Chapter 26: No Need to be So Polite

  Lin Fei listened with a look of being educated, as Zhang Jing narrated.

  It all started more than a year ago when Ma Qinghong began pursuing Su Yingxue.

  The Qingma Group has always been a real estate giant, with stronger financial resources and background than the Qincheng Group. The elders of both the Ma and Su families also supported Ma Qinghong's move.

  But Su Yingxue was unwilling to respond and treated him coldly, just like she had with those previous young masters who pursued her.

  Ma Qinghong was extremely proud of himself and thought that the woman he pursued would be easily won over, but she unexpectedly ignored his pursuit, which made him furious with shame.

  Qingma Group belongs to Ma's family, and as the young master and vice president, Ma Qinghong, relying on his wealth and power, began to suppress Qincheng Group in all aspects.

  Originally, if it were a business rivalry, it wouldn't be a big deal. Su Yingxue became the CEO of Qingcheng at a young age, not just because she was the young lady of the Su family, but also because of her business acumen.

  Who would have thought that Qingma Group still has a relationship with the underground gang, which makes many local companies and banks start to distance themselves from Qincheng.

  Moreover, Jingcheng International is notorious for being strict under Su Yingxue's management. Although the company's performance has been improving day by day, Su Yingxue herself is a workaholic and requires her employees to prioritize their work as well.

  The staff privately complained, but Su Yingxue's performance was astonishing, and she was still the chairman's daughter and the company's second-largest shareholder. Even if the board of directors knew about the employees' dissatisfaction, they would not easily shake her position.

  As a result, many young employees have been unable to bear it and have jumped ship one after another over the past year.

  After all, many other companies may have slightly lower incomes, but they don't have to work overtime until they can't go home.

  This gave the people of Qingma Group an opportunity to start calling Yicheng a "black-hearted enterprise".

  Good news media rely on Qingma Group's backing, and also interviewed some former employees to expose the internal work pressure and various overtime secrets.

  Later on, the government of Lin'an City began to pay attention to this social impact and ordered that no more overtime work be done, while also compensating many employees.

  But even so, the stock of Quncheng International still fell a lot.

  Of course, overall, under Su Yingxue's leadership, Qincheng International is still growing stronger, otherwise the board of directors would have asked for Su Yingxue to step down as CEO long ago.

  As for the "Si Nuan Wedding" company, it was a well-known and reputable enterprise with decades of history that Su Yingxue had originally agreed to acquire. It had an excellent reputation and its employee happiness survey consistently ranked among the top in Jiang Province.

  If it weren't for the company's founder and chairman, Mrs. Mu, getting old and lacking energy, wanting to retire in the US, they wouldn't have sold it cheaply.

  Su Yingxue wanted to acquire Si Nuan Wedding after, and improve the social reputation of Qingcheng International, because Mrs. Mu is a well-known philanthropist in society, people in this circle all trust her character.

  If she is willing to hand over the company to Su Yingxue, it is no different from using practical actions to tell people in society that Su Yingxue is not a black-hearted businessman, and come to clear her name once and for all.

  It turned out that Qingma Group still intervened, through indirect persuasion, causing Mrs. Mu to hesitate and change her mind to sell the company to Jingcheng's rival, Xingjin Fashion Trade.

  The company is now plagued by internal and external troubles. The chairman of the board has been trying to get Su to compromise and form an alliance with the Ma family to alleviate the current crisis. But Su is not a woman who will yield, she is working hard to use business competition to recover the falling stock price.

  So at this critical moment, we people around Su must be extra cautious and help her to share worries and difficulties.

  Although I don't know why President Su would ask you to be his bodyguard and driver, given President Su's personality, if it wasn't absolutely necessary, he wouldn't have asked a man to follow him around all day. You mustn't disappoint President Su's trust in you," Zhang Jing said seriously.

  Lin Fei nodded with a look of being taught, but in his heart, he thought that Zhang Jing might not know that the situation was much more severe than she thought. The Ma family had already lost patience and started to take drastic measures against Su Yingxue directly.

  Su Yingxue apparently had a hard bone and wouldn't reveal much to her subordinates, thinking of using business means to crush the opponent, only Jiang Shu, the family's nanny, knew about it.

  After Zhang Jing left, after more than ten minutes, a small assistant sent Lin Fei two brand new suit uniforms, including leather shoes and socks, all of which were of high quality materials. He also gave Lin Fei a brand new Apple mobile phone.

  Lin Fei picked up his mobile phone and took a look at it, thinking that giving it to Lin Yao would be fine, as he himself was too lazy to use it.

  Since there was a computer in the office, Lin Fei had nothing else to do, so he simply started browsing the internet, reading news and looking for games to play. He's probably the most laid-back among all working people.

  It was almost noon when Su Yingxue finally came out of the office, wearing a white-based blue polka-dot dress that looked quite youthful and campus-like, with a slender waist, a head of black long hair falling down, revealing a pair of fair and slender small legs, wearing a pair of yellow high-heeled shoes.

  For a moment, the Ice Goddess seemed to have become a neighbor girl, exceptionally kind and gentle. If not for her pair of beautiful eyes still being cold, Lin Fei would have almost thought he had mistaken the person.

  Lin Fei could almost guess the reason for Su Yingxue's outfit, because such a style is absolutely unrelated to the "black-hearted boss".

  Su Yingxue also saw Lin Fei, who had changed his clothes and looked him up and down for a while, but couldn't think of anything to say.

  Lin Fei's figure was already quite good, with clear muscle lines and a face that had the rough and masculine features that most urban men lacked. After changing into a suit, he looked spirited and energetic, and it really seemed like he meant business.

  "Miss Su, are you going out for dinner? Where shall we go?"

  Until Lin Fei smiled and asked, Su Yingxue suddenly came back to her senses, a fleeting blush flashed on her face, quickly covering it up, and handed a beautiful blue box in her hand to Lin Fei.

  "Put this on."

  Lin Fei pretended to be embarrassed and smiled, "Why are you giving me things again? You don't have to be so polite, just paying me my salary is enough."

  While speaking, he bluntly opened the box. Lin Fei was stunned to find a beautifully designed mechanical watch inside.

  The light gold exterior looks classic and delicate, but inside is inlaid with a large number of blue diamond fragments and a complete blue diamond.

  In terms of polishing and style, it is a truly traditional Swiss craft under the Alps, and may be that kind of special meaning custom-made watch that only has one in the world.

  "This thing isn't cheap, right?" Lin Fei said with some surprise, "You're really letting me wear it?"

  Su Yingxue didn't waste any words and said straightforwardly: "After you put on this watch later, come with me to the banquet."

  "Still having dinner with you? Can bodyguards also join the table?" Ah, this feeling is great", Lin Fei immediately responded cheerfully.

  But what Su Yingxue said next made Lin Fei unable to laugh anymore.