Chapter 69 A Capable General
Yue Ning and Sophie came to the cafe next to the TV station building and asked for a corner seat.
Just now on the phone, Yue Ning told Su Fei that Cai Zhiyuan was staying at her place. So Fei asked her if she had told Cai Zhiyuan that she stayed at her place last night. Yue Ning said no, and then said she wanted to ask her out for a chat.
Even if Yue Ning didn't ask her out, Sophie wanted to ask her out. She knew the relationship between Yue Ning and the Qiao and Cai families. In terms of closeness, Yue Ning would never stand on her side, but she still felt that Yue Ning, a very considerate girl, could help her.
Since Sophie asked Yue Ning to keep the secret, she decided to tell the truth and talk about her relationship with Cai Zhiyuan.
A female college student who just graduated joined a TV station and met the prince who just returned from overseas.
It was a start like in a romance novel, but this prince was not the overbearing boss in romance novels. It was difficult for a prince in reality to gain recognition from his senior officials. Cai Zhiyuan worked very hard, and even his entire team worked hard with him. This was especially true for Sophie. As a junior assistant in the department, after making several small mistakes, she forced herself to grow and keep up with Cai Zhiyuan.
She followed too closely, and Cai Zhiyuan promoted her when his territory expanded. There were rumors below, and she was torn between caring and not caring. But in the end, the rumor finally came true. During a business trip, the female subordinate and the boss went to bed.
She had also dreamed of becoming Mrs. Cai, but it was just a fantasy. She was a girl who was sent to the countryside of Yuen Long to be raised after her parents divorced. Cai Zhiyuan was the eldest son of the Cai family.
As the pressure grew, she lost this fantasy. Cai Zhiyuan's requirements for her became higher and higher. He even said: "You have to be able to do what others can do. You also have to be able to do what others cannot do. You are my confidant and my right-hand man."
"I thought about leaving Hengtong, but I finally bought a house. I finally don't have to live in a small attic with only a piece of wood. I still have to pay the mortgage every month, and I can't lose this job. Besides, among the three TV stations in Hong Kong, Hengtong is the one that everyone is scrambling to get into. The other two? They all tried to recruit me, and one of the bosses even made advances towards me during a chat. In his opinion, recruiting me meant that I had to do what I did at Hengtong. I had to do what I did in the past." Sophie took a sip of coffee and sighed, "One wrong step leads to another. Everyone in this circle knows that Cai Zhiyuan and I had this affair. If you give others this impression, no matter how hard you work, you will only be an appendage after selling yourself out. No one will see it."
"Who said that?" Yue Ning smiled, "Brother Zhiyuan said that if you leave Hengtong, you can't go to Hong Kong or Taiwan, so you can only go to Singapore to find his little aunt. You see, the little aunt is a woman, right?"
"Yes, Miss Yu likes me very much and has asked me to come over."
"And there's more! Brother Jun Shen scolded Brother Zhi Yuan. He said that he wants to find you to go to Fangda. You can choose any of the three positions: administration, public relations, and project execution. Brother Jun Shen has a good reputation, right? He wouldn't fall for a woman who had a relationship with his cousin, right?" Yue Ning smiled happily, "Brother Jun Shen's words have confirmed my impression of you. I had a good impression of you the first time I met you. I didn't expect to hold the competition on time, but you arranged and organized everything in an extremely tight time, and even thought of the audience lottery. I just wanted to say that you are amazing."
Sophie laughed: "I just have a lot of experience."
"It's been hard work. So I wanted to treat you to a meal and thank you in person." Yue Ning said with a smile, "Now that I have you, the banquet has changed its flavor. And I don't think you are a person who cares about food and drink, so I always feel a little regretful. You came over last night, and a bowl of noodles made you happy, so I am also very happy."
"A bowl of noodles is heartwarming, but what's even more heartwarming is that you want to send me home."
"Everyone's logic behind doing things is related to his experience. When I was in Beijing, I did something unnecessary." Yue Ning told Sophie about his experience in Beijing.
Sophie was stunned. If Cai Zhiyuan hadn't gone to Yue Ning's house for dinner today, and if she hadn't wanted Yue Ning to keep it a secret, and they had this chat now, she wouldn't have known that Yue Ning insisted on sending her off. It wasn't because she was worried after seeing the news, but because of her personal experience.
"I really intimidated Qiao Junxian. He thought I was so awesome." Yue Ning proudly talked about how she recited classical Chinese and scared the robber so much that he peed his pants.
Sophie really couldn't help laughing: "That's really amazing."
"Since Brother Jun Shen said so, I told Brother Zhiyuan my thoughts." Yue Ning told Brother Zhiyuan about his thoughts on Baohua Building and what was currently going on, but he blurred the acquisition of Huihuang and said that he wanted to enter the high-end market.
Sophie discovered that everything the little girl Yue Ning did seemed to be because of one thing and then two things. The opponent attacked and she defended, but in fact every step was taken for the future situation, just like playing chess.
"I just want to ask Brother Jun Shen, if I set up a management company, is it appropriate for Miss Su to be the general manager?"
"I'm the general manager?" Sophie had never thought about it. She was just a supervisor at a TV station. She was far from being the general manager! She shook her head, "I don't have the ability?"
"Sister, this is a start-up company. We don't have any people. You have to do it all by yourself from the beginning. You are not like Hengtong, the king of the entertainment industry who has been in the film, radio and television for decades. He just has a nice name. Most of the time you will be like you are with brother Zhiyuan, very busy. And unlike Hengtong, you have resources to call on. You have to solve many things here by yourself." Yue Ning's face fell when she said this. "When you come, I will think about it. I must find ways to seduce you here. As I was talking, I talked about the difficulties I would face."
Sophie couldn't bear to see her like this, so she asked, "Are you really that confident in me?"
"I have as much confidence in myself as I do in myself," said Yue Ning.
Sophie smiled and said, "Okay, I'll talk to Cai Zhiyuan tomorrow. Let's finish it early and come to your place early."
"Sister, we still have to discuss treatment!"
"Just cover my mortgage and give me some living expenses. Wait until you defeat Yulongxuan." Sophie said with a smile.
Yue Ning shook his head: "No, no, no, I didn't consider Shenghualou as a rival before I came here, and I won't consider Yulongxuan as a rival now. Compare it to your treatment in Hengtong, and you have 5% of the original shares of the company."
"Give me back my shares?" Sophie asked in surprise.
"Yes! How else can I motivate you in the long term?" Yue Ning asked with a smile, "I am not as blindly confident as Brother Zhiyuan, who thinks that the title of Mrs. Cai can make a woman devote her whole life to me."
"Hahaha! Ningning, you're so cute."
"Yes! Yes! Isn't it exciting to think about working with a cute sister like me who can cook in the future?"
Sophie smiled: "In terms of self-confidence, you are very similar to Cai Zhiyuan."
"This is a common problem of golden toads." Yue Ning told Sophie his own twisted logic about golden toads, "Sister, let's be that golden toad together! Don't be the coveted swan."
Sophie took into consideration that they were in a coffee shop where piano music was playing, so she covered her mouth and laughed. Just based on Ningning's sense of humor, she wanted to go over immediately.
Yue Ning also told her the result of the discussion with Cai Zhiyuan: "Of course, Brother Zhiyuan agreed to this because he is a toad and thinks there is still a chance. But I know that there is no harm without comparison. Now that you have me, you will not want him anymore."
"Definitely."
Yue Ning looked at her watch and said, "Sister, the evening market is about to start. I'm going back first."
Sophie and Yue Ning left the cafe and went to get a taxi. Yue Ning held out her hand: "Sister, give me a hug."
Sophie hugged Yue Ning. This little girl really looked a bit like Cai Zhiyuan. It turned out that golden toads had something in common.
After sending Yue Ning to a taxi, Sophie returned to the TV station building. She hoped to part ways in peace. Neither Hengtong nor Cai Zhiyuan had treated her unfairly, and she also didn't want to have a falling out and not be able to agree to something when they met in the future.
As soon as I stepped into the office, my colleague said, "Ms. Su, Mr. Cai said that you should come back to the office to see him."
Seeing Sophie leaving, people in the office started whispering to each other. Those who stayed to work overtime yesterday all saw Sophie hang up the phone, with red eyes, and leave the office after saying a few words.
This morning, after she went upstairs, she came down again. The young boss chased her down and dragged her to the meeting room of their department. It was unknown what they talked about. The young boss slammed the door and left, and Sophie continued to do what she was supposed to do.
As soon as Sophie went out in the afternoon, the boss called and asked Sophie to come back and see him immediately.
"Oh my! She is just forcing the young boss to give her a title, hoping to become a phoenix! How can the title of the eldest lady of the Cai family be so easy to obtain?"
"That's hard to say! Stars come and go, but Sophie remains. From being a small boss at a TV station to now holding great power, Sophie has always been there."
"If she really marries into the Cai family, it would be like Cinderella marrying a prince."
"That's her ability... Can you please stop talking about this behind her back?"
"It's easy for others to work with famous people, but we are so busy following famous people that we have no time to rest. Can't we say a few words?"
"But Miss Su has also fought for what everyone deserves. Every year, the processing fee and year-end bonus in our department are always the highest, right?"
"I only need to do less work, but I can get a bigger raise and bonus. How can that compare to doing more? Other departments also said that they don't have a female boss who would sleep with the small boss, so of course their performance is not good? I stay up all night, why don't they say anything?"
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The department was discussing this, and Cai Zhiyuan upstairs admitted that he had promised Yue Ning to invite Sophie over. But he felt uncomfortable seeing the expression on Sophie's face that she couldn't suppress.
"Don't you want to stay in Hengtong for even one day?"
Sophie sat opposite Cai Zhiyuan: "Not really, my little sister is very busy now, I want to go over and help her earlier. Does it start from today? A month of handover is definitely enough. I may go away for a few days in the middle to help my little sister set up the company. Will my salary be deducted?"
Cai Zhiyuan was furious: "You're in such a hurry to leave and go to a tiny place just because there's a female boss? Are you afraid that he'll mind?"
Sophie smiled: "If I say that I just like little sisters and want to work with them, do you believe me?"
"If I believe you, my last name will not be Cai!" Cai Zhiyuan suddenly felt like vomiting out the old blood in his chest.
Sophie thought maliciously: Will the truth come to light one day?
She stood up and said, "Let's go! Let's go downstairs together and announce to my department that I'm leaving soon?"
Cai Zhiyuan pressed his solar plexus with his fingers. He didn't sleep last night and his mood has been unstable today. His solar plexus hurts. He stood up, buttoned his suit, and followed Sophie downstairs into her department.
Seeing her standing beside him with a cheerful face, she urged him: "Mr. Cai, you make the announcement!"
Cai Zhiyuan said reluctantly, as if he was being coerced: "Dear colleagues, Ms. Su will leave Hengtong in the near future due to personal development needs. I would like to thank Ms. Su and her team for their efforts, and thank her for her contribution to Hengtong!"
He forced a smile and clapped his hands. Everyone in the department clapped their hands in confusion. Sophie bowed to everyone with great joy: "Thank you all for your support over the past few days!"
One of my colleagues thought he was smart and looked at Sophie's thin waist. Could it be that she was pregnant and forced the boss to marry her? He smiled and said, "Should we congratulate Mr. Cai and Mrs. Cai?"
Sophie's face immediately darkened: "It is I who want to leave Hengtong. My future has nothing to do with Mr. Cai Zhiyuan!"
Hearing her rush to distance herself from him, Cai Zhiyuan, who was already holding back his anger, finally couldn't help but say, "Even if you don't want to marry me, there's no need to distance yourself from me like this, right?"
Colleagues were dumbfounded: The young boss wanted to marry Miss Su, but she refused? Miss Su wanted to leave? The young boss was reluctant?
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