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“You got a tattoo of ‘Hao powers through,’ right?”
“Or should I get one that says ‘Go Hao’?”
Fang Di was getting excited too, after all, she already had so many tattoos on her body, adding four more characters was no big deal.
“Hey, it’s not fair, Di, you’re trying to steal the limelight!” Ye Wei was somewhat speechless.
“I’m just trying to match you and Qing!”
“If the three of us get it done, it will become a triple slogan!”
“Hao is awesome! Hao powers through!! Go Hao!!!”
Fang Di flicked her flowing short hair. She was more into joining the fun; everyone was dressing up for girl time, so getting matching tattoos for the gang wasn’t too excessive, was it?
Ye Wei was stunned and then gave a thumbs-up: Cool!
Just imagining the three of them standing in a row seemed to have quite the visual impact…
Jiangcheng University of Finance and Economics.
It was the same cat cafe as yesterday, where Yu Ranran had made plans with her bestie Wang Chunxiao. They had been college classmates and roommates, and their friendship had spanned over a decade.
“Ranran, I really want to become a little kitty!”
Clutching her coffee, Wang Chunxiao looked enviously at a leisurely blue cat nearby and lamented. After graduation, she had entered the banking industry, and her career progressed smoothly, moving from a teller to a major client manager, and now a private banking consultant.
A private banking consultant is a service personnel for private banking in big banks, which is dedicated to servicing the wealthy class, so the clients she worked with were all rich.
But the performance pressure was immense, especially the stress of account opening tasks. After all, there were only so many rich people in Jiangcheng, and expanding the client base was essentially snatching food from the mouths of other banks, which naturally was very difficult.
Recently, Wang Chunxiao was under immense pressure. She hadn’t met her account opening target last quarter and lost her bonus, and this quarter hadn’t gone any better.
So she envied the cats in the cafe who could just sprawl out carefree.
“By the way, Ranran, why did you invite me here today?”
Wang Chunxiao’s gaze shifted from the cat and returned to her best friend sitting across from her.
“Yesterday, I bumped into Yang Hao here!”
Yu Ranran said softly.
“Ah?”
“Old flames rekindled after running into each other??”
Wang Chunxiao’s eyes lit up, temporarily forgetting her work stress as she gleamed with the thrill of gossip.
“What are you thinking about!”
“It was just a meeting, and his situation is a bit different now,” Yu Ranran said somberly.
“Sigh, it’s just a divorce, right?”
“Divorce is so common nowadays.”
“You guys have a foundation of feelings. If you could really get back together, that would be quite a story. But I heard he went bankrupt, probably quite poor now.”
Wang Chunxiao sighed, “Entrepreneurship is like that. Sometimes, you can go back to square one overnight!”
Yu Ranran shook her head, “The information we had was very outdated. Yang Hao is now the CEO of Tianmei Media, worth billions!”
Continue your adventure at empire
Pfft!
Wang Chunxiao had just taken a sip of coffee and sprayed it out, covering the table and some even splashed onto Yu Ranran’s arms.
“What?”
“Say that again, how much is Yang Hao worth now?”
Wang Chunxiao, without bothering to wipe the coffee spilled on the table, looked incredulously at her friend.
Yu Ranran, however, was wiping her arms with a tissue, grateful she was wearing a t-shirt, so the coffee didn’t stain her clothes.
“Ranran, you’re not joking with me, are you?”
“Tianmei Media isn’t just famous in Jiangcheng, it’s a top entertainment company nationwide.”
“And you’re telling me Yang Hao is the CEO of Tianmei Media??”
Wang Chunxiao spoke again, her eyes filled with disbelief.
“That’s the reality.”
While wiping the table with a tissue, Yu Ranran added, “Next week is the 60th anniversary of our school, and the school has invited many distinguished alumni to participate, and Yang Hao is one of the most important guests.”
“Now, the school has assigned me the task of liaising with Yang Hao, so I wanted to discuss with you what I should do about it.”
“Hold on, my brain needs to reboot. Let me think.”
Wang Chunxiao took another sip of coffee to calm her excitement, and then slowly said, “Our old classmate, your ex-boyfriend, has become a billionaire magnate!”
“So I’ve found my big client!!”
Wang Chunxiao’s eyes shone brightly. She had a good relationship with Yang Hao as Ranran’s best friend, and for a long time after they broke up, she had played the role of a messenger, until Yang Hao started dating Li Manshu, and she was no longer needed.
“Hm??”
Yu Ranran was speechless, “I asked you to come here to talk about my situation, you know!”
“What’s there to discuss? Just contact him like normal. But if you feel awkward, we can go see him together. I can definitely cling to an old classmate’s coattails,” Wang Chunxiao said cheerfully.
“That’s a good idea, I really do feel a bit scared to see him alone.”
Yu Ranran invited Wang Chunxiao over for this very reason; having her along would avoid much awkwardness.
“Then that’s happily decided, you set it up!”
“Forget it, I also have his Weixun, I’ll do it,” Wang Chunxiao said as she looked for Yang Hao on Weixun friends and then sent him a message directly.
Good, he hasn’t blocked me.
The message went through successfully, and Wang Chunxiao smiled as she waited for a moment before receiving a reply from Yang Hao.
“He told us to go directly to Tianmei Media to see him,” Wang Chunxiao said after reading Yang Hao’s reply to Yu Ranran.
“Now?”
“He said he’s available all afternoon. Shall we go right away?”
Wang Chunxiao was indeed eager to meet this wealthy old classmate. Her job was only part of it; she was very curious how this old classmate had become the CEO of Tianmei Media.
Especially since this old classmate was her best friend’s ex-boyfriend. Being a fan of romance novels, she had already imagined many storylines in her mind.
Like the wealthy CEO ex-boyfriend seeking a reconciliation…
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“That works.”
Since she had accepted the task from Secretary Zhang, Yu Ranran naturally intended to complete it. So, this meeting was inevitable sooner or later; better to get it over with sooner rather than later. Today, with Wang Chunxiao by her side, things wouldn’t be too awkward.
Thus, both of them went to the headquarters of Tianmei Media.
Tianmei Building.
After parking the car, Wang Chunxiao looked up at the building situated in the city center and couldn’t help but exclaim, “Just this building alone must be worth over ten or twenty billion!”
Yu Ranran nodded slightly, feeling no surprise in her heart. Her ex-boyfriend had become a super-rich tycoon – it was truly magical!
At that moment, Wang Chunxiao spoke again, “I just checked the equity change information of Tianmei Media. Yang Hao currently owns 80% of the shares, which means Tianmei Media is now completely under his control…”
In the midst of their conversation, the two arrived at the front desk on the first floor.
“Ladies, may I help you with something?”
The receptionist at Tianmei Media presented a great image as she asked with a smile.
“We’re here to see Mr. Yang,” answered Wang Chunxiao.
“Do you have an appointment?”
“Yes, we do.”
“How may I address the lady?”
“Wang Chunxiao.”
“Okay, please wait a moment.”
The receptionist immediately picked up the phone and called the president’s office to confirm their appointment before letting them through.
“The president’s office is on the 42nd floor.”
“You can take the executive elevator to go up. The third elevator in the hallway is the one; I’ll take you there…”
Once it was confirmed that they were indeed guests of the president, the receptionist became much more enthusiastic.
When the elevator doors closed and began ascending, Wang Chunxiao couldn’t help but express her admiration once again, “Becoming a big president really is different – even having an executive elevator!”
At this moment, Yu Ranran’s feelings were very complex. The boyfriend who used to be at her beck and call, now required an appointment just to see him, and he even had a private executive elevator. The sense of disparity was just too intense!
In fact, the executive elevator wasn’t something Yang Hao had set up. The Chen Brothers had it that way before, and he simply kept it as it was.
The elevator reached the 42nd floor, where a secretary was waiting for them. After exchanging pleasantries, she led them to the president’s office.
At this time, Yang Hao was discussing work with Wang Jingru. It was her first day on the job, and Yang Hao had quite a few things to explain to her.
“That’s all for now, Director Wang. Let’s stay in communication if you have any questions.”
Seeing Yu Ranran and Wang Chunxiao arrive, Yang Hao paused his discussion with Wang Jingru.
“Okay, I’ll go to work then.” Wang Jingru rose to take her leave. As she exited, she instinctively glanced at Yu Ranran and Wang Chunxiao – two pretty women.
At the same time, Yu Ranran and Wang Chunxiao also simultaneously sized her up.
After all, this beautiful woman had appeared in Yang Hao’s office.
“Chunxiao, long time no see. You look even prettier than when you were younger.”
Yang Hao greeted Wang Chunxiao with a smile and then gave a slight nod to Yu Ranran; after all, they had already met yesterday.
“Are you saying that I look old now, Mr. Yang?”
Wang Chunxiao caught a loophole in Yang Hao’s words.
“Alright, not old at all, look 18!” Yang Hao said, shrugging his shoulders with a laugh.
“Eighteen is too false, but I’d believe you if you said twenty-eight.”
Old classmates meeting always evoke a certain sense of familiarity, especially those with whom one had a good relationship in the past.
Wang Chunxiao and Yang Hao were probably in that category – though it had been years since they had seen each other, there was no feeling of estrangement.
“Take a seat. What would you like to drink?” Yang Hao motioned to the visitor’s sofa near the floor-to-ceiling window.
“I’m okay with anything.”
“Then I’ll just arrange something.”
Yang Hao immediately instructed the secretary who had escorted them in: “One latte, one caramel macchiato.”
Tianmei Media had its own coffee shop internally, so whenever the president’s office needed something, a single phone call was enough to get it delivered; the secretary didn’t need to attend to it personally.
“Mr. Yang actually still remembers Ranran’s preferences!”
Wang Chunxiao teased with a laugh, referring to the caramel macchiato which Yu Ranran used to enjoy.
“Don’t call me Mr. Yang, it feels too distant. Call me Hao instead.”
Yang Hao waved his hand with a smile, then gestured for them to sit down on the visitor’s sofa.
“Hao, it’s really like seeing a whole new person after a mere three days!”
“I always heard you were starting a business, but I never imagined you’d already built such a big enterprise!” Wang Chunxiao said, feeling impressed.
“Just lucky,” Yang Hao replied with a smile, turning his attention to Yu Ranran, “Let’s talk about the anniversary celebration.”
Knowing his ex-girlfriend well, Yang Hao had guessed why it was Wang Chunxiao who came along with her today, probably to avoid awkwardness.
So, he took the initiative to steer the conversation towards business matters.
“Here’s the thing, the anniversary celebration will be held on Friday evening, but a series of events will begin from Friday morning…” Yu Ranran was not flustered when she began discussing work-related issues, laying out the details of the anniversary events systematically.
However, whenever her gaze unintentionally met Yang Hao’s, her mind would subconsciously drift to the scenes of when they were together.
Many things you think you have let go of are actually just sealed away.
But every seal has its breaking point, sometimes triggered by a look, sometimes within a fleeting moment.
Ding!
New welfare task triggered: [208]
The system detected that the host had compromised Yu Ranran’s innocence and had been involved with her 208 times.
As a rich man, you must take responsibility for your actions.
Ding!
System reward: 208 million exclusively for Yu Ranran’s spending!
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