That night, Jiang Chengsi didn’t sleep well at all; his brother was giving him a hard ti, and his nephews and nieces were swindling him out of money. One was tornting him ntally, while the others were depleting him materially. The main thing was, in a few days he was supposed to go learn business from Si Yushan, and he was feeling a bit anxious about it.
He thought about whether to find so professional books to cram first.
Just in case they start talking in professional jargon, and he’s at a loss—that would be too embarrassing.
Little did he know, the old lady had already planned for this and notified everyone in the family...
The Jiang Family’s current priority was to fully support Jiang Chengsi in getting married.
So early in the morning, Jiang Yanting knocked on his door.
"Second Brother? So early?" Jiang Yanting was soone he couldn’t afford to irritate. Cold and intimidating, if you didn’t open the door and tried to act up by lazing in bed, he really could kick you off with not a hint of hesitation.
"Your sister-in-law is already preparing breakfast. Eat and then co to the company with ."
"Huh?" Jiang Chengsi was befuddled.
"Isn’t Mr. Si going to teach you business? Grandma said you should first get used to the family company."
Jiang Chengsi didn’t expect Grandma to be so considerate and, since this was serious business, he was quite cooperative. He brushed his teeth and freshened up imdiately. By the ti he got downstairs, Shen Zhixian had already prepared breakfast, and the two kids were eating.
But Jiangjiang was being picky, even picking out the scallions from the olette.
"Don’t be picky, eat everything." Jiang Yanting frowned.
He didn’t know where it ca from, that his son would inherit his brother’s pickiness.
"I don’t like it." Jiangjiang pouted.
"Your sister is watching you, can’t you set a good example for her?"
When Jiangjiang is hungry, he’ll eat anything. So foods he wasn’t really picky about; it was just that he had been spoiled by the old lady since he was little, and he’d sotis deliberately not eat things out of little quirks. Jiang Yanting wouldn’t indulge him. He stared at him until Jiangjiang had no choice but to eat the things he’d picked out, only then did his sowhat harsh father withdraw his death gaze.
The atmosphere in their four-person family was very warm. Suddenly, Jiang Chengsi started looking forward to his life after marrying Si Qingxiao.
If they had a child, the kid would definitely be adorable.
Imagining a wonderful future, Jiang Chengsi headed to the company full of determination.
**
Jiang Group
It’s Tuesday, and there was a regular eting. Jiang Chengsi followed Jiang Yanting directly to the eting room. The large room was already full of people, and everyone was quite surprised to see Jiang Chengsi.
"Why is Fourth Master here?"
"He’s quite popular now; otherwise, the company’s stock wouldn’t have risen so much. We wonder when Fourth Master is going to get married, so we can join in the fun."
"But why is Fourth Master here at the company?"
...
While everyone was curious, Jiang Zhenhuan had already started the weekly eting.
Jiang Chengsi sat behind Jiang Yanting and Jiang Jinsang, and he had intentionally borrowed a few notebooks and pens from Jiang Jinsang.
But throughout the eting...
He understood what they were saying, but when it ca to professional terms or expressions, he was utterly confused.
Jiang Jinsang was currently working on an overseas project, and his work report was even more daunting.
The entire PowerPoint presentation had more than half, cause the 26 letters he recognized, but when they were combined, he didn’t recognize any of it. They’d always use conventional business language to discuss matters, which was concise for them. As Jiang Chengsi sat there...
He felt like an idiot!
Although he traveled abroad often, where daily communication in English was no problem, business English was just too specialized for him to understand.
Before he could even grasp the point, the eting ended. After everyone left except for the family, Jiang Zhenhuan looked at Jiang Chengsi, "Chengsi, how did it feel?"
"It was... okay." Jiang Chengsi couldn’t just admit he didn’t understand anything.
Actually, he could understand a lot of the planning proposals in general. However, he didn’t see why they were done that way, or perhaps so plans, according to his understanding, were not the best options. Why did Uncle choose such plans? Anyway, he was utterly confused.
"You even took notes? Very serious of you. Give your notebook; let see what notes you took."
Jiang Zhenhuan extended his hand towards him.
"Uncle, there’s no need. My handwriting is ugly, and I’m afraid you’ll laugh at ."
"It’s okay. Let have a look and give you so pointers."
Given Jiang Zhenhuan’s firm attitude, and with Second Brother and Jiang Xiaowu standing by, Jiang Chengsi had no choice but to hand over the notebook.
The notebook was a custom Jiang Group product, with a black cover and the company logo. Inside, the notebook already bore Jiang Chengsi’s na.
Opening the first page.
Centered on the first line, it said [eting Notes].
The second line had [1,] written and then... nothing.
Jiang Jinsang, watching his father’s silence as he stared at the notebook, thought that Jiang Chengsi must have taken such great notes to make his dad so focused. He leaned over to take a look...
And he was dumbfounded!
This...
Jiang Zhenhuan said nothing, rely closed the notebook and handed it back to Jiang Chengsi. You can’t expect a school underachiever to beco a top student instantly; that’s unrealistic. He just didn’t expect Jiang Chengsi to be so...
Indescribable.
"Xiaowu."
"Yes." Jiang Jinsang replied with a nod.
"In the future, let Chengsi learn with you. You’re new to the company as well, and you’re still learning, so you can take him under your wing."
Learning from Jiang Xiaowu?
Jiang Chengsi was baffled... but after thinking it over, with Second Brother being an ice-cold figure all year round, he didn’t dare ask him, and he dared even less to entirely rely on Uncle. It seed like Jiang Xiaowu was the only suitable option.
"Uncle, why don’t you just randomly find a job, let experience it a bit. I don’t need Xiaowu to babysit ."
"If we had plenty of ti, sending you to the grassroots level would be fine. Right now, we need you to learn fast; there isn’t that kind of ti." Jiang Zhenhuan stated straightforwardly.
In the end, Jiang Chengsi followed Jiang Jinsang to the office.
Originally, he thought learning from Jiang Jinsang ant following him around, dealing with business, and learning through exposure. When he got to the office, Jiang Jinsang said directly:
"Fourth Brother, I think it’s better for you to start with the basics, don’t you agree?"
"No problem."
What Jiang Chengsi considered basic was perhaps tagging along and observing more. But to his surprise, Jiang Jinsang opened a bookcase in the office, grabbed seven or eight books, and tossed them at him.
The books were on business topics like Capital Theory, Market Marketing, Data Managent, Cross-border Comrce...
Back in school, just looking at books would give Jiang Chengsi a headache, and now he was hit with a bunch of these professional books. It was overwhelming.
"Have you read these books?" Jiang Chengsi suddenly rembered, when Jiang Jinsang was in the hospital, Huo Qinqi had sent him a pile of books. He had teased him about it back then, but now it seed like the tables had turned.
"Yes, I’ve read them. There are notes on them, and where I’ve marked or taken notes is where you should focus. Read them seriously, I’ll be testing you later."
"..."
Testing?
"Oh, and this too." From sowhere, Jiang Jinsang produced another book, [3000 Business English Words], "Rember to morize the vocabulary."
"..." Jiang Chengsi grimaced, "Jiang Xiaowu, are you sure you’re not ssing with ?"
"Do I have any reason to ss with you? You don’t have to study if you don’t want to, but when you’re with Mr. Si, and you can’t answer even the most basic questions, if you’re not afraid of embarrassing yourself and affecting his impression of you, I don’t mind."
Jiang Chengsi gritted his teeth: "I’ll study!"
What kind of devil brother is this!
...
Occasionally, when Jiang Jinsang was free from work, he’d glance over to check if he was slacking off.
Even the old lady at ho wasn’t at ease with it, or rather she didn’t trust that Jiang Chengsi could sit still, so she specifically called to inquire.
"Xiaowu, how is your Fourth Brother doing?"
"He’s studying."
"He can actually sit still?" The old lady was surprised.
"He’s quite serious. I’ve never seen him study so hard, not even during his college entrance exams."
Jiang Chengsi frowned: Could you please mind my feelings while making phone calls in front of ?
"That’s good then. Chengsi’s matter is the family’s top priority right now. You must stay alert. It’s not easy for your Fourth Brother to find a girlfriend, and the Si Family must have high standards. If he slacks off, punish him, and tell him I said it was allowed..."
The office was so quiet that Jiang Chengsi could almost hear their conversation.
Although everything was normal, the family was just concerned about him. He had no complaints about that.
But the old lady had to end with:
"I dreamt last night that the Si Family didn’t want your Fourth Brother anymore, which scared into a cold sweat. This matter must be settled soon. Even if we spend a little more on the betrothal gift, we must get him married off, we can’t afford to let the Si Family have a change of heart, dreams often get long..."
Jiang Chengsi: "..."
Am I really that detestable? They’d rather pay to get rid of ?
Little did he know, everyone in the Jiang Family had mobilized for his sake.
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