Chapter 1107 - 1105: Chairman Position
After the three little thugs awkwardly left, Ma Yilin looked at Zhou Kai and said, "Manager Zhou, are you hurt?"
"Just these few little thugs? I didn't even take them seriously, I'm perfectly fine," Zhou Kai grinned and said.
"Manager Zhou, thank you," Ma Yilin said with a bashful smile.
Zhou Kai chuckled, "What's there to thank? It's a matter of course for a man to protect a woman. By the way, you can stop calling me Manager Zhou in the future, it makes me uncomfortable. Just call me Kai."
Ma Yilin bit her lip lightly and said, "Alright, I'll call you Kai, and you can call me Yilin."
Zhou Kai scratched his head and laughed foolishly.
Seeing Zhou Kai's silly smile, Ma Yilin couldn't help but smile and said, "Kai, how about we take a walk?"
Zhou Kai laughed, "Sure, no problem."
Not far away, Lin Chuan and Zhou Rui watched the scene earlier. Seeing the two laughing and chatting, Lin Chuan couldn't help but say, "Xiao Rui, seems like Zhou Kai has found himself a girlfriend, haha."
Zhou Rui pursed her lips and said, "Your ridiculous idea did work, another pure girl has fallen into you men's hands."
Lin Chuan laughed heartily, "You can't say it like that. You should say that from now on there's one less bachelor among men."
"You're just arguing," Zhou Rui rolled her eyes charmingly at Lin Chuan and said, "Luckily, there are very few men like you in the world, otherwise many women would suffer."
Lin Chuan took Zhou Rui's right hand and said, "It's precisely because there are so few men like me that you chose me."
"Who chose you, you're being presumptuous," Zhou Rui said with playful anger.
Lin Chuan whispered in Zhou Rui's ear, "If you didn't choose me, why would you willingly do those things with me?"
Zhou Rui was greatly embarrassed and lifted her foot to kick Lin Chuan, who laughed and dodged, then ran ahead.
"Damn Lin Chuan, how dare you dodge!" Zhou Rui cursed while twisting her body and chased after Lin Chuan.
Let's temporarily leave Lin Chuan and Zhou Rui aside and talk about Zhou Kai and Ma Yilin.
"Kai, you looked quite fierce when fighting just now," Ma Yilin said as she walked with Zhou Kai, looking at him.
Zhou Kai laughed, "Since they dare to be rude to you, I naturally have to be fierce with them."
Unexpectedly, Zhou Kai could say such things, but that was his true feeling.
Sweetness rose in Ma Yilin's heart as she said, "Kai, you're the manager at Sichuan University Group, why don't you have a girlfriend yet?"
Zhou Kai smiled awkwardly, "No girl would fancy me."
"Liar," Ma Yilin said, staring adorably at Zhou Kai.
"Really, if I'm lying, I'm a puppy," Zhou Kai hastily blurted out.
With a snicker, Ma Yilin saw Zhou Kai's anxious look and couldn't help but laugh, "If you don't have one, you don't have one. Look at you, all flustered."
Zhou Kai looked at Ma Yilin's smiling face and laughed awkwardly.
"Kai, what kind of girlfriend do you want?" Ma Yilin asked, not knowing why she asked such a question, she quickly lowered her head, not daring to look at Zhou Kai.
Zhou Kai answered without even thinking, "I want someone like you."
"Ah..." Ma Yilin stopped in her tracks.
Friendship between men and women hinges mainly on fate, if both sides feel right, everything is easy.
At this moment, Zhou Kai didn't know where he got the courage, he looked bravely at Ma Yilin and said, "I'm speaking the truth, since the first time I saw you today, I felt you belong with me."
Ma Yilin blushed red, her heart like a deer running madly, her head lowered more and more.
"Yilin, can you give me a chance to pursue you?" Zhou Kai gathered his courage and said.
Ma Yilin kept her head down, neither nodding nor shaking.
After waiting a long time for no reply, Zhou Kai became a bit anxious, "Yilin, just give me an answer. If you don't agree, I'll give up."
"Hmm," Ma Yilin faintly hummed with her head down.
Hmm, what does it mean? Does it mean to give up or agree to let me pursue her? Zhou Kai was confused about Ma Yilin's meaning and asked, "Yilin, are you accepting or not?"
Oh, Zhou Kai's emotional intelligence really is low.
"You're such a blockhead," Ma Yilin shyly glanced up at Zhou Kai, uttered this sentence, stamped her foot in anger, and turned to run ahead.
Zhou Kai froze for a moment, then realized, joyfully hurried to chase after her.
"Yilin, can you do me a favor tomorrow?" Thinking about the promise made to his parents, Zhou Kai thickened his face and wanted to ask Ma Yilin for help.
Ma Yilin asked, "What's the matter?"
Zhou Kai hesitated for a while and said, "I was wondering if you could pretend to be my girlfriend tomorrow and come to my house to meet my parents."
"I, I..." Ma Yilin mused over the idea, uttering the word 'I' twice, without either agreeing or disagreeing.
Zhou Kai quickly explained, "My mom and dad are forcing me to find a girlfriend. They kept nagging today, and I'm really out of options, so I told them I'd bring my girlfriend home tomorrow."
Ma Yilin couldn't help but laugh, blinking her eyes and saying, "Alright, I'll help you, but if I do, how will you thank me?"
Zhou Kai chuckled foolishly, "Tell me, as long as it's something I can do, I'll promise you."
Ma Yilin put her hands behind her back, lifted her chin, and said, "Hmm, I haven't thought of anything yet, so let's put it on hold."
Just then, Zhou Kai's phone rang.
He took out his phone to see that the number belonged to Lu Dapao, looks like the guy has sobered up.
"Da Pao, you're awake," Zhou Kai said as he answered the call.
"Yeah, Kai, where are you? I'll come over to find you," Lu Dapao said over the phone.
"I'm busy here, just hang around at my place for now, talk later," Zhou Kai said and hung up.
He didn't want to tell Lu Dapao that he was with Ma Yilin, fearing this guy might say something silly if he came over.
"My house isn't far ahead, if you have something to do, go ahead," Ma Yilin said.
Zhou Kai quickly said, "No, nothing, I'll walk you to your door."
After walking for about ten minutes, they arrived at an apartment complex entrance, and Ma Yilin said, "I'm home."
Zhou Kai, having tasted the sweetness of love for the first time, really couldn't bear to part with Ma Yilin, but he couldn't just follow her into her house. He reluctantly said, "Alright, I'll come find you at the group tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll head home then," Ma Yilin said, lightly biting her lip as she looked at Zhou Kai.
Zhou Kai, clueless about the implications hidden in Ma Yilin's words, replied, "Well, see you then, I'll head out. See you tomorrow."
Ma Yilin internally cursed Zhou Kai for being dense, but still felt a trace of happiness, because it showed Zhou Kai wasn't someone with wandering thoughts, he was honest.
After bidding farewell to Ma Yilin, Zhou Kai felt a bit excited and immediately called Lin Chuan.
"Brother Chuan, seems like things are working out with Yilin," Zhou Kai said excitedly as soon as the call connected.
"Oh, calling her Yilin like that, getting pretty close, huh?" Lin Chuan was happy for Zhou Kai but couldn't resist poking fun at him.
Zhou Kai chuckled, "Brother Chuan, don't tease me."
Lin Chuan's voice came through the phone, "Kai, you really should thank me and Xiao Rui, the two matchmakers. If it weren't for me setting up that heroic act of saving the beauty, you wouldn't have won Ma Yilin's heart so quickly."
Zhou Kai was stunned, realizing that those few hooligans were arranged by Lin Chuan, and he felt immensely grateful towards him.
Early the next morning, Lin Chuan and Zhou Rui arrived at the Sichuan University Group office building.
Besides Huang Bo, Lin Chuan instructed the office to notify all major management personnel for a conference.
At 9:30 in the morning, all the key management personnel arrived at the conference room, the meeting was chaired by Zhou Rui.
"Today we are holding a meeting for the group's management personnel, mainly to announce two things. Now let's welcome the chairman to speak," Zhou Rui said loudly from the podium.
The management personnel applauded.
Lin Chuan waved his hand, signaling for everyone to quiet down and said, "Today we're holding this management meeting to discuss two main issues, the first being the group's personnel reorganization."
"As you all know, our group's main businesses now are food processing, real estate, and building materials. After discussing with Mr. Zhou, we've decided that Li Qiang will be the general manager of the Sichuan University Group's real estate development company in West River County, Taozi will handle affairs in the United States, Zhou Kai will oversee the Fukuoka Fishery in Japan, Lu Dapao will take the role of head of the Iraq seafood chain supermarket, Huang Bo and Xiao Feng are reassigned as directors at the food plant. Monk, Zhao Zhonghai, you two will manage Haiqing Pool, Huaqing Pool, and the sand field."
These people, who had been with Lin Chuan for so many years, had basically all grown into their roles.
Zhou Rui, after Lin Chuan finished speaking, added, "Everyone, Sichuan University Group is now on the right track. I hope you'll show more intelligence in handling things. Don't resort to shouting and fighting."
"Right, what Mr. Zhou said is correct. Everyone should learn to use their brains to earn money for the company. Now I'll move on to the second matter," Lin Chuan said following Zhou Rui, "Sichuan University Group is about to go public, and I'm going to announce the stock distribution."
"Zhou Rui holds fifteen percent of the group's shares, I hold fifteen percent, and from today, Zhou Rui will be in charge of all large and small affairs of the group, she is the true chairman of the company."
The decision was met without any dispute, considering how much Zhou Rui had done for Sichuan University Group over the years. Without her, the group probably wouldn't have developed so quickly.
"Zhou Kai, Huang Bo, Li Qiang, Lu Dapao each hold eight percent of the company's shares, Zhao Zhonghai, Taozi, and Monk each hold three percent..." After announcing the stock distribution plan, Lin Chuan looked at everyone and said, "If anyone has any thoughts or feedback on this distribution plan, feel free to bring it up."