After rebirth, I only date bad girls

Chapter 404 Trending Topic: Who is the Real Queen?
Leaving Jiang Yuan's house, Liang Can still felt a little unsatisfied. He said he would come again next time, hehe.

If I hadn't been reborn, I wouldn't have had the chance to live such a good life. Ten years later, I would definitely be Liang Can, and this rich woman would be making the same remarks that Liang Can just made.

Later history enthusiasts believe that these two had a love-hate relationship, hating each other to the core, but if they were to choose again, they would still choose a powerful alliance.

Humans are such contradictory and complex beings, and so is their understanding of emotions.

A deep affection mixed with a hint of self-interest is nothing but a pile of shit.

But if a bit of deep affection is mixed in with self-interest, it becomes a good thing.

The relationship between Liang Can and Jiang Yuan in later generations is a prime example of this kind of relationship.

The two exploited each other, pulled each other back and forth, and were wary of each other, each trying to maximize their own interests from the other.

But in this back-and-forth exchange, an indescribable feeling also arose.

Back to the present, Liang Can and Jiang Yuan's relationship remains the same, but it is much clearer than it was ten years later.

'She certainly won't be as rich as she is later, but at least she'll be able to live a more relaxed life and won't have to get entangled in the feuds of wealthy families,' Liang Can thought to himself.

If things proceed as planned, Jiang Yuan could become a top-tier live-streaming e-commerce host on the internet, establish her own company and brand, and after a few years of hard work, Liang Can can't guarantee much, but a net worth of several hundred million yuan is definitely achievable.

Back at Qingning Technology, before she could even settle in, Qi Mingyue came to report: "Director Deng Jianyu called me and said that the internal audit has already begun."

Liang Can nodded, then suddenly asked in confusion, "It's not the weekend today, don't you have classes?"

"I won't go to the easy classes; I feel like going to work is more interesting," Qi Mingyue replied.

Going to work is interesting.
It’s true that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers.

Liang Can chuckled: "Your Zhejiang University even has easy courses?"

“Even Tsinghua and Peking University have easy courses. Mr. Liang, you haven’t attended a 985-level university, so you might have a biased view of these schools. But they’re all the same,” Qi Mingyue answered truthfully.

Liang Can was silent for a moment, then said quietly, "The first half of the sentence is unnecessary."

Qi Mingyue blinked and immediately apologized, "I'm sorry, I hurt you again."

Liang Can: “.”

Get out, get out! Get out of here!

Just like what Tong Zhu and Zhang Nan said to the group of kids from Hangzhou Dianzi University before, if these local executives continue to fight amongst themselves, Liang Can wouldn't mind bringing in a group of even more difficult people.

For example, someone like Qi Mingyue, who is a member of the imperial family.

Or perhaps, retired senior officials, etc.

Which big company doesn't have employees with such terrifying backgrounds? Let them make a scene, the more they make a scene, the more exciting it will be.

Two weeks later, Deng Jianyu came to Liang Can to report: "The internal audit and review have made great progress. Should I meet with the management and employees involved?"

Liang Can shook his head: "Don't alert them yet. Give them a chance and let them come to you on their own. Let's set a time limit of one week."

"Understood, I'll release some information now and see how others react."

"Well, let's go."

Before leaving, Deng Jianyu hesitated for a moment, then asked Liang Can to confirm one more thing: "President Liang, are you sure you'll show no mercy no matter who's involved?"

Liang Can nodded: "Yes, except for me."

The atmosphere at Qingning Technology has been somewhat somber lately.

Employees of the internal audit department always come and go from department to department without a word, and auditors always take away the ledgers without warning.

Some team leaders and other employees couldn't take it anymore and went directly to Deng Jianyu's office to confess. Most of the issues were minor, such as improper expense reimbursement, improper internal referrals, or accepting banquets, gifts, or cash from contractors.

These are minor issues; an internal warning and a deduction from performance bonuses and year-end bonuses are usually enough to resolve them.

There should be even bigger fish.

In the evening, Liang Can ran into Xu Zijing in the corridor after getting off work.

"Hey, Lao Xu, you've come to see me?" Liang Can greeted him with a smile.

Xu Zijing, known as the Jia Xu of Qingning Technology, laughed and said, "No, I just got a bit of a butt from sitting in the office, so I came out for a walk. Mr. Liang, are you about to leave work?"

"Yes, come to my office tomorrow if you're free."

"Alright, take care."

Xu Zijing pressed the elevator button for Liang Can, saw him inside, and then waved goodbye with a hearty laugh.

The elevator doors closed, Liang Can put his hands in his pockets, squinted his eyes, and then sighed softly.

Xu Zijing is a very capable person, quick-witted, and more mature than his peers.

Mu Cheng and Zhang Guo often clashed with newly appointed executives, but Xu Zijing didn't do those things. He's now in charge of the major e-commerce sector and is doing a great job.

After Liang Can left, Xu Zijing walked to the window in the corridor, lit a cigarette, and took out his phone to make a call: "Let's not do the outsourcing company thing we agreed on last time for now. This year's outsourcing will probably have to go through the formal bidding process."

The tone on the other end of the phone was somewhat unfriendly: "Mr. Xu, I've already set up the outsourcing company with a registered capital of 1000 million yuan. Five million of that is your equity. I've invested all my money and am just waiting for your contract to pay off. Now you're saying you're suspending it? What will happen to the money I've invested?"

"Then what do you suggest we do? The investigation is very strict right now!" Xu Zijing said in a low voice.

The person on the other end of the phone laughed; "Mr. Xu, you're still young. This is nothing. It's just that your young General Manager Liang wants to show his authority. Actually, all companies do this. It's like keeping the profits in the family."

"If all else fails, try to distract Liang Can and get the contract process done while you still can."

After a pause, the man continued, "Getting paid to do things is the rule of the underworld. Mr. Xu, you were very quick to take the money back then, so you should be quick to do things now. Otherwise, I won't wait for the internal audit; I'll expose the shady things you've done."

Toot toot toot
Hearing the busy tone from his phone, Xu Zijing took a deep breath and cursed under his breath, "Damn it!"

Xu Zijing took a deep drag of his cigarette, threw the butt on the ground, stomped it out, and stood there, lost in thought with a gloomy expression.

At this moment, Qi Mingyue, who had just finished get off work, came out carrying a canvas bag. When she saw Xu Zijing, she greeted him politely: "Hello, Mr. Xu."

"Secretary Qi, hello, hello." Xu Zijing greeted Qi Mingyue with a smile. "I went to the capital on a business trip last month and even met with your father."

Qi Mingyue nodded and began to wait quietly for the elevator.

"Mr. Xu, I'll be going now." After the elevator doors opened, Qi Mingyue said goodbye to Xu Zijing and went inside.

Xu Zijing watched Qi Mingyue leave, his brows furrowed.

"This Qi Mingyue must also be interested in the junior, otherwise why would a young lady like her do the work of serving tea and water?"

Xu Zijing scoffed, "But no matter how you look at it, the other two young ladies seem to have a better chance."

Wait a minute, what about the other two young ladies?
Xu Zijing hurried back to his office, pulled out his phone, and said, "I know how to stall for time. Let's create a media frenzy, divert everyone's attention elsewhere, and fish in troubled waters." A light laugh came from the other end of the line: "Really? What are you planning to do?"

Xu Zijing gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "Sheng Shuyi and Wen Xiying are both rich young ladies with powerful backgrounds. They have brands on the Qingning APP and get the best promotion and preferential policies. Once the news is released, other brands will definitely raise questions, and other platforms will definitely follow suit and create hype. Let Liang Can focus on this first, how about it?"

"Sheng Shuyi, Wen Xiying," the person on the other end of the phone nodded, "Okay, let's do it that way."

Xu Zijing is an insider; he's been working with Liang Can since the "Campus Diary" series, so he knows these two girls very well.

When Campus Diary was working at Hangzhou Dianzi University, all the snacks and drinks in the studio were provided by this young lady.

They're not even shareholders; they're just doing charity work.

Wen Xiying provided a lot of help to Liang Can in building his team and often offered advice.

"Let's start with these two people. No one knows the details better than me," Xu Zijing murmured.

That evening, an official account of a small brand posted on Weibo, questioning the promotion algorithm of the Qingning APP.

The post reads: "Friends, I'm an entrepreneur. I set up a small online store on the Qingning APP. I spent 500,000 yuan on initial traffic promotion, but the data shown in the backend is very poor. On the other hand, two other brands received maximum promotion from the start. Is there something fishy going on here, or is it that Qingning Technology only gives traffic to female owners?"

This post was originally destined to disappear without a trace.

There are countless examples of people who spend money to drive traffic to their online stores, only to lose everything in the end. This happens every day on any e-commerce platform.

The key point is the statement, "As long as the boss is a beautiful woman, Qingning Technology will provide her with a flow."

Beautiful female bosses are common, beautiful women are common, and bosses are common, but beautiful female bosses are not.

If the boss is a young and beautiful woman, then she is extremely rare.

The post quickly went viral.

That night, Liang Can was playing CrossFire with Fei Ke and two others in their dorm room, having a great time, when a phone call came in.

At that moment, the battle was at its most intense, and Liang Can was too lazy to answer the random phone call.

But the other party persisted relentlessly, one after another.

Finally, Liang Can couldn't take it anymore and answered the call, cursing loudly: "Damn it, Xu Zhengyao, is your house on fire? The phone keeps ringing, I'm in the middle of a war!"

The caller was Sheng Shuyi's cousin, Xu Zhengyao.

Unexpectedly, Xu Zhengyao also cursed: "Damn it, Liang Can, it's one thing for you to seduce my sister, and it's another to seduce Wen Xiying, but what do you mean by seduce both of them at the same time? Are you bullying my aunt and her child, a widow? My nephew is still alive, and the men of the Dai family are not all dead yet!"

Liang Can: “?”

Did I make a mistake?

Stepping onto the balcony, Liang Can softened his tone: "Brother Xu, what are you talking about? You know me. With my limited skills, how could I possibly date both Sheng Shuyi and Wen Xiying at the same time? Think about it carefully."

"Hmm?" Xu Zhengyao thought about it carefully. "Yes, how could you possibly do something so earth-shattering?"

“If it were me, I’d be more like it,” Xu Zhengyao said arrogantly.

What an idiot.

Liang Can smiled and said, "So, where did you hear this rumor from? Is there some misunderstanding?"

Xu Zhengyao replied: "Weibo is in an uproar, okay? It started with a post questioning whether there was something fishy about your platform's promotion. Then netizens dug up Sheng Shuyi and Wen Xiying. You know what they look like. Even without anything else, they could become a little popular. Now, with the added gimmick of a beautiful CEO, they're going to be incredibly popular. Everyone online is saying that those two are your girlfriends. Everyone is guessing which one is your mistress!"

Which one is my mistress?
Liang Can frowned, extremely indignant, and angrily retorted: "Damn it, netizens these days are so rude! It's one thing to say they're both my girlfriends, but why do they have the right to call them mistresses? Can't they both be my legitimate girlfriends?!"

"Exactly, damn it, anyone who didn't know better would think my cousin was a homewrecker!" Xu Zhengyao wholeheartedly agreed.

After a while, Xu Zhengyao came to his senses and immediately changed his words: "Damn it, what do you mean by 'both are official girlfriends'? You have big ambitions, Liang Can. You have to come forward and clarify this, otherwise how will my cousin get married in the future?"

"Don't worry about Sheng Shuyi getting married, I'll figure something out," Liang Can said calmly.

Zhao Xiao, your cousin wants to marry someone else? Dream on.

Liang Can is still completely confused, but he has roughly figured out the cause and conclusion of the matter.

But he couldn't understand why people online were suddenly talking about his relationship with Sheng Shuyi and Wen Xiying, and even saying that they were both his girlfriends.

There was definitely no fabrication; you can't sue them even if you try.

"Brother Yao, I suspect I've been set up by capital." Liang Can said in a heavy tone.

"Which capital?" Xu Zhengyao asked curiously.

The first two things that popped into Liang Can's mind were Ali the Fox and ByteDance.

His relationship with these two companies is currently quite tense.

But let's rule out ByteDance first, since the two sides just reached a settlement recently, with Lei Jun personally mediating. There's no reason for ByteDance to start messing with Liang Can right after they reconciled.

This violates the rules of the martial arts world.

Ahri is the prime suspect, and has a strong motive.

Firstly, Liang Can's Qingning APP and Pinpinduoduo both pose a certain threat to Ali.

Secondly, geographically speaking, Hangzhou is Ali's home base, but right under its nose, a young internet company, which focuses on e-commerce, is thriving.

This is a slap in the face.

But without investigation, one has no right to speak.

After hanging up Xu Zhengyao's call, Liang Can didn't rush back to her dorm. Instead, she stood on the balcony and opened Weibo. These days, Weibo is still undoubtedly the go-to platform for information dissemination.

A quick glance at the trending topics caught Liang Can's eye, including phrases like "Beautiful CEO Sheng Shuyi," "Beautiful CEO Wen Xiying," and "Chairman of Qingning Technology sexually harasses female college student entrepreneurs."

The promotional video for Sheng Shuyi and Wen Xiying's autobiography, which Qingning Technology filmed for them, has returned to the top of the trending searches.

"Holy crap, such a pretty girl doesn't need to be subjected to unspoken rules just to start a business, right?"

"You upstairs don't know anything! This is called monetizing your beauty!"

"I said it when these two were popular: how could they possibly succeed in starting a business at such a young age? Now everyone knows, right? They were slept with to get ahead."

"Is the person upstairs an idiot? Don't they know these two are genuine rich girls?"

"Everyone, I've posted a photo of the chairman of Qingning Technology in the comments section."

"Hey upstairs, I told you to post a picture of the boss of Qingning Technology, why did you post a picture of Uchiha Sasuke?"

(End of this chapter)