A moment later, Gong Lin shook her head again, laughed at herself, and picked up her phone to call Jiang Chen.

"Hello, Gong Lin!"

"Oh, President Jiang, although I said you could just hold a title and that'd be fine, do you really have to never show up at the office? You should at least drop by every other day."

"Oh, my apologies, I've been busy with my wife's business and moving to a new house. I'll head over to the office in a bit."

Gong Lin smiled slightly, "Alright, I'll wait for you at the office. There's something I need to discuss with you."

"Okay."

Looking at her phone that had gone silent, Gong Lin's gaze drifted as she glanced again at the news on her computer screen, then she raised her hand to turn it off and started to read through some documents on her desk.

However, Gong Lin's eyes still weren't focused, as it was clear her mind wasn't on the documents.

...

After receiving Gong Lin's call, Jiang Chen left on his electric bike and headed for Sihai Investment.

"President Jiang, good to see you."

Before he reached the entrance plaza of the company, an enthusiastic shout came, and Jiang Chen looked up to find Wu Dayong already at the door to greet him.

Jiang Chen arrived at the entrance and said with a light laugh, "Wu Dayong, you're on duty again? That's quite the grind."

Wu Dayong stood straight, like a soldier awaiting inspection, and respectfully replied, "Not at all. It's my duty. Please, President Jiang, supervise."

"Hmm, good. Keep it up!"

Jiang Chen gave a slight smile and rode his electric bike into the square.

Wu Dayong watched Jiang Chen for a moment, muttering to himself that a CEO who rides an electric bike—and at The Four Seas of all places—was certainly a unique sight to behold.

Jiang Chen rode to his designated parking spot and had just parked when a car suddenly squeezed in.

"Bang—"

The car hit the electric bike, and Jiang Chen frowned, turning to look.

The car door opened, and a figure got out, cursing as soon as their mouth opened, "What's wrong with you? Riding that piece of junk electric bike and you damaged my car... Huh, Jiang Chen?!"

"Li Feng?"

Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow, the man who had just exited the car was none other than his classmate, Li Feng.

Li Feng had come here today hoping to get The Four Seas to invest in his company, which was on the brink of bankruptcy. He wanted to see Chen Jiayan in hopes of finding a backdoor deal but had not expected to run into Jiang Chen.

"Jiang Chen, what are you doing here? You dare ride an electric bike up to a car parking spot? Are you out of your mind? No, wait—aren't electric bikes not allowed in Sihai Investment's plaza? How did you get in here! You must have sneaked in, right? Sheesh, do you even belong at a place like this? You scratched my car, now hurry up and pay up!"

Li Feng, clearly dissatisfied, reached out his hand, demanding compensation right away.

Jiang Chen's eyes widened angrily, "Li Feng, are you mistaken? You hit my bike, why should I pay you?"

"Are you blind? This is a car parking spot, should your electric bike be here?" Li Feng scoffed, "Do you think this is a food market? Park wherever you want? Have you never been to a big company before? Don't you know any of the rules?"

Jiang Chen furrowed his brow and was just about to point out the dedicated sign next to him when a rush of clicking high heels approached.

"What's going on? What's happening?" Chen Jiayan had received a call from Li Feng and had come out to meet him, only to find him in a conflict with Jiang Chen, so she hurried over.

"Jiayan, you're just in time."

Seeing Chen Jiayan, Li Feng immediately gave a smile, hoping she also disliked Jiang Chen, and then pointed at Jiang Chen and started complaining, "Look at this idiot Jiang Chen, riding his electric bike right to your company's door. Get security to kick him out right away! Don't let him dirty your company's doorstep and get in your way!"

"Slap—"

Chen Jiayan's face changed, and she fiercely slapped Li Feng across the face!

"Get in my way? Are you trying to kill me?!"

Li Feng was stunned and raised his hand to cover his face, looking at Chen Jiayan in amazement.

Chen Jiayan glared at Li Feng fiercely, turned around, and bowed 90 degrees to Jiang Chen, "President, I'm sorry, I am late. I apologize; I shouldn't have let him come, I'm sorry!"

Li Feng, pointing at Jiang Chen, looked at Chen Jiayan with a puzzled face, "Chen Jiayan, have you gone mad? He's Jiang Chen! The loser from our class, that freeloader Jiang Chen, how could he be your president?"

Chen Jiayan sneered, "You might be blind, but I am certainly not. As the manager of the External Relations Department of The Four Seas, how could I not recognize who the president is?"

Turning her head to assess the situation, Chen Jiayan's expression darkened even further as she spoke sharply, "Li Feng, you've hit our president's car; pay up quickly."

Jiang Chen waved his hand, "No need, but we at The Four Seas do not welcome someone like him. Let him go."

With that, Jiang Chen glanced at Li Feng and turned to walk towards the office building.

"Yes."

Chen Jiayan hurriedly responded, watching Jiang Chen enter the office building before turning to look at Li Feng, "You should leave; forget about an investment from us."

Li Feng was utterly bewildered and hastily said, "Jiayan, even if he really is the president, so what? Who parks an electric bicycle in a car parking spot? That's his fault, isn't it?"

"You really are blind, just look for yourself."

Chen Jiayan pointed at the sign for the reserved parking spot and turned to leave.

Li Feng looked up and was immediately dumbstruck:

"Fuck! A reserved parking spot for the president's electric bicycle?!"

"And the license plate number: Jin D—7688?"

He then ran to the back of Jiang Chen's electric bicycle to check.

The electric bicycle's license plate: Jin D—7688!

Damn it!

In an instant, Li Feng felt like tens of thousands of "grass mud horses" were stampeding through his heart.

…

Jiang Chen entered the office building, greeted along the way by the most enthusiastic gazes.

"Good day, President!"

"Good day, President!"

All the way, employees of the company greeted Jiang Chen with fervor, and some single female staff even sent him furtive glances—all hoping to hook up with the handsome president to potentially save themselves a lifetime of struggle.

Jiang Chen maintained a smile all the way until he reached the chairman's office, his face almost stiff from smiling.

Rubbing his face, he knocked on the office door and pushed it open to enter.

"You've arrived." Gong Lin looked up, smirked, rose, and pointed to the sofa nearby, "Sit."

The two of them sat on the sofa, and Gong Lin poured a cup of tea for Jiang Chen.

"Grandfather called, he's decided to support you. Your investment in Liying Cosmetics was very impressive," Gong Lin got straight to the point.

"With Grandfather's support, you've truly established yourself at Sihai Investment. However, it's still not enough. Today, I will take you to meet the heads of the leading companies that our company has invested in. To them, we are their major financiers. As the president, you will receive their utmost respect, which will be helpful for your future work," Gong Lin continued.

Jiang Chen felt Gong Lin made sense and nodded, "Alright."

"Then I'll let them know, and we'll have lunch together."

Gong Lin took out her phone, ready to make a call.

Jiang Chen nonchalantly nodded when suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, and he quickly raised his hand to interrupt, "Wait, could we make it tomorrow, meet at noon tomorrow, is that okay?"

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.