Chapter 56 Wen Jiaxin Returns
The Lirong Department Store employees went to Zhou Fujin to shop. After the event ended, Wen Yue announced that Lirong Department Store would donate one million yuan in the name of the two companies to help out-of-school girls return to school.
After seeing the news, Fu Wenfang also quickly proposed to donate one million yuan.
Because the marketing campaign jointly organized by Lirong Department Store and Zhou Fujin has shown initial results, the traffic of those stores that did not participate in the event has increased before the event ended, and the speed of stock appreciation has also begun to accelerate, so other members of the board of directors are in favor of donating.
As for Zhou Jinlong, of course he has a lot of opinions.
In fact, not only the donation, he has a lot of opinions on the entire marketing plan, but this matter was carried out secretly from him. When he knew about it, the dust had already settled and his reputation had become even worse.
Zhou Jinlong lost his temper at home, but was finally frightened by Fu Wenfang who cried and said she would resign tomorrow.
He was not afraid of Fu Wenfang resigning, but he was worried that he would not be able to take over after Fu Wenfang resigned.
According to the current situation, this is very likely to happen. After all, his image has just collapsed, and he was recently backstabbed by the company, and he has become a complete villain.
At this time, even if the position of chairman is vacant, the shareholders of the company will not agree to his taking over. If he insists on seizing power, they may sell stocks in large quantities, and then Zhou Fujin’s stock will plummet again, and he will fall into bankruptcy crisis. It’s
a vicious circle.
He doesn’t want to go bankrupt, so he can’t think about seizing power during this period.
In order to reduce the difficulty of seizing power in the future, he must let Fu Wenfang help him occupy the position.
Therefore, although he was very dissatisfied with Fu Wenfang's decision, he still held his breath and forgave her, and repeatedly reminded her: "Can I ask you to be tougher? Don't let others lead you by the nose! You are the chairman now, and you have the final say in the company, OK? If you are undecided about something, call me, don't make decisions behind my back, okay?"
Well, until now, Zhou Jinlong thought that Fu Wenfang knew nothing and would backstab him after listening to the nonsense of the people in the board of directors who were not on good terms with him.
Fu Wenfang naturally agreed without hesitation. She tried every means to get in touch with the second largest shareholder who was not on good terms with Zhou Jinlong, and agreed to be the other party's pawn to stabilize Zhou Jinlong's undermining him, just to let the other party come forward to confront Zhou Jinlong and facilitate her to hide.
Although neither side has taken her seriously so far, and neither thinks she can hold the position of chairman, it is still uncertain who will win and who will lose once the game starts.
She has been lurking for more than ten years and has enough patience to slowly consume them.
In short, because both sides have their own thoughts, Fu Wenfang has found a balance point very smoothly. Now both sides still trust her, so although Zhou Jinlong is reluctant to pay the one million, he finally chose to compromise.
Under normal circumstances. It is difficult to make a splash in Hong Kong with a donation of one or two hundred yuan.
There are many wealthy people in Hong Kong, and they all like to do charity. Today you donate a few million, and tomorrow I donate ten million. No matter how much of the donated money can be used for the beneficiaries, at least the scene is very impressive. The citizens of Hong Kong have seen it too much, and their threshold of shock has increased a lot.
Even the gossip newspapers in Hong Kong may not be happy to report the donation of one or two million.
But who made the two companies of Lirong Department Store and Zhou Fujin so popular recently? They just laughed off their grudges a few days ago, and now they donated together again. They seem to have a good relationship, right?
It happened that there was no big news recently, so the major newspapers cooperated and reported this matter on the headlines. When
ordinary citizens saw the headlines, they naturally couldn't help but talk about it. They asked without knowing anything, "Are the two companies on good terms?" After watching the whole story, I sighed that Zhou Fujin's new chairman is very good at dealing with people. I also paid attention to the Regent Department Store, thinking that this company has been very popular recently!
Because Wen Rongsheng is the richest man, the Regent Group is quite famous in Hong Kong, but after decades of development, the most famous thing about the Regent Group is real estate.
They have developed many real estate projects, and they are very expensive. If anyone can buy a house in the community built by Regent, it will be a great honor to talk about it!
Regent Real Estate has also built many commercial buildings, and many people work in the buildings they built.
Regent Department Store is not that famous. Although they have shopping malls in major commercial centers in Hong Kong, the competition in shopping malls is too fierce now.
There are so many shopping malls in any prosperous area in Hong Kong that you can't count them with one hand. Sometimes, you have to use both hands to count them.
Among them, Regal Department Store is neither high-end enough to be full of luxury stores, nor cheap enough to be a place that people have to visit every time they squeeze into the subway. It also has no special features, so its name has been gradually forgotten.
Well, it's a bit exaggerated to say that it has been forgotten. To be precise, Regal Department Store has gradually been classified as a "shopping mall".
What is a "shopping mall"?
To put it bluntly, when you make an appointment with friends to buy luxury goods, you will directly say let's go to "Deji" or "SKP". If you want to eat, drink and have fun all in one place, you will say let's go to "AEON" or "Wanda".
But you will hardly remember the names of those shopping malls without characteristics, and you will not go to a place specifically for "it". You will just visit it when you go there.
In other words, "it" belongs to the type of shopping
mall that you can visit or not. The main reason why the business of Regent Department Store has grown slowly or even stagnated in the past few years is that
it has no characteristics and cannot stand out in the fierce competition. However, because most of its shopping malls are in business centers, as the mainland market gradually grows, the number of mainland tourists traveling to Hong Kong continues to grow, so it has not declined rapidly.
But if it continues to be so unprogressive, the day of decline will come sooner or later.
But that was all in the past. Ever since Wen Yue represented Li Rong Department Store and confronted Ye Tianhua, it gradually got a name. Now that the service reform of Li Rong Department Store has begun to show results, some people have begun to take a ride to the nearby Li Rong Department Store in order to experience better services.
In addition, Wen Yue spent millions to give benefits to the company's employees this time, and people who saw the news would inevitably discuss Li Rong's salary and benefits.
Because Wen Yue reformed the salary system after joining the company, from the company headquarters to various shopping malls, the salaries of employees have been adjusted. Basically, as long as you are diligent and willing to work hard, your salary can be hundreds to thousands more than before.
What do workers value most?
Of course, the salary and benefits! Before Wen Yue came here, every time someone broke the news about a magical company, there would be tens of thousands of envious people in the hot searches.
Although the salary package of Regal Department Store is not as good as that of a famous company, the basic level is indeed much better than that of other shopping malls. With the comparison of its peers, wouldn't it attract more attention?
A newspaper company was very sensitive and quickly arranged a headline to carefully analyze the salary package of Regal Department Store.
As soon as the newspaper came out, the effect was remarkable. It was easy to recruit people in the next week.
Once the salary and benefits are good, the company's brand image will not be bad. Moreover, after several rounds of newspapers came out, Lirong's reputation rose a lot. More people knew about it, and the customer flow also increased.
Although the detailed reports did not come out so quickly, the changes could be seen from the daily and weekly reports submitted by various shopping malls. So as soon as September began, Wen Yue asked Wen Rongsheng for money.
Wen Rongsheng was very happy to give the money. After all, the marketing effect was really good this time. Even his old friends heard about it and called him to say that a good father will have a good daughter.
Wen Rongsheng has encountered nothing but bad things in the past six months. One son is not his biological son, one son lost his fertility due to playing, and one daughter almost went to jail for a man.
Although he didn't hear it, he could guess that those old friends must have said behind his back that the feng shui of his Wen family was not good, or that what was the point of him having so many children? None of them would live up to their expectations.
So Wen Rongsheng had been holding a grudge in his heart.
Now that Wen Yue had made him proud, he was of course happy in his heart. Not to mention one million, he would be willing to give her ten million, so he signed the check without hesitation .
Wen Yue was also very happy to receive the check. Although the deposit in her account was already very considerable, who doesn't love money? Watching the balance in the account increase little by little.
That feeling was really great.
But the system was still thinking about other things, and reminded him on the way back: [Host, did you forget something? ]
[What's the matter? ]
[The melon that Fu Wenfang's son is not Zhou Jinlong's biological son, you haven't revealed it yet! 】The host will not buy evidence if he does not expose the melon, and if he does not buy evidence, he will not get any commission, so he has been looking forward to Wen Yue's consumption.
However, Wen Yue was stunned for a long time and only said: [Oh, I don't plan to expose that melon. 】
The system quickly asked: [Why? Don't you want to earn melon-eating value? 】
[Earn, but there is a saying that everything should be done and not done, which means that there should be bottom lines and principles in doing things. For example, we earn melon-eating value. Some melon-eating values can be earned, but some melon-eating values cannot be earned. Do you know? 】
The system knows the meaning of this sentence, but does not understand how it is related to exposing Fu Wenfang's melon, and asked in confusion: [Why can't I earn Fu Wenfang's melon-eating value? 】
[In fact, Fu Wenfang's melon-eating value is not impossible to earn, but I don't want to earn it. Wen Yue said, "Don't you think it's good to keep Zhou Jinlong in the dark for his whole life?"
Although the outside world now praises Wen Yue for her generosity, she is actually quite vindictive.
Zhou Jinlong not only wanted to sexually harass her, but also threw dirty water on her after failing. She will never forget this grudge, and it is even more impossible for her to repay him with ingratitude and tell him that Fu Wenfang cheated on him and he is happy to be a father.
Of course, if one day Fu Wenfang succeeds in seizing power and successfully drives Zhou Jinlong out of Zhou Fujin, or sends him to prison like in the original book, maybe she will be "kind" and tell him about this, making him so angry that he vomits blood.
As for now...
she should just watch the show from the sidelines.
Anyway, she has already squeezed more than 800,000 melon points from Zhou Jinlong. Adding what she earned before, she has already exchanged for 30 years of life, and she still has more than 1.6 million melon points left. She
doesn't need this for the time being.
Of course, Wen Yue didn't say this to the system. She pretended to sympathize and said: [And I think Zhou Jinlong definitely doesn't want to know the truth. ]
Although the system is very smart, it still couldn't help but be confused when hearing this: [Why? ]
[Think about it, he cheated on so many women, but he didn't have a single illegitimate child. Fu Wenfang is the same. She didn't get pregnant after being with him for so many years, but she got pregnant after being with his brother for a few months. What does this show? ]
[Does it show that his sexual quality is not good? 】
【That's right, men don't want to admit that they are not good enough, otherwise why would he be so angry that he threw dirty water at me on a talk show when I called him a second man? 】
【But wasn't the fact that he was not good enough reported in the newspapers? 】
【What was reported in the newspapers was the timing, and this is the quality. How can they be confused? If this matter gets out, it will definitely have an impact on him, but will make the situation worse. 】
The system vaguely understood what Wen Yue meant, but was a little confused: 【But aren't you hoping that he will be in trouble? 】
【Why do you say that I hope that he will be in trouble? That's because he is a bad person! At most, I am revealing the truth. In fact, I am still a very kind person. Otherwise, why do you think I would give up the melon value and not want him to be stimulated? 】
The system was silent for a long time, not knowing whether it was shocked by Wen Yue's thick skin or the CPU was overwhelmed.
Wen Yue felt nothing and continued: [Besides, although the child born by He Wenfang is not his biological son, he is also his biological nephew! The Zhou family has only this one child, who else can the throne be passed to if not him? 】
The system finally slowed down and asked doubtfully: [Are you sincere, or are you saying the opposite? 】
Wen Yue smiled: [Guess? 】
...
In September, Hong Kong still hasn't gotten cooler.
There's no way, this is what low latitude is like, it's comfortable in winter, but unbearable in summer. Fortunately, there are air conditioners in the company, home, and car, otherwise I really don't want to go to work. Like
the temperature, there are no big changes in the Wen family, but there are many small changes.
For example, Wen Jiaqi was finally willing to give up the threshold of choosing a spouse, and began to clock in every day to meet the candidates introduced by the elders.
The incident of being in police station certainly had an impact on Wen Jiaqi. At least the families in Hong Kong with a little foundation and a little face dared not marry her, and they had to be heirs.
But the impact was really not big. After all, Wen Rongsheng was the richest man in Hong Kong, and there were not many people who wanted to get close to him. Not to mention letting them marry a fool, men would not give up anything for power and status.
Besides, Wen Jiaqi was just not smart enough, and she was still good-looking. Even if her father was not the richest man, she would not lack suitors, but the conditions of the suitors would be much different.
Even if it was not for power, it was not a loss to marry the daughter of the richest man just for money.
Even if Wen Rongsheng favored boys over girls, he would definitely give his daughter what she deserved when she got married, even if it was a second marriage and even if the daughter was not favored enough. When he died, maybe Wen Jiaqi could inherit a part of the inheritance.
So as long as she did not block the threshold of being a super-rich heir, Wen Jiaqi still had a lot of room to choose from if she wanted to get married. And in the eyes of ordinary people, the men she picked and chose could all be considered excellent sons-in-law.
However, even if she lowered her standards for choosing a spouse rationally, Wen Jiaqi, who always had high standards, found it difficult to really accept dating and marrying an ordinary man emotionally, so the marriage that lasted for half a month did not go through.
For example, the maids started to go to the fourth floor more frequently.
The third wife and her daughter live on the fourth floor.
Although Wen Rongsheng considers himself an emperor, he has a harem in this mansion at 36 Barker Road and lets the women from several wives live together. But he is not really so generous as to let them live next door. Each person has a floor, and they can live without disturbing each other except for eating.
Well, Wen Yue does not quite understand this train of thought.
If they don't disturb each other, wouldn't it be better to let them live separately? And they can meet each other at meals every day. Are they afraid that they will not have enough to watch three plays a day and have indigestion?
Unfortunately, she has not been here for long. The third wife has already gone to England, and the fourth wife was KOed by her. Occasionally, when she comes to the Wen family, all she can see is Wen Jiaqi's plays.
But now, the Wen family is expected to be lively.
Because Wen Jiaxin is coming back.
Since September, people have been frequently going up and down the fourth floor, just to clean up Wen Jiaxin's room.
Although no matter whether someone lives there or not, someone cleans the rooms of the Wen family every day, but people are lazy, and the same is true for servants. They will definitely clean the rooms where someone lives, and they will just clean the rooms where no one lives casually, as long as there are no mistakes on the surface.
Housekeeper Xu knows this very well, but as long as her subordinates do not go too far, she will not pursue it.
But now that Wen Jiaxin is coming back, the fourth floor where the third room lives can no longer be cleaned so casually. She is afraid that the servants will be lazy, so she has been keeping a close eye on it during this period.
Not only does she monitor hygiene, but also details, such as whether the decorations on the fourth floor are damaged, and whether the flowers in Wen Jiaxin's room have been replaced.
In addition, Wen Jiaxin sent a lot of things back from the UK one after another. Although some boxes could not be opened, they had to be moved to the fourth floor and put away.
With so many things piled up, it was a big battle.
The other people living in the Wen family were fine. Needless to say, the one who came back was his own daughter, and Wen Jiaxin had always been more popular with him.
She was sweet and good at talking, and she was smart. She had been the top of the grade since she was a child, and she was admitted to a famous foreign university, which made him proud.
Among Wen Rongsheng's children, only Wen Yue and the third wife had good grades. Although the two siblings from the second wife's school were not bad, they were actually both admitted by Wen Rongsheng with money, and their grades could not be compared with the other three.
Wen Jiadong is a son and has enjoyed a privileged position in the family since childhood, but among the daughters, Wen Jiaqi ranks last in Wen Rongsheng's heart.
Wen Yue also has a special position, but her original body had resentment towards Wen Rongsheng and was never very close to him. After marriage, the father and daughter rarely met.
Therefore, among the daughters of the several rooms, Wen Rongsheng felt that the sisters of the third room were the most caring and closest to him.
Wen Jiaxin was admitted to university and had to leave home, but when Xu Meifeng decided to let Wen Jiayi go to high school in the UK, Wen Rongsheng was reluctant in his heart.
But Xu Meifeng said that the education in the UK was better, and it would be good for Wen Jiayi to go to high school in the UK, and Wen Rongsheng had industries in the UK, so he could fly to the UK to see them if he missed them.
Xu Meifeng's words made sense, so Wen Rongsheng compromised and agreed. He was busy with work, and he always let his children's mothers make the decision on their education.
For example, Wen Yue, who lost her mother at a young age, made her own decision on which university to apply for.
On the other hand, Wen Rongsheng liked his daughter Wen Jiaxin, and he was so happy to think that she was coming back that he would not have any objection to the preparations made by the servants to welcome her.
As for Chen Baoqin, although she did not like children born by other women, she had gotten used to it over the years.
Moreover, she now has two children. The elder one found two liars and was once in the police station because of a fraud case, so she can only look for a lower-class man to marry. The younger one is even more so. Not only does she like men, but she also lost her fertility and completely missed the right of inheritance.
Therefore, Chen Baoqin doesn't care much about Wen Jiaxin's return now, and even has some thoughts of watching the excitement. Wen Rongsheng thinks that this girl is a good person, but she doesn't think so.
Wen Jiaxin's return this time is very powerful!
But no matter how fierce she is, she will only target Wen Yue, who is about to take the position of president of Lirong Department Store, and has nothing to do with her second wife.
She was more nervous about Xu Meifeng. After all, she had no hope for her son and daughter. Whether she could live a good life in the second half of her life depended on Wen Rongsheng. If Xu Meifeng came back, she would definitely compete with her.
Although Xu Meifeng was not as popular as Zhou Baoyi, who was young and beautiful at that time, before she went abroad, she was still very important to Wen Rongsheng. As a beautiful woman, he was happy to talk to her about any unpleasant things he encountered outside.
Now that Zhou Baoyi was a thing of the past, Wen Rongsheng might have other women outside, but no matter how young and beautiful those women were, he had no intention of welcoming them back, so she had to be wary of only Xu Meifeng.
Fortunately, Xu Meifeng did not come back this time.
That's right, although Chen Baoqin felt that the real reason why Xu Meifeng went to England was to avoid Zhou Baoyi's sharp edge, who told her to find any excuses, and she had to say that she was going to accompany her to study? Now Zhou Baoyi was packed up and sent to Nanyang by Wen Rongsheng, but Wen Jiayi still had several years before graduating from university. It was too late to get off the tiger, right?
Chen Baoqin didn't have time to rejoice in the misfortune, so naturally she didn't have any opinion on the big battle at home.
Recently, the only one who was unhappy was Wen Jiaqi. She felt that when she divorced and moved back to live, the housekeeper didn't take such good care at all. What was the basis for it!
Although her mother was not the principal wife, she and her father had obtained a marriage certificate after all, unlike Wen Jiaxin's mother, who in ancient times could only be considered a concubine, or a concubine.
She was also the eldest daughter, unlike Wen Jiaxin who was neither middle nor lower in rank. Shouldn't the middle daughter in a family be ignored?
But her father treated her better than the two sisters in the third wife.
Wen Jiaqi felt very unbalanced.
But she also knew that she was being annoyed by Wen Rongsheng, so she didn't dare to make a fuss no matter how unbalanced she felt, and could only hold it in.
She held it in until Wen Jiaxin finally came back, and the day Wen Rongsheng called Wen Yue and his wife to come back for dinner, she suddenly had an idea. That's
right!
Who would be the most anxious about Wen Jiaxin's return?
It must be Wen Yue!
Why did Wen Jiaxin come back at this time when she didn't come back earlier or later? It must be for the inheritance rights! Don't tell her that Wen Jiaxin has graduated. She knows that Wen Jiaxin will not get her diploma until November or December, and she has just submitted her thesis.
If her brother is fine now, she doesn't believe that Wen Jiaxin would rush back.
It is estimated that she heard that Wen Yue's position is getting more and more stable, and she is allowed to enter the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors, so she is anxious.
To Wen Yue, Wen Jiaxin must be a big threat.
Wen Jiaxin studied business in college, and unlike her who just muddled through life in college, she learned something real. Wen Rongsheng loved Wen Jiaxin, and he would definitely not be as cruel to her as he was to himself, not even giving her a chance to join the company.
Wen Jiaqi felt that not only could Wen Jiaxin join the company, but her position would definitely not be low.
These two people are smarter than the other, and if they could meet, the future would be exciting.
As for whether they would meet, Wen Jiaqi was not too worried, as long as they wanted to be heirs, they would definitely meet. And she didn't like either of them, so she would be happy no matter which one got into trouble.
So she calmed down and prepared to watch from the sidelines.
...
Unlike the mother and daughter of the second wife who lived in the Wen family and felt obvious, Wen Yue almost forgot that Wen Jiaxin was coming back.
However, when she received a call from Wen Rongsheng, saying that Wen Jiaxin would be back today and asked her to take Yi Huai home for dinner, she agreed without much hesitation.
Of course I have to go home and take a look!
The mother and daughter of the third room did so many little things behind her, and Wen Jiaxin was also involved in the death of her original body. Her curiosity about the third room has always been high.
After waiting for Wen Jiaxin to come back with great difficulty, of course I have to go and see her.
It's time to take a mule or a horse out for a walk.
Although she agreed to go back, Wen Yue did not leave work early on purpose. Wen Jiaxin was not worth it for her to do so. In order to be with her, Yi Huai stayed in the company for more than half an hour.
There was no way, the Hong Kong River was congested, not to mention the evening rush hour.
It was just past seven when the two arrived at the Wen family. Usually, the Wen family would have finished dinner by this time, but today was a family dinner. It didn't matter if Xu Meifeng, Wen Jiadong and others were abroad, but those in Hong Kong must not be absent.
So Wen Rongsheng decided to postpone the dinner for an hour.
The second wife and her daughter were used to this, but Wen Jiaxin's eyes flickered. Wen Rongsheng's words sounded reasonable at first, but when the first wife was alive, she often missed the New Year family dinner. Although there were reasons why she didn't want to come, it also showed that Wen Rongsheng didn't think that family dinners couldn't be missing people.
In the past few years, when she returned to China during the winter and summer vacations, even if it was a welcoming dinner, she wouldn't wait for someone if they were late.
But today, Wen Rongsheng said that he would wait for Wen Yue and his wife to arrive before starting the dinner.
Emotionally, she hoped that Wen Rongsheng chose to postpone it for Yi Huai's sake, but rationally, she felt that Wen Yue also played a role in this reason.
It's still too late to come back!
Wen Jiaxin thought to herself, but she didn't show it on her face. She even hugged Wen Yue and Yi Huai enthusiastically after they entered the room. After letting go, she smiled and said, "Second sister, long time no see! I have missed you a lot in the past six months."
It is not surprising that Wen Jiaxin is enthusiastic. She is smarter than Wen Jiaqi and is better at pretending. What surprised Wen Yue was that the system didn't even give any prompts. The third room did so many small actions behind the scenes, but she didn't have any gossip?
Although the system didn't give any prompts, the gossip system popped up and reminded: [Host, be careful of Wen Jiaxin, she has bad intentions towards you.]
Oh?
Wen Yue raised her eyebrows calmly, but her smile became even gentler. She said briskly but not very sincerely, "Really? Actually, I miss you a lot, too."