144: Accidentally entered the Heavenly Palace

Qiu Ye Asset Management.

A young girl sat at her still-empty workstation, her eyes fixed on the bubbly, beautiful general manager not far away, as she muttered to herself.

"Didn't she say we were going to eat?"

Tang Tang, female, 25 years old.

She was an engineering cost major. After graduating a few years ago, she had been working for a local private engineering firm.

Although the salary wasn't high—about four or five thousand yuan a month—it was considered decent for a city like Gannan.

Plus, she was a local who lived at home and ate her parents' food, so her life was quite comfortable.

However, as the market conditions worsened over the past year or two, her company hadn't paid salaries for six months.

Tang Tang couldn't take it anymore and resigned on her own initiative.

After playing around for two months, she finally started actively looking for a job.

At that point, after mass-applying to twenty or thirty companies without receiving any response, Tang Tang panicked instantly.

She knew jobs were hard to find now, but she hadn't expected it to be this difficult!

Subsequently, she stopped limiting herself to her original industry and sent out resumes everywhere.

Finally, she ended up at Xu Jia's place and was hired for the assistant position.

The salary wasn't high: three thousand during the internship and three thousand eight hundred after becoming a permanent employee.

But the advantage was that it included the 'Five Insurances and One Fund.'

This sort of thing was still a rarity in private enterprises in small cities!

However, before coming here, she hadn't expected the company to consist of only the boss and herself!

This President Xu had incomparable looks and temperament, and she drove a BMW worth hundreds of thousands. She looked like a young lady from a wealthy family who had taken some money from home to play at starting a business.

"She won't go bankrupt in less than two months, will she?"

Tang Tang secretly observed Xu Jia, thinking somewhat gloomily to herself.

Just as Tang Tang was lost in her bored musings, she suddenly heard the roar of a sports car engine.

The next moment, a 'Black Knight' edition car stopped at the company entrance, and a handsome man stepped out.

Tang Tang noticed Xu Jia immediately stand up, her pure yet seductive face instantly brightening up.

Such an obvious change in expression caused a spark of gossip to flash in Tang Tang's eyes.

"Is this... President Xu's boyfriend?"

As she watched the handsome man enter the office, Tang Tang was about to shrink into a corner to eavesdrop when Xu Jia looked back.

"Little Tang, this is the company owner, President Chen Qiu."

"Ah..."

Tang Tang let out a small cry of surprise and hurriedly stood up to walk over to Chen Qiu.

"Hello, President Chen. I am President Xu's assistant, Tang Tang. You can just call me Little Tang!"

Chen Qiu looked at the delicate young girl before him, a hint of surprise appearing in his eyes.

Tang Tang?

That name really rolls off the tongue.

"Hello."

Chen Qiu nodded toward her.

Then, Chen Qiu handed the documents he had just printed to Xu Jia.

"What's this?"

Xu Jia flipped them open with some surprise.

"Properties in the city centers of provincial capitals and municipalities directly under the central government across the country. I'm leaving them to you!"

Upon hearing this, shock instantly appeared in Xu Jia's beautiful eyes.

"Wait, across the whole country?"

"How many units are there in total?"

"Thirty-five units, I think. One for each city. The value is probably over a hundred million?"

Xu Jia was stunned.

Who buys houses like this?

Other people buy them building by building.

But you, you buy one unit per city across the entire country?

"Are you collecting stamps?"

Chen Qiu nodded, his gaze toward Xu Jia carrying a slight underlying meaning.

"I do quite like collecting things."

Xu Jia's heart skipped a beat, and she gave him a playful, annoyed glare.

She patted the documents in her hand and said with distress,

"You're making things difficult for me. These are spread all over the country; how am I supposed to carry out my work?"

"Run from city to city? And there's only one house in each place..."

Hearing Xu Jia's complaints, Chen Qiu was also somewhat helpless.

It wasn't as if he had a choice in the matter.

"Just treat it as travel on the company's dime."

"Sell the ones in remote areas that are inconvenient, and rent out the ones suitable for leasing."

"There's no rush. I might buy a few more in the future."

Xu Jia shook her head.

She had already 'sold' herself to Chen Qiu, so what else could she say?

"Little Tang? Little Tang?"

Xu Jia called twice before Tang Tang finally snapped back from the 'divine conversation' she had just witnessed.

"Oh, yes, President Xu?"

"I'll have to ask you to work some overtime. Scan these into the company computer."

"Um, okay."

Tang Tang nodded.

She then saw Xu Jia ask Chen Qiu with a bright smile,

"Let's go. Where are we eating?"

As she watched the two of them walk out of the office, Tang Tang opened her mouth.

Wait, what about me?

Don't I get to eat?

Just as Xu Jia stepped out the door, she suddenly turned back and said,

"By the way, for dinner, you can order takeout or eat nearby. It's all reimbursable."

"Okay."

Tang Tang's mood instantly brightened.

Even though she couldn't investigate the gossip up close, at least she could have a nice meal.

"President Xu couldn't possibly think I'm a third wheel, could she?"

Tang Tang sat at Xu Jia's desk and began scanning the documents, thinking to herself,

"President Xu definitely likes President Chen..."

"I wonder how President Chen feels about her."

As Tang Tang was entering the data, she suddenly noticed that the company computer clearly recorded all the assets currently under management.

"Wenqin Road..."

"Isn't that right here?"

Tang Tang was shocked, her eyes full of amazement.

"This entire street of shops actually belongs to President Chen?"

"How much money must that be?!"

"And these properties..."

Recalling the conversation between Chen Qiu and Xu Jia just now, a piece of background music automatically played in Tang Tang's mind:

"Accidentally stumbling into the heavenly realm..."

However, she no longer had to worry about the company going bankrupt in two months. After Chen Qiu and Xu Jia finished their meal,

He took out a necklace and handed it to Xu Jia.

"This is..."

Seeing the familiar LV logo, Xu Jia's heart rate suddenly accelerated.

"A year-end bonus."

Xu Jia opened it and took a look, her beautiful eyes narrowing slightly.

"A year-end bonus?"

"Then your other secretaries got one too?"

Chen Qiu nodded.

"Yes."

Xu Jia's breath hitched, feeling a bit annoyed.

This guy wouldn't even bother to lie to her.

"Then thank you, Great President Chen!"

Since it was a year-end bonus, Xu Jia accepted it generously.

"I'll be going then. I have things to do later."

Chen Qiu checked the time; it was almost eight o'clock.

Xu Jia watched him leave and immediately pulled out her phone to message her sister and ask.

Soon, she received a reply.

Xu Jia clicked on the photo her sister sent, then looked at her own, the corners of her lips curling up slightly.

Hers wasn't as expensive as this one!

...On the other side, Chen Qiu drove to Xintiandi, prepared to start his eighth blind date!