My American magical life
Chapter 348 - 348 20 Selecting the Concubine is underway CEO Cheng speaks up to take half

348: Chapter 20 “Selecting the Concubine” is underway, CEO Cheng speaks up to take half 348: Chapter 20 “Selecting the Concubine” is underway, CEO Cheng speaks up to take half What does it feel like to select a consort?

Actually, it’s not too difficult to experience a low-end version of selection at just about any foot massage parlor.

Of course, you can’t just pay 98 Dollars for the experience package and then expect the masseuse ladies to line up—that would be disrespectful to their labor value.

Still, the beauties from Dongxin Dance Troupe aren’t your average masseuses, even if they’re still a bit shy of devastating beauties or celestial fairies.

But after that performance just now, these girls could all be considered ‘lotuses rising out of the water,’ provoking pity and tenderness.

Dinghu Residence’s sheltered corridor neither blocks wind nor rain, and the rain had soaked their skirts, revealing the enchanting figures they had sculpted from years of dance practice.

Yang Yuan is an old-timer who likes foot massages, and he was already feeling parched and restless, his mind wandering to sinful thoughts.

Cheng Daqi, on the other hand, felt no such psychological pressure; he understood the girls’ needs and wasn’t particularly interested in getting to know them more deeply.

However…

Sun Dongxin was still waiting for his reply, and CEO Cheng asked with a smile,

“Brother Sun, can I choose a few more to work with me?”

Huh?

‘A few more to work with me?’

Sun Dongxin was immediately stunned, wondering if there was an issue with his memory.

CEO Cheng, you were just insisting on how you ‘dare not choose’.

One moment you’re saying you don’t dare to choose, and the next you want several at once?

Xiao Cheng, Cheng Daqi, your name sure isn’t mere decoration, your ideas are indeed bold.

“Of course, of course you can.

But these girls are my employees, don’t get the wrong idea,” Sun Dongxin warned Cheng Daqi, the younger man, afraid he might do something outrageous.

“Ha, Brother Sun, what kind of person do you take me for?”

CEO Cheng is a gentleman of integrity who wouldn’t stoop to exerting pressure for his own gain.

After agreeing with Sun Dongxin, CEO Cheng mentally reviewed his strategy and then turned to the staff at the entrance of Dinghu Residence,

“Could you please get ten towels?

Start with removing the makeup.”

To others, CEO Cheng’s casual remark sounded like a thunderclap—so this is how you play the game?

As the head of a private institution, Guo Chongyang felt that CEO Cheng’s approach was very bold; he could consider trying this out during new teacher interviews.

Yang Yuan, on the other hand, felt only limitless admiration for his new boss from the bottom of his heart.

CEO Cheng, your courage is truly, well, indescribable.

Only Xiao Cao felt fear; she realized that everything Cheng Daqi did and said seemed ‘excessive’, yet all the others present at the welcoming banquet didn’t think he was excessive—or, to put it another way, nobody would say he was wrong.

Unlike Guo Chongyang and Yang Yuan, Cao Yueyue was just a young person who had recently stepped into society, and she could only feel disgust and fear toward these events.

In her past experiences, CEO Cheng’s abilities and wisdom had utterly overwhelmed her, and she even felt that she could learn something from this job.

But now, she could no longer look straight at the ‘real’ Cheng Daqi.

And what baffled her the most was that those girls actually took the towels from Dinghu Residence and hurriedly started removing their makeup.

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The dining hall was eerily quiet, as if after Cheng Daqi finished speaking, no one wanted to initiate another conversation.

Sitting in the chair, Cheng Daqi even felt a bit bored; the chairs at Dinghu Residence were too hard for comfort.

Although he had only been away for a few days, he was already missing the MAS office where he was the boss, with the power to decide everything, backed by top-tier partners.

Since returning to the country, he had stepped into an environment with little support, almost reminiscent of the feeling when he had first been reborn.

Apart from Brother Sun, he had no useful connections in China, which made him feel somewhat suffocated.

Starting from scratch again, he had nothing but the fifteen million Dollars in the company’s account, so he needed to look for opportunities as much as possible.

“Well, that’s enough, no need to trouble yourselves too much.

You’re removing the makeup because stage makeup is too heavy.

I’m the owner of an MCN company.

Your Mr.

Sun invested fifteen million Dollars in my first round, and now I’m in dire need of newcomers with the potential to become top web celebrities, which is why I thought of selecting a few of you.”

As he spoke, Cheng Daqi looked toward Sun Dongxin.

Only then did Brother Sun realize that CEO Cheng meant exactly what he said with ‘a few more to work with me.’

Sun Dongxin, still reeling from being shaken by Cheng Daqi, smiled bitterly and said,

“CEO Cheng, these are the few beauties I have under me.

You want to pick some, but it won’t do if you take them all away.

How about this, you choose three, alright?”

The dancing girls never expected such a surprising turn of events today.

They had been prepared to take a shortcut, but now an even better opportunity seemed to have presented itself.

All the girls quickly realized CEO Cheng’s invitation was an opportunity—in 2018, among those daring enough to cast aside moral constraints to capitalize on their youth, few were fools.

Sun Dongxin’s fifteen million Dollar investment was just the first round of funding, suggesting a company with great potential.

And CEO Cheng made it clear: he was looking for someone with the potential to be a big web celebrity.

It wasn’t yet the magical era a few years down the line, when various ‘scythes’ would ruthlessly harvest and brainwash.

Even graduates from Xiamen University were among these girls, who, understanding this opportunity, all looked forward to CEO Cheng expectantly.

If one could become a top web celebrity—like Viya, Zhang Dayi, or Papi Jiang…

then CEO Cheng, please choose me.

I’m up for it!