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Qu Xiaoxiao's emotions stabilized, and she said confidently, "Don't worry, Brother Li Mu. My spendthrift brother can become a CEO, so I'll definitely be fine. Just you wait and see, I'll definitely do better than my brother."

Li Mu laughed and said, "Don't use your brother as a benchmark. It's not good to compare yourself to the worst. You have to compare yourself to those who are excellent in order to become better."

"If you think that surpassing your brother is enough, you might as well go home and be a rich kid! Why drag the company down?"

Qu Xiaoxiao's expression became much more serious at this point.

"Brother Li Mu, I've got it. Just you wait and see. I, Qu Xiaoxiao, will definitely achieve great things and show you, my dad, and everyone else what I'm made of."

Li Mu gently pinched her soft cheek: "Alright, you still have a party to attend, go ahead and get busy, I'm going home now."

Qu Xiaoxiao asked curiously, "Brother Li Mu, how did you know I was going to have a party?"

Li Mu said, "You've finally achieved your goal and become the CEO of a company, and one of the most established subsidiaries at that. Can you resist getting together with your friends to celebrate and show off a bit?"

Qu Xiaoxiao nodded dejectedly, then looked at Li Mu with expectant eyes: "Brother, can you go with me? I came here today not only to thank you, but also to invite you to the party."

Li Mu said, "I still have work to do later, so I'm afraid I can only disappoint Sister Xiaoxiao's kindness."

Qu Xiaoxiao looked unhappy: "I knew you would say that. Do you look down on us bunch of unambitious rich kids and don't want to hang out with us?"

Before Li Mu could answer, Qu Xiaoxiao suddenly leaned closer and whispered, "Bad brother, don't worry, they won't make things difficult for you if you don't want to go."

"When they make time to thank you someday, just the two of us, please don't refuse."

She looked at Li Mu with anticipation as she spoke.

Li Mu smiled and finally didn't refuse.

"it is good."

Qu Xiaoxiao finally cheered up.

"Brother Li Mu, you keep your word. It's a deal."

Li Mu said, "It's a deal."

Qu Xiaoxiao was finally satisfied and stopped pestering her.

After watching Qu Xiaoxiao drive away, Li Mu also entered the elevator.

……

Back home, Li Mu brewed a pot of tea and went to the balcony. He took out his phone, opened Toutiao (a Chinese news aggregator), and browsed the news while trying out his own app.

Suddenly, he came across a news article and, feeling a bit curious, clicked on it.

It's about virtual currency. There's no Bitcoin in this world; what's popular is a cryptocurrency called Elfcoin.

Its overall influence is smaller compared to Bitcoin in the real world.

Elf Coins started rising at the beginning of the year, reaching a peak of 6,000 yuan per coin. However, they began to plummet two or three months ago, with the price dropping to around 1,000 yuan per coin.

Currently, Elf Coins have been trading sideways for about half a month at around 1,100 yuan, showing no signs of falling or rising.

This gave Li Mu some ideas. Although Elf Coin and Bitcoin have completely different trends, judging from the general trend, virtual currencies in this world will also have a surge in the future.

He currently has 240 million yuan in cash, so investing over 100 million yuan of it wouldn't be a bad idea.

Even if you lose money, it won't be a major blow. If you really catch this wave of opportunity, you could make more than ten times the profit.

If Origin Technology encounters difficulties in its future development or financing, this will serve as a safeguard.

It's only 2015 now, and virtual currencies can still be freely traded in China; the same is true in the real world at this point in time, when China only began to ban virtual currency trading in the second half of 2017.

Open the largest elf coin trading platform in China, "Elf Continent", and you'll find that the trading is quite active, with a daily transaction volume of around 600 to 700 million.

Unlike the stock market, this type of trading platform does not have regulated trading hours; it can be used 24 hours a day.

The current real-time price is 1051 RMB per coin. The highest trading price today was 1120 RMB, and the lowest trading price today was 982 RMB.

After thinking for a moment, Li Mu started with 950 yuan and placed orders for 1 million to 2 million yuan every 10 yuan, placing a total of 13 million yuan before stopping.

These things can't be rushed. He has a considerable amount of capital, and entering the market too hastily could easily drive up prices. He plans to buy in slowly over one to two weeks.

Then they hoard them and watch the prices rise.

……

In the past few days, Qu Xiaoxiao has started to feel lost and even began to have deep doubts about herself.

Having finally achieved her goal of becoming the company's CEO, and the CEO of the most lucrative subsidiary, she should have been overjoyed and even more proud and smug.

But, just as Li Mu had warned her, it would be really difficult for someone with no education or work experience to become the company's CEO right away, and for her to wield such power.

In fact, Mr. Qu's considerations this time were quite thorough. He not only handed over one of the most well-established subsidiaries to her, but also assigned the highly capable Vice President Wang to be her assistant and mentor her.

Chapter 130: Unworthy of the Position

Qu's father's actions were even applauded by Qu's mother in private, who also urged her daughter to seize the opportunity.

Qu Xiaoxiao was smug and thought that by acquiring such a lucrative subsidiary, she had succeeded and everything would be fine.

However, after only a few days in that position, she discovered that it wasn't like that at all.

This subsidiary has a solid foundation, a large staff, and a wide range of businesses. Let alone a novice like her with little work experience, even someone with more seniority and experience than her, who would dare say they could master it?

The Vice President Wang, whom Qu's father had arranged, genuinely assisted her and had no intention of sidelining her. Every time there was a meeting or a decision was made, he would first show her the memo and then ask her to sit in the middle of the meeting room.

But she didn't even understand the meeting procedures. After everyone spoke, she had no idea what to do next. It was always Vice President Wang who stepped in in time to prevent any embarrassing situations.

When problems arise, Vice President Wang always consults her first, but Qu Xiaoxiao is completely clueless. She can't even understand the documents and meeting minutes, let alone listen to her opinions.

Qu Xiaoxiao wasn't incapable of speaking carelessly; in fact, she was quite eloquent. However, she simply didn't dare to speak. Her senior executives were all seasoned professionals who had been in the business world for over a decade. She was afraid that if she opened her mouth, she would expose her ignorance, make a fool of herself, and lose even the little authority she had left.

After working as the CEO of Fat Meat Company for a few days, Qu Xiaoxiao completely lost it and realized how naive her previous thoughts were, and that her father and Li Mu's worries were justified.

Even though she was suffering inside, she didn't dare show it on the surface, let alone tell her father, or even her mother. Her performance was so poor, even worse than her spendthrift brother; what right did she have to inherit the family business?

After thinking it over, I realized I could only turn to Li Mu.

Li Mu had just returned from the company when Qu Xiaoxiao blocked him at the door.

Qu Xiaoxiao stepped forward, grabbed his arm, and shook it, saying, "Brother Li Mu, you're finally back! I've been waiting here for so long."

Li Mu patted her head: "Xiaoxiao, what's the matter? Why are you waiting for me here?"

Qu Xiaoxiao looked a little embarrassed. After a while, she finally spoke up and said, "Brother Li Mu, you're right. As a novice with no work experience, I really don't have the ability to manage a company."

"Sitting in this position, I'm just like a rubber stamp, completely dispensable, I can't do anything, and I can't get involved."

“But I’ve already made my decision. If I give up now, not only will I become a laughingstock, but it will also be too embarrassing. How will I then inherit the family business?”

"Brother Li Mu, you must help me, what should I do?"

Li Mu comforted him, "Don't worry, you've only been there a few days, it's normal that you're not familiar with the work yet."

"No matter what position or job you hold, if you don't learn and practice for a period of time, you'll end up just like you, completely clueless. What you need to do now is calm down, study hard, and have someone your dad arranges mentor you. You'll gradually get the hang of the job."

Qu Xiaoxiao said dejectedly, "But that won't work. I was too busy playing during school, and I can't even understand the terminology and documents. I don't understand what they're arguing about."

“Sometimes they say that Plan A ties up funds, but I think the amount isn’t that large, so how could it ties up funds? When I asked General Manager Wang, I found out that fixed assets and working capital are not the same thing. But I don’t understand exactly why they are not the same thing.”

“Brother Li Mu, just imagine, I was sitting in the middle of the meeting room like a complete idiot, knowing nothing and doing nothing, pretending to listen to their meeting, and always afraid of being exposed and looked down upon by them. How uncomfortable that must have been.”

Li Mu asked, "So what do you want?"

Qu Xiaoxiao said pitifully, "Actually, I want to learn from you, Brother Li Mu, and start my own company. I can build the company from scratch, experience everything that needs to be experienced, and become familiar with everything. Then my subordinates won't be able to hide anything from me, and I can truly take charge of the company."

Li Mu said, "Doing this is indeed good training, and you can grow with the company. But you already have a company with a solid foundation. If you hand it over, even if the new company has your father's full support, it will take at least five or six years to reach its current level."

Do you have the patience and time?

Qu Xiaoxiao shook her head and said, "Yes! Brother Li Mu, that's what I'm thinking too. Besides, I'm not very persistent and can't endure much hardship. It's uncertain how well I can manage to run a new company!"

"I might work hard for years and still not be as good as the company I have now."

"But I don't want to stay passive like this forever, knowing nothing and just being a rubber stamp. I want to develop my abilities, even if it's just starting from small things, and improve myself little by little."

"But I can't let people think I'm a good-for-nothing with no ability at all; I also need to achieve some results."

Li Mu thought for a moment and said, "Then you should put aside your current work for now. Let General Manager Wang take charge of the company, choose a project to keep an eye on yourself. This will allow you to hone your skills from the details, and the connections you've made will be of great use."

"Once the order is closed, I will not only have achieved results, but I will also have improved my skills. After doing this a few more times, I will gradually get the hang of the company's business, and it won't be so difficult to manage the company."

Qu Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes. This method was indeed good. Her connections and relationships were much better than those of the company's senior executives. It shouldn't be too difficult for her to close a deal.

This is a great way to both train yourself and showcase your achievements.

At this moment, she suddenly remembered that the company's vice president, Wang, had told her that her brother-in-law had recently been assigned a large overseas GI air conditioner agency project, which he had tried hard to secure with Qu's father, but he just couldn't get it done and was too embarrassed to turn it down.

In the past two days, at the company's meetings, various demands and requests for support were made to the company and its subsidiaries under the pretext of this project. The aim was to exaggerate the difficulty of the project and push it away because it was not a sure thing.

As expected, the other subsidiaries were unwilling to meet his various unreasonable resource demands and refused one after another.

Qu Lianjie is currently making a scene, saying that other companies do not support him and demanding that the project be changed.

Even Qu's father is now paying attention to this matter. Seeing that his son doesn't have the ability, he is considering whether to find a more capable subsidiary to take over.

If Qu Xiaoxiao were to take over this project, complete it successfully, and do it beautifully, how prestigious would that be, and how stark the contrast with her spendthrift brother?

Who would dare say that Qu Xiaoxiao is incompetent?

Thinking of this, Qu Xiaoxiao screamed and said goodbye to Li Mu, heading straight home. She was determined to win this project.