Rebirth 08: Rise from copycat phones

Chapter 586 Driver Xiao Chen Turns the Tables

In late October, temperatures have dropped significantly in many parts of northern China, and some places have even seen several snowfalls.

However, in Shenzhen, it is still autumn with clear skies and crisp air, and it can even be described as hot. Temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius are quite normal. Not to mention cold, many rooms that are not well-ventilated still need air conditioning, otherwise it will be very hot.

Zhihai Park is far from the hustle and bustle of the city, and there is a lot of vegetation around, so it doesn't feel so hot.

As evening falls, a gentle autumn breeze blows, making one feel very comfortable.

As Xu Shenxue walked, he pushed a stroller containing his and Secretary Li's third child, a very cute little girl.

The baby, only a few months old, already had very large eyes with double eyelids, making them look very big. In addition, the baby had the fair and delicate skin of her mother, Secretary Li.

And this child loves to laugh... He always smiles whenever he sees Xu Shenxue.

Xu Shenxue was always delighted when he saw it.

He has quite a few children, after all, he has quite a few women. There are more than a dozen women living in Zhihai Garden, and they have all given birth to children, some even two.

There are quite a few kids in total.

With so many children, it's true that not every child can get enough time to spend with Xu Shenxue.

Furthermore, as the children grow older and their personalities become more apparent, not every child can win Xu Shenxue's favor...

On weekdays, Xu Shenxue spends a considerable amount of time with his and Lin Yaxian's three children, and often takes them out.

Of all the children born to other women, Xu Shenxue particularly liked his eldest son, born to Secretary Li, who was also his second son.

This boy is not only clever and quick-witted, but also sensible, which is why Xu Shenxue likes him quite a bit.

These were among the few children, besides Lin Yaxian's, who were frequently taken out to play by Xu Shenxue...

Because of his affection for Li, Xu Shenxue also showed considerable concern for Secretary Li, which was largely due to Secretary Li's own character.

Secretary Li was the first woman to follow Xu Shenxue; strictly speaking, she was even earlier than Lin Yaxian, his legal wife.

Although Xu Shenxue is not exactly a good man when it comes to women, and he is not capable of investing in so-called love, people are not plants or trees, and after spending a long time together, some feelings inevitably develop.

In addition, Secretary Li is very sensible, smart and beautiful, and she takes very good care of herself, especially in recovering her figure after pregnancy and childbirth.

Over the years, her appearance and figure have remained largely unchanged, just like when she first met Xu Shenxue. You wouldn't guess she's already a mother of three.

She is basically the same now as she was ten years ago.

This is also why Xu Shenxue usually likes to spend time with her...

Some people, after living the life of a wealthy concubine, especially after having children, may have a changed mindset. They may become lazy and irresponsible, and some may even neglect to manage their figure. Maintaining a figure is actually a very difficult thing, especially as they get older and have children.

It's not about money, but about personal self-discipline and perseverance... Not every woman can control her diet and exercise every day after she turns thirty.

For example, Secretary Qian, who was with Xu Shenxue relatively early, used to be a good person. Xu Shenxue really liked her long legs... Unfortunately, after having a child, she focused a lot of attention on the child, and probably also felt that having a child meant her future was secure, so she started to let herself go.

I stopped controlling my diet, stopped managing my figure, and stopped exercising. As a result, my weight soared after I turned thirty. Although I'm not obese, I'm still slightly overweight!
However, Xu Shenxue was surrounded by so many women, each one a remarkable woman, with both beauty and figure... Since Secretary Qian didn't pay attention to maintaining her figure, Xu Shenxue naturally couldn't be bothered with her.

I haven't visited her in recent years. Even when I need to see the children, I ask her to bring them here so that Xu Shenxue can spend some time with them.

However, Secretary Qian herself didn't seem to care... If they don't love each other, they don't love each other anyway!

Anyway, she's quite satisfied with her current life as a wealthy concubine. She has considerable assets in her name, enough to support her entire maternal family, and her children have an extremely large trust fund. So she's just going to let herself go...

Everyone has their own ideas, and Xu Shenxue never forces others to have those ideas.

In the past two years, besides spending time with Lin Yaxian, he has spent a lot of his time at Zhihai Garden visiting Secretary Li, and occasionally Secretary Jin and Secretary Wang.

However, sometimes Secretary Wang would come over to see her cousin Lin Yaxian... They are cousins, and they like to chat together in the evenings.

Aside from these few people, the others were only interesting for a few years, and then it became less frequent... and when they did come, it was just routine, except for Secretary Qian...

If he weren't in Zhihai Garden, Xu Shenxue would sometimes hang out with the secretaries in the Logistics Secretariat. There were many women in the Logistics Secretariat, which was also a novelty.

Because there are so many of them, they often put on their own dances, and it's nice to watch them dance sometimes.

In his private life, Xu Shenxue's hobbies have remained consistent over the years and have never changed... From this perspective, Xu Shenxue is a very devoted person!

That's just how sentimental people are!
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I took my little daughter for a walk, and halfway there she started crying loudly, opening her pink little hands as if she were baring her teeth and claws... It was obvious she wanted a hug.

Xu Shenxue even picked him up and carried him around.

The child, held in her arms, opened her big eyes, observing the world that was still unfamiliar to her!

After their walk, Xu Shenxue stayed overnight at Secretary Li's place, which put Secretary Li in a good mood. She put her youngest daughter to sleep early, while her eldest son and second daughter went back to their own rooms to sleep.

Nothing happened that night. The next day, Secretary Li, with a rosy complexion, got up early and even cooked a delicious breakfast himself, which Xu Shenxue could eat as soon as he got up and washed.

Normally, Secretary Li doesn't cook... after all, she's not needed to, and she has a very skilled cook on her side.

However, when Xu Shenxue came over, she would still try her best to cook some dishes herself... Of course, she would only cook a little bit, and most of the work was done by the professional chef.

But it's not about how much you do, it's about your attitude.

After having breakfast, Xu Shenxue got into Xiao Chen's car and went to work with the security personnel and the assistant from the board's office.

Although it's just for daily commutes, the fleet is quite large, with six vehicles in front and behind. The fleet used to have even more vehicles, but later some of them were replaced with commercial vehicles that can carry more people to reduce the number of vehicles in the fleet and make travel more convenient.

After all, with economic development, there are more and more cars in Shenzhen, and it's not very convenient to travel with too many cars in a fleet.

Therefore, Xu Shenxue's racing team gradually shrank in size.

The convoy continued its journey and soon arrived at the headquarters of Shenzhen Zhiyun Group. After entering, they went into the underground parking lot... The underground parking lot of Zhiyun Group's headquarters is very large. This was mainly because there are a large number of employees, and their income is generally high. Many employees own cars. In order to solve the parking problem for employees, a huge underground parking lot with several levels was designed and planned from the beginning.

Even so, it's gradually becoming insufficient, so in the past two years, Zhiyun Group has built a special parking garage.

This initially solved the problem of employees having difficulty parking.

It's rare to see a company in China that has built a huge parking lot and even several buildings specifically for employee parking.

Most companies don't have this need... because they don't have that many high-income employees.

Most companies that need parking don't have the resources to solve this problem. They would have to design a huge parking space from the very beginning when designing their headquarters, which would cost a lot of money.

Most companies that have the need and the capability are actually unwilling to do this... Why waste money? Why make employees drive to work? Taking the subway is fine, and you don't have to deal with traffic jams.

However, Zhuyun Group has the need, the capability, and the willingness to pursue this goal.

In terms of improving employee benefits, Zhuyun Group has always been at the forefront in China and even internationally.

Not only is the salary among the best in the country, but the benefits are also very comprehensive, including private schools, company hospitals, and other infrastructure... they even provide you with a parking space!
Countless companies in China, very few large companies, still provide parking spaces for their employees. Even if you are a new employee who has just joined the company, as long as you drive to work, you will be provided with a parking space. Of course, the parking spaces for lower-level employees are not very good either, as they are far from the elevator entrance of the office building. They are divided into four levels from high to low: A, B, C, and D.

Therefore, within the Zhiyun Group, a clear indicator of rank and status is the quality of parking spaces.

The underground parking spaces that are relatively close and have ample parking are basically occupied by the company's core technical personnel or management personnel at the M level or above!

When employees are promoted in technical or management positions, their parking spaces are often adjusted... because parking spaces are considered a formal employee benefit!

Previously, parking spaces might have been a common perk, just a regular employee benefit. But now, years later… especially after parking spaces became linked to employee rank, parking spaces have become a symbol of status within the Zhiyun Group. If someone gets promoted but isn't provided with a corresponding parking space, they'll directly file a complaint with the chairman's office email address!
That's incredibly insulting!

When interviewing outstanding talents, the HR of Zhiyun Group often needs to offer some good conditions to attract them. In addition to the usual salary and stock options, they will also arrange better parking spaces!
Parking spaces may not be very attractive to ordinary employees, but they are quite attractive to outstanding talents.

Of course, this only applies to parking spaces at the headquarters of Zhiyun Group. Parking spaces at other companies don't matter... but parking spaces at the headquarters of Zhiyun Group represent a symbol of status and cannot be taken lightly.

This somewhat peculiar parking culture is practically unique to Zhiyun Group; you'd be hard-pressed to find another company like it.

As the owner of Zhiyun Group, Xu Shenxue's parking space doesn't have any particular level; in fact, strictly speaking, he doesn't have a private parking space at all.

The car that Xu Shenxue usually travels in is jointly managed by the logistics department and security department of Liuhe Investment, and has a dedicated parking and maintenance area.

The Transportation Department under the Logistics Department of Liuhe Investment has hundreds of vehicles of different types. Some of these vehicles are in Shenzhen, while others are deployed to places such as Qiongzhou Island, Shanghai, Beijing, Tongzhou, and Wuhan.

Basically, Xu Shenxue has a dedicated fleet of vehicles for the places he frequently visits... After all, it's not practical to have the drivers travel thousands of kilometers back and forth every time he flies there.

But ordinary vehicles are not allowed... No one would let Xu Shenxue ride in an ordinary vehicle, and even the bulletproof standard must meet a certain level... Xu Shenxue's life is related to the fate of a large number of people.

Therefore, his personal safety is not only the responsibility of his private security team... there are also a bunch of security personnel on the outside.

Therefore, his travel is quite troublesome. Even if Xu Shenxue himself is unwilling and wants to drive to work by himself, a bunch of people will come out to dissuade him.

He never drives himself to work; he only occasionally takes Lin Yaxian and the children for a drive on the private roads within Zhihai Park, and even that is rare...

Besides security concerns, Xu Shenxue's mother was also strongly opposed to him driving himself.

Xu's mother has never forgotten the memory of her father's death in a drunk driving accident many years ago, and she worries that her son may one day follow in his father's footsteps.

All things considered, Xu Shenxue personally drove the car only a handful of times.

So strictly speaking, Xu Shenxue does not have a dedicated parking space at the headquarters of Zhiyun Group... As for the parking preparation area of ​​the Logistics Department of Liuhe Investment, that is not a parking space; it is the work area for the Transportation Department and some security personnel.

After the convoy entered the basement, Xiao Chen drove the car to a steady stop. Then, Dong Jing's assistant opened the car door, and Xu Shenxue bent down and got out of the car. He then walked towards the private elevator surrounded by a group of people.

The convoy continued on its way and arrived at the parking and preparation area of ​​the traffic control office. The staff got out of the cars one after another, and Xiao Chen also got out of the car.

Then he started instructing people to work and inspect the vehicles.

In front of Xu Shenxue, Xiao Chen was just a driver... but in front of others, he was the head of the Logistics Department's Transportation Office and the security supervisor of the Security Department.

The middle managers at M7 also oversee several hundred people.

He was in charge of Xu Shenxue's and his family's transportation and even some of the private affairs of the Xu family.

In addition, he was also responsible for some of Xu Shenxue's personal security matters on the surface... In fact, he himself was one of Xu Shenxue's personal security guards.

Xiao Chen's special status lies not in his position or the extent of his management power, but in his special identity: Xu Shenxue's personal driver.

Basically, no one in the Xu Group, including senior management, would look down on him; they were all very polite... but they didn't have any contact with him!
The personal driver of a big boss is a very special position.

Because such people often have the boss's deep trust and also know a lot of the boss's secrets!
It's hard to say about other things, but Xiao Chen is probably the only one who knows all about how many women Xu Shenxue has outside, when he eats with which women, and when he stays overnight with them.

He even knew the general outline of some things about Galaxy Security and was responsible for a small part of it.

With a private driver by his side every day, Xu Shenxue couldn't hide it even if he wanted to. Later, he simply stopped hiding it and even let Xiao Chen handle some more confidential matters, involving him in the process!

After arranging his affairs, Xiao Chen did not linger but quickly went up to the office floor of Liuhe Investment to the logistics department.

Upon arriving at the logistics department, many people greeted him warmly.

Good morning, Director Chen!

"Good morning, room leader!"

Xiao Chen nodded with a smile... Although he was a driver by trade and not highly educated, he had learned some of Xu Shenxue's boss-like demeanor after working with him for many years.

After arriving at the office, Xiao Chen held a brief meeting with the other section chiefs and the head of the logistics department... This meeting had nothing to do with company affairs; it was about daily transportation and security matters, as well as some personal matters of the Xu family.

The Logistics Department of Liuhe Investment is not responsible for the logistics and administration of Liuhe Investment, but rather for the logistics of the Xu family.

As for the administrative and logistical matters of Liuhe Investment Company itself, those are the responsibilities of the Liuhe Investment Administration Department.

This Liuhe Logistics Department is specifically responsible for the logistics affairs of the Xu family... The secretaries of the Logistics Department Secretariat, to which the secretaries who often surround Xu Shenxue belong, belong to this department.

The secretaries in the logistics secretariat are directly managed by Lin Yaxian... anyone who can get in must get her approval.

Then, Lin Yaxian was in charge of all the secretaries' benefits, including regular salaries, living expenses, various subsidies, and even the final step of officially entering Zhihai Garden, such as which villa they would live in and how much trust they would be given... Xu Shenxue basically didn't ask about it.

This logistics department is relatively special!

It is one of only two departments among Xu Shenxue's many enterprises and departments that also have an office building in Zhihai Park, the other being the security department of Liuhe Investment.

Xiao Chen's status is relatively special, so special that even his marriage is personally intervened by Xu's mother, who has even introduced him to potential partners several times!

They say Xiao Chen is always running around with her son and doesn't have time to date, but that can't be neglected...

However, none of the men she introduced to Xiao Chen ended up together. Later, Xiao Chen married his so-called childhood sweetheart from high school.

However, the claim of a childhood sweetheart is debatable... Xu Shenxue has also seen the woman, and his assessment is: she is a smart woman!

Xiao Chen's wife has a pure and elegant style of dress, and she is also beautiful. She was a top student in elementary school and attended a good school. However, her career is just so-so after she started working; she is just an ordinary company employee.
Then, at a class reunion in my hometown, I met Xiao Chen, who had come home for the Chinese New Year...

Back then, Xiao Chen was the personal driver of the world's richest man, and his own net worth was also considerable. I dare not say how much, but it was still over a billion... mainly because Xu Shenxue gave him a batch of Zhiyun Group shares in his early years.

These stocks are incredibly valuable today, given that Zhiyun's market capitalization is over six trillion US dollars.

Then comes the old cliché: the poor boy becomes rich and finally sees the unattainable "white moonlight" from his high school days, while the "white moonlight" sees the unattainable life of high society...

It's a classic story of a poor boy who rises to the top and marries his dream girl!

The only atypical thing is that this white moonlight is too smart... If she weren't smart, she wouldn't be able to keep Xiao Chen, who already has a net worth of over a billion.

Xiao Chen isn't stupid; he naturally knows why the other person changed their mind... They ignored him back in school, but now they've fallen in love at first sight—even a fool would know why!
Xiao Chen himself knew this, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to stay by Xu Shenxue's side for so many years.

But he didn't care... he felt he could control the situation.

The woman's cleverness lay in the fact that she didn't hide her longing for high society too much; she simply made Xiao Chen feel that he could control the situation...

As for why Xu Shenxue knew this... it's naturally because Xiao Chen is the closest person to him. Anyone who gets close to Xiao Chen can't escape the security department's investigation... This white moonlight is no exception, there are a lot of investigation reports about her.

In the report, she skillfully used her status as the "white moonlight" (a term referring to someone who is unattainable in the eyes of the wealthy) to seize the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to marry a tycoon, change her life, and achieve upward social mobility!
Most women couldn't do that!

Well, one more thing, actually Xiao Chen has also seen these reports. He looked embarrassed and said, "Actually, I already know that!"

Then he smiled slyly: "Mr. Xu, a winner in life like you may not understand, but a poor boy like me, after turning my life around one day, is pursued by the goddess of school who I used to love but couldn't have, and who didn't even have the courage to look at her."

"During that time, I made all sorts of excuses and even put her in a difficult position before I reluctantly agreed to be with her..."

"It's actually quite fun!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Shenxue understood... Xiao Chen liked the "turning the tables and singing a song" kind of tune... No wonder he didn't date any of the other beauties, but instead chose this female school beauty!

(End of this chapter)