Guan Honghou booked a high-end membership club with a quiet environment, which is very suitable for negotiating business cooperation.
He took out the contract he had prepared in advance.
"Teacher Xiao Dai, please take a look at the contract first. Or you can call your lawyer. We can modify it on the spot if there's anything inappropriate."
"No need, I'll read it myself." Dai Li opened the contract and read it quickly.
"That's great." Guan Honghou said with a smile.
After handing the contract to Dai Li, Guan Honghou felt almost relieved.
He began to make tea himself with great interest.
Dai Li was used to reading materials and read very quickly.
Guan Honghou said he would take an hour to read the contract, but she finished it in twenty minutes.
At this time, Guan Honghou had just made the tea and was about to pour a cup of tea for Dai Li.
Seeing Dai Li put the contract down, Guan Honghou asked in surprise, "Have you finished reading it?"
Dai Li closed her pen and said, "I've finished reading it."
The accompanying lawyer pushed up his glasses and said, "I recommend that you read the contract carefully. Every clause in it is closely related to your interests."
Dai Li glanced at him indifferently and pushed the contract over to him. "Here, here, there's this one. The clause is vague and inaccurate and needs to be replaced with something clear and unambiguous. Also, regarding the authorization period, I hope it's renewed year by year. I'll re-evaluate whether it's necessary for both parties to continue the cooperation..."
She circled more than thirty suggestions for revisions in one breath.
Not even the smallest details were left out.
Guan Honghou's assistant and lawyer were amazed. They had worked all night to draft the contract. Not only did she spend 20 minutes reading it, she also made some revisions to make the terms of the entire contract clearer and more specific.
Guan Honghou had no objection to Dai Li's suggested revisions, and he fully accepted the annual renewal. After spending half an hour reading the contract, he gave it to his assistant and asked him to revise it on the spot.
At this moment, Guan Honghou felt relieved and smiled as he poured Dai Li another cup of tea.
"This is the Pu'er tea I specially asked someone to carefully select for me. I can produce 100 cakes a year. Try it and see if it suits your taste."
Guan Honghou was a man with a restless mind. Whenever he had free time, he would start asking about her cooperation with the fire department.
"Teacher Xiao Dai, why are they cooperating with you on firefighting equipment? The civilian consumer market is much wider."
Yu Ruifeng is obviously a businessman, and it is impossible that he did not see the civilian market. If he wanted to take a piece of this cake, Guan Honghou would have had nothing to do with it. This is also the main reason why Guan Honghou has been worried.
"Every profession has its own specialties. A person's energy is limited, and money can never be earned enough. Only by being content can you enjoy life and spend time with your family." Dai Li took a sip of tea and said slowly.
During the time she worked with Yu Ruifeng, she discovered that Yu Ruifeng was not an ambitious person. In fact, he cared more about his family. The profit from contracting the fire brigade's equipment was enough for him to spend. He never thought about becoming the richest man and being on the rich list.
Guan Honghou felt that he was being implied.
He wanted to make more money while he was still young, and it didn't matter if he was a little busy and tired. The masters had said that his fortune would be at its peak in the next one or two years, and he wanted to try to climb onto the domestic rich list in one go.
Guan Honghou was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling: "It's good to take care of your family. Men should take care of their families more. There's a saying that goes, family is the harbor of the soul. Without a harbor, what's the point of making more money?"
Otherwise, it would not be his turn to pick up the bargain.
While his assistant was frantically revising the contract, he took the time to look up and looked at Guan Honghou, seeming to want to say something but hesitant.
How dare you, a person who is often away from home, say that men should take care of their families more?
The fresh contract was printed out in the club, and after both parties checked that there were no problems, they signed it on the spot.
Dai Li is responsible for providing technical support, Guan Honghou is responsible for handling various aspects such as factories, raw materials, transportation, and sales, and they will jointly come up with the brand name when the time comes.
Guan Honghou looked at the contract with satisfaction and never got tired of looking at it.
Every word above seemed to turn into money, and it was money waving to him.
Looking at Dai Li, he felt that she was like his God of Wealth.
Guan Honghou attentively escorted her out the door: "Teacher Xiaodai, please take my car back first. I have already called the company car to pick me up."
Dai Li didn't need to be polite to him and got into the car readily.
But what she didn't notice was that an acquaintance saw her as soon as she got on the bus.
Cheng's mother and several of her wealthy poker friends happened to come out of the club.
This club is a comprehensive high-end club with business meeting rooms, a Michelin three-star restaurant, and a beauty spa.
Cheng's mother and her wealthy poker friends made an appointment to have a spa treatment today, and then go bag shopping together. Today, the salesgirl called them and said that new bags were available in the store.
Everyone had just finished a spa and was in a very good mood. They walked and laughed along the way, showing off their husbands, children, and newly bought jewelry.
Suddenly, a sharp-eyed card-playing friend pointed at Dai Li who was getting into the car at the door and called out Cheng's mother's name.
"Hey, isn't that your Dai Li in front?"
These wealthy ladies who are playing cards with each other love to chat about gossip about the Zhang and Li families while playing cards. They have been talking about the affairs of Cheng's mother's family for more than ten years.
They all knew that Cheng's mother looked down on their adopted daughters, and they often complained behind her back.
After Dai Li left Cheng's house, Cheng's mother couldn't hold it in any longer and told the good news to her poker friends the next day. The subtext was to ask them to introduce any rich girls they knew who could join forces with her family.
Now that they had met Dai Li, the gossipy genes of the ladies playing poker were revived, and they rushed up to take a look.
As a result, he only saw Dai Li's side profile, and then the car door was closed by Guan Honghou. The car drove away, leaving Guan Honghou waving and watching, unwilling to leave for a long time.
Seeing this scene, the other ladies playing cards became alert, many images appeared in their minds, and they began to discuss it in a buzzing manner.
"Who was that person who sent her to the car? Doesn't he look a bit like Mr. Guan from Yuanfa Group?"
"What do you mean by similar? It's Guan Honghou from Yuanfa Group. I recognize his car. 6688 is said to be a lucky number he specially asked someone to calculate. This is his favorite car to travel in."
"Now that you mention it, I remember that he came in this car when my old lady celebrated her 80th birthday last time."
"It is said that he treasures his car very much. He is afraid that someone will steal his wealth, so he usually does not let others use it."
"What is the relationship between Dai Li and Guan Honghou?"
The wealthy ladies who were playing poker looked at each other in gossip, and then turned their gazes towards Cheng's mother, vaguely revealing an air of wanting to enjoy the show.
How could Cheng's mother know the relationship between Dai Li and Guan Honghou? Since Dai Li left, she has never asked about Dai Li.
She couldn't understand how Dai Li knew Guan Honghou.
Cheng's mother: "How should I know? She hasn't been back for a long time."
Poker partner: "Have you ever thought about why Dai Li left so readily?"
Mother Cheng was choked. She hadn't thought about it so much. She was just happy at the time and didn't care why Dai Li wanted to leave.
The poker buddy smiled ambiguously: "I wonder if she's hooked up with Guan Honghou, so she just moved out of your house."
Mother Cheng's eyes suddenly widened.
"Look at Mr. Guan's attentive and fawning attitude. He even let her ride in his beloved car and personally opened and closed the door for her. He even stayed after the car left. Who would believe that they didn't have an affair?"
This player's analysis was unanimously agreed by the other players.
Only one fellow player expressed a different opinion: "No way, Dai Li is only a few years old, and the age gap between them is so huge, they are not a good match."
"You don't understand this, don't you? Mr. Guan's wife is dead, and his son is almost an adult. If Dai Li marries him, she will have a son ready-made, and she won't have to raise him herself. Guan Honghou will make money, and she only needs to eat, drink and have fun every day. When old Guan passes away, she can keep a young gigolo, and her life will be so carefree."
"Oh, now that you put it that way, it might actually be true."
"Boss Guan's son is no pushover. It's not easy to get into the Guan family."
"No matter how capable my son is, can he be more capable than me? Once the money card is cut off, he will have to obey me. If Dai Li and Guan Honghou really get together, wouldn't Sister Xu be half of Mr. Guan's mother?"
Several card-playing friends looked at Cheng's mother with teasing eyes.
Mother Cheng's face turned blue and purple. When she heard them say that she was Guan Honghou's half mother, she shuddered.
She forced a smile and said, "It's all nonsense. What are you talking about? Besides, I'm not Dai Li's mother. She never called me mother. I have no relationship with General Guan."
"But your generation is there, if not half mother, then aunt."
Thinking that one day in the future, Guan Honghou, who was the same age as her, would enthusiastically call her aunt, Cheng's mother could no longer smile.
She tucked her hair in front of her ears and said, "I have something else to do today, so I won't go shopping with you guys."
"I've been waiting for this bag for half a year, are you really not going to check it out?"
"I'll go another day."
"Some other day? The new models will be gone by then."
Her fellow card players behind her were calling out to her, but Cheng's mother walked away hurriedly without even turning her head.
When Cheng's mother returned home, she felt more and more uneasy. She waited for Cheng's father to come back and immediately told him the news.
"Are you saying that Dai Li is hooking up with Guan Honghou from Yuanfa?" Cheng's father was shocked. He never thought that these two unrelated people would be involved together.
"That's right, otherwise why did she leave so decisively at the beginning?" The more Cheng's mother thought about it, the more she felt that her poker friends' analysis was correct.
"She must have discovered that Mr. Guan is richer, so she's willing to give up our Shang Yu. I've seen that for a long time. She's a vain person. Before, she only knew that our family was rich, and she stayed with us and refused to leave. Now that her horizons have broadened and she knows there are even richer people, she's immediately trying to climb up the social ladder."
Although Cheng's mother didn't like Dai Li clinging to Cheng Shangyu, it didn't mean that she wanted to see Dai Li find another husband immediately, making her son seem inferior to Guan Honghou.
Guan Honghou has more money, but he is not that good-looking. He is old and a widower with children. He is not comparable to her son at all.
Under such conditions, Dai Li would choose Guan Honghou instead of her son.
Mother Cheng was simply furious.
Cheng Shangyuan came back from outside, listened to it, and asked in surprise.
"She's climbed up some high branch, and she's moving pretty fast."
Cheng's mother: "You know Yuanfa Group, right? It's Guan Honghou from Yuanfa."
Cheng Shangyuan was stunned on the spot, his brain was blank for several minutes.
"Damn, isn't that the dad of Guan Chengliang from our class? Mom, are you sure it's Guan Honghou?"
"I saw it with my own eyes, how could this be fake? She was escorted away by Guan Honghou himself, and she got in Guan Honghou's private car."
"Guan Chengliang's father is so old." Cheng Shangyuan found it difficult to accept this fact.
No matter how much he annoyed Dai Li, he didn't want her to be someone's stepmother, let alone the stepmother of his classmate. That would be so embarrassing and awkward.
"She's willing, what can we do about it?"
"She wants to be a stepmother. Mom and Dad, can you think of a way to make her give up this idea?"
"I don't care about her affairs. What benefit can I get if I persuade her?" Cheng's mother refused repeatedly.
"Why should I persuade her?" Father Cheng thought for a while and suddenly figured out something.
"I heard from a friend that Guan Honghou is working on a big, lucrative project and has been busy following it up lately. This afternoon, I heard from someone at Yuanfa Group that Guan Honghou finally signed the contract today and will be able to sit back and count his money from now on."
Neither Cheng's mother nor his son understood how these two things were connected.
Father Cheng's eyes gleamed with a gleam of light: "If their plan really succeeds, our two families will be relatives. How can Guan Honghou feel comfortable making money by himself? Then let Dai Li whisper in Guan Honghou's ear and take us to make money together."
Mother Cheng curled her lips in displeasure: "Are you asking me to flatter her? I won't do it."
Father Cheng: "Who told you to fawn over her? When Dad comes back, call her back and bring her up in front of Dad. Will she be able to refuse?"
For the sake of the family business, Cheng's mother reluctantly accepted it.
Only Cheng Shangyuan disagreed a great deal, but Cheng's father and mother didn't care at all whether he agreed or not. He had no right to express his opinion on family affairs.
Cheng Shangyuan couldn't tolerate this matter and felt very uncomfortable.
He vowed to disrupt Dai Li's bad marriage.
So he thought of Guan Chengliang, who was the person who least wanted Guan Honghou to remarry besides him.
He found Guan Chengliang's number in the class group.
[csy2]: Your dad is going to find a stepmother for you.
[Ni Liang Ge]: Your dad has already found a stepmother for you outside.
[Ni Liang Ge]: Your father gave birth to several children for you, but you don’t even know.
Cheng Shangyuan cursed Guan Chengliang as an idiot and tried his best to resist the urge to delete him.
[csy2]: I’m serious.
[Ni Liang Ge]: How do you know I’m not serious?
If he continued to talk with him, Cheng Shangyuan suspected that he would be so angry that he would vomit blood, so he didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point this time.
[csy2]: My mother saw it with her own eyes. Your father sent a young girl into his car, which was his private car.
[Ni Liang Ge]: Have you seen her face? Is she pretty? If not, I won’t recognize this stepmother.
Cheng Shangyuan: ...
He found it so difficult to talk to Guan Chengliang.
[csy2]: I’m serious.
[Ni Liang Ge]: How do you know I’m not serious?
Okay, back to the way things were.
[csy2]: Do you really want to recognize someone who is about your age as your mother?
[Ni Liang Ge]: My dad is looking for her, and I have to recognize her even if I don’t want to. Legally speaking, she is my stepmother.
Cheng Shangyuan did not reply to the message.
He didn't even think of saying Dai Li's name, so he let Guan Chengliang guess. When Guan Honghou brought the person back, he would be scared to death.
Guan Chengliang smiled and exited the chat interface.
I'll piss you off, you idiot.
If his father wanted to find a stepmother for him, he would have done it long ago.
Since his father was young, he has always been surrounded by beautiful women because he has some money, but his father has never looked for one.
After his mother left, his father only cared about making money.
However, he still confirmed this matter with his father. His father didn't want to find her before, but that was in the past. Who knows, maybe Comrade Guan is now old and has finally found his second spring in life.
He didn't object to his father starting a second life.
He was very concerned that everyone knew about it, but he was kept in the dark. When his father brought the people home, he was caught off guard.
Guan Honghou cursed loudly on the phone: "Bullshit, who the hell said I'm going to find you a stepmother?"
"Cheng Shangyuan's stupid mother."
"Are you itchy? Don't swear."
Guan Chengliang changed his words and said, "The mother of that idiot Cheng Shangyuan in our class."
Then he relayed Cheng Shangyuan's words to Guan Honghou without changing a word.
Guan Honghou became even angrier after hearing this, and paced around the office while cursing.
"Is this woman mentally ill? Every time she meets someone, she sends them off as a date."
"Who did you meet today? Why did you use your special car to send him there?"
Guan Honghou's mood instantly changed when he mentioned this. He said with a smile, "Your father and your goddess have signed a contract. From now on, I will be the sole manufacturer and distributor of constant temperature clothing. It's time for us to make a fortune. I have something else to do tonight, so I won't be going back."
"Dad is awesome, you are my idol!" Guan Chengliang didn't expect that his dad could actually make the deal.
"I said Liu Xuande visited me three times at my thatched cottage, and I visited him thirtieth. Now I have been there for you for the third time."
Guan Chengliang realized belatedly that Cheng Shangyuan's mother was gossiping about Dai Li and his father.
Without saying a word, he pulled Cheng Shangyuan out of the list, scolded him again, and then blocked him.
"What a stupid thing."
Guan Honghou thought about it and decided that he couldn't hide this matter from Dai Li, so he had to at least inform her.
How the matter is handled depends on her attitude.
Important matters cannot be left overnight, so Guan Honghou called Dai Li that night.
Guan Honghou kept apologizing on the phone. After all, it was he who caused the trouble.
Dai Li remained silent for a long time after hearing this.
"Teacher Xiao Dai, I'm so sorry about this. I didn't expect that I would be so careless and cause you trouble."
"It's none of your business. They're probably coming for me."
"At you?"
"Due to some historical reasons, I grew up living with the Cheng family, but they didn't welcome me very much. Maybe they saw that I was with a rich man like you and were worried that I would cheat you."
Dai Li explained the facts very calmly, and Guan Honghou listened with great fear and trepidation.
How could he deserve to be involved in scandals and gossip with Dai Li? Wouldn't this be embarrassing for him? It would affect his ability to make money. What should he do?
"Teacher Xiao Dai, how do you want to handle this matter? Just say the word, and I'll take care of the rest. Just don't let it affect our work."
"Let's see what they're planning. If they just say it privately this once and it doesn't affect anyone, then we don't have to worry about it. But if they want to make a big deal out of it, then they will definitely pay the legal price."
"Okay, you decide. I'll have someone keep an eye on the situation outside and report any signs of trouble to you immediately."
Guan Honghou's men kept an eye on the Cheng family for several days but didn't notice any unusual movements from them.
The gossip that spread that day really seemed like casual chat among the Cheng family.
He was not sure what the Cheng family was trying to do, so he did not act rashly, but continued to have people keep an eye on the Cheng family.
After Dai Li handed over the matter to Guan Honghou, she never asked about it again.
She is still very busy every day, busy with her own patents, filming for Jinshi TV, assistance from Tang Yi, and Yu Ruifeng's company occasionally needs her cooperation. The cooperation with Guan Honghou has just entered the preparation stage.
In this situation, she received a call from the company, or to be more precise, a call from her boss Yuan Heng.
Call her personally and ask her to come to the company.
Sister Tu was overjoyed: "The company saw your performance on the variety show and knows that you are very popular now. They will definitely give you a new position!"
The painkiller introduced by Dai Li in "Edison Made in Plain Language" has been the most discussed topic among netizens in the past two days, especially after it was certified by Mr. Zou. Dai Li's private messages are almost overflowing, and people come to consult about buying painkillers every day.
However, Dai Li never agreed to anyone's request.
According to her, painkillers are dangerous and if used by criminals, they will bring great danger to society.
She will not allow painkillers to appear on the market in large quantities until there is an agency with relevant authority and qualifications to act as her agent.
Even if there was no response from Dai Li, it did not hinder the enthusiasm of netizens.
In just a few days, Dai Li's fans increased by more than 9 million, approaching 10 million.
As long as the company is not stupid, it will discover Dai Li's current value.
Dai Li's reaction was indifferent, and she perfunctorily agreed with Sister Tu.
Sister Tu calmed down and asked in confusion: "Why are you unhappy? If the company reuses you, you will get more announcements in the future and become more and more famous."
"I'm already very busy now, are you going to divide me into several groups to run announcements?"
That’s true.
Sister Tu couldn't bear to let Dai Li work around the clock, as she would get sick from exhaustion.
But she is an agent, and her only wish is to make her artists famous. Dai Li has finally shown signs of becoming famous, so how could she be willing to give up these opportunities?
"Let's not worry about anything else for now. Let's go to the company first to see what's going on. If it's a good opportunity, a leading female role, or a phenomenally popular IP, then we can find a way to move it around."
The light in Sister Tu's eyes made Dai Li unable to refuse.
The next day, the company car came to pick up Dai Li.
The nanny car sped all the way, but its destination was not the Huiyao Media building.
But in the CBD in the city center.
Sister Tu knew this building. A few years ago, when she was still an errand assistant, she came here to help deliver documents.
She exclaimed, "Isn't this Boss Yuan's other company?"
If she remembered correctly, this was a technology company owned by Yuan Heng.
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