Chapter 570: Lu Zhichuan’s Arrival

After lunch at Linchuan University’s cafeteria, Jiang Qin arranged for Dong Wenhao to take Lu Zhichuan to meet Wei Lanlan and learn about all of Group-Buy’s business groups, as well as the history and culture of the company.

Meanwhile, Jiang Qin casually walked the little rich girl back to the girls’ dormitory at the School of Finance.

Thanks to Hui Hui’s explanation, the girls at room 503 now knew Feng Nanshu had just returned from Shanghai and was taken straight to Jiang’s home by Jiang Qin.

So, everyone was quite curious. Why would she rush to her husband’s home right after returning from her parents’?

But Feng Nanshu didn’t say, just mentioned she missed home and followed her brother to visit.

Be it Wang Haini or Fan Shuling, along with Cai Fang and Yang Min, their family backgrounds varied from good to bad, but at least they were complete.

Perhaps they couldn’t match the little rich girl materially, but they were not lacking in love.

Thus, they found it hard to empathize with Feng Nanshu’s feelings, not understanding what “Jiang Qin’s home” meant to her.

It was a sense of belonging, a comfort.

She felt redundant in Shanghai, but back at Hongrong Homes, everyone treated her like a treasure.

Whenever people saw Jiang Qin, they would ask if Feng Nanshu had returned, as if it was obvious she should be there.

She felt she was worth being liked and loved, so she no longer feared the future.

“So Nanshu really sees Jiang’s home as her own, not the one in Shanghai…”

“Remember last time Jiang’s mother even invited us for a meal, insisting we take good care of their Feng Nanshu.”

“Feng Nanshu might look naive, but she’s actually a master in mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationships.”

“Actually, it’s more about her being a good person. Nanshu got lucky with a nice mother-in-law.”

The little rich girl’s eyes sparkled. Hearing about “mother-in-law” and “boyfriend” barely kept her aloof.

Still, she cheekily corrected that they were just good friends, a friendship.

Meanwhile, Jiang Qin left the School of Finance’s girls’ dormitory and went to the administration building to return a meal card to Zhang Boqing.

Old Zhang was in his office, sipping tea while working. He invited Jiang Qin to sit on the sofa upon seeing him.

“I heard your chief of staff say you poached the investment manager from Alibaba?”

“True, since I started my business, whether it’s with Golden Silkwood, the Linchuan Business Group, or the Wanzhong Group, I’ve personally done the negotiations. But honestly, I’m not professional in this. It’s just my pleasing looks and strong personal charm that win people over.”

Jiang Qin sat on Zhang Boqing’s sofa, his expression resembling a handsome protagonist from a TV drama: “But lacking an investment department is an issue that needs addressing if I don’t want to stretch myself too thin later on.”

Zhang Boqing ignored his comments about looks and charm, saying, “Sounds like you’re planning another big move. I’m getting excited.”

“A big move,” Jiang corrected.

Zhang nodded, “A huge move.”

“Can we not add ‘huge’?”

“Without ‘huge,’ it just sounds ordinary.”

Jiang Qin smacked his lips and then suddenly noticed the official seal on Zhang’s desk. After thinking briefly, he asked, “Dean Zhang, may I use your official seal?”

Zhang looked at him warily: “For what?”

“Just to stamp something.”

“You shouldn’t misuse it.”

Jiang Qin pulled out a ‘rich second generation ID’ bought in Jizhou’s small commodity city from his backpack: “I just want to stamp this, nothing else.”

Zhang gave him a look: “What exactly are you up to everyday?”

“Doing business.”

“Use the administration office’s then, not the university’s.”

Zhang opened a drawer, took out the administration office’s official seal, and stamped the title page of the ‘rich second generation ID’: “Done.”

Jiang Qin looked at it and grinned: “Damn, it looks so real now. If it sells for a hundred, this stamp must be worth ninety-nine!”

“What?”

“Thanks, Dean, goodbye!”

Zhang immediately called out: “Wait, I need to talk to you about something else. You haven’t finished your series of campus interviews yet. The department head has called me several times because it’s almost New Year’s Day, and we need it for next year’s recruitment advertisement.”

After putting away the ID, Jiang Qin grabbed his backpack: “The interview is no problem, but I have a condition – can someone else interview me?”

“Why?”

“I’m worried Feng Nanshu might come over and pluck out your beard.”

“What?”

Jiang chuckled and left the administration building, heading back to the School of Finance.

Cao Guangyu had just returned from a fun outing with Ding Xue, his butt barely warmed his chair when he saw Jiang and instantly stood up: “Old Jiang, that was really low of you.”

“What happened?”

“You agreed to treat me to steak and pasta for helping hype up your three-day tale about storming Alibaba. But after eating, you disappeared. Without your support, they didn’t believe me!”

Jiang patted his shoulder: “Don’t worry, uncle’s here to make it up to you.”

Speaking mysteriously, he opened his backpack and gave Cao Guangyu a peek.

“What? A fake license?”

“Spit.”

Jiang Qin reached into his bag and pulled out the ‘rich second generation ID’: “I planned to sell it to you for two hundred, now just a hundred.”

Cao Guangyu glanced at him: “This thing sells for five yuan outside the school gates!”

“How did you know?”

Cao Guangyu pulled open his own drawer showing a pile inside: “I buy one every time I visit the pedestrian street; can’t stop myself.”

Jiang raised a corner of his mouth, flipped open the title page, and the bright red official seal made young master Cao’s eyes widen.

“A Linchuan certified rich second-generation ID? Holy shit!”

“Before coming here, I thought only you deserved it. But now it seems you two aren’t fated. I’ll raise the price to one hundred fifty, look for someone else.”

“?????”

Five minutes later, young master Cao bought the Linchuan certified ‘rich second generation ID’ for one hundred and sixty. He was content deep inside but the more he thought, the more painful it felt.

Seeing Cao starting to regret, Jiang quickly reassured him, wealthy people don’t care about money. What matters is making themselves happy.

Yes, the money’s spent, but it wasn’t wasted, right? Aren’t you happy?

Young master felt his reasoning made sense and carefully stored the ID in his wardrobe.

Jiang waved the one hundred and sixty yuan in his hand: “Dinner’s on me tonight. Let’s invite Zhang Guangfa and Zuo Baiqiang from next door too!”

“Thanks, Brother Jiang!”

“Long live Brother Jiang!”

“Damn it, Brother Cao has been bragging for three days in the dorm and never treated us to a meal!”

“Brother Jiang is the real rich guy!”

Although naive, college students don’t care if you’re a tycoon. If you don’t treat them, your wealth means nothingr.

At that moment, Cao Guangyu glanced at the ID in his hand and the one hundred and sixty yuan that cheered up the whole dorm, and muttered, “Was I just scammed, damn!”

Before long, the second snowfall of the season arrived, and Lu Zhichuan had been in Linchuan for a week.

During this week, he was continuously conducting in-depth research on his two companies, then headed north.

First stop: Hua Ying Entertainment.

Group-Buy was once caught in a public opinion battle and shifted the focus by shooting an ‘I represent myself’ commercial.

The female lead, Yu Yue, was from this company.

During the second edition of the ‘Campus Belle and Beau Contest’ hosted by Zhihu, some winners were also signed by this company.

Yu Yue started her career early, saw the peak but faded quickly due to not being good at networking.

Many online wondered why the pretty sister wasn’t acting; it was actually due to lack of resources.

The entertainment industry sees many debuts daily, but resources are always limited. If you refuse to rise, others will at all costs.

However, since the commercials featuring ‘pseudo endorsements’ went viral, Yu Yue’s resources had significantly improved, recently wrapping up an idol drama.

“Yu Yue, there’s a satellite TV night show next week. Director Zhang wants to invite you. He’s selecting a female lead for a new drama, I think it’s a signal.”

“Alright, I will prepare well.”

Yu Yue’s agent nodded, then sighed a bit: “Who could have thought, that Group-Buy’s commercial would explode like this.”

Yu Yue smiled slightly: “I didn’t expect a commercial could revive my career like this.”

“I heard that Mr. Jiang, who came last time isn’t just Group-Buy’s boss but a marketing legend. The ‘Farmer’s Spring’ water and ‘Burger King,’ all his initiatives.”

“It seems I’m really lucky…”

“That’s also because you work hard and are truly outstanding.”

While they were speaking, the door to the rest room opened and Chu Yanyan stepped in.

‘Pseudo endorsement’s’ originally intended female lead was her, but due to public opinion issues, she didn’t fulfill the contract, handing the opportunity directly to Yu Yue and losing several endorsements and roles afterwards.

Yet despite this, Chu Yanyan remained the most famous ‘little flower’ in the company.

Ultimately, she followed the path of idol and actress, had more exposure than Yu Yue, and possessed a larger fan base.

But there had always been a rift between her and Yu Yue. Plus, Chu Yanyan’s pride made her even more annoyed with Yu Yue after the Group-Buy incident.

“Sister Chen, why did my little frog die again?”

Chu Yanyan looked at the ecological tank in the rest room, unintentionally teasing her assistant.

The assistant coughed: “Frogs don’t live long; it died of old age.”

“Then why are its legs still trembling? Even in death, it can’t keep still.”

“Chu Yanyan, who are you talking about?”

Chu Yanyan widened her innocent eyes looking towards Yu Yue’s agent: “I didn’t say anyone. Am I talking about my little frog? Is someone taking it personally?”

Yu Yue grabbed her agent’s hand: “Sister Liang, let it be.”

“She’s been making sarcastic comments like we owe her something, but she clearly gave up that opportunity!”

“We’re all from the same company, let’s just let it go,” Yu Yue pulled her hand.

Chu Yanyan suddenly sneered: “Getting a trashy website endorsement and think it’s great? Please, I gave it to you because I don’t care for it.”

After listening, Yu Yue nodded: “I know, thank you, Yanyan.”

“No need to thank me. Even if it happened again, I’d still give it to you because I think representing websites is too low.”

“Yep.”

As Chu Yanyan spoke, she suddenly saw through the glass door of the resting room, a crowd hurrying towards the elevator.

A few big directors from the performance department and several senior executives from the business department were rushing, among them Director Hu who managed shootings turned at the door, grabbed a paper cup and filled it with water to drink before leaving.

“Director Hu, what’s happening?”

“Group-Buy just invested in our company. The boss wants us to meet the new leadership.”

After throwing his cup in the trash, Director Hu added: “Oh yes, Yu Yue, you come with me. You had a collaboration last time and got along well. Let’s entertain them this round.”

Yu Yue put down her cushion: “Okay, Director Hu.”

“Work hard, Director Zhang at the other department is considering you for the new film.”

“How come it’s so sudden?”

“Group-Buy installed an exclusive product placement in the drama, it’s said they recommended you. This actually makes sense because the more popular you are, the broader the ad for pseudo endorsements will spread. It’s all business loops.”

As Director Hu spoke, he led Yu Yue out of the rest room.

Meanwhile, Chu Yanyan’s eyes widened, filled with disbelief.