He was like an unlucky girl from junior high school, who was peacefully listening to a bad student read his self-criticism under the national flag when suddenly the other person changed his tone and confessed his love to her through a megaphone in front of the head of the teaching department.
Zhang Chaohe's mind raced, and he spoke again: "Then I'll add five more spots for the cruise trip."
"Mr. Li, let's not pursue this any further," he said calmly.
Amidst the deafening cheers, Li Ye shrugged: "As you wish."
This stupid press conference is finally over. For the second half, Zhang Chaohe felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, and he felt uncomfortable all over.
It's no longer a question of whether or not to open the window to let the pigeons in, but rather whether or not to open the window, chase after them, and beat them up!
Zhang Chaohe said with a stern face—he was already sharp and handsome, and his gloomy expression made him even more intimidating: "I don't want today's incident to happen a second time."
Li Ye sighed: "Are you going to reject me?"
Zhang Chaohe nodded silently. Basically, everyone's family was a business partner, so it wasn't good to make things too awkward.
Li Ye seemed disappointed, but surprisingly easygoing: "Alright then."
Zhang Chaohe returned to the Jiasheng office building full of suspicion—he had a feeling that Li Ye was plotting something wicked.
Furthermore, Li Ye's public confession and the two CEOs' bickering have already become trending topics. Next, he'll probably have to figure out how to deal with his family...
Mr. Zhang finally understood how Li Ye felt yesterday. He was now in a state of utter confusion, anxiously waiting for Chairman Zhang and General Manager Zhang to come knocking on his door to demand an explanation. But instead, he heard Assistant Chen timidly knocking on the door first.
He opened the door himself, but almost tripped over by a large, bright red bouquet of roses!
Zhang Chaohe stared in disbelief as Assistant Chen struggled to stuff the bouquet into his arms... He suspected there was a bucket underneath the flowers, and he had to use his arms to hold the entire bouquet with great difficulty just to lift it!
Not only did the cellophane wrapping around the bouquet make a rustling sound, but the unique cool fragrance of the flowers also intensely assaulted his sense of taste.
"This was a gift from General Manager Li." Assistant Chen looked reluctant and quickly added, "I'm sorry, General Manager Zhang, I must report this to Chairman Zhang and General Manager Zhang!"
Before Zhang Chaohe could ask any more questions, Assistant Chen had already slipped away as fast as he could!
He was left standing there like a rose wholesaler, clutching 999 roses, receiving the shocked and envious glances of his assistants.
Li Ye, are you alright?!
A note from the author:
Li Ye: Dog head carrying a rose ⚹999.jpg;
Audience members (eating sunflower seeds): Keep playing and keep drawing prizes!!
Today's thank-you list—
My adorable little cuties!
Chapter 43
In the following days, instead of receiving enthusiastic inquiries from his family, Mr. Zhang was met with Li Ye's aggressive overtures—a mix of rustic charm and unyielding stubbornness.
Li Ye sent 999 roses over three consecutive days!
Zhang Chaohe's transformation from initial anger to later composure and numbness fully demonstrates the importance of having a good mindset and self-regulation function.
Moreover, because there were so many flowers, the ones from the previous day hadn't even fully bloomed yet, and the 999 roses for the second day had already arrived. So, adhering to the principle of not wasting any, all the employees of Jiasheng received roses as a gift from General Manager Zhang.
Although it almost caused family conflicts among several of his married sisters, it did not have a significant impact on Zhang Chaohe's life overall.
After failing to contact Li Ye multiple times, Zhang Chaohe finally realized that the other party was just going to be a cockroach in his wonderful life!
He couldn't catch it or touch it, and could only look at the cockroach droppings and get angry all day long.
However, most of the roses Li Ye sent were given to Cheng Jixue. Cheng Jixue is about to join the crew and spends every day in the practice room studying the script. He joked that even his script now smells like roses.
Zhang Chaohe pondered, "I wonder if this kind of rose can be used to make flower cakes?"
Cheng Jixue thought to herself, "Luckily, there's an idiot leading the way—it seems that for Boss Zhang, sending rose cakes is worse than sending roses. I've learned something."
After struggling to no avail, Zhang Chaohe finally decided to remain unchanged and wait patiently for Li Ye to lose interest.
However, things didn't go as planned—the next morning, there was a sudden burst of gongs, drums, and firecrackers downstairs at the company, making it feel as if we had stumbled into a wedding.
Zhang Chaohe peered out the window at the commotion. Jiasheng's office building was located in the heart of the CBD, and none of its neighbors seemed to have such a simple and unpretentious aesthetic. He was very curious about what had happened.
However, due to the height of the building, Zhang Chaohe couldn't see very well. He was just about to find an excuse to go out and eat some melons when he saw Assistant Chen knock on the door and come in, saying, "Mr. Zhang, there's a couple downstairs who say they're here to deliver a banner to Cheng Jixue. Would you like to go and help them?"
"The TV station also came, saying they wanted to do an interview."
The gossip has reached its own doorstep!
Since it concerned the child Guapi saved during the last recording of the show, Zhang Chaohe immediately abandoned his joking mood and took the elevator downstairs. He found the reception hall packed with people, and Cheng Jixue was surrounded in the middle of the crowd, like an unlucky little fox caught in a flood.
A reporter standing nearby was taking pictures of the banner with a camera lens. The child's mother was still holding his hand and thanking him repeatedly. Cheng Jixue was flattered and bowed wildly. The child's father also bowed wildly without thinking. From a distance, it looked like they were becoming sworn brothers.
Seeing Cheng Jixue's slightly bewildered and frightened expression for the first time, Zhang Chaohe couldn't help but find it a bit funny. He raised his hand to stop Assistant Chen, and not only stood far away on the periphery of the crowd to watch the commotion, but also secretly took out his phone to take a picture and keep it as a keepsake.
As soon as he took out his phone, the sensor door behind the crowd opened automatically, and a familiar giant bouquet of roses, like a crimson floating island, suddenly burst into people's sight!
The delivery guy already knew the way well. He carried the customer's entire world with difficulty as he walked, greeting them enthusiastically as he went: "I'll leave it at the front desk for you again today?"
The entire audience was stunned—those who weren't going to accept the banner fell silent.
The child's father asked hesitantly, "Is this for us?"
Aside from the variety and quantity being a bit off, the banner and flowers actually go quite well together.
Zhang Chaohe wanted to rush out and stop the man immediately, but the next second he heard the flower deliveryman retort in a strong and impassioned voice: "No! This is from Mr. Li to Mr. Zhang!"
His steps faltered instantly, as if he had come to an abrupt halt—Mr. Zhang tiptoed back one or two steps, intending to escape the suffocating scene before anyone could react.
Then, out of the deathly silence, one of the older employees exclaimed excitedly, "I just saw General Manager Zhang! He looked like he was—"
Zhang Chaohe only got through the first part of his sentence before he took off running!
The crowd's gaze instantly followed the sound of hurried footsteps. A tall, long-legged man in a sharp black suit and with a signature slicked-back hairstyle was rushing towards the emergency exit without looking back! The muscular man behind him even ran a couple of steps ahead and opened the fire safety door for him!
"Bang!"
It felt like only a few seconds, yet also like an entire century had passed, when a burst of laughter like that of geese erupted in the reception hall!
The flower delivery guy was completely baffled. He had just placed the enormous island of 999 roses on the ground when a dark camera lens suddenly appeared in front of him.
"May I ask which Mr. Li sent the flowers to Mr. Zhang?" The reporter was almost laughing so hard he was about to burst, but he remained at his post and conducted the interview seriously.
The flower deliveryman replied in a clear and articulate voice, "This is a matter of customer privacy, and I'm sorry, I cannot comment."
However, due to the grand scale of the recent banner presentation, many employees from other companies also came to watch the spectacle. The high-profile declaration of love made by Li Ye at the Youjie press conference just two days ago was still fresh in everyone's mind; now, the identity of this mysterious CEO Li seemed utterly fabricated.
A young woman from another company, who had come over to watch the commotion, kicked aside the rickety piece of paper: "Is that Li Ye from the gaming industry?!"
The reporter's eyes lit up, just as he was about to dig out some more juicy gossip, when the muscular man who had just turned and run away suddenly returned!
The other party first sternly and forcefully stopped her unauthorized interview, then invited the two parents who had just presented the banner to rest in the upstairs reception room, and finally dispersed the crowd... The whole operation was smooth and seamless.
Assistant Chen adjusted his glasses and discussed with the reporter whether the last segment could be cut. He was preparing a combination of coercion and inducement to nip the public opinion storm in the bud, when the reporter weakly said, "But... we were just broadcasting live!"
Assistant Chen: I'm so sorry, Mr. Zhang, it's fate that's against you!
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An ordinary mother goose is at home today watching the local life channel with her elderly relatives.
She was idly playing on her phone when she inadvertently heard familiar words coming from the television: "Our reporter has arrived at the Jiasheng Entertainment Company building, now..."
She looked up abruptly and was surprised to witness the parents of the child who had been saved by the melon rind that day running to the company to present Xiao Cheng with a banner of appreciation.
So she quickly opened the super topic and asked people to watch the People's Livelihood Channel together. However, many sisters in the comments section lamented that they were not in the same city and could not see the live broadcast. They asked her to record a rebroadcast so that everyone could have fun together.
So unfortunately... although this local TV station is usually deserted and its audience is mostly elderly, so in theory no one should have noticed Mr. Zhang's embarrassing moment; but today, thanks to the various screen recording methods used by the Goose Moms, Jiasheng's farce this morning unexpectedly made it to the top of the trending searches!
#Li Ye sends 999 roses to CEO Zhang# (This is a hot topic)
#Celebrity from Jiasheng Receives Banner for Rescuing Drowning Child#
The super topic square is almost bursting with laughter:
[Little Zhang is gradually becoming like a goose; why would his first thought be to run away?!]
[I'm an employee reporting this: Mr. Li didn't just send 999 roses, it should be 3996... He sent them for four consecutive days, and now the entire company is allergic to roses.]
Why is Jiasheng constantly trending on social media for outrageous topics? First, there was the CEO's heroic act, then an artist's rescue of a child from drowning... Are you an entertainment company, darling?! (laughing and crying)
[This guy surnamed Cheng doesn't seem to have any notable works... what a waste of his face.]
[The girls in front of me are already filming! He beat out Hsu Shen to get the role of director Lu Xun!]
As for Mr. Zhang himself, he watched helplessly as the trending topic was pushed to the top.
Zhang Chaohe: This is outrageous. I don't know what to say, so I'll just wish the audience a Happy New Year in advance.
Although the public relations department has already started to reduce the trending topic of "999 roses", Li Ye has not given up and has been secretly sabotaging Jiashengfang's revolutionary achievements.
This directly resulted in the fact that almost an hour later, the "999 roses" topic was still trending, attracting countless uninformed onlookers to fall into the trap.
Zhang Chaohe, having reached his limit, ordered the public relations department to remove the trending topic without any regard for ethics!
What a load of rubbish! Being merciful to the enemy is being cruel to yourself... This dog is never going to stop?
He was just about to ask his assistant Chen to order some herbal tea to cool him down when he suddenly received a call from Chen Xingting, who was there to discuss his joining the production team.
Since Zhang Chaohe's role is not large, Chen Xingting suggested that Zhang could join the crew later so that Cheng Jixue could go to another city first to film Chang Xiaoyue's Peking Opera scenes. Because the sponsor had sufficient funds, Chen Xingting found a traditional opera house in a small town in another city and planned to film there on location, striving to recreate the performance effect of Master Chang Xiaoyue in her early years.
Zhang Chaohe had no objection. Cheng Jixue said that day that although his filming time was not long, he would have to stay in the crew for at least two months. When he heard this, he was a little worried, afraid that he would also have to stay for two months.
However, upon hearing Chen Xingting say that he could leave the group in a week at most, Zhang Chaohe felt relieved and was about to praise Chen Xingting for encouraging him—
The next second, Chen Xingting said obsequiously, "President Zhang, although our original official announcement was scheduled for next week, you see we have this much buzz right now, right..."
"It's all our own buzz, so why not take advantage of it? Let's just announce it today!"
Zhang Chaohe slowly scratched a question mark on his forehead.
Does taking advantage of your own resources make you feel happier?
Zhang Chaohe tried to dissuade Chen Xingting by quoting his Versailles speech: "When don't I have a lot of buzz? How about next week..."
Chen Xingting thought to himself, "That won't do. You're always in the spotlight, but Cheng Jixue isn't. Besides, your affair with Li Ye is making such a big fuss. Where does that leave our Empress's face?"
Chen Xingting hardened his heart and said, "I see that it's not going smoothly for you to remove yourself and President Li from the trending topics!"
Zhang Chaohe was deeply saddened and remained silent.