My minimum living allowance is credited to my account every day with 1000 million yuan

Chapter 506 Declares Her Bankruptcy

The once noisy banquet entrance fell silent instantly, with only the clear sound of the villa's fountain audible.

She glanced around, and no one dared to look her in the eye. It wasn't just her dazzling beauty, but also the several agile female bodyguards behind her that made them dare not harbor any disrespectful thoughts towards such a beautiful woman.

Gao Yue had just returned to Jiangzhou after successfully negotiating an acquisition deal in Yuecheng. Li Man invited her to dinner, and Li Xiao—her arrogant best friend and a beautiful young woman who had just been dismissed from the Junxiao Charity Foundation—was also with her.

Gao Yue had mixed feelings about Li Xiao. The two of them were probably the closest to each other back then, even closer than she was to Xu Wu. But all of that changed after she joined Junxiao Group. She found a home for her love life and also had a career she could dedicate her life to. So her direction was clear—to work hard in her career and take good care of Chen Xiao.

Her best friend was a bit baffling. Lazy and arrogant, she dared to complain about He Qing! Where did she get the nerve? Chen Xiao was so protective of his own; even if He Qing was wrong, he'd think she was absolutely right. Li Xiao had ruined her own future. She could have easily become a high-level executive at Junxiao Group, achieving financial freedom would have been a breeze. Now, she was probably forever barred from Junxiao Group. She had brought this upon herself. Lost in thought, Gao Yue headed towards the private room.

Li Man said from inside the room, "President Li, I'll go out and greet President Gao. I think she should be arriving soon."

A hint of jealousy flashed in Li Xiao's eyes. The gap between Li Man and Gao Yue was really huge. But it was no wonder. Li Man's current status was all thanks to Gao Yue's support. Moreover, Gao Yue's current status was far beyond what Li Xiao could compare to. Ironically, Li Man still maintained a certain level of respect for Li Xiao, probably only because of Gao Yue and Xu Wu. Otherwise, given Li Man's current wealth, she probably wouldn't even look at Li Xiao.

Li Man didn't leave early because she felt it would be impolite to leave the guests in the private room. But now that President Gao was almost here, she didn't care about politeness anymore. She greeted Li Xiao and walked out. Because she was walking in a hurry, she accidentally bumped into someone when she turned the corner. What she didn't expect was that the person was so weak that he fell to the ground after bumping into her.

"No way," Li Man looked at herself. "I'm not a big, burly woman."

"Holy crap, you ugly woman, can't you watch where you're going?"

Li Man had initially felt some sympathy for the frail child, who looked to be in his early twenties. Now, he pushed himself up with his hands and angrily berated Li Man. Because she was in a hurry to pick up Gao Yue, she didn't have time to argue with him; otherwise, given Li Man's current status, she would have slapped him twice.

The two collided, and both were at fault. This guy, a man, had absolutely no manners; who knows which rich kid he was. But in Jiangzhou, no matter who you are, Li Man dares to mess with you. She has President Gao standing behind her, and besides, President Gao is President Chen's darling.

"Young man, I'm old enough to be your mother. Watch your words, or don't come home to your parents if you get into trouble someday."

After she finished speaking, she walked towards the gate without looking back. The man behind her stood up and said, "Damn, there are still people in Jiangzhou who dare to threaten me. They bumped into me and want to act like nothing happened. Tell me your name."

At this moment, several young people saw the situation and quickly ran over. One of them shouted, "President Chen, President Chen, are you alright?"

Even worse, one of them blocked Li Man's path and shouted, "Do you know who you hit? Let me tell you, if you don't give me an explanation, you can forget about living in Jiangzhou!"

Li Man was speechless. Had she run into some spoiled brats? She wasn't afraid of these young people. In public, they wouldn't dare to lay a hand on a woman. She said calmly, "I have other things to do. I don't have time to get entangled with you here."

"Oh, you're quite self-righteous, aren't you? You bumped into our CEO Chen, you're in trouble now. You have to put aside whatever other issues you have and make our CEO Chen happy first."

Looking at the time, Li Man knew that General Manager Gao should have arrived. Feeling a little anxious, she took out a business card from her bag and looked at the "General Manager Chen" who was walking towards her, saying, "This is my business card. You can go for your check-up and I can cover the medical expenses. I have something to do today and don't have time to waste with you."

After saying that, she pushed aside the young man blocking her way and walked towards the door. Seeing that she had left her business card, the others weren't worried about not being able to find her, so they stopped stopping her and instead looked at "General Manager Chen," as if asking him what to do.

The young man wasn't seriously injured, but he was knocked flat on his back, which was embarrassing for everyone. He was a "person of status," and if word got out, it would damage his illustrious reputation.

He picked up the business card and glanced at it. "Manhua Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd., wow, quite a big name. They're even a partner of Junxiao Group."

He laughed. Li Man's business card actually read—"Designated Partner of Junxiao Group."

"Oh, so she still dares to be arrogant? 'President Chen' will cut off her source of income in no time."

Knowing Li Man's identity, the young man was extremely smug, as if Li Man were an ant he could crush at will. He instantly regained his arrogant demeanor: "Let's go back to the private room first. Leave one person here. When she comes back, tell her to go to the 999 private room and drink a bottle of baijiu, otherwise I'll make her go bankrupt in no time."

After saying that, he turned and left with his group, leaving a young man dressed in Gucci waiting for Li Man.

Several people watched this scene. One of the foreigners said to a Chinese man in his fifties, "President Wei, that young man just mentioned Junxiao Group as if everything was under his control. Those people called him 'President Chen.' Could he be Chen Xiao?"

The man referred to as Boss Wei frowned. "Chen Xiao is indeed an arrogant and domineering person, but logically speaking, how could someone of his status be with these young people?"

The foreigner shook his head. "That's normal. People of the same age tend to have more common interests. In his twenties, he controls the Junxiao Group and is arrogant and domineering. That young man just now seems to fit all the characteristics of Chen Xiao in the rumors."

As the group was talking, the hall suddenly fell silent. Sensing something amiss, they all turned to look at the entrance. There stood a stunningly beautiful woman, exuding an aura of authority. Every step she took carried an undeniable air of power, her skirt swaying gently, yet no one dared to approach her, as if she were surrounded by an invisible barrier. The woman who had claimed to be from Manhua Decoration Co., Ltd. was now cautiously following beside her.

Gao Yue slightly raised her eyes, her gaze calm and sharp. As she swept across the restaurant, the previously noisy guests fell silent, and even the waiters subconsciously straightened their backs.

Whispers rippled through the crowd, a mixture of envy and jealousy: "Who is she? She has the aura of a powerful female CEO."

The young man who stayed behind to wait for Li Man was also intimidated by Gao Yue's aura. He stood there for a long time before finally mustering up the courage to step forward and say to Li Man, "Our 'Boss Chen' said that you should bring a bottle of baijiu to 999 to apologize later, or you can expect to go bankrupt."

Li Man was immediately furious. These young people were simply courting death. She would usually let them have their fun, but today she was with President Gao. If they startled her, would President Chen not want her dead?
Sure enough, Gao Yue stopped and asked Li Man, "What happened? Who is this 'President Chen' who could bankrupt you?"

Gao Yue found it somewhat amusing. Li Man's business was basically all under the Junxiao Group. Who could bankrupt her? Unless it was that General Manager Chen, Chen Xiao. But how could Chen Xiao possibly deal with Li Man? Now, Manhua Decoration had basically taken over all of Junxiao Group's decoration business, and was doing a very good job. Even when Chen Xiao was "whipping" Gao Yue, he mentioned that Li Man's business was doing quite well.

Li Man was about to explain, feeling both embarrassed and angry, when the young man sneered from the side: "'President Chen' is naturally 'President Chen' of Junxiao Group. In Jiangzhou, if you offend 'President Chen' and don't get his forgiveness, you can expect to go bankrupt."

Gao Yue's first reaction was that someone was impersonating Chen Xiao, but looking at this young man, he seemed to be a recent graduate and shouldn't know who Chen Xiao was.

After thinking for a moment, he said to Li Man, "I'll go with you to meet this General Manager Chen later and see who he is."

The young man's eyes lit up. "It would be even better if a beautiful lady came. You could have a couple of drinks with us, and 'Boss Chen' will surely calm down."

Gao Yue's face immediately turned cold. "Slap him."

After saying that, she said to Li Man in a low voice, "Let's go." As she walked forward, the diamond in her earring flashed, highlighting her fair skin and adding to her cold and beautiful appearance.

Li Man watched as two female bodyguards pinned down the young man and slapped him repeatedly, turning his face into a swollen mess. She couldn't help but shake her head. "Loose lips sink ships," she thought. "Luckily, he was just frivolous and probably not a bad person, otherwise he'd be finished today."

Seeing this, the foreigner said curiously, "This woman seems extraordinary. Jiangzhou, such a small place, really has hidden talents."

Mr. Wei nodded. "Jack, let's go back to the private room."

These people were Jack, the executive director of NK's global headquarters, and General Manager Wei and his colleagues from Jincheng Sports Group. Knowing that Jack and Tom had come to Jiangzhou to meet Xu Jun, General Manager Wei rushed over. He wanted to do some work on Jack before he met Xu Jun, fearing that Jack might be influenced by Xu Jun and switch his support to Jiexun Sports, which would be a disaster for Jincheng Sports Group.

Tom also didn't want Jack to support Jiexun Sports, because he had dealt with Xu Jun the worst last time. If the two sides started cooperating, Jack's position was very likely to be lost. That's why he sent a private message to President Wei, telling him to hurry to Jiangzhou.

“Let’s go, to VIP room 999, right? We’ll go toast that legendary figure in the Chinese business world later.” Jack was also a little skeptical. That young man just now really didn’t have the aura of a big shot. He was indeed arrogant and domineering, but his playboy attitude was hard to believe. If you said that this was a super-rich man who controlled trillions of assets, it was too hard to believe.

But he felt that it was hard to believe that Chen Xiao, at the age of 20, would be in charge of a trillion-dollar group, so he was not surprised by anything that happened to him.

Seeing Gao Yue enter, Li Xiao subconsciously stood up. In the past, the girls would compete with each other, but now she couldn't even muster that thought anymore. Gao Yue's level was something she could never reach in her lifetime. She had originally thought of taking a shortcut—that if Chen Xiao poked her a few times, she might be able to reach the same level as Gao Yue. But now it seemed that it wasn't that simple.

Chen Xiao is surrounded by beautiful women, including someone like me. It's a pity that I didn't have the courage to step up when he was fighting Gao Yue. Otherwise, would things be different now?

"Xiaoxiao, sit down."

Gao Yue was also a bit of a headache when she saw her. Now she could only offer her some other assistance, such as helping Li Man with some business or placing some orders for her.

She came to see Gao Yue for the same reason. Since leaving the Junxiao Charity Foundation, Li Xiao had been unemployed at home. She hadn't saved much money to begin with. When she was working at Jiefeng Electronics Technology Company, the company paid her a monthly salary of over 3 yuan and provided her with a Buick GL8 in order to help her maintain the relationship with Junxiao Capital. Her daily expenses were covered by the company.

However, Li Xiao is a person who cares about her image and usually spends a lot of money outside, so she didn't save much money. She worked at the Junxiao Charity Foundation for less than a month. Fortunately, when she left, He Qing was kind and not only paid her the full amount for that month, but also compensated her for an extra month. Otherwise, she would have had trouble with her daily expenses.

She hadn't bought a house in Jiangzhou yet. Looking at Gao Yue, and then thinking about how Li Man, who used to follow them around, was now worth over 100 million, a sense of loss welled up inside her. She couldn't hold back her tears, which streamed down her face.

As soon as Gao Yue sat down in the main seat, she saw this scene and sighed: "Xiao Xiao, always look forward. With such good resources, you won't do badly no matter what you do, but the premise is that you have to do it well. You need to adjust your mindset."

She didn't care that Li Man was there, and she had no intention of giving Li Xiao any face. This person had spoiled her too much before, otherwise she wouldn't have made things so embarrassing for Chen Xiao last time.

Li Man called for the waiter to serve the food, asking the staff who were originally serving in the dining room to leave. She and her group were chatting, and someone nearby was inconvenienced. Li Man, this billionaire, was now playing the role of a waitress.

It would have been better if she hadn't mentioned it, because once she did, Li Xiao was overcome with grief and began to sob. Gao Yue took the tea that Li Man brought her and sighed softly.

It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. Back when Li Xiao and I earned around 10,000 yuan a month, we were very happy every day, and even thought about competing with Xu Wu. It's clear that earning over 10,000 yuan a month back then was quite an achievement.

Later, both of them got involved with Xu Wu and became very successful in the industry. Li Man met him around that time. Although he was not as rich as her, he had a lot of resources at his disposal, so Li Man was determined to follow him and they have come this far together.

At that time, she felt very glamorous, but Li Xiao couldn't accept that kind of life. The main reason was that she chose the wrong benchmark. She has a competitive personality. Last time, when she went to her own house to help herself move, she saw some expensive tonics, good tea and wine that Chen Xiao had arranged for someone to send, and she took some of them. She was too vain.

There's no way to comfort someone like that, especially since she knows that Li Xiao's distress is probably largely due to her—Li Xiao always felt that she and she were on the same starting line, but now the two are worlds apart, and she can't quite accept this disparity.

"Li Man, once the restaurant has prepared the food, bring it out. I'll go with you to see which Mr. Chen is so arrogant, daring to threaten to bankrupt you."

Just moments ago she was a little angry, but now Li Man only felt that those young people were a bit dim-witted, and laughed, "They're all President Chen, but the difference is really huge."

Gao Yue glared at her: "You make jokes about everyone."

Li Man hurriedly said, "I only say this in front of you. In any other situation, I treat you like an ancestor."

Her exaggerated manner amused Gao Yue, easing her gloomy mood that had just been affected by Li Xiao. "If he really is your ancestor, then you can be considered to have some ancestors."

He didn't dare to joke with Chen Xiao, but because he was familiar with Gao Yue, he occasionally dared to make a few harmless jokes. He immediately laughed and said, "Grandma, you're right."

Li Xiao looked up at the two people and realized that at this point, probably only these two were still willing to help her—no, it should be said that only Gao Yue was willing. She had called Xu Wu a few days ago, and Xu Wu had given her a good scolding, telling her to clear her head before contacting her again, and that if she said anything else, they should never see each other again.

She knew that Xu Wu had scolded her once before for trying to compete with He Qing for the position of general manager of the Junxiao Charity Foundation. Xu Wu said she lacked self-awareness, and that Xu Wu wasn't as familiar with her as Gao Yue, plus her current status was too high; Li Xiao was a little afraid of her. Gao Yue, on the other hand, was much more easygoing. Otherwise, she wouldn't have dared to blame Gao Yue for recommending Han Xue as the head of Junxiao Retail instead of her.

"Mr. Gao, what do you think I should do now?"

Gao Yue laughed at the question. “You should ask yourself: if you want to work, I can arrange one for you, but you definitely can’t get into Junxiao Group; if you want to do business like Li Man, I can help you too. As for which sector to choose, that’s your own business. If you need money, you can ask me for it, and I’ll lend it to you without interest.”

This is already very generous. Li Man said from the side, "President Gao, if President Xiaoxiao needs money, I can support her with some. You've given me so much business recently, and I've made quite a bit of money."

"What, are you afraid I can't produce it?"

Gao Yue knew that Li Man felt that since she was paid a salary, even if it was several million a year, she had only worked at Junxiao Group for half a year and could save up enough money for herself, since she hardly spent any money on any of her expenses. However, Li Man had some doubts about how much private money she had saved that she could lend to Li Xiao.

Li Man's guess was quite accurate. Gao Yue hadn't saved much money, but she must have accumulated nearly 500 million yuan by the end of last year and in the past six months. Li Xiao could definitely use it as start-up capital. Of course, if she needed a larger amount, Gao Yue would still ask Chen Xiao for help out of consideration for their long-time friendship.

Thinking of Chen Xiao reminded me of what Xu Wu said on the phone at noon—"Chen Xiao was worried that you guys wouldn't have enough money, so he urged me to give you a raise. I was wrong to think it through before. You're such a good girl, the development of Junxiao Hotel Management Group has far exceeded expectations. This time, you and Xu Jun will both get a raise of 5000 million yuan per year, and the others will get 3000 million yuan first. That way, you won't lack pocket money."

Gao Yue hadn't expected such a large increase. A 50 million yuan annual salary, plus a year-end bonus—she had more money than she knew what to do with. Back in her hometown, Gao Yue had bought a house in the same neighborhood as Xu Wu's parents in the county town, so the two families could keep each other company. Now, the four elderly people could play mahjong together, which saved them from boredom. However, Xu Wu was recently considering moving them to Jiangzhou so it would be easier for him to take care of them.

She had previously thought that Xu Wu's parents were worried that their presence would affect their daughter's career and her ability to find a boyfriend. Now that everything was settled, it was time for Xu Wu to find an opportunity to be honest with her parents. As for herself, what kind of opportunity should she find to tell her parents about her decision—to follow Chen Xiao for the rest of her life without any official status? Although she was confident she could persuade her parents, she still wanted to find the most acceptable angle for them.

Li Man chuckled a few times, and Gao Yue said to Li Xiao, "You think it over. Decide what you want to do yourself. Just tell me if you need money or resources. Li Man, don't worry about it. You need to save your money to expand the branch company and hire an engineering team. Otherwise, how will you meet the development needs of Junxiao Group?"

With a sigh of relief, Li Man said with emotion, "The more business Junxiao Group has, the less I worry about funding. Every time a contract is signed, 60% is paid immediately, and my costs are basically covered."

"Wow, Mr. Li's decoration company has such a high profit margin?" Gao Yue joked.

Li Man chuckled and said, "This is not a random quote from me. Junxiao Group has increased the price based on industry standards, requiring my decoration standards to be higher than the industry standard."

Gao Yue certainly knew that Junxiao Group was offering Li Man these terms out of consideration for her; how could she not understand that?

999 private room

The "CEO Chen" whom Li Man had bumped into was now sitting in the main seat, surrounded by several people fawning over him. Seeing his colleague enter with a face swollen like a pig's head, he asked, "Xiao Miao, what happened? What illness do you have?"

Xiao Miao was left behind to relay a message to Li Man. He was touching his face, his head still buzzing. He was grateful that the two bodyguards hadn't hit him too hard and had hit the right spot; otherwise, he probably would have had a concussion by now.

Upon hearing "Boss Chen's" question, he immediately complained, "Boss, it was that woman named Li Man who brought in a super elegant and beautiful woman from outside. I stopped them and told her that she had to come in and drink a bottle of baijiu to apologize, otherwise you could make her go bankrupt. Then they started hitting me."

This is probably a common trait among all those who file complaints: they never mention their own problems. He didn't say that he was beaten because he spoke rudely to that beautiful woman, but instead portrayed it as if he was beaten for trying to pass on a message for "Boss Chen".

Sure enough, President Chen was furious: "I can declare her bankrupt right now."

(End of this chapter)