Chapter 458: You Continue as Lao ban

He let out a heavy sigh, utterly helpless, and said: "Thank you very much for inviting me, but I feel that with my current abilities, I'm afraid there's no way I can handle it." Although he also wanted to stay, given his foolish earlier actions, he realized his own shortcomings.

Someone like him, a fool, would easily be led around by others' tricks; therefore—

It's still better not to cause trouble for Jiang Cheng!

He sighed repeatedly.

But Jiang Cheng gazed at him with sincere eyes.

"I'm not joking with you right now; the ideas I've just proposed are all serious." Jiang Cheng said, word by word: "I've looked into your abilities; they're quite good. If it weren't for being deceived by others, you wouldn't have made such a decision now, so I really admire you!"

Because I admire you, that's why—I still consider having you continue as president after I acquire your company; however, all real authority will be in my hands. For any major decisions, you must get my approval to act; otherwise, I'll fire you.

Of course, if it's just some minor decisions, you can make them yourself—I definitely won't interfere. Jiang Cheng spoke seriously and had already placed this decision-making authority in the man before him.

Zhou Zhiqiang stared at Jiang Cheng in disbelief.

He never expected Jiang Cheng to still place this decision-making authority in his hands.

He even fully acknowledged his abilities!

For a moment.

He felt it was unbelievable.

"Are you really sure you've thought this through?" He hesitated repeatedly, feeling Jiang Cheng's move was a bit too rash, which is why he hadn't agreed before.

But Jiang Cheng's attitude now is so sincere, therefore—

He was at a loss!

Torn, he asked Jiang Cheng, "Could you give me a day to think it over properly?" Although he was excited and eager to agree, he truly worried that his own actions would affect Jiang Cheng.

After all, because of his earlier mistaken decision, his company indirectly fell into danger in an instant.

If this situation continued to spread, his company would only get worse; it's thanks to Jiang Cheng's willingness to choose him when his company was on the brink of bankruptcy.

He felt immense gratitude, so he worried that his actions would once again lead to a bunch of mistaken decisions!

Jiang Cheng agreed right away.

Of course.

Then think it over well, and give me your answer tomorrow.

I hope you'll give me your answer tomorrow, and it definitely won't disappoint me. Also, your abilities are actually up to the task; one failure doesn't mean you'll fail every time in the future.

Moreover, everyone fails—whether it's you or me, we all have moments of failure. If you fail, just start over; why dwell on it and ruin your mood? Jiang Cheng also felt a bit helpless, thinking the other's demands on him were a bit too high.

He listened carefully to Jiang Cheng's reminders.

"I will carefully consider what you've reminded me of, and then tomorrow I'll do my best to give you a satisfactory answer!" Zhou Zhiqiang stood before Jiang Cheng, neither humble nor arrogant.

He knew Jiang Cheng was sincere.

Therefore, he naturally also wanted to be sincere toward Jiang Cheng; at least for now, he truly didn't want to disappoint Jiang Cheng's expectations of him.

He was very serious.

Jiang Cheng ultimately didn't continue discussing it with him.

After a short while.

Jiang Cheng said, "All right, let's leave it at that for now; we'll continue discussing this tomorrow."

Jiang Cheng's mouth curled slightly.

Gazing at the person before him, he ultimately watched helplessly as the other disappeared from sight.

As for Zhou Zhiqiang, he remains filled with mixed feelings; he actually doesn't know whether the decision he's just made is right or wrong.

But he knows Jiang Cheng is sincere toward him!

Perhaps because he knows Jiang Cheng is sincere toward him, he's now caught in turmoil, feeling at a loss, repeatedly lowering his eyes, which has left him somewhat agitated.

In fact, he very much hopes to stay here with Jiang Cheng.

After all—

Jiang Cheng is quite a good person!

Most importantly, Jiang Cheng's ability is even stronger than he imagined.

That's why he admires Jiang Cheng so much.

So far, he's actually feeling extremely torn inside; he doesn't know how things will develop next.

But he knows Jiang Cheng sincerely proposed that idea to him then, and genuinely hoped he would stay; it's just him, because of this matter, therefore—

He keeps wavering back and forth!

When he returns, the artists at his company, upon hearing about this, all urge him to stay.

"But I really didn't expect Jiang Cheng to actually choose to let you continue as our company's Lao ban—this really surprises me! I thought Jiang Cheng would despise us at this point, yet he hasn't done that." He feels shocked now, and still finds this somewhat unbelievable.

At this moment, he still feels shocked.

Zhou Zhiqiang said, "Actually, I didn't expect Jiang Cheng to choose me either; at the moment he chose me, I was…… in a rather shocked state! But I'm still somewhat torn, after all—if this time weren't due to my rashness, even stupidity, it would have been impossible for the company to end up in this situation!"

"Put simply, it's because I lack brains, so I've let things develop step by step into what they are now!"

"Now that they're suggesting I take the role, my heart is filled with even more panic; I can't help but fear that these things might happen again in the end!"

If this situation arises again, what should be done when the time comes?

Therefore—

His heart is in agony because of this, so he remains stuck in turmoil, continually filled with mixed feelings over this matter.

On the way back, he fell into a rather tricky stage.

He kept thinking, "You've been pondering all along."

But the people around him were actually all urging him.

"I think it's just one failure, not a constant streak—why keep harping on these things?" (End of chapter)