The beautiful CEO falls in love with me
Chapter 106 - 106 102 100 Corporate Predicament

106: Chapter 102 Chapter 100: Corporate Predicament 106: Chapter 102 Chapter 100: Corporate Predicament The two sat in the living room, chatting back and forth about everything from dreams to life experiences.

It seemed like they could talk forever.

After opening up to Ye Chen, Li Ruo felt a sudden sense of relief and couldn’t help exclaiming with joy, “Ye Chen, I just realized you’re even better than a psychologist!”

“But then you’ll have to pay me!” Ye Chen jokingly held out his hand.

Li Ruo gave a playful and annoyed chirp before lightly slapping his hand away, but Ye Chen grabbed her delicate, slender wrist.

Li Ruo spoke softly, “Ye Chen, then…

do you promise to help me solve the difficulties Tianya Group is facing?”

“Alright, I promise you!” Ye Chen nodded, and he felt a weight settle on his shoulders, as if he had taken on a great mountain.

Li Ruo was overjoyed inside, her face brightening with a smile.

Then she shared with Ye Chen the current predicament of Tianya Group.

Ye Chen also came to understand the group’s situation—it was less optimistic than outsiders believed.

To everyone else, Tianya Group seemed like a thriving business, but who could understand the bitterness behind its success?

Due to a misstep in decision-making, Tianya Group bid for a piece of land in the Northern City District, spending over ten billion yuan, which left the company struggling to breathe.

That piece of land has been left undeveloped, lacking manpower and resources for several years, bought at the same time as Jiangnan No.1.

Nearly all funds were funneled into the development of Jiangnan No.1, which had now launched and appeared to sell well.

However, the returns from these sales were still insufficient to develop the Northern City District property.

According to national laws, if developers do not develop land within two years after the contractually specified time, the state will reclaim it.

That time is now drawing close, and the once-hottest piece of real estate in Jiangbei City, known as the ‘Land King,’ has ironically become a hot potato.

Tianya Group reached out to multiple companies for a joint venture, but nearly all of them have refused, with the remaining few hesitating to commit.

“There’s definitely someone messing with us behind the scenes!” Ye Chen pointed out as if revealing the truth of heaven.

“Of course!” Li Ruo said coldly with a smile, “If not Yan Bu’er, then who else?”

“Yan Bu’er?!” Ye Chen was taken aback.

“That’s right!” Li Ruo nodded and said, “There were several companies interested in this land at the time, and Yan Bu’er was one of them.

Originally, this land was only worth over three billion yuan, but the price soared to over ten billion due to collective bidding, and eventually, Tianya Group won it.”

“Sigh, it must have been a trap, one that Yan Bu’er and others set for you to fall into!” Ye Chen shook his head helplessly.

“In fact, it was my dad who bought the land back then!” Li Ruo sighed, “After the fact, he also saw through Yan Bu’er’s scheme, which is why he fell ill and has never fully recovered, leaving him with a chronic condition.”

“Let’s go with my plan for the Northern City District land,” Ye Chen firmly told Li Ruo.

“But I need to get the board’s approval!” Li Ruo nodded and said, “Ye Chen, why don’t you come to the board meeting with me the day after tomorrow?”

“Ah?!” Ye Chen’s eyes widened.

What a joke, since when does a mere sales manager attend a board meeting?

But under Li Ruo’s insistence, Ye Chen reluctantly agreed to it.

Without realizing it, Li Ruo had downed three cans of beer.

Her cheeks were now flushed, and her eyes glistened brightly.

She looked at Ye Chen and said, “Ye Chen, if you can truly help the company through this difficulty, I…

I wouldn’t know how to repay you!”

“Then you can repay me with your body!” Ye Chen said jokingly.

“You…

would you want that?” Li Ruo’s gaze was shy, and she hardly dared to look at Ye Chen.

“Haha, just kidding!” Ye Chen quickly waved his hand.

Li Ruo was stunned, then her expression turned to anger.

She grabbed a cushion from the couch and hurled it at Ye Chen.

He dodged left and right, managing to avoid Li Ruo’s assault.

Li Ruo huffed and said, “Fine, come to work early on Monday, I’m leaving!”

With that, Li Ruo stood up to leave.

Ye Chen watched her leave, her silhouette alone was enchanting, let alone her face, which must be truly breathtaking.

Sigh, too bad Li Ruo was a rose with thorns—not to be trifled with, or there would be trouble later.

After Li Ruo left, Ye Chen stood by the balcony window, watching her figure slide into the Ferrari.

Suddenly, Li Ruo rolled down the window and blew a kiss to Ye Chen.

He was startled but then smiled.

Just as he was about to return the gesture, he saw Li Ruo roll up the window and speedily drive the Ferrari away; she disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Ye Chen smiled wryly to himself.

By agreeing to help Li Ruo, it meant he was going to face a life-or-death standoff with Yan Bu’er.

In his mind, Ye Chen pondered how to build a powerful force that could hold its own against Yan Bu’er.

Subjugating Yan Bu’er was not as simple as dealing with the likes of Zhang Dadan.

Yan Bu’er had already sanitized his image into that of an exemplary businessman, philanthropist, and political consultative committee member.

Directly clashing with Yan Bu’er would be tantamount to courting death.

“Looks like this is going to be a long game,” Ye Chen sighed.

At night, Ye Chen woke from a haze and received a call from Liu Momo asking him to help out at her barbecue stand.

The street vendors in University City had regained their former bustle; enforcement officers were a danger, sure, but life had to go on.

For most people, losing their business in University City meant losing their livelihood, so they would rather risk being beaten by enforcement officers and continue to lay out their carpets, selling small goods.

When Ye Chen drove his little Oto to the outskirts of University City, the area was ablaze with lights.

Many female students were out wandering, some clinging to men with broad shoulders and muscular builds; others clung to portly men.

In any university in China, such scenes were bound to unfold.

“Brother Chen!” Liu Momo saw Ye Chen approaching with his hands in his pockets, wearing a white shirt, and waved to him after setting aside her work.

Ye Chen smiled faintly, looking at the pretty creature that made people want to hold her tight.

He said with a grin, “Momo, how’s business today?

The city enforcement officers didn’t come, did they?”

“Yep, they didn’t show up, and business is pretty good today!” Liu Momo giggled, “Did Brother Chen have dinner yet?

Why don’t you eat something here?”

“Sure!” Ye Chen nodded.

Business was still booming all around, and Ye Chen couldn’t help but glance at Liu Family’s Barbecue Shop next door, where Fatty Liu stood at the entrance, fixing a fierce gaze on the Liu family’s stand.

Fatty Liu’s barbecue shop was nearly empty, while Liu Momo’s stand was swarmed with customers, with hardly an empty seat in sight.

Many were waiting and even queuing.

The disparity was apparent.

Fatty Liu clenched his teeth, turned, went inside, and then made a call.

If things continued like this, he feared he wouldn’t even have enough to eat, and his shop might soon close down.

“Men die for wealth, as birds die for food,” Fatty Liu had been taught a lesson by Ye Chen last time.

But, watching his business decline day by day, almost to the point of closing down, who would care about decorum anymore?

As soon as Ye Chen stepped in, he immediately saw Li Wen and Qianqian, the two girls they had dined with last time.

The girls greeted him with beaming smiles upon his arrival.

Both were wearing school uniforms, looking fresh, cute, and beautiful; no wonder business had picked up a lot, unlike Fatty Liu’s, which was faltering.

Li Wen and Qianqian had come to help, much to Mrs.

Liu’s joy.

Ye Chen had just gotten his usual order and hadn’t taken more than a couple of sips of beer when a silver minivan sped up and stopped abruptly.

Five or six men dressed in city enforcement uniforms jumped out, each gripping a baton.

Their arrival immediately scared everyone present, souls nearly flying out of their bodies.

Shit, when did enforcement officers start arriving not in patrol cars but in a minivan?

Five or six men walked towards the Liu family’s stand.

“Damn it, nobody run!

First one who tries to leave, I’ll smash their stand!” The leader glared at everyone present and declared, “From now on, the Northern City District enforcement office has taken over this area.

Starting today, anyone setting up a stall here is operating legally!”

“Wow, really?

That’s great!”

“Then we don’t need to run around anymore!”

As the vendors buzzed with discussion, Liu Momo couldn’t help but hug Ye Chen’s arm, saying, “Brother Chen, we won’t have to be afraid of the enforcement officers anymore!”

“Fool, do you believe them?

They’re just here to make money!” Ye Chen, holding a beer, chugged it down.

Ye Chen’s suspicion was confirmed when the officers shouted, “However, starting today, every stall has to pay five hundred yuan a month in management fees!”

Sss…

Everyone instinctively sucked in a breath of cold air.

Shit, what kind of scam was this?

Five hundred per stall, and along this stretch of road outside University City, there were easily over a hundred stalls.

Their monthly intake must be substantial, right?

“Damn, you might as well be robbing us!”

“Exactly, we barely make a thousand a month, and you want to take away half of it!”

“They’re not enforcement officers; they’re the underworld disguised as enforcement officers!”

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