Chapter 1: The Beginning of It All (2)

  Over the next few days, Wen Nuan was busy handing over work on the 66th floor with Yang Ying, who was about to leave.

  Even though Yang Ying had carefully handed over all her work to her, the large number of emails that poured in overnight still left her overwhelmed.

  The founder of Shallow Universe, Zhan Nanxuan, is still on a business trip and has not returned yet. However, as his closest personal secretary, all high-level employees' emails to him are copied to her without exception, so that she can understand, follow up and handle the various instructions he issues globally.

  At the beginning, she was at a loss for every email and had to ask Yang Ying for advice or call the person in charge of the relevant department to understand the situation and make subsequent arrangements.

  Asset management, financial services and information technology are the three core businesses of Shallow Universe. Since half a year ago, when Zhan Nanxuan shifted the focus of asset management and financial services to the United States and appointed his old comrade-in-arms as general manager since the founding of Shallow Universe, power has been gradually decentralized.

  This time, Yang Ying was also transferred over because she is most familiar with these two aspects of work.

  As a result, the business that Yang occupied in his hometown turned to information technology. When some middle-level employees who didn't need to report to him started sending emails, even Yang himself sometimes didn't know what was going on. Therefore, in order to clarify the heavy workload one by one, every day Yang would work overtime alone in the 66th floor until late at night before leaving.

  When tired, hold a cup of boiling water and walk into the conference room, quietly gazing at the ground square.

  The Shallow Universe Building was completed three years ago, located in the most prosperous commercial area. The main and auxiliary buildings are 66 floors high each. The main building is purely for office use. The reception hall on the first and second floors is magnificent. The third and fourth floors are company history and product exhibition halls. Floors five and above are office areas.

  The main building and annex are connected by a green landscape with a large sky garden on the fourth floor, in addition to the ground-level passageway.

  The annex includes an employee cafeteria, coffee shop, gym, indoor swimming pool and various indoor ball courts, integrating dining, leisure and sports. The 15th to 60th floors are hotel-style apartments, provided for single high-level executives or used to solve the accommodation problems of business-trip employees. The 61st floor and above are not open to outsiders, and everyone guesses that it is the CEO's private space.

  About Zhān Nán Huán's rise to fame, that was a real miracle.

  When he was eighteen years old and entered university, the Internet was just starting in Asia. He founded Shallow Universe Express with a capital of 2 million yuan. Half a year later, it received an investment of 5 million yuan. In the following years, the internet developed rapidly, and Shallow Universe Express became well-known to every household.

  No one expected that before graduating from university he suddenly sold the company for 300 million.

  But the most bizarre thing is that after he sold the company, the bubble burst and 80% of Internet companies went bankrupt. It's unprecedented for someone like him to retire at the peak of his career, and from then on, Zhan Nanxun became a legend in the industry.

  While his peers were still struggling to survive, he had already entered the field of asset management and financial services with a large amount of capital after graduating from university. The businesses he operated included not only enterprise private equity funds, hedge funds, real estate investment funds, and closed-end funds, but also provided services such as M&A consulting, restructuring and rebuilding consulting.

  Six months later, when Shallow Universe Express was unable to support itself and was about to close down, he spent 300 million yuan to buy the company back, renamed it Shallow Universe Optoelectronics, reorganized and listed on NASDAQ in the United States. On the first day of listing, the oversubscription exceeded ten times, and the opening price of $30 soared to $90 within two hours, with a gain of 200%. This grand occasion far exceeded the original financing expectations of Shallow Universe Consulting Group.

  In the following years, Shallow Universe's marketing penetrated all walks of life, eventually becoming a leading institution with branches all over the world and annual sales of nearly tens of billions of US dollars.

  Later, even Forbes didn't know how much wealth Xingyun had accumulated. In the past two years, he has purchased and successfully launched two commercial satellites into space from an American satellite company.

  The extraordinary business talent of Zhān Nán Xuàn made him rich to this extent, which was already a bit difficult. Moreover, he not only had money but also looked very good.

  He, ranked first among the top ten diamond-level bachelors, is now twenty-eight years old. His 1.85-meter-tall physique has a perfect proportion, with a narrow waist and long legs that are extremely sexy. With facial features that seem to have been carefully painted by an ancient artist, especially his handsome face with a hint of detachment that makes him seem both near and far, giving off an irresistible charm.

  The female employees in the company often describe him as "the president who is so handsome that I want to faint", and later on, the entire Shallow Universe Building knows about it. If a certain female colleague says "I'm done, I fainted again today" when she meets someone, it means she just saw Xun Nanxuan.

  Even if they knew they could only secretly admire him and never had a chance, many female employees would still sneak around to wait for him in places he was about to pass by every day. The bolder ones pretended to coincidentally bump into him, while the shyer ones looked from afar with longing eyes, already satisfied just seeing his face once. This had almost become a required course for unmarried women at Shallow Universe, and as a result, someone would faint in the building every day.

  Having money is already quite difficult, and having a good appearance is even more so. However, Xuan Nanxuan, who has captured the hearts of countless people with his stunning looks and charming personality, not only possesses both wealth and good looks but also has a kind heart - he is the most eligible bachelor in the world who has all the conditions to be a playboy yet remains faithful, which is simply infuriating.

  He has been devoted to his first love, the city's renowned jade girl star, for ten years, from when they met at 18 until now. Although there have been occasional flirtations in business dealings, their long-distance romance has remained unchanged. For many years, this golden boy and jade girl have become a model couple widely admired by all.

  All newspapers say so.

  In the president's private elevator, Gao Fengxing, head of the business department, was flipping through a magazine with great enthusiasm, "It seems that even the air molecules in this city are eagerly awaiting your and Yixin's wedding."

  Zhan Nanxuan's hands were inserted into his pants pocket, his eyes fell on the display screen, watching the elevator rapidly rise floor by floor. His thin lips slightly hooked up a perfect arc, and he didn't respond.

  When they reached the 66th floor and the elevator doors opened, both of them were taken aback.

  All that could be seen was the top of the secretary's office area next to the CEO's office door, and the ceiling still had two white fluorescent lights on. Except for the large potted green plants decorating the room and corridor, the vast space inside was empty, with only the sound of the central air conditioner running. However, the computer on the secretary's desk was still on, and the files were open and not closed.

  It's clear that someone hasn't left yet, they've just temporarily left their seat.

  Gao Fang smiled and said, "Wen Nuan is indeed still so diligent."

  The faint footsteps that had been disturbed came with an almost imperceptible hesitation from somewhere in the space, getting closer and closer until they finally stopped at the conference room door.

  Zhan Nanxuan turned his head, and his calm and cold gaze met a pair of waveless eyes.

  The two of them looked at each other for three seconds.

  "Wen Wan immediately spoke up, 'Zhan Zong, Gao Manager.'"

  "Aren't you leaving yet?" Gao Fang joked, "High-level employees don't get overtime pay."

  She smiled and said, "I'm leaving now."

  Perhaps due to his status, Zhan Nanxuan only nodded at her and said nothing. He pulled out his hands from the pockets of his pants and pushed open the two dark red intricately carved wooden doors that were over a meter wide each, walking into his own office.

  He walked all the way to the desk, but didn't sit down. Instead, he took two steps forward and stood in front of the transparent glass wall. The city had lost its starlight many years ago, and the vast black night was left with only flickering neon lights. The tiny cars flowed like a box, accompanied by evenly spaced streetlights that drew a thread-like fiery arc.

  Looking down from such a height, it's as if I'm in the midst of a cloudy night sky, gazing intently at the world below.

  "High visit." With his hands clasped across his chest, he called out.

  "What?" Gao Fang walked up to him.

  "What if someone were to push you down from such a high place?"

  Gao Fang was taken aback.

  "Will you choose to die rather than yield, or will you throw yourself down?"

  Gao Fang's mind was a complete muddle, "What do you want to say?" His words seemed to carry some hidden meaning.

  Zhan Nanxuan withdrew his gaze from the distant night sky, turned his head to look at him and said, "Nothing, you mentioned earlier that it's been a long time, thinking about it, I've been with her for over ten years too, it's indeed time we should get married."

  Unexpectedly visited, "Are you serious?"

  He nodded and returned to his seat, "How's the preparation for the Leng case going?"

  "It's going smoothly so far." Gao Fang paused for a moment, "Our biggest competitor in this case is Dai Zhong."

  "I know this, what's wrong?"

  "To be honest, I don't understand why Chibi-chan would recommend Warmth Upper."

  Zhan Nanxuan smiled faintly, "Bika has asked me about this matter."

  Gao Fang asked again in surprise, "You approved of it?"

  "Among the three, Bei Ka chose the one with the least experience and the most unusual background, she must have had her reasons."

  "Was she present at Monday's meeting?"

  "There's no reason not to let her join, she didn't do anything wrong before, so there's no need to guard against her like a thief, otherwise it will only hinder my work."

  "I understand, it's about the matter, not the person, I will tell Guan Yu."

  Zhan Nanxuan didn't speak again, his dark eyes cast towards the half-open office door outside, where there was no one in sight.

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