"Co in."
Tang Qing turned around and said, revealing a hint of ’majesty’ in his tone.
He is the boss after all.
He needs to have so sort of domineering air about him.
The door was pushed open, and a pretty figure appeared. To his surprise, it was Qi Yan. She had maintained her purple hair all this ti, and her unconventional style of dressing also suited her, in Tang Qing’s opinion, given her profession in design. Conforming to norms just wasn’t as convincing.
She looked good this way.
Upon seeing Qi Yan, the ’who else but ’ attitude of Tang Qing instantly disappeared.
"So it’s Sister Yan, what’s up?" Tang Qing asked with a full smile on his face.
The Qi Yan standing before him seed sowhat different than usual, lacking her characteristic laid-back attitude, and appearing to be in two minds about sothing.
"I have... a bit of a problem." Qi Yan hesitated after shutting the door behind her.
"Sister Yan, why are you stamring, just spit it out already." Tang Qing urged.
"Little boss, I wanted to say that the shares you gave initially were too much. I feel a bit undeserving." Qi Yan inhaled deeply and said. She used to feel fortunate and believed her efforts justified her rewards.
However, as the market value of Sheng Tang keeps climbing, her shares are rising in value exponentially. She has already made the ranks of the multi-millionaires, causing her so sleepless nights. She felt like she was taking undue advantage of Tang Qing.
"You’re talking about that? It’s not much, just a re 5%." Tang Qing had thought it was sothing serious. In order to retain Qi Yan, he had given up 5% of his Sheng Tang shares and ensured they wouldn’t be diluted for three years.
But was it too much?
Not really.
Qi Yan’s effort was worth the price.
Tang Qing would never oust shareholders simply because the company grew larger.
Moreover, Tang Qing had absolute control, owning 95% of the shares. Under any circumstances, even if the company went public, which was unlikely at the mont, Qi Yan’s equity held no threat.
He would only have to share dividends with Qi Yan.
Regarding money.
Tang Qing didn’t consider it a big deal. Besides, Qi Yan had helped Sheng Tang grow from a two-person setup to what it is today.
"But the company’s market value has exceeded 500 million. The value of my shares has crossed 25 million RMB. It will likely rise even more, and I’m a bit afraid." Qi Yan insisted.
Afraid?
Tang Qing asked in confusion: "Afraid of what?"
"Afraid I’m making too much, and you will want to drive away." Qi Yan replied ekly. This was a complete departure from her usual bold persona.
Hearing this, Tang Qing burst into hearty laughter. "Ha, ha, Sister Yan, what are you thinking? Why would I drive you away just over these shares?"
"This is as much as 25 million! You said there won’t be any dilution for three years. After three years, it might even be 250 million." Qi Yan said, looking into Tang Qing’s eyes. Although this seed exaggerated, it wasn’t impossible since Sheng Tang had only spent half a year to get to its current position.
All Tang Qing could do was reply, "Alright, Sister Yan, to be honest, I didn’t expect the company to develop this rapidly. However, whatever I say, I stick by my word - it won’t change. As long as you continue to help the company grow, you deserve these shares. Even if your shares are worth a few hundred million, I don’t care about the money." He ended his statent with a display of swagger.
Well, there was his domineering attitude.
"Calling fat is making short of breath." Qi Yan glared at Tang Qing unhappily. Having heard Tang Qing’s assurances, she felt a weight lift off her chest. When it ca to Sheng Tang, she didn’t want to leave or quarrel with Tang Qing over money.
On matters of mutual interest.
It’s better to be open and honest; otherwise, it gets awkward for everyone.
"Hehe, that’s the Sister Yan I know. If things get too serious, life becos boring." Tang Qing laughed.
"Oh really? Using for your amusent?"
Qi Yan grabbed Tang Qing’s ear in mock anger and growled.
"No, no, no, just joking. Please forgive my little foolishness." Tang Qing hurriedly pleaded for rcy.
"Hmm, I’ll let you off this ti, considering the money." Qi Yan didn’t exert too much force; she let go of his ear and spoke.
"Yes, yes, yes. Long live Money the Great!" Tang Qing responded.
"I better get back to work, or else I won’t be able to justify my pay. Sigh, I’ve been so busy recently that I’ve developed crows-feet." Qi Yan sighed. She was already 27—youth was fading.
"No worries, makeup does wonders." Tang Qing mumbled.
"What did you say?" Qi Yan gave him a cold smile.
"I said Sister Yan looks good even without makeup." Tang Qing hurriedly corrected himself.
"Of course, I am naturally beautiful. I’m leaving now."
Qi Yan huffed and left.
She then turned around to leave Tang Qing’s office.
Watching Qi Yan shut the door behind her, Tang Qing shook his head with a smile. Won can be overly suspicious; even when shares beco more valuable, they don’t want them, but even if you don’t want them, I will insist on giving them to you. Such a ’masochist’.
So what if he got his ’ear pulled’?
This just made life complete.
The path of a loner.
Off to play sowhere else.
Glancing at his wristwatch.
Seeing that it was getting late, Tang Qing hurriedly asked Sun Chao to take him ho.
Soone was still holding an umbrella in the rain.
Tang Qing felt sowhat justified.
Such is the terribly materialistic society, and the terrible inertia within it.
...
The next day.
Monday.
It is the day that Sheng Tang Group was established. In fact, there’s no need for any ceremony to mark the establishnt of Sheng Tang Group, simply changing the plaque at the main gate would suffice, and Tang Qing didn’t want to trouble himself with it.
However, Sheng Tang has been in a strong position recently, advertising nationwide, opening stores everywhere, gaining more and more popularity, with its assets soaring like crazy. As soon as the news of the restructuring of Sheng Tang Group was reported to the Industrial and Comrcial Bureau, the city leaders specifically asked when it would be.
With those queries, Yang Kai just had to hold a ceremony, even though he has always stayed low-key.
Moreover, Yang Kai felt that it was necessary to hold such event, as it would provide an opportunity to get to know more leaders, which would be beneficial for the future developnt of Sheng Tang in Qingyan City.
What he didn’t expect, however, was that Tang Qing would excuse himself from the busy scene, choosing to co rely for lunch and drinks. The excuse, "I have sothing to do," was practically the sa as saying "I don’t have ti." Yang Kai was a bit overwheld, afraid that this could potentially offend a large number of people. He just hoped that Tang Qing had a strong enough background to smooth things over with the upset city big shots.
One of the reasons Tang Qing didn’t want to join the bustle was because he had classes to attend and he wasn’t a fan of playing Taiji with these old foxes. It was ntally exhausting.
On the square.
It was crowed with people.
The professional event arranging company had already set up the stage, the tent, the chairs the day before. All preparations had been completed by yesterday afternoon, and today would simply be about checking for anything amiss.
Yang Kai arrived at the square very early, checked the process with the host one last ti, and familiarized himself with the venue. He also rehearsed his speech. The other senior executives of Sheng Tang also arrived early and started to prepare.
On the banner onstage, large characters were written:
"Welco city leaders to the establishnt ceremony of Sheng Tang Group."
"Warmly celebrating the establishnt of Sheng Tang Group today."
"Congratulations to Sheng Tang Group on its market value of over 500 million."
The last two points were pulled up using big helium balloons.
Swaying in the wind.
So people mistakenly thought there was a show, but left as soon as they knew about the content, finding no interesting drama to watch.
Busy until half past nine.
Yang Kai and so others who had nothing to do were relaxing under the shed. It had rained yesterday and today the sun was strong. It looked like it was going to be quite hot at noon. It was indeed the weather of May.
The leaders were supposed to arrive at half-past ten, but they were not expected to be on ti.
Yang Kai was chatting with people.
At this mont, a middle-aged man with his followers arrived.
Most of the employees did not recognize him, but Yang Kai did.
He was Feng Hai, Secretary of the Qingyan City Political and Legal Affairs Committee, one of the leaders Yang Kai had invited. He was also one of the three standing committee mbers of the Municipal Party Committee who had promised to co.
"Secretary Feng, welco, welco, I’m Yang Kai, the general manager of Sheng Tang Group," Yang Kai hurried over and extended his hand respectfully.
In compliance with Tang Qing’s request to co early, Feng Hai had arrived early right after his Monday morning eting.
"So you’re General Manager Yang. It seems I’ve co a bit early," Feng Hai said with a smile. As Dou Jiao’s acquaintance, Tang Qing was considered one of his own. ’Love , love my dog,’ Feng Hai was also very polite to Yang Kai. Very simply, there’s a powerful boss behind him. After knowing who Chai Ren was, he no longer underestimated Tang Qing.
"Thank you for your special affection for our group," Yang Kai said with obligatory flattery. After all, the principle was to give the leaders face.
"By the way, where’s little Tang?" Feng Hai looked around and didn’t see Tang Qing’s figure.
"Huh? Little Tang?" Yang Kai asked, puzzled, as he couldn’t rember who Little Tang was for a mont.
"Tang Qing, your chairman," Feng Hai explained.
"Ah, oh, our chairman said that he was busy and could only host lunch for the leaders," Yang Kai said, a little embarrassed. He didn’t expect Feng Hai to actually know Tang Qing, but he was also relieved that at least one city leader was appeased.
Feng Hai understood once he thought about it. Tang Qing was just avoiding trouble. He couldn’t help but smile bitterly. It was indeed Tang Qing’s style. Dou Jiao had told him that Tang Qing liked to be a hands-off boss and was loath to be bothered. Unexpectedly, on such an important day, he had gone to attend class.
Well, never mind.
He’s a younger generation after all.
With Dou Jiao’s protection, and the fact that Tang Qing was close to his own son, Feng Hai had to give up, on all accounts.
"All right then, that’s fine. He’s probably in class at school now, it’s Monday after all. It does not matter. I’ll just find a place to sit," Feng Hai said nonchalantly.
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