However, although the petals are naturally colored, they are not as pure and vibrant as those of industrially produced petals.
Zard opened the box and said to himself, "I didn't know which shade suited you best, so I bought 21 at once. Once I find your favorite, I'll buy you more..."
After saying that, he took out one and looked at Lianxin expectantly: "Try it quickly."
Lianxin asked in confusion, "Where did you learn all this?"
Zard thought for a moment and said, "After I got back, I called Xiaotongyun to ask her what would be a good gift for a girl. She suggested lipstick first."
"Who is Xiao Tongyun?" Lian Xin raised her eyebrows, which were long, thin, and exceptionally beautiful. "Do you have many male friends?"
Zard explained, "That's my boss's sister, she's 10 years old."
"Oh, I see," Lianxin took the lipstick, wiped the oil off her lips first, and then gently applied the lipstick.
Her fair skin and bright red lipstick complemented each other perfectly, making her breathtakingly beautiful in the flickering firelight.
The Lian tribe members forgot about their snacks and crowded around, exclaiming in amazement, "Wow, what is this?"
As they were talking, someone reached out to grab the lipstick and put it on, but Lianxin pushed them away, saying, "Go eat yours!"
After the tribesmen left dejectedly, she turned to Zard and asked, "Have you ever given this to other girls like this before?"
“No,” Zard said, “I only gave you one.”
Lianxin was silent for a few seconds: "That's more like it. Go to sleep now, you were sleeping so soundly earlier."
Zard walked towards his sleeping spot, took a couple of steps, then suddenly turned back and asked in a low voice, "Actually, there are a lot of fun things outside. Why don't you come out and play with me sometime?"
Lianxin tightened her face: "Wishful thinking."
As the night grew quiet, Lianxin held the lipstick box, lost in thought.
A clansman leaned closer and whispered, "Chieftain, this person is an Earth Element Awakener. The Crimson Heart Gu has absolutely no effect on him. As the chieftain, if your partner cannot be affected by the Crimson Heart Gu, I'm afraid..."
Lianxin looked at her clansmen: "What do you want me to do?"
The clansman whispered, "Why don't you give him to me as a reward? I'm not the clan leader, I don't care if he has the Crimson Heart Gu..."
Lianxin: "?"
She calmly watched her people until they sheepishly went back to sleep...
Lianxin remained seated by the campfire, and Zard's words seemed to have planted a seed in her heart.
Go out? It seems that such a choice has never existed in the lives of the Lian people.
The problem is, it seems like no one in Xiuzhuzhou has ever seen someone like Zard before.
At this moment, Zard lay on the hay with his back to everyone, secretly taking out a small piece of paper from his heart, on which were written the steps one, two, and three that Xiao Tongyun had instructed him to take.
The first step is to send food, and then write down what the other person likes to eat. The second step is to send them lipstick separately. The third step... oh right, the third step hasn't been completed yet.
He quietly approached Chen Jiazhang, then handed the Moutai to the old man and said in a low voice, "This is what I brought for you."
Chen Jiazhang opened his eyes and glanced at him sideways: "Why aren't you calling me 'old geezer' anymore?"
Zard unscrewed the bottle cap: "You're the elder."
Chen Jiazhang was puzzled: "You little rascal, you actually have this kind of brain, trying to curry favor with me? Who gave you this idea! I'm not drinking, so don't even think about taking advantage of my little treasure!"
Zard was stunned. He turned his back to peek at the note, and a few seconds later he suddenly turned back, decisively unscrewed the cap of the Moutai and poured it on the ground, letting the aroma of the liquor waft through the air: "Just tell me if you're going to drink it or not."
Chen Jiazhang's eyes widened at the aroma of the wine, and he snatched the bottle away, saying, "Wasting wine is a serious crime, you know that!"
Zard was overjoyed. This was a 'secret pouch' he had obtained from Li Tongyun after promising her many things!
Meanwhile, Huan Yu remained fast asleep, completely undisturbed by the commotion in the camp.
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...
At dawn, Qingchen opened his eyes on the large bed in Ginkgo Manor. Hearing the noise outside, he immediately got up and dressed.
Just as I finished dressing, I saw Li Kerou unlock the door with her key and push a food cart in: "Boss, get up and eat! Here we have soy milk, fried dough sticks, vegetable dumplings, thin-skinned vegetarian buns, spicy soup, beef noodles, hot and sour noodles..."
Qing Chen asked, puzzled, "Didn't you leave Ginkgo Manor last night?"
Li Kerou, dressed in a pure white business suit, smiled and said, "The old man had his mute servant keep me here. I'll stay downstairs from you, boss. You can call me anytime if you need anything. In addition, he also gave me a pass so I can live in Ginkgo Manor from now on."
Qing Chen: "..."
But Li Kerou continued, "The board meeting at 10 a.m. today will be held at Ginkgo Manor. It's a 14-minute walk from your room. You can take the electric cart there. The cart is already waiting downstairs. You can arrive either way."
Li Kerou: "This morning's meeting included Qingkun, Qingchang, Qingchi, Qingxiu, Qinglei... a total of 32 people. Among them, Qingchang is Qingshi's father, and Qingxiu is in charge of technology development; he's a technical talent and doesn't usually participate in power struggles..."
Li Kerou: "By the way, I will be attending the meeting as your confidential secretary, taking meeting minutes, and following up on the tasks you assigned me afterward. I will report to you on whether they have completed their tasks according to your timeline."
Qing Chen felt a chill run down his spine as he listened to the dense and detailed report. He asked, "Did you sleep last night?"
“I’ve been sleeping. I have plenty of energy. I only need to sleep for two hours a day, divided into two sessions, and that’s enough,” Li Kerou replied with a smile.
"Such boundless energy is truly a hallmark of successful people," Qingchen remarked. "So you started doing your homework last night and have been working on it until now?"
“No, it took me four hours to prepare these lessons, and I spent another two hours learning sign language, which I just learned,” Li Kerou nodded. “I also went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for you myself. Of course, I didn’t have to cook it myself; the mute servants did it.”
When an ambitious person like Li Kerou says she has "just learned" something, then she really has!
This morning when she went out, she communicated with all the mute servants using sign language. The servants were extremely surprised and their goodwill towards the girl increased significantly.
Now, Li Kerou is acting like the second-in-command of Ginkgo Manor, while Qing Ji is the head butler...
Qing Chen didn't say anything to her, but silently finished his breakfast. Li Kerou sat quietly beside him, seemingly in a state of absolute silence whenever her boss needed quiet, without even changing her dignified sitting posture.
“Actually, you don’t need to be so reserved,” Qingchen sighed. “I’ve already said that you are a very intelligent person, even more intelligent than most people I’ve ever met, so you can have your own life instead of depending on anyone else.”
Li Kerou suddenly laughed and said, "Then how do you know that this isn't the life I chose after careful consideration?"
Qing Chen said no more: "Get ready to go to the meeting."
Li Kerou was taken aback for a moment: "There are still 1 hour and 43 minutes until the meeting starts."
"Okay, let's go early and not have the electric scooter follow us. We'll walk there," Qingchen said as he walked out.
Next, he began the final step of his plan.
The Shadow Force, Shindai Yunluo, and Xiao San cooperated to complete a brilliant plan a few days ago. To outsiders, Qing Chen was already ruthless enough, but the plan was not actually over yet.
He left this final step to himself.
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...
Enter the conference room of Ginkgo Manor.
Qing Chen arrived an hour early, but most importantly, by the time he stepped into the meeting room, almost everyone was already there.
From the moment Qing Chen left the room, Qing Ji had already instructed the mute servant to notify everyone, and the bigwigs of these various factions of the Qing clan rushed over immediately upon hearing the news.
No one dared to make Qingchen wait even a minute longer.
Li Kerou sat in the audience and watched. Even top members of the Qing family, such as Qing Kun, sat upright on her left without saying a word.
In fact, just a few tens of minutes ago, Li Kerou was still wondering: Logically speaking, important figures should arrive last, so Qing Chen, as the chairman of the board elected today, should have arrived later, but Qing Chen arrived early.
Now she understands that Qingchen is doing this as a way of asserting his sovereignty and authority, and even the time of his first board meeting must be changed according to his wishes.
The meeting must begin whenever he arrives.
Qing Chen chose to walk over simply to give these people a little more time.
Qingkun looked around and was immediately delighted when he saw his son Qingyi in the audience.
He looked down and sent a message to his son: "Your husband is quite something. He hasn't even become the chairman of the board yet, and he's already given all the directors a hard time."
Qingyi replied: "Dad, can't you just focus on the meeting...?"
Chapter 785, The Cockroach Plague
All factions under the Qing family head suppressed all the rebels in the most bloody and violent way. At this time, it was not Qing Chen's turn to be a good guy. What he had to do was to use an even tougher attitude to unite all the factions together.
Today, the Qing family can only have one voice, and that is the voice from Ginkgo Mountain.
Without waiting for someone to chair the meeting, Qing Chen calmly said, "From today onwards, I am the new chairman of the Qing Group's board of directors. Raise your hand if you disagree."
The conference room was completely silent. They felt that Qing Chen, sitting in that position, was even more imposing than the shadow.
At this moment, Qing Ji announced from the side: "Unanimously approved, congratulations to Mr. Qing Chen on being elected Chairman of the Board."
Amidst thunderous applause, Qing Chen began the reckoning.
He understood that the memories the old man had given him from the nine people contained more than just life experience; those nine people held high positions of power and knew far too many secrets.
The old master of the Qing family did not kill all the people last night, but left a group behind specifically to establish his authority today.
Qing Chen didn't look at the draft. He just sat in the chair and said methodically, "Qing's Hengtian Energy Company has prepared two sets of accounts. Over the years, you have colluded with Qing Lian, who is in charge of auditing, to embezzle 120 billion yuan of family assets and have also raised 600 private soldiers. Take them away and make them return the money within three days. Hengtian Energy Company will be taken over by Qing Da. Have him come to Ginkgo Mountain to report on his work within two days."
"I'm innocent!" The chairman of Hengtian Energy stood up. "This is a baseless slander!"
Qing Chen said, "All the evidence is in the wall of Building 11 in the Gongming Garden villa area under Qing Lian's name. Qing Kun, arrange for someone to search it."
"Understood," Qingkun nodded, and silently sent a message to his son: "The murderous aura is so strong. Your husband won't mess with your father, will he? Your father isn't exactly clean either."
Qingyi: "...Don't worry, my relationship with Mr. is very good."
Qingkun: "Thank you, son."
Qingyi: "..."
At this moment, Qing Chen continued, "Qing Chi, the Second Army Group has a total of 2,312 people receiving salaries without working. Tell Qing Yu that he must investigate after he takes over. It's better for him to investigate himself than for me to investigate him."
Qing Chi nodded: "I understand. The officers who embezzled and received salaries without working have been arrested and are being sent back to City No. 5."
Qing Chen continued, "The entire Qing Group currently has 18 fictitious subsidy fraud projects, totaling 210 billion yuan in fraudulent subsidies. These include Longtian Industry, Rizheng Hydropower, Chunlei Hydropower, etc. From the start of these projects to the present, the progress of all these projects has been basically fabricated. Qing Kun, you are in charge of taking charge of these people."
Qingkun breathed a sigh of relief. Three of these 18 projects were his... Qingchen had asked him to handle them, which meant he was giving him a chance to make up for the deficit. As long as he handed over the money, everything would be fine.
The next moment, Qing Chen said, "Qing Group will establish a 'Commercial Business Group,' which will include all commercial projects except for military industry. I recommend Qing Kun to be promoted to the position of Group Vice President in charge. Raise your hand if you disagree."
No one objected.
Qing Kun was overjoyed. Qing Chen's actions were tantamount to making him the Grand Steward of the Qing Clan, a meteoric rise to power!