20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3724 Su Ying's Approval

Su Ying was a strong-willed woman, and she had a mentor who stood behind her to support her and guide her in the right direction.

It took him nearly twenty years of unremitting efforts to reach the position of dean of the School of Humanities, a position at the department level. However, before he could even settle into his post, he had to resign.

So for Zhao Chang'an, where is there any mentor to support him? The reality is that many people need him to support others, so sometimes he has to be very mercenary, shrewd, ruthless, realistic and heartless in his actions.

For example, when he first pursued his daughter, he was more interested in the power Duan Fengqing held.

It was precisely because he stayed at his brother's house before the college entrance examination that he avoided many unpredictable things, just like Qian Mingjian, who took the college entrance examination with his right hand in a cast and used his left hand to do the questions, and was admitted to a university of finance and law.

According to his brother, his grades were always among the top 30 in the school for science, which basically guaranteed him a place in a 211 university. With a little better performance, he could have applied to a key 211 university at the time, which is now a 985 university.

This incident came about because a reporter from a city newspaper saw him coming out of the exam site with his right hand in a cast. The reporter was surprised and conducted an interview. Later, the provincial newspaper published an inspirational report about him as a positive example, and many people learned about it.

Su Ying knew more about what happened: Qian Mingjian's father was making a scene outside, saying that Qian Mingjian was not his biological son, but the illegitimate son of Qian Miao and Zhao Shubin. That's why Xia Wuyue deliberately picked a fight with Qian Mingjian and broke his right arm.

Later, as Zhao Chang'an grew stronger and no longer needed Duan Fengqing's help, Duan Fengqing even needed him in many situations, so he decisively abandoned him after using him.

That's why my sister-in-law has always had a bad impression of Zhao Chang'an, and you can see that tonight.

Although when the eldest sister-in-law first temporarily took over Feng Jianfei's position, she made a special trip to Mingzhu to discuss matters with Zhao Chang'an, the purpose of which was to resolve the issues concerning Mai Guixue and Lang Ruping, fearing it would negatively impact the image of the mountain city and its investment attraction efforts.

Including tonight, she also urged Zhao Chang'an to quickly complete the share transfer with Shan Qiang so that the two could be released before the tea festival and that she could appease them.

However, for Su Ying, from the very beginning when she resigned in a huff and took her husband and daughter to live in France, she was filled with anger and pride.

However, after half a year, she finally realized her own foolishness and ignorance. For more than 20 years, she had been too well protected by her mentor and had always stayed in an ivory tower, completely unaware of the harshness of reality.

That's why, at Liu Mingxiong's request, she chose to back down and went to Zhengzhou to have her daughter persuade Zhao Chang'an to sell his shares at a low price.

She didn't care about the promised reward of several million at all, although she would be happy to get the money.

More importantly, she needs a circle of friends; only by integrating into this circle can she restart her career.

Now that things have come to this point, it can be said that Zhao Chang'an has almost won everything. This makes Su Ying understand and deeply admire the handsome and somewhat wicked man in front of her. Although she does not approve of him emotionally, she knows rationally that Zhao Chang'an's previous choice to go after Tang Shuang instead of his daughter was a stroke of genius that could not be more correct.

This shamelessness and ruthlessness, even now, makes Su Ying shudder.

If she had been as shameless as this man all these years, how could she have fallen to this point, becoming a laughingstock in other people's eyes, a symbol of infidelity and a case of all her efforts being in vain?

Su Ying then noticed a book next to her seat; it was entirely in English, Maupassant's "Bel Ami".

As a professor of Chinese literature, she had naturally read this book. She picked it up, glanced at it, and opened it; it was entirely in English. Zhao Chang'an looked a little awkward. When he bought this book at the Amsterdam bookstore, he hadn't thought about Su Ying at all.

"It seems you've done quite a bit of research on this. You aspire to be a success like Duroy? No, you're already more successful than Duroy!"

Su Ying felt a little strange; of course, she knew the contents of the book.

"Auntie, I read this book with a critical eye, and I kept reminding myself that even if I have achieved some small success now, I must not be complacent, and I must not become a despicable person like Duroy who kicks away the ladder after crossing the river!"

Zhao Chang'an spoke with an air of righteous indignation.

However, Su Ying smiled noncommittally. She roughly remembered the storyline of the book, and after flipping through it casually, she came across the chapter that left a deep impression on her.

Duroy scooped her up and carried her to the bedside. There she whispered cautiously in his ear, "I swear, I have never had a lover in my life." Her tone was just like that of a young girl saying, "I swear to you, I am absolutely pure."

"So what? I don't care!" Duroy thought to himself.

Su Ying's lips twitched, and her legs, which were already together, unconsciously pressed even closer together.

"Aunt Su, just say what's on your mind. There's no need for us to act like this."

Seeing Su Ying open the book to read, Zhao Chang'an didn't want her to see the parts about Duroy and Mrs. Walter.

"That's right. Actually, I have some objections to your arrangements for the cultural tourism group. I don't think they're good."

Seeing Zhao Chang'an looking at her, knowing that he wanted her to continue, Su Ying calmed down her strange feelings. However, she did not close the book she was reading, but placed it face down on her lap.

"The positioning of a cultural tourism group is tourism and the derivative products derived from tourism culture. The tea business is the tea business. You can open a tea specialty store in a scenic spot, but it is not suitable for a cultural tourism group to operate this project. It would seem a bit out of place. Wang Deyuan has been engaged in the tourism industry for many years, and there are even fundamental differences between the operation model of the tourism industry and the tea industry."

Zhao Chang'an understood that Su Ying had come over at this time because she wanted to take charge of the new tea industry project.

He had considered this issue when he decided to get involved in the tea industry, but now that he has only just decided to do so, everything is still in its infancy. The best option at this time is to rely on the cultural tourism group to first establish the basic framework of the industry, and then discuss the separation when the time is right.

Zhao Chang'an looked at Su Ying, and Su Ying looked back at him calmly, as if she was acting out of public interest and considering the company and Zhao Chang'an's interests.

“Aunt Su, it’s too early to talk about separating the cultural tourism group and the tea industry. We should wait until the basic framework is in place before we can start separating some businesses and gradually make them independent.”

"I know, but even if we can't say we're separating now, shouldn't there have been a designated person in charge when this project was first launched?"

This is Su Ying's real purpose for coming here tonight.

(End of this chapter)