123: Chapter 123 An Accidental Encounter with Qin Shi

Obviously, Zhao Hui did not agree with Chen Cheng; he only said he would consider it.

Chen Cheng himself knew that the timing was not yet ripe.

However, he was not in a hurry.

The next afternoon, Chen Cheng, dressed in a black suit and looking sharp, went to the Shangpu Hotel.

Company Name held its first fundraising cocktail party there.

Chen Cheng gave a speech, mainly to paint a rosy picture for the investors.

He talked about new energy, the Internet of Things, and Artificial Intelligence.

There were not many guests at the closed-door meeting, fewer than fifty people.

Chen Cheng's skill in painting a rosy picture was not exactly polished, but describing scenarios that would actually happen in the future was not difficult for him.

After hearing Chen Cheng's mesmerizing speech, quite a few people immediately decided to increase their investments.

After the closed-door meeting ended, a cocktail party was held in the adjacent conference hall.

The family members of the bigwigs and socialites who did not attend the closed-door meeting had been socializing on the cocktail party side.

Chen Cheng brought Guan Juer along, and she had also sat in on the closed-door meeting.

Andy brought Fan Shengmei, wanting to give her a chance to connect with high-society contacts.

He had originally invited Ye Zhenzhen, but she wasn't very interested in such meetings and declined Chen Cheng.

She then turned around and asked Chen Cheng to invite Lucy; Chen Cheng didn't understand what she was up to.

But he invited Lucy anyway.

The three beauties from the 22nd floor were chatting together.

Chen Cheng was also socializing with Tan Zongming, Zhao Hui, Xie Zhiyuan, and Su Jianren.

"Banker Zhao, a pleasure, a pleasure," Tan Zongming said gently and elegantly.

"Mr. Tan, you jest. I have long admired your reputation," Zhao Hui laughed.

Xie Zhiyuan wore a simple, honest smile on his face. "Junior brother, this is not right of you. For such a big fundraising event, you should have at least notified your senior brother."

Chen Cheng apologized with a smile, "I was too busy, too busy and neglected it. Please don't blame me, Senior Brother; it was my lack of consideration."

Chen Cheng had never intended to invite Xie Zhiyuan to participate in the closed-door meeting.

But this man had come anyway, shameless as ever.

Since he had come, Chen Cheng couldn't very well kick him out, could he?

Xie Zhiyuan was a typical bloodthirsty shark; he would dive wherever there was money.

Hearing that a private equity fund was raising ten billion, his eyes lit up.

After arriving and learning about the role Chen Cheng played in it, his jaw almost dropped in shock.

So he started flattering his junior brother.

Chen Cheng had no intention of engaging in superficial pleasantries with him.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Tan Zongming pulled Chen Cheng to the window to talk.

"What are your thoughts on the Red Star matter?"

Regarding Company name's acquisition of Red Star, Chen Cheng had long prepared his plan. He pondered for a moment and said:

"Two hundred million dollars, equivalent to 1.4 billion yuan. I want twenty percent of the shares in the joint venture."

Tan Zongming nodded, "Deal!"

The price Chen Cheng gave was not generous, but it was fair.

What was important was that he needed Chen Cheng's capital injection ability.

After the acquisition was completed, R&D, factory renovations, production line upgrades, and store expansions all required money.

And the money-making ability Chen Cheng had demonstrated undoubtedly made him the best partner at this stage.

Tan Zongming's response was within Chen Cheng's expectations.

This price was not high, but there were not many people who could actually produce that much cash.

Tan Zongming had his own judgment.

"Have the legal, financial, and negotiation teams been assembled?"

"Andy is leading the finance and negotiation aspects, and the legal work is handled by a law firm we have collaborated with for many years."

With Tan Zongming's steady and prudent personality, everything would be arranged perfectly. Chen Cheng smiled, "Andy is going to be busy from now on."

"Hmm, it will probably be a bit tough."

At this moment, a woman wearing a blue sequined evening gown walked over.

"Excuse me, sorry to interrupt, but I just heard you two gentlemen talking about..."

Before she could finish, the woman froze as she looked at Chen Cheng's handsome face.

And Chen Cheng was stunned too.

The person had a standard oval face with soft lines, bright and alluring fox-like eyes, and a high bridge of the nose and M-shaped lips that added to her exquisiteness.

The skin at the V-neckline of the dress was as white as snow, and at the end of the V was that plump and charming scenery of the upper chest.

That I-shaped cleavage was truly captivating.

Her body proportions were perfect, her waist was as slender as a willow, and her graceful figure was fully displayed.

Her breasts were full, her buttocks were perky, and together with her long, beautiful legs, they outlined a charming S-curve. Her shoulder lines were smooth, her collarbones were faintly visible, and paired with this blue dress, every move she made was full of elegance and charm.

Isn't this... isn't this Big Mi Mi?

Why is she here?

Before Chen Cheng could react, the person had already turned around and was walking hurriedly out of the venue.

Tan Zongming's eyes darted back and forth between the two, immediately understanding what was going on, and teased Chen Cheng:

"Little Cheng is as dashing and charming as ever."

"I..." Chen Cheng wanted to say that he didn't even know her, but thought better of it and held it back.

Even if he didn't know her now, he definitely would in the future.

Some people thought she was as beautiful as a fairy, while others said she was ugly and had smelly feet.

But seeing her today, Chen Cheng really wanted to say that 'those who say she's ugly' should really go wash their eyes.

The top dog of the entertainment and AI genres really lived up to the reputation.

Exquisite face, fair skin, curvy figure, a pair of legs that could be played with for three years, paired with a charming, sweet voice.

Simply invincible.

"Big Brother, if I say I don't know her, do you believe me?"

"I believe you!"

Tan Zongming had an 'I understand you' expression, clearly not believing him.

Chen Cheng helplessly threw his hands up.

I am truly wronged.

Chen Cheng waved his hand to call Karen over, "Karen, help me look up the information on that woman just now."

Karen nodded, "Understood, Boss."

After acknowledging, it left.

Tan Zongming suddenly shrugged his shoulders helplessly; this guy Chen Cheng never lacked beauties around him.

Karen was wearing a black spaghetti-strap evening gown tonight, with its hair styled in a center-parted updo, looking capable and elegant.

"Now do you believe me, Big Brother? I really don't know her." Chen Cheng spread his hands.

"Alright, there's no need to explain to me." Tan Zongming waved his hand.

"..."

Chen Cheng took a deep breath. Forget it, he wouldn't argue with him.

If Guan Juer weren't there, he would definitely have chased after her himself.

Besides, there were so many guests, and he couldn't leave yet.

Chen Cheng chatted with Tan Zongming about the Red Star issue for a while longer.

"Big Brother, enjoy yourself. I'm going to the restroom," Chen Cheng smiled, turned around, and walked out of the banquet hall.

Just now, he had seen a familiar figure - Zhu Zhe.

However, it wasn't strange; this was the hotel where Zhu Zhe worked.

Chen Cheng watched Zhu Zhe's back and chased after her.

When he reached the stairwell, Chen Cheng hurried to walk alongside Zhu Zhe and pulled her hand into the stairwell.

Zhu Zhe jumped in fright, but upon seeing who it was, she let out a sigh of relief.

"Chen Cheng, you scared me to death."

Chen Cheng held Zhu Zhe's hands, looked at her with a smile, and asked, "You're here, why didn't you go in?"

Zhu Zhe smiled awkwardly, "Your event is so high-end, how could I dare to go in?"

Chen Cheng smiled, lowered his head to kiss her lips, and then stroked the lips he had just kissed with his thumb.

He said softly, "Silly, they are all just hypocritical social activities. There's no such thing as high-end or not."

Zhu Zhe clearly didn't agree with him and chided, "I saw several bosses that I usually only see on TV. Stop trying to fool me."

Chen Cheng chuckled, pinched her cheek dotingly, "Getting on TV isn't that hard. It's not as unattainable as you think."

As he spoke, Chen Cheng kissed her lips again.

Zhu Zhe worked in the housekeeping department. Appearing on the conference floor, Chen Cheng couldn't think of any reason other than that she missed him.

"Don't!" Zhu Zhe pushed away his hand that was trying to climb the peak, nervous and incoherent, "Someone will see us."

Chen Cheng was unconcerned, "It's fine. Everyone takes the elevator now; nobody ever uses the stairwell."

Slowly, Zhu Zhe also began to feel it; her mind went blank, and she let him do as he pleased.

Before long, Zhu Zhe was holding the stair railing with one hand and covering her mouth with her arm with the other, making muffled whimpering sounds.

She also had to listen carefully to the movements upstairs and downstairs, afraid of missing any sound.

Zhu Zhe was extremely nervous.

But she also had a different kind of feeling.