Chapter 157 The Monster is My Old...Ex-Husband
The transition between the old and the new is never peaceful, and the succession of a family line is never easy.
It will be quite difficult for Ji Tanyuan to gradually weed out the tangled mess that is the Ji family.
Ji Tanyuan's disadvantage is that the company is dominated by the patriarchal authority of her father as the founder and the power of conservative old guard.
Lu Ke could foresee how powerful Ji Tanyuan would be in fighting against that corrupt clan mentality all by herself in the future.
Perhaps it's not just one person; aren't there many people here?
Capital doesn't care about blood ties; it cares about projects, prospects, and markets. That's why Ji Tanyuan has made the most of this marriage alliance.
She endured the injustice, but she also did what she was supposed to do. In one year, she used the Zhong family to expedite the approval process for her company. For those companies, she was the first to do so, thus establishing an irreplaceable value for herself.
Ji Tanyuan's earlier statement about the idea of "encircling the cities from the countryside" was actually one of the greatest ideas in the world, and she wasn't joking; she was truly putting it into practice.
In addition, she brought in external funds, including Convolution and Yuanfeng, Gengxu, and other internationally renowned capital firms, and refinanced the equity to bring in new directors and change the board structure.
If Duan Huaixu hadn't reviewed the game for him, he wouldn't have realized that Ji Tanyuan's moves were quite significant.
Lu Ke entered Ji Tanyuan's office and glanced at the rain outside the door.
"This rain is really heavy; it's been raining all day."
Ji Tanyuan: "Who says otherwise?"
Lu Ke sat down. "I just ran into Duan Huaixu."
Ji Tanyuan nodded, "He came a couple of days ago. He's been incredibly busy lately, with lots of people making appointments with him."
Lu Ke took the coffee handed to him by his secretary and took a sip to moisten his throat.
"He went to see Shen Xichen and Zhao Qingye."
Ji Tanyuan gave an "oh" without changing her expression.
Lu Ke: "Do you know what he went there to do?"
Ji Tanyuan shrugged: "I don't know, and I'm not curious. It's just a group leveling up and fighting monsters. The monster is my old... ex-husband."
Lu Ke said "Oh," and then added, "Ex-husband—ah."
Ji Tanyuan clicked her tongue and looked up: "Are you very free?"
Lu Ke: "Did I come here in this heavy rain because I'm so free?"
Ji Tanyuan stared at the computer screen and warned sternly, "So you still have time to gossip? The company's first rule is: no gossiping about the boss's private life, do you hear me!"
Lu Ke raised his hands in surrender: "I know, I know, boss, I was wrong, please don't deduct my salary."
Ji Tanyuan chuckled as she scrolled through her mouse, chatting as she went. She was quite adept at multitasking.
"Did Guan Yue tell you? I will let her go. She is the person in charge of the project, so it is only right that she should go."
Lu Ke nodded. "It's fine."
As the two were chatting, the chairman's assistant knocked on the door, saying that Ji Tanyuan needed to go to the chairman's office.
Ji Tanyuan's previously cheerful expression instantly turned sour, and she said indifferently, "I know."
She shut down her computer, stood up, and said, "I'm leaving."
On the other side
Rong Xi hung up Zhao Qingye's call and turned to go inside.
In the conference room, the man listened attentively to the person at the head of the table, his face serious.
The meeting had already ended; it was a chamber of commerce meeting organized by the Yanjing Financial Center, and the main content was mostly about refining the proceedings.
Zhong Yan listened to Xi Mu's questions, answering only half of each one. He laughed and said, "Director Xi, let's not be so harsh. Shanghai has already started. No matter which department, they can't survive without an economy. You don't really want the North to only have heavy industry, do you?"
Xi Mu put down his teacup. "Do I have that much ability? It's natural that the financial and economic environment in the South is better, and there's policy support there too. Aren't you also heading south?"
Zhong Yan smiled and said, "Jinglong Group has already established itself in Qing City. Now that she's here, she won't leave."
"Look how generous she is. The most important thing for a government leadership team is to make money. Ji Tanyuan went despite the pressure and mobilized resources from all sides to build a factory in Qing City. A lot of the expenses were for transportation. And you still say that she only benefits from this?"
Xi Mu choked, "Your mouth is still so sharp. Didn't you two get divorced? Why are you still speaking up for her?"
Zhong Yan remained unfazed: "I am standing in the middle, making an objective judgment."
Xi Mu snorted coldly, "If we're talking about objectivity, you're the least objective one. You just gave away Zidian like that, and now you only have 33% of the dividend left! No wonder your dad's been talking nonsense lately, he's so angry with you."
"He works so hard, and you don't even try to save him some trouble. Instead, you do things that annoy him. Be careful, or your dad might take care of you first!"
Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Xi Mu stopped talking, sat back in the head seat, and said in a calm voice, "Come in."
Rong Xi entered and smiled, "Is it over? Want to go eat together?"
Xi Mu stood up. "No, you and Ayan go ahead. I still have work to do."
Rong Xi nodded, and after the person left, she said, "Zhao Qingye just went to see Duan Huaixu."
Zhong Yan slightly lifted his eyelids and glanced at Rong Xi with a nonchalant look: "So?"
Rong Xi remained expressionless: "And Shen Xichen."
"Duan Huaixu has always been on the same side as Ji Tanyuan. Don't you understand the current situation?"
Zhong Yan stood up, instantly appearing much taller and more imposing, his expression mocking:
"What situation? Everyone is acting in their own self-interest. Factions are constantly changing."
"Rong Xi, let me say it again: don't worry about my affairs. Even if Zhong Heng goes bankrupt, it's my responsibility, not yours."
Rong Xi watched the person leave, she was furious. She was clearly saying that Ji Tanyuan was in contact with the Shen family, didn't he understand?
They are clearly in the same circle of interests, but this person always turns to outsiders.
Zhong Yan insists on clinging to Ji Tanyuan. What's so great about Ji Tanyuan? And she doesn't even seem to like him that much!
She closed her eyes and rubbed her hair.
Open your phone and dial Shuyun's number.
The other person answered after a while, "Ayun, where are you?"
Shuyun's listless voice came through: "Abroad? Where else could it be?"
After being warned by Zhong Yan, her father sent her to study in Germany.
They said that if I don't graduate, I can forget about ever returning to China.
She may never graduate in her lifetime.
"You know Zhong Yan is divorced, right?"
"Serves you right."
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