She was at her father-in-law's place?
Seeing Shen Yun, Li Qianfan was clearly stunned.
"Hello, Vice President Li."
Shen Yun glanced at Chen Hong outside the door and said softly to Li Qianfan, "I'm President Su's secretary now. I just completed my onboarding procedures a few minutes ago."
What!?
Li Qianfan was somewhat bewildered.
Chen Hong, standing outside the door, heard this and her expression also changed rapidly.
It was obvious that with Shen Yun becoming the president's secretary, she could no longer hold that position.
Chen Hong instinctively wanted to direct some hostility towards Shen Yun.
However, Shen Yun's gaze drifted over her.
The moment their eyes met, Chen Hong felt an unspeakable sense of inferiority and quickly looked away.
"Cough!"
Old Su cleared his throat and said, "Secretary Shen, please excuse us for a moment. Vice President Li and I need to discuss your situation privately."
"Okay."
Shen Yun agreed, brushed past Li Qianfan's shoulder, and quickly walked out of the office, closing the door.
"Dad, what are you doing?"
Li Qianfan walked to the desk, casually sat on the corner, and frowned, "She's so young and beautiful, and she has a natural aura that makes people want to protect her. Are you sure you want her as your secretary? Or do you think Mother Lan is too old and can't wield her forty-meter-long knife anymore?"
"Son-in-law, what do you mean by that?"
Old Su's face darkened. "Do you think your father is forcing you to select a female secretary who combines beauty, sexiness, and gentleness to satisfy my unspeakable desires?"
Li Qianfan rolled his eyes. "Otherwise?"
"You!"
Old Su was both ashamed and angry. "You scoundrel, how dare you attribute your own petty thoughts to a gentleman! Hmph, do you really think I don't dare to tell Ziyu that you're a regular at Victoria's Secret? Or do you think I don't dare to tell your mother that, due to your relationship with Dai Paipai, you gave the order for thirty thousand sets of work clothes to Wang Mingshuai?"
Oh dear.
This old guy is turning hostile?
Li Qianfan sneered. "Dad, don't pull this stunt. Even if you fabricate facts and frame me, I'll still have to report to Mother that you're old but your heart isn't, and you insist on employing a beautiful secretary who would make even me sway with desire."
Threatening doesn't work, does it?
Old Su immediately changed his tactic.
He raised his hand to the sky and said with extreme solemnity, "I can swear on Ziyu's lifelong happiness. I, Su Laiyun, will never have any unhealthy thoughts about any woman other than Xiaolan."
Oh dear.
The old guy is making an oath, fine, but why use my wife's lifelong happiness as a guarantee?
Li Qianfan was very angry.
Old Su quickly confessed. "Son-in-law, the reason I chose a beautiful secretary is simply to add a little color to my mundane life."
"According to the latest research from a certain authoritative foreign institution, men in my age group who see beautiful women every day will have a better mood, which is conducive to their physical health. Isn't my physical health your and Ziyu's greatest wish?"
Old Su, trying to reason, even took out his phone and found the saved latest research.
This research did have a basis in science.
In fact.
Li Qianfan also knew very well that for an old man like Old Su, seeing beautiful women often did have some benefits for his physical and mental health.
Li Qianfan thought for a moment and asked, "If Mother finds out that the beautiful Shen Yun is your secretary, what will you do?"
Old Su smiled without answering.
That old man.
He's making me take the blame!
Li Qianfan finally understood and could only say, "I can take the blame for you, but you have to explain it clearly to Ziyu."
Old Su immediately patted his chest vigorously. "Leave this matter to me, son-in-law. Don't worry."
Li Qianfan really wanted to point a finger at this old man.
He endured it.
He asked again, "Don't you suspect why Shen Yun, who is excellent in every aspect, would come to our small, run-down factory to apply for a job?"
"Heh heh, how could I not consider this, Dad?"
Old Su chuckled and then recounted Shen Yun's "romantic and poignant" love story to Li Qianfan.
Finally, he said, "Son-in-law, think about it. With your father, this old man who's half in the grave, and this small, run-down company of ours, aside from people like Bao Shan coveting it, what qualifications do we have to attract someone to arrange for a woman like Shen Yun to go undercover and cause trouble?"
What he said made sense.
Li Qianfan couldn't imagine who would covet Old Su and this small, run-down factory enough to go to such great lengths to cause trouble.
"Alright, alright."
Old Su waved his hand impatiently. "You go arrange for the other applicant (Chen Hong), I need to get back to work."
Li Qianfan, with a displeased look, was ushered out by Old Su.
Shen Yun, wisely, stood at a distance and smiled gently at Li Qianfan.
"Chen Hong, you go wait for me in my office first."
After dismissing Chen Hong, Li Qianfan quickly walked up to Shen Yun. "Secretary Shen, please follow me. I'd like to have a private chat with you."
At the end of the second-floor corridor, by the window.
"Secretary Shen."
Li Qianfan got straight to the point. "What I'm about to say has no suspicion or disrespect towards you. I'm just stating the facts, so please don't misunderstand."
Shen Yun bowed. "Vice President Li, please speak."
"To be frank, President Su is my father-in-law."
Li Qianfan spoke openly. "He and my mother-in-law have a very good marital relationship. It might be because my mother-in-law has a rather strong personality and keeps him on a tight leash, so he might harbor certain fantasies about other women."
What fantasies?
Li Qianfan didn't need to say it; Shen Yun understood.
"Vice President Li," Shen Yun also said with a serious expression, "speaking disrespectfully, do you think that with my own qualifications, I would have any improper thoughts about an old man?"
"Of course you wouldn't," Li Qianfan said calmly. "But your presence would put some pressure on my mother-in-law. This pressure could affect their marital relationship. Therefore, I suggest you'd best not stay here."
He paused.
Li Qianfan continued. "If you urgently need a stable job that doesn't attract much attention, I can help you find one, and I guarantee you'll be satisfied."
"Vice President Li."
Shen Yun's expression immediately darkened. "Do you know you've been constantly insulting me?"
Li Qianfan—
Shen Yun asked again, "Do you know how many times I've been insulted by people like you before I came here?"
Li Qianfan understood.
Shen Yun had applied to several companies before coming here, but when the bosses saw her, they all had ulterior motives.
"I, Shen Yun, still have some ability to distinguish right from wrong. I can see that President Su's gaze towards me is one of admiration. It's completely different from the lewd glances of other bosses. "
Shen Yun said in a low voice, "But you're always making insinuations. You're not only insulting me, but you're also insulting your father-in-law."
Li Qianfan was rendered speechless.
"Looking at you, so young, I didn't expect your mind to be so dark. Hmph."
Shen Yun snorted lightly, turned around, and walked away quickly with her high heels clicking, her hips swaying.
As she pushed open the door to the president's office, she had a flutter of nervousness. "Will Qianfan scold me for being shameless and spank me when he finds out who I am later?"
Old Su saw her come in and immediately adopted a dignified demeanor and started working.
Shen Yun sat in the secretary's seat behind the door and took out her phone. "President Su, I need to contact a friend here via my phone."
Playing on your phone during work is not allowed.
She specifically asked for permission.
"No problem, you can even make a phone call. Heh heh, I'm a very easygoing person."
Old Su smiled faintly, not even looking at Shen Yun.
In his heart, he was quite smug. "The caliber of my secretary, many CEOs of large corporations can't match, right?"
Shen Yun lowered her head, opened WeChat, and found a contact.
Mo Hongti!
"Hongti, I've successfully applied for the job."
Shen Yun's fingertips flew across the keyboard. "As expected, Qianfan didn't recognize me. He didn't even suspect me at all. Only you and your bodyguard (Zhang Bao) in the entire Qingyun know my identity. Thank you for your cooperation. As I said, Qianfan's marriage is related to the top circles of the Eastern lands. You absolutely must not interfere."
Mo Hongti replied instantly. "Sister. Even if you gave me eighty more guts, I wouldn't dare to interfere. All I want is to cling to my little brother's leg. I know nothing else."
"You are a smart woman."
Shen Yun typed. "As long as you maintain the right attitude, I will put in a good word for you with my younger sister. In fact, what my younger sister cares about most is that her name must be in the ancestral hall of Li Village. As for Qianfan's private life, heh heh, do men of the Li family ever have a clean record? Lecherous and amorous is hereditary!"
Li Qianfan had no idea that Shen Yun had already secretly met with Mo Hongti the night before.
He was just feeling dejected after being sarcastically called psychologically dark by Shen Yun.
He even lost his appetite for lunch.
He lay on his desk, trying to sleep.
But he couldn't fall asleep, contemplating how to expand this small, run-down factory.
The business of the small, run-down factory was the production of work clothes.
Due to certain reasons, Li Qianfan didn't even care about giving the order for thirty thousand sets of work clothes for the Qingyun branch of Jinchao Group to Dai Paipai.
Qingyun was so big, it wasn't the only enterprise.
Even without using Li Zhaoyu, Mo Hongti's network in Qingyun alone could secure enough work clothes orders to keep the small, run-down factory busy.
What Li Qianfan needed to consider was creating his own brand of fashion.
Making work clothes, how much money could that earn?
"Ziyu Fashion."
Li Qianfan looked up and murmured, "The name sounds nice, but it's not quite suitable for a fashion brand. It needs to be changed."
He picked up a pen and wrote Su Ziyu's name on a piece of paper.
He hoped to find inspiration in her name.
"Ziyu, Sister Yu, Big Sister."
Li Qianfan's eyes suddenly lit up.
He picked up the pen and heavily wrote four characters on the paper.
Big Sister Women's Wear!
"It's done, it will be called 'Big Sister Women's Wear,' a fashion brand created specifically for older sisters."
Li Qianfan's inspiration flowed like a tide, and he picked up his pen and wrote eight characters.
Big Sister Women's Wear, vibrant and fragrant!
These eight characters were the slogan Li Qianfan came up with.
"I'm a damn genius."
Li Qianfan was full of pride and babbled. "It's said that my grandfather's first brand was stockings. The slogan was 'Southern Stockings, Black and Makes You Miss Home.' Missing home is too vulgar! How can it be as elegant as 'vibrant and fragrant'? I need to use my connections to hold an international fashion festival in Tiandong. I'll strive to make 'Big Sister Women's Wear' a hit at the fashion festival."
Ding dong.
A WeChat message from his phone interrupted Li Qianfan's self-praise.
Ru Hua the boss messaged. "Today, I just noticed your Moments. Heh heh, you've been promoted to vice president of a certain company. Congratulations, hand over the big red envelope."
Heh heh.
"A small matter."
Li Qianfan smiled smugly and generously sent a big red envelope.
0.88 yuan.
"Cheapskate."
After receiving the red envelope, Ru Hua the boss asked, "Vice President Li, do you need a secretary? Should I recommend myself to be your secretary?"