In the CEO's office.
"Seventh Master, they have all left," Liu Wei reported to Qin Beiting, who was resting with his eyes closed in the boss's chair.
With this sorted out, Qin Xinhui wouldn't dare to bother Seventh Master so easily next time, would he?
"You can go back and rest too. You've worked hard," Qin Beiting said, rubbing the bridge of his nose.
Due to his illness in the past, he often suffered from insomnia, and pulling through a week was nothing. But ever since the young lady treated him, he had finally regained the happiness of sleeping through the night. Staying up so late again was truly unaccustomed.
"It's my duty. You should also rest early," Liu Wei said and then withdrew.
As soon as the office door closed, Chen Dong, who had been scrolling through his phone by the side, immediately put his phone away and said,
"Brother Ting, by doing this, Young Master Hui will probably go back and complain to the family head again."
"Whatever." Qin Beiting didn't care. How many times had Qin Xinhui complained to the family head since he was young?
He glanced at his phone. The WeChat message he sent to Yu He this morning had still not been replied to, and his heart sank.
Ever since the young lady got the hundred-year-old ginseng, she had been particularly cold to him. He sent several messages, and she would only reply to one. He called, and she only answered one out of three. When she answered, she would hang up after just a couple of words, saying she was busy.
She was so busy that she hadn't even returned to Tian Yu to live. She had asked Chen Dong to go over regularly to feed the little pig and clean up its mess.
"Find out what Yu He is busy with," he said, tapping his well-defined fingers on the table.
"Yes," Chen Dong replied and immediately made a call.
Ten minutes later, he received the reply and said to Qin Beiting,
"Miss Yu has been in the laboratory at Kaiwei Academy these past few days, seemingly making medicine."
Qin Beiting remembered Yu He mentioning before that the ginseng was a life-saving medicine for him.
He suddenly stood up, picked up his coat, and walked out. Just as he was about to ask Chen Dong to prepare the car to go to Kaiwei, Qi Nan's call came.
"Brother Ting, the person you asked for has been found."
"Good, give the address to Chen Dong," Qin Beiting said, looking at Chen Dong. "Make arrangements."
"Yes," Chen Dong replied and quickly called the driver.
At the company's first-floor reception.
"Mr. Gu, I'm very sorry, you don't have an appointment, so you can't see the CEO..." the receptionist was blocking Gu Tianlei.
Before she could finish speaking, she saw Qin Beiting and Chen Dong walk past. Gu Tianlei immediately chased after them.
"Beiting, I've finally met you. Can we talk in private?" Gu Tianlei asked in a humble tone.
A few days ago, he was suddenly informed that the investment funds that Shengda Venture Capital had originally planned to provide to Gu Group next year had been withdrawn.
If it were a month ago, he wouldn't have cared so much about whether this investment fund was withdrawn or not, because Gu Group's profits were particularly optimistic. Withdrawing the investment would actually make him earn more.
However, since Qin Meimei was arrested, Gu Group's qualification for a state-owned enterprise project bidding activity was canceled, and XS Group took over. Then, two major clients of the company suddenly terminated their cooperation, causing Gu Group's stock to plummet. Other clients also began to waver.
At this critical moment, Shengda Venture Capital also withdrew its investment for next year.
Although Shengda Venture Capital was only a small subsidiary of the Qin Corporation, it relied on the Qin family. Because of Qin Meimei, the cooperation between Shengda Venture Capital and Gu Group had been particularly smooth, which was common knowledge.
Now that Shengda Venture Capital had withdrawn its investment, wasn't it announcing to the world that Gu Group was finished?
Those clients who were originally wavering would then scatter, and Gu Group would truly be finished!
Therefore, he had to retain Shengda Venture Capital's investment.
But he had tried to make an appointment several times and hadn't seen Qin Beiting. He had also thought about meeting Qin Xinhui and Qin Jincheng, who had come from headquarters to audit the accounts a few days ago, but he hadn't seen them either. He had no choice but to come to the door to try his luck.
He never expected to actually meet him!
"Who are you?" Qin Beiting glanced at him coldly.
Chen Dong immediately stepped forward and blocked Gu Tianlei, calling for security.
Gu Tianlei's expression turned awkward.
This was not the first time they had met. In the Qin family, in terms of seniority, even though Qin Meimei was from a collateral branch, she was of the same generation as Qin Beiting.
He had called the other party by his first name in such a familiar way in an attempt to get closer, but he hadn't gotten any closer and had almost been thrown out by security.
He quickly changed his address: "Seventh Master, I am the CEO of Gu Group. I would like to discuss the matter of Shengda investment with you..."
In the first-floor lobby, there were many people coming and going. They came here either to seek investment or to discuss cooperation. They were all influential figures from major companies. Seeing this scene, they couldn't help but be astonished.
They never expected that the CEO of the renowned Gu Group, Gu Tianlei, would also have such a subservient side.
After all, Gu Group was one of the top ten wealthy families in Beishi. They were always the ones others looked up to. Now, he was so humble and subservient to Qin Beiting.
It seemed that the small rumors about the Gu family's decline were true.
"No time," Qin Beiting said coldly, spitting out two words, and then walked out.
"Seventh Master, Seventh Master..." Gu Tianlei wanted to chase after him, but he was stopped by the security guards.
Outside the door, a black Audi business car was waiting. Chen Dong opened the rear door for Qin Beiting and then got into the front passenger seat himself.
As soon as the car door closed, he heard the man behind him say coldly,
"Why hasn't Gu Group gone bankrupt yet?"
"It needs a little more time," Chen Dong said with a wry smile.
Boss, read less CEO novels. A group doesn't go bankrupt just because you say so. It takes time to suppress and dismantle it step by step.
"Use your bonus to compensate for the time spent,"
Chen Dong: ! ! ! !
He immediately went to the management group and sent three identical messages:
[Make Gu Group go bankrupt as quickly as possible!]
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Since that day, Yu He had forced herself not to think about Qin Beiting, focusing all her attention on making medicine. She hadn't even stayed at Tian Yu and had moved back to the Ye family's house.
She stayed there for a week. Cheng Lizhu and Ye Zizheng were very happy, but in their happiness, they also found Yu He's behavior very abnormal.
Ever since Yu He moved out, she had never stayed away for this long.
Every day, she lived a two-point-one-line life, from school to home. At home, after dinner, she would go back to her bedroom and lock herself in, not participating in any activities.
"Brother, did you guys withhold my sister's allowance?"
After dinner, Ye Zizheng saw Yu He going upstairs again and looked at Ye Qichen.
Since the Ye family went bankrupt, Ye Qichen had been responsible for the family's financial situation. Now that Yu He wasn't going out to live, could it be that she didn't have money to rent a place?
"How is that possible! We wouldn't withhold your allowance, let alone Yu He's!" Ye Qichen said.
Ye Zizheng: "..."
"Did He He have a falling out with her friends? She's been back for over a week and has been unhappy," Cheng Lizhu asked worriedly.
"Don't overthink it. Isn't it normal for my sister to come back to live? This is her home!" Ye Qichen said.
Yu He coming back to live meant that she might have broken up with that old man Qin Beiting.
It was great that they broke up. That way, his sister wouldn't be occupied by that old man all the time, and she wouldn't even be able to come home!
"Is it that obvious?" A clear, cold voice suddenly came from behind them.