessly exploiting the crisis facing the Lu Group.
Lu Zhiwei calmly sat down and made tea for the shareholders. "I will handle the stock price issue."
"How are you going to solve this, you little brat? Unless you lie down on that delivery bed, have a C-section, and the news of your childbirth goes viral, maybe the gossip-loving public can salvage the stock price decline a little?"
Their words became increasingly insulting.
Lu Zhiwei slammed the teacup in her hand heavily onto the coffee table.
Tea splashed.
Several shareholders quickly moved aside, afraid of being scalded by the boiling water.
“Everyone here was born from a birthing bed by their own mothers. If you think this is something to laugh at, then you shouldn’t be human; you’d be better off being animals.”
Lu Zhiwei glanced at the fat, big-eared shareholders with a calm and indifferent expression.
When the company runs into trouble, they don't offer any help, but they're quick to fan the flames and kick someone when they're down.
"Lu Zhiwei, you!" Several shareholders were furious with Lu Zhiwei.
Lu Zhiwei coldly glanced at them one by one: "Since you all don't believe I can solve this, then I'll make a pledge here. After tomorrow, the stock price will rise by about 5%. This is the bottom line. If I fail to do so, I will resign. But if I do, all of you shareholders will only hold nominal positions and will not be allowed to interfere with any of the company's decisions. From now on, the board of directors will always stand on my side and support all my decisions."
The shareholders looked at each other in bewilderment.
"really?"
They've been itching to oust Lu Zhiwei, and now is the perfect opportunity.
They naturally wanted to take a gamble.
"There are cameras everywhere here. Our conversation has been recorded. Can I go back on my word?"
"Then it's a deal."
After the discussion, the shareholders swaggered away from the company.
Early the next morning.
The Lu Group held a press conference, inviting well-known reporters from various stations in Yunzhou.
The press conference was held before the stock market opened.
As the press conference was about to begin, Lu Zhiwei, the president of the Lu Group, failed to appear.
Media reporters began to stir.
"What's going on? They said they were going to hold a press conference, but they didn't even show up. Aren't they just deliberately messing with us?"
At that moment, a familiar figure walked in through the private passage.
All the cameras focused on this figure.
"Isn't this William, the head of the Artists' Alliance?"
"What is he doing at the Lu Group's press conference? Could there be a new development in the collaboration between the Lu Group and the Artists' Alliance?"
William, seated at the press conference, adjusted the microphone and looked at the reporters and the camera in front of him: "Ladies and gentlemen, let me first introduce myself. I am William, the founder and head of the Artists Alliance."
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