To marry into the family in place of his brother? Impossible!

The next day, at the Jiang Group, in the general manager's office.

Jiang Zhe wore a custom-made suit today, and his hair was styled with hair gel, making him look much more energetic.

He arrived at the company half an hour early and personally went to the break room to make two cups of coffee. One was for Luo Qingyi, made with the same bag of coffee beans he had given her yesterday.

"Good morning, Assistant Luo." He placed the coffee on Luo Qingyi's desk in a fawning manner.

Luo Qingyi was organizing documents when she looked up at him, giving him a polite but distant nod: "Good morning, Manager Jiang, thank you! However, these are within my job scope; you can ask me to do them if needed!"

Jiang Zhe's expression stiffened for a moment. "From now on, we'll be colleagues. Let's take care of each other."

Jiang Zhe sat down opposite her, crossed his arms on the table, and struck a pose that he thought was very cool.

Luo Qingyi did not respond and continued to organize the documents with her head down.

Jiang Zhe waited a few seconds, and seeing that she didn't speak, he took the initiative to start a conversation: "Assistant Luo, how many years have you been working at the company?"

Five years.

Jiang Zhe nodded. "Being able to stay at Jiang's for five years shows you're very capable. I heard that the projects you handled had a 100% success rate?"

"That's the result of the team's hard work," Luo Qingyi replied.

She put the organized documents into a folder, and finally looked up at Jiang Zhe. "Manager Jiang, there is a department meeting at 10 a.m. today, and you need to attend."

I have prepared the meeting materials and placed them on your desk. I hope you will take a look at them as soon as possible!

"Okay, I'll check." Jiang Zhe agreed verbally, but his gaze was fixed on Luo Qingyi's face.

Today, Luo Qingyi was still dressed in professional attire, a black suit jacket with a white shirt, and a pencil skirt with flesh-colored stockings that accentuated the lines of her calves.

Her makeup was very light, but her features were so good that the light makeup actually brought out a cool and sophisticated feel.

Jiang Zhe's gaze lingered on her face for a few seconds before moving down to her collarbone, which was faintly visible at the neckline of her shirt.

Luo Qingyi noticed his gaze, her brows furrowed almost imperceptibly, and she stood up, saying, "Manager Jiang, I'm going to the office next door to take care of some things. Please call me if you need anything."

"Wait a minute." Jiang Zhe called out to her, took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to her. "This is my personal contact information. My phone is on 24/7. You can contact me anytime if you need anything."

Luo Qingyi took the business card, glanced at it, and put it in the drawer: "Okay, thank you, Manager Jiang."

"I told you, you can call me by my first name in private."

"Manager Jiang, it's working hours now." Luo Qingyi's tone was still polite, but it clearly carried a hint of distance.

Jiang Zhe's smile froze for a moment, then returned to normal: "Okay, I won't force you."

Luo Qingyi nodded, turned around and walked out.

The smile on Jiang Zhe's face vanished completely the moment the door closed.

He leaned back in his chair, his eyes fixed on the closed door with a sinister look.

"What are you pretending to be so high and mighty for?" he muttered, then laughed. "But it's alright, take your time. In the last life you were so devoted to that bastard Jiang Jinhuan, in this life I'll show you what a real man is."

He picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip; the bitter taste spread across his tongue.

He slammed the coffee cup down on the table, a hint of resentment and greed flashing deep in his eyes.

He glanced at the meeting materials on the table and curled his lip in disdain.

"Do we even need to look at these things? They're easy to get!"

Time quickly reached ten o'clock.

Jiang's Group conference room.

Jiang Zhe sat in the main seat of the conference room, with the meeting materials prepared for him by Luo Qingyi spread out in front of him.

This was his first time attending a department meeting since taking office as general manager, and he made a point of arriving ten minutes early to leave a good impression on everyone.

The conference room gradually filled with people.

Marketing Director, Sales Director, Finance Manager, HR Manager... More than a dozen pairs of eyes fell on Jiang Zhe, some scrutinizing, some expectant, and some dismissive.

Jiang Zhe straightened his back, trying to make himself look more imposing.

Luo Qingyi sat to his right, a laptop and a folder in front of her. Her posture was upright, and her expression was professional and calm.

"Is everyone here?" Jiang Zhe looked around, his voice deliberately low.

"Director Wang from the Sales Department is on his way and will be there soon," said the HR manager.

Jiang Zhe frowned slightly: "Late for the first meeting?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the conference room door was pushed open, and a middle-aged man in his forties walked in. He had a square face, thick eyebrows, and wore a dark gray suit. His aura was much stronger than Jiang Zhe's.

"Sorry, there was a traffic jam on the way." Director Wang's tone was neither humble nor arrogant. He walked straight to his seat and sat down without even glancing at Jiang Zhe.

Jiang Zhe's lips twitched, but he held back from lashing out.

He knew that this Director Wang was a veteran of the company, one of the generation that followed Jiang Guodong to build the empire, and had deep roots in the company, so he was not someone he could easily manipulate.

More importantly, this guy is the largest shareholder besides the Jiang family!

In his previous life, this guy seemed to have been subdued by Jiang Jinhuan and was extremely loyal to him. It also seemed that he had a daughter, and his relationship with Jiang Jinhuan was ambiguous.

For Jiang Jinhuan's sake, that woman worked tirelessly abroad for three years, conquering the overseas market and becoming a great contributor to Jiang Jinhuan's success.

It seems I have to find a way to subdue this guy, and of course, his daughter as well.

But don't rush, take your time.

"Now that everyone's here, let's begin." Jiang Zhe opened the documents in front of him, cleared his throat, and said, "The main topic of today's meeting is..."

His gaze fell on the document, and his voice suddenly stopped.

The first page was the quarterly report submitted by the marketing department, filled with dense data and charts. He looked at it for a long time but still couldn't understand the core conclusions.

He turned to the second page, which was the sales department's performance analysis. Various year-on-year, month-on-month, growth rate, and market share figures were piled up together, making his mind buzz.

The meeting room was silent for a few seconds as everyone stared at him.

Jiang Zhe's forehead began to sweat.

"Manager Jiang?" Luo Qingyi whispered, glancing slightly at him as if asking if he needed help.

Jiang Zhe gritted his teeth and forced himself to continue flipping through the pages, finally reaching the last page—the meeting agenda.

The agenda listed four topics, each with the presenter and estimated time indicated.

He should have discovered this earlier, but he hadn't even looked at the document beforehand, so he didn't even know the most basic meeting topic.

He let out a long breath and read aloud: "The first item on the agenda is the quarterly work report of the Marketing Department, presented by Director Zhang of the Marketing Department, which is expected to last twenty minutes."

The marketing director stood up, walked to the projection screen, and began playing the PowerPoint presentation.

"The marketing department completed three major projects this quarter. The first project..." Director Zhang spoke at a moderate pace, clearly and logically, and the data and charts on the PPT were easy to understand.

Jiang Zhe tried to concentrate, but by the third minute, his thoughts had started to wander.

He recognized each word in terms like "user profile analysis," "conversion funnel model," and "A/B test results," but when put together, he couldn't understand them at all.

He subconsciously looked at Luo Qingyi and found her focused on the projection screen, occasionally jotting something down in her notebook, her expression completely unchanged.

Ten minutes later, Director Zhang finished his report: "This concludes the marketing department's work summary. Now, please give instructions, Manager Jiang."

All eyes were once again focused on Jiang Zhe.

Jiang Zhe opened his mouth, but his mind went completely blank.