“Mm.” Chacha followed his lead and entered the living room.

“I remember I often ate steamed buns and fried dough sticks when I was in middle school.” Jiao Yushi sat in front of the dining table and took out the things in the bag. “I also ate them when I was a little, but rarely. In my memory, it seems that only during holidays and festivals will there be good food……”

Jiao Yushi suddenly stopped talking. He seemed to have not finished speaking, but because he had already taken out the things, his words naturally trailed off.

Chacha wasn’t a gossip, so she didn’t ask any questions and just took the soy milk.

Jiao Yushi, on the other hand, took bite of a bun. The originally chubby bun was placed next to his face, making it appear much more comely.

Chacha looked at him and found the bun quite appetizing, so she also took one and started eating.

This time, she really had no idea if Jiao Yushi said those earlier words on purpose.

Given that his acting was very artificial in the previous two times, while this time it was very natural, Chacha was inclined to think that he got caught in the emotion of the scene, so he casually mentioned a few words.

The two of them finished their breakfast quietly. When Chacha drank the last sip of soy milk, she said, “You should go to the company once in a while. By the way, Ning An is signing an endorsement contract with Cheerful. However, I don’t plan to make the duration too long, what do you think?”

Jiao Yushi said while packing up the plastic bags and bottles, “It’s up to you to decide. You’re the one in charge of the company’s affairs after all, so I can’t say much.”

“Mm.” Chacha nodded.

———pr

This translation is by Pocketrobbin at S h a n g h a i f a n t a s y . c o m

After keeping the largest shareholder, Jiao Yushi, informed, Chacha first went to the management company. Ning An and Yan Shanmei happened to be there, so Chacha asked Yan Shanmei to go to her office for a talk.

Once Yan Shanmei had sat down, Chacha asked, “Is the negotiation talk with Cheerful done?”

Yan Shanmei answered, “Some of the preliminary issues have already been talked about, and the rest will be discussed in detail with Cheerful today.”

Yan Shanmei was in a particularly good mood lately. She found several promising talents herself, and Chen Cha also introduced her to a super promising newcomer.

Ning An, a seemingly ordinary newcomer, became popular in an instant because of a movie that blew up. After winning an award, she would even join the super brand Cheerful.

Because Yan Shanmei was ‘forcefully’ hired there, she became the butt of the joke in the industry for a while.

People were discussing whether she’d been kicked in the head by a donkey. She gave up a lot of artists and brought in a newcomer who’s ridiculed by a lot of people.

But now, Yan Shanmei was dubbed as someone who could see the potential of new people, and her reputation has increased a lot. She’s being praised everywhere for her vision.

Though the artists under her weren’t as skilled as before, but now, the people she’s bringing were those who have a backer behind them. Moreover, they also had potential and were determined. Yan Shanmei’s salary had also increased, not to mention that she would receive bonus every month as compensation.

At first, she didn’t value the bonus, but now that she felt that there’s hope for the future, it has become rather cute.

Chacha nodded and said, “I’ll leave these matters to you. I only have one request. Don’t let Ning An sign with Cheerful for too long. One year is enough.”

“Huh?” Yan Shanmei was puzzled. “Cheerful used to sign contracts with artists for one year, but this time, they plan to sign a three-year contract with Ning An and it’s a good publicity stunt. Moreover, it’s a matter of timing, I can discuss it with Cheerful later, but the sudden change may directly lead to the cancellation of the contract.”

“I’m sure you’ll handle it well.” Chacha smiled.

Yan Shanmei felt stuffy. She had already made it clear to the other party. She had no idea what Chen Cha was thinking to suddenly make such an unreasonable request.

Perhaps this was just the way things were in the world, a mixture of good and bad blessings.

Chacha added, “But don’t let Ning An know the content of our conversation. Knock her around a bit and let her think I’m deliberately causing trouble for her, understand?”

“Err.” Yan Shanmei simply couldn’t adjust. What kind of strange request was this?

Seeing that Yan Shanmei was still unconvinced, Chacha’s smile became colder, her tone indisputable, “There’s no room for negotiation on this matter. You can go.”

Yan Shanmei opened her mouth, looked at Chen Cha’s eyes that were no longer gentle, and silently swallowed her words. Only then did Chen Cha showed a gentle smile as she repeated, “Go.”

Yan Shanmei couldn’t stand up against the boss, so she could only go out to find Ning An sullenly.

———pr

After dealing with the affairs of the management company, it was already noon. Chacha was about to go eat when she received a message from Ding Puyu.

【Assistant – Ding Puyu: President Xiao Cha, I’ve already found you a personal financial planner. You happen to be free for an hour this afternoon, so is it alright to make an appointment to meet with the person at the company then?】

Chacha replied, 【Yes. Thank you.】

【Assistant-Ding Puyu: No need for thanks.】

After having lunch, Chacha headed to Qingcha. It was lunch break and there weren’t many people around. Because many people were recruited later, there wasn’t enough space, thus Chacha decided to rent the entire floor.

That was the original arrangement, but since she had some spare money, she decided to buy the place directly.

Real estate in this country was guaranteed to maintain its value. It’s not a loss to buy a property. What she’s afraid of was not being able to buy one.

The company’s rest area was a small apartment specially set aside for the employees, which had some leisure facilities so everyone could relax during break.

There was also a small gym inside, where Chacha and Jiao Yushi occasionally go to exercise.

Chacha first went to her office to deal with the backlog of documents.

At two in the afternoon, the personal financial planner arrived on time, and Ding Puyu brought her to Chacha.

The financial planner was a woman in her early thirties, with soft facial features, slender eyes and wearing a pair of glasses, giving off a no-nonsense feel.

Chacha’s current financial situation wasn’t particularly complicated. After communicating with the other party for about an hour, she basically finished explaining everything that needed to be explained.

Then she headed to the bank at the arranged time to pay back the money she had borrowed from Jiao Yushi and his two friends. Of course, the interest rate wasn’t missing any cent, as per their agreement.

During dinner, Chacha took a long time browsing Taobao. When there was nothing she wanted to buy, she closed it and went to Weibo. She hadn’t posted for more than half a month.

Coincidentally, the Taobao shop she opened recently, which was dedicated to selling various merchs, had released new products and was doing a winter promotion. Moreover, Taobao was also running their own promotions and the discounted items were endless.

Chacha forwarded a screenshot of the homepage of her official store, then uploaded with the caption,

【What kind of existence is Taobao?

When you first open the app, you just plan to buy a box of black tea, but it turns out you can get a discount if you buy more than ten yuan. You think, a cup of milk tea cost ten yuan, so it’s not much. Just find something casually and put together an order.

After you finish, you find that you can purchase additional products at half the price, which is a very good deal. It would be a pity not to buy.

Then with loads of addition to your shopping cart, you find that if you buy a few dozen more, you’ll get an even bigger discount……

At first, you just want to buy a box of black tea [Smile]

Obviously, you just want to buy a box of black tea [Cover face]】

After making a post, she went to check updates from people she followed, before coming back to read the comments about ten minutes later.

【First! The missing person is finally back!】

【That’s me. Every time I open Taobao, I just want to buy a lipstick, but in the end, I bought a whole set of cosmetics, including foundation, eyebrow pencil and eyeshadow [Cover face]】

【Too realistic, hahahahahahaha.】

【Dang it! It happens every time! Obviously, I only wanted to buy a small item, but when I’m finally paying, I’ll find that I had gotten more than a dozen items! I can’t bear to discard anything. One time, my mother asked me why I was crying while looking at Taobao [Cover face]】

【Sigh, I have never been like that before. Although I wanted to buy something, I have no money. Poverty kept me aloof and rational [Laughing while crying]】

【I heard Chacha donated 50 million to Hope Primary School. Is it true?】

【Dang! 50 million?! So extravagant!】

【It’s true. Their official account has @’ed Chacha, thanking her. I almost thought it’s just someone with the same name.】

Chacha: “???”

She’s so extravagant? How come she doesn’t know?

Chacha found the said official account and was about to send them a private message to ask what was going on, when she remembered that yesterday, she seemed to have told Gu Fanghua that if she didn’t need the excess money from the movie revenue, she could just donate it. It shouldn’t be Gu Fanghua, right?

She silently followed the official account, and then sent Gu Fanghua a private message.

【Chacha Loves Drinking Tea: Are you the one who donated 50 million?】

An Ordinary Passerby quickly replied, 【No. You donated it.】

【Chacha Loves Drinking Tea: Don’t make trouble.】

【An Ordinary Passerby: It’s originally your money~ Even though I donated it, it’s still nominally yours~】

【Chacha Loves Drinking Tea: ……】

Gu Fanghua was indeed extravagant, actually regarding money as dirt.

As expected of a child of a wealthy family.

【An Ordinary Passerby: What does that ellipsis mean? What do you want to express? You’re making me uneasy ah~】

【An Ordinary Passerby: Forget it. I’m going to browse Weibo, don’t look for me if there’s nothing.】

Gu Fanghua always had a bit of a split personality.

Chacha closed the private message interface, went to her following list to find the official account of Hope Primary School, and forwarded their post thanking her with the words, 【You’re most welcome. Half of the donation is from @Gu Fanghua, Sister Gu is just too low-key.】

In fact, she doesn’t have to post it like this at all. Donating money wasn’t a bad thing for her, and it wouldn’t tarnish her reputation or anything like that.

But the passive donation made her want to repay Miss Gu Fanghua.

Every so often, Chacha’s vindictiveness would be particularly strong and quite unreasonably so.

After doing so, Chacha left it alone and exited Weibo. Once she was done checking that she had no missed calls or unread text messages, she closed her phone.

———pr

Gu Fanghua was originally scrolling through Weibo, reading gossip and enjoying herself, but the next second, she saw the keyword #GuFanghuaDonation# in the hot search.

Gu Fanghua’s mood could only be expressed by ‘…….’.

She ate a handful of her own melon. As she was idle, she went to get a drink and potato chips, settled on the sofa, and ran to Chen Cha’s Weibo to read the comments.

The style was very consistent.

【Ning An, the School Grass, Director Wei…… Now even Miss Gu isn’t spared?】

【It’s not enough to embrace people left and right, flirting with one person a month, Chacha, you’re really a sinful woman.】

【As a fan of Miss Gu who likes Chacha very much, I have mixed feelings right now. Please spare Miss Gu, I’ll kneel down to you.】

Gu Fanghua: “……” What’s wrong with netizens nowadays? They could think crookedly with just a donation.