Chapter 15

It was phrased as a statement, clearly showing that he was already used to Ye Zexi and Ye Jianbin arguing all the time.

Before Ye Jianbin could continue, Ye Haoyan went on, "My brother's just that kind of person, so don't get angry with him. But lately, I saw that he seemed to have entered some competition. Everyone at our company has been voting for him."

Only then did Ye Jianbin's expression ease slightly. "Mm. Did you vote for him?"

Ye Haoyan spoke righteously, "No. My brother is openly rigging votes through our company, bothering the employees every day to vote for him. If I voted for him too, wouldn't I be encouraging that kind of behavior?"

Ye Jianbin's face instantly turned icy as he looked up at Ye Haoyan on the sofa.

The moment Ye Haoyan looked up, he met Ye Jianbin's frost-filled eyes, and his heart skipped a beat.

What? Had he said something wrong?

"Dad?" Ye Haoyan swallowed nervously.

Ye Jianbin said coldly, "I was the one who asked the employees to vote."

Ye Haoyan doubted his own ears. "Huh?"

Ye Jianbin's expression darkened further. "Any employee who votes gets a five-hundred-yuan bonus at the end of the month. It's voluntary voting. How is that vote-rigging?"

Ye Haoyan's face was full of shock.

What the hell?

His dad had given employees bonuses to get them to vote?

He hadn't misheard, had he?

"Where's your report card?" Ye Jianbin closed his laptop, his gaze dark.

Cold sweat immediately slid down Ye Haoyan's forehead. He gave a dry laugh. "Well... Dad, I..."

Ye Jianbin said coldly, "Do you need me to call your teacher personally?"

Ye Haoyan: "..."

He had tried to screw over his brother and ended up screwing himself over instead!

He was miserable!

After being lectured in the office for nearly an hour, Ye Jianbin finally let Ye Haoyan leave.

The moment Ye Haoyan stepped out of the office, he called Yan Man. "Mom, something happened!"

After listening to Ye Haoyan's rambling, disjointed explanation, Yan Man finally understood. "You mean your father has started grooming your good-for-nothing brother and even had Assistant Gao become his manager?"

Ye Haoyan nodded heavily, his tone especially aggrieved. "Yeah. Dad just scolded me too. He said Ye Zexi already knows how to plan for his future, while I only know how to loaf around all day."

How could his dad compare him to that good-for-nothing Ye Zexi?

He might have done poorly on this exam, but whenever he had free time, he went to the company to learn how to manage it. How was that the same?

Yan Man's expression turned unpleasant as well, her brows tightly furrowed. "Did your father say anything else?"

Ye Haoyan shook his head. "That was all he said."

After thinking for a moment, Yan Man said, "It's fine. Don't worry about him for now. You know what your brother is like—a good-for-nothing playboy. How could your father possibly trust him with the company? Don't worry, I'll look into this."

After giving it some thought, Ye Haoyan agreed.

That idiot Ye Zexi could not even understand a financial report. If his dad really handed the company over to him, it would probably go bankrupt within two days.

Yan Man comforted Ye Haoyan a few more times before hanging up.

After thinking for a moment, she picked up her phone again and called Assistant Gao, intending to probe for information.

Ordinarily, Ye Jianbin would not hand the company over to Ye Zexi, but what if he did?

Ye Zexi hated her and her son to the bone. Yan Man could not possibly fail to consider her son's future.

Chapter 15 [15]

Assistant Gao was not surprised when Yan Man called.

Assistant Gao's name was Gao Shu. He had been by Ye Jianbin's side for five or six years and had seen far too much of Yan Man and her son's battles of wits with Eldest Young Master Ye Zexi.

Most of the time, caught between the four of them, he was truly stuck in a difficult position from every direction.

When Ye Jianbin assigned him to be Ye Zexi's manager, Gao Shu had a headache as well. Anyone who knew Ye Zexi's temperament avoided him like the plague.

But Gao Shu also had to plan for his own future.

Ye Zexi had only just begun to make a name for himself in the entertainment industry, yet he had already gained countless fans. With marketing and projects added later on, Gao Shu dared to say that Ye Zexi would definitely become hugely popular.

Their young master might have been an uneducated rich second-generation heir, but he was absolutely made for this line of work.

Otherwise, when the eldest young master had insisted on joining that idol survival show, President Ye would not have agreed so readily and invested over ten million yuan.

Era Idol had only aired for two weeks, yet the investment of ten million had already been recouped with profit. Once the eldest young master became wildly popular, Gao Shu's annual salary would at least multiply several times over.

The job was difficult, but the rewards were great!

Gao Shu gritted his teeth and agreed.

Wasn't it just serving an ancestor? For money, he could do it!

Of course, from the moment he agreed to President Ye's request, Gao Shu had become one of the eldest young master's people.

Still, he could not afford to offend Yan Man either, so he could only tell the truth. "President Ye instructed me to serve as the eldest young master's chief manager, establish an artist studio, and take over all of the young master's work arrangements."

Yan Man relaxed somewhat after hearing that. "Oh, so Zexi is going to continue in the entertainment industry?"

Gao Shu gave a sound of acknowledgment.

Yan Man finally let out a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Then Assistant Gao may have to work hard. Zexi is quite a troublesome child."

Gao Shu smiled bitterly to himself. Troublesome? He was practically going bald!

After hanging up on Yan Man, Gao Shu took a deep breath and silently encouraged himself for quite a while before finally dialing Ye Zexi's number.

Ye Zexi answered quickly, with some noise in the background.

"Hello, this is Ye Zexi." A clear male voice came from the other end of the line, gentle and polite.

Gao Shu was momentarily dazed and checked the number uncertainly.

This was indeed the eldest young master's number, but why did he sound so... gentle?