158: Chapter 158 You've been removed from the group chat! A message of concern from your counselor!

Chapter 158: You Have Been Removed from the Group Chat! Concern from the Counselor!

Su Yang was somewhat amused by Jiang Pingyuan's reaction.

However, he also knew that Jiang Pingyuan was joking with him.

Jiang Pingyuan added, "If Ning Jiaqi knew about your current achievements, she would probably die of regret!"

"Let's not mention her!"

"It seems you've completely moved on," Jiang Pingyuan said with a chuckle. "As expected, a man with a career is totally different!"

"It's been so long already," Su Yang said after a moment of thought. "Let's not tell anyone else about this!"

Jiang Pingyuan said a bit awkwardly, "Ahem... it's already too late!"

"Huh?"

"Look at the group!"

While still on the phone, Su Yang opened the class group chat.

It had indeed exploded inside!

"Is it true? Su Yang is a big boss now?"

"Of course it's true. Class Monitor Jiang told me himself. Su Yang has over two thousand employees now; he's a big boss in every sense of the word!"

"Wasn't Su Yang opening a hot pot restaurant? How did he become a big boss?"

"It's a hot pot chain!"

"..."

"@Su Yang: Big Boss Su, please sponsor me!"

"@Su Yang: Come out and explain quickly! If you don't explain, we'll take it as a confirmation!"

"@Su Yang: Ignoring your old classmates now that you've made it big?"

"Su Yang isn't that kind of person. He probably just hasn't noticed the group messages?"

"I usually mute group messages too!"

"..."

"Hahaha!" Jiang Pingyuan laughed over the phone. "I just expressed my admiration for your achievements to Monkey and invited him to Rongcheng for hot pot. I didn't expect Monkey to post your business directly into the group."

Su Yang said to Jiang Pingyuan, "You'll still have to pay for the hot pot yourself!"

"Don't be so stingy, okay?"

"If I'm not stingy, how can I make money!"

"You have a point; I'm actually speechless!"

After chatting with Jiang Pingyuan for a few more minutes, Su Yang hung up the phone.

He wasn't angry with Jiang Pingyuan. The businesses he ran were all legitimate, and he paid his taxes to the state according to the rules!

To be honest, seeing his classmates discuss his "career achievements" in the group...

He still felt a surge of vanity!

However, seeing so many messages @ing him, Su Yang thought for a moment and didn't respond to them one by one.

Instead, he directly started sending red envelopes in the class group.

He sent two thousand yuan in one go, and the group immediately boiled over.

"Boss Su is so generous!"

"Thank you, Boss!"

"Boss is generous!"

"Daddy, send some more!"

"Wishing President Su a prosperous business and wealth flowing in from all sides!"

"Does the boss still need a lackey? Need a human accessory?"

"Ah~ I'm the Luck King! Love you~ Su Yang!"

"..."

Su Yang took a look and found that the counselor, Ran Ying, was also in the group grabbing red envelopes, shouting that the boss was generous, and even sent a GIF of someone bowing down to the boss.

He could hardly suppress the corners of his mouth from curling up!

He finally understood why so many rich people liked to shower gifts in live-streaming rooms!

Afterward, he received several private messages from old classmates and took two phone calls.

Most of them were people he had a good relationship with during university.

A few with shallower connections, or those whose faces he couldn't even recall from their names, also came to offer congratulations!

Su Yang replied to all of them seriously.

This included the one who called him 'Daddy' in the group... that was his university roommate, Pang Dong.

Pang Dong was also quite a shut-in; besides playing games...

He loved looking at the long legs of Korean girl groups!

Because Su Yang often went to the cafeteria to eat, this lazy fellow Pang Dong would often ask Su Yang to bring food back for him.

He was quite thick-skinned!

Zhou Jianchao: "Big Boss Su, lend me two thousand. I'll pay you back when I get my salary next month!"

Seeing this message, Su Yang was stunned.

Su Yang: "Borrow it from someone near you!"

Zhou Jianchao: "No way? You're a big boss now, do you really care about these two thousand yuan?"

Su Yang blocked him immediately!

What an idiot!

After blocking Zhou Jianchao, Su Yang spoke in the class group: "I'm quite busy with work and under a lot of pressure, so I rarely check group messages. I have indeed made some money recently, but I also have bank loans... I won't say much else, everyone enjoy yourselves again!"

With that, Su Yang sent another two thousand yuan in red envelopes to the class group in succession!

The group of classmates began happily grabbing red envelopes again.

"President Su is so generous!"

"President Su can send fewer red envelopes; there's no need to send so many!"

"Right, even grabbing a few yuan makes me happy for a long time!"

"Loans! President Su is really bold!"

"You have to be bold to do business. Fortune favors the bold, while the timid starve!"

"Is President Su taking out loans to give us red envelopes? I'm so moved! Do you want me to dedicate my life to you?"

"Hahaha... Lan Lihong, aren't you already married?"

"Keep it up, Su Yang. Strive to make a name for yourself so I can brag about being your classmate in the future!"

"Exactly, the honor of our year depends on you!"

"Good luck, President Su!"

"..."

Zhou Jianchao held his phone, looking gloomily at his 23.20 yuan balance.

His luck today was truly terrible. Su Yang sent four thousand in red envelopes, and he only managed to grab twenty-three yuan!

Seeing the group of classmates discussing Su Yang, almost all of them praising him, he couldn't help but post:

"What does Su Yang making it big have to do with you guys? Is there a need to flatter him so much? His family probably just has some money!"

Lan Lihong: "Can't we just be happy for an old classmate?"

Zhou Jianchao: "@Lan Lihong: Just because he's rich doesn't mean he'll remember you!"

Jiang Pingyuan: "@Zhou Jianchao: Hearing your sarcasm, did you try to borrow money from Su Yang?"

Seeing this sentence, Zhou Jianchao's face stiffened!

Lan Lihong: "Definitely. Zhou Jianchao loves borrowing money everywhere and never pays it back!"

Jiang Pingyuan: "@Lan Lihong: He borrowed money from you?"

Lan Lihong: "He borrowed two hundred from me back in university, and I still remember it to this day!"

Immediately after, several other university classmates emerged, claiming that Zhou Jianchao had borrowed money from them.

Some lent hundreds, some over a thousand, and to this day, Zhou Jianchao had not returned any of it!

The group began to denounce Zhou Jianchao!

Besides being unable to stand his habit of not repaying debts, it was also because Zhou Jianchao spoke ill of Su Yang.

After all, they had just grabbed so many large red envelopes from Su Yang; the money was still warm.

They weren't particularly jealous of Su Yang, mainly because the gap between them was just too large.

They couldn't even bring themselves to be jealous!

They hadn't thought about clinging to Su Yang's coattails.

Firstly, they all had their own jobs.

Secondly, their past relationships were average, and they couldn't swallow their pride!

Now that Su Yang had made it, he was willing to send them large red envelopes, which made them feel very happy and think Su Yang was a very generous person!

Compared to Su Yang, Zhou Jianchao was simply worthless!

Jiang Pingyuan: "@Zhou Jianchao: It's been so long since graduation, pay back the money!"

Zhou Jianchao: "No money!"

Just then, his phone screen flashed, and he was kicked out of the class group.

"You have been removed from the group chat by the group owner, Ran Ying!"

Seeing this notification, Zhou Jianchao slammed his fist onto the bed: "Damn it! Stupid woman! Power-tripping dog!"

Being kicked out of the group chat made him feel incredibly frantic, but there was nothing he could do!

He could only lie on the bed and take his anger out on his pillow!

In the class group, the counselor Ran Ying spoke: "Alright, I've kicked him out. He probably won't pay back the money you lent him, so just consider it a lesson learned! If it really comes down to it, you'll have to go through legal procedures."

"Good kick, Counselor!"

"Finally helped me vent my anger!"

"I've been annoyed with him for a long time, and he has the nerve to talk about Su Yang!"

"Compared to Su Yang, he's just a pile of stinking dog shit!"

"This is truly satisfying!"

"I don't even care about that bit of money anymore!"

"..."

The group members all clapped in approval of the counselor's action of kicking Zhou Jianchao!

As for debt collection, after so many years, they had long since given up hope.

Fortunately, they hadn't lent out much money at the time!

While Su Yang was scrolling through videos, he received a QQ message from the counselor, Ran Ying:

"That Zhou Jianchao owed many classmates money, so I kicked him out!"

"Mhm mhm!"

Su Yang roughly understood the counselor's meaning.

Ran Ying: "While working, you should also take care of your health!"

"Okay!"

Su Yang didn't expect that even two years after graduation, he would receive such warmth and concern from his counselor!

Back when he was in university, he never had this kind of treatment.

Being able to see the counselor three times in a semester was already considered an honor for him!

Su Yang didn't know that at this moment, there was also a beautiful woman looking at the messages in the class group, gritting her teeth and silently weeping.

That feeling of immense regret gnawed at her entire body!

But she also knew that there was no going back for her!

However, even if Su Yang knew, he wouldn't care about this woman anymore.

By late March, at Jiuxiang Food, the snack formulas Su Yang had given to Tan Yanghong passed official review and could be put directly into production!

The review speed this time was quite fast.

Having gone there every few days to check on the formulas, Tan Yanghong had probably become a familiar face there!

At Weimeijia, the kitchen renovation was almost finished, the storefront decoration was also going smoothly, and the chefs had been recruited. It was estimated that it could officially open in early next month.

Su Yang still attached considerable importance to Chinese fast food; after all, it could absorb quite a few employees.

He was quite interested in labor-intensive industries with some profit margin.

Currently, the number of employees in his five companies hadn't actually reached two thousand, but it was getting there fast!

At the end of the month, more good news came from Spark Media—Yin Wenyu's follower count had also surpassed one million.

This put Su Yang in a very good mood!

So, he unhesitatingly gave out bonuses to the employees.

All employees received a five hundred yuan bonus, while Yin Wenyu's team members got ten thousand, just like Xia Jingshu had last time.

Su Yang intended to make this bonus a regular thing.

In the short term, he wouldn't raise the salaries of the Spark Media employees, but he could give them some bonuses!

He wanted them to know that every time the company achieved results, their boss would not forget their contributions.

At the end of the month, Zhan Qingfei also invited Su Yang to a bar to hang out.

Su Yang naturally agreed.

However, this time Hao Yue, Mao Haixia, and Chang Yiting didn't come.

They seemed to have business to attend to and needed to work.

But Zhan Qingfei brought along a woman who somewhat surprised Su Yang.