Working: Start by earning the boss a hundred million!

Chapter 99 A mere few decades is too short.

Shen Luo lazily lay on the table to rest. She was already used to it; these two inseparable people reeked of the sweet and sour smell of love.

Alas, only a widow like me could earn so many master's and doctoral degrees; Little Cheng is such a bumbling fool!

Cheng Mai had big eyes and a small belly; he was full after eating only two meals.

The merchant was not particular and ate everything that was left, including the half that Cheng Mai had left.

Cheng Mai watched him eat the leftovers without saying a word. There was no doubt that she liked Shang Xingjian, and she could also sense that Shang Xingjian had feelings for her too, but neither of them had spoken up about it.

The future is uncertain, which is good.

Cheng Mai lowered his eyes, no longer dwelling on the matter.

"I'm going to a meeting in a bit. Remember to return the steamer to them." After finishing her meal, Cheng Mai got up to wash her hands in the break room and briefly explained her next plan to the merchant.

“The Cheng Group will definitely have to replace a large number of suppliers. Xuanhe Technology has recently recruited many beings from the spirit world, hasn’t it? I’m thinking that since we’re going to develop Cloud City, we should build more factories there and cooperate with the Cheng Group. This way, we can provide jobs for those beings from the spirit world and also reduce the conflict between the two worlds.”

Shang Xingjian was listening, but with food in his mouth, he didn't respond immediately. In fact, his idea was that the two realms should not have too much interaction, after all, history has proven that the six realms in the past could not coexist peacefully.

Furthermore, there is also a ghost realm in between. The ghost realm belongs to the human realm and cycles back and forth with the human realm. However, the current situation is special. The death rate is higher than the birth rate, so there are always some ghosts who are not reincarnated and the human world cannot control them. If they do not take care of them, it will cause chaos.

Cheng Mai couldn't have thought of these problems, but he couldn't help but think about them.

"No rush, we'll talk about it later." Shang Xingjian swallowed the bun and replied in a muffled voice.

Cheng Mai came out after washing his hands, frowning. "I don't have much time to explain further to you."

The Cheng Group urgently needs to find new suppliers.

Moreover, Cheng Mai had her own reasons for choosing to cooperate with Xuanhe Technology. She had a say in Xuanhe Technology, and she wasn't worried about the production speed of the spirits in the spirit world.

Shang Xingjian finally finished the remaining buns and turned to look at Cheng Mai, who was frowning. "If you really want to do this, you need to consider one thing: how will Xuanhe Technology and Cheng Group get along after you die?"

It's like a curse, but it's a very real problem.

"Can you guarantee that the next successor of the Cheng Group will be like you, taking both worlds as their responsibility?"

Cheng Mai is a person, and as a person, her life is predetermined.

A mere few decades is too short.

"After decades, we'll always find a solution." Cheng Mai only wants to resolve the current predicament.

The merchant moved his lips slightly, "It won't be more than a few decades."

But in the end, he didn't say anything, just nodded, "Okay, if you think it's feasible, then do it. Once Shen Luo has recovered a bit, have her cooperate with you."

Cheng Mai noticed Shang Xingjian's hesitation and felt that Shang Xingjian was keeping a big secret to himself.

“Even if there are problems in the future, I still have you, right? What am I afraid of?” Cheng Mai said deliberately.

This made Shang Xingjian laugh, and he suddenly replied, "If I..." "What?"

"It's nothing, I'll go change the steamer," Shang Xingjian said, picking up the steamer and leaving.

Cheng Mai's expression grew increasingly solemn. What if he...?
"Shen Luo, your boss is acting strange."

Shen Luo raised her little bird head and replied with her eyes: People in love are all abnormal.

But Cheng Mai couldn't understand it.

Merchant Jian left quickly and returned quickly. Cheng Mai was alone and couldn't leave for too long. Shen Luo, that brat, wasn't very useful right now.

Cheng Mai's meeting was quick; it basically dealt with the current public opinion and announced the dismissal of the administrative manager. She didn't care what kind of uproar it would cause afterward; she had achieved her goal.

When Cheng Mai returned, he saw Cheng Ming standing by the window, and then looked at Shang Xingjian who was eating melon seeds. Shang Xingjian saw Cheng Mai looking at him and replied naturally, "I offered him some, but he didn't want any."

Cheng Mai: "..." With such a god in the world, why worry that the world will not fall?

"You fired Zhao Si?"

"Your information comes pretty quickly, or was he in such a hurry to give you the news?" Cheng Mai didn't mince words with him. "What good does this do you? If the Cheng Group is affected, won't your money also decrease?"

"I've already negotiated with the supplier."

“But I’m the chairman now, so you don’t need to worry about it. You can just collect your monthly dividends.” Cheng Mai walked to Cheng Ming’s side and looked him in the eye. “So, why do this? Do you think those fickle employees will still beg you to come back?”

Cheng Ming looked at Cheng Mai, his daughter who had grown up at some point, and said, "At least now, no one dares to stop me from coming in."

Cheng Mai looked outside. Last time he came in, someone would talk to him, but this time there was none at all.

"Dad, the Cheng Group has a total of 76,381 employees, half of whom are disabled. This was a rule set by my mother to reserve at least a quarter of the positions for disabled people. Later, when you took over the Cheng Group, you increased this percentage to one-half. At the time, many people said that you did this to win people's hearts, since you let your mistress into the family right after my mother died. But what is the truth? Shouldn't we re-examine this now?"

Cheng Ming slowly tightened his grip on his hands behind his back, keeping his eyes fixed on Cheng Mai.

“It’s okay if you don’t want to talk about it. I won’t use the auction money to invest in the Cheng Group, but I also won’t ignore those disabled workers. So whatever you want to do, on this point, my daughter and I are surprisingly on the same page.”

“Xuanhe Technology offers you more room to grow, and you shouldn’t have gotten involved with the Cheng Group in the first place. Your mother never intended to leave the Cheng Group to you.” Cheng Ming rarely brought up his wife. “Do you really think your mother doesn’t know about your accident?”

Upon hearing this, Cheng Mai abruptly looked up at Cheng Ming and asked, "What do you mean?"

“Mr. Cheng, losing to your daughter is nothing to be ashamed of. It’s called the student surpassing the teacher. You should be happy.” Shang Xingjian suddenly said, “At your age, it’s beneath you to argue with your child about these things.”

Cheng Ming looked at Shang Xingjian in the direction of the voice. Shang Xingjian smiled slightly and asked, "Does Chairman Cheng think what I said makes sense?"

Cheng Ming relaxed his fist and asked in return, "How long can you protect her?"

Shang Xingjian leaned back lazily on the sofa, looking at Cheng Ming with a half-smile, "Probably a bit longer than you, right?"

Even a day longer is still a bit longer, isn't it?