Chapter 522: Du Yue'e Takes Over Finance

"Boss, putting such a controversial woman in the CEO position—I think that's very unwise!" Shen Anna heard that Chen Yang appointed He Wanqiu as CEO of Heavenly Initiation Pharmaceutical, and immediately raised an objection.

Chen Yang said dismissively, "Sister Anna, He Wanqiu became vice president at such a young age—she must have real talent. If you don't think highly of her, why don't you take over her post?"

"Never mind, I still prefer to be self-reliant." Shen Anna immediately shook her head and rejected Chen Yang's suggestion. She had painstakingly built the Common Folk Agricultural Products Trading Company into Dongjiangsheng's first private enterprise, and it was about to go public—how could she possibly take over a troubled pharmaceutical company?

However, Shen Anna still wasn't comfortable letting a woman she didn't know well manage Heavenly Initiation Pharmaceutical. She told Chen Yang, "Boss, since you're unwilling to change the CEO, finance must be in our hands. Tomorrow I'll send Qian Duo Duo over first, and recall him once we've trained a suitable replacement."

Chen Yang was still confident in Qian Duo Duo's abilities, and immediately nodded, saying, "I support letting Manager Qian serve as Chief Financial Officer. Heavenly Initiation Pharmaceutical is such a big hole—I really wouldn't trust just anyone with it."

Seeing Chen Yang accept her suggestion, Shen Anna breathed a sigh of relief. She reminded him, "He Wanqiu managing to stay unstained in Heavenly Initiation Pharmaceutical's murky waters shows she's truly formidable. You've just divorced, your love life is a vacuum—don't fall for a honey trap so easily!"

Chen Yang retorted testily, "Sister Anna, do I really seem that unable to resist temptation in your eyes?"

Shen Anna laughed, "You're young, handsome, and rich—to single women you're like Tang Sanzang from Journey to the West. They'll try every trick to lure you into a gentle trap; who knows, they might succeed one day."

"Nonsense!" Chen Yang said solemnly, "I'm still able to withstand temptation."

Shen Anna rolled her eyes. "I remember Yexin telling me that if a man can resist sexual allure, unless there's something wrong with him."

Thinking of Yexin still undergoing reform in prison, Chen Yang couldn't help sighing, "Back when I had no money, all I wanted was to find someone I liked and live a simple life together. Now that I'm wealthy, I've instead drifted apart from the one I love. You, Sister Yexin, and I are all single now—how strange!"

Shen Anna said, "I chose poorly, while Yexin did it to protect her man's career. As for you, it's entirely your own doing. As long as you don't sign the divorce agreement, could she even beat you to death?"

Chen Yang sighed. The incident happened suddenly, and at the time his mind was a bit tangled. Looking back now, as long as he didn't sign, Lin Wei really couldn't do anything to him—at most they'd just be separated.

But after signing the divorce agreement, the Lin family were all dissatisfied with him, and even his son wasn't allowed to see him.

To make matters worse, when Chen Chunmei found out, she also had him removed from the Chen family register.

He is now truly a lone solitary soul.

Three days later, while Chen Yang was fishing, Du Yue'e suddenly called and asked him to come to the villa.

The East Jiang Business Alliance was only five hundred meters from the villa where Chen Yang used to live. After packing up his fishing gear, he walked over and found that besides Du Yue'e and her son, Hu Qingwan and Du Yue'e's mother were also in the villa.

Seeing Hu Qingwan, Chen Yang still affectionately called out "Mom."

Hu Qingwan saw Chen Yang, who had grown thin all over, feeling both heartbroken and angry. "Chen Yang, look at what kind of life you're living now. I told you not to divorce, not to divorce, and you just wouldn't listen!"

Chen Yang gave a wry smile and softly asked Hu Qingwan, "Mom, how have my wife and son been lately?"

Hu Qingwan sighed, "That Weiwei girl is a workaholic—she has no time for the kid. We hired a nanny, and since your aunt also went back, we let them take care of the child together."

Seeing Hu Qingwan and Du Yue'e's mother both come to Xingcheng, Chen Yang's biggest worry was that his son had no one to look after him. Hearing that Chen Chunmei had returned to Qingshui City, he instantly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mom, why have you come to Xingcheng at this time? What business do you have?"

Hu Qingwan listened, then with a solemn expression told Chen Yang, "I heard you hired a beautiful woman as the new company's CEO—what's going on?"

Chen Yang hadn't expected Hu Qingwan to come because of He Wanqiu; he immediately explained, "He Wanqiu was originally the vice president of Heavenly Initiation Pharmaceutical, familiar with the company's inner workings. Making her CEO is far more suitable than me, who knows nothing, managing the company."

Hu Qingwan asked seriously, "Chen Yang, you don't have any other relationship with He Wanqiu, do you?"

Chen Yang laughed, "No matter how beautiful He Wanqiu is, she's no match for my wife! I can guarantee you that I've only seen her twice at work, with zero private contact."

Upon hearing that Chen Yang had no ambiguous relationship with He Wanqiu, Hu Qingwan's expression softened considerably. She told Chen Yang, "Heavenly Initiation Pharmaceutical is also a listed company with a market cap over ten billion—leaving it entirely to strangers is too risky. I plan to let your sister-in-law handle the finances there; you won't object, will you?"

Chen Yang hesitated. Although Du Yue'e had learned a lot of financial management knowledge during her pregnancy, she was basically a self-taught amateur, completely incomparable to a professional like Qian Duo Duo.

But since Hu Qingwan had made the request, he certainly couldn't refuse outright; otherwise it would be tantamount to slamming the door shut on reconciling with Lin Wei.

"Mom, I've already arranged for Manager Qian to take over as Chief Financial Officer of Heavenly Initiation Pharmaceutical. How about letting your sister-in-law start as her assistant, get familiar with the environment, and then I'll recall Manager Qian?"

Hu Qingwan had originally been worried that Chen Yang would be swindled out of money and sex, but hearing that he had already sent his own people to take over finance, she felt a bit embarrassed.

"Manager Qian is a professional—would it be inappropriate to have your sister-in-law stand in for her work?"

Chen Yang smiled and told Hu Qingwan, "Manager Qian actually prefers to stay at the Common Folk Agricultural Products Trading Company, since this side is also preparing to go public soon. My main concern is that if your sister-in-law works in Xingcheng, my older brother might object."

"No problem!" Hu Qingwan waved her hand. "I've already discussed it with Secretary Chen. As long as Yue'e's job is settled, we'll transfer Lin Feng from Qingshui City to Xingcheng after the New Year—then there'll be no worry about living apart."

Seeing that Hu Qingwan had already made preparations, Chen Yang called Shen Anna and asked her to have Qian Duo Duo guide Du Yue'e in managing Heavenly Initiation Pharmaceutical's finances, and to recall him once Du Yue'e was fully familiar.

Shen Anna's goal was to help Chen Yang hold onto Heavenly Initiation Pharmaceutical. Since the Lin family had already arranged for people to take over this task, she was naturally pleased.