Chapter Thirty-Nine Unconcerned

  Huang Dongzheng remembered that the first time he saw Chu Jingyan was at a certain group's internal wine party, when Chu Jingyan was still a small manager of You She Gong, but was brought by Bai Jiming to introduce him to various circles.

  At that time, Huang Dongzheng didn't mind. Everyone knew that the chairman and vice-chairman had to start supporting some of their own deployments, and that young man might be one of the lucky ones.

  Time flies, even if Huang Dongzheng unintentionally heard some stories about Chu Jingyan from the casual chat before the group meeting or somewhere else, he wouldn't really put Chu Jingyan in his heart.

  Because the gap is too big.

  A high-ranking director, a newcomer at the bottom, no matter how you look at it, even if this newcomer has the support of the president behind him, there is no possibility of threatening Huang Dongzheng.

  It's absolutely impossible, at least Huang Dong thought so before today.

  Chu Jingyan smiled and finished saying that sentence, then continued to be silent.

  This smile made Huang Dongzheng extremely displeased. Chu Jingyan's smile should be a flattering and humble one towards himself, not the kind of smile a hunter would have when facing prey that has surrendered.

  It shouldn't be like this.

  The atmosphere in the hall was somewhat dull, and the guests sitting around didn't pay attention to this place because of Huang Dongzheng's slight loss of composure just now. He handed his phone back to his secretary, and looked at Chu Jingyan, whose eyes, narrowed by the accumulation of fat on his face, flickered with a strange color.

  "How did you manage it, or rather, how is it possible?" Huang Dongzheng asked.

  "What?" Chu Jingyan asked back.

  Huang Dongzheng took a deep breath, enunciating each word clearly: "Jin Long was taken away by the procuratorate, with a search warrant and arrest warrant in black and white."

  Chu Jing let out a sigh and said, "I've long heard that the virtuous assistant of Jin Lishi is not clean-handed, their fake accounting skills are too poor. Look, this has now implicated Jin Lishi as well. By the way, do you know how many years they were sentenced to?"

  Huang Dongzheng ignored Chu Jingyan's sarcastic remarks and said, "Chairman, aren't you afraid that the entire group will fall into chaos?"

  Dongfang International is involved in real estate, construction and entertainment. The Korean government's bill made it impossible for foreign capital to purchase large fixed assets on the Korean mainland. In order to change the situation at that time when they could not show their strength, the shares of Dongfang International's Korean directors and supervisors accounted for 40% of the entire group.

  Some directors chose to stand with Chen Shuo and Bai Jiming, while more people today, in the increasingly powerful Oriental International, have chosen to oppose them.

  For years, the management team led by Chen Shuo chose to turn a blind eye and tolerate it, because they had too many rules and regulations. This was also where Huang Dongzheng felt fearless, so he dared to be an unscrupulous bloodsucker on Oriental International, because he thought he understood Oriental International and that Chinese boss very well.

  But Jinlong Yat's imprisonment sounded an alarm for Huang Dongcheng.

  Aren't they afraid? Aren't they really afraid?

  A director was sent in like this, and tomorrow's report will inevitably be overwhelming. Even if Jindong is just an inconspicuous role, it is also a big blow to Oriental International.

  How can a group of people with worried minds possibly complete the grand project that is currently underway, which has cost a huge amount and taken a long time? What will happen to the stock market tomorrow? If morale collapses, who will be held responsible for the losses?

  And what kind of out-of-the-ordinary actions will those with guilty consciences take? Will they follow the trend and lean towards the international East, or will they collapse like a tree and scatter like monkeys, becoming stagnant water from then on?

  Looking at the fierce glint in Huang Dongzheng's eyes, Chu Jingyan remained unmoved.

  "Director Huang thought he had grasped the chairman's weakness, and there are many people like you who think they are the heroes that enabled the group to gain a foothold in Seoul and gradually stand firm, so they become more and more unaware of being content."

  Leaving no trace, Chu Jingyan turned the evaluation that Huang Dongzheng had given her back onto him.

  "So they started to be unscrupulous and didn't know what it means to be human." Chu Jing smiled and looked at Huang Dongzheng, "But for us, if the Eastern International is no longer surnamed Chen, what's the point of keeping it?"

  "What does this mean?" Huang Dongzheng asked.

  "It's good to make an educated guess about your superior's thoughts, but it's not good to think too badly of them either." Chu Jing said with a smile, "Logically speaking, Director Huang, you are still a director of Dongfang International and still subordinate to the chairman. Be careful, or I'll report you."

  Chu Jingyan stood up and looked down at Huang Dongzheng, saying: "You'd better take care of yourself."

  Chu Jingyu took big strides away, while Huang Dongzheng remained silent.

  "After a long time, Huang Dongzheng's secretary behind him slowly instructed: 'Go and find out who the prosecutor in charge of the arrest is this time, and also pay attention to tomorrow's report. As for the rest, we'll talk about it later.'"

  The secretary nodded.

  Chen Shuo stood in front of the potted plants on the office windowsill, carefully trimming with scissors. Chu Jingyan stood behind him, watching quietly.

  "Many people don't know that Gao Xingyang caused such a big stir when he was in the air force, putting aside several generals on the rostrum and taking his beloved daughter to the hospital, but still managed to emerge unscathed. After voluntarily retiring from the military and going into business, everything went smoothly for him, without any setbacks."

  "I was also very curious." Chen Shuo put down the scissors, picked up a towel beside him and wiped his hands, looking at Chu Jingyan and said, "But if one of the most important people watching that exercise was his father, what else can't be explained?"

  Chu Jingyu unexpectedly glanced at Chen Shuo.

  "Surprising?" Chen Shuo threw the towel to one side and sat down on the sofa, saying, "With just one phone call, they can get the Seoul Prosecutors' Office to issue an arrest warrant the next day. Sometimes, the efficiency of the Seoul government is also quite satisfactory."

  "Why?" Chu Jingyan asked.

  Chen Shuo smiled and said: "It is said that the newly appointed director was once a soldier under Gao Xingyang's father."

  "Outsiders only know that Gao is doting on his daughter, but what they don't know is that his father is even more doting on that beautiful granddaughter. Most Koreans prefer sons, but the elderly in the Gao family seem to be just the opposite."

  Chu Jingyun didn't know what to say, so he could only sigh and smile.

  "So in a sense, all the credit should go to Gao Yala?" Chu Jingyan felt that this conclusion was somewhat absurd.

  Chen Shuo spread out his hands and said, "You can put it that way."

  "But the young lady from Gao's family is indeed a good girl, studying very well, and relying on herself to enter Korea's most famous entertainment company. It is said that when she signed the contract, Gao Xingyang personally went there, and only then did the high-level executives of that company realize that such a great god had come to their home."

  "Are you going to serve me like a princess?" Chu Jingyan joked.

  "It's not that serious," Chen Shuo said, "every company wants to survive, and to survive you have to manage well. It's impossible to just favor one person because of who their parents are. Besides, I heard that company isn't even known for favoring actors in the entertainment industry."

  Chen Shuo smiled and said: "However, every time Gao Ya La has a birthday, all the artists who can make it will always be there."

  Why don't I have such a good dad?

  Chu Jingyan felt a surge of indignation in his heart, damn it, if he had a father like that, wouldn't he be fighting and scheming every day, fighting for territory? What a joke.

  At this age, shouldn't you be in college, living a wonderful life with studying as secondary and flirting as primary?

  On the importance of reincarnation, the importance of reincarnation!

  Chu Jing said to himself, "If one day my biological parents come to me with countless wealth and a face full of regret, telling me how helpless they were when they abandoned me back then, and promise to leave all their assets to me after they die."

  If such a situation arises, Chu Jingyan guarantees that he will absolutely not automatically turn on the male god mode like some protagonists in TV dramas, indicating that he doesn't care about your dirty money, and hurry up with your money to get out of my life, omitting one thousand useless words.

  You'd certainly take the money, it's only a fool who would return the cash someone handed over to them.

  Alright, so Chu Jingyan's outburst was just to express her envy towards Gao Ya's life of being pampered since childhood.

  If he didn't dislike eating soft rice, his mother would have begged Highya to take him back on her knees.

  I am indeed a good man with an iron bone who does not bow his head to power and wealth. Chu Jingyan thought with comfort.

  "Don't you think life is quite helpless?" Chen Shuo looked at Chu Jingyan and smiled: "Some people are born with everything, while many others have to struggle their whole lives and may not even get as much as those few people who were born with it."

  "But there is a process, and it can only be understood after experiencing it." Chu Jingyan said.

  "A life that's too tiring is exhausting, a life that's too comfortable only leaves boredom."

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  For a group that is about to debut, there can't be any slackening off. After completing a whole day's training tasks, the girls sit in the small rest area of the practice room.

  Jung Soo-yeon pushed Tiffany who was drinking water: "Where did your new closet come from?"

  "Who made this? What's wrong?" Tiffany put down her water bottle and smiled, "You think it looks good too?"

  Jung Joo-yeon pouted and said, "I just think it's a good idea to be able to put your name on something that belongs to you."

  Chu Jing said that the pink wardrobe made for Tiffany was carved with her name using a carving knife, and it looked quite beautiful.

  "Looks great, right?" Tiffany said with a proud smile, "One of a kind, custom-made just for you."

  "You can be proud of yourself then." Zheng Xiuyan gave her teammate a cold glance and ignored her afterwards.

  The door opened and a company employee in charge of managing trainees walked in, looked around at the situation inside, pointed to Tiffany and Kwon Yuri, and said: "Tiffany, Kwon Yuri, go to the dorm mother's office."

  Kwon Yu-ri and Tiffany exchanged a glance, their originally puzzled eyes suddenly seemed to recall something, Tiffany covered her chest, with a frightened face.

  Kwon Yu-ri patted her butt and stood up with a very generous attitude, under the puzzled gaze of her teammates. She pulled Tiffany and walked out: "What's there to be afraid of? The one who should be ashamed is him, not us."

  After the two walked out, Zheng Xiuyan pushed Jin Taeyeon beside her and asked, "Do you know what's going on?"

  "I don't know." Kim Tae-yeon shook her head.

  Zheng Xiuyan furrowed her eight-character eyebrows: "These two kids are really a handful."