2003: Starting with Foreign Trade

Chapter 516 What kind of girl can enter his heart?
PS: Transitional Chapter

"It must be very difficult to see you these days, right?"

Petrochemical No. 1 Middle School, which is Mr. Tan's alma mater, was invited to give a speech to his younger schoolmates. Mr. Tan has returned to the school in the past two years, but he always comes back in a hurry.

He has donated quite a bit of money to his alma mater, but it is not easy to invite him to give a speech. This time, the principal finally managed to get a speech from someone who was visiting Ningbo for the New Year and learned that Tan Jincheng would be returning to his hometown.

There are some well-known alumni of Shihua No.1 Middle School, but in terms of popularity, Tan Jincheng and Zhang Xupeng are the most famous. Tan Jincheng is the most famous, and it can be said that he is the most famous since the school was founded.

It wasn't even the Lantern Festival yet, but many of Boss Tan's high school classmates who were still at home came to join in the fun, and Chen Shuyi came too.

Just like in her previous life, Chen Shuyi is now working as a math teacher at a local primary school and is currently in her internship. She heard about Tan Jincheng's speech at his alma mater through the internal system.

To accommodate Mr. Tan's schedule, the school gathered most of the students to attend the lecture before the start of the semester, and many parents also volunteered to come and sit in, which was something they hadn't expected.

Although it wasn't during regular class hours, the auditorium was already full of people who had come by invitation, which exceeded the principal's expectations, and the desired effect was achieved.

Before the speech began, Tan Jincheng met Chen Shuyi, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

"How can you say that? If you or the class monitor go to Beicang, I will definitely treat you if I am there. It's just that I am a bit busy with work and I can't always be in Beicang."

When the class monitor was mentioned, Chen Shuyi blushed, which Tan Jincheng clearly noticed.

"What's wrong? Did Aunt Chen start dating the class monitor?" Tan Jincheng teased.

"I wouldn't dare be your aunt. Don't say that. I was too young to understand back then," Chen Shuyi said, a little embarrassed.

Yicheng girls are bold and responsible. Chen Shuyi then admitted that she was dating the class monitor. Just like in her previous life, the two of them started hooking up in their senior year. Tan Jincheng thought that was pretty good.

These two were quite happy after their marriage in their previous life, so there's no need to ruin their relationship. Besides making up for some regrets after being reborn, they should do something more meaningful.

If Boss Tan was unaware of Chen Shuyi's ambiguous feelings for him in his past life, he certainly knows something about them in this life.

"And you? When are you getting married to that most beautiful CEO?"

"Let's get our marriage certificate after she graduates, what about you?"

"So it's this year then, congratulations! As for us, it definitely won't be that soon."

Their careers are still unstable, and besides, they haven't been dating for very long, so it's not really stable yet.

Unlike Tan Jincheng, who has been in this position for five years since 2004, five years is quite a long time. In the fast-paced era of later generations, he would have been praised several times over.

Gu Qingqing is not planning to pursue a master's degree. While a good education is indeed useful, the era of large-scale postgraduate studies seems to have occurred during periods of economic hardship, when people began to pursue higher education because they couldn't find good jobs.

These days, there are still plenty of good jobs. With a decent bachelor's degree, you can do quite well. Under normal circumstances, it's better to enter the workforce earlier and build up your seniority in a company or organization than to spend several years pursuing a master's degree.

Of course, this is not a problem for Gu Qingqing. She doesn't need to look for a job. She doesn't pursue a master's degree simply because she is too busy.

It's better to give up a graduate student spot to someone else than to occupy it.

Now that she has a boyfriend, Chen Shuyi can face Tan Jincheng with ease. In other people's eyes, Tan Jincheng is the high and mighty president of Shanchi Group, a billionaire with a net worth of billions, ranking among the top 500 richest people in China.

But in Chen Shuyi's eyes, Tan Jincheng's impression of her is still mostly from their high school days as deskmates, where she, as his "aunt," managed him and attracted his attention.

Another story is their shared experience of riding a motorcycle together after graduation. I vividly remember him telling his father that he opened an online clothing store, and the following year he had someone deliver an electric scooter to me. At the time, Chen Shuyi just thought this leap was too big. Selling clothes was fine, but why was he suddenly making electric scooters?

No one expected that when they met again, he had reached a point where none of his classmates could look up to him. Perhaps only Zhang Xupeng, who was with him, could understand his heart.

What kind of girl can win his heart?
Gu Qingqing is quite famous online, known as the most beautiful CEO. She is very beautiful and now has a net worth of hundreds of millions. She manages Tan Jincheng's internet investments. The media often compares the two of them to a golden couple.

Speaking of which, Chen Shuyi often looked up gossip about the two of them online, such as how they were each other's first love, and how Tan Jincheng tricked Gu Qingqing into becoming a clothing model when he was doing clothing foreign trade.

Furthermore, there's even Liu Yifei's story involved, each one written like a romance novel, as if they witnessed it firsthand.

"Everyone says that rich people live a life of extravagance and have many women. Apart from the scandal with Liu Yifei, you don't seem to have any other scandals. And now you're preparing to get married so early. It doesn't seem like the behavior of a rich person at all."

"Haha, rich people certainly don't have to worry about women, or rather, rich women don't have to worry about men. But it's not as you imagine. In fact, once you've reached a certain level in your career, everyone is very busy and doesn't have much energy to devote to these relationships."

"What about Liu Yifei? You two were the subject of a lot of rumors back then."

"That's all gossip from the media. We were just business partners before, or rather, she was an employee of our FlashTech. You can think of me as her boss, and I was the one who paid her."

Liu Yifei, who had signed a ten-year endorsement deal with FlashCyber, also signed a fake employment contract last year after Tan Jincheng helped her secure a position as a near-Olympic Games ambassador. She was then appointed as an honorary employee of FlashCyber ​​Technology.

5000 yuan a month, haha.

"What's the difference?"

"I'm her boss. I have to give her money, and I have to give her something else? You're dreaming." Tan Jincheng curled his lip.

This shouldn't be said too explicitly, otherwise it might be considered inappropriate.

It's true that Liu Yifei is many people's ideal woman, and Tan Jincheng also appreciates her looks. But to be honest, her flat-chested figure at this stage is not attractive to someone like Boss Tan who has been through a lot.

If we're talking about something, the slightly more charming Liu from 10 years later would be more in line with Boss Tan's aesthetic.

Tan Jincheng's trip started on the eighth day of the first lunar month. On the eighth day of the first lunar month, he set off from Beicang with his father and Wu Zhenping and others to return to Yicheng. Wu Zhenping and the staff of Shanchi went to Wangjiang Industrial Park first to make preparations.

Tan Jincheng stayed in Yicheng to meet with city leaders, give interviews to two media outlets, and then donate 300 million yuan to the disaster-stricken people of Yicheng in response to the snow disaster, and attend a donation ceremony.

By the time I finished these few things, it was already the tenth day of the first lunar month. Next up was the speech event at my alma mater, which is today, the eleventh day of the first lunar month.

It happened to be Sunday, and quite a few people came to show their support. The principal even thoughtfully invited Comrade Tan, along with many leaders from the petrochemical company. After chatting with Chen Shuyi and some other old classmates for a while, Tan Jincheng didn't have time to continue the conversation.

The former principal and some leaders from the petrochemical company also came. They watched Tan Jincheng communicate with these important figures with ease and compared it with the feeling when they were communicating with them just now.

Only then did Chen Shuyi truly realize the difference in this old classmate. It seemed that when he was talking to her, he deliberately restrained his aura.
Given his current demeanor, Chen Shuyi really couldn't imagine chatting with him about his private life and gossip.

dare not.

Giving a speech at my alma mater is not just about giving a speech; I have to throw some things around too. It's the Lunar New Year, and since I'm already here, right?
With tears in his eyes, Tan Jincheng donated another 100 million yuan, which was still used to subsidize impoverished students and improve the school's infrastructure. Unlike the 300 million yuan he donated to the city, this 100 million yuan was not donated through the company's accounts, but from his own private account.

Donations made through private accounts are genuine donations.

That said, there's quite a bit of money to donate this year. After the trip to the city is over, I'll have to give away another sum when I get back to Wangjiang. The same thing will happen in a few months. In addition, there's the Olympics, so I'll have to give away a little more as well.

(End of this chapter)