Only Old Master Jiang knew what Tao Rui had done. Everyone else assumed that Old Master Jiang chose the Jiang family because he liked the younger Tao Rui and valued Li Jiaxuan's abilities. After all, abandoning the Zhou family for the Jiang family required a respectable reason. Tao Rui remained a househusband obsessed with painting, keeping his achievements and fame to himself.
This cooperation is of great significance to Li Jiaxuan.
In the original script, the Jiang family chose the Zhou family this time, but less than half a year later, trouble struck the Zhou family. The feud between brothers caused the Zhou family's assets to shrink by one third, and they withdrew from the top family. The Jiang family also regressed ten years, suffering heavy losses.
As a result, Mr. Jiang fell seriously ill in bed. Jiang Hua suddenly rose to prominence and took over the leadership of the Jiang family, preventing the Jiang family from continuing to decline.
Li Jiaxuan, however, struggled alone to keep the family afloat. The crises of the Zhou and Jiang families gave her a respite, and as everyone else set their sights on the Zhou and Jiang families' pie, Li Jiaxuan seized the opportunity to gain a firm foothold. However, her busy schedule also took a toll on her health, and her subsequent difficult labor and stomach cancer were largely due to this injury.
Tao Rui's arrival directly facilitated the cooperation between the Li and Jiang families. During Li Jiaxuan's time of weakness, these three years of cooperation could be considered the Jiang family's support, giving her ample time to grow and establish herself. The Jiang family was the Li family's ally.
The wealth and rewards Li Jiaxuan would bring to the Jiang family would guarantee them a guaranteed profit. It could be said that the two families would work together to reach new heights. Once Old Master Jiang passed power to Jiang Hua and Li Jiaxuan matured, the power of the two families would grow even stronger.
It was precisely because both Old Master Jiang and Jiang Hua saw this vision that they were so friendly to Tao Rui, or perhaps even admired him. Who doesn't like someone who brings them benefits?
After the Jiang and Li families officially signed the contract, external threats against the Li family subsided, and Li Jiaxuan breathed a sigh of relief. This meant that the outside world no longer saw the Li family as a piece of the pie. As long as Li Jiaxuan could hold her ground, the Li family would once again be the wealthiest family in the world, with unlimited potential.
Everyone's attitude towards Li Jiaxuan and Tao Rui has become a bit better than before, especially the Tao family. The Tao family has been quiet for a while, and they are somewhat trying to force Tao Rui to give in first. After all, the original owner longed for fatherly love in his heart. Others may not know, but Tao Feng himself knows it best, so he is fearless.
Unexpectedly, after the Tao family stopped contacting Tao Rui, Tao Rui acted as if he didn't know them and never contacted them at all. Seeing the Li family's prosperity, they became restless.
Previously, they had approached Tao Rui and Old Man Li with a project, hoping to get Li Jiaxuan to agree casually and give the Tao family some benefits. But Tao Rui had ruined the deal, so this time they showed more sincerity, taking on a seemingly win-win project and making an appointment with Li Jiaxuan's secretary to meet with her.
After all, they are family, so Li Jiaxuan took time to meet Tao Feng after the meeting.
Tao Feng acted like a father-in-law. After handing the project documents to Li Jiaxuan, he smiled and said, "This project is the best one the pharmaceutical factory has recently developed. We are a family. I'm just giving it to you first. I haven't shown it to anyone else yet."
As soon as he opened his mouth, his intention of keeping the wealth within the family was very obvious. Just like last time, it seemed as if he had given Li Jiaxuan a lot of benefits.
Li Jiaxuan remained unmoved, smiled, opened the project document, picked out the key points and read through them quickly.
The project was indeed a good one for the pharmaceutical factory, but for the Li family, the profits were relatively low, especially since they had just started collaborating with the Jiang family. Their main focus was on the Jiang family's big project, and they had no energy to worry about smaller, lower-profit projects.
This was a project plan Li Jiaxuan wouldn't consider. She had already rejected countless similar projects in the past few days. She looked at the document and thought for a moment, then said with a smile, "Dad, we need to further understand and consider the cooperation. Leave this document with me. I'll take a closer look later."
Tao Feng was a little dissatisfied. "I have asked the company's people to study this project many times. There is no problem at all. If you have any concerns, you can ask me directly and I will answer you."
"To be honest, I don't plan to expand my pharmaceutical business at the moment. If you're anxious to find a partner, you can consider someone else."
Tao Feng was silent for a moment. "Jiaxuan, we're family, so we shouldn't have different opinions. Did you listen to what Xiaorui said and feel that you're not close to our family? Yes, Xiaorui and I do have some conflicts as father and son, but I think they're just minor misunderstandings that can be resolved if there's a chance. They're not a big deal."
As his wife, you should try to help us resolve the misunderstanding instead of making it worse."
Li Jiaxuan frowned slightly. "Adding insult to injury?" She glanced at her watch, stood up, and said with a polite smile, "Dad, I have a meeting, so I really don't have time to talk to you today. I'll take a look at the project plan, and I'll also bring this up with Brother Rui. If he needs to go home, I'll let you know in advance. Sorry, I have to excuse myself."
"Jiaxuan..." Tao Feng stood up, watching in disbelief as Li Jiaxuan left. There was a secretary outside the reception room, so he didn't try to stop her, to avoid embarrassing her. But as he left, his expression was truly grim.
The news of Tao Rui's father's arrival at the company quickly spread to many people, and everyone was curious. Since the two families had married, there had been no further activity. Now that the Li family was considered stable, would they promote the Tao family? Was the Tao family really going to rely on the Li family for its success?
Some people also noticed that Tao Feng looked unhappy and wondered if something had not been discussed. Wasn't it rumored that Tao Rui had a bad relationship with the Tao family?
When Tao Rui arrived at the office with his lunch as usual, he noticed several employees were peeking at him. They were indeed peeking, though he didn't notice. However, the system did.
After Tao Rui entered the elevator, he checked his attire in the mirror and wondered, "What are they looking at? I haven't done anything inappropriate. What's going on?"
The system quickly investigated and replied: [Brother Rui, Tao Feng was here not long ago. The person who was spying on you might be wondering if the Tao family is going to cooperate with the Li family.]
Tao Rui was not surprised at all when he found out about the Tao family.
After entering the chairman's office, Tao Rui invited Li Jiaxuan to have dinner together. "Today I made your favorite steamed fish and a very fragrant fish soup. Eat more to replenish your body."
Li Jiaxuan took his arm and sat down, smiling, "Why are you always giving me supplements? I'm only twenty years old, okay? You make it seem like I'm weak."
Tao Rui raised his chin towards the documents on her desk, "You're so busy, don't you need to replenish your body? Actually, the company is getting better now, you can relax a little. Even if you work for an hour and then relax for ten minutes, it will be very beneficial to you. I mean complete relaxation, the kind where you don't think about work at all."
"I want to, but I just can't relax." Li Jiaxuan looked lost for a moment. Her parents had left so suddenly, and she was responsible for the livelihoods of so many people in the Li Group. How could she dare to relax? She was on edge almost every moment, afraid that she would make a mistake and cause irreversible consequences.
Tao Rui scooped up some soup and fed her a mouthful with a spoon, saying softly, "You are not alone. You still have me. In the future, you will have more allies and loyal subordinates. We will all work hard with you, so don't worry."
"Yeah." Li Jiaxuan nodded, took the bowl and praised, "The fish soup is delicious, Brother Rui, you should have some too. Let me try the fish... Yeah, it's as delicious as always. I think I will definitely be a fat person in the future. I can't refuse your delicious food at all."
"Then I'll be your breeder and feed you every day. Don't worry, you won't get fat if you work so hard. When you have some free time, we can work out together."
"Okay. Oh, by the way, Dad was here today." Li Jiaxuan remembered the incident with Tao Feng, stood up, took the project plan from the desk and gave it to Tao Rui, and asked, "What do you think I should do? From my point of view, I don't want to take this project, but it won't have any impact if I take this one. If you have any ideas, just tell me directly."
Tao Rui really liked Li Jiaxuan's straightforward approach. It was best for a couple to be honest with each other, so as not to cause conflicts. Tao Rui only kept the most mysterious secrets from her, and did not hide anything else.
Tao Rui only glanced at the project plan before shaking his head and saying, "Business wise, the Tao family is already failing. It's still uncertain whether this project will encounter problems later on. This isn't about low profits, it's about the uncertainty of profits. If he hadn't saved Grandpa, the Tao family would have gone bankrupt."
Tao Rui put down the plan, looked at Li Jiaxuan and said, "Don't cooperate with the Tao family in the future. Just treat them as strangers." After saying that, he thought for a moment and said, "Since you took over the Li Group, you haven't acquired any companies, right?"
"Yes, uh...you don't mean to..."
"That's right. When you have time, you can practice on the Tao family and acquire them." Tao Rui smiled at her. "Don't worry about it being difficult to handle after the acquisition. I understand pharmaceutical factory affairs better than anyone else in the Tao family. I will help you make profits beyond your imagination."
Li Jiaxuan felt a little distressed for a moment. She put down her bowl and chopsticks, held his hand and said, "How about we just open a pharmaceutical factory and compete with them, bankrupt them, and then establish your own Dow Pharmaceutical?"
Tao Rui knew Li Jiaxuan had misunderstood, assuming he was studying pharmaceuticals out of resentment and revenge. But that wasn't a bad idea, it made sense. So he didn't explain, shrugging and smiling. "If I really had to manage a pharmaceutical factory, I wouldn't have time to paint. I know you enjoy company matters, so you should take charge. I'll provide some formulas when the time comes."
Li Jiaxuan knew how much time Tao Rui spent painting every day, and of course she believed that he really liked it. Upon hearing this, she immediately agreed to the deal, "Then leave the Tao family to me, you can just focus on painting."
Tao Rui instantly saw a fighting spirit in Li Jiaxuan's eyes. Li Jiaxuan liked the business world and this kind of work, so that was good. He would always be the man behind her. Together, they would overcome all difficulties. As for what would happen to the Tao family after it went bankrupt, that was their own business. Hadn't they also turned a blind eye when they sent the original owner abroad?
But this may make them seem more "lonely" in the eyes of others, as they are not close to relatives on either side. It seems that they need to make more friends.
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