I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

“Yes. Kill two birds with one stone.” Chen Ya nodded.

"In the end, it's all about protecting his woman..." Xia You said with a hint of bitterness.

"Isn't it only natural for me to protect my woman?" Chen Ya said. "I will protect you in the same way."

Xia You suddenly blushed and stammered, "I...I'm not..."

Just then, there was a knock on Chen Ya's door.

"Chen Ya, are you asleep?"

Lu Qianzi's voice came from outside the door.

"You're not asleep? What's wrong?"

"How about we go shopping tomorrow? Mom and I will pick out a nice outfit for you."

"It's not impossible."

"Then take that as your agreement. It's settled then. See you tomorrow!"

After saying that, the footsteps disappeared outside the door.

Chen Ya turned around and said into the microphone of his headset, "I'm thinking of buying a watch tomorrow. Do you have any good recommendations?"

“Recently, the trend in Beijing’s luxury goods circles is to favor Patek Philippe,” Xia You said.

She paused, then said:

"However, your Beichen bracelet is the most popular. If you are willing to make a Beichen bracelet that sells for around 50 yuan, then I will recommend that you wear the Beichen bracelet."

“Okay, Patek Philippe it is. Also, Beichen will never do those fancy, gimmicky things.”

Thinking about this, he suddenly had an inspiration and knew what to do.

He reopened the evaluation report for "Acorn Technology Company," clicked the approval button at the bottom, and entered the following in the pop-up dialog box:

"The report is very thorough and detailed, which is commendable. The board's judgment is also accurate and well-founded."

"But I've said it many times: investing in a business is essentially investing in people, not in a string of cold, hard numbers."

"Through the entire report, I have a thorough understanding of this company's production status, but what about its operators? Are they reliable and dependable, or are they superficial and anxious?"

"What is his attitude towards Beichen's investment and recognition? Will he use our support to go further, or will he fall into a trap?"

"When we are complacent about our increasingly impressive accounts, have we ever thought about how much we have changed the world, and how much we have changed it?"

"Comrades, we need to seriously reflect on this!"

Press Enter to send.

The software he used was Beichen Company's internal software.

The report you just read only circulates among users at a certain level; regular employees cannot see it.

However, he used a different account. His super account could access any data within the platform and had the authority to approve almost all matters.

It was 12:05 a.m.

At 12:06, a series of ringtones woke Zhao Yuanhai from his sleep.

"what?"

"Did General Manager Chen approve it? Which General Manager Chen?"

"wait."

Zhao Yuanhai got out of bed barefoot, jumped off the bed, turned on the computer, and logged into his Beichen File System account.

He rubbed his eyes and looked at the long instruction on the computer screen over and over again.

Zhao Yuanhai said into the phone, "This is just a project with a cap of 1 million yuan. Why would President Chen suddenly be interested in it?"

The voice on the other end of the phone sounded very flustered: "I don't know either!"

"Don't panic, let me take a closer look first."

Zhao Yuanhai read the instruction aloud, word by word.

After reading it, he fell into deep thought again.

The person on the other end of the phone said, "Mr. Zhao, is there something wrong with our project? Logically speaking, Mr. Chen hasn't directly intervened in the operation of specific projects for many years. Is it because he has opinions about the company's overall direction that he's taking charge of such a small project this time?"

Zhao Yuanhai frowned, clenched his fist and then relaxed it, and said:

"Don't panic, don't panic, don't overthink things. I'll call Mr. Qian and ask for instructions."

"Won't it be bad to call so late? After all, it's not working hours now."

"No, no, Mr. Chen's instructions are a big deal, and he wrote so much, how can we take it lightly? If we don't ask for instructions, Mr. Qian will be angry again tomorrow. I'll make a call first, and you wait for my reply."

Zhao Yuanhai hung up the phone and entered Qian Jiadong's number.

"Hello, Mr. Qian, it's like this, today Mr. Chen suddenly approved a document on the platform..."

"What file?"

On the other end of the phone, Qian Jiadong suddenly sat up in bed.

"It's a very small business, a small project with a maximum investment of 1 million..."

After listening to Zhao Yuanhai's explanation and carefully reading Chen Ya's comments word by word, Qian Jiadong sighed slightly.

"It's alright. First of all, Lao Zhao, listen to me, don't overthink it. You need to calmly consider President Chen's instructions in order to make a rational analysis."

Zhao Yuanhai nodded repeatedly like a primary school student: "Yes."

“Is Mr. Chen interested in this small project? No,” Qian Jiadong said. “He is making demands on us Beichen people and reiterating an important lesson: focus on people themselves.”

"I understand." Zhao Yuanhai felt as if he had been enlightened.

“When you’re busy with work, you often neglect specific tasks and focus too much on the macro level, which makes you out of touch with reality,” Qian Jiadong lamented. “Being out of touch with reality makes it easy to become arrogant, develop an imperial mentality, become bureaucratic, and form fixed mindsets. All of these are detrimental to the company’s strategy, the future of Beichen, and even the future of the country and people.”

Zhao Yuanhai didn't think Qian Jiadong's words were exaggerated at all, and nodded seriously:

"Yes, Mr. Chen, when you pointed it out, I broke out in a cold sweat, but I didn't know why. After you mentioned it, I realized that it's because I've unconsciously developed a fixed mindset and become out of touch with reality. I should really reflect on that."

"Tomorrow we will compile President Chen's instructions into a circular and circulate it throughout the company for study," Qian Jiadong said. "From top to bottom, from the highest management to the lowest-level employees, everyone must be emphasized to start afresh and relearn with the mindset of a student."

"Roger that!"

……

"Hey, Chen Ya."

Xia You lay on the bed and whispered into the headset microphone, as if Chen Ya were right beside him.

"what happened?"

“How about we sleep together like this? I have sleep problems now, and the medicine isn’t working anymore, but hearing your voice makes me feel at ease.”

"Of course. I need your breath too."

"Chen Ya, Chen Ya," Xia You called repeatedly.

"I'm here."

Xia You said, "Nietzsche once said that some people are alone not because they like solitude, but because they cannot find their own kind around them."

"That's why we're attracted to each other."

“That’s why we’re attracted to each other,” Xia You repeated.

Her eyelids drooped, and she was about to succumb to sleepiness.

"Good night."

"Love you."

……

the next day.

Lu Qianzi sat in the passenger seat, while Lu Ruixiang touched up her makeup in front of the mirror.

"We say we're picking out clothes, but how do we choose?" Lu Qianzi asked. "Should we prioritize cost-effectiveness or style?"

"Value for money," Lu Ruixiang said, applying lipstick to her lips, "the lower the value for money, the better."

"Huh? Did I hear you wrong, or did you say something wrong, Mom?"

Lu Ruixiang closed the hand mirror and said, "This time it's similar to a blind date. How can I dress like a laborer? It has to be impressive."

"STP or Guomao?" Lu Qianzi suggested two high-end shopping malls.

"Go to Grand Hyatt."

"Hiss—" Lu Qianzi gasped, "That newly opened one in Xidan, under the Beichen Group? I heard the prices there aren't low?"

“The budget is 20,000. I’ll transfer it to your card later, and you can pay the bill,” Lu Ruixiang said. “This is a necessary investment to meet your blind date. If we can handle things with the Liu family and solve your Chen Hai’s problem, the 20,000 will be fully recouped.”

“I don’t think 20,000 might be enough,” Lu Qianzi said. “A single piece of clothing over there costs 20,000.”

"Those are the fourth and fifth floors. On the first floor, there are still some affordable models that cost a few thousand yuan."

Chen Ya walked out of the gate, wearing a white T-shirt without any tags. The mother and daughter saw him walking towards the car through the glass window.

In the sunlight, his face was clear and bright, like a sunny young man, except for a pair of large glasses that didn't quite suit his face shape.

The stepmother sighed inwardly, "It's all Chen Sheng's genes. Chen Hai looks so handsome, while Chen Ya looks so plain."

It's true that clothes make the man. If her husband hadn't reminded her yesterday, if she had just shown Chen Ya to the Liu family's daughter like this, she definitely wouldn't have been interested in him.

Lu Ruixiang suddenly thought of something, lowered her head and smiled, saying:

"I'll take him to the top floor later and let him guess the price. It'll definitely shock him. I bet he's never been to such a high-end place in his life."

Lu Qianzi covered her mouth and chuckled, "Haha, okay."

Chapter 188 So you're this handsome?

Chen Ya sat in the back seat and, seeing the smiles on the faces of the mother and daughter in the front, wondered:

"What good thing happened?"

"N-nothing," Lu Qianzi shook her head, her smile unchanged.

"Where are we going shopping today?" Chen Ya fastened his seatbelt.

He hasn't been shopping in years.

It's been more than ten years.

“Let’s go to a very high-end place, the Grand Hyatt, have you heard of it?” Lu Ruixiang said.

"I heard something."

Lu Ruixiang chuckled inwardly.

This Chen Ya is just like his father; if he hasn't heard of something, he simply says he hasn't, but he insists on saying he's "heard of it."

Lu Ruixiang started the car and said, "Qianzi, fasten your seatbelt... Chen Ya, you don't need to, the back seat can't take pictures anyway."

Chen Ya closed his eyes and leaned back in the car seat, beginning to think about where he had heard the name "Junyue" before.

Once the red Audi was on the road, he realized it was his own car.

……

The Grand Hyatt's high-end nature does not lie in the fact that the building's main structure and interior design were personally designed by internationally renowned architect Du Yuren, nor in the fact that all the toilets in its bathrooms are TOTO fully intelligent flushing and drying toilets.

It's not about the fact that its toilet air freshener has a Darjeeling-like heavy feel, or that urban legend says that putting it in your closet at home can create a special body scent; or that the coffee in its own coffee shop is truly handmade, with coffee beans air-shipped from Jamaica, but sold at Starbucks prices.

Most importantly, this place is located behind the building of Beichen Company's Beijing branch, and Beichen employees come here every day for team building activities.

As a technology company, Beichen's primary goal in opening this shopping plaza is to provide benefits for its employees, with profit being a secondary objective.

Aside from Beichen employees and wealthy people, those who come here are either internet celebrities or opportunists hoping to find a rich husband or wife.

After parking the car in the underground garage, Lu Ruixiang led Chen Ya and Lu Qianzi up to the first floor.

As Lu Ruixiang said, most people don't dare to go up to the high-end brand stores on the fourth and fifth floors of the Grand Hyatt. On the first floor, apart from milk tea shops and snack shops, there are only a few ordinary brands, such as Adidas and Nike.

It's described as affordable, but that's only relative. A simple, ordinary T-shirt or shirt could easily cost seven or eight hundred yuan, which is something most families would never buy.

Lu Qianzi kept glancing towards the milk tea shop, muttering to herself: