Chapter 414: Deep friendship between girlfriends

September 1, 2023, Friday, cloudy, 21~28°C.

7:00 AM, the alarm clock rang on time.

A hand stretched out from under the quilt, fumbling to turn off the phone alarm.

Yao Lingling sat up, sleepy-eyed, yawned, and rubbed her somewhat dizzy head.

The bedroom table was covered with sheets of manuscript paper.

The Yanjing Province International Clothing Exhibition was about to be held, and as a designer in the Qimeng business department, she also had the opportunity to exhibit her work.

To seize this opportunity, she had been looking for materials everywhere recently, studying new fabrics.

Inspiration struck yesterday, she stayed up until midnight, and made two design drafts in one go.

Sitting on the bed in a daze, Yao Lingling hurriedly picked up her phone, opened Tang Zong's chat box, and began to edit the message.

【Lingling: "Good morning little brother, today is the first day of September, cloudy, the temperature is comfortable, the outfit suggestion is as follows..."】

After sending the message, Yao Lingling looked at the phone screen with eager eyes.

"Buzz buzz buzz—"

【Tang Zong: "Good morning Lingling, just finished fitness, preparing to go eat."】

Yao Lingling's eyes lit up, and she typed quickly: "Speaking of which, you haven't updated your notes for half a month, we cyber strategists are starving, hurry up and hand over your photos!"

Yao Lingling: Big Boss's Intimidation. jpg

【Tang Zong: Selfie. jpg】

"Wow!" Yao Lingling exclaimed, her sleepiness gone.

The photo was taken in the gym, Tang Zong was leaning on the chest press machine, shirtless, sweat shining under the lights, the bulging muscle lines were smooth and clear,

Yao Lingling clicked on the photo to zoom in on the details, instantly blushing.

She knew Tang Zong had abs before, but she didn't expect him to be so handsome!

This must be 8 of them, right?

It's a pity the photo doesn't show everything, she must touch it with her own hands if there's a chance in the future!

Yao Lingling lay on the bed with a red face, twisting around, making unconscious "ah ah ah" sounds, not knowing if it was shy or excited.

"Dong dong dong—" The bedroom door was knocked.

Zhang Jiahong's voice came from outside: "Lingling, still not getting up? Not going to fitness today?"

"Right away!" Yao Lingling shot up, jumped off the bed barefoot, and began to tidy up in a flurry.

Organizing design drafts, changing into fitness clothes, Yao Lingling walked out of the bedroom quickly.

Laying out a yoga mat in the living room, putting the tablet on the coffee table, opening the teaching video, and starting to train her glutes.

Goblet squats, wide-stance squats, single-leg deadlifts, Romanian deadlifts...

In the kitchen, the sound of the range hood "buzz buzz buzz" rang out, and there was even the fragrance of fried eggs drifting over.

Yao Lingling licked her lips and shouted: "Jiahong, get me two eggs!"

"I want two too!" The door of the second bedroom was pulled open, and Li Shumin, with messy hair, drilled out.

Zhang Jiahong poked her head out of the kitchen, a brilliant smile on her face, "No problem!"

Seeing her good sister regain her vitality and confidence, Yao Lingling was happy for her from the bottom of her heart.

Today is Zhang Jiahong's second day joining Huashang Apparel, she has already received the labor contract, work badge, and had her own workstation.

Re-entering the clothing design industry.

To express their gratitude to them, Zhang Jiahong took the initiative to take on the task of making breakfast.

After finishing a few sets of glute training movements.

Yao Lingling took out her phone, took a selfie against the floor-to-ceiling mirror, and happily appreciated her changes.

Zhang Jiahong brought the porridge to the table and said teasingly: "Lingling, are you sharing your butt with Senior Tang Zong?"

"What you're saying doesn't sound good at all." Yao Lingling stepped forward and knocked on her head, shook her phone, and said proudly: "I haven't sent it to the senior, hehe, instead the senior sent me his nude photo."

Hearing the keyword "nude photo."

"Let me see! Let me see! Where is Senior Tang Zong's nude photo!"

Li Shumin, who had just finished using the bathroom, didn't even care about washing her hands and rushed out directly.

Zhang Jiahong pounced over screaming, "I want to see too! Lingling, hurry up and hand it over!"

"Haha, not letting you see!" Yao Lingling dodged with a smile.

The three of them had a fight in the living room.

Finally, the two of them relied on their numerical advantage to successfully seize the phone.

Yao Lingling had no choice but to open WeChat and find the photo Tang Zong sent in the morning.

"Lying about the military situation, huh? The most critical part is missing, this doesn't count as a nude photo!"

"Eww~~, Lingling, your message is so mushy!"

"But one thing to say, Senior Tang Zong's figure is simply invincible! It has improved a lot compared to what he shared on Xiaohongshu before."

They were the first people to follow Tang Zong on Xiaohongshu, seeing him transform and counterattack bit by bit.

At this moment, looking at the figure like a sculpture, their hearts were full of emotion.

Li Shumin's eyes shone brightly: "Too handsome! Just talking about appearance and figure, the senior is definitely the strongest among the people we know, Lingling, send the photo to me."

"No, don't think I don't know, you definitely want to do bad things tonight, pervert Min."

"I want to sue you for slander!"

Zhang Jiahong patted Yao Lingling's butt and suddenly said: "Lingling, I'll take a beautiful photo for you to share with him, sharing photos between men and women is expressing 'I want you to see me, participate in my life'."

"Right right right, the senior hasn't seen Lingling wearing fitness pants yet, he will definitely be surprised." Li Shumin pushed Yao Lingling, very middle-school-style: "Innate fitness holy body! Come on, show it!"

Listening to the two people's words, Yao Lingling was a bit shy, but still half-pushed and half-agreed.

She had been working out for two months, and there were indeed some results.

Just like what Zhang Jiahong said, this is a way to attract the other party's attention and express intimacy.

"Legs move a bit more toward me, butt stick out! Head up, chest out, smile."

"OK, that's it, done!"

Zhang Jiahong handed the phone over, "See how it is."

Yao Lingling looked at herself "posing" on it, her face gradually turning red, "How come it looks... looks so sexy."

"You don't understand, this is the only way to attract men's attention!" Li Shumin said with envy: "If I had Lingling's waist-to-hip ratio, I would definitely wear tight pants every day."

"Hurry up and send it, let's see how the senior replies!"

Yao Lingling touched her hot face, but still gritted her teeth and clicked on Tang Zong's chat box, sending it over.

She left a message: "I just finished fitness, but I don't have as much exercise volume as the senior."

The three of them huddled together, staring at the phone screen with eager eyes.

After a while.

【Tang Zong: "Saved"】

"Hahaha—" Joyful laughter rang out in the living room.

Yao Lingling's face was red and hot, and she typed "ba ba ba" in reply: "The senior wouldn't be setting me as his phone wallpaper, right? Be careful, I'll monitor you every day, hehe."

Li Shumin's expression was exaggerated: "Lingling, you're so slutty!"

"Go away." Yao Lingling kicked her and continued to flirt a few words online.

As long as it's not face-to-face, she is the mouth-strong king Yao Yao Ling!

"Buzz buzz buzz—"

【Tang Zong: "By the way Lingling, I've been quite busy lately, and I haven't asked you, how is Jiahong doing at Huashang Apparel? If there are any problems, you can tell me directly."】

The living room gradually quieted down.

Yao Lingling said in surprise: "Jiahong, did you tell the senior you joined Huashang Apparel?"

Because Zhang Jiahong's work result was solved by Xiao Mingxuan, she had been embarrassed to tell the senior about this, fearing that the other party would feel uncomfortable.

"No." Zhang Jiahong shook her head blankly.

Li Shumin asked curiously: "Why did the senior ask Jiahong to tell him if she encounters problems?"

"Don't know, so strange." Yao Lingling scratched her head and replied quickly: "Senior, how did you know Jiahong went to Huashang Apparel?"

"Buzz buzz buzz—"

【Tang Zong: "You sent me the resume, forgot so soon?"】

Seeing this message, the three of them looked at each other in dismay.

Yao Lingling and Li Shumin's eyes widened, seemingly realizing something.

Zhang Jiahong asked blankly: "Lingling, what does the senior mean? He knows the HR of Huashang Apparel?"

Yao Lingling took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "The senior heard about you being laid off, asked me for your resume, and said he wanted to give you an internal referral."

Zhang Jiahong opened her mouth wide, "The senior referred Huashang Apparel? Then your President Xiao..."

Li Shumin said in surprise: "Is it such a coincidence?"

Yao Lingling pursed her lips and replied: "Should be."

【Tang Zong: "The HR of Huashang notified me two days ago about Jiahong joining, but I forgot to tell you because I was too busy. There are many opportunities at Huashang Apparel, let Jiahong work hard, and if she encounters problems, she can find me."】

"This..." Li Shumin's heart jumped, astonished: "Meaning... Jiahong's job was referred by Tang Zong?"

Yao Lingling took a deep breath, full of guilt: "Should be."

"This thing..."

"Then what to do now?" Li Shumin whispered: "We didn't expect the senior's connections to be so awesome."

Before, they all thought it was Xiao Mingxuan who did it, so they had never expressed gratitude to Tang Zong.

Now that he was the one who brought it up, it was indeed too unauthentic.

Zhang Jiahong patted Yao Lingling's butt and suddenly said: "Lingling, we were indeed wrong, why don't you invite Senior Tang Zong over for a meal tonight, I will express my gratitude in person. And the formal suit you made, it's almost Mid-Autumn Festival now, it can be worn soon, it should be sent out."

"Ah." Yao Lingling was full of intention: "Then I'll try, see if the senior has time."

Shengyuan Jiajing Residential Complex.

"Ding-dong—" The WeChat notification sound rang out.

【Lingling: "Thank you senior, do you have time tonight? Come to Xingchen Huayuan Residential Complex for a meal, we want to express our gratitude in person."】

Tang Zong: "Gratitude is not needed, eating is fine."

【Lingling: "Alright, as long as the senior dares to come, we will definitely treat you with good wine and meat!"】

【Lingling: Wink. gif】

Seeing the emoji, Tang Zong laughed out loud directly.

He typed in reply: "Good wine and meat don't matter, as long as Lingling wears fitness pants and sits next to me."

After the message was sent, Yao Lingling fell into silence.

Tang Zong could imagine the flushed face of this little junior sister.

Yao Lingling was very cheerful and lively, but she was just bold online.

In reality, she was more cowardly than anyone else.

He was very appreciative of this little junior sister and really wanted to invite her to join Songmei Apparel's design team.

In fact, he intended to establish a subsidiary of Songmei Apparel as an independent clothing design company to operate this clothing brand.

This can effectively distinguish it from Songmei Apparel's existing live streaming business, target the market for precise positioning and marketing, and operate professionally. However, the branding of the "He Yiyi" IP has not yet been launched, and everything is still in the starting stage.

The top priority is to form a brand department and determine the brand style positioning and strategy planning.

After that is product development and supply chain construction.

This is a very complex and cumbersome process, fortunately, he himself is a major shareholder and director of Huashang Apparel, and there are no obstacles to the subsequent OEM.

For the 【Growth Plan Mission】, using existing resources and connections to help Songmei Apparel obtain convenience belongs to normal means and is not considered cheating.

Just at this moment, soft footsteps rang out.

Wen Ruan, who had changed her clothes, walked out of the cloakroom, "Heh, which beauty are you chatting with again? Laughing so happily."

The big sister who had received sufficient nourishment was wearing a professional suit, looking energetic, confident, and bright, overflowing with the beauty of a light mature woman.

"Lingling, you know her." Tang Zong put down his phone, stood up and hugged the fragrant big sister, his hands wandering very sincerely on her body.

Wen Ruan's eyes flowed, teasing: "Got the female president, is this finally going to make a move on your little junior sister?"

Not a single word missed, all content seen at a glance!

"Don't say I'm so shameless, our relationship is very pure." Tang Zong's old face flushed, and his hands moved downward with slight force.

Speaking of which, Lingling and Wen Ruan are both girls with particularly prominent buttocks.

However, the difference is not small, the big sister is a peach butt developed later.

The hip shape is firm, round, and perky, the muscle lines are clearly visible, and the upper part of the hip muscles is developed, making the overall hip present a full and lifted form.

And Lingling belongs to the innate perky butt, with relatively more fat distribution, the overall hip shape is round and plump, and the sense of fat is heavier.

However, he hadn't touched it, and didn't know how it felt.

"Ouch!" Wen Ruan's eyes trembled, and she said unhappily: "I just looked, my butt was beaten swollen by you, and it's especially red, how can you be so cruel!"

"Who told you to mess around last night, dare you do it again?"

Wen Ruan raised her eyebrows slightly, biting his earlobe: "Don't think I don't know, you were clearly also very excited, next time we can try playing ball secretly while video chatting, how about it?"

"Sister, you are so perverted."

"Then do you like it?"

The two sprayed trash talk at each other, played around on the bed for a while, and went downstairs together to eat.

8:30 AM.

The black Audi RS6 drove out of the underground garage.

Dynamic music drifted in the car.

Tang Zong leaned on the back of the passenger seat, appreciating the city scenery outside the window while chatting with Wen Ruan about the driving experience of this travel car.

It can be seen that the big sister really likes this car, and her driving skills are very good.

All the way, it was smooth and flowing, even smoother than Tang Zong driving in bed.

Youjie Housekeeping.

Time is approaching 10:00 AM.

"President Zhang." "President Zhang, you're here."

All the way, colleagues stood up and greeted him one after another.

Zhang Tianqi nodded with a smile and walked straight to the general manager's office door.

Pushing open the frosted glass door, a familiar figure entered his sight.

A white professional suit, pitch-black and thick long hair hanging down naturally.

After not seeing her for a while, this Shen school beauty is still so beautiful, the difference is that there is a little more fatigue on her exquisite face.

A brilliant smile appeared on Zhang Tianqi's face, "Good morning, Shen Yu Yan."

"Tianqi, long time no see."

"Why did Gongying Technology suddenly want to find us for a meeting?"

"Don't know, Wei Pingjun didn't say." Shen Yu stood up, her red lips pursed, her expression somewhat tense.

Zhang Tianqi raised his eyebrows, "If something goes wrong, there must be a demon."

Yesterday afternoon, Wei Pingjun, the representative director of Gongying Technology, suddenly notified them that there would be a meeting today.

Even Zhang Tianqi, who was working in a family business, was called over.

Shen Yu was silent for a moment, "I think it has something to do with the second investment payment."

"Sure enough, they are going to make trouble." Zhang Tianqi shook his head, "Really shameless, they promised well before, but when it comes to cashing in, there are all kinds of problems. But don't be too sad, this kind of thing is very common now, especially involving valuation adjustment mechanisms."

"I know." Shen Yu lowered her head slightly, her hands clenched, full of unwillingness.

This is indeed a common phenomenon.

Affected by the macro economy this year, investment institutions (especially VC/PE) pay more attention to risk control and tend to invest in mature enterprises, high-tech, or projects with strong profitability.

The financing difficulty for startups and small and medium-sized enterprises is very great, especially for traditional industries and enterprises with insufficient business model innovation.

And Youjie Housekeeping is one of these enterprises.

To get financing, signing strict valuation adjustment mechanisms is a must, and you also have to give up part of the control.

Originally they thought Gongying Technology was a good choice.

Projects and businesses can complement each other, no matter how you look at it, it's not a loss.

Didn't expect it to reach the current situation.

If the performance goals promised before cannot be completed, the second investment payment cannot be credited.

By then, I don't know what conditions Gongying Technology will put forward.

"Dong dong dong—" The knocking sound rang out.

Shen Yu quickly restrained her mind and said loudly: "Please come in."

Immediately after, Li Meixia pushed the door and entered, "Tianqi, Shen Yu Yan, Director Wei is in the meeting room, Shaoyuan is also here."

Zhang Tianqi said in surprise: "Hou Shaoyuan is also here, why didn't I hear him say it."

Hearing this, Shen Yu's eyebrows jumped, and there was a faint bad premonition.

She said in a low voice: "Let's go, see what it is first."

In the meeting room of only more than ten square meters.

Hou Shaoyuan was wearing a suit and tie, his hair combed meticulously, looking very energetic.

Seeing the two partners walking in.

He was not as affectionate as usual, just waved his hand casually, which was considered a greeting.

The two sides exchanged pleasantries for a few words.

Wei Pingjun took a stack of documents from his briefcase and said calmly: "Letting the two come to the meeting this time is mainly about Mr. Hou's equity transfer."

Zhang Tianqi sat up straight, looked at Hou Shaoyuan and said: "What do you mean? Shaoyuan wants to transfer Youjie Housekeeping's equity?"

"Yes!" Wei Pingjun placed the documents in front of the two, "As founders, you have the right of first refusal according to the articles of association, so you must be notified.

The two can take a look, if you give up the purchase, Gongying Technology will acquire the 14% equity held by Mr. Hou."

Hearing his words, Shen Yu's expression changed.

Getting this 14% from Hou Shaoyuan, Gongying Technology holds a total of 44.4% of Youjie Housekeeping's equity.

Although it has not reached the relative controlling stake of more than 50%, it already has a veto power on major matters.

It has a great impact on the company's development direction and major decisions.

Hou Shaoyuan smiled indifferently: "If you want to buy, just follow the valuation of 20 million, totaling 2.8 million."

Shen Yu gritted her teeth, and a deep sense of powerlessness struck.

Let alone 2.8 million, she couldn't even take out 200,000.

As for Zhang Tianqi? Even more impossible.

Not to mention he is taking over the family business, even if he were still the general manager of Youjie Housekeeping, he wouldn't acquire this part of the equity, because it's really not worth it.

And he probably doesn't have that much money either.

Zhang Tianqi's family runs a food factory, which belongs to the real industry, with high value but poor cash flow.

Plus he has other brothers and sisters, the money his parents give him is not much.

At the beginning, Zhang Tianqi was short of money, so he partnered with her to start Youjie Housekeeping, and then found Hou Shaoyuan to invest, using his uncle's connections to earn some extra money.

Eyes met, Shen Yu said in a low voice: "Shaoyuan, let's talk alone, how about it?"

Hou Shaoyuan shook his head with a smile, "No need, I have already reached an agreement with Gongying Technology. I've been quite short of money lately, so I can only cash out this part of the assets, I hope you understand."

Shen Yu and Zhang Tianqi looked at each other, and said bitterly: "We give up the right of first refusal, congratulations to both."

Seeing Shen Yu's expression, a sense of revenge surged, and a big smile appeared on Hou Shaoyuan's face.

His previous two investments were ultimately to win Shen Yu's heart.

And at Lanfeng International, seeing Shen Yu's attitude toward Tang Zong, he felt very angry.

Now he finally felt comfortable.

Returning to the general manager's office.

Looking at Zhang Tianqi who was hesitant to speak, Shen Yu shook her head: "You don't need to explain, I understand your difficulties."

Zhang Tianqi comforted: "Don't worry too much, the equity held by the two of us still exceeds 50%. Since Gongying Technology is willing to spend money to buy Hou Shaoyuan's equity, it shows that it has confidence in Youjie Housekeeping."

"Hmm, I know." Shen Yu nodded lightly, "Tianqi, go get busy, no need to stay here. You just arrived at the new factory as deputy general manager, there must be a pile of things to handle."

"Alright, bye." Zhang Tianqi sighed and turned to leave.

He knew this Shen school beauty too well, with her pride and ambition, suddenly being stabbed in the back by Hou Shaoyuan, her heart must be very painful.

However, he really couldn't give much help in this regard.

Watching Zhang Tianqi's back disappear.

Shen Yu gritted her silver teeth, grabbed a document beside her, and tore it into pieces with a "rip rip."

After venting.

Shen Yu kicked off her high heels, sat cross-legged on the chair, picked up her phone, and dialed her best friend's phone.

She told everything about today's events and her current situation in one go.

Xu Qing on the other side of the phone fully played the role of a supporting character, using an exaggerated and playful tone to guide her emotions, just like in all those years past.

Waiting until Shen Yu finally stopped.

Xu Qing patted her small chest, "Don't worry, didn't you say Tang Zong knows the boss of Yunxi Property! I'll talk to Tang Zong tomorrow night and let him help you settle it! With this big client, everything will get better!"

Shen Yu was stunned, "Are you going on a date with Tang Zong tomorrow night?"

"Uh... that... forgot to tell you..." Xu Qing's voice paused, somewhat nervous: "I'm going to Lanfeng International tomorrow night to take cosplay photos with Tang Zong, if it's too late, I might just make do at the hotel for a night."

Hearing her best friend's words, Shen Yu blinked, "Do you want me to accompany you, actually I can also cosplay."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 415 =====