Car Accident

After discussing the Network Level, the two returned to Mingzhu Headquarters together.

Inside the President's Office.

Li Ruobing handed the organized files to Su Rui. They contained information on the personnel appointments and infrastructure for the Qiantang New Store. "Take a look. If the other departments don't have any issues, the Qiantang New Store can officially open on the first of next month."

The opening date for the Qiantang New Store had been set long ago. Due to the previous break in the capital chain, the construction team hadn't left, but with Su Rui's two hundred million in place, the construction team received their money and resolved all outstanding issues.

The decoration of the Qiantang New Store building was rapidly being completed.

It would be finished soon.

Su Rui reached out and took the file but didn't open it.

He didn't need to open it; he already knew its contents because in Reincarnation, he had seen this file more than once.

"I will decide the personnel allocation for the new store." Su Rui sat directly on the sofa. He already had a detailed plan in his mind. "I will keep some of these people, but not all of them."

The staffing for the new store had been arranged by Li Ruobing, but Su Rui stated directly that he would remove some of them.

"Some of the people in here have problems and cannot be used," Su Rui raised his hand and smiled. "I'll give it to you after I've screened them."

Li Ruobing was silent for a moment.

The candidates in this file had all been strictly screened by her; they were her confidants or from her Direct Lineage.

Now Su Rui was saying there were still problems within it?

"Qin Lan's methods won't be so easily seen through by you. She has planted more than one Person with Real Power in your company," Su Rui smiled. "Hu Guangyi is in the open, a staunch opponent of yours. There is also someone in the shadows, within your Direct Lineage, who outwardly supports you but is actually monitoring you."

"This person in the dark is far more effective than Hu Guangyi!"

Li Ruobing frowned, contemplating the truthfulness of Su Rui's words.

As Su Rui said, An Open Spear is Easy to Dodge, a Hidden Arrow is Hard to Guard Against. An enemy in the dark is always far more terrifying than an enemy in the open.

Especially when that person is one of her confidants.

"Who is it?" Li Ruobing asked.

Su Rui dipped his finger in water and wrote a person's name on the desk.

"Him?" Li Ruobing was somewhat surprised. This person truly caught her off guard. "He is a Founding Elder who followed me in founding Mingzhu. It's impossible for him to be Qin Lan's person!"

Li Ruobing shook her head firmly.

Before Mingzhu was founded, she had no money, no people, and no connections. This person worked tirelessly to help her apply for loans, build connections, and contributed greatly to Mingzhu's listing.

From any perspective, he shouldn't be a spy.

"What if everything he did from the beginning was instructed by Qin Lan? Loans, approvals, business licenses..." Su Rui asked, "Have you ever thought that given his previous status, it was unlikely he could access the connections that could help you, and he couldn't have accomplished these things? All of this was orchestrated by Qin Lan from behind the scenes."

"She has no reason to help me," Li Ruobing said.

"She was helping herself," Su Rui explained. "She helped Mingzhu build connections and raise funds, allowing you to operate it to its current market value of over a billion. Now, with the development of the Qiantang New Store, Mingzhu is even more likely to transform, its value multiplying several times again, becoming a truly top-tier enterprise."

"But don't forget, without those two hundred million, Hu Guangyi would be the CEO of Mingzhu right now. The one truly in power would be Qin Lan herself."

Su Rui smiled brightly, looking at Li Ruobing's changing expression. "This move could make you lose the agreement and also acquire a valuable Mingzhu Company. Is that reason enough?"

Li Ruobing wasn't a stupid woman.

Su Rui's words reminded her. From the early stages of Mingzhu's founding, she hadn't used her family's influence and had expected the entrepreneurial path to be incredibly difficult. But unexpectedly, it had been quite smooth. Li Ruobing had thought she was simply lucky, but now that she thought about it, it seemed that from the very beginning, an invisible hand had been behind her, silently pushing Mingzhu Company forward.

Just as Su Rui said, the person who founded Mingzhu with her, that Founding Elder's status at the time, indeed made it difficult to accomplish those decisive major tasks.

Li Ruobing's eyes turned icy.

Traitors are always more hateful than enemies.

"I need facts to prove it." Li Ruobing was silent for a moment. That was a Founding Elder who had followed her for many years. Even if she wanted to move against him, she needed irrefutable evidence and facts. Otherwise, acting without cause would make her subordinates feel disheartened.

Moreover, the truth was still uncertain. Relying solely on Su Rui's words to determine the stance of a Founding Elder was not enough!

"I don't plan to move against him for now! I have other arrangements for him," Su Rui unexpectedly shook his head. "Hu Guangyi has been excluded from the core. If Qin Lan wants to continue implementing her plan, she will definitely have to use this person."

"You want him to be a Double Agent?" Li Ruobing quickly understood Su Rui's meaning.

"I knew you were smart!" Su Rui snapped his fingers and stood up. "Transfer him to my side. I believe he will be of great use soon."

Li Ruobing nodded.

Knock, knock, knock!

The door was knocked.

"Please come in."

The Female Secretary, dressed in professional attire, walked in, her expression somewhat solemn.

"President Li, something has happened."

"Originally, Miss Tao was scheduled to come to the company this afternoon to sign the contract with you. Who would have thought something like this would happen on the way..." On the top floor of Jingnan Hospital, a middle-aged man with a worried face frowned, looking through the transparent glass at the girl lying on the hospital bed, covered in tubes connected to various instruments. "The Car Accident was too sudden. I heard the other party was drunk driving and has already been criminally detained."

Li Ruobing remained silent, only the trace of anxiety and worry in her eyes revealing her current mood.

"How is the situation?"

"The doctor said that even if she makes it through, she'll be bedridden for several months before she can walk again," the middle-aged man said with a sigh, his tone apologetic. "President Li, it seems Miss Tao won't be able to attend the opening ceremony for the new store."

Li Ruobing pursed her lips.

The girl lying in the bed was named Tao Wanqing. She was an artist signed under Huayi Film and Television Company and had recently become very popular, with extremely high recognition among young people.

Li Ruobing had originally arranged with Huayi to invite Tao Wanqing to promote and endorse the Qiantang New Store on its opening day, in order to enhance the Mingzhu brand's image among young people.

With Tao Wanqing's popularity, Mingzhu's performance could potentially see a rapid increase in a short period.

In this era of traffic, a suitable endorser can elevate a brand's effect to another level.

But now, it seemed this plan had fallen through.