Chapter 119: The Standard of a Good Man

  Four people chatted until night and had dinner together before parting ways.

  For Lin Huanxiang, the sudden presentation of Su Mo's business card was like a twist and turn in his life. He had always been passionate about making a name for himself, but after actually working in the positions he had always wanted, he realized that many things were beyond his control. In society, there were too many deceitful people, and no matter where you went, it was all about family influence rather than personal ability. Even if you had ability, your background was what mattered first. The best opportunities would be taken by those with connections, leaving only scraps for those with talent but no backing. For people like them, they could only pick up the leftovers of others, and what they truly wanted was simply out of reach.

  Song Xue Li left with Lin Han Xiang, who had an excited look on his face. Tan Yu Ning waited calmly for Su Mo Ruo. "Did you drive?" Su Mo Ruo asked Tan Yu Ning.

  Listening to this, Tan Yun Ning nodded slightly, "Do you have something to attend to?" Knowing that Su Mo Ruo had just taken over the Mu Corporation and hadn't been in charge for long, it was only natural that she would be busy.

  She nodded slightly, and she could see that Tan Yun Ning was prepared to take a good walk with her today. However, she had been contacting Huiqin every night lately, as there were several major projects on the Mu side recently, and she needed to keep an eye on them from start to finish. As the leader of the company, it's not that easy, and one's position and ability are not always proportional. Similarly, if you can't convince others, managing a company will also be difficult.

  "Alright, I'll send you back." He didn't ask why, because he knew that if Su Mo Ruo was willing to go, then he would support him unconditionally. They could talk and spend time together alone later too.

  Listening to Tan Yunning's words, Su Mo had a smile in the corner of her eyes. "You send me back home, if nothing happens, you can also stay here, after all, the house is big, wait until I'm busy, we'll talk again."

  Sumojo's words reached Tan Yunning's ears, and he admitted that he was moved, but his heart still had some reservations about Sumojo's identity. After all, she was still young now, and being alone with him made him afraid of having a bad impact on her reputation.

  "He's gone." Su Mo Ruo reached out and touched Tan Yun Ning's arm as he stared blankly.

  "You wait here for me, I'll go get the car." After finishing speaking, he walked towards the parking lot on the other side. Before long, a black Volkswagen stopped in front of Sumo.

  Get into the passenger seat and take a look at the interior. It's very simple, just a car cover on the sofa, no other decorations.

  "By the way, you earn more than me, right?" After scanning the interior of the car, Su Mo Ruo smiled and whispered to Tan Yun Ning's ear as the car started.

  Shook his head, "Recently haven't been taking care of it, missed a few opportunities." But on the surface, he was calm and composed, as if those lost orders weren't worth much.

  "You're not referring to the recent incident between H Country and X Country, are you? You didn't manage to take advantage of it in time, did you?" He looked at Tan Yunning with a mixture of surprise and curiosity, but his intuition was telling him that Tan Yunning's lost opportunity was definitely not insignificant.

  Listening to Su Mo's words, Tan Yun Ning didn't say anything either, just smiled faintly at her and then quieted down, his eyes fixed on the front as he drove steadily.

  Su Mo returned to the villa that Mu Xin Hua had set up on this side. Originally, he didn't come over often, and it was inconvenient to live in a hotel. The small house he used to rent had already been bought out, but it had been a long time since he went there, and there was no one to clean it, so short-term residence was not good, so he went directly to Mu Xin Hua's villa on this side.

  "This place is not bad at all, it's no wonder you're the chairman of the Mu Group, you know how to enjoy yourself." Tan Yun Ning parked the car and got out, walking to Su Mo Ruo's side, looking around with his head raised, and then jokingly said to Su Mo Ruo.

  "If you're not convinced, then try it yourself." Su Mo's voice was calm, her face unruffled, but the words she spoke were sharp and piercing.

  However, Tan Yunning didn't mind and followed Su Mo into the villa.

  As soon as he entered the villa's living room, his mobile phone rang. He looked at the caller ID and made a gesture to Tang Yuning before heading towards the study.

  The Mu Group has been involved in many industries, but the entertainment industry is the only one that has not been touched. However, with Su Mo entering the scene, something must be done. During this period, Mu has fully sorted out and understood the problems that need to be rectified in the industries under her group's umbrella, and has also made full rectifications. Similarly, entering the entertainment industry is also essential. As time accelerates, the subsequent entertainment circle will also become a crucial item in the industry. Entering this industry first will be beneficial for the Mu Group without any harm.

  "Hey Huichen, are all the materials you need ready?" Suomoruo slowly asked as she entered the study room and opened the video call to see Huichen already seated and waiting for her.

  Wei Qin's face was serious and she nodded, then replied: "Chairman, the materials you need have all been sent to your email. You can take a look later, if there is anything else needed, just call me directly."

  Su Mo nodded, knowing that these materials must have taken Huiqin some effort to obtain. After all, the information she needed about these people, some of whom had already become internationally renowned movie stars, was naturally difficult to access and required a lot of digging. The rest were either unknown or hadn't even appeared in public before, including some trainees who were still waiting for their debut. These were all things that took time to find, and because Huiqin attached great importance to this matter, she had almost single-handedly completed the task without delegating it to anyone else.

  "Thanks for your hard work, Huiqin." As he spoke, Sumo had quickly opened the email and started to browse through the materials that Huiqin had organized.

  "Qin, according to the information I've compiled, go find these people. They must be present at the entertainment company's inception. We'll discuss further matters later."

  Although she didn't understand why Sumo had used such a definite tone to let her organize these materials, and now even more definitely letting her bring these people together, as a subordinate, Huiqin understood what she should do and what she should ask, so she just agreed and didn't ask any further questions.

  "Vivian, take note that after we find these people, we also need to be on guard, so on the surface, the company should still have some trainees, or it's also necessary to poach some people from other companies. The move doesn't need to be too big, but it can't be too small either, you grasp the scale yourself. As for the entertainment company, in her past life as a special agent, a criminal organization was set up as an entertainment company, and she infiltrated it and worked there for over a year. Due to her excellent abilities, she gained recognition and did high-level work. Now, after being reborn into this prosperous era of the entertainment industry, she still has several years to go, so taking advantage of this opportunity, she is very clear about how to gain the most benefits from within the entertainment circle in the shortest amount of time."

  As a reborn person, she wouldn't miss out on such an easy opportunity that could be obtained by simply lifting her hand.

  "I see. Right, Chairman. This morning, the chairman of M Country's company personally called and said they want to cooperate with us on some business matters. They hope you can make time to meet with her." For the company, Huiqin had to take it seriously. After all, in M Country, this apparel company was a giant, with great wealth and power, and influential people backing them up. As the chairman of the company, she was naturally an object of global attention. Although not comparable to the vastness of the Mu Corporation, if only considering the apparel industry, perhaps even the Mu Corporation would have to concede defeat.

  So, Huiqin was particularly careful to record this matter, and when she contacted Sumo at night, she told him about it.

  "The company?" Similarly, some surprise, this company in the apparel industry is quite prestigious, and this company is also known as arrogant by many peers, with strong strength, strong background, specializing in the apparel industry, can be said to be the pinnacle of the apparel industry. There are only a few apparel companies that dare to sit on an equal footing with them, but Mu's subsidiary also has involvement in the apparel industry, but has never had any cooperation with them. Their reputation is very big, generally, their brand is not available in ordinary shopping malls, and if you want to buy their clothes, you must make a phone reservation or go to a specialty store for purchase.

  Although there are such regulations, for individuals who are particularly particular about their identity, face is more important than anything else. Although the procedures for ordering clothes are complicated, many people still flock to them.

  "In all the major shopping malls around the world, they have never had a specialty store. They have always been independent operators, and their most profitable business is custom-made evening gowns that are ordered by celebrities at sky-high prices. Their clothes have always represented a family or individual, with each brand designed specifically for one person, and the same brand or style will not appear on another person's body...

  With this understanding, Wei Qin can confidently say that she understands the twists and turns of the industry. Due to the company's huge success in the fashion industry, Mu Shi has always been unable to surpass them. Therefore, over the years, she has been studying hard, but no matter how hard the company tries, it cannot surpass Mu Xinhua. The company is also run by women, and they have always followed Mu Xinhua, who is naturally their idol. Their idol must be superior to many others, so the person in charge stirred up her competitive spirit. Over the years, the time spent researching the company has taken up almost a third of Wei Qin's daily life. For a period of time, even when she was sleeping, she was thinking about how to defeat them."

  But all these years have passed, the company's career is still booming, and although they are also doing well, but after all, they are still a little bit behind the company. For many years, the two companies have never cooperated, now that a cooperation has finally come, she certainly doesn't want to let it go.

  Of course, she knew the fame, but for someone who never cooperated with the outside world, it was surprising that the chairman himself called her. She raised an eyebrow and looked at Huiqin on the video screen with a full face of expectation. "You go check this person's information first, the more detailed the better." She usually wouldn't put herself in a foggy situation, even if she couldn't see things very clearly, at least she wouldn't let her mind be all mushy.

  Actually, Huaiqin was also puzzled about this abnormality, but because she had been busy all day today and didn't have time to investigate other things, so she didn't send the information to Sumo until tonight.

  Now that Su Mo heard this, it was exactly what Huiqin needed to do after coming down. She nodded and sent over a few more documents for Su Mo to review. This was mainly because of the establishment of the entertainment company, which required her to take a special look at several contracts and some high-level candidate lists. After reviewing them, the basic selection problem was in Huiqin's hands, but on Su Mo's side, she still needed to take a rough look, because the selected people were all high-level managers of the entertainment company, not ordinary employees or middle-level managers. The entertainment company was something that Su Mo wanted to do, so it had to be done well. For several important personnel under her hand, she must understand them.

  "These people are all good, did you find them outside?" Because Su Mo had previously told Huiqin that the management of the entertainment company could not be linked to any internal relationships, so the background of these people was absolutely clean, and no one had any relationship with the high-level management inside the company.

  "I've carefully selected them, they're all fresh graduates from school, high-caliber students, just not having met the right opportunity yet. Although they don't have real combat experience, I think they can do it, they're good material, give them some time and there shouldn't be any problem." Listening to Su Mo's words, Huiqin shared her evaluation of several people with her.

  Since Huiqin thinks so, Sumo will not say anything more. She will only give her evaluation after making achievements.

  Suddenly remembered the phone number she gave to Lin Huanxiang today, and prepared to tell Huaiqin about it. After all, Huaiqin is not a leisurely person usually, since she took over as the chairman of the board, many things can't be handled in the company headquarters for a long time like Muxinhua did.

  Most of the time, Huiqin is her spokesperson at the company headquarters. Muxinhua's physical condition has deteriorated, and she has basically delegated all company matters to Huiqin. However, Huiqin has sacrificed a lot of her own time to handle many official duties that she cannot process, probably leaving little time for phone calls every day.

  "Huiqin, I have a senior fellow, an outstanding student from Jinghua University, who has been working for almost two years and is excellent in all aspects. You can consider him on your side."

  "Chairman's senior fellow apprentice?" Huī Qín's face couldn't help but show some surprise, after all, Sū Mò Ruò had never shown any special closeness to anyone before. Now, he actually mentioned a senior fellow apprentice from Jinghua University, it seemed that the relationship between the two should be quite good.

  Knowing that she also advocates for no romantic relationships in the company, of course, she can't be an exception either. She said: "Hmm, just a senior brother, he's a well-known talent from our school, after working for two years, but because of his lack of family background, he was severely neglected, his work ability is not bad, and he has been working for nearly two years, although he is an assistant to the general manager, but he handles many things that the general manager should handle, so he definitely has experience..."

  "In particular, I won't participate in it, he will contact you, and when the time comes, you can interview him yourself. If you think he's suitable, let him join; if not, then forget it." Lin Huanxiang was indeed a rare talent, and now that she had just entered Mu Corporation, there were many places she wasn't familiar with, and her own connections were limited. Although the company advocated against relying on personal relationships to get ahead, truly understanding people knew that this referred to those who lacked ability but had ulterior motives.

  "I'll go and see him in person when the time comes." Huaiqin smiled in response, but in her heart, she had already begun to look forward to meeting this person who would be introduced by the chairman himself.

  When Su Mo took over the company, he indeed needed a group of trusted subordinates. So, Hui Qin wouldn't say anything and would agree to let people enter the company after meeting them, gradually arranging for them to enter high-level positions.

  When Huichen finished reporting, Sumoer raised her head to look at the stone quartz clock beside her, and her face stiffened. She had unknowingly chatted with Huichen until after 4 am today. It seemed that this kind of thing should be avoided as much as possible in the future, after all, Huichen's age couldn't compare to hers.

  Looking at the already closed computer screen, thinking about the last time I closed the video with Huichen, Huichen's calm appearance seemed to have no fatigue at all, but she was too focused on work-related things. Now that I think about it carefully, I can also think of several times when Huichen almost lost her concentration, obviously tired.

  Rubbed his temples and got up from the chair, just walked to the door of the study, outside sounded a knock on the door.

  As soon as the door opened, she saw a man standing at the entrance of the study, holding a bowl of something steaming hot in his hand.

  He pointed at what Tan Yunning was holding and asked, "What's this?"

  Listening to Su Mo's words, Tan Yun Ning directly turned sideways into the study, put things straight on the small tea table next to him, "Come and have something to eat, aren't you hungry like this?" This was his first time alone with Su Mo, and it was during her work hours. He knew she worked hard, but seeing it in person was a different feeling altogether.

  As I walked in and took a look, it turned out to be a bowl of hot Tangyuan soup. However, there didn't seem to be any frozen dumplings on her side. "How did you make this?"

  "I made some tangyuan, want to try?" He can make these things, just been busy with work for the past two years, but actually doing it, he can still do it. Thinking of Tan Yun Ning when she first graduated and went to a mountain village to teach, at that time, she was teaching so many children by herself, living alone, when I went to see her, I saw her busy figure in the small kitchen, such a scene seems like it's been a long, long time ago.

  Looking at the bowl of hot wontons in front of her now, she suddenly remembered that it had been almost two years since she last ate something he made.

  "Why don't you try some and see how it tastes?" Tan Yun Ning's soft voice rang out as she looked at Su Mo Ruo, who was staring blankly at the tangyuan in front of her.

  "It seems like you're good at everything." A man, who is successful in his career and can even be called a genius, has an impressive aura about him. However, the fact that he is also skilled in cooking, which is a rare talent for a successful businessman, is truly astonishing. And it's been almost two years now, despite being busy every day, but he still hasn't forgotten the skills of his hands.

  Sat down in the seat next to it, looking at that steaming bowl of tangyuan, looking at each and every uniform tangyuan, using a spoon to scoop one out, placing it on the edge of his lips and taking a light sip before slowly biting into one. Because there was no brown sugar in the kitchen, Tan Yunning could only use white sugar instead.

  Because of the soft reminder from Tan Yun Ning by her ear, she was very careful not to scald herself while eating. After swallowing a tangyuan, she looked up at the man sitting across from her and said, "Your craftsmanship is quite good."

  A bowl of tangyuan, Su Mo and Tan Yun Ning sat opposite each other, neither of them speaking a word. However, the atmosphere around them was filled with an aura of peace and tranquility that unknowingly calmed one's heart.

  "Is it delicious?" In this life, Tan Yunning had only cooked for himself and his adoptive parents a few times, and the number of times was countable. But for Su Mo, he couldn't help but want to cook for her, just like today, seeing that she had been locked in her study all day, he knew she must have entered a state of complete focus on her work, thinking that once she finished, she would definitely be hungry, so he went into the kitchen to find ingredients and make something for her. After having a midnight snack, it was already five o'clock.

  There was someone in the villa who regularly swept, so the rooms were very clean. Tan Yunning casually found a guest room to rest, and Su Mo also returned to the room that Mu Xinhua had arranged for her before.

  Because I had to meet Li Yang the next day, I only rested for three hours before getting out of bed. The appointment with Li Yang was at 9:00 am, and there was still an hour left until then. It took twenty minutes to wash up, and it would take about half an hour to drive to Li Yang's place, so time was extremely tight.

  I thought Tan Yunning might still be resting, but unexpectedly, when she got out of bed, she saw a busy figure in the kitchen.

  She furrowed her brow and walked to the kitchen door, looking at Tan Yunning, "Why don't you rest for a while? You're resting so late." These words of concern almost burst out, without even having time to think about the reason.

  He stopped his busy movements, Tan Yunning turned around, wearing a beige apron for making breakfast, looking like a good husband at home. The cold air all over his body was now only left with a very thin layer, and his facial expression became much softer.

  "You only know how to talk about me, what about you?" The implication is clear, you also have the same amount of time off as I do, and you're still in a state of exhaustion after work. I'm just relaxing and having fun outside, where's the possibility of being as tired as you?"

  I didn't expect Tan Yunning to ask this, Su Moruo just subconsciously spoke up earlier, and now she's been left speechless.

  "Opening her eyes and looking at Tan Yun Ning, 'Don't you have work today?'"

  "Just getting ready to leave, and you, got something on?" At night it's work for the Hong Kong side, but during the day, looks like it should be her own business.

  "Uh-huh, I have an appointment with someone to discuss something." Su Mo's eyebrows slightly twitched.

  "Let's have breakfast first, and then I'll take you wherever you want to go," Tan Yunning said, continuing her movements at an even faster pace than before.

  "You'll be fine even if you don't become an official, with your good looks and kindness, you'll definitely become rich and noble." As soon as the words left his mouth, he realized he had misspoken, his face turned slightly awkward, and he quickly turned around to leave.

  But who would have thought that before he had taken a few steps, he heard Tan Yunning's voice with a faint smile, "Then you raise me, how is that?"

  "Uh..." She was at a loss for words, something that had never happened before, but at this moment, she let Tan Yun Ning shut down all conversation.

  Of course, there was no response to what was said afterwards. With quickened footsteps, I entered the balcony outside the living room and began to give myself some space to calm down.

  About ten minutes later, the dishes were finally served, with a light porridge and some small side dishes that looked quite tasty and suitable for Su Mo's taste.

  "Are these things in the fridge?" Thinking that no one had lived here for a long time, although someone came to clean up from time to time, it was unlikely that there were still things inside the refrigerator.

  "No, I went to buy it." Tan Yun Ning handed the chopsticks in front of Su Mo Ruo's eyes, with a charming smile at the corner of his mouth.

  "Didn't you rest last night?" Hearing this, such recognition is almost certain.

  "After resting for an hour." Su Mo's words were filled with concern for him, and Tan Yunning felt especially relieved in his heart, so he simply explained.

  “……”

  Su Mo didn't say anything, but Tan Yunning could sense it too, "I've gotten used to it, and I'm not tired."

  "Don't do this again in the future." Su Mo didn't like Tan Yunning's habit of staying up late, after all, one's body was very important. Since getting to know Tan Yunning, he had always been someone who lacked care from others, and her heart, without realizing it, wanted to take care of him.