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The male colleague's words left both Xu Yi and Xu Yujie stunned.

The two of them raised their faces from the pile of documents.

Immediately after, Xu Yujie let out a "tch."

She tapped the mountain of documents on the desk with her pen.

"No matter how capable someone is, it's none of our business."

"We're still just beasts of burden here all the same."

Xu Yi nodded in empathetic agreement.

She and Xu Yujie were classmates.

Originally, they had been assigned by their school to intern at the Qiancheng Tourism and Culture Group.

That was an old state-owned enterprise.

The salary wasn't high.

But the saving grace was that the work was easy.

There wasn't much to do every day, and they could get off work right on time.

How comfortable!

But they never expected that their easy days wouldn't last long.

They were transferred to this newly established and severely understaffed Qiancheng Cultural Industry Group.

It was called a 'key project' with 'key training' for them.

The two of them believed it!

But they never expected the workload here would be so intense.

Of course, if the goal was to gain experience through an internship, this place was quite suitable for them.

But the problem was their current boss, Manager Ma.

He was balding, had a bad temper, and would constantly use their internship certificates as a threat.

He was truly treating his minor authority like a divine command.

Unfortunately, he had precisely grasped the weakness of these two college students.

The two could only silently choose to swallow their resentment.

As for Xu Yujie, she only wanted to finish this internship as quickly as possible.

Forget about becoming a permanent employee; she just wanted to get the internship stamp and get the hell out of there.

Just then.

They noticed a commotion coming from not far away.

The office door was open.

Shadows flickered in the corridor, accompanied by the sound of intentionally lowered voices.

The few people who were rummaging through documents immediately looked up.

They saw a Group of people surrounding others.

Two figures could be vaguely seen in the center.

One was a middle-aged man they had seen a few times.

"That's... Director Wang!"

The male colleague squinted his eyes and exclaimed after seeing the face clearly.

"Director Wang is personally accompanying him?"

"It seems the rumors are true..."

"Then, the one next to Director Wang is that individual major shareholder?"

"Why... why does he look so young?!"

Because there were so many people walking together.

The other person's appearance was only partially visible.

"Yiyi!"

Xu Yujie suddenly pulled on Xu Yi's sleeve.

"Why don't we go complain to Director Wang!"

"Report that damn Baldy Ma!"

Xu Yujie gritted her teeth and said in a low voice.

"That Baldy Ma, didn't he try to get handsy with us last time!"

Recalling that, Xu Yi's face turned pale.

"Don't be impulsive!"

"We don't have any evidence."

"Director Wang doesn't even know us."

"Do you think he would believe the words of two interns?"

Hearing this, Xu Yujie immediately felt discouraged.

Their voices carried little weight.

Especially in a state-owned enterprise like this, it was all about influence and background!

She and Xu Yi were both from rural families; without power, they could only be small fries.

"Sigh."

"If only we had connections and a background."

Xu Yujie suddenly remembered something and asked curiously.

"Yiyi, I remember your sister is a private bank Relationship Manager. She must know many big bosses, right?"

"What are you thinking? Those are just clients... what do you take them for?"

Xu Yi looked helpless.

Moreover, her sister Xu Jia seemed to be struggling with performance targets lately... Thinking about her sister carrying the weight of the entire family, Xu Yi's gaze became much firmer.

An opportunity like the Cultural Industry Park was hard to come by; she had to become a permanent employee and stay!

"Stop dreaming."

Xu Yi patted her shoulder.

"Let's just hurry up and find the documents."

Xu Yi lowered her head and continued rummaging through the stacked document bags.

In her mind, however, she recalled the scene next to Director Wang just now.

That young man's profile.

It had flashed by.

For some reason.

She felt that the profile... seemed familiar?

...Qiancheng Cultural Industry Group.

Conference Room.

The Group's middle and high-level management had all arrived.

Amidst a slightly oppressive and tense atmosphere, the conference room door opened.

Surrounded by a crowd, Director Wang walked in.

The middle and high-level managers present immediately stood up.

"Director Wang!"

As they greeted him, their gazes involuntarily fell upon the tall figure beside Director Wang.

If nothing else, this was the Group's largest individual shareholder who had never shown his face... "He's actually so young?!"

This thought emerged simultaneously in everyone's minds.

They exchanged glances, each seeing the shock and confusion in the other's eyes!

It seemed none of them had ever seen this young man before.

"Cough!"

"Let me introduce everyone. This is Chen Qiu, President Chen!"

Director Wang spoke with a smile.

However, his next sentence startled everyone present.

"Starting today, Comrade Chen Qiu will be the President of the Group and serve as the Chief Planner for the Cultural Industry Park. Let's welcome him!"

As Director Wang finished speaking, the air in the conference room seemed to fall silent for a moment.

It wasn't until Director Wang started clapping that everyone suddenly snapped back to their senses.

They all began to applaud in response!

However, amidst the applause, their shocked gazes continuously sized up the calm Chen Qiu beside Director Wang.

These people knew better than anyone how much the city valued the Cultural Industry Park!

If it weren't for that, they wouldn't be sitting here.

The more a project was valued, the more it was a coveted prize for those below—it's solid credentials!

Yet, such a young man who looked only in his twenties was directly parachuted in as the President!

And he was even serving as the Chief Planner for this project... Just how powerful must this young man's background be!

Qiancheng Investment Group holds a 51% stake, but they don't interfere in operations, only dispatching financial supervisors!

The Qiancheng Culture and Tourism Group did transfer quite a few people over, but the Culture and Tourism Group was originally a state-owned enterprise under the Culture and Tourism Bureau, essentially an extension of Director Wang's will.

This meant that this young man named Chen Qiu, who held a 30% individual stake and served as President and Chief Planner, possessed absolute authority in this project!

Whether considering his background or his current absolute authority, everyone realized one thing in their hearts.

"This young man must not be provoked!"

...The appointment ceremony was very brief.

Director Wang had to go to the county for a meeting, so he left directly.

After Chen Qiu briefly familiarized himself with the faces, he kept the Engineering Management Department behind.

"President Li, is the bidding for the industrial park's construction contractors progressing?"

Li Cheng was the Vice General Manager in charge of infrastructure engineering.

As Chen Qiu finished speaking, Li Cheng immediately glanced at the Engineering Manager beside him, Ma Du.

The latter immediately handed over a stack of documents and said respectfully to the young man in front of him.

"President Chen, these are the qualifications of our local contractors. Please take a look..."

"Is everything here?"

Hearing this, Manager Ma's eyes flickered with hesitation.

A portion was still being organized... Of course, there was no way he would say that!

Wouldn't that mean he hadn't done his job well?

Looking at Chen Qiu's youthful appearance, Manager Ma concluded that he definitely wouldn't know how many local contractors there were.

Thus, he nodded decisively.

"Yes, everything is here!"

Chen Qiu flipped through them briefly and then looked at him.

"There should be more than this."

Manager Ma's heart skipped a beat.

Just as he was about to brace himself to speak, there was a knock on the office door.

Xu Yi's pretty and delicate face peeked in, holding a stack of documents.

"Manager Ma, here are the remaining contractor qualification documents you asked for..."

Ma Du's scalp instantly prickled with shock.

This unlucky brat, why did she have to come right now of all times?

After Ma Du's brain stalled for a second, it began to race.

He barked sternly at Xu Yi!

"Who told you to come in? Can't you see we're reporting to President Chen..."

However, Xu Yi stared blankly at Chen Qiu, who was sitting in the high seat.

That handsome face gradually overlapped with the memory of the older brother from next door who used to play with her often.

In the next moment, she let out a surprised cry.

"Brother Chen Qiu?"