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2 p.m.

At the VIP channel at Baiyun Airport of Yangcheng...

Shu Yan, Tu Yong, Angelina, and over a dozen IDE Capital senior executives were all waiting outside the channel...

Everyone was dressed in suits and stood ramrod straight, not moving an inch, their eyes constantly swiveling, sweeping from face to face, hoping to catch a glimpse of Gu Heng...

"Ms. Jiang, are you sure Chairman Gu is arriving on this flight?"

As passengers passed by one after another without a sign of Gu Heng, Shu Yan couldn’t help but to ask Jiang Ruxue anxiously.

Jiang Ruxue was no longer Shu Yan’s secretary, but now the Fourth Secretary of the Chairman’s Office. In terms of rank, she was only considered mid-level management in the company, but given the Chairman’s Office was directly overseen by Gu Heng, Jiang Ruxue’s informal status was such that she could stand on equal footing with herself...

So, even though she was anxious, Shu Yan’s tone didn’t fluctuate much...

"Chairman Gu notified me on WeChat that the plane was delayed for over 40 minutes before takeoff, and I urgently verified this flight, it’s indeed the case. Based on the timing, it should be this flight," replied Jiang Ruxue.

"Then why hasn’t he arrived? The meeting starts at 3 p.m.," Shu Yan pressed.

Jiang Ruxue’s expression remained calm and collected as ever, "I have already arranged all of Chairman Gu’s itinerary, but whether he chooses to follow it is not something I, as the Fourth Secretary, can decide. If Chairman Gu has any dissatisfaction with me over this matter and decides to take action, I presume Director Shu does not have the authority to hold me accountable, right?"

Ever since she leaped from being an ordinary intern secretary to the Fourth Secretary of the Chairman’s Office, Shu Yan, her former superior, had changed her attitude towards her and become very harsh...

Ruxue was not the type to suffer in silence. At first, she might have yielded to Shu Yan out of respect for their former superior-subordinate relationship, but as time went on and incidents piled up, Jiang Ruxue stopped holding back. When it was time to push back, she would do so directly, without sparing feelings...

Shu Yan was momentarily speechless, simply giving Jiang Ruxue a deep look without continuing the conversation.

Her targeting Jiang Ruxue stemmed from two aspects...

On one hand, it was frustration at her perceived lack of ambition...

Shu Yan believed that with her talent, she would eventually accomplish great things. Considering the disadvantaged position of women in the workplace, she would certainly lend a helping hand if she could, which is why she took her on as an intern secretary and passed on her experiences... @@novelbin@@

But to Shu Yan’s surprise, Jiang Ruxue had chosen to abandon her studies and join the company as a professional secretary...

In Shu Yan’s eyes, this was simply wasting her talent and limiting her potential achievements...

This thought arose because Gu Heng did not disclose to the company the conditions he had offered Jiang Ruxue for the role. If Shu Yan had known about the generous compensation Chairman Gu had offered, she might not have thought this way...

As for the other aspect, it was jealousy...

A woman’s jealousy can be the strongest, even at Shu Yan’s level...

How could she not be jealous of someone who was just a small intern secretary she had brought into the company, suddenly becoming her equal?

This intense sense of disparity fostered Shu Yan’s conflicted feelings...

Just then, Tu Yong caught sight of a young figure and said in a deep voice, "Let’s stop talking, Chairman Gu has arrived."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked up.

They then saw a young man dressed in a pure black suit entering their line of sight...

Although Gu Heng’s looks weren’t outstanding, the nurturing of these recent times crossed with the aura from the high-end custom suit he wore projected an unmistakable visual gap between him and the ordinary passengers around him...

They could see Gu Heng, and naturally, Gu Heng had also spotted them, quickening his pace to reach them.

"Chairman Gu!"

"Good afternoon, Chairman Gu!"

A flurry of greetings followed...

Everyone else who was there to pick up passengers turned their attention toward them...

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The attire of Tu Yong, Shu Yan, Angelina, and the others was markedly different from that of the ordinary crowd waiting at the airport...

They had already attracted a lot of attention, after all, which family’s pick-up party would all be dressed in suits as if coming straight from a gangster movie?

Now that they had heard the group addressing Gu Heng as Chairman Gu, everyone couldn’t help but take a closer look at him...

"Chairman Gu, the company cars are waiting outside the airport. There’s one hour left before the final meeting at Yangcheng International Race Track. Shall we head to the meeting venue now?"

Gu Heng nodded slightly upon hearing this.

Encircled by Tu Yong and others, he made his way outside the airport, leaving behind a large crowd of airport passersby still speculating about his identity...

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40 minutes later...

Outside the Yangcheng International Convention Center...

Two leading Maybach S680s, four regular business cars trailing, and in the middle, a stretched Bentley Flying Spur—the pure black convoy looked exceptionally solemn, drawing sidelong glances from the people coming and going nearby.

The companies participating in this final meeting for the Yangcheng International Race Track project numbered five, including Fu Songyang’s Capital Hengxiang Yongrui Trade Co., Ltd., Lu Yuan’s Tianhe International Automobile Trade Co., Ltd., and Xiaopeng Automobile, among other leaders of the domestic automobile industry...

Such a government-level large meeting, of course, wouldn’t take place in an ordinary venue...

Once the motorcade stopped, Tu Yong and Shu Yan quickly exited the Maybach, one after another, with six corporate managers alighting from the business vehicles as well. One employee, seemingly coached by someone, briskly walked over to the stretched Bentley Flying Spur, opened the door for Gu Heng, and extended a hand over the roof as if to shield it.