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Chapter 499 Three Minutes for Xiao Chen
Wu Ting went out with Meng Ziyi, while Xiao Yuting and Zhang Ruier waited in the "Star Palace" exhibition hall until Wu Lulu took their measurements, and then they toured the exhibition hall.

Company employees would occasionally come in, but they were all busy with their own things and didn't pay much attention to Xiao Yuting and Zhang Ruier.

"Rui'er, I'm going to the restroom." Xiao Yuting said goodbye to Zhang Rui'er and left the exhibition hall.

Zhang Ruier picked out a few bags from the various styles, tried them on, and suddenly saw a mathematical face in the mirror. The owner of that face also noticed her and exclaimed in surprise, "Zhang Ruier?"

The person who arrived was Xing'er. Li Yan was standing next to her. When he saw the young and beautiful Zhang Rui'er, his eyes lit up. Of course he recognized this car model, but Zhang Rui'er didn't recognize him.

"Hello, Xing'er." She could become best friends with Xiao Yuting, so she naturally wouldn't get along with someone like Xing'er. But they knew each other, and after exchanging greetings, they didn't want to talk anymore. However, Xing'er seemed to be talking a lot today.

"Zhang Ruier, what brings you here?"

What's going on? Zhang Ruier only found out when she arrived that Chen Xiao had asked Xiao Yuting and her to shoot some promotional videos for "Star Palace". She told the truth: "I came to take a look. We might have to shoot a few commercials."

Xing'er exclaimed "Ah!" and turned to ask Li Yan, "President Li, didn't you say that cooperating with 'Xingque' is difficult? Why is it possible for her?"

Li Yan patted her little hand, "Don't be impatient. The decision of who can take the picture and who can't is up to me. I am the general manager of the planning department."

Then he walked up to Zhang Ruier and said, "Miss Ruier, we met at the auto show before, and you wouldn't even exchange contact information. But today you actually came to my door on your own initiative."

Zhang Ruier frowned slightly. What did that mean? Looking at Li Yan's smug expression, it seemed as if he felt that she had ignored him before, but today he had personally delivered himself to her doorstep.

She took a step back, not intending to argue with them. Once Yuting returned, the two of them planned to go out.

"Miss Rui'er, who invited you to come and film the promotional video?"

Xing'er was clearly also paying attention. After Li Yan finished asking the question, she stared at Zhang Rui'er without blinking.

"It was General Manager Chen who called us over."

"President Chen?" Li Yan exclaimed as if suddenly realizing something. "Oh, Xiao Chen called you here? Where is he? That kid didn't even report to me beforehand. I'll deal with him later."

Zhang Ruier was startled. President Chen was reporting to him? He was going to deal with President Chen? Was he kidding?

Just then, Xing'er asked Li Yan, "What happened?"

Li Yan smiled faintly, glanced at Zhang Ruier, and then said to Xing'er, "One of my young men is a greenhorn who is unreliable. He invited people to the company without my permission, and to the showroom of such an important brand no less."

His explanation made Xing'er understand that it was Li Yan's team who had invited Zhang Ruier. She was immediately happy. Although Zhang Ruier was somewhat famous, she had only gained popularity through playing on the fringes of fame. She felt that Xiao Yuting and Zhang Ruier's arrogance was a sign of looking down on her and that they were always trying to outdo her.

Today is different. The Mr. Li I've managed to get in touch with is the planning general manager of the Yinuo Group. He's in charge of all external liaison work. Corporate promotional videos, especially the "Xingque" brand promotional video, would never have been approved without his approval.

Zhang Ruier had only contacted Li Yan's subordinates. He had finally gotten the upper hand and smiled smugly. He walked up to Zhang Ruier and said, "Ruier, I'm not trying to criticize you, but if you wanted to cooperate with Yinuo Group, why didn't you tell me? I could have just spoken to President Li. No matter how well you talked to your subordinates, in the end, it's still up to him to make the decision. Isn't that taking a roundabout way?"

Zhang Ruier realized they had misunderstood. No wonder he dared to call him Xiao Chen. She had just thought he was a rebel against the Heavenly Gang and wanted to die.

At this moment, Li Yan also said, "How about it, Miss Rui'er, let's add each other on WeChat and talk about it privately later. You can just contact me directly about this matter. What's the use of talking to Xiao Chen so well?"

"No need." She didn't explain that Chen Xiao wasn't the Xiao Chen he was thinking of, and presumably he wasn't qualified to know about Chen Xiao.

Just then, Zhang Ziqian came in and asked, "Rui'er, where is Yuting?"

Li Yan turned around and a strange light flashed in his eyes. What a stunning girl! And the key was that she looked so much like that "Madam Liu" when she was young. Moreover, judging from her words, Xiao Yuting was also here today. Were the three of them together?
"Yuting has gone to the restroom and will be right back."

Zhang Ruier's words seemed to confirm Li Yan's guess, and he took the initiative to ask Zhang Ziqian, "Are you with Ruier, beautiful lady?"

Zhang Ziqian didn't know who he was, but he seemed to be an employee of the Yinuo Group, so she nodded indifferently.

Wow, that's cold, that's flavorful. Looking at these two women, and then at Xing'er, it felt like looking at a domestic chicken after being used to seeing a phoenix. He was the planning manager at Yinuo Group, and he knew many minor celebrities and internet personalities, and had also used his position to have in-depth conversations with many of them.

But he had never encountered a beautiful woman with such an air of elegance as the one in front of him. Hmm, judging from what they were saying, Xiao Yuting was here today too. She's the pinnacle of the car model world. This must be a chance from heaven. If only I could catch them all at once.

"Beautiful lady, let's get acquainted. I am the general manager of the planning department of Yinuo Group. I am in charge of all the company's endorsement collaborations."

Zhang Ziqian was too lazy to pay him any attention. He was obviously no good. She wondered how Yinuo Group could have such a scoundrel. Hmm? The planning general manager, wasn't he a relative of one of the shareholders Zhang Shijie had mentioned? He was probably just doing this out of courtesy, getting a job at the company.

Just then, Xiao Yuting returned, saw Zhang Ziqian, and called out, "Ziqian."

"Let's go eat in the cafeteria."

Sure enough, Xiao Yuting was there too, and she looked even more beautiful than before after not seeing her for many days. Li Yan's eyes were practically glued to her, completely ignoring Xiao Yuting's disdainful expression.

"Yuting, we meet again. Ruier told me you're here to shoot a commercial today?"

Xiao Yuting glanced at Zhang Ruier, then nodded calmly to him, and was about to go out with Zhang Ziqian when Li Yan blocked their way.

"what are you doing?"

Li Yan chuckled and said, "There's no rush to eat in the cafeteria. How about I arrange a small private room for lunch so we can eat together? It's the company's private kitchen, and the taste is just as good as those famous restaurants outside."

Also, I need to get the contact information of a few ladies today. Since you've partnered with the Yinuo Group, you can't refuse to give me, the head of the planning department, the courtesy of making friends.

Xiao Yuting frowned. This guy was really fearless. Chen Xiao probably forgot about him last time. If she ran into him again today, this guy would be game over in no time.

"No need, none of us are interested in getting to know you."

Xing'er was initially a little jealous of Li Yan's attitude, thinking that he ignored her the moment a beautiful woman appeared. But now, seeing Xiao Yuting and the others showing him no respect, she felt inferior. Why were they so dismissive of the people she had been so desperately trying to curry favor with?

He chuckled and said, "You don't think that just because Mr. Chen brought you here, the cooperation will be settled, do you? Until our President Li gives his approval, nothing is valid. Believe me, if President Li gets angry, your Mr. Chen will be scurrying over to bow and scrape."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Ziqian's face immediately turned cold. Before she could speak, Li Yan arrogantly said, "Hmph, I only need to make one phone call to have him come over here. If he dares to delay for even a minute, I'll slap him across the face."

Li Yan wasn't exaggerating; none of his team members were afraid of him. He could decide their fate with a single word.

Zhang Ziqian had no idea that Li Yan was talking about Xiao Chen from her team. Xing'er had just said "General Manager Chen," and she thought Li Yan was talking about Chen Xiao. She couldn't hold back any longer. Her boss was Zhang Shijie, the kind of person who would tremble when he saw him. How dare a mere planning department general manager talk to him like that?

Xiao Yuting had clearly misunderstood, thinking Li Yan was referring to Chen Xiao, and immediately flew into a rage. At that moment, she heard Zhang Ziqian coldly say, "So you're the general manager of planning, right? From today onwards, you're not."

Then he turned to Xiao Yuting and Zhang Ruier and said, "Let's go eat. I'll report this matter to President Chen later."

Xiao Yuting glared at Li Yan fiercely, then left with Zhang Ruier and Zhang Ziqian. Behind them, Li Yan laughed wildly, "Haha, good, I'll wait for your Mr. Chen. Tell him I told him to come see me, and I won't call him anymore. If I don't see him before 2 PM, he's finished."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Ziqian couldn't wait to meet Chen Xiao before reporting. She couldn't accept being insulted by Chen Xiao repeatedly. Standing there, she took out her phone and called Wu Ting: "President Chen and the others are discussing business; it's inconvenient for me to call right now. Replace your planning department's general manager immediately. From today onwards, this person is not allowed to have any connection with the company."

After hanging up the phone, he gave Li Yan a cold look and walked out of the exhibition hall.

Li Yan laughed wildly, "I can't take it anymore, that beauty is too funny. Has she watched too many feel-good dramas? She can't tell the difference between big and small kings. Doesn't she know what the relationship is between Xiao Chen and me? She can pretend to make a phone call and dismiss me. Who does she think she is, the chairman or the CEO?"

"Wait a minute, I'll have Xiao Chen come over here." He picked up his phone and sent a message, then said to Xing'er, "Considering how hard you've worked these past few days, you're definitely on the 'Star Palace' cooperation list this time. I'll add you in today. As for Xiao Yuting and the others, hmph, I'll see who among them can cooperate with 'Star Palace' without my permission."

Xing'er's eyes were sparkling. This "Starry Night" is a high-end luxury brand. Although it doesn't have much brand recognition now, she heard that it has already partnered with big stars Meng Ziyi and Li Zhien. If she could join them, wouldn't she be on the same level as them? And the endorsement fee is quite high. If she could stick close to Li Yan's coattails and get endorsements for more product categories, why would she need to be a car model?

When Wu Ting received Zhang Ziqian's call, she was completely dumbfounded. She had just settled Meng Ziyi in and was on her way back when she realized that Li Yan had somehow offended Zhang Ziqian. Wasn't this like asking for trouble?

She knew that President Chen was discussing matters with the chairman, and Zhang Ziqian hadn't even waited for them to finish their conversation before directly making arrangements beyond their authority; she must be furious. Knowing Zhang Ziqian as she did, she was usually very gentle, and she wouldn't have acted this way if she wasn't afraid of offending her.

It definitely needs to be arranged, and we can't wait until President Zhang's meeting is over before making the arrangements, otherwise Zhang Ziqian will definitely be unhappy with me. But as the chairman's assistant, I don't have the authority to directly dismiss the head of a functional department at headquarters. Only the chairman's order can be done to do this.

She gritted her teeth and called the group's vice president in charge of HR. "According to President Zhang's instructions, Li Yan, the general manager of planning, must leave the company today."

The vice president was startled when he received the call. Such a big deal! He quickly confirmed, "Is this an instruction from General Manager Zhang?"

"Yes, Mr. Zhang is busy and asked me to call you so I can arrange it immediately."

After hanging up the phone, Wu Ting thought for a moment, then edited a message to Zhang Shijie to report the whole story and inform him that she had arranged for HR to talk to Li Yan.

I believe Zhang Shijie won't blame her for acting first and informing him later. Although that Assistant Zhang is also an assistant, he is not someone Zhang Shijie can afford to offend.

Indeed, that was the case. Zhang Shijie's report to Chen Xiao had already ended. Chen Xiao was standing by the floor-to-ceiling window looking at the layout of the entire park. He took a moment to look at Wu Ting's information and knew that it was Zhang Ziqian who had arranged it. His heart skipped a beat—what had that bastard Li Yan done to offend her? Had he offended those people?

He knew that Xiao Yuting was most likely Chen Xiao's woman, and he had heard that Li Yan was a womanizer. Thinking of this, Zhang Shijie broke out in a cold sweat. He replied to Wu Ting with "OK", and then personally sent a message to the vice president in charge of HR, "Li Yan must leave the company today."

Upon receiving Zhang Shijie's message, the HR vice president felt relieved. The chairman's assistant's arrangement to dismiss a functional department head was against protocol, and he had been agonizing over it. If he listened, he risked responsibility if problems arose; if he didn't, he risked offending Wu Ting, and what if it was the chairman's doing? He was now at ease knowing he hadn't handled things properly. Zhang Shijie's message immediately put his mind at ease.

Outside the "Star Palace" exhibition hall, a man in his thirties jogged over, entered the hall, and walked a few steps to Li Yan, calling out somewhat obsequiously, "Hello, Mr. Li, you were looking for me?"

Li Yan said smugly to Xing'er, "See? It wasn't even three minutes. If it had been a second longer, I wouldn't have let this kid do it." Then he added, "Chen Ya, you've really gotten bold. You dare to act on your own without my permission."

Chen Ya looked bewildered and said nervously, "President Li, I didn't."

Seeing Chen Ya's pale face, Xing'er couldn't help but puff out her chest. The backer she'd found was powerful indeed. Looking at Xiao Yuting and the others trembling in front of her powerful backer, her pride was greatly satisfied.

Li Yan snorted and said, "Not yet. Why didn't you report to me that Xiao Yuting and Zhang Ruier came to the company?"

Xiao Yuting, Zhang Ruier? Chen Ya looked around but couldn't find anyone suitable to be Xiao Yuting or Zhang Ruier. What did these two have to do with him coming to the company? Why should he be the one to report to them?
"You don't need to look anymore. Didn't you arrange for them to eat in the cafeteria? What are you pretending for?"

Chen Ya felt wronged, even more so than Dou E, and cried out, "President Li, I didn't arrange for them to come. Besides, I didn't know they were coming."

Huh? Li Yan was taken aback, then asked, "Weren't they the ones you contacted? Then why did they say they were coming to the company to shoot an advertisement?"

Upon hearing that it was a promotional shoot, Chen Ya remembered and said, "I heard from the filming crew that Meng Ziyi is here today, but I don't know about the others. I didn't contact anyone to come to the company to shoot a promotional video today."

This is strange. Li Yan didn't think Chen Ya was lying, and Chen Ya certainly wouldn't dare to lie to him. So, could it be that Zhang Ruier was lying? But who else on his team would contact them?
Just then, his phone rang. He took out his phone and saw that it was the HR vice president looking for him. The two of them were at the same level in the company.

"Old Qin, what's wrong?"

"I'll come over to see you? Okay, I'll come over after lunch. Is there something urgent? What is it? Why are you being so mysterious and insisting on meeting in person? Fine, wait for me this afternoon."

After hanging up the phone, he smiled calmly and said with a hint of smugness, "Our group's vice president, who is in charge of HR, called to discuss something with me. Xiao Chen, since this has nothing to do with you, you can go and get busy. Do your job well, or I'll go talk to President Qin this afternoon and fire you."

Chen Ya forced a smile, daring not to speak out against his anger. Li Yan was used to being arrogant, never caring about the occasion when scolding his subordinates; today, he was clearly trying to show off his power in front of this woman.

"Come on, Xing'er, let me show you some of the special dishes served in our cafeteria."

Seeing Li Yan's imposing presence, Xing'er clung even closer to him, finally able to outmaneuver Xiao Yuting and Zhang Ruier. She thought she might run into them again in the cafeteria later, and imagining them queuing up with the other employees, Xing'er suddenly felt a surge of anticipation for seeing them again.

Zhang Ziqian took Xiao Yuting and Zhang Ruier to the cafeteria. Chen Xiao was accompanied by Zhang Shijie to go directly there. On the way, they ran into Wu Ting, who was coming from Meng Ziyi's place.

Upon seeing these ladies, Wu Ting immediately said, "Ziqian, I've already notified the vice president in charge of HR to fire Li Yan today. I've also reported the matter to General Manager Zhang. What exactly did Li Yan do?"

Mentioning this matter, Zhang Ziqian's anger flared up again, and she said coldly, "He's quite capable, saying he'd slap President Chen across the face and that President Chen should come over to see him."

Wu Ting's hand trembled, and the phone fell to the ground with a thud. "Ouch—"

When I picked it up, the screen was shattered. This was truly—"Li Yan, that bastard, he's asking for it!"

It's unclear whether her anger stemmed from Li Yan offending President Chen or from her phone being broken.

At this moment, Zhang Ruier cautiously explained, "Ziqian, there might be some misunderstanding here—"

The group looked at her in confusion. Zhang Ruier then recounted her conversation with Li Yan before saying, "So the Mr. Chen he mentioned might not be our Mr. Chen."

"Is that so?" Considering that it might be a misunderstanding, Zhang Ziqian's anger subsided considerably. She was about to consider whether to lift the punishment on him. After all, although Li Yan had offended her and the others, he did not deserve to die. Making him lose his job seemed like a bit too harsh a sentence.

Just as she was hesitating, Xiao Yuting said from the side, "It's not entirely unfair to him. It's just his fate. He offended President Chen a month ago, and President Chen said he wouldn't let him work as the planning general manager of Yinuo Group. He probably forgot about it later because he was busy. I didn't expect Li Yan to show up again today. With his personality, even if he doesn't get into trouble this time, there will be other things to happen in the future. It's only a matter of time."

Hearing that he had offended President Chen before, Zhang Ziqian felt no more guilty. "Let's go eat. When we see President Chen later, I'll remind him that if he thinks the punishment for this person is too severe, he should withdraw it. Otherwise, Li Yan is destined to suffer this calamity."

The group went to the hotel behind the office building, and Zhang Ziqian went up to call Meng Ziyi to go to the small canteen together.

Whether it was because they all bore Chen Xiao's mark, Meng Ziyi and the girls seemed to be deliberately befriending each other. They quickly became close friends on the short walk to the cafeteria.

The canteen wasn't big, and Chen Xiao joked with Zhang Shijie, "We're surrounded by a whole army of women."

Zhang Shijie chuckled twice. His boss dared to joke, but he didn't dare to respond carelessly.

At this moment, Zhang Ziqian walked to Chen Xiao's side and whispered a report about Li Yan in his ear, reminding him that Chen Xiao had encountered him a month ago when he was having dinner with Xiao Yuting.

Zhang Shijie didn't dare to look. Judging from their intimate reporting gestures, he wouldn't believe that this beautiful and charming secretary had no connection with President Chen; it was all too natural. Meng Ziyi and the others felt the same way. In their eyes, Zhang Ziqian was definitely Chen Xiao's woman. They spent more time with her than anyone else, and given Chen Xiao's energy and his inability to resist beautiful women, Zhang Ziqian was destined to be his.

"Oh? It's him. I was wondering why the name sounded familiar when Mr. Zhang mentioned it. I forgot about it last time. People like him shouldn't be kept in the team. Let's replace him."

Zhang Ziqian nodded. Wu Ting also knew what Chen Xiao had been up to. Li Yan's fate was sealed. She looked at her phone screen—it was a kind of revenge.

Li Yan was also eating in the small canteen at the moment, but his private room was in a different area from Zhang Shijie's private room. He was instructing the waiter: "Arrange the dishes according to our highest standards for entertaining clients."

Stars twinkled in Xing'er's eyes again; Li Yan looked really impressive.

The waiter knew this was a senior executive of the company and recognized him as someone from the planning department. They had ample entertainment expenses and settled accounts on time every month, so he could get whatever standard the executive wanted.

"I usually take care of the restaurant owner's business. He gets at least 10 yuan a month from our planning department for me to sign off on."

(End of this chapter)