New Client in the President’s Office - Chapter 23

Shen Yan sent the message and stuffed her phone into the front pocket of her hoodie.

She followed Fan Mingxu and Cheng Rong into the elevator, keeping quiet.

Inside the elevator, Fan Mingxu took his time scanning her up and down.

Then he asked, “Xiao Shen, you’re in your senior year of college?”

Shen Yan answered honestly, “Yes.”

Fan Mingxu continued, “Twenty-two years old?”

Shen Yan: “Yes.”

Fan Mingxu frowned in disapproval.

“That’s not so young anymore.

When you start interning, you shouldn’t look too much like a student.”

Shen Yan: ?

She looked down at her black hoodie and wide-leg jeans.

She really wanted to argue that people should have the freedom to dress as they like even at work.

But she didn’t dare.

“Oh.”

She obediently accepted Fan Mingxu’s criticism.

Fan Mingxu went on,

“You represent the image of Lu Corporation when you step outside.

Go buy some new clothes.”

Shen Yan: “Oh.”

Cheng Rong, standing beside them, jokingly said,

“Director Fan, Xiao Shen has only been working for a few days.

She hasn’t even received her first paycheck yet, and you already want her to buy clothes?”

Shen Yan glanced at Cheng Rong and confirmed,

“Yeah, I haven’t been paid yet.”

Fan Mingxu seemed to be in deep thought after hearing this.

“Old Cheng, you just reminded me shouldn’t we consider making uniforms for the headquarters staff as well?”

Lu Corporation’s core business was real estate.

Employees in its property sales and shopping mall divisions were already issued standard uniforms.

Cheng Rong quickly grasped Fan Mingxu’s intentions.

After all, his in-laws owned a clothing manufacturing factory.

It was clear that he was trying to push a new business deal.

But it didn’t really matter to Cheng Rong.

Just because they issued uniforms didn’t mean people had to wear them.

And his opinion didn’t carry much weight anyway.

So he simply agreed, “That’s a good idea, Director Fan.”

“Right?”

Fan Mingxu looked pleased with himself.

Then he turned to Shen Yan.

“Xiao Shen, conduct a survey on making uniforms for headquarters staff and write a report.”

Shen Yan, who had just been insulted for her clothing and was now being assigned an extra task out of nowhere:

“Huh? Me?”

Fan Mingxu confirmed, “Yes.

If you have any questions, you can ask Jian Hong or Meng Gulan.

They’ve both been with Lu Corporation for many years and have a lot of experience.”

“Ding “

Just as he finished speaking, the elevator arrived at the basement level.

Shen Yan stared at the elevator in frustration.

How could it descend so slowly?

It actually gave Fan Mingxu enough time to assign her another task.

This was pure bad luck.

She glanced down at her hoodie and jeans.

If she had known this would happen, she would’ve put on full makeup and worn the suit and high heels she bought for interviews.

She sighed internally.

As she walked, she quickly jotted down the uniform survey task in her notebook just in case she forgot.

Wait.

Forget?

She suddenly remembered Jian Hong telling her that Fan Mingxu often forgot the tasks he assigned.

If that was the case…

Could she just ignore it?

Maybe Fan Mingxu would forget about it on his own.

Work that gets delayed sometimes just disappears.

Shen Yan felt like a genius.

She had barely been working for a week, and she had already grasped such a deep truth about the workplace.

However, since this was a major company-wide survey, she didn’t dare to completely slack off.

Unlike the speech draft, she couldn’t get away with doing nothing.

What if Fan Mingxu suddenly remembered it one day?

She wouldn’t be able to bluff her way through.

She decided to ask Jian Hong for advice after the meeting.

At the very least, she should put together a rough outline.

If Fan Mingxu did remember, she’d have something to show.

And if he forgot?

Well, she definitely wouldn’t remind him.

Having made up her mind, Shen Yan followed Fan Mingxu and Cheng Rong toward the car.

Fan Mingxu handed the keys to Cheng Rong, who pulled the car out of the parking spot.

Seeing Fan Mingxu take the back seat, Shen Yan wisely chose the front passenger seat.

After buckling her seatbelt, she pulled out her phone, intending to browse the internet.

But to her surprise, she saw a reply from Zhou Xing.

She wondered how could a flight from Beijing to S City be this fast?

She checked the time.

Only an hour had passed since their plane took off.

No way they had already landed.

Oh, right.

What was she even thinking?

Of course people like Zhou Xing and Lu Yu, who made money every minute, would have in-flight Wi-Fi.

Zhou Xing: Doesn’t he have his own assistant?

Zhou Xing: If he tells you to go, then just go.

Take a look at what’s going on in the district government.

Shen Yan didn’t know how to respond to his first message, so she simply replied, “Okay.”

She was about to exit WeChat when she remembered the uniform survey task.

Should she report this to her direct supervisor too?

She reopened the chat and sent him a message.

On the plane, Zhou Xing enlarged the text and nudged Lu Yu, who was sitting beside him.

Lu Yu read the message and immediately understood what was going on.

“His in-laws own a clothing manufacturing factory.”

Zhou Xing smirked.

“So that’s what this is about.”

Lu Yu didn’t stop him.

“Let him do what he wants.”

Zhou Xing relayed this back to Shen Yan.

Zhou Xing: Just follow Director Fan’s instructions and do your best.

A moment later, he added another message.

Zhou Xing: Send the report to me first when it’s done.

Looking at the second message, Shen Yan was once again convinced that Jian Hong and Meng Gulan were right.

When the higher-ups fought, the little guys got caught in the crossfire.

For someone like her stuck in the middle, the key to survival was constant reporting.

Seeing that Zhou Xing had no further instructions, she put her phone back into her pocket.

She had been so focused on replying that she hadn’t noticed their speed.

Now that she looked up, she realized

Wow.

Teacher Cheng was truly the head of the company’s driving team.

He was weaving through traffic at high speed, overtaking cars left and right.

It felt like she was in a real-life version of Road Rash.

Soon, they arrived at the district government compound.

Cars weren’t allowed inside, so Fan Mingxu and Shen Yan got out while Cheng Rong went to find a parking spot.

Shen Yan followed behind Fan Mingxu, watching as he grinned and offered a cigarette to the security guard.

The guard refused and reminded him that smoking was prohibited.

Fan Mingxu wasn’t offended.

He simply pulled out the meeting notice, waited for verification, and walked in after being granted access.

He deliberately slowed his pace to walk alongside Shen Yan.

“Everything’s so strict nowadays.

Even cigarettes can’t be accepted anymore.”

Shen Yan didn’t know how to respond, so she stayed silent.

Then Fan Mingxu casually said,

“I hear Assistant Zhou thinks highly of you.”

Shen Yan’s heart nearly stopped.

Was he trying to recruit her to his side?!

She quickly put on a humble expression.

“I just started.

I still have a lot to learn from Assistant Zhou.”

Fan Mingxu chuckled.

“Assistant Zhou isn’t much older than you.

He just got lucky he happened to share a dorm with Young Master Lu in college.”

Shen Yan: …

Should she even be hearing this?!

Her gut told her that she shouldn’t openly agree or disagree.

She couldn’t praise Zhou Xing, but she also couldn’t badmouth him.

Just when she thought Fan Mingxu was about to pull her in as his informant, someone called from behind.

“Director Fan!”

Fan Mingxu turned around.

Shen Yan exhaled in relief.

She had been saved.