I Became Super Rich After Resigning

Chapter 70: Chapter 70 In the End, They Are the Relatives Who Raised Her

Michen Building.

Today, a promotional video was being shot, so the two receptionists came to work early and joined the cleaning lady in a thorough cleaning of the lobby.

One receptionist was cleaning the leaves of the fortune tree beside the front desk with a soft, damp cloth until they shined.

“Good morning, President Yuan.”

Yuan Xi turned to them with a smile, “Good morning. The leaves are already so clean, why do you keep wiping them one by one?”

The receptionist said, “Mr. Gu mentioned yesterday that this fortune tree represents the company’s feng shui. If the leaves are lush and bright green, then the stock investors will feel that our company is thriving and will come to buy our stocks.”

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Yuan Xi: “…”

Had Gu Hanchen forgotten that they were going to the United States for the IPO? Foreigners don’t care whether a fortune tree is green or not, as long as the stock is ‘green’ – that is, profitable.

Yuan Xi took the elevator up and entered the office, only to see Zhong Xiaoyi already working in the secretary’s office.

Yuan Xi checked the time. It was early today, still fifty minutes before work hours, and Zhong Xiaoyi was the only person in the entire office.

“President Yuan,” Zhong Xiaoyi stood up and said.

Yuan Xi replied with a light smile, “How come you’re here so early?”

Zhong Xiaoyi said, “I just started working and there are many things I don’t understand, so I thought I’d come and learn more.”

Yuan Xi saw the translation work in front of Zhong Xiaoyi, which should be the work of the secretary’s office Judy.

Bullying of new employees by the old staff was something that couldn’t be completely avoided in the workplace.

Yuan Xi said to Zhong Xiaoyi, “You can refuse work that isn’t yours.”

Zhong Xiaoyi said, “Mr. Gu pays me a high salary, so it’s okay for me to do a bit of extra work.”

Yuan Xi chuckled, finding it rare for an employee to feel their salary was high, “How much does Mr. Gu pay you?”

Zhong Xiaoyi laughed lightly and said, “Eighty thousand.”

“That is quite good,” Yuan Xi said. “It seems Mr. Gu isn’t being a miser now.”

Yuan Xi remembered that Gu Hanchen had also made a ridiculous request to Zhong Xiaoyi, forbidding her from dating or having children before the age of thirty, which was akin to the unreasonable demands of indenture contracts in ancient times. So, a salary of eighty thousand per month could be considered acceptable.

Zhong Xiaoyi said, “I also think the salary for my probation period is very high. Many of my classmates say that a new graduate intern’s annual salary doesn’t even reach sixty thousand.”

“You’re talking about the annual salary?” asked Yuan Xi.

Even the receptionists at Michen had annual salaries over one hundred and fifty thousand, and the lowest-paid cleaning staff made over eighty thousand.

Was Zhong Xiaoyi, a 24-hour on-call personal secretary, talking about an annual salary of eighty thousand?

Didn’t Gu Hanchen feel any pangs of conscience?

Zhong Xiaoyi nodded and said, “Yes, that’s the amount Mr. Gu allowed me to propose myself. I wonder if I asked for too much?” @@novelbin@@

Yuan Xi smiled faintly, “That’s too low. The minimum annual salary for a Michen graduate intern is one hundred and twenty thousand. I’ll discuss it with HR and get you a raise.”

Zhong Xiaoyi smiled sweetly, “Thank you, President Yuan.”

After Yuan Xi handled half an hour of work, she received a call from the front desk.

The receptionist spoke anxiously, “President Yuan, there’s a large group of people who say they’re your relatives here looking for you. Should we let them up?”

Yuan Xi clenched the phone and said, “Get the building security to drive them out.”

The receptionist said, “They’re making quite a scene, and there are two elderly people… insisting on barging in, saying some rather unpleasant things…”

From the pause of the receptionist, Yuan Xi could hear the voice coming through the phone, half in dialect and half in standard Mandarin.

“I’m the grandfather of your Michen vice president, how dare you look down on us like dogs? Blocking us outside? Aren’t you afraid Yuan Xi will fire you?”

The young receptionist frowned and said, “It was President Yuan who said not to see you.”

Grandma Yuan suddenly sat on the ground and cried out, “Yuan Xi, this ungrateful child, when she was small, I took care of her with my own hands, and now that she is wealthy and has become a vice president, the daughter of the richest man in Jiang City, she no longer needs us poor relatives who were kind to her.”

Yuan Hong also said, “She has been working until now and has never taken a single cent from home, and now that the family’s property has been demolished, she still wants money from home. We raised the daughter of this rich family, and she doesn’t even have a hint of gratitude.”

Several middle-aged and elderly people were crying and making a scene, and the young receptionist, who had never seen such a sight, singled out the relatively young Yuan Jiao among the crowd:

“Hello, this is a company, an office place, and right now it’s office hours. Whatever family matters you have, go home and talk about it, don’t block the access to the elevators.”

Another young receptionist stepped on the foot of the colleague who had just spoken.

Upon hearing these words, Yuan Jiao exclaimed, “Mom, Dad, Aunt, and Uncle, let’s block the turnstile! Make Yuan Xi come down!”

It was rare for Gu Hanchen to arrive at the company earlier than his work hours because the corporate promo video needed to be shot featuring scenes of the staff arriving for work, which was being filmed starting from the time Gu Hanchen arrived at the office.

Usually, Gu Hanchen would drive directly into the underground parking garage, but today he parked his car in front of the company’s entrance.

He had just entered with the intention of filming the “spirited arrival” of the Mi Chen staff at work but instead captured a whole hall full of employees being blocked, many of whom were holding their phones and filming the excitement.

“What are you doing!”

Gu Hanchen frowned and became angry, “Why aren’t you going in during work hours? What are you all blocking the lobby for?”

“Mr. Gu!” Everyone saw Gu Hanchen, and they quickly made way for him.

As Gu Hanchen walked in, he saw a group of middle-aged people. The Mi Chen employees were all quite young, so this group of middle-aged and elderly people were obviously not Mi Chen employees.

“So you’re Yuan Xi’s boss, right? Let Yuan Xi come down to see us, what does she mean by hiding?”

“Yuan Xi, this unfilial child, is truly the epitome of ungratefulness!”

“The daughter of Jiangcheng’s richest man, fifty or sixty million is just a mere trifle slipping through her fingers, we raised her in the Yuan Family, she ought to repay us somewhat!”

Gu Hanchen frowned deeply, hearing police sirens coming from outside.

The police entered and said, “We received a report that there was a disturbance here, right?”

Gu Hanchen pointed at the people in front of him and said, “Uncle police officer, it’s them making the disturbance, please take them away.”

The leading police officer, who was a few years older than Gu Hanchen, who had just called him ‘uncle’, went forward and grabbed the people from the Yuan Family.

Grandma Yuan this time just lay on the ground, clutching her chest and shouting of heart pain, claiming she was unable to walk. The young police officers, seeing two old people from the Yuan Family over eighty years old thrashing about, didn’t dare forcefully remove them for the moment.

When Chu Yan arrived at Mi Chen, she just saw the commotion: “Oh, Hanchen, just let your sister Yuan Xi come down. After all, these are the relatives who raised her. If the two elders have any trouble at Mi Chen, I’m afraid Mi Chen’s IPO will not happen.”

Gu Hanchen frowned and looked at Chu Yan, then heard ambulance sirens from outside.

The police officer, seeing the ambulance arrive, said to the lying and writhing Grandma Yuan on the ground, “Aren’t you having a heart attack? The ambulance is here, go to the hospital to get checked out, let’s all leave quickly.”

As the Yuan Family people were being taken away, they still did not forget to shout loudly, “Yuan Xi’s boss, you’re so good-looking you must be a good person, you have to stand up for us!”

“After Yuan Xi’s parents are gone, she should support us, the old couple, for them. But what about her? How can such an unfilial person be a vice president!”

The noisy voices continued all the way, and Gu Hanchen frowned deeply as he got onto the elevator.

Upon arriving at the office, Gu Hanchen went straight to Yuan Xi’s office.

“Yuan Xi, what’s going on? Didn’t you know we were filming today? How much trouble did your relatives cause by coming here?”

Yuan Xi looked out of the window at the scene below and said, “I’m sorry, Mr. Gu, I didn’t know they would come here to Mi Chen to make trouble.”

Gu Hanchen said, “You better deal with your ridiculous relatives quickly.”

Yuan Xi said, “They want money, and I don’t want to give them any.”

Gu Hanchen said, “It sounds like they only want fifty or sixty million, which to your husband is just a drop in the bucket. Isn’t it better to buy some peace and quiet?”

Yuan Xi looked at Gu Hanchen and said, “I’m afraid that spending the money will only lead to less peace. If they come to make trouble at the company again, we can just call the police.”

Gu Hanchen said, “Chu Yan was right just now, with your extremely difficult grandparents being so old, if they come to Mi Chen and make trouble and something happens to them, even dying at Mi Chen’s doorstep, Mi Chen won’t be able to go public this year and it will also bring bad luck coming and going from Mi Chen. You’d better think of a solution to the problem quickly.”

Yuan Xi said, “Chu Yan? No wonder these people were just at the Chu Family’s place, and now they are here at Mi Chen.”