Chapter 300 - 240: Just to Her Liking

Chapter 300: Chapter 240: Just to Her Liking

Huang Yaqin and the others watched Lin Qingge’s retreating figure, their expressions complicated.

There was envy, jealousy, and apprehension...

"Hurry up and get changed."

Feng Ming took in all the girls’ expressions, then clapped his hands and urged, "Many of the group’s executives will be there later. Whatever you do, don’t be late."

Hearing this, the girls couldn’t spare another thought and quickly followed in Lin Qingge’s footsteps, hurrying out of the venue.

...

「Late at night, at Sushi Yun Omakase.」

The staff, who had been about to close up for the night, were forced to pull themselves together after a sudden call from the Group’s Board Office.

The lights were turned back on.

The tables and chairs were put back in place.

The stoves were fired up again.

The restaurant manager, Xu Liang, stood waiting at the main entrance to Sushi Yun Omakase’s courtyard early on, ready to personally welcome Gu Heng and his party.

"Welcome, Chairman Gu!"

"Welcome, Chairman Chu, and all the other distinguished leaders!"

Having just chugged two cans of Red Bull, Xu Liang was full of energy, showing no signs of fatigue whatsoever.

Tonight was Xingchuan International Group’s celebration banquet. According to the message from the Group’s Board Office, nearly all of Xingchuan International Group’s senior executives would be attending.

Although the chairman of their Zhen Cui Group was also a director with real power at Xingchuan International Group, controlling over 30% of its shares, at the end of the day, their chairman was still considered an outsider to Xingchuan International Group.

Despite this, Xingchuan International Group had set the banquet’s location here.

As the only senior executive from Zhen Cui Group present tonight, Xu Liang was not just representing Zhen Cui Group, but also the face of their chairman. Therefore, he would not allow himself to make a single mistake.

’Loyalty!’

’Loyalty!’

’And fucking loyalty!’

Amid the enthusiastic welcome from Xu Liang and the other restaurant managers, Gu Heng, Chu Zhengxiong, and the rest of their group entered Sushi Yun Omakase and headed straight for the private room on the second floor.

This private room was designed specifically for business banquets, with a long table that could seat more than twenty people.

The numerous senior executives of Xingchuan International Group followed Gu Heng and Chu Zhengxiong into the private room. And although tonight was a celebration for Xingchuan Entertainment, the only ones fortunate enough to enter this room with Gu Heng and Chu Zhengxiong were Feng Ming and the seven girls.

"Chairman Chu, please don’t be modest."

"You’re the chairman. The seat of honor belongs to you."

Seeing Chu Zhengxiong about to decline out of modesty, Gu Heng spoke up first.

"Chairman Gu, if you hadn’t saved the day, there probably wouldn’t be a celebration banquet right now. So this seat of honor must be yours," Chu Zhengxiong repeatedly protested.

"Chairman Chu, Chairman Gu, why don’t we each take a step back?"

President Zhou Gang chimed in at the right moment, smiling as he suggested, "Let’s not worry about who’s primary and who’s secondary. The two of you can just sit on opposite sides in the center of the long table. That way it’ll be convenient for both of you to talk to everyone. What do you think?"

"Mm!"

"A fine suggestion!" Chu Zhengxiong’s eyes lit up.

"Then let’s do as President Zhou suggests."

Gu Heng smiled and readily agreed.

Afterward, Chu Zhengxiong and Gu Heng took their seats on opposite sides in the center of the long table. The other group executives then sat down in order of rank, arranged around Gu Heng and Chu Zhengxiong.

As for Feng Ming and the seven girls, they could only sit scattered at the far ends of the long table. For most of the girls, however, they were more than happy with this arrangement.

They were all college students who hadn’t seen much of the world. For a high-end business banquet like this, their hearts were filled with a mixture of curiosity and anxiety.

Afraid of being forced to drink, afraid of being groped, afraid of being coerced...

In this situation, the girls all seemed timid, huddling together for warmth at both ends of the table like a covey of quail.

Only Lin Qingge felt no worry at all.

With Gu Heng present, she wasn’t the least bit worried that those unspoken workplace rules would be applied to her.

’Unless Gu Heng was the one who wanted to. If that were the case...’

’Then she could only say...’

’It would be exactly what she wanted!’