Ge Bingyi liked to drink, but his alcohol tolerance wasn't very good at all.
In this regard, the father and daughter seemed to have inherited it.
He probably could only handle about six or seven liang, and Ge Bingyi was already slurring his words, his cheeks flushed red.
He warmly put his arm around Chen Pingjiang's shoulder:
"Haha, my brother, I'm very happy to have met you today. Come over more often to visit in the future. I've decided you're my son-in-law."
Ge Mengshi lowered her head deeply, utterly mortified.
The seniority was all messed up.
Ge Mother also couldn't bear to watch, constantly winking at Chen Pingjiang, but Ge Bingyi grumbled discontentedly:
"I'm happy today, what's wrong with having a few more drinks?"
It wasn't until Ge Bingyi was completely knocked out, groaning on the sofa, that Chen Pingjiang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
This old man, a poor drinker with a huge craving.
"Little Chen, why don't you stay and rest? I see you've had quite a bit to drink too,"
Ge Mother said, a little worried.
Ge Mengshi was speechless.
How could her parents be so biased towards an outsider?
"No, Auntie. Please go take care of Uncle. Shishi can see me off."
Ge Mother nodded, no longer insisting, turned around, poured a cup of hangover tea, and went to the bedroom.
Entering the bedroom, she saw Ge Bingyi lying on the bed, rubbing his head and groaning.
Ge Mother walked over, patted Ge Bingyi's cheek, and said with a smile:
"Stop pretending, everyone's gone."
After a while, Ge Bingyi slowly opened his eyes.
Although not completely refreshed, he was quite sober.
"This kid can really drink. If I hadn't been clever and sensed something was off, I probably would've been plastered tonight."
He picked up the hangover tea from the bedside table, took a sip, and then Ge Bingyi said.
"Let's get serious, what do you think of Little Chen?"
Ge Mother was very conflicted.
She liked Chen Pingjiang's personality somewhat, but also worried about the age gap between Chen Pingjiang and Ge Mengshi.
Ge Bingyi smacked his lips, thought for a moment, and then said:
"This kid is very shrewd and sophisticated. He definitely doesn't look like he's in his early twenties; I'd believe it if you said he was forty. He's very slick, just like those businessmen who often navigate the tricky waters of society. In short, he's very complex and contradictory, but his personality is really good. He's perceptive and knows when to advance and retreat."
"He's a decent person, but he's a bit too young. I'm always worried..."
Ge Bingyi waved his hand:
"Worried about what? Your daughter is so strong-willed, you can only offer suggestions, you can't make decisions for her. It's fine as long as she likes him. Besides, if you found a bookworm who couldn't even fart with a stick, your daughter might not even fancy him."
"So what do you mean? Let them be, and let them get along?"
"But Shishi is already quite old, and Little Chen is still so young. They can't afford to drag it out. If they want to be together, I won't object, but they must get married within the year."
Ge Mother hardened her heart and set a bottom line for Chen Pingjiang and Ge Mengshi.
At this moment, Ge Mengshi was driving the G-Wagen, taking Chen Pingjiang back to school.
The streetlights along the road flickered, illuminating their faces, and the car's interior alternated between bright and dim.
Ge Mengshi said something out of the blue:
"Tomorrow I will transfer this month's payment into the bank card I gave you."
Chen Pingjiang nodded noncommittally.
It's truly wonderful!
Free food, free drinks, and money too!
"You're so young, still a freshman, yet you're proficient in smoking and drinking. You don't look like a student at all."
Chen Pingjiang smiled and said:
"My family raised me well since childhood."
Ge Mengshi's mind was a mess now, no longer maintaining her usual image of a cool and aloof CEO.
Tonight's events were quite unexpected for her.
She felt that the whole situation was moving in a direction beyond her control.
After dropping Chen Pingjiang off at school, Ge Mengshi thought for a moment, and while Chen Pingjiang hadn't gotten out of the car yet, she said:
"Where's your Audi A6?"
Chen Pingjiang didn't know why she suddenly brought that up, and asked confusedly:
"It's parked downstairs by our dorm. What's wrong?"
"If you don't mind, let's swap cars. I'll go clean your Audi A6. For the next few days, you can make do with driving my car."
As soon as Chen Pingjiang heard this good news, he quickly pulled out his Audi car keys from his pocket.
He watched Ge Mengshi frown, enduring the strange smell as she got into the Audi A6, started the car, and drove away.
Chen Pingjiang smiled and muttered to himself:
"Having a pretty CEO older sister seems pretty good too. This soft rice is so good I don't even want to work hard anymore."
After returning home, Ge Mother issued an "ultimatum."
"Your father and I both agree that Little Chen is a pretty good young man. When do you think we can arrange for both sets of parents to meet?"
Ge Mengshi was instantly stunned.
"Mom, this is too fast. We just started seeing each other. Let's get to know each other more first."
Rarely, Ge Mother also nodded.
"I don't object to you getting to know each other, but you only have one year. You must get married by the end of the year, no matter what."
After saying this, Ge Mother went straight back to her room, not even giving Ge Mengshi a chance to argue.
......
The next morning.
Chen Pingjiang was still sleeping when he was excitedly shaken awake by Zhao Shaoyang.
"Brother Chen, the car parked in your downstairs parking spot changed from an Audi to a G-Wagen?"
Rubbing his sleepy eyes, Chen Pingjiang, a bit cranky from being woken up, glared at him irritably.
"You woke me up for such a trivial matter?"
"Damn, is this a small matter? This is a G-Wagen! My dream car."
Zhao Shaoyang excitedly paced around, and while Chen Pingjiang lay back down, he stealthily swiped the car keys from the table.
Downstairs, he saw several men gathered around the parked G-Wagen, staring at it.
"What car is this? So strange, square like a box."
"Heh, what do you know? This is a Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen. It costs over 2 million yuan on the road. Only truly rich people drive this. Do you understand hardcore off-road vehicles? A man's car."
"That expensive?"
"Even if I told you, you wouldn't understand."
"Never seen it before. Who parked it at our school?"
"Probably Chen Pingjiang? Isn't this his dedicated parking spot? The Audi A6 is gone, and this G-Wagen is so new, he must have changed cars."
The boy swallowed:
"He's so rich now, he just bought a two-million-yuan car without batting an eye."
"He..."
Just then, the G-Wagen's hazard lights flashed twice, unlocking it from a distance.
Zhao Shaoyang had been standing nearby, eavesdropping for a while.
Although it wasn't his car, it was his Brother Chen's car, and the envious stares of others made him quite comfortable.
The feeling of basking in reflected glory was quite good!
Under the gaze of the boys watching and the continuous glances of passersby, Zhao Shaoyang, hands in pockets, strutted over to the G-Wagen.
"Hmm, this isn't Chen Pingjiang? Is this not Chen Pingjiang's car?"
Zhao Shaoyang wanted to pretend he didn't hear, but he didn't dare to show off and claim it was his car.
"This is my Brother Chen's car. Brother Chen is getting ready upstairs, I'm here to warm up the car for him."
"Hiss, buddy, you're Chen Pingjiang's roommate? Is Renrenwang still hiring now?"
"Awesome, being Chen Pingjiang's roommate means you won't have to worry about a job after graduation."
"..."
After getting into the car, Zhao Shaoyang looked around, touching this and that, thrilled by the new experience, and heard another wave of admiration.
This made him gradually lose himself.
Even being Brother Chen's little brother allows for such showing off and feels so good.
He couldn't even imagine how great it would feel to be the real Brother Chen.
Driving luxury cars, with beautiful women accompanying him in the car, enjoying envious glances from others wherever he went.
Tsk tsk tsk...
Chen Pingjiang slowly opened his eyes at noon.
By then, Zhao Shaoyang had honestly returned the car keys, placing them back on Chen Pingjiang's table.
Chen Pingjiang didn't think much of it.
After washing up, he picked up the car keys, went downstairs, and drove off in the G-Wagen.
It was dismissal time, and the campus roads were filled with pedestrians.
The rumbling roar of the engine startled many students, who quickly moved out of the way.
"See that? That's Chen Pingjiang's new car. I saw a post about it on Renrenwang this morning during computer class."
Even Chen Pingjiang hadn't expected this matter to spread so quickly throughout the school.
In the afternoon, he had an appointment to see an office located in Dahangong.
Currently, Renrenwang, Renren Waimai, and Miaochao have all reached a small bottleneck in their development.
After covering the entire Dongjiang University City, the next development plan should be to expand into the urban area.
However, since the main office is far from the city center, and Xianlin is exceptionally remote, how to move beyond the university city and enter the urban area is a big problem.
After much thought, the only option was to relocate the headquarters to the city center, which would also facilitate social recruitment.
Previously, Chen Pingjiang had asked He Zhiyu for an introduction.
Dahangong is located in the center of Dongjiang City, very close to Xinjiekou, 1912, Fuzimiao, and Zhujiang Road, making it convenient for both subway and bus travel.
When Chen Pingjiang arrived at Huijin, he met the agent on the agreed-upon sixteenth floor.
"Hello, are you CEO Chen?"
The agent didn't quite dare to recognize Chen Pingjiang when he saw him, mainly because Chen Pingjiang was too young.
In his impression, a boss would have to be at least in their thirties, right?
"Yes, that's me."
Chen Pingjiang took off his sunglasses and surveyed the surroundings.
Upon seeing it, Chen Pingjiang felt it was good.
It wasn't in a bare shell state; the decorations and partitions left by the previous tenant were still there.
The light was bright, with a spacious open-plan office area, various segregated offices, and an impressive reception desk, all largely meeting Chen Pingjiang's requirements.
It would only require some minor local renovation and the placement of desks, chairs, and benches to move in quickly.
Friends who have rented such large office spaces would know.
If one's financial resources are not abundant, renting a purely bare-shell office space is usually the most troublesome.
Although slightly different from the concrete walls of a residential building, renovation still costs a lot of time and money, and critically, these things cannot be taken with you when moving.
"CEO Chen, Huijin Building is a Grade A office building. Our section of the office area is approximately 1000 square meters, and the entire floor is about 2200 square meters, facing southeast.
The furniture and renovations left here can either be removed or kept. There are many advantages: the layout is regular and well-designed, the facade is grand, it suits various types of business office needs, the surrounding facilities are very mature, and transportation is convenient."
The agent introduced it very professionally.
Chen Pingjiang nodded:
"What about the price?"
"2.5 yuan per square meter per day, which works out to approximately 75,000 yuan per month. Additionally, the property management fee is 5 yuan per square meter per month, approximately 5,000 yuan, plus commercial electricity rates."
Calculated this way, the total annual rent would be nearly one million yuan, or even over a million yuan including utilities.
However, this isn't much pressure for Chen Pingjiang currently; it's just equivalent to Miaochao's net profit for one day.
(End of chapter)
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