"Grandpa has difficulty moving around, but he was already waiting upstairs when he heard you were coming." Ji Si led Lu Kai up to the elevator.
Lu Kai nodded in agreement.
Entering the conference room on the top floor, one finds the patriarch of the Ji family, Ji Si's father, and Ji Quanzhou seated inside.
With Ji Quanzhou nodding in agreement, everyone from the Ji family understood that they were all trustworthy people.
Lu Kai began, "Let's skip the small talk and get straight to the point..."
The meeting lasted all afternoon.
With Lu Kai's help, Ji Shi also carried out sweeping reforms.
During this audit, Lu Kai also discovered some problems facing Ji's company—a lack of young talent. This is why their physical business has been so severely impacted by e-commerce. Old Master Ji is a sentimental person; half of the company's senior management are still from the generation that helped him build the empire. Without updating their thinking, the company will eventually be eliminated.
Lu Kai has been in venture capital for many years, and he can spot these kinds of problems very easily, so he points them out without hesitation.
Old Master Ji was somewhat embarrassed. If Ji Quanzhou and Ji Si's father hadn't held him back, he might have given Lu Kai a hard time on the spot.
Lu Kai didn't care. He came with a mission, and no matter what their internal discussions were, he had done what he was supposed to do.
Ji Quanzhou left Lu Kai alone and said, "Don't take it to heart. My father is just getting old and it's hard for him to accept your ideas right now."
Lu Kai reached out to stop Ji Quanzhou from continuing: "Brother Ji, I wouldn't have taken on this mess if it weren't for the relationship between Tian Tian and Yu Zhi. You know what Yu Zhi is facing now. If the old man insists on this, to put it bluntly, the Ji family may not survive for many more years."
“I understand.” Ji Quanzhou naturally knew what kind of large multinational corporations Lu Kai dealt with, and Ji Shi was no match for those companies.
“The older the person, the more likely they are to harbor wrongdoing. Just as one should not avoid relatives when recommending the virtuous, one should not avoid relatives when auditing accounts,” Lu Kai said. “Now that you’re a veteran who’s worked your way up in the company, you should set an example. Whoever reacts strongly is likely to have problems. If this continues, Ji Yuzhi won’t just face unemployment, he’ll face imprisonment. You’d better go back and explain things clearly to the old man.”
Lu Kai glanced at the time: "It's getting late. I'll take the ledgers and bring them back tomorrow. I hope I'll see some good news tomorrow."
Lu Kai left swiftly, but Ji Quanzhou felt a mix of emotions.
He went back and, together with Ji Si, spent the whole night providing psychological support and counseling to the old man.
...
Just a few days after Lu Kai took over Ji Shi, Ji Shi was facing a comprehensive investigation.
Ji Yuzhi received the message at home and seemed absent-minded all morning, his mind racing.
Zhen Tian received a message from her sister about a date.
Looking at Ji Yuzhi, she felt incredibly anxious.
"Go ahead." Ji Yuzhi saw her message: "I'll wait for you at home."
"Maybe I shouldn't go." Zhen Tian sat down next to him, wanting to decline the date.
“Why refuse to do anything?” Ji Yuzhi led her upstairs: “Change into some pretty clothes and go for a walk with your girlfriends. I can just quietly read a book all afternoon.”
"Are you annoyed that I'm bothering you at home?" Zhen Tian said deliberately.
"You're only just finding out?" Ji Yuzhi laughed.
"Tch, get out, I'm changing my clothes." Zhen Tian pushed him away.
By the time she came out after changing her clothes, Ji Yuzhi had already calmed down. He was worried that it would be of no use and would only make the children at home worry, which was not worth it.
"Then I'm leaving..." Zhen Tian turned back every few steps.
"Go."
As Zhen Tian left the house, she felt increasingly guilty. How could she have left Zhizhi, who was feeling sad, to go out and have fun by herself? She wasn't a good girlfriend.
After seeing Zhen Tian off, Ji Yuzhi went up the stairs and sat on the stool in the study.
He regained his composure, opened the book on the table, and was stunned.
He burst into laughter in an instant.
I ran my fingers over and over the little figures on the pages before turning to the next one.
Zhen Tian had started drawing cartoon characters on the pages of his book, some funny, some cute. They were all her cartoon images.
Ji Yuzhi gently brushed over each page of her book with affection, the smile on his lips never fading.
...
When Zhen Tian arrived at the agreed location, Ye Qingyan and Yang Tao were already there.
"Here!"
Ye Qingyan raised her hand high.
Zhen Tian walked over quickly.
"You're so slow. I wonder which corner of the city you've moved to by now." Ye Qingyan handed her the menu: "Order now, we've both chosen."
With her mind preoccupied, Zhen Tian nodded casually.
Ye Qingyan and Yang Tao hadn't seen Zhen Tian in a long time, and the two chatted happily, laughing and joking.
"Your new comic book is so interesting!" Ye Qingyan said.
"What comic?" Yang Tao asked.
"It's Zhen Tian's new book, haven't you read it?"
"Not yet! I don't have time."
"You should see, the female lead almost drove me crazy. Luckily, she finally came to her senses and stopped torturing herself," Ye Qingyan said in a tumble.
"Hey, your new book is selling incredibly well. I can't even buy it on the Orange app, you have to pre-order it..."
Ye Qingyan rambled on for a long time.
After a while, the two realized that Zhen Tian wasn't in a good mood.
"What's wrong? What happened? Did you have a fight with Brother Ji?" Ye Qingyan asked three times in a row.
"No."
“I sense you’re feeling down.” Ye Qingyan had a sudden inspiration: “You’re not still feeling lost about the future, are you?”
"Huh?" Zhen Tian remembered that she had complained to Ye Qingyan before that she had no goals for the future. She thought about it and agreed, "Yes!"
"No way!" Ye Qingyan exclaimed, "Being lost and aimless is probably just a feeling of melancholy for people who can't find a job or make money."
"You have two best-selling books being serialized, you're not short of money or fame, and your boyfriend is the best stock you can get. What are you worried about!"
Yang Tao listened for a while before she understood, and she echoed, "That's right. You have royalties and revenue sharing now, and painting is something you enjoy doing. Everyone is different, so you don't need to force yourself to have plans and goals for the future."
Zhen Tian let the two of them coax her, and her confusion about the future seemed to vanish with Ji Yuzhi's question.
Bringing up the old story only stirred up a tiny ripple in her heart.
"I understand." She nodded.
The two tried to persuade her again, but seeing that Zhen Tian was still not very interested, they simply stopped talking about this matter and instead shared other interesting gossip with her.
After moving from the restaurant to the board game arcade, Zhen Tian finally showed a smile after playing all day.
After seeing Zhen Tian off, Yang Tao asked Ye Qingyan, "Tian Tian still doesn't seem to have figured it out. What should we do?"
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