Inside the office, after seeing President Ji off, Jiang Chen pondered what to do next with the massive enterprise of Xinghe that he had inherited.
Moreover, from the information he saw online, he would inevitably be exposed to the public eye sooner or later.
How would he then explain how he, an ordinary person, had obtained Xinghe Group?
[Host, you are overthinking completely.
The world modification rationalization will make everyone feel that these things are only natural.
Don't think too much.]
Jiang Chen saw the system's prompt and felt that he was suffering from forced paranoia.
The system had mentioned rationalization more than once, yet he was still overthinking.
Jiang Chen sighed inwardly, "The power of the system is truly unfathomable."
Jiang Chen walked to the office door and called the secretary outside to come in.
He hadn't looked closely before, but he hadn't expected this secretary to be quite attractive, dressed in a professional skirt suit, with a delicate, pretty face.
Now that Jiang Chen saw her clearly, he felt quite favorable towards her and asked her:
"What's your name?"
He Xiaomi entered the office with a nervous heart.
She was still thinking about being caught playing on her phone by Jiang Chen just now.
When she heard the big boss ask her, she replied a little nervously:
"Hello, President Jiang, my name is He Xiaomi, and I am temporarily serving as your liaison secretary."
Listening to He Xiaomi's introduction, Jiang Chen asked curiously, "What do you mean by 'temporarily serving'?"
"It means that until you formally appoint a secretary, I will temporarily serve as your secretary to assist you in conveying your instructions."
Jiang Chen understood and casually said, "Temporarily?
Forget it, you'll be my secretary for now.
Are you willing?"
(Here, Jiang Chen didn't know that the Board of Directors Office secretary was a position of real power.)
He Xiaomi felt as if happiness had fallen on her, instantly enveloped in surprise, but in order not to leave a bad impression on Jiang Chen again, she forced herself to remain calm, suppressing the joy that was almost uncontrollable, and eagerly said:
"Thank you, President Jiang!
I am willing, thank you for your trust, I will definitely work hard!"
In fact, He Xiaomi was quite capable.
She graduated with a Master's in Management from the University of Pennsylvania, which is different from those international students who get 'watery' master's degrees.
It was a genuine top-ten university in the U.S. Otherwise, President Ji wouldn't have arranged for her to temporarily serve as Jiang Chen's liaison secretary.
If it weren't for avoiding suspicion and fear of offending Jiang Chen, he would have wanted to introduce her directly to Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen nodded, encouraged her with a few words, and seeing that it was time to get off work, he decided to pack up and leave.
Then, thinking of something, he took out his phone and sent a message to Xu Jinzhong.
He asked him to arrange the largest private room, as he wanted to treat people to dinner.
As for who he was treating, it was certainly the Group's executives.
As their boss, it was his first time meeting them, so he wanted to treat them to dinner and build some rapport.
Xu Jinzhong quickly replied, saying that it had been arranged.
Then Jiang Chen said to He Xiaomi, who was still standing by the table:
"Xiaomi, contact President Ji and tell him that I'm treating them to dinner, and to get ready to go together."
He Xiaomi immediately entered her secretary role: "Okay, President Jiang, do I need to book a restaurant?"
"No need, I've already booked it, at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel."
"Oh, and if you don't have anything else to do, you can come too," Jiang Chen said, politely adding.
He Xiaomi said it was no problem.
On her first day as the big boss's secretary, she definitely had to go.
For the sake of progress, she immediately said:
"No problem, President Jiang, I don't have anything else to do, so let me accompany President Jiang.
It will be more convenient if you need anything."
Jiang Chen nodded: "Mm."
(Author's note: Jiang Chen nodded countless times in these few pages.)
After speaking, He Xiaomi went to contact President Ji and the others.
The executives, upon receiving the news, immediately prepared, asking their secretaries to arrange vehicles to wait for them at the entrance of the building.
President Ji had already booked a private room, preparing to welcome Jiang Chen, but he didn't expect Jiang Chen to invite them to dinner.
However, after talking with Jiang Chen in the office, he expressed, "Sorry, I am now President Jiang's person," deciding to fully follow President Jiang's lead, going wherever President Jiang directed him.
Jiang Chen took his secretary He Xiaomi down in his exclusive elevator.
He Xiaomi had told him about it; otherwise, he wouldn't have known there was an elevator just for him.
It was now closing time, and Group employees, either in small Groups or alone, were successively leaving the building.
Along the way, every employee who saw Jiang Chen respectfully greeted him:
"Hello, President Jiang."
Jiang Chen smiled slightly and nodded in acknowledgment, completely without airs.
He Xiaomi, carrying her bag, walked proudly behind Jiang Chen.
At this moment, her heart was filled with pride; as Jiang Chen's secretary, she felt deeply honored.
Before today, the entire Group knew that I, He Xiaomi, was President Jiang's secretary!
At the entrance of the Group, a line of Mercedes-Maybachs was parked.
Jiang Chen looked over and saw President Ji standing in front of a car that was noticeably longer than the others.
He Xiaomi told her that it was his exclusive car, a Maybach Pullman.
Jiang Chen did not get into the Mercedes-Maybach that was exclusively his; he still preferred his cullinan.
He called President Ji to sit with him in the back.
Seeing this, He Xiaomi quickly arranged for a driver to come and drive, while she got into the front passenger seat.
Jiang Chen's Rolls-Royce cullinan led the way, with the executives' vehicles following behind, forming a long motorcade that merged into the traffic.
Along the way, vehicles took photos of the Maybach motorcade, curious as to who commanded such a grand display.
It was now rush hour, and the short journey took a full half-hour.
Jiang Chen looked helplessly at the congested lane outside the car window, complaining like an ordinary person: "There are too many cars in Pengcheng!
We can't move at all."
He Xiaomi, beside him, nodded empathetically, echoing: "Yes, every time I go out, I waste so much time on the road, so during rush hour, I take the subway to and from work."
President Ji chuckled dryly, saying helplessly: "There's no other way.
The city is developing too fast, cars are increasing, but the roads haven't increased accordingly, so traffic congestion is unavoidable."
Although there was a traffic jam, the motorcade soon arrived at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel.
Xu Jinzhong was already waiting at the entrance.
Jiang Chen saw him as soon as he got out of the car.
The vehicles belonging to the Xinghe Group executives also arrived, and everyone got out.
Since they all had their own drivers, after getting out of the cars, the drivers went to find parking spaces, which made Xu Jinzhong breathe a sigh of relief.
There were too many guests during rush hour, otherwise, he wouldn't have known how to arrange it.
Then Xu Jinzhong greeted everyone and led them into the hotel, walking towards the private room.
Everyone entered the private room.
He Xiaomi, with good judgment, pulled out the main seat for Jiang Chen to sit down.
President Ji sat to his left, the other two vice presidents sat to his right, and the rest of the executives found their own seats.
He Xiaomi had previously received instructions from Jiang Chen to find a waiter to order food.
In a short while, after the waiter had basically served all the dishes,
Jiang Chen said to He Xiaomi, who was busy back and forth:
"Xiaomi, find a seat and sit down too.
This isn't work right now.
We're just having a meal, no need to be so busy.
Let the waiters do these things."
"Okay, President Jiang."
He Xiaomi responded with a smile and then found a seat.
After settling He Xiaomi, Jiang Chen stood up, picked up his glass, and faced everyone.
The executives all rose and raised their glasses, responding to Jiang Chen from afar.
Jiang Chen said to everyone:
"Everyone, this toast is to all of you who have diligently worked for Xinghe.
You've worked hard during this time."
He finished speaking and drank.
Everyone quickly drank the wine in their hands.
"Please sit, please sit.
Today is just a simple gathering for me to get to know you.
Don't drink too much and affect tomorrow's work, okay?" Jiang Chen joked.
Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere began to warm up.
One by one, they came to toast Jiang Chen.
President Ji also introduced the toasting executives to him, which deepened Jiang Chen's impression of them.
Jiang Chen then learned that the general manager of Xinghe Daily Chemicals was President Ji's daughter.
After returning from studying abroad, she was arranged by President Ji to intern at Xinghe and gradually worked her way up to her current position as general manager.
During this time, she created immense value for the Daily Chemicals company.
There were too many executives, and they came to toast one by one.
Jiang Chen's alcohol tolerance was already average, and even though the executives only toasted once and he only took a sip, he was feeling a bit overwhelmed by the alcohol.
Fortunately, He Xiaomi and President Ji helped him fend off a lot of drinks, otherwise, he might have already passed out.
Jiang Chen was clearly feeling the effects of the alcohol now, looking at the room full of professional elites clinking glasses and chatting, his face flushed:
"Everyone!
Do you know what I'm thinking right now?"
Everyone quickly looked at Jiang Chen, waiting for him to speak.
Jiang Chen declared grandly: "Looking at you, looking at our Xinghe having such an excellent team, I believe that with the solid foundation left by Mr. Xu Shizhong, we will definitely achieve greater accomplishments.
I look forward to working together with you to create an even more brilliant future."
"This toast is to 'Old Xu'."
"To Old Xu." (Voices XN)
(I really don't know how to write this dining scene, so please bear with it.)
"End of chapter."