Rebirth and Conquest

A few days later, it was Chairman Yan's birthday. On the evening of his birthday, the Yan family would hold a banquet as usual. Chen Lirong arrived early, naturally hoping that Chen Yan would also go, but Chen Yan had no intention of going.

However, not long after Chen Lirong left, a man came to their house. This man was Xi Yichen.

When Chen Yan was called downstairs by Aunt Lin, Xi Yichen was sitting on the sofa in the living room. Aunt Lin poured him a glass of water and placed it on the coffee table in front of him.

Seeing Chen Yan come down, Xi Yichen immediately stood up. Chen Yan had just finished showering. He was wearing only a white shirt on his upper body and loose pants on his lower body. His hair was still a little wet, and water droplets slid down from the tips of his hair and dripped onto his collarbone below his loose collar. His face was fair and flushed from the steam.

Xi Yichen watched Chen Yan walk over, his eyes flickered a few times, but he didn't say what he was about to say.

Chen Yan walked calmly to Xi Yichen's side and asked, "What do you want with me?"

"You look really sexy today." Xi Yichen said with a smile as he looked at Chen Yan's face. After a pause, seeing that Chen Yan had just sat down on the sofa opposite him and did not seem to be responding to him, he had no choice but to continue, "It's the chairman of Yan's Group's birthday today. You didn't know that, did you?"

Chen Yan leaned casually against the sofa and said nonchalantly, "I know, but what does it have to do with me?"

Xi Yichen chuckled silently: "Your temper is getting worse and worse. I came here specifically to pick you up from the Yan family's birthday party."

"No need, I have no plans to go."

Xi Yichen seemed to have anticipated Chen Yan's words. He took out an exquisite invitation and handed it to Chen Yan: "This is an invitation specially sent to you by the Yan family. They even had me deliver it personally. You wouldn't refuse to give them this much face, would you?"

Chen Yan glanced at the invitation: "Yan Haobo asked you to give it to me, right?"

"The invitation was indeed prepared for you by Young Master Yan, but I came here of my own free will." Xi Yichen looked at Chen Yan, his eyes genuinely filled with affection. "No matter how the Yan family treats you, my feelings for you are sincere."

Chen Yan chuckled, then paused before taking the invitation: "Since he thinks so highly of me, how could I not go?"

Riding in Xi Yichen's car, Chen Yan went to the Yan family mansion, where the cocktail party was being held.

Upon arriving there, Chen Yan and Xi Yichen entered the Yan family home together. Just as they reached the fountain in the courtyard, they saw Yan Haobo and his two companions approaching.

Xi Yichen greeted him with a smile, "Second Young Master, I've brought the person for you."

Before Yan Haobo could speak, Qi Wenqing, who was beside him, exclaimed, "Young Master Yan is here!" Qi Wenqing looked straight at Chen Yan's face, his eyes filled with undisguised amazement. "You've become more and more handsome in the years we haven't seen you."

Qi Wenqing's lust for women had reached an extreme. As he spoke, he moved closer to Chen Yan and said, "I heard you graduated this year, which is perfect for working at the Yan Group. We can see each other more often then." He then turned to look at Yan Haobo and asked, "Second Young Master, what do you think?"

“You don’t need to tell me, Director Chen has already arranged this.” Yan Haobo replied. He had really matured a lot. The undisguised disdain of his youth was no longer visible in his eyes. He looked at Chen Yan, and there was even a faint smile in his tone. “As long as you work hard after you come in, Yan’s will not treat you unfairly.”

“Young Master Yan is right.” At this moment, another person spoke up, but in a somewhat sarcastic tone, “However, Young Master Yan really does look quite a bit like Director Chen. As long as he learns Director Chen’s ‘skills’ in serving Chairman Yan, he won’t have to put in too much effort at work, don’t you think?”

The person speaking is Wang Jiyang, one of Yan Haobo's good friends. His family background is not as good as Yan Haobo's, so in order to get along with Yan Haobo and his friends, he often tries to please Yan Haobo. He knows that Yan Haobo does not like Chen Yan, so he is always the first to ridicule and mock Chen Yan.

After Wang Jiyang finished speaking, the others didn't react much, but Xi Yichen's expression was very ugly. He looked at Wang Jiyang and warned him, "Wang Jiyang, you'd better watch your mouth."

Wang Jiyang's face stiffened, and he shut his mouth and stopped talking, but there was some resentment on his face.

Just then, a waiter walked over, and Wang Jiyang immediately called out to him, "Wait a minute." Wang Jiyang took a glass of wine from the waiter's tray and handed it to Chen Yan, saying with a forced smile, "Here, let me toast Young Master Yan. I wish you all the best in your future work."

Chen Yan grabbed his outstretched wrist and said coldly, "No need."

"What, you won't drink?" Wang Jiyang chuckled, somewhat disdainfully. He increased the pressure on Chen Yan's hand and pushed her towards him again: "We finally get to meet, you can't not even give me face."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Chen Yan suddenly twisted his wrist forcefully. A cracking sound, like a bone breaking, rang out. Wang Jiyang felt a sharp pain in his wrist and cried out in pain, unable to hold the wine glass anymore. But before the glass could fall from his hand, Chen Yan kicked him in the stomach. Wang Jiyang felt as if his internal organs were about to shift. The pain was so intense that he couldn't even scream. He arched his back and stumbled back several steps, almost falling to the ground.

The wine glass in his hand fell right onto him, spilling wine all over his face and body. Wang Jiyang was sweating profusely and stared at Chen Yan with wide eyes in disbelief.

Chen Yan took a tissue from the waiter's tray, wiped his hands, and said, "Excuse me, I'll go change my clothes." A few drops of wine had also splashed on his clothes.

After taking a few steps, Chen Yan added, "By the way, I am honored that the Yan family thinks highly of me, but I work for Haoran Group."

Ignoring the reactions of the people behind her, Chen Yan left directly.

As Chen Yan turned around after walking past the fountain, Yan Minghui came up to her. "Yan!" Yan Minghui's face was very ugly, and he looked like he was holding back his anger. "Who was that little bastard just now? If you hadn't said you didn't want to be exposed, I would have fucking killed him."

Yan Minghui also received an invitation from the Yan family. Although Di Wenjin often opposed the Yan family, Yan Minghui had always gotten along well with them. The Yan family invited all the people with some status in the business world in B City to this party, so Yan Minghui was among them.

“Wang Jiyang is just someone who’s attached to the Yan family,” Chen Yan casually explained. “Minghui, you’re not busy lately, are you? Go investigate the Wang family and make sure they disappear from B City.”

"You don't need to say that, Ayan," Yan Minghui said resentfully. "I'm going to see Lao Di tomorrow. He's always going against these people, so he definitely knows about this little bastard's family situation. I'll see if I can't take him down." Yan Minghui chuckled again as he said this. "Hey, Ayan, do you think I should say something like: It's getting cold, let the Wang family go bankrupt, hahahaha."

Chen Yan turned to look at him and asked with a smile, "Where did you learn that?"

"I overheard it from one of my new mistresses. That little thing said I don't look like a CEO. Heh, I'm a genuine CEO. I'll go back and let her see if I can bankrupt the Wang family before the weather gets cold."

Yan Minghui put his arm around Chen Yan's shoulder and said, "Come on, let's go out for some fresh air. We'll really suffocate if we stay here any longer."

The next day, Yan Minghui went to Di Wenjin's place and asked about the Wang family. It turned out that the Wang family was also in the hotel business. Yan Minghui couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. This made things easier. With his strength, he could squeeze the Wang family to death even if he had to.

However, three days later, when Yan Minghui came to Chen Yan's place again, he looked like a wilted eggplant.

"What's wrong? Is something not going well?" Chen Yan asked without looking up from behind her desk.

"No, what's so difficult about such a small thing?" Yan Minghui replied nonchalantly, then his face turned sour again. He scratched his head vigorously for a while before asking, "Ayan, do you still remember Sun Xiuqi?"

"Yes, I remember."

"I ran into him, and I talked to him—"

Chen Yan looked up at Yan Minghui.

“Sigh, I had a misunderstanding with him. Ah Yan, you know, I’ve made some money these past few years, and I’ve been doing pretty reckless things. I think I raped him.” Yan Minghui said with a bitter face, “I had a few drinks that day and I mistook him for someone else. I thought he was my mistress. But you can’t blame me. He came to my hotel, and I just didn’t see him clearly.”

"Yes," Chen Yan nodded.

“If it were someone else, it wouldn’t be a big deal, but isn’t he your classmate? We’ve even looked for him before.”

"so what?"

"So, what do you think? Should I go apologize to him?" Yan Minghui asked, his eyes fixed on Chen Yan.

"If you think an apology is appropriate, then go apologize." Chen Yan looked down at the documents again.

"I... I'm just embarrassed," Yan Minghui said, scratching his head again.

"Then how could you be so shameless when you slept with other people?"

"I don't know either. He was already gone when I woke up that day. I don't know what his attitude is now. What if he beats me up if I go to apologize? Ah Yan, stop looking and give me some advice!"

"Okay." Chen Yan finally became serious. "Then think about it, did you actually sleep with him?"

"I don't know, but it seems like it might be true." Yan Minghui was not sure at all.

"In that case, go apologize. He's currently at the company Wen Jin just started. You can find out by asking him there."

"Well, I'm just a little embarrassed. Why don't you come with me?"

"Minghui, do you need someone to encourage you to apologize? To be honest, what you did was really despicable. If you don't know how to apologize, just strip naked and let him settle things with you last time."

"Well, hehehe." Yan Minghui chuckled dryly a few times. "How can that be? Well, I'll figure it out myself. I won't trouble you."

Chen Yan didn't know how Yan Minghui apologized to Sun Xiuqi later. However, when Yan Minghui stood in front of him with his arm around Sun Xiuqi and said that they wanted to be together, Chen Yan wasn't too surprised. Yan Minghui had kept many people as mistresses, but only the first one was a woman. After that, they were all men. Of course, Sun Xiuqi was definitely not someone Yan Minghui kept, but that's another story.

After Yan Minghui left, Chen Yan went downstairs to Wen Mu's office. They were both working at the newly established magazine.

After the magazine's development stabilized, they proposed a new project: to jointly establish an award in the name of Haoran Entertainment and Wen's Group. There are many award ceremonies of all sizes in the domestic entertainment industry, but this is the first one established in the name of a company. This award will be based on their magazine and will summarize outstanding artists and works in various aspects such as film and television over the past year. Like a regular award ceremony, it will set up awards such as Best Actor and Best Actress.

Of course, this is just a concept right now. The most difficult part is when a concept is first realized. It is very important whether an awards ceremony is valued and recognized. However, their awards ceremony is to be held at the end of the year, which is still half a year away, giving them enough time to prepare.

At that time, no one could have imagined that a few years later, this awards ceremony would become one of the most prestigious awards in China, with countless celebrities striving to obtain it and gain this symbol of recognition.

When Chen Yan arrived at Wen Mu's office, Wen Mu was engrossed in reading documents. Chen Yan walked over and put her arm around Wen Mu's waist, saying, "It's time to go home after get off work."

Wen Mu, without even looking up, said, "You go first, I still have some things to take care of."

Chen Yan raised an eyebrow; Wen Mu never refused him.

After Wen Mu finished speaking, he immediately looked up and quickly explained, "The company is just getting on track. The first issue of our magazine received a very good response, so I want to take another look before the next issue is released to confirm. Don't be angry." As he spoke, he leaned over and kissed Chen Yan's cheek.

Chen Yan smiled and said, "Okay, but don't work too long. I'll pick you up tonight."

"OK."

After Chen Yan came out of the magazine office, he had just reached the door when a car pulled up in front of him. Xi Yichen then poked his head out from inside: "So this is where you are. I was wondering why I couldn't find you at Haoran Group. Come on in, I'll see you off."

Seeing that Chen Yan didn't speak, Xi Yichen smiled and said, "I know you don't want to get in my car, but there's something you might be interested in." He glanced at the magazine office in front of him and said, "This is under Haoran Entertainment, right? I have a secret about their company. Do you want to see it?"

Sitting in Xi Yichen's car, Chen Yan held a photo in her hand. It showed two people kissing passionately in bed. The image was a little blurry, but familiar people could still recognize it.

"How was it? Wasn't it amazing? This is an artist your company is heavily promoting. If this gets out..." Xi Yichen didn't finish his sentence, but his meaning was already quite clear.

"This one blurry photo doesn't prove anything," Chen Yan said nonchalantly, setting the photo aside. "If he refuses to admit it, there's nothing you can do."

"This is just one of them; I can't take out the whole reel of video."

"Really? You have the whole reel of video?" Chen Yan unconsciously clenched her fist, but her expression didn't change much. "Where did you get this?"

"What, are you interested?" Xi Yichen asked Chen Yan with a smile.

“It concerns people in our company, so of course I’m interested.”

Xi Yichen's smile faded, replaced by a serious tone: "Chen Yan, don't work here anymore. If you don't want to go to Yan's, you can come to my place. This Haoran Entertainment, our Xi family will not let it survive. This is just the beginning."

"Really? Then can you tell me when you plan to release this thing?"

"Of course, the sooner the better. Actually, I want to release him now, but if you're willing to have dinner with me tomorrow, I can wait a day."

"Okay."

Xi Yichen looked at Chen Yan in surprise. He had just said it casually and had not expected Chen Yan to agree. But he did not expect Chen Yan to agree so readily. However, he quickly smiled and said, "Okay, I will drive to pick you up tomorrow."

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