My Daily Basic Stipend Is 10 Million

Chapter 219: Chapter 175: It’s All Chen Xiao’s Business

Cyan Cloud Manor was considered the most high-end restaurant in Qingyun County!

Xu Wu was here because the owner of a smart monitoring company had been trying to meet with President Xu, hoping to discuss an investment.

He had tried to schedule a meeting many times without success. He had tried again this morning after hearing that President Xu was returning to Qingyun.

This owner was also from Qingyun, so he immediately offered to host a lunch and personally rushed from Jiangzhou to Qingyun County to receive her.

Xu Wu figured she could eat and get work done at the same time, so she agreed.

The Buick GL8 came to a steady stop in front of Cyan Cloud Manor’s main entrance. After Xu Wu got in the car, Gao Yue had specifically told the driver to be smooth.

The driver was nervous too. Though he had never met President Xu, President Gao had mentioned her prestigious name more than once in this very car. This was someone even President Ding rushed to curry favor with.

He maintained a basically constant speed the entire way, and was extra careful even when braking at the restaurant entrance!

The moment the car stopped, a man in his fifties hurried forward with a smile, calling out, "Excuse me, is this President Xu of Junxiao Group’s car?"

The driver nodded and confirmed it was.

The automatic door slid open, and Xu Wu stepped out. She scanned her surroundings like an Empress surveying her domain!

"President Xu, hello! I’m Cheng Yuan!"

Cheng Yuan was the owner of the monitoring equipment company, a firm with an annual output value of over three billion. Right now, he was being impossibly polite to Xu Wu.

"President Cheng!" Xu Wu nodded with a faint smile.

Cheng Yuan led the way. Gao Yue and Li Xiao glanced at each other and playfully stuck out their tongues.

Li Xiao knew Cheng Yuan. She had once attended a banquet for him with her former boss, Li Fei. Back then, Cheng Yuan was the guest of honor, and Li Fei had spent nearly the entire meal kissing up to him.

Li Xiao, on the other hand, had been seated at the outer edge of the table. Besides making a toast, her main role had been to serve, with no opportunity to even speak.

Cheng Yuan probably didn’t even remember her name.

Seeing Cheng Yuan fawning over Xu Wu, they felt they were basking in Xu Wu’s reflected glory today.

When they reached the private room, Cheng Yuan insisted that Xu Wu take the seat of honor.

Xu Wu demurred at first; Cheng Yuan was the host, so how could she take the host’s seat? But since Cheng Yuan was so insistent, she didn’t refuse any further.

Gao Yue and Li Xiao sat down on either side of Xu Wu. Xu Wu then introduced them to Cheng Yuan, "My two best friends, President Gao and President Li!"

Cheng Yuan immediately stood up, hurried over to shake their hands, and exchanged business cards.

Li Xiao couldn’t help but sigh inwardly. ’He really doesn’t remember me,’ she thought, ’but after today, he’ll never forget me again!’

In the business world, following the right person was truly everything.

Just then, Liu Lei arrived. He knocked timidly on the door from outside.

Xu Wu looked up, saw him, and said in a clear voice, "Liu Lei, hurry and come in. Sit next to President Cheng."

She then said to Cheng Yuan, "This is my high school classmate. He works at Qingyun Wansheng Square."

Cheng Yuan stood up again and respectfully addressed him, "President Liu, so young and promising! Truly young and promising!"

If Xu Wu hadn’t been there, he probably wouldn’t have even deigned to give someone of Liu Lei’s status a second glance.

And when Xu Wu introduced Cheng Yuan, Liu Lei was stunned.

Cheng Yuan, one of Qingyun County’s most famous tycoons, was this little old man who was bowing and scraping so politely to everyone?

Cheng Yuan knew President Xu was here on business and didn’t dare waste too much of her time. He had the waiters begin serving. He had ordered practically every one of Cyan Cloud Manor’s most expensive and signature dishes.

Throughout the meal, Cheng Yuan was utterly sycophantic toward everyone, even constantly placing food on the plate of Liu Lei, who sat beside him.

When had Liu Lei ever received such treatment? A tycoon worth billions was actually this approachable.

He wasn’t a fool. At that moment, he was gradually beginning to understand the sheer weight his goddess now carried.

Gao Yue and Li Xiao were prominent figures in their own circles, but this was the first time they had been in the company of someone of Cheng Yuan’s caliber and been treated with such reverence.

Unconsciously, they felt like their own status had just leveled up.

Xu Wu didn’t drink alcohol at lunch; she still had many things to handle during the day.

After making a few rounds of toasts with her hot beverage, she paused slightly and began to speak.

Everyone immediately put down their chopsticks and sat up straight. The atmosphere became extremely solemn.

Xu Wu waved her hand. "You all go on and eat. I’m just going to talk business with President Cheng."

Then she continued, "President Cheng, I took some time to look over your project. It has potential. And, as your business plan states, competitors in the market don’t have a significant technical advantage in this area. If your technology can get one or two generations ahead of the competition in the short term, the market’s potential is enormous."

A huge smile bloomed on Cheng Yuan’s face as he listened. President Xu was endorsing his project!

He nodded and expressed his thanks repeatedly.

"The project itself is fundamentally sound. You want two hundred million? I can give it to you..."

Gao Yue and Li Xiao pretended to eat while secretly studying Xu Wu’s casual, commanding presence. ’We have to learn from this,’ they thought. ’We absolutely have to learn from this!’

’In the future, when we want to show off in our own circles, we’ll be set if we can just imitate thirty percent of this!’

Liu Lei, meanwhile, was completely focused on Xu Wu’s words. It was the voice that haunted his dreams, and he knew he might not have many more chances to hear it. The distance between his goddess and himself was like that of a fish and a bird in the sky—one in the heavens, one on the earth, visible but forever out of reach.

When he heard his goddess then say, "I can give you two hundred million," he was on the verge of tears...!

He was both overjoyed at his goddess’s incredible success and devastated that he had apparently underestimated the gap between them.

’It really is the distance between a bird and a fish,’ he thought. ’Except the bird is soaring to the highest heavens, while I’m just a worthless fish sinking to the bottom of the sea!’

Cheng Yuan also stood up excitedly. "President Xu, I toast to you! Thank you for your support. Here’s to a successful partnership!"

Holding her drink, Xu Wu stood up and made a pressing-down gesture, signaling him to pause.

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