Chen Zhe spent an entire night studying Wan Ya's materials.
Wan Ya is the kind of person who is relatively honest and upright.
Bribery won't work on her. She comes from a prominent family and worked her way up from the bottom. Every place she manages has one thing in common: she tries her best to get businesses to help the local development.
She's a very accomplished person, getting businesses to build schools, attracting investment to boost local economic development, and reforming healthcare and welfare. If she comes here empty-handed, it'll be difficult to talk to her about things in the future.
So after much thought, Chen Zhe decided to donate a batch of cars. He figured his company wouldn't accept them directly because it didn't comply with regulations. Companies have their own standards for purchasing vehicles, and it's difficult to intervene in those matters.
So he took a roundabout way of letting Wan Ya know that he donated these cars because of her, Wan Ya, so that she naturally couldn't refuse.
Wanya was very pleased and even brought up another matter: the loan from the Silin Group.
She also knew about Chen Si from the Silin Group jumping off the building. This incident had a great impact in Donghai. If the Silin Group went bankrupt, then tens of thousands of people would lose their jobs.
“President Chen, I understand that you are now the president of Silin Group. I am also quite familiar with Director Mu. I will put in a good word for you.”
Chen Zhe was of course grateful.
"Then thank you very much, District Chief Wan. If the employees of Silin Group knew that you were thinking of them so much, they would be very pleased."
Wan Ya smiled and said, "There's no need to thank me so early. This matter is still far from settled. After all, we're not in the same system as Director Mu and his team. I can only say that I'll put in a good word for you. Whether it will work out or not is still uncertain."
"District Chief Wan's words are enough; we will also work hard ourselves."
Chen Zhe's words made Wan Ya admire him even more.
She stared at Chen Zhe's face for several seconds.
"Mr. Chen, you are indeed young and promising. Are you married?"
"Hmm? Not yet, District Chief Wan, why do you ask that?"
Wan Ya laughed heartily.
Do you have a girlfriend?
"No... there isn't one either."
He hasn't confessed his feelings to Xie Yuhan yet, so naturally he doesn't have a girlfriend.
Hearing that he didn't even have a girlfriend, Wan Ya's eyes lit up; "President Chen, you're so young, with such a bright future ahead of you, why don't you think about settling down soon?"
"It depends on fate; maybe our time hasn't come yet."
"Seriously? There are so many beautiful women at your Linglong Club, and you don't like any of them?"
"District Chief Wan is joking. When General Manager Hu was alive, he gave us some advice: colleagues should not date each other, as it would affect our work."
"Oh...I see, that's good."
"Hmm? It's fine?"
"Haha, it's okay, it's okay. Fate might bring you the right person someday, so don't worry."
"I'm not in a hurry..."
Wan Ya patted Chen Zhe on the shoulder, then moved a little closer; "I'll introduce you to someone, do you want to?"
"Huh? District Chief Wan, are you kidding me?"
"Tsk! How can I call this a joke? Let me tell you the truth, the Tang family has a daughter. You know the Tang family, right? It's the family of Director Mu. Director Mu's husband is named Tang Jun, and Tang Jun has a younger brother named Tang Jie. Tang Jie and I are classmates. Tang Jie has a daughter named Tang Xuening. I've watched that child grow up since she was little. She's beautiful and well-behaved, and she's still unmarried because she's an only child. My old classmate wants to find a son-in-law who will live with her. I think you're quite good. If you're interested, I can introduce you to someone. If you and Xuening can get together, then you won't have to worry about the loan at all."
Chen Zhe was startled. He had only donated a batch of cars, yet Wan Ya wanted to introduce him to a rich young lady.
"No need, no need, thank you District Chief Wan, I am not worthy of your kindness."
Wan Ya laughed again; "There's nothing that's too high a bar to be with. You're so young and already the president of two big companies. You two are a perfect match."
Children from large families are generally destined for arranged marriages; this has been the case since ancient times. The prince falling in love with Cinderella, the domineering CEO falling in love with me who is menopausal—these are all fairy tales.
They all want to marry someone of equal social standing, as this is beneficial for their family's continued prosperity. However, if it's a son-in-law who moves into the woman's family, the family doesn't need to be too well-off; as long as the man is capable, that's fine.
Clearly, Chen Zhe's current performance meets Wan Ya's requirement for outstanding ability.
That's why she said that.
“My old classmate has been asking me if I know any suitable young talents to introduce to him. I’ve looked around but haven’t found anyone I’m satisfied with until I saw you, Mr. Chen. I highly approve of your abilities and image. If you have no objections, I’ll introduce you two to each other.”
Marrying a rich and beautiful woman and reaching the pinnacle of life was something Chen Zhe had thought about before, or rather, fantasized about. But now that he had Xie Yuhan in his heart, he no longer thought about that question.
"Thank you for your kind offer, District Chief Wan, but I still want to focus on my work right now."
"Mr. Chen, to be honest, this is a rare opportunity. You don't need to rush to refuse me. You can consider it."
Chen Zhe shook his head.
"No need to consider it, thank you for your concern, District Chief Wan."
Wan Ya shrugged. "Alright, I gave you a chance but you didn't seize it. What can I do? Haha, I'm going back now. We can talk again later if anything comes up."
"I'll see you off..."
...
After seeing Wan Ya off, Chen Zhe received another call from Zhong Yuan. Zhong Yuan had truly not given up; he had been calling Chen Zhe repeatedly during this time.
The first thing he did was to persuade Chen Zhe to give him his address.
This old man is really getting annoyed.
"Young man, your discovery is truly important to us. It might fill a gap in the development history of Donghai City. If you're concerned about the money, don't worry, we will definitely give you a satisfactory reward. I've already applied to the higher-ups, and they can give you 20%. Don't think it's too little; it's already a lot. To put it bluntly, if you don't agree, you won't get a single penny. You need to understand that those things don't belong to you; they belong to the country and the people..."
Zhong Yuan launched into a long explanation, but Chen Zhe still insisted on one point: "Dr. Zhong, it's not that I don't want to tell you, but that place is very hard to find. I've almost forgotten it now, and I really can't help it. If you don't believe me, you can go find it yourselves..."
Zhong Yuan paused for a moment.
They really did search, but they searched for a long time without finding anything. They used professional instruments to probe again and again, but found nothing.
"Young man, think it over carefully, think it over carefully, where is it..."
"Dr. Zhong, to be honest, I was just discharged from the hospital last night, and I'm not feeling well right now. My head hurts whenever I think about anything..."
Chen Zhe continued to evade the issue.
This left Zhong Yuan completely helpless.
"Young man, this is really important to us..."
"Ouch, my head is hurting again. I was just about to call Manager Mu; I really have a lot of things to take care of..."
When Chen Zhe mentioned Mu Wanzhi again, Zhong Yuan finally realized who it was.
...
In Mu Wanzhi's office, she had just finished a call with Wan Ya when Zhong Yuan called again. Both of them were calling about the same thing.
That means having her lend money to the Silin Group.
She was very surprised.
"How does this kid have such power? Wan Ya called me, and Grandpa Zhong called me too. Why is everyone pleading for him?"
She couldn't understand it. She had investigated Chen Zhe, who was just a young man from a small town with no background. His biggest background was Hu Ling, but Hu Ling was dead. What did he have that gave him?
She hesitated for a moment, then called Chen Zhe.
She needs to figure this out.
...
"Mr. Chen, you're quite capable. I've received several calls pleading for your life. Can you tell me why?"
Chen Zhe smiled faintly.
"President Mu, maybe I'm just popular..."
"Tch! Don't give me that crap. Let me tell you the truth. Although you saved my son and I'm grateful to you, and some people have pleaded for you, but... one thing is one thing. Once I'm in this position, I have to be responsible to the people. I can't just give you loans like that."
"President Mu, I certainly understand your predicament. We are also working hard to transform."
"President Chen, it's not that I look down on you, but given the current situation, it's very difficult for Silin Group to transform. Chen Si should know this, which is why she gave up. I hope you won't insist either, otherwise I'm afraid you'll have trouble even getting rid of it later."
Mu Wanzhi's words were not meant to be a threat. Silin Group was indeed in a difficult situation. Although Chen Zhe could use the bank card Hu Ling gave him to get by for a while, if he wanted to completely change things and help Silin Group get back on its feet, he would have to get a bank loan. This was the only way to achieve long-term development.
"President Mu, I will not give up. I will definitely get the loan approval from you."
Mu Wanzhi paused for a moment after hearing this.
"Okay, then I'll wait for that day."
She hung up the phone, completely baffled as to why Chen Zhe was so insistent.
Mu Wanzhi felt that Chen Zhe's decision to take over the Silin Group was extremely foolish. He didn't have the same power as Guan Jia, and taking over the company would only drag him down. He would not only drag himself down, but also the employees working at the Silin Group, because there was no guarantee of employment.
"I was going to try to persuade you more because you saved my son, but alas! Young people are still young, too easily getting stuck on trivial matters."
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