vstars Chapter 56: This blind date plot seems a bit off, doesn't it?
Chapter 56: This blind date plot seems a bit off, doesn't it?
"Okay, okay."
Liu Hong was very satisfied and looked at Lu Ran with a big smile, saying "good" three times in a row.
"The young man is indeed a handsome man."
"This is my daughter. Your mother should have told you about her, right?"
Lu Ran nodded: "Yes, Auntie, um, I came today..."
Lu Ran was about to get straight to the point, but before he could finish speaking, the aunt across from him interrupted him with a smile.
"Haha, I know, young people don't need to be so particular. Just come empty-handed. Gifts aren't important."
After Liu Hong finished speaking, she nudged her daughter, who was standing there dumbfounded.
"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and shake hands with Xiao Lu and introduce yourself!"
Zhou Yifei finally came to her senses, blushed, and extended her hand, saying, "Hello, my name is Zhou Yifei."
Lu Ran extended his hand and shook hands with the other person briefly.
Zhou Yifei felt very fortunate that she always had the habit of dressing up nicely, no matter who she was meeting.
She smiled and said, "I saw what happened just now. You're very handsome, but it's a little strange. Why does that woman look so different now, like she's scared?"
Liu Hong, who was standing next to her, covered her mouth and chuckled to herself.
I really wanted to tease my daughter: "Who just said they'd jump off the second floor if they looked at it even once more?!"
But of course she couldn't say that out loud.
Upon hearing this, Lu Ran thought for a moment and said, "Well, I don't know either. Maybe she realized her mistake!"
In fact, Lu Ran had already guessed the general idea.
Many people in the company have never seen him in person, but most people definitely know his name.
The woman probably heard him introduce himself by calling Bai Yongxiang, addressing him as "General Manager Bai," and asking him to come to the company across the street. With this information, anyone who is truly from the company, unless they are an idiot, will definitely know his identity.
Sure enough, the woman has already apologized to the cleaning lady and said that she doesn't need any compensation.
Apart from Lu Ran, no one else at the scene understood the reason.
"That might be true. Hey, what you just said makes a lot of sense. You're just using a few internet slang terms that you think are very fair to grab attention... You're absolutely right."
Zhou Yifei stared intently at Lu Ran with bright, sparkling eyes, deliberately trying to find common ground.
Lu Ran had a bad feeling.
But he could only laugh and say, "Haha, um, I was just saying."
"Well, how about we talk about blind dates?"
He wanted to make things clear, but Zhou Yifei misunderstood after hearing it, blushing and not daring to look at him anymore.
Liu Hong then smiled and said, "Young man, you're very sincere. That's right, we're here to talk about lifelong matters. We can discuss the rest later."
"Young man, your mother should have talked to you about the bride price, but don't misunderstand, we're not asking you to give it for nothing. My daughter will also give a dowry of 300,000, no, 500,000. As long as you agree, we will give a dowry of 500,000."
"What do you think, daughter?"
Liu Hong nudged her daughter.
Zhou Yifei lowered her head, her face flushed, and muttered, "I...I don't know, Mom, you can arrange it."
Lu Ran was dumbfounded.
No, what happened to the agreed-upon dowry of 300,000? Shouldn't you have come up and said from the start that not a penny less than 300,000, and that the car and house must be in your name before we're even in a discussion?
What's going on here?
Lu Ran touched his face, wondering if it was his face that was to blame.
I felt really regretful; I should have put on some ugly makeup before coming.
"Youyou, you haven't gone back yet?"
"Mr. Bai... Mr. Bai."
"Wait a minute, I have something to do."
"President Lu."
Soon, Lu Ran regretted it even more and called Bai Yongxiang over, knowing that his identity was about to be exposed.
Bai Yongxiang arrived at the coffee shop and saw the company's anchor as soon as he entered. However, for some reason, Lin Youyou seemed very scared.
However, he didn't have time to think about these things. After seeing Lu Ran over there, he quickly walked towards Lu Ran's side.
It was only at this moment that Lu Ran realized the problem.
But since things have come to this, there's nothing he can do. He'll just leave it at that. Since his mother knows people from that family, she'll find out sooner or later.
Lu Ran smiled at Zhou Yifei and the other woman and said, "Auntie, I'm sorry, please wait a moment while I take care of something."
After saying that, to the surprise of the mother and daughter, Lu Ran turned to Bai Yongxiang and said, "Old Bai, is that lady over there one of the company's live streamers?"
Before Bai Yongxiang could answer.
Lin Youyou quickly walked over and bowed deeply to Lu Ran in apology.
"Mr. Lu, I'm sorry, I... I didn't know it was you."
Bai Yongxiang frowned and looked at Lin Youyou, asking, "What's going on?"
Without Lu Ran saying a word, Lin Youyou honestly explained the whole story and admitted that she had deliberately tried to create conflict in order to gain traffic and exposure.
Bai Yongxiang was so angry he almost died.
"Lin Youyou, I was just reminding you to watch your head when I said you've been getting more and more arrogant lately. Don't think that just because you have good traffic at the company, you can act like a big sister everywhere you go."
"Don't tell me your current popularity is just average. Even if you become a top streamer with millions of followers, you still have to behave yourself at the company."
"I have evidence of all your violations of company rules. Your meager savings aren't even enough to cover a fraction of the penalty for breach of contract."
Lin Youyou was so frightened that she burst into tears, looking incredibly pitiful.
"President Bai, President Lu, I was wrong."
Bai Yongxiang ignored her and instead looked at Lu Ran: "President Lu, should I fire him or...?"
Lin Youyou's legs went weak, and she almost collapsed to the ground in fright.
Lu Ran waved his hand: "Forget it, her attitude in admitting her mistake was not bad. Let's give her a demerit for now, deduct two months' bonus, and see how she behaves in the future!"
Lin Youyou felt as if she had been granted a pardon: "Thank you, President Lu, thank you, President Lu."
Then, at Bai Yongxiang's prompting, Lin Youyou left the coffee shop.
After Lin Youyou left, Bai Yongxiang asked in confusion, "President Lu, why didn't you just fire her? You just wanted her to pay an exorbitant penalty for breach of contract; it would have been a simple matter of a word."
Lu Ran shook his head.
"This woman is quite shrewd; she's very adept at using the internet. Giving her a lesson if necessary, keeping her around, can still make money for the company."
"If we really fire her, she might turn around and create some negative online rumors for the company, which wouldn't be good for the company."
"That's how people are. If you scare her, she'll behave obediently, but if you push her to the brink, she'll fight back fiercely and bite you."
Bai Yongxiang was stunned upon hearing this.
He stared blankly at the young man in front of him.
Dude, you call this incompetent at managing a company? Even a seasoned veteran like me isn't as good as you.
He said admiringly, "Mr. Lu is right."
Lu Ran was thinking of letting Bai Yongxiang go back first so he could be honest with Zhou Yifei.
But then his phone rang.
He picked it up and saw that it was a message from Cheng Ning. Cheng Ning needed to apply medicine to her eyes and it was inconvenient for her to do it alone, so she asked him to come back and help.
Lu Ran didn't linger any longer and stood up, saying, "Old Bai, could you please help me settle the bill?"
"Auntie, I came to tell you that I already have a girlfriend. It's just that my mom didn't know, which caused this misunderstanding. I came to explain it to you in person. I have something urgent to take care of right now. I'm really sorry."
After Lu Ran finished speaking, he quickly left the coffee shop.
Bai Yongxiang politely smiled at Liu Hong and her daughter, saying, "If you need anything, please let me know."
Liu Hong was taken aback and said, "Thank you, but no need."
"Excuse me, may I ask, your name is Lu Ran, what does he do?"
Bai Yongxiang naturally had to give President Lu face; he wouldn't dare to undermine his boss.
He cleared his throat and said, "President Lu Ran is the CEO, chairman, and general manager of our Upstream Media Company. He is also the youngest entrepreneur among the top 20 on Chengjiang City's newly rich list."