Chapter 121: The New President Ye

From Qin San’Er’s phone call, Lin Jian had gleaned several highly valuable pieces of information.

First, Qin San’Er’s family was likely one that cultivated Inner Boxing.

Second, Qin San’Er’s talent within his family was mediocre, and he wasn’t favored by his own father.

Third, Qin San’Er was indeed from the Capital City.

Standing on the rooftop, Lin Jian thought things over. In truth, he also wanted to cultivate Inner Boxing. However, all Inner Boxing was exclusively passed down through secret lineages. Without a guide and a unique cultivation Magic Sect, one could never master Inner Boxing.

Right now, Qin San definitely possessed a cultivation Magic Sect; it was just his talent that was poor. Therefore, Lin Jian wanted to use Qin San as a breakthrough point. Naturally, he couldn’t rush it. If he was too eager, Qin San’Er would be scared off.

RING RING RING!

Right at this moment, Lin Jian’s phone suddenly rang. It was already midnight. Lin Jian hurriedly picked it up and was surprised to see it was Ye Ziqiu calling! While it was midnight for him, it was still daytime over in the United States.

"Old Ye!" Lin Jian answered the call excitedly.

"Did you miss me?" Ye Ziqiu asked over the phone.

"I did. Are you home?" Lin Jian asked in return.

"No, I’m not home yet. I’m at the hotel near headquarters. I won’t give my report until tomorrow."

"Then, can you let me know as soon as you finish your report tomorrow?"

"No need to wait for tomorrow," Ye Ziqiu said mildly. "This afternoon, headquarters sent out an internal email. The new president of the Huaxia Continent has been replaced."

"Ah?" Lin Jian opened his mouth. "Aren’t they a bit too impatient?"

Annoyed, he continued, "Old Ye, don’t be sad. If one door closes, another opens. I’ll start a company and let you be the president!"

"HEHE, yeah. I was just thinking that the man I like earned hundreds of millions of RMB in just a week, so at the very least, I, Ye Ziqiu, won’t have to worry about food and clothing in the future, right?"

"Of course. I’ll definitely make sure you live in absolute luxury," Lin Jian said proudly.

"So, once I thought it through, it really wasn’t a big deal.

"However, I probably won’t be able to go back for a short while. I wasn’t fired; I was transferred back to headquarters to serve as the executive vice president of Recovery Group."

"Ah?" Lin Jian said, confused. "Then you... you aren’t coming back?"

"Guess?" Ye Ziqiu said playfully.

"I can’t guess! Give me a straight answer, I’m dying of anxiety here," Lin Jian urged.

"Here is my plan!" Ye Ziqiu paused to think before saying, "I’ll fulfill my duties here for one to three months, and then I’ll resign and leave. I’m going back to Huaxia to find the man I like. I want to live happily and freely for myself for once!"

"HAHA, now that’s more like it! Then I’ll wait for you to come back!" Lin Jian roared excitedly.

"Mhm, are you satisfied now?" Ye Ziqiu asked with a smile. This was exactly what she had planned. In half a year at most, she would return to the Continent.

"Satisfied, extremely satisfied," Lin Jian nodded repeatedly.

"What are you doing?" Ye Ziqiu suddenly asked. "Are you at home?"

"Not at home. I’m on the rooftop of a hotel, contemplating life."

"Contemplating life? You really should think things through carefully. You’ve been making money too fast, so you need to settle down and enrich yourself."

Lin Jian was momentarily speechless; Old Ye hadn’t even asked why he had run off to a hotel rooftop.

"Alright, when you come back, you can teach me English, and then I’ll teach you how to play cards..."

"Oh, you... I’m not talking to you anymore!" Ye Ziqiu was so embarrassed she wanted to hang up. Before she did, however, she hurriedly added, "Wait at the company tomorrow, someone will go looking for you. HMPH, I don’t want to play cards with you..."

With that, she hung up amidst a fit of giggles.

Lin Jian was baffled. Someone would come to the company to look for him tomorrow? What was going on? But Ye Ziqiu had already hung up. As for who was coming to find him, he would find out tomorrow.

The next day, Lin Jian headed to Recovery Group after breakfast.

Today, he planned to resign. Since Ye Ziqiu wasn’t coming back and the president had been replaced, there was no need for him to stay there and waste his time. Thus, he arrived at the security department early and informed Liu Fei.

"What will you do after you resign, then?" Liu Fei had a heavy expression on his face. He was actually Lin Jing’s informant, helping her keep an eye on Lin Jian. If Lin Jian resigned, how would he explain it to Lin Jing?

"Xu Xiaohui and a few of us set up a business firm over on Friendship Road, so I’m heading there," Lin Jian said.

"A business firm? When did that happen?" Liu Fei asked in shock.

"A few days ago. But don’t tell my mom about my resignation just yet, so she doesn’t worry."

"That... won’t stay a secret for long."

Liu Fei was terrible at lying, so Lin Jing would likely find out about his resignation by tonight.

Lin Jian felt a wave of helplessness. "Then just tell the truth. Say I backed the wrong horse, the company fired me, and I went off to start my own company with some people."

"What kind of business is it? How big is it?" Liu Fei wanted to get to the bottom of it, but Lin Jian had already walked out and headed upstairs.

He needed to let Chen Li know. Since she had been a real friend yesterday, he had to say goodbye to her before leaving. By nine in the morning, the office area of Recovery Group was already bustling. Chen Li had arrived at the company half an hour early. When Lin Jian walked in, she was just about to head out.

"Lin Jian, you’re here? Do you need something?" Chen Li asked as she looked at him.

"Minister Chen, I’m here to resign. I won’t write a formal resignation letter; please just help me process it," he replied.

"Resign?" Chen Li frowned. "You are a reserve talent newly promoted by President Ye. Recovery Group won’t fire old subordinates just because the president has been replaced. You really don’t need to worry about anyone giving you a hard time. As long as I’m here, no one can touch you!

"I need to go report to the new president now, so you should get back to work too."

She outright refused to let him resign! Without giving him another chance to speak, she grabbed her folders and marched out.

Right at that moment, however, the phone on her desk rang. She turned back and picked it up. "President Ye?"

Hearing those two words, Lin Jian raised his eyebrows. Did Old Ye call Chen Li personally? But before Lin Jian could use his Divine Thought to eavesdrop, Chen Li hung up the phone and looked at him. "The new President Ye asked me to bring you along to the president’s office."

"What the heck? The new president is also surnamed Ye?" Lin Jian asked, confused.

"It was mentioned in the company email. The new President Ye is named Ye Sen, who is Ziqiu’s cousin. At the same time, the new deputy director of finance is also surnamed Ye. Her name is Ye Lan, also Ziqiu’s cousin.

"Recovery Group itself belongs to the Ye Group."

As Chen Li spoke, she and Lin Jian stepped into the elevator.

"I really don’t want to work here anymore. I have a ton of things to do outside," Lin Jian grumbled. "Chen, help me draft a resignation letter this afternoon. I’m not coming in tomorrow anyway!"

Chen Li looked at him in silence for a long moment before suddenly sighing. "Forget it. If you want to leave, just leave. Perhaps it won’t be long before I leave, too."

Lin Jian knew that Chen Li would inevitably be pushed out in the future unless she immediately sucked up to the new president, Ye Sen. However, Chen Li was an unyielding, strong businesswoman who would rather break than bend. It wouldn’t be long before she definitely resigned!