Zhang Xiaoxi drove Wang Ye back to Prince's Garden. After getting out of the car, she handed him the keys and said with a smile:
"All right, boss. We've been out all day, and you still have a long drive tomorrow, so get some rest early. I won't go in and disturb you..."
Before she could finish, Zhang Xiaoxi's phone rang.
She hesitated, seemingly feeling that answering the call in front of Wang Ye would be somewhat impolite.
Wang Ye did not mind and gestured for her to answer it.
Zhang Xiaoxi took out her phone and glanced at the caller ID, immediately frowning.
After answering with a "Hello," she listened to the person on the other end say a few things.
Then she said bluntly, "Mr. Liu, didn't I tell you last time? Our company isn't interested in investing in e-commerce for now. We have our own projects underway. I'm busy right now, so I'm hanging up..."
With that, she ended the call.
Then she explained to Wang Ye somewhat sheepishly:
"Sigh, these past two years, so many people in China have gone crazy over the internet and e-commerce.
"The person who called used to sell office supplies—printers, CDs, that sort of thing.
"He's a pretty honest guy, so the office supplies used by General Manager Liu's company and mine are all supplied by him. You could say we're half-acquainted.
"But starting last year, he seemed to lose his mind and insisted on moving his shop from offline to online, saying he wanted to do e-commerce.
"He spent quite a bit of money building a website, only to run out of money to stock inventory, so now he's looking everywhere for investment.
"Maybe he thinks my asset management company sounds like one of those venture capital firms, so Mr.