This was a little unbelievable.
Seeing this, the secretary said with certainty, “Chairman, this is true. All the employees in the corporation know. Although she’s not the legal person of the corporation, the actual head is this young lady.”
“What about that man surnamed Bai who looks like a woman?” Lu Youcai asked.
Because in his heart, he had always thought that Bai Zhou, who had an extraordinary temperament, was the true CEO of this corporation.
Moreover, it was not only Lu Youcai who thought so. Almost everyone who did not know M Group thought that Bai Zhou was the CEO.
“Bai Zhou is only the general manager of East Sea Real Estate and one of the leaders of the company. There’s also Rose Entertainment, a subsidiary of M Group. The general manager is Jian Ai’s biological brother,” the secretary said.
Lu Youcai listened to his secretary’s words, but his mind was a little muddled because this matter was a little beyond his scope. He never expected that the enemy he would face would be an underage girl.
His daughter was already twenty-four years old, but Jian Ai was only fifteen years old. She was even younger than his daughter.
However, he did not have time to think about this problem. Moreover, from another perspective, this matter was a little terrifying.
A company established by a little girl had reached such a scale in less than a year. First, she went against the Jian Group, and then she became one of the top ten celebrity enterprises selected by the city government. What kind of leader was this girl? What employees did she have? How could she grow so quickly?
A six-star hotel and the largest outdoor amusement park in the country. How did she think of these two forward-looking projects?
Lu Youcai could not figure it out. He even had lingering doubts. He felt that it was impossible for a fifteen-year-old child to know about real estate construction, let alone real estate investment.
Flipping through the information, Lu Youcai saw East Sea Real Estate’s long-term strategic partner. The first name on the list was Century Group.
This time, Lu Youcai’s expression instantly turned cold.
“Century Group?” Lu Youcai widened his eyes. “Chen Lei’s company?”
The secretary nodded. “That’s right. It’s our biggest competitor, Century Group.”
Hongxiang Group was also a big shot in the real estate industry in Baiyun City. Because they could not compete with the Jian Group, Hongxiang Group’s most evenly matched competitor was Chen Lei’s Century Group.
He had been paying attention to news about Century Group for the past year, and almost nothing escaped his eyes. How could he have missed this?
Century Group and East Sea Real Estate had become business partners. One was a new enemy, and the other was an old grudge. Wasn’t his Hongxiang stuck in the middle?
There were specific projects the two companies were collaborating on. It recorded that when East Sea Real Estate was established, because there was no construction team, all the construction teams were provided by Century Group.
Most of the construction teams for the six-star hotel and amusement park projects belonged to Century Group.
In other words, Century Group was the one who helped East Sea Real Estate to develop so quickly.
“This Chen Lei is crazy!” Lu Youcai slapped the information on the table angrily. “He’s a real estate developer himself, but he’s doing his best to help a new company. Isn’t he afraid of raising a tiger?”
No matter how harmonious the relationship between peers was, they were still competitors. Chen Lei’s method would undoubtedly not work in Lu Youcai’s eyes.
Especially after he confirmed with his secretary that Jian Ai and Chen Lei were not related, this question became even more unbelievable.
Lu Youcai was old, and his mind was not as bright as when he was young. If not because this stack of information was written in black and white, he would have felt like he was reading a book because he could not understand the contents at all.
However, he was very certain that East Sea Real Estate was an opponent he could not ignore.
The development speed was as unstoppable as a fierce beast crossing the river. They were also an ally of Hongxiang’s enemy, Century Group. Just based on these two points, Lu Youcai did not need any other reason.
However, before taking concrete action, he felt that he still had to see this girl called Jian Ai. He was too curious about this person.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Youcai suddenly looked up and asked his secretary, “For our company’s anniversary, send an invitation to this girl called Jian Ai!”
“You mean to invite East Sea Real Estate to the company’s anniversary celebration?” The secretary was a little surprised.
Lu Youcai nodded. “Invite Manager Bai of East Sea Real Estate. Then, deliver a separate invitation to this CEO called Jian Ai alone.”
Real estate companies hold a small celebration for their anniversary every five years and a big celebration every ten years. This year happened to be the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of Lu Youcai’s Hongxiang Group. At that time, they would hold a grand anniversary cocktail party and invite everyone in the real estate industry in Baiyun City to celebrate. This was considered a tradition. Even if they were competitors, they would gladly go when they received the other party’s anniversary invitation.
For example, the Jian Group and Century Group were invited to Hongxiang’s anniversary celebration this year.
East Sea Real Estate was not included in Hongxiang’s invitation. After all, East Sea Real Estate had only been established for a year and had some conflicts with the Jian Group. Lu Youcai had always thought that the Jian Group would destroy this ignorant small company.
But now, he had to reevaluate East Sea Real Estate!
First, he had to see this girl called Jian Ai to satisfy his curiosity.
…
Because Jian Ai had grounded Bai Zhou, he could only stay in the apartment, so the vice president was in charge of everything in East Sea Real Estate. Jian Ai also went to the company to handle company matters every day after school.
In the past, she rarely asked about the company’s internal affairs when Bai Zhou was in the company unless there was a major decision to be made. Now that she was traveling to the company after school for more than half a month, Jian Ai found her busy self from her previous life.
It was already half-past eight. The employees had already gotten off work, and only the lights in the general manager’s office were still on.
Jian Ai rubbed her eyes and put the documents she had finished reading aside. These were documents that needed to be signed with the highest authority. Since Bai Zhou was not around, she could only sign them. This way, the secretary could hand the documents over to the department in need tomorrow morning.
“CEO?”
The office door was open, and Bai Zhou’s female secretary stood at the door and called out to Jian Ai tentatively.
Jian Ai looked up. “Eh? Why aren’t you off work yet?”
Seeing this, the secretary walked into the office and said, “I just finished arranging the forms for tomorrow. Then, there’s an invitation from Hongxiang Group. I looked at it. One is for you, and the other is for Manager Bai. Do you want to pass it to Manager Bai?”
