Jian Ai raised her eyebrows in understanding when she saw the introduction. The reason for being chosen was acceptable. Although East Sea Real Estate had just been established, the projects that were currently underway were those that were not in Baiyun City in the past.
Although this celebrity enterprise was just a name and might not have any practical privileges, just this title was enough to make many companies envious.
After all, this was an annual selection by the city government. It also symbolizes honor.
M Group was like her child. Seeing that her child was praised, Jian Ai couldn’t help but feel good.
On the other end of the phone, Bai Zhou continued, “Boss, let’s work hard and let all the subsidiaries of the corporation be on the rankings next year.”
“Oh, you’re quite ambitious.” Jian Ai smiled. “All of them on the rankings? Look at what companies are on the rankings first. It’s not easy for us to have a spot.”
Bai Zhou said indifferently, “It’s always good to have a goal. What if we achieved it?”
Jian Ai closed the newspaper and smiled. “That makes sense. How about this? I’ll give all the employees of East Sea Real Estate an additional bonus this month. It’s such a good thing. We should let everyone be happy as well.”
The two of them had the same thought. Bai Zhou also said, “I think so too.”
After hanging up, the smile on Jian Ai’s face did not fade. Seeing this, Si Yue could not help but blink. He knew that something good had happened, but he did not ask.
As the saying went, some were happy, and some were sad. Jian Ai was thrilled to unexpectedly get the title of one of the top ten celebrity enterprises in Baiyun City. On the other hand, someone was not so happy.
The Jian Group was the leader of Baiyun City’s real estate company. Although they had experienced a huge drop in share prices and an internal crisis this year, the Jian Group was still on the list this year. The most direct reason was that the South City demolition project the Jian Group was in charge of this year was Baiyun City’s top priority this year.
Other than the Jian Group, Chen Lei’s Century Group and Lu Youcai’s Hongxiang Group shared half the territory. The two companies were second only to the Jian Group and were both big shots in Baiyun City’s real estate world.
At this moment, the unhappy person was Lu Youcai, who had never interacted much with East Sea Real Estate!
In the Lu family’s villa, Lu Youcai was sitting in the dining room with an untouched exquisite breakfast in front of him. Beside the breakfast was a business report.
Lu Youcai was forty-eight years old this year and was a native of Baiyun City. He established Hongxiang Real Estate Group single-handedly and had long reached a bottleneck in his current status. This was because the Jian Group, which was above him, was unshakable. Century Group was also eyeing him covetously.
Initially, he had already gotten over it over the past few years. Since the Jian Group was suppressing him, so be it. Anyway, the corporation was still developing steadily. If he insisted on fighting with the Jian Group, he would be asking for trouble in the end.
Hongxiang Group had built many overpasses and squares in Baiyun City over the years, so it had entered the top ten celebrity enterprises selected by the government for many years. It was not inferior to the Jian Group and was ranked at the top.
However, this morning, when he saw the top ten celebrity enterprises in the newspaper this year, he was so angry that his beard flew up. Although Hongxiang Group was still on the rankings, it had fallen from the top five in the past to sixth place.
Instead, it was an unknown new company, M Group, that had replaced him!
Lu Youcai naturally knew about East Sea Real Estate. After all, everyone in Baiyun City knew about the incident between East Sea Real Estate and the Jian Group. He did not take this small company seriously.
Although the two projects of East Sea Real Estate had caused a huge commotion, since they had offended the Jian Group, Lu Youcai believed that this small company would not live long.
However, not only was it alive and well, but it was also one of the top ten celebrity enterprises and was ranked ahead of Hongxiang Group.
As a real estate corporation, they had a competitive relationship. In addition, East Sea Real Estate was not as experienced as Hongxiang Group, so Lu Youcai was not convinced.
A Jian Group and a Century Group were already enough to give him a headache. Now, another one appeared.
“Why aren’t you eating?”
Mrs. Lu wiped her face and walked over from the side. She saw Lu Youcai sitting there with a cold face, and he had not touched the breakfast in front of him.
Seeing his expression, Mrs. Lu couldn’t help but ask, “What’s wrong with you so early in the morning? Who provoked you?”
Lu Youcai exhaled softly and pushed the newspaper to Mrs. Lu. He retorted, “Look at it yourself!”
Mrs. Lu picked up the newspaper suspiciously and swept her gaze across it. Then, she said, “Oh, the celebrity enterprises this year are out? Isn’t Hongxiang on it? Why are you angry?”
“Look at that M Group. Their ranking is higher than our Hongxiang!” Lu Youcai was angry.
When Mrs. Lu heard this, she couldn’t help but laugh. “What’s there to be dissatisfied about? Doesn’t the rankings change every year? Do you have to be angry?”
“Moreover, M Group created many topics a while ago. The amusement park project alone caused a tremendous sensation!”
“Oh right, there’s also the fire in the warehouse in the western suburbs. Didn’t they say that it was their warehouse? I heard it’s filled with colored steel glass.”
Even a housewife like Mrs. Lu knew so much about East Sea Real Estate. It could be seen that East Sea Real Estate had indeed made a name for itself.
Lu Youcai was unwilling to accept this. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. In the end, he said, “What do you think the Jian Group does? This company offended the Jian Group a lot in the past. Jian Changsheng did nothing? He let this small company develop?”
Mrs. Lu didn’t think so. Instead, she thought for a moment and replied, “He might have done something, but it might not have worked. Don’t think too much about it. They relied on their abilities to get on the rankings and didn’t provoke you. Look at how angry you are.”
As she spoke, Mrs. Lu couldn’t help but sigh softly. She looked at Lu Youcai and reminded him, “Don’t look for trouble every day. Qiaoqiao returned to her room angrily yesterday. I called her for dinner, but she didn’t come out. I don’t know what happened.”
At the mention of his daughter, Lu Qiaoqiao, Lu Youcai’s expression instantly changed. He quickly asked with concern, “Ah? What’s wrong? Who bullied Qiaoqiao?”
“With your daughter’s personality, how can she be bullied? Who knows what’s going on?” Mrs. Lu glanced at Lu Youcai and said unhurriedly, “Yesterday afternoon, when she went out, she was still happy. She said that she went shopping with Shanshan. Who knows what happened outside? She didn’t talk to me when she came back. She said nothing when I asked.”
“I’ll go up and take a look,” Lu Youcai said and stood up to go upstairs.
Seeing this, Mrs. Lu quickly stopped him. “Alright, quickly eat and go to the company. When she wakes up, I’ll ask her again.”
