Chapter 332: Zheng Qian's Ambition

Early the next morning, Zheng Qian arrived at the company.

He had already heard about what happened last night.

Even those two weirdos, Lu Zhe and Zhou Shaoqi, had actually "burned" with passion in the hospital after taking drugs, creating quite a spectacle.

After receiving treatment and sobering up, they felt too ashamed to stay any longer and had contacted someone to take them away half an hour ago.

It was good that they left; otherwise, once Zheng Qian had some free time, he might have gone to see them in person.

"President Zheng, you must have had a lot to drink yesterday. Do you have a headache?"

"Try this. It's a secret hangover soup recipe from my family that I've been simmering since last night. It contains ginseng, velvet antler, angelica... It has to be simmered over a low heat for forty-eight hours to be effective..."

Before he had even settled into his seat, Zhong Xiaoyao knocked on the door and walked in, carrying a thermos.

Zheng Qian: ???

"Um... well, I appreciate your good intentions!"

"But, um... setting aside that seven times seven should be forty-nine, not forty-eight, from last night until now, it's only been at most ten-something hours, right? Are you a time traveler?"

Seeing the playful look in Zheng Qian's eyes, Zhong Xiaoyao cursed herself inwardly for being so blinded by love.

She lowered her head, fidgeting and shy. "Umm... oh my, President Zheng, as long as you know what I mean! This is our Zhong family's secret hangover soup; it's really good! Hurry up and try it!"

"Um... well... I didn't drink yesterday."

"??? Didn't you go to some cocktail party yesterday??"

"Yeah, I felt the drinks there were just average, and something unpleasant happened, so I didn't drink."

"Uh..."

Looking at her awkward expression, Zheng Qian smiled and took the thermos, saying earnestly, "Alright, you go back to work first. I still have some things to do. I appreciate your intentions, um... but you should really focus more on your work."

"Oh... I understand..."

Zhong Xiaoyao left crestfallen and returned to her workstation.

She had learned about Zheng Qian attending the cocktail party yesterday and immediately searched for hangover soup recipes on various short video platforms.

She had thought it would leave a good impression on him, but she hadn't expected it to backfire.

In fact, it wasn't entirely her fault; after all, Qin Xueli had definitely slept with Zheng Qian that night.

Moreover, Song Yaxian had looked somewhat absent-minded these past few days; something must have happened between them in Jiangnan.

And as a team leader, she hadn't even gotten a single chance. Seeing her subordinates about to move up, she couldn't help but feel anxious.

"Yo, yo, yo. Offering favors without reason implies ulterior motives. Did you get a cold shoulder?"

Qin Xueli was overjoyed seeing her come out crestfallen.

She couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark.

"Hmph, that's still better than you, you scheming woman! Heh, but don't get too smug. Song Yaxian was with President Zheng the whole time those few days. If anyone is going to move up, it'll be her, not you!"

Zhong Xiaoyao was already furious, so she reflexively retorted.

Mentioning Song Yaxian made Qin Xueli feel a bit sour inside.

After that night, Zheng Qian hadn't shown any indication of anything.

Instead, he would occasionally show concern for Song Yaxian. Thinking of this, she tore at the tissue in her hand in resentment.

If looks could kill, she didn't know how many hundreds of times she would have already killed Song Yaxian.

"Where are the materials President Zheng asked you to compile earlier? I happen to have something to discuss with him, so I'll just take them over while I'm at it."

Without knowing when, Xia Xixi had arrived at her side, giving Qin Xueli a fright.

"Materials? What materials... Oh no!"

She only then realized that what she was tearing in her hands wasn't a tissue at all.

It was the materials she had just printed!

Her face went dark immediately, and she stood up with a sheepish smile. "Um... I'll print another copy..."

Xia Xixi shook her head helplessly.

"Then I'll go in first. Bring it to me once you've got it ready."

"Mm-hmm..."

After Xia Xixi left, the sound of Zhong Xiaoyao's gloating laughter could be heard.

Qin Xueli was on the verge of tears. Fortunately, the electronic version was still there; if she had accidentally deleted it, that would have been truly embarrassing.

"President Zheng, did you ask for me?"

"Yes, sit down."

After a brief moment of contemplation, he said slowly, "I'm going on a business trip to Subei tomorrow with Cui Ziqing. Take advantage of this time to help me properly sort out the company's equity issues, especially the situation regarding the subsidiary companies."

"Since returning from Jiangnan, I've thought a lot. The company's current business lines are too fragmented and need to be integrated."

"First, although the core business of Jinxiu Group is steel reinforcement, it also deals in timber and other things. This involves issues of business overlap. I want to merge Jiyuan Woodworking, Dafu Timber, and the timber processing plants and glass processing plants that we acquired earlier to obtain the distillery license, and incorporate them all into Jinxiu Group for unified management."

"Secondly, I want to establish two branch companies, Schumiller and Qianhe Group..."

It took a full two hours for Zheng Qian to explain all his ideas to Xia Xixi.

Originally, he had wanted to chat with Chen Weiqiang and Liu Shiqi.

But the two of them were away on business, so he could only entrust the task to Xia Xixi and have her make arrangements in advance.

In fact, he had wanted to do these things for a long time, but he just hadn't found the time.

Now that he had a grander layout and commercial vision, he needed to cut through the Gordian knot.

He would take advantage of the early stages of Qianhe Group's establishment to sort out all the business lines so that it wouldn't become a mess in the future.

Not to mention anything else, there were already three or four subsidiary companies related to timber alone.

There were conflicts and overlaps in their businesses, which was simply too much internal friction.

According to his plan, President Ma Wencheng and Chang Dashan would be directly transferred to Jinxiu Group to serve as assistants to Xu Shuyun; this would make command more convenient.

Among these, Zheng Qian had two very important layouts.

They were the [Shumile Group] and the [Qianhe Group], respectively.

As for the specific business arrangements, they would not be detailed here.

It could be said that this basically carried all of Zheng Qian's upcoming action plans, as well as his commercial ambition.

Although Xia Xixi had learned through her contact during this period that Zheng Qian was a very decisive person with his own ideas.

But this series of commercial layouts made her look at him with new eyes.

Originally, when Chen Weiqiang arranged for her to be Zheng Qian's secretary, she was extremely reluctant.

She felt she wouldn't be able to learn anything.

Now it seemed that she had been thinking too shallowly.

"Very well, President Zheng, I will start making arrangements immediately! It's just that the registration of these two group companies might take some time..."

"No rush. There won't be any actions for now; we'll wait until I get back."

Looking at the materials Qin Xueli had just brought over, Zheng Qian lit a cigarette by himself and fell into deep thought.

None of the company contents listed here were related to Yebai.

Without exception, they pointed to two cities.

Subei City and Shanghu City.

He took a pen and drew a big circle around Shanghu, emphasizing it.

Here.

This was the place where all businessmen in Kyushu wanted to compete and reach the pinnacle.

His commercial ambition needed a good touchstone.