Chapter 389: Rules Aren’t Set in Stone
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Shen Hanyu’s lips curled into an imperceptible smile. “Alright.”
A few minutes later, Sang Qianqian brought Shen Hanyu to the hospital cafeteria.
It was already past mealtime, so there weren’t many people around. Although the conditions there weren’t very good, it was still clean and simple.
The food was incomparable to the food at home, but Shen Hanyu wasn’t a picky person. He did not care what he ate when he was with Sang Qianqian.
He didn’t even eat much. He said he was hungry mainly because he wanted her to come and eat with him.
On the other hand, Sang Qianqian did not see through his little trick. When she saw that Shen Hanyu had only eaten a little and then stopped eating, she thought that the food in the canteen was not to his liking. Call Auntie Zhao on your way home and ask her to make you something. After you eat, go to sleep.” Shen Hanyu casually agreed. The two of them had finished their meal by now. They took their plates to the counter and left the cafeteria together.
Sang Qianqian remembered the business trip he was initially on and asked, “Did you find any useful clues for Zhen Zhu from your trip?”
“There’s a crucial clue that Fang Lan is currently investigating.”
Shen Hanyu said, “When Cui Yi’s matter is settled, I’m afraid I’ll have to go back there.”
Sang Qianqian replied, “Mm. Then you can go back. The guests should be arriving soon, so 1 have to go and attend to them.”
“I’ll pick you up tonight.”
Shen Hanyu looked at her meaningfully. “You’re not allowed to drink at the reception.”
“I know. I won’t dare to drink even if 1 want to. Otherwise, if I get drunk, who’s going to take care of those guests?”
She smiled mischievously and left like a gust of wind.
Shen Hanyu stood there for a while, watching her disappear into the hall before he left.
He had been on a business trip for more than ten days, and there were a lot of things waiting for him to deal with at the company. One of them was that he had an important meeting scheduled in the afternoon. He had originally planned to just hold an international video call, but since he was back in the country, there was no need for that.
As soon as he entered the office, the secretary handed him a doc.u.ment. He had barely flipped two pages when the door was pushed open and someone rushed in.
The secretary followed behind the person. She wanted to stop him but did not dare to. She looked embarra.s.sed and said apologetically, “President Shen, Miss Zhen Zhu said that she has something urgent to discuss with you…”
Zhen Zhu waved her hand impatiently. “Alright, you can leave. I’ll tell President Shen if there’s anything.”
Unlike last time, she didn’t hide her ident.i.ty when she returned to Zhen Group. Instead, she used her real name.
However, there were many people with the surname ‘Zhen’, so no one in the company dared to a.s.sociate her with Zhen Yiping.
However, she was able to become Tang Bochuan’s a.s.sistant as soon as she joined the company, and even with his experience and high status, he was extremely patient and polite to a young lady like her. Furthermore, she would always be visiting Shen Hanyu from time to time. It was hard not to think too much about it.
The company kept coming up with guesses, but no one was right.
Even though those wild guesses were just theories and no one knew Zhen Zhu’s true ident.i.ty, they dared not underestimate her because of Shen Hanyu and Tang Bochuan.
Just like now, when she barged into Shen Hanyu’s office without permission, the secretary did not dare to stop her.
Shen Hanyu did not look up. “Go out.”
The secretary felt relieved and quickly left, closing the door behind her.
Zhen Zhu rushed to the table anxiously. “How’s the investigation going?”
He turned to the last page of the doc.u.ment. “There’s not much progress yet. It’s been a long time since that case has been closed, so it’ll take me a lot of effort to investigate.”
“In that case, would you have to go on that trip again?” Zhen Zhu was a little disappointed.
“Of course.”
Shen Hanyu signed his name on the doc.u.ment and continued, “As for you, how have you been these few days?”
“It’s alright. I have a basic understanding of how the group runs things.”
Zhen Zhu shrugged. “However, I’m still far from your expectations. I’m afraid that it might not be as you want in the end.”
Shen Hanyu’s expectations for her were that she would be able to take over Zhen Group in the future and that she would become a strong woman who could settle everything on her own. To be honest, she didn’t have much confidence that she could do that.
“It’s still early. I’m not even in a hurry.”
Shen Hanyu handed a copy of the schedule on the table to her. “Come over and listen to the meeting this afternoon. It’ll be very helpful for you to understand the group’s next strategy.”
Zhen Zhu took the schedule and looked at it. She was a little shocked. “Are you sure? This is a board meeting, and Zhen Yiping might not agree.”
Logically speaking, only the company’s chairman, president, and more than ten senior directors could partic.i.p.ate. Moreover, the number of people involved was extremely high. Even Tang Bochuan wasn’t qualified to partic.i.p.ate in this.
“President Zhen has already agreed.”
Shen Hanyu glanced at her indifferently. “He’s your father, after all. Why must you call him by his name?”
Zhen Zhu smiled. “Well, what else should I call him? I can’t say the word ■father’.”
At least, before the truth of her mother’s death was found out, she wouldn’t be able to reconcile with Zhen Yiping.
Shen Hanyu frowned slightly but did not say anything. “You can go now.”
Zhen Zhu didn’t stand on ceremony. She grabbed a handful of green grapes from the coffee table, threw them into her mouth, and left.
In the afternoon, she attended the meeting on time. It was her first time meeting her ‘father’ at a company meeting.
The issues discussed in the meeting were basically from the top management. Although she had been secretly taught by Tang Bochuan for a long time and her understanding of the company could be said to have surpa.s.sed many middle-level managers, this kind of discussion from a high position was still quite difficult for her.
One of the main points of debate was the adjustment of the Zhen family’s strategic direction in approaching the future.
Xu Kejing, the Executive Vice President of the group, believed that s.p.a.ce technology would become mainstream in the future. A large part of the Zhen family’s enterprise empire was a military enterprise. There were already private companies established overseas that had achieved good results. Although the situation in China was more complicated, it wasn’t impossible to cooperate with the relevant departments and be the first to take the leap.
However, the other faction represented by Zhen Yiping did not agree with this idea. They felt that the risk of doing this was too great. Once they start, the investment would basically become a bottomless pit, and the benefits would be much farther than expected.
“We’re businessmen after all. We should be making more realistic decisions.”
Zhen Yiping was also clearly against the idea, “I don’t think this project is worth doing.”
Xu Kejing was a little depressed, but he still tried to make a final effort. “President Zhen, the relevant departments have actually talked to us about this before. They also intend to extend an olive branch to us. If we cooperate, they can also provide us with various government resources and support. It would be good for the group…”
“I’ll say it again. When we do business, we can cooperate with the government or even the military. We can even exchange resources, but this kind of cooperation is based on business needs, not deep binding.”
Zhen Yiping said decisively, “The Zhen family has been in business for a hundred years. The rules have always been like this.”
“The rules aren’t set in stone, and they may not always be right.”
Zhen Zhu couldn’t help but interject, “Society is constantly changing, and many of the so-called rules have been abandoned long ago. Modern times will require new, modern rules. A successful entrepreneur should learn to go with the flow.”
She had been listening to everyone’s argument for a long time. To be fair, she supported Xu Kejing’s viewpoint very much and felt that what he said was very reasonable.
Other than Shen Hanyu, everyone looked at her..