Chapter 376 Chen Jianghe's Anxiety
"The hot pot with chili and devil pepper sauce is too brutal."
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Jianghe walked out of the staff dormitory building with red and swollen lips and panting.
He originally planned to call a meeting of the Light Chaser management, but now this situation obviously damaged the boss's image, so after thinking about it, he decided to put it on hold for the time being.
As for the Penguin Group, he planned to delay the matter. Anyway, the two sides had not yet fallen out. Even if he was mentally prepared to break up, there was no need to rush.
"Boss, why are you wearing a mask?"
When Chen Jianghe arrived at the Light Chaser base, the secretary had just woken up from a nap and was staring at him blankly.
"Being handsome is so annoying. Wearing a mask can reduce the trouble." Chen Jianghe joked, then took out a small box from his pocket and handed it to her.
Lin Siqi's eyes flickered: "What is this?"
"Open it and take a look yourself." Chen Jianghe said.
"Yes!" Lin Siqi nodded with a smile, opened the box with anticipation, and took out a silk handkerchief with excellent texture and high craftsmanship. He immediately showed joy: "Is this Suzhou embroidery?"
"Do you like it?" Chen Jianghe asked her with a smile.
"I like it." Lin Siqi held it in his palm, stood up and wiped the sweat off Chen Jianghe's forehead: "I like it even more when it has a little bit of your scent on it."
"Naughty." Chen Jianghe pinched the secretary's cheek lovingly, and then said, "I'm going to the Penguin headquarters in a few days, you come with me."
"Okay." Lin Siqi agreed happily.
"There is another very important matter that you need to do in person."
Chen Jianghe restrained his smile and leaned close to the secretary's ear with a serious face: "There may be a traitor in the technical department. Pick a few reliable employees from the audit department to investigate secretly."
Hearing this, Lin Siqi's face became serious. As the company's chief human resources officer, she felt that she had an unshirkable responsibility for the appearance of a mole in a core department like the technical department. "I will go to the audit department to pick someone and try to find the mole as quickly as possible."
"No matter who you are, no matter what level you are at, once you find a problem and get evidence, report it directly to me."
Chen Jianghe spoke calmly, but his eyes showed a resoluteness that would not tolerate any leniency.
"Okay." Lin Siqi nodded and got up to go to work.
Chen Jianghe is completely confident in the secretary's execution ability. His only concern now is capital.
Although Chen Jianghe holds Anxia Group stocks worth more than 7 billion yuan, core real estate and land in first-tier cities worth nearly 2 billion yuan, and more than 500 million yuan in liquid funds in his personal account, he still has strong financial anxiety.
Anxia Group’s shares cannot be cashed out for the time being. The properties and land were mainly purchased with mortgage loans, and the funds in personal accounts must be used to repay the loans.
Fortunately, Light Chaser raised $800 million in its Series C round of financing and now has more than 4 billion in cash in its account, which can at least support the company's continued rapid development for half a year.
However, this is an estimate made under the assumption that Penguin Group and Red Rock Capital have not withdrawn their investment. Once these two major shareholders withdraw their investment, many things will become difficult to say.
"The number of new registered accounts, daily active users, and monthly active users of GuoLiao Voice are all growing explosively. If I am given another year and a half of window, I can seize the opportunity to invest in and sponsor the 2010 Spring Festival Gala and be the first to enable the red envelope function of the chat software on smartphones. Wouldn't that be a big deal?"
Chen Jianghe turned on his computer and sat in his office to carefully look at the background data of Guochat Voice. He really wished that time could pass faster.
Unfortunately, things went against his wishes. He sat in front of the computer for a long time. The sun outside the window was still high in the sky. It was almost October, but Yuedong was still experiencing a high fever, with temperatures of 35 or 36 degrees every day. Even when the air conditioner in the office was turned down to below 20 degrees, it still couldn't hide his anxiety.
Chen Jianghe was just about to turn off his computer and move to another place when his QQ profile picture flickered a few times. He clicked on it and saw a message from Qin Shaohai: "Jianghe, are you free tonight? Zhang Mingjie is treating us to a meal. Let's get together at our old place."
"Zhang Mingjie is treating us to a meal?" Chen Jianghe was a little surprised.
Student Zhang's family is quite wealthy, but he is a stingy person. Apart from the class reunion at CUHK during his freshman year when he passively treated everyone, he was reluctant to even give a cigarette to his classmates when he met them.
"Zhang Mingjie has been admitted to graduate school. He probably wants to show off in front of his classmates, so... you know." Qin Shaohai added three silly smiling emojis after the message.
"I don't understand." Chen Jianghe rolled his eyes and typed casually, "Does the old place refer to Lan Kwai Fong?"
"You're overthinking it. That's the only place that Mr. Chen can take us to often spend money. Mr. Zhang's financial strength has shrunk after going there once."
Qin Shaohai sent a few humming emojis: "If you have time, you can go directly to Lao Zhao's barbecue food stall at the main entrance of our Guangdong University of Technology. It's economical, clean and hygienic."
Chen Jianghe suppressed his laughter and said, "I'll think about it."
Qin Shaohai: "Take your time to think about it. I'll ask Qiuya to call Yishu over."
"Fuck, just wait for me."
Chen Jianghe gave him a "bomb" expression, logged out of his computer and QQ and walked out of the office.
Qin Shaohai looked at the last message and couldn't help but laugh and scold: "I'd rather call you my brother a hundred times than mention my first love, you bastard, even if you have a net worth of 10 billion, it's hard to change your nature. This is too damn true."
Before leaving, Chen Jianghe went back to the dormitory to get two gifts, and then drove to the university town.
The gathering place was indeed at Lao Zhao's BBQ stall opposite the main entrance of Guangdong University of Technology. When Chen Jianghe arrived by car, there was a large round table set up in the open air outside the barbecue restaurant, and all the high school classmates were sitting at it.
Chen Jianghe got out of the car and looked around. In addition to the "regulars at the party" such as Qin Shaohai, Han Qiuya, Shen Congrong, Zhang Mingjie, Tang Fan, Li Lei, and Zhang Xiaomeng, there were a few familiar faces. However, when Chen Jianghe saw them at first glance, he was a little embarrassed and couldn't remember their names.
As soon as Chen Jianghe showed up, his classmates all greeted him with a smile. Mr. Chen is so awesome now that his high school even hung his photo on the wall for his younger classmates to admire.
Even today's host, Zhang Mingjie, gave him a humble smile.
Chen Jianghe sat down next to Qin Shaohai. Just as he was wondering why Yishu didn't come, he saw his aunt and Yishu walking out of the barbecue restaurant.
Qin Shaohai was very tactful and moved a few seats to the side to make it easier for his aunt, Jiang Yishu and Chen Jianghe to sit together.
"Aunt, we are having a class reunion, why are you here to join in the fun?"
Chen Jianghe asked with a smile.
Zheng Jiaxin picked up the chopsticks, one on each side, waved them twice in a good mood, and turned to respond to Chen Jianghe: "I'm here to eat and drink for free."
"You have a big face." Chen Jianghe teased.
Zheng Jiaxin raised her eyebrows slightly and whispered in Chen Jianghe's ear: "Not as big as your butt."
"To be more polite, that's called a butt."
Chen Jianghe corrected her while looking down at her and whispered, "Why are you still wearing black stockings?"
Zheng Jiaxin blinked: "No?"
"No." Chen Jianghe shook his head seriously: "Too sexy, it will easily lead us, a group of young adults, astray."
"Hmph." Zheng Jiaxin snorted and muttered softly, "Didn't you say yesterday that no matter how pretty I am, I am no different from Ruhua in your eyes?"
"Did I say that? Did you remember it wrong? That's impossible."
Chen Jianghe used a three-hit combo to stun Zheng Jiaxin, then raised his hand and held Jiang Yishu's soft little hand; "I'm going to the bathroom, please accompany me."
"Oh, okay."
Jiang Yishu nodded slightly, and when she stood up, she found that most of the classmates at the table were staring at her and Chen Jianghe in a daze, and her cheeks suddenly turned red to her ears.
"Students Jiang Yishu and Chen Jianghe, have they developed to the point where they can go to the bathroom together?"
