Chapter 101 Winning Over President Chen
Song Yilin suppressed her emotions and poured Chen Yan a cup of tea.
"I'll take it as Mr. Chen praising me. But if I really don't want Xu Qingmin, as Mr. Chen said, then I won't want you either."
“I’m different. I don’t have the messy interpersonal relationships of the Xu family, no mother-in-law, no sisters-in-law, and no brother of dubious origin. I only have myself. In my world, you can roam freely. I can even give you my Lijiang Group to manage, and then I’ll retire.”
"Mr. Chen is indeed a seasoned veteran; his praise is truly impressive. Since Mr. Chen likes our store so much, then I will give this store to Mr. Chen as a way of repaying the favor of those ten cars you gave me back then."
Song Yilin raised her glass to Chen Yan: "Congratulations in advance, President Chen."
It's understandable to think about it. Instead of wasting energy dealing with Chen Yan, she would rather develop new markets. Xu Qingmin acquired Xin'ao Group for new energy vehicles, not for gasoline vehicles. She shouldn't put the cart before the horse for unnecessary people and a little profit.
However, Chen Yan did not touch her wine glass, and said quietly, "Thank you for your generosity, President Song. Since President Song is so generous, then I will be even more generous. I will give this store to President Song personally. You can run it however you want. I don't care."
Song Yilin gritted her teeth; this person was indeed not so easy to deal with: "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Chen, but I don't need it, thank you."
"Mr. Song, but if you don't accept my gift, then I won't accept your gift either."
The reason why the store didn't want Chen Yan to participate was because she was afraid he would engage in some illegal business activities again. It wasn't that his business was illegal, but illegal operations would damage the reputation that the Xu Group had built up over the years. If she had full control of the store, she could guarantee that the operation would be legal, but she couldn't own the store, otherwise her relationship with Chen Yan would be somewhat ambiguous.
"Then I thank you for your trust, Mr. Chen. It seems I will have to do two jobs. I am not only the president of Xin'ao Group, but also help Mr. Chen supervise a 4S store."
Song Yilin's subtext was that she didn't want it, but she compromised by helping Chen Yan with supervision.
Chen Yan saw the way she was giving him and raised his glass to her: "Let's wish each other a pleasant cooperation. I believe President Song is someone who can make money for me."
This is already the best possible outcome. Just extricate the Xu Group from the situation, and she can maintain a normal relationship with Chen Yan. Managing and owning a store are two different things. This store was already operating illegally before. It's not worth putting yourself in such a precarious position for such a small profit.
Xu Qingmin has been running the Xu Group very well these past few years, so it's not appropriate for him to associate with someone like Chen Yan. Losing that little bit of money is nothing compared to losing the image he's worked so hard to build.
In addition, if she operates independently, she won't allow any illegal activities to occur in the store. She can lay off all the current staff and replace them with her own key personnel, as long as she is not the legal representative.
After talking with Chen Yan, I returned to the company and went directly to Xu Qingmin's office.
He recounted everything that had just happened.
However, it didn't mention that Chen Yan wanted her to give him a chance.
Xu Qingmin fiddled with the Kung Fu tea set in his hands, and guessed accurately: "So Chen Yan likes you, right?"
She knew that Chen Yan's gaze today contained a little bit of affection, but it was mostly an indication that he thought she was somewhat useful, and also reflected on her relationship with Xu Qingmin.
Song Yilin sat down in Xu Qingmin's lap and said seductively, "Rather than saying he likes me, it's more accurate to say he cares more about you. He only wanted to give me a 4S store because I'm your girlfriend. I think he's just trying to compete with you."
Xu Qingmin was aware of this, but as a man, he could tell whether Chen Yan truly liked Song Yilin or just because of him. However, he didn't care. In this world, apart from Bai Ye, no one else had truly caught Song Yilin's eye. He was confident in that.
Song Yilin is like a snow lotus from Tianshan Mountain; even she herself doesn't really want to marry him. As for Chen Yan, that stray dog, she doesn't want to marry him either.
"By the way, I currently have two suitable properties. One is a villa, which can accommodate all of us. It's spacious and comfortable, but I don't know if the elders in apartment 602 would like to move there. If they don't want to live in the villa, the other is a duplex in the neighboring community. The three of us can move there. It's close to the community, so we can visit them anytime."
"Okay, I'll ask them sometime."
The old lady has been in a bad mood lately. Her mother-in-law said that the old lady's daughter has been harassing her frequently. It's the same old problem: the old lady's daughter keeps trying to get her to sell the 602 apartment so she can take her back and care for her. But the old lady refuses, and the mother and daughter are having some disagreements.
Bai Guanqun is not the old lady's biological grandson. The old lady has no blood relation with him here. The old lady may have already told her daughter about Bai Guanqun, otherwise her daughter would not have made such a big fuss recently.
The fact that Bai Guanqun is not a blood relative of the old lady is something the old lady finds most unacceptable. Her mother-in-law has always known this, but the old lady considers Bai Guanqun to be her great-granddaughter. It would be difficult for anyone to accept this.
This matter has truly wronged the old lady. Although she hasn't said anything recently, it's clear that she hasn't fully recovered from her loss. She is indeed an elderly person who has lost her only child, and it's all because of her.
I owe the old lady so much.
Since she was given the responsibility of running the first store independently, she had something to do, so she directly transferred Qu Nan, the sales director of the third store, to be the general manager.
This person was someone she discovered during her inspection of the three stores. This person was quite capable; under the pretext of renovations, he fired everyone and forced the stores to close for rectification.
Let Qu Nan recruit people himself, rebuild the team, and give him three months to reopen.
Just as I finished doing all that, Chen Yan called.
"President Song, you're quite decisive. You fired all the previous people in no time."
"Is Mr. Chen regretting letting me manage this business? You can take it back at any time."
"No regrets. I'll throw another 50 million at you to play around with. As long as you're happy."
"Thank you, Mr. Chen."
With such a big undertaking, she definitely needs money to reopen. She will help with the operation but won't invest any money or help Chen Yan attract investment. She knows Chen Yan will provide the money, but she didn't know he would be so generous as to directly spend 50 million, which is enough to buy a 4S store.
However, since Chen Yan is paying, she will definitely renovate the store properly.
That just confirms what she said.
Yang Lan only realized after looking at the latest weekly financial statements that the store no longer belonged to the Xin'ao Group.
Yang Lan, holding the report, approached Song Yilin: "You gave the first store to Lijiang Group?"
"Yes, but Lijiang Group has given me full control of the operation."
Yang Lan immediately sat down: "How did you manage to do that? Zhou Jian was afraid of something going wrong and wanted to give all the management rights to Chen Yan, but he always refused. This has always been a worry for Zhou Jian."
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