I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

Su Yeqing operated the machine, and it beeped, quickly displaying that the transfer was successful.

This transaction, worth hundreds of thousands, was completed just like that.

After the transaction was completed, Su Yeqing finally relaxed and said, "Young Master Li is indeed generous. I should accept these Sky Blue Glass Wings..."

"You can keep it for me for now, I'll come back for it later." Li Jiayi waved her hand casually.

Lu Qingxuan's mind raced. She had already guessed that Li Jiayi's purpose was not the insect at all, but that she needed something from her.

But why would he spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to get close to me and win my favor?

"Miss Lu, shall I transfer the deposit to your card, or would you like it to stay in our account first, and I'll help you choose the next item?"

"Let's keep it for now," Lu Qingxuan said casually, then turned to Li Jia and said, "Young Master Li has done me such a big favor, you must have something to tell me, right?"

Li Jia pointed with her finger and said, "You're right, I do have something to tell you. Come on, let's go sit over there."

Su Yeqing sensed that they had something private to discuss, so she tactfully withdrew.

Lu Qingxuan gestured for Li Jiayi to sit on the sofa, while she herself sat next to Chen Ya.

Li Jiayi's gaze lingered on Chen Ya's face for a moment before she smiled and said:

"Young man, you retreated so decisively just now, what were you thinking?"

Chen Ya placed his palm on his chin and said slowly, "A deposit is a sunk cost, and I never invest more energy in sunk costs."

Li Jiayi laughed and said, "Then you're not suited for business. Luckily, Miss Lu didn't listen to you and returned the money directly, otherwise she would have lost tens of thousands of yuan in cash for nothing."

Chen Ya smiled and said, "That's why I'm no longer doing business."

"You used to run a business? You?" Li Jiayi raised her eyebrows, catching Chen Ya's unspoken message.

Chen Ya leaned back on the sofa: "What's wrong with me? Do you know me?"

Li Jiayi thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing."

Lu Qingxuan glanced at Chen Ya, then at Li Jiayi.

She sensed that Li Jiayi's words were somewhat directed at Chen Ya.

She was a little puzzled. Did Chen Ya know Li Jiayi?

Otherwise, where does his subtle hostility come from?

She quickly introduced them, saying, "Young Master Li, this is Chen Ya, a rising star of our Lu family. Chen Ya, and this Young Master Li, are the future successors of the Xuanyuan Chamber of Commerce, with unlimited potential."

"A rising star, huh..." Li Jiayi's lips curled into a smile as the red liquid swirled in his glass. Then, he opened his scarlet mouth and drank it all in one gulp.

He turned his head, clapped his hands, and said, "Aoxue, come here."

Around a corner not far away, a woman turned around, walking slowly towards them in high heels, holding a glass of red wine in her hand, and said in a sharp voice:

"Oh, it really is Chen Ya! I didn't recognize you just now, but it really is you?"

Lu Qingxuan looked over and saw a woman walking towards her wearing a long red dress with a striped wool coat over it. She had a delicate and charming appearance, and her hair was styled in an updo, making her look very noble.

When Chen Ya saw the woman, his expression changed slightly, and he said, "Miao Aoxue, is that you?"

Miao Aoxue took a sip of the red wine in her hand, her expression changed slightly, and her voice sounded a little strange as she said:

"That's right, it's me. You didn't expect to see me here, did you?"

After saying that, she turned to the side and sat down next to Li Jiayi, leaning against him. Li Jiayi then put his arm around her shoulder.

Chen Ya shook his head and said, "I really didn't expect it. And I didn't expect that you would have already realized your dream."

Lu Qingxuan glanced at the two of them a few times and asked, "Do you know each other?"

Miao Aoxue stared at Chen Ya and said softly, "It's more than just knowing each other."

Miao Aoxue and Chen Ya knew each other, and that was several years ago.

At that time, Chen Ya was a librarian at Peking University, while Miao Aoxue was the most beautiful girl in the Department of Foreign Languages ​​at Peking University.

Because she frequented the library, she got to know this handsome and reserved librarian, and often asked him out for walks and chats.

The two had a period of ambiguous relationship, but Chen Ya realized through conversation that they were not compatible, so their relationship did not continue.

Before Chen Ya's paper was published and caused a stir in the academic world, he deliberately downplayed his connection with Miao Aoxue, which greatly annoyed the proud and arrogant Miao Aoxue.

Chen Ya had thought that if they couldn't be together, there was no need to force it, but he hadn't expected the girl's reaction to be so strong. It turned out that Miao Aoxue had long since fallen in love with Chen Ya deep in her heart, a love that she herself hadn't even realized, which was why she couldn't accept Chen Ya's sudden departure.

In short, the two parted on bad terms.

Miao Aoxue's disappointment didn't last long. She soon realized that it was a waste of her life to be so devoted to a mere librarian. With her qualifications, she could easily find someone better.

Soon, she put that past behind her and focused on building her network, getting to know higher-level people one by one, and eventually getting together with the person she liked.

Now, she regards her past relationship with Chen Ya from her youth as a topic of casual conversation. When she mentions this unrequited love to Li Jiayi during the confession session, she only laughs at how naive she was back then, falling in love with a good-for-nothing librarian.

Deep down, however, she still harbored some resentment. That's why she reacted so strongly upon seeing Chen Ya.

Li Jiayi's slightly provocative tone towards Chen Ya just now was a deliberate act of defiance, knowing their relationship beforehand. Even their current intimate behavior is a way of "asserting sovereignty" to Chen Ya.

Miao Aoxue looked at Chen Ya with a playful expression and said, "Where did you go after you stopped being the librarian? How did you become a rising star in the Lu family?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingxuan sat up and said, "Librarian? Chen Ya was a librarian? When was that? Tell me about it?"

Miao Aoxue smiled and said, "He used to be a librarian at Peking University, and I was studying at Peking University at the time."

Lu Qingxuan looked at Chen Ya, a mischievous glint in her eyes, and said meaningfully:

"So you used to be a librarian at Kyoto University..."

“Yes, when he was the librarian, more girls went to the library,” Miao Aoxue said. “I don’t know if it was because of him.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingxuan teased, "Why does it feel like there's something going on between you two?"

Miao Aoxue looked at Lu Qingxuan mysteriously for a long time before saying, "He pursued me."

"Oh!"

Lu Qingxuan exaggeratedly covered her mouth, and below, she lightly stepped on Chen Ya's foot.

She meant, "You actually liked this one?"

Chen Ya stepped on her foot in retaliation.

"Is this something I can talk about?" Lu Qingxuan looked at Li Jiayi. "Can I listen?"

Li Jiayi scoffed and said, "What's wrong with talking about this? At this age, who doesn't have a story?"

Miao Aoxue said, "It's not a story, just an accident. Anyway, nothing serious happened. By the way, Chen Ya, you still haven't told me how you got into the Lu family?"

Chen Ya replied evasively, "I just wandered in here without really knowing how it happened.

He's too lazy to talk much to people he doesn't know well.

This answer clearly did not satisfy Miao Aoxue. She pouted and said:

"The Lu family isn't some nobody family; how could they possibly let you in so easily?"

Hearing her say that, Lu Qingxuan disliked her even more, but she didn't show it on her face at all. Instead, she said, "Let me tell you."

She explained the relationship between Chen Sheng, Lu Ruixiang, and Chen Ya to Miao Aoxue in detail, especially emphasizing Chen Ya's rural background.

After she finished speaking, she glanced at Chen Ya and found that he didn't react at all.

"Clap clap clap..."

Li Jiayi clapped her hands and then gave Chen Ya a thumbs up: "Brilliant! There's actually such a relationship. It's truly amazing."

Miao Aoxue covered her mouth and laughed, "Isn't this just like that movie? A poor boy suddenly has a stroke of luck and receives a huge inheritance. Chen Ya, I really envy you. You just lay at home and had such great luck."

Lu Qingxuan looked at Chen Ya with a mischievous expression.

She came out on a mission, which was what her great-grandmother had said: "to test him."

Therefore, even though she knew that Miao Aoxue and Chen Ya had a grudge, she deliberately revealed the truth to Miao Aoxue, just to see how Chen Ya would react.

Another hidden thought was that she wanted to see Miao Aoxue and Chen Ya break up. The more strained their relationship became, the better.

“Alright, that’s enough about the story of how a country boy rose to wealth,” Li Jiayi said, sitting up. “Miss Lu, I have two more ideas I’d like to discuss with you.”

Lu Qingxuan said, "As long as Young Master Li doesn't make things difficult for me, I can do anything, not just two small ideas, but even three."

Li Jia smiled and said, "The first thing is that I came here to pick out a birthday gift for Old Master Lu, but I'm afraid I won't be able to choose well, so I wanted to ask you for advice."

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingxuan said, "Thank you for gracing me with your presence, Young Master Li. On behalf of the Lu family, I thank you. I also need to pick out a gift. I'll help you choose one later."

Li Jia said, "No need for thanks. The old man is a hero, and it's only right that I pick out a gift for him. My second idea is to discuss a collaboration with you."

Lu Qingxuan asked, "What kind of cooperation?"

"I heard you recently took over Yunshang Jinghua." Li Jiayi didn't beat around the bush and directly stated her core purpose.

It turns out that when he unexpectedly met Lu Qingxuan, his first thought was of Yunshang Jinghua.

The Xuanyuan Chamber of Commerce is currently facing a major headache: Beichen Company has announced its entry into the new energy vehicle sector and has begun to lay the groundwork.

As a technology company, Beichen has ventured into fields such as nuclear energy, lunar exploration, military industry, artificial intelligence, and medical care. Its sudden announcement of entering the automotive industry has truly given those car companies a fright.

You have to understand that Beichen has absolutely no problem with technology. They can build tanks and armored vehicles, and they can build controlled nuclear fusion reactors. So why can't they build cars?

If Beichen's foray into the automotive industry is successful, it will inevitably take a share of the market from these car companies, severely squeezing their survival space.

Moreover, given Beichen's past "bad track record," it might even launch a "dimensional reduction attack," directly upending the industry and reshuffling the landscape.

Therefore, the moment Beichen announced its entry into the new energy vehicle industry, these car companies, for their own protection, undoubtedly came together.

With the launch date of Beichen's first new car drawing ever closer, the entire automotive industry is abuzz with activity, everyone on edge, waiting for the sword of Damocles to fall.

In order to deal with Beichen, the Xuanyuan Chamber of Commerce has been researching various methods and means recently, one of their key strategies being the media.

Slander can destroy a person, and public opinion can melt metal. As long as the entire public opinion field is united and the new "Beichen car" is resisted in unison, it will be easy to nip this trend in the bud and force Beichen to change course.

If done well, it can even mislead some key figures and senior executives of Beichen, causing them to make strategic misjudgments, or even brainwash them to change their minds.

The reason he sought out Lu Qingxuan instead of Chen Ya was that, within Beijing's social circles, no one knew who Chen Ya was.

The news of the management change at Yunshang Jinghua spread through various channels until it reached Li Jiayi's ears. The only important thing was that "Lu Qingxuan was appointed as the manager of Yunshang Jinghua." The name Chen Ya was intentionally or unintentionally ignored.

That's why he only seriously told Lu Qingxuan about this.

Li Jiayi lowered her voice and said:

"As we all know, the Lu family is a dominant force in the field of public opinion control in China. Miss, you have taken over Yunshang Jinghua, so you must have some inside methods. It is based on this that I would like to talk to you about cooperation."

Lu Qingxuan glanced at Chen Ya, about to say something, when she heard Chen Ya say:

"How do you plan to make Cloud-based Jinghua?"

Miao Aoxue raised an eyebrow and glanced at him, seemingly annoyed that he was being too talkative in a serious setting, but she didn't say anything.

Li Jiayi only glanced at Chen Ya, then turned to Lu Qingxuan and said:

"We want you to help us write a few press releases to smear Beichen's automotive strategy."

Chapter 240 He's the Boss

“I want to ask Yunshang Jinghua to help us smear Beichen,” Li Jiayi said.

After hearing Li Jiayi's words, Chen Ya's expression became a little strange.

"Hei Beichen?"

What kind of logic is there in this world to invite the boss of another company to smear his own company?

"To be precise, it's about attacking Beichen's new energy vehicle industry," Li Jia said. "Not long ago, they released a concept video for new energy vehicles, which was incredibly ambitious, and our competitors were all shocked."

"Oh……"

Chen Ya remembered.

Not long ago, Beichen finally released a teaser for its first new energy vehicle, as well as a blueprint for its five-year plan.

The strategy for the automotive sector was set several years ago. All the key technologies have been figured out, and even the electric vehicles used for testing have been in use for many years.

The overall direction and strategic plans had already been set, and all that was left was to proceed step by step. Therefore, he hadn't paid much attention to these matters. It was only when Li Jiayi brought it up that he remembered this issue.

Lu Qingxuan said, "Why are you targeting Beichen? As far as I know, their concept of new energy is different from the track of most companies in the market, right?"

Li Jiayi explained:

"That was five years ago. The R&D cycle for an industrial line is five years. Five years ago, Beichen Open Source New Energy Technology was in its early stages. Now, more than three car companies are nearing the end of their R&D for new energy vehicles. Everyone has entered the same race."