The anchor I was supposed to meet turned out to be my student.

Chapter 25, Section 145: A Ruthless Interruption

"Teacher? Why aren't you saying anything? Can you hear me? Hello...?"

Lu Xiaojun kept asking me if I could hear her, unaware that Ye Zhi and I were passionately kissing.

boom!

As Ye Zhi stepped back, she didn't notice the desk behind her and bumped into it, making a sound. Lu Xiaojun on the other end of the phone hurriedly asked, "Teacher, did you bump into something? Why aren't you saying anything?"

While listening to Lu Xiaojun's voice on the phone and kissing Ye Zhi, I felt a strange sensation of cheating on my wife, which was a thousand times more exciting than when I had pinned Ye Zhi against the wall and forcibly kissed her on the French windows earlier.

"Mmm...mmm..." Ye Zhi was starting to run out of breath.

"Teacher, are you running? Why are you panting? Xin Ning, come here for a second. Your brother called me, but I don't know why he won't answer me."

"Brother? Can you hear me? Hello?" Xin Ning answered the phone.

This was incredible! Not only did Lu Xiaojun's voice come through, but Xin Ning's sweet voice also came through, making the excitement in my heart even more intense.

"I said I need to see President Ye! If this delays things, can you, a mere assistant, take responsibility?"

"Miss Nan Yi, you cannot go in. Mr. Ye gave instructions not to..."

Before Ye Zhi and I could react, the office door was opened and two women appeared. They were stunned to see me and their CEO Ye kissing so passionately. I quickly separated from Ye Zhi and hung up the phone that was on the table.

The assistant reacted quickly, pulling the girl named Nan Yi aside and saying to Ye Zhi, "I'm sorry, Ms. Ye, Miss Nan Yi insisted on coming in... I'll take her out right now."

As she spoke, the assistant tried to pull Nan Yi out of the office, but Nan Yi seemed unwilling, pleading with President Ye with a pleading look on her face: "President Ye, please don't blacklist me, I know I was wrong, please give me another chance, okay? Just this last time!"

I couldn't stand it anymore. This woman named Nan Yi was very pretty, but she was too stupid. She didn't even know how to read the room. Ye Zhi had already intended to blacklist her. Now that she was trying to experience that so-called thrill with me, she interrupted me. Can you imagine how angry Ye Zhi would be!

Ye Zhi straightened her clothes and hair, pointed to the office door, and said coldly to Nan Yi, "Get out!"

"But Mr. Ye..."

"Get out! Don't you understand?"

Ye Zhi's voice was extremely cold. Not to mention Nan Yi, who was being pointed at and scolded, even I, standing next to her, was a little scared. It was hard to imagine that a woman who was only 23 years old could have such a tough attitude.

Startled by Ye Zhi, Nan Yi apologized repeatedly and hurriedly left the office.

After they left, only Ye Zhi and I were left in the office. I heard Ye Zhi say angrily, "I finally got to experience the kind of excitement you were talking about, but she ruined it!"

"But aren't you hurting her too much by scolding her so harshly?" I said, somewhat like a saint.

Ye Zhi said angrily, "I had already planned to blacklist her for a while, let her fade from people's sight, and then create an opportunity for her to become famous overnight. Finally, I planned to allocate the recently popular live-streaming e-commerce resources to her. I didn't expect her to be so unable to hold back."

So that's what Ye Zhi meant when she told Sister Wang to "slap her and then give her a piece of candy." She really has a set of operational methods. No wonder there are so many new big IP hot topics on the internet every day. They are probably all deliberately hyped up. Once the attention is enough, they can get resources from all sides and make a fortune.

Ye Zhi tells me the company's strategies without reservation, which shows she trusts me a lot. Of course, it's also possible that knowing it wouldn't make any difference to me...

I gently patted her back to calm her down, but she looked at me unsatisfied and said, "Tusheng, I want to continue..."

Damn, everyone says women are like tigers at forty, but you're only twenty and already so sexually unsatisfied. Are you addicted to the taste? As for me, I'm fine. I'm a person who knows how to be content. I was able to get intimate with her just now, and I'm already satisfied.

But I had important business to discuss with her, and if things continued like this, I was afraid I wouldn't be able to go home for dinner. So I said to her, "You'd better control yourself in these kinds of things between men and women, and know when to stop. Don't get addicted, otherwise it will affect your normal life. If you can't control yourself and want to get close to other men, I'll feel terrible..."

Ye Zhi frowned and said, "I remember telling you at home a long time ago that I'm not interested in anyone else. You may not know, but I have a kind of mental fastidiousness. Since I kissed you, I would feel disgusted if I got close to other people... Besides, I'm not addicted. I'm just curious. You're the one who made me curious. Shouldn't you satisfy my curiosity?"

Can I interpret her words as a veiled way of saying she has feelings for me?

I suddenly understand why she complained that my phone calls weren't out of concern for her. She must have felt really disappointed. The more I think about it, the more guilty I feel.

"I'm sorry, Ye Zhi. I neglected your feelings before. I'll pay more attention to you in the future, otherwise I'll feel bad for liking me so much..."

"It's good that you know..."

Ye Zhi glanced at me indifferently, then went to the water dispenser to get two cups of water. She handed one to me and said, "I'm a little thirsty from kissing just now, you should have some too."

I was speechless. How could she say such strange things so calmly and seriously?

I put the water glass on the table, and we sat back down on the sofa. I spoke first: "My former classmates and I are planning to create our own online learning course brand. We're doing well with the production process, but we're having trouble with advertising. We have limited funds, so we want to maximize the advertising effect with our limited budget. That requires a well-known company to help with the promotion..."

"So you want me to help you promote your business, right?" Ye Zhi asked, looking over.

"Yes... but we'll charge whatever the market price is. We won't make things difficult for you, after all, many small brands can't even get you to advertise with them..."

"The specific price will be determined through bidding, but based on past market trends, the cost of maintaining a position on our existing medium-traffic page for a week is around 200,000 yuan, which isn't considered a large ad placement," Ye Zhi stated directly.

"Why, why is it so expensive?" I was taken aback, not because I suspected they were trying to scam me.

Two hundred thousand in a week? It's really tough to break even in the early stages. If it doesn't work out, the two hundred thousand will be gone.

Ye Zhi nodded and said, "This is the going rate for my entertainment company to do the advertising. If we also get artists to endorse it, the price will increase exponentially based on the artists' rising status."

No wonder I heard that celebrities can earn millions in minutes by doing an advertisement, even after the company has deducted a large portion and taxes. Of course, I didn't intend to have celebrities do advertisements for me; Liao Zhengyang and I definitely couldn't afford that.

"Is that so..." I was a bit stuck. Small brands can't succeed without strong advertising.

Then Ye Zhi took my hand and comforted me with a smile, "But you don't need to worry. With my intervention, you don't need to worry too much about the price. You just need to focus on writing the promotional content."

Chapter 26, Section 146: The Disgusting Nan Yi

Ye Zhi's meaning was quite clear: I'll arrange the advertising for you for free, so you don't need to worry about the cost.

With less than 500,000 yuan in start-up capital, I should have been very happy to hear Ye Zhi's all-out help. But for some reason, I just couldn't accept it. It felt like I was being taken advantage of. And if I was going to take advantage of her, I should have done it without even chewing. It shouldn't be so easy to get what I wanted.

I was already incurring a favor by asking Ye Zhi to bid for the advertisement through our friendship. If she were to give me an advertisement space directly without me having to pay a single penny, I would truly owe her a huge favor.

I looked at Ye Zhi and declined somewhat apologetically, "I'm sorry, Ye Zhi, although I know you mean well, I still feel bad about owing you such a big favor. Besides, I'm also worried about whether people at the company will criticize you for advertising for me for free..."

Ye Zhi was somewhat unhappy and said, "Are you afraid of owing me a favor?"

"It's not that... it's normal for friends to owe each other favors, but this favor is too big, it's like you're giving me hundreds of thousands for free, that just doesn't seem right..."

Ye Zhi seemed to understand my thoughts and fell silent. After a while, she said again, "How about I lend you the money first, and you can pay it back when you are able to. This is better than borrowing from a bank and having to pay interest... How much do you need? Is one million enough? If not, just tell me."

"That's enough, of course it's enough... but this should be the last resort. I'd like to know what other ways there are to advertise."

As soon as I finished asking, Ye Zhi immediately said, "Yes, of course... Actually, it was a bad idea from the very beginning for you to come to me, or rather, to an entertainment company, to help you with your advertising. Although the advertising effect would be good, the cost would be very high. This approach is not quite right for your early-stage startup. You should have gone to an internet company, like a search engine company, to help you with your advertising. The cost would be much lower, only a few thousand a day for advertising."

I suddenly realized that the advertising fees for companies of different types vary so much, so I quickly asked, "Then how should I choose a company with better traffic?"

"Don't worry, I have some classmates who work in related companies. I'll give you their contact information, and you can tell them your requirements."

With the problem finally resolved, I was overjoyed to see some progress. Looking at Ye Zhi, I felt that she was a kind and understanding woman. I had always thought she was a cold and aloof person, but it seems that my subjective perception was wrong.

I feel that if I encounter any problems I don't understand in my future entrepreneurial endeavors, I can always ask Ye Zhi for advice. After all, her experience in the workplace is definitely much richer than mine. I'm even a little ashamed that I gave career planning guidance to students in the School of Management yesterday. How embarrassing...

"Thank you so much, Ye Zhi, for helping me so much."

Ye Zhi raised an eyebrow and said, "So how are you going to thank me?"

As expected of her, she directly asked for a thank-you gift without any subtlety. I just don't know what she likes. Forget about game items and skins, she probably already has them all...

I tentatively asked, "How about I treat you to a meal? I can't think of a better way to thank you..."

Ye Zhi gently shook her head and said, "I don't want to eat out. Why don't you come to my house and cook me dinner?"

"Alright, this is a good opportunity for you to see my true skills. Last time you only had simple noodles at home, so I couldn't show you my full culinary prowess. Next time I'll buy some good food and bring it to your house so you can eat your fill."

Now that the matter was resolved, I should go back. I stood up to say goodbye to Ye Zhi, but before leaving the office, I suddenly remembered something else important.

"Ye Zhi, look at the surveillance video..." I don't even have the confidence to speak when I owe someone a favor, so I don't want to owe anyone such a big favor.

Ye Zhi gave me a look that told me to figure it out myself. Okay, I'll just have to find another opportunity later.

"Oh, and remember to button up the top button of your shirt."

Ye Zhi glanced down at her chest, revealing a distinct cleavage...

I hadn't found an opportunity to remind her earlier, and then I got too engrossed in talking about the advertisements to remind her. Maybe it was because our kiss was too intense that her buttons, which weren't fastened properly, came undone. Of course, I'm more inclined to think it was because her cup size is too big.

As I left the office, the assistant gave me a strange look, probably still shocked by the intimate scene between Ye Zhi and me. Soon the elevator arrived, but no one was there. I went in and pressed the button for the first floor. Just as the elevator doors were about to close, I heard a somewhat familiar voice.

"Wait, don't close the elevator doors yet!"

I hurriedly pressed the door open button, and a girl rushed in, slightly out of breath. After I saw her face clearly, I realized that she was Nan Yi, the one who had been blacklisted by Ye Zhi. It was only by observing her up close that I could see her appearance more clearly. She was very pretty and knew how to dress herself up very well. She was a little shorter than Ye Zhi and looked to be younger than me.

I pressed the close button again and waited quietly for the elevator to go down, but I didn't expect her to smile and take the initiative to talk to me.

"What's your name, young man? Can we get to know each other?"

I glanced at her and felt a little confused. She was also different from Bi Antong and Lu Xiaojun, whom I knew. This girl named Nan Yi seemed to be the kind of girl who had left campus life and become tainted by the vulgarity of society.

"What's wrong?"

Nan Yi wasn't embarrassed by my answer and said naturally, "I just think the young man is quite handsome and I'd like to get to know him."

For some reason, I instinctively didn't want to talk to a girl as casual as her, so I politely smiled and replied, "Thank you, you're quite pretty too."

Then the elevator arrived at the first floor, and I walked out. I didn't expect Nanyi to follow me and walk next to me.

"Hey buddy, are you free? Would you mind grabbing a meal together so we can get to know each other?"

"I'm busy, excuse me."

I had already left the flower sea company and was about to hail a taxi, but Nan Yi still followed me, unwilling to give up.

"Didn't you drive here, sir? I did. Where do you need to go? I can give you a ride."

She's really acting strangely. I'm not Daniel Wu, and even if I'm somewhat handsome, I'm not so handsome that she'd start pestering me like this the moment we met, am I? I looked at her helplessly and said, "I remember your name is Nan Yi, right? So, Miss Nan Yi, may I ask what you need me for?"

"Don't think of me as having ulterior motives... Of course I do have ulterior motives, I just want to make friends with a handsome guy," Nan Yi said with a smile.

Although she has a beautiful smile, I'm not really into her type, so I declined, saying, "Sorry, I'm not really interested in being friends with you, so please don't bother me."

"What, do you think I'm not pretty enough?"

The taxi was almost here, and I couldn't be bothered with her, but she kept pestering me. I finally gave in and gave her my contact information to get rid of her.

Forgetting what had just happened, I returned to my apartment, took out my keys, and opened the door. Two sweet voices reached my ears.

"Master, welcome home!" (Master, welcome home!)

I stared at the two adorable girls dressed in maid outfits, and I froze on the spot, forgetting to even take the keys out of the ignition...

Chapter 27, Section 147: I'll raise your brother.