Chapter 117: Halfway to Success

Almost simultaneously, the City Lord Mansion announced that the Miao Street demolition had officially started, and Hanfang Pharmaceutical also publicly declared that the cooperation with the Zhang Group had officially begun.

However, as the mastermind behind all this, Feng Yuanyuan already had a bigger plan in mind.

And on Miao Street, some people had already started moving. Those who had nowhere else to live also began looking for real estate agents to rent houses.

Most people thought that as long as the demolition office measured the houses tomorrow, they could sign and take the money to leave.

After all, even the "local emperor" of Huacheng, the Long family, had intervened; this time Miao Street could not be saved.

Meanwhile, at Lin Yu's Zhongcaotang, Li Lin found Lin Yu.

"Brother Lin, can you accompany me to a banquet tonight?"

"Of course!"

Lin Yu agreed without asking much.

Li Lin was actually very unwilling to attend the banquet alone tonight, because it was a celebration for the Zhang Group's acquisition of the Saint Knight Private Hospital, and she, as the newly appointed President of the Zhang Group, had to be present.

More importantly, her former mentor, Professor Kaidet, and her ex-boyfriend Hua Yan, whom she had just broken up with but who still wanted to reconcile, would both be present.

Therefore, she invited Lin Yu to go with her.

When night fell, Lin Yu drove Li Lin to the Zhang Group headquarters building; this was his first time here since his divorce.

As soon as he got out of the car, everyone's eyes focused on him involuntarily.

After all, he had delivered meals to Zhang Yuru, and there were no old employees of the Zhang Group who didn't know Lin Yu.

Just at this moment, Long Yiqing mockingly teased Lin Yu: "Oh my, look who's here? Am I seeing things? You useless thing, what are you doing here? Are you trying to beg Zhang Yuru to remarry you?"

Lin Yu ignored Long Yiqing's provocation, simply opening the car door for Li Lin, and the two walked straight toward the building.

Watching their backs, a cold smile appeared on Long Yiqing's face, but his heart was full of joy.

His luck had been exploding these past two days, especially after learning the news of Xie Wendong's death, which made him feel that his fortune had reversed.

As the things Xie Wendong revealed caused a huge uproar on the internet, it not only caused his family to flee abroad but also led to more dark secrets being exposed about Western medicine hospitals in other cities.

All of this continued to ferment online.

As for the 50 million Xie Wendong transferred to him, it was simply a windfall from heaven, and no one would come to ask him to return it.

Therefore, the purpose of Long Yiqing's trip was to use this money to invest in the Zhang Group in his own name, hoping to hold 1% of the original shares.

After the Zhang Group went public, he expected to make a fortune. After entering the building, he saw from afar that Li Lin was talking to her doctoral mentor, Kaidet.

Facing Li Lin, who had saved him, Kaidet felt very embarrassed, because the Chinese medicine he looked down upon most had actually saved his life, which he felt was a humiliation.

As a former mentor, he said to Li Lin: "Although I want to congratulate you on becoming the President of the Zhang Group, academically we are already on opposing sides."

Hearing this, Li Lin wanted to explain something to ease the atmosphere, but Lin Yu had already stood between them and questioned: "Is this how Westerners treat their saviors?"

If Kaidet were not Li Lin's teacher, Lin Yu would never have stepped in to save him.

Kaidet was cunning and naturally understood this, but he still said arrogantly: "You used a method that shouldn't have been used to save me, making me unable to ascend to heaven. I would rather not have such a favor."

Lin Yu responded with disdain: "Then why didn't you choose to commit suicide after being resurrected?"

After speaking, he pulled Li Lin's hand and walked quickly into the elevator, leaving the furious Kaidet standing in place.

The tenth floor of the Zhang Group headquarters building was where the company's internal cafeteria and banquet hall were located.

Inside the spacious and bright floor, it was decorated colorfully, overflowing with a joyful festive atmosphere.

Today was a double celebration for the Zhang Group: on one hand, the cooperation with Hanfang Pharmaceutical had officially started; on the other hand, the group had successfully acquired the Saint Knight Hospital.

A long-lost smile appeared on Zhang Yuru's face.

Since divorcing Lin Yu, he had experienced countless difficulties and obstacles, but the final result was worth celebrating.

The Zhang Group was steadily transforming toward the medical and healthcare industry according to his original intention.

After all, after deep development in the cosmetics industry, beauty and plastic surgery became the next goal, and entering this field required first crossing the threshold of the medical and healthcare industry.

The newly appointed Chief Financial Officer, Feng Yuanyuan, stood beside Zhang Yuru; now everyone in the company respectfully called her "President Feng" instead of the former "Secretary Feng."

Liu Zhiming, as an old classmate of Zhang Yuru and Feng Yuanyuan, naturally brought a group of somewhat famous friends to congratulate them, and he stepped forward with a smile: "Congratulations, President Zhang, President Feng, it really is a double celebration!"

Feng Yuanyuan responded politely and had the staff guide Liu Zhiming into the banquet hall.

Just at this moment, the elevator door opened, and Lin Yu and Li Lin walked out.

As their eyes met, Zhang Yuru couldn't help but be filled with anger, "What are you doing here?"

Faced with the questioning, Lin Yu didn't make a sound, just let Li Lin go in front.

Li Lin smiled awkwardly and explained, "I asked Brother Lin to accompany me."

Seeing this, Feng Yuanyuan immediately satirized, "On such a great day, what is the meaning of inviting such a person?"

Other senior executives had long been dissatisfied with the parachuted Li Lin, especially those who had followed Zhang Yuru for many years, believing that the position of President should have belonged to one of them.

Someone deliberately used the metaphor "wearing old shoes is more comfortable than new shoes" to mock Li Lin.

However, Li Lin, who was focused on academic research, did not understand the meaning and even naively discussed how comfortable the new shoes on her feet were, drawing a burst of laughter.

Liu Zhiming, who was watching all this, felt secretly vigilant; he knew Lin Yu was not as simple as he appeared on the surface.

Given that he didn't want to get involved in the dispute, Liu Zhiming chose to enter the banquet hall low-key, avoiding a direct confrontation.

In Feng Yuanyuan's eyes, Li Lin was just a social novice and posed no threat to her.

However, Li Lin was not without value to Feng Yuanyuan.

Feng Yuanyuan planned to use Li Lin to get close to Hua Yan, and then through him, obtain cooperation opportunities with Huayu Media.

After all, as the largest traffic entrance in the country, securing cooperation with Huayu Media was almost equivalent to half the success.

Just as she was deep in thought, Hua Yan and Dong Xuhui appeared together.

As soon as Dong Xuhui appeared, he exchanged a look with Lin Yu, while Hua Yan walked straight toward Li Lin, announcing that she had become the Executive President of the Zhang company.

Li Lin did not respond to this; she had been dragged to Hua Yan's birthday banquet by Zhang Yuru yesterday, and when she saw Hua Yan, she instinctively hid behind Lin Yu.

Seeing this, Hua Yan questioned Li Lin with hostility as to why she chose Lin Yu.

Li Lin timidly expressed her gratitude for his attendance and euphemistically expressed the end of their relationship, hoping he could find someone more suitable.

Hearing these words, Hua Yan was full of anger; he was the young master of Huayu Media and had never been rejected by anyone, and Li Lin was the first woman who dared to say no to him. ===== CHAPTER 118 =====