Genius Club.

Chapter 137 Zhao Yingjun's Code

"I'm not saying I want you to be my full-time secretary."

Zhao Yingjun then added:
"About this matter...I have actually thought about it a lot."

"To be honest, you are now completely financially independent. Your quarterly income in the future will even be more than the annual income of many large companies. It is not appropriate for you to do a job like a secretary. This is why I have been hesitant about whether to bring this up with you."

"Although you are my subordinate now, in fact, from the perspective of the company's survival, you may be the boss of MX Company. I have also thought about how and where the company should develop after you leave MX Company. But this has nothing to do with what we are talking about today."

"We talked about it. You said you planned to start your own business in the future. You wanted to learn some business thinking, accumulate some experience, and avoid some detours. I also think this is very necessary, and I support you in doing so. And the position where you can learn these things the best... is undoubtedly the position of the president's secretary."

"Secretaries, like presidents, are exposed to a lot of business information and even secrets every day. They need to consider how to make choices, how to make trade-offs, and how to make decisions, just like the president. Sometimes a small decision may affect the survival of the entire company. You can't learn these things in any position... You can only learn them through personal experience. Even for me, even for Chu Shanhe, many things are still moving forward in the face of setbacks."

"Since I have finally brought this up today, I want to say something from the bottom of my heart to you. You have helped me a lot during this period, and I should also share with you all the experiences and lessons I have learned over the years on your entrepreneurial journey."

"So, you can consider this matter. If you have this intention... you might as well try to be my [part-time secretary] without affecting your daily life and work."

……

Zhao Yingjun spoke very sincerely.

Lin Xian had never heard Zhao Yingjun speak so many words in one breath. It seemed that she had really thought about it for a long time before she talked about this matter that had been bothering her for a long time in a roundabout way.

She has a point.

From an outsider's perspective, it was indeed not something that could be justified to let a young and promising corporate boss like himself, who was financially independent, be her secretary.

That's why she seemed worried tonight and hesitated to speak several times.

Maybe she was afraid that Lin Xian would misunderstand her, and that Lin Xian would think that she looked down on him and despised him.

Part-time secretary.

Zhao Yingjun has indeed considered everything very comprehensively.

She would not tie Lin Xian down around the clock, but would mostly let Lin Xian help her deal with some confidential matters that she was too busy to handle, and Lin Xian was free to do what he wanted at other times.

It was thanks to my previous characterization of "wanting to succeed", "wanting to improve", and "wanting to learn" that Zhao Yingjun considered promoting me to be a secretary...

And Lin Xian.

Been waiting for this moment for a long time.

"my pleasure."

Lin Xian smiled and said:
"I am honored that you trust me so much. I believe I can do this job well."

Zhao Yingjun chuckled, turned her head, and looked at the colorful night view on the other side of the river. As if she had breathed a sigh of relief, she lowered her arms, put them behind her back, and leaned on the railing by the river:
"I thought you would refuse."

"If it was in the past, maybe..." Lin Xian said softly:
"But now my thoughts have indeed changed a lot. I really want to learn some real skills, and being your secretary is undoubtedly the fastest way to grow. What do I need to do?"

"You just do your job normally."

Zhao Yingjun turned around and looked at Lin Xian:

"It's just that I may call you more often in the future. The company has more and more affairs now, and I am really too busy to handle them all. I can't do many things myself, so I will trouble you more in the future."

"There are also some things involving the company's commercial secrets, which will be exposed to you slowly. I only have a preliminary plan for these. We can slowly coordinate the specific matters later."

"Of course... If you have time, I'd like to trouble you to help me clean the office."

She smiled shyly, the evening breeze blew the broken hair on her temples and into her eyes:
"You don't have to clean it every day. You can do it when you have time. A clean office is good for your mood. Just don't let other people into the office. It's better to be careful because of what happened before."

Lin Xian nodded and wrote it down:

"I'll do my best."

"Oh, by the way, please remember the password to the office password door." Zhao Yingjun rubbed his eyes:

"32375246."

"So complicated? Does it have any special meaning?" Lin Xian wanted to write it down on his phone, but he thought it was not very confidential, so he had to repeat it silently in his mind several times before he could remember this irregular combination of numbers.

He thought there would be some pattern to follow... Why did Zhao Yingjun set such a strange password?
"It doesn't make any sense." Zhao Yingjun smiled slightly:
"[Any meaningful password can always be guessed and cracked. But this meaningless password is relatively safer.]"

"It's hard to believe, but I just randomly set this password. It really doesn't mean anything."

"Okay." Lin Xian recited it in his mind a few more times.

Zhao Yingjun is right.

It’s really hard to remember…

32375246
Compared to protecting yourself from others, the password should be protected from yourself first. If you don't review it several times before going to bed at night, you may forget it when you wake up tomorrow morning.

"Don't worry, I've got it in mind."

"Don't tell anyone else, Lin Xian." Zhao Yingjun propped himself up from the railing and glanced at the dark clouds that were becoming increasingly heavy and oppressive.

"【This password is only known to you and me.】"

"I'll keep it a secret."

Lin Xian assured her:

“After the New Year, you’ll see a clean, new office.”

"Yeah, I'm looking forward to it."

boom! ! ! ! ! !

Another muffled thunder struck, very close, as if it was right above the two men's heads.

The raindrops fall drop by drop.

From a drizzle, it quickly turned into bean-sized drops of water, falling down with a plop.

"It's raining. Lin Xian, get in the car quickly."

"it is good."

The two of them trotted into the car.

It was raining heavily, turning into a thick curtain of water that pressed against the car windows. The front wipers moved back and forth at the fastest speed, but still couldn't wipe away the rain in time.

"Why is it raining so heavily all of a sudden?"

"The weather in this season... is probably like this."

……

For safety reasons, we drove slowly on the road, and it was almost dawn when we sent Zhao Yingjun home.

"Drive slower on the road."

After getting off the car, Zhao Yingjun said:
"You don't have a car either, so you can drive this car home during the New Year. It will be more convenient."

"This is too high-profile, Mr. Zhao, let's just forget it."

Lin Xian shook his head:
"I'd better park the car in the company garage and return the car keys to you [in the office]."

"I remember you kept your car keys in the [drawer]?"

Zhao Yingjun lowered his head and smiled:

"Lin Xian, you are my secretary, so you can decide on this kind of thing in the future. When you are free, help me organize the office, remember where everything is, and plan it out."

"Ok."

……

Buzz——————

The Ferrari LaFerrari's aggressive engine roars in the heavy rain.

"32375246."

Lin Xian recited the numbers softly amid the ticking sound of the turn signal.

"Finally... got it."

A smile crept up to the corners of his mouth, and Lin Xian's heart beat faster, just like this V12 engine.

The invitation letter to the Genius Club hidden in Zhao Yingjun’s office... I can finally see what’s on it.

The Genius Club... this mysterious organization that has been hidden in the long river of history for more than 600 years has finally revealed the tip of the iceberg, or at least... we can get a glimpse of its appearance.

It is so mysterious and yet so powerful.

It is at the center of countless mysteries, driving the entire black vortex to spin.

Xu Yun.

Cosmological constant 42.

New Donghai City.

The moon covered by black hands.

600 years of blank history.

Time, past, future.

Even the safe, CC, Chu Anqing, the bearded man... may all be related to this mysterious organization.

Lin Xian couldn't understand why Zhao Yingjun was qualified to receive this invitation letter.

but now……

The answer is revealed...

Only one step left!
squeak--

The Ferrari was parked in the company's underground garage. The heavy rain washed away all the dust on its shell, making it look as good as new and as bright red as fire.

After locking the car, Lin Xian got into the elevator and pressed the button for the 22nd floor.

Clang.

Clang.

Clang.

The elevator was extremely quiet at midnight.

The sound of each cable rubbing against the steel buckle was deafening.

It was already past 12:30 a.m., and there was no one in the entire company. In fact, it didn't matter even if there was someone, because he was now Zhao Yingjun's secretary, and it was reasonable for him to appear in Zhao Yingjun's office at any time.

What's more, Zhao Yingjun is a person who attaches great importance to privacy. There are no cameras in the corridor on the 22nd floor, and there is no monitoring equipment in the office.

No one knew what he was going to do.

No one knew what he was doing in Zhao Yingjun's office.

As Zhao Yingjun said...

32375246.

Only the two of them knew this password.

Ding----

The sound of the elevator door opening made people particularly anxious.

Lin Xian stepped out of the bright elevator step by step and walked towards the password door in front of him with a breathing blue indicator light.

The elevator door behind me gradually healed...

The only light was like a receding tide, rapidly shrinking from a fan shape into a thin line, and finally dissipating into the darkness, leaving only the flickering blue indicator light on the password door.

Like a living thing.

Like a heartbeat.

Like breathing.

Like the rising and falling lifeline on an electrocardiogram machine.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

Lin Xian's leather boots, soaked with rain, stepped on the dark, lightless floor, feeling especially heavy and loud.

It seemed like Lin Xian had walked for several months to cover this short distance of more than ten meters.

From the first time he saw the invitation letter to now when he finally stood in front of this password door, it seemed like yesterday, but also like a long time ago.

He held out his right index finger.

Press the eight hard-earned digits one by one on the password pad.

3, 2, 3, 7, 5, 2, 4, 6.

boom!
There was a familiar muffled sound, and the double-layer password door opened.

squeak...

Push open the heavy password door.

What came towards me was a dim office, with heavy rain clanging against the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Even though all the windows were closed, there still seemed to be a unique fishy smell of rain squeezing in from the gaps, and the entire office was filled with a damp rusty smell.

There weren't any lights.

There wasn't any moonlight.

Only the white dot indicating standby mode was slowly flashing on the bottom edge of the computer monitor.

boom! ! !
A flash of lightning struck, and the whole room was as bright as day, but it was as fleeting as a camera flash. The rain curtain turned into a water curtain climbing on the huge floor-to-ceiling window, making the outside world blurry.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

……

Lin Xian breathed in the damp rusty air, walked straight towards Zhao Yingjun's desk step by step without looking around.

He clearly remembered that the invitation to the Genius Club was in the drawer on the right.

Wow.

He opened the drawer and rummaged through it.

No.

Wow.

He opened another drawer and searched.

still none.

He bent down and opened the filing cabinet next to him.

"Ha ha……"

A woman's light laughter suddenly appeared behind me!

boom! ! ! !

Another bolt of lightning struck through the rain, and Lin Xian suddenly stood up!

On the sofa on the side of the office, a woman wearing high heels was sitting with her legs crossed!

She was wearing a windbreaker, the blue pendant on her ear fluttered in the lightning, and she looked over here with a smile:

"Lin Xian, what are you looking for?"

(End of this chapter)