Ruan Chen felt a sudden, uncontrollable tremor in her heart, a tremor she couldn't explain herself.
But then came the annoyance caused by Fu Jianzhi's tone.
"Mr. Fu, this trick doesn't always work on me," she replied coldly. "Don't make me even more annoyed with you."
Fu Jianzhi's smile remained unchanged, and her tone was still gentle and soft. "I know, sister. I'm sorry for being presumptuous."
Then he hung up the phone decisively.
Ruan Chen frowned and ate a bitter nut.
She hung up the phone, went into the purchasing department's system, and checked the accounts, suppliers, and the person in charge.
Miss Ruan was in a bad mood.
Su Jin came out of the inner office and leaned against the door. "Ruan Chen, something has happened to the Fu Group. I think you need to know about the relationship between our two groups."
Su Jin knew she didn't want to hear about the Fu Group, but Fu Jianzhi earnestly asked him to make sure he delivered the message.
It was a rare opportunity to get President Fu to owe him a small favor, so even if it meant enduring Ruan Chen's sour face, Su Jin was happy to do it.
"explain."
"Fu Chengyu incited more than half of the board members to demand an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders. The insider said that Fu Chengyu was going to force Fu Jianzhi to return all the profits of the group in the first three years as dividends. You know the nature of the Fu Group, it is undoubtedly a dead end."
While saying this, Su Jin kept secretly watching Ruan Chen's expression, as he would have to give feedback to CEO Fu later.
Ruan Chen's expression remained unchanged. "That's great. With a powerful competitor gone, the Ruan Group's return to its peak is just around the corner. Congratulations, President Su."
This was said in anger. If the Fu Group suddenly has a partnership with the Ruan Group, and if the Fu Group runs into trouble, the Ruan Group may not necessarily benefit entirely.
Su Jin continued, "But the insider also said that their young CEO Fu seems to be tied up with something more important. He's taking a flight out of China tonight at midnight and can't change it; Chairman Fu himself is on vacation abroad, and even if he flies back now, it will take more than twenty hours. Moreover, Chairman Fu hasn't been feeling well lately, so he probably won't be able to make it back in time."
"Hmm," Ruan Chen replied perfunctorily.
"Neither of the two heads of the Fu family will be present at tomorrow's extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Fu Group. Most of the shareholders are greedy and short-sighted. I estimate that the vote will actually pass and they will take a lot of the Fu family's wealth."
Ruan Chen was well aware of the implications. Although it wouldn't be a complete disaster for the Fu Group, it would certainly cause significant damage. The key issue was that Fu Jianzhi had only been in power for less than a year, and there were many people below him who were dissatisfied. If Fu Chengyu set him up like this, Fu Jianzhi's position would likely be in danger.
The elders of the Fu family had always favored their eldest grandson.
"President Su." Ruan Chen suddenly called out to Su Jin, who was about to leave.
Seeing that Ruan Chen remained calm and composed, and that he couldn't see anything amiss, Su Jin was about to go and explain to President Fu when Ruan Chen called him back.
"ah?"
"Is your inside man... surnamed Fu, and named Jian Zhi?" Ruan Chen looked up and smiled mischievously.
After seeing off Su Jin, who was wiping away cold sweat, Ruan Chen received another call from Nan Jing.
"Ruan Chen, your results this time are really good." The first thing she said was praise.
Ruan Chen slid her fingers across the touchpad, and the purchasing department's ledger from last year scrolled rapidly in front of her. She took a screenshot, circled it, and saved it, while replying to Nan Jing, "Thank you, Director Nan. You've already praised me today."
"I am... well... you are indeed very outstanding..." Nan Jing was entrusted by Fu Jianzhi sincerely. He didn't want to get involved in this mess, but Fu Jianzhi was going to fly to the North District to handle some matters tonight. Nan Jing didn't want to distract Fu Jianzhi, so he reluctantly agreed.
"South Office, is it related to the North District? Are the protective shields being reinforced more and more frequently? Or are those rebels from the Spirit Clan causing trouble again?" Ruan Chen asked.
The Eldar believe in cause and effect and insist that human civilization, having existed for so many years, has reached the point where it should naturally wither away. Many of them are extremely opposed to humanity's efforts to build protective shields and technological barriers, and have been secretly sabotaging them.
They believe that the Eldar's civilization is different from that of human society, and that only when human civilization perishes can the Eldar break free from the curse of being trapped on the island for generations.
In the mythology of the Eldar, ten thousand years ago, the Eldar were the dominant civilization on Earth. It was humanity's unscrupulous expansion that squeezed out their living space, and they were happy to see human civilization perish.
Of course, Yan Qian, who had received education in human civilization since childhood, scoffed at such nonsense.
Seeing that Ruan Chen offered a way out, Nan Jing breathed a sigh of relief and went along with it. "It's not about the Spirit Clan. After Yan Qian went there, her people became much more well-behaved. There haven't been any sabotage incidents lately. It's just that the protective shield broke again, and it's even more serious than last time."
No wonder Fu Jianzhi was leaving tonight. The protective shield in the North District had been maintained by his mental energy. In fact, this responsibility should not have fallen on him; it should have been Ruan Chen, but Ruan Chen had already left.
Nan Jing's voice continued, "You also know the other three districts. Su Ze is level 10, the other two are completely clean bodies like you, only Fu Jianzhi is level 7. He only managed to reach level 8 through years of drug stimulation and training. With so many incidents happening in the North District, it's actually been quite tough for him."
Ruan Chen understood everything Nan Jing said, and the phrase "it wasn't easy" was an understatement.
Nan Jing didn't say anything more. He knew the importance of knowing when to stop. "Ruan Chen, isn't this winter break? Come visit the North District when you have time. You know, the person in charge of the North District was initially listed as you."
Ruan Chen sighed softly.
Fine, this is a debt she owes him.
"I understand, I will go to the South Institute."
After hanging up the phone, Ruan Chen closed the purchasing department's account and sent the screenshots she had just taken to Su Jin, asking him to handle them.
She paused at the table for a moment to ponder, then called Lorenzo, "How much emergency funding do we have on hand?"
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