Chapter 38 Ambiguity: One Hundred Billion Mysteriously Turns into One Million
Xiao Yan's words made Gu Mingxia feel that he was becoming more and more shameless. She took a big bite of the fried egg, and without turning her head, she bumped him in the stomach with her elbow before getting up and going to the bathroom.
"If you really want, I can call over a few more midnight girls for you, I guarantee you'll be so tired you'll need to lean against the wall to get out the next day!"
"Xiaxia, if you don't want to, you don't have to be so forceful!"
Xiao Yan clutched his stomach, his face contorted in pain. Gu Mingxia, standing in the bathroom, turned gracefully and gave him a happy smile.
"If you act like a hooligan again next time, watch out or I'll... hmph!"
Gu Mingxia slammed the bathroom door shut with a bang, making a knee-up motion. Xiao Yan, clutching his stomach, sat in a chair, staring at the closed door. A sweet smile spread across his usually cold face. His Xiaxia was still so mischievous and adorable!
If Gu Huaikun knew what he was thinking, he would definitely go berserk. What does his daughter have to do with cuteness? But no matter what Gu Mingxia did, Xiao Yan always saw her as someone who needed to be protected, cute, harmless, and innocent!
After Gu Mingxia finished cleaning up, she came out as if nothing had happened at the dinner table. She stood in front of Xiao Yan and looked at him seriously.
"Mr. Xiao, can we go to the company now? We have a meeting with senior management today."
Faced with Gu Mingxia's formulaic attitude, Xiao Yan coughed, stood up, took off his apron, and then nodded.
"Okay! Go to the garage and wait for me."
Gu Mingxia glared at him, as if he were stalling for time. Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow and looked at her coolly. Gu Mingxia pouted and didn't say anything more. She walked out of the villa in a huff, carrying her bag in her high heels.
Xiao Yan watched her stubborn back and smiled helplessly and sweetly before going into his room to change his clothes. When he came out again, he looked like a completely different person.
"Here you go, get in the car!"
Xiao Yan handed Gu Mingxia a pair of Tyrannosaurus Rex sunglasses, and then put one on himself before opening the car door and getting into the driver's seat. Looking up at the somewhat glaring sunlight, Gu Mingxia put on the sunglasses without hesitation and sat down next to Xiao Yan.
"The main topic of today's meeting is whether or not we should bid for the old city renovation project. Xiaxia, are you prepared?"
"If you need the information, I can process it now."
Wearing sunglasses, Gu Mingxia's beautiful face was serious and focused. As she spoke, she took out her phone from her bag, her brows furrowing and relaxing as she quickly gathered a large amount of information about the old city renovation.
"No rush, it doesn't matter whether we have the information or not."
Seeing Gu Mingxia working diligently, Xiao Yan frowned, a look of concern on his face. Clearly, Gu Mingxia hadn't listened to Xiao Yan's advice and was still diligently collecting information, saving anything she thought might be useful to her email.
Soon the car arrived at the underground parking garage of the building where Maoguang Group was located. At the same time, Gu Mingxia had also finished collecting all the relevant information. After parking the car, the two of them got out at the same time.
"Today I will have Chiba process your onboarding procedures. Your position will be President's Assistant. I hope Xiaxia won't mind."
“I used to be a housewife and hadn’t worked for seven years. It’s an honor for me, Gu Mingxia, that President Xiao thinks highly of me and lets me sit in the position of president’s assistant.”
Actually, this sentence reflected Gu Mingxia's true feelings. No company would be willing to entrust such an important position to a newcomer, and Xiao Yan's actions were clearly due to past reasons. Gu Mingxia couldn't quite describe how she felt about his favoritism.
Xiao Yan didn't speak, but a hint of softening appeared on his cold face. Soon, the two arrived at the president's office of Maoguang Group.
"Hello, Mr. Xiao. Hello, Ms. Gu."
Chiba, dressed in a black jumpsuit, stood straight at the entrance of the CEO's office and politely greeted the two people who walked in.
"Hello."
Gu Mingxia wasn't surprised that Qianye knew her, and smiled and nodded at her. Xiao Yan didn't speak until he pushed open the office door.
"Chiba, go and process Miss Gu's onboarding. Her position is President's Assistant. Starting today, you will be transferred to Liang Yuhao's side as his personal assistant. I think he will be very happy!"
"Okay. I'll take care of it right away. By the way, Mr. Xiao, the company staff are already waiting for you in the conference room."
Gu Mingxia handed her documents to Qianye and then went into the office. Xiao Yan sat down and turned on the air conditioner.
"Xiaxia, you reviewed the materials about the old city renovation yesterday, so you will chair today's meeting."
"OK".
Gu Mingxia agreed to the doctor's request, sat down at her desk, organized the information on her phone, turned on her computer, quickly compiled the collected information into a PowerPoint presentation, and finally added her own analysis.
Seeing that she was completely tidied up, Xiao Yan got up and led Gu Mingxia to the conference room.
"Sorry to keep you all waiting!"
Xiao Yan sat in the chairman's seat, and Gu Mingxia naturally sat next to him. When Liang Yuhao, who was sitting on the side, saw her, he winked at her ambiguously before sitting up straight in a serious manner.
"Let me introduce you all. This is my newly hired president's assistant, Ms. Gu Mingxia."
"Hello everyone, I hope you will continue to support me in the future."
Gu Mingxia wore a royal blue business suit, and her long hair was tied up at the back of her head, which made her look even more elegant and intellectual with her light makeup.
"Gu Mingxia? Isn't she the Feilong Group president's wife who's been the subject of the most gossip magazine reports lately, the one who had an affair?"
"Yeah, why did President Xiao hire someone like this for Maoguang? Is he some kind of double agent?"
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"Ahem, Mr. Xiao must have his reasons for inviting people. Let's take a look at the topic of today's meeting!"
Seeing Xiao Yan's obvious displeasure, Liang Yuhao immediately spoke up to smooth things over. Several senior executives of the group who had been whispering about Gu Mingxia also fell silent, and at the same time looked at Xiao Yan, who was sitting seriously in the chairman's seat.
Xiao Yan's initially displeased expression changed after receiving a subtle hint from Liang Yuhao. He then made everyone present lower their heads with a sharp gaze before letting out a heavy snort to express his dissatisfaction with their discussion of Gu Mingxia.
"I plan to have Assistant Gu chair today's meeting."
Everyone received President Xiao's piercing, murderous gaze, and no one dared to raise any objections to this newlywed assistant.
"Since I'm chairing the meeting, I won't waste any more time with small talk. Everyone, please take a look at the materials I'm sharing on the iPad in front of you."
After Gu Mingxia finished speaking, she shared the information with all the iPads in the conference room. Xiao Yan pulled his chair back to make room for Gu Mingxia so that she could chair the meeting.
"This is an urban renewal project proposed by the government. Yesterday, Mr. Xiao and I attended a reception hosted by Director Ye of the Urban Renewal Bureau. At the reception, Director Ye showed great interest in whether our Maoguang Group should participate in the bidding for the project. Mr. Xiao and I also felt that winning the urban renewal project would be an excellent opportunity for Maoguang to make a name for itself."
“Assistant Gu, I’ve looked at the information on the old city redevelopment project. It’s a massive undertaking, and Maoguang’s current funding is insufficient. Moreover… our group is newly established. Although we have the Morgan Group in Los Angeles as our backer, we are still a new company. The government is unlikely to let go of so many domestic companies and choose a foreign enterprise like us!”
Liang Yuhao was the first to offer his opinion, and Gu Mingxia nodded seriously.
"Indeed, many powerful companies in China want a piece of the pie, but how can we know if we have a chance if we don't even submit a bid?"
"Assistant Gu, you can't say that. If we're going to have the company mobilize so many of our elites to stop what they're doing and work on some kind of bid just for a possible opportunity, I think that would be a huge loss!"
The one who said this was Li Qian, the director of the planning department. Although he said this, he looked at Gu Mingxia with disdain. What would a housewife know about a bidding document? Even if she used to be the eldest daughter of the Gu family, she hadn't worked for seven years. She was still just as clueless as she was now!
"Director Li, right? Yes, whether we can win the bid is indeed unknown, but Maoguang is definitely not the only company that will submit bids. If every company has this idea, then who will participate in the construction of the project? How can the old city renovation be completed?"
Gu Mingxia's voice was soft and gentle, completely different from when she was with Xiao Yan. He felt incredibly comfortable listening to it. When she looked up, her sharp eyes swept over Li Qian. Receiving such a gaze, Li Qian pushed up his glasses and lowered his head almost to his crotch.
"Assistant Gu, we are a company, and our purpose is to make a profit, not a charity. What does the success or failure of the project have to do with Maoguang?"
Gu Mingxia smiled slightly and nodded in agreement. "Yes, Manager Zhang is right. Businessmen have always been profit-driven. But if we can win the urban renewal project, we won't have to worry about the group's performance for ten to fifteen years. We'll have projects like light rail, hospitals, schools, and industrial parks to work on. The performance and profits from such projects will be immeasurable!"
At this point, Gu Mingxia paused, scrolled to the end of the document in her hand, and then continued speaking.
"As you can see, if we take on this series of projects, the Maoguang Group will be able to obtain a profit of 10 billion!"
"Assistant Gu, are you sure you're not mistaken? This is clearly one million, okay? Don't take advantage of us because we can't count, okay?"
One million? How is that possible! Gu Mingxia looked at her phone in disbelief, and sure enough, where she had originally written 10 billion, a large "one million" had appeared!
She was certain she hadn't made a mistake; no one else had touched her phone from Xiao Yan's office to the meeting room, so she was absolutely sure she remembered that correctly!
Why did the starting point of 10 billion become 1 million? Gu Mingxia frowned, looking at everyone present, who seemed to be watching her as a joke.
The only explanation is that her phone was maliciously hacked, and the person who could hack into her phone must be one of the people present. Gu Mingxia was very confident in her intuition about this!
"The meeting is adjourned! We will discuss the old city redevelopment issue at a later date!"
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