Chapter 301, "Firefly and Sun and Moon" (Second Update)

Lan Tingxuan's eyes flickered slightly, and he did not shake hands with Ruan William. Instead, he looked surprised, took a step back, and said cautiously, "Who are you from Merit Venture Capital? I don't know you."
Ruan Weilian's identity has not been publicly introduced by anyone.
Lan Tingxuan knows him, either through the introduction of Wei Dongyan and Hao Jinqun.
Moreover, the person who just went on stage to speak on behalf of the Mason Foundation was a Caucasian man, not this elderly Asian man.
So Lan Tingxuan can pretend not to know him.
Ruan William Binbin withdrew his hand politely, smiled and said: "I am not a person from Merit Venture Capital, but I also have stocks of Merit Venture Capital and Mason Corporation, so I can reluctantly be considered their shareholder and still have some say."
Uncle Xue smiled and intervened: "Oh, right, this gentleman is Mr. Ruan William, he is also very formidable in the United States, I heard he is the founder of Zeus Fund, with an annualized return rate of 40% over the past ten years!"
"So amazing?!" Lan Tingxuan looked both surprised and delighted. "I have to ask Mr. Ruan for advice!"
"I was just asking too, but when I looked up, I saw that it was you who came, and I missed Mr. Ruan speaking!" Uncle Xue chuckled and nodded at her. "Let's go in and listen together."
Lan Tingxuan hooked his arm around Wei Dongyan's and smiled naturally, saying, "Then I shall comply with your wishes."
Ruan William nodded in satisfaction and said, "This way, please."
The three people followed Ruan William back to the small conference room.
After they entered, the door of the small conference room closed.
Lan Tingxuan roughly glanced inside, and there was only one woman, making her the second one.
The only woman there was Mei Jinhuan.
When she saw Ruan William come in, she gracefully got up and said with a smile on her face, "Mr. Ruan, did you see our new friend?"
Ruan William raised his hand and smiled, "Please have a seat, everyone... I didn't see our old friend leaving, so I wanted to take a look. Of course, what Mrs. Mei said is also correct, I did see a new friend."
He stepped aside and revealed the presence of Mr. Xue, Mr. Lanting Xuan, and Mr. Wei Dongyan behind him, saying: "These two are Mr. Wei, the general manager of Dong'an Creative Investment, and Mr. Lan, the general manager of Lanyan Capital. They are also an outstanding couple!"
Lanting Xuan held Wang Danye's arm, their relationship seemed extraordinary.
Meijin Huan, seeing the arrival of Lanting Xuan, raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything.
Uncle Xue and Wang Danye sat down on either side of Ruan William.
Lanting Xuan didn't want to sit among this group of people, so she found a place in the back near the window and sat down.
When those men over there started talking, Meijin Huan also walked over to Lanting Xuan and sat down with a smile, saying, "Ms. Lan, we haven't talked since Wang Jiancai had an accident."
Lan Ting said lightly, "I understand that Mr. Mei is busy with important matters and running his company, so I don't think he has time to socialize with me anymore."
"How is that possible?!" Mei Jinhuan had a grateful expression on her face, "If it wasn't for you helping me retrieve the shares he held, I can't even imagine what the situation of our company would be like now..."
She placed her hand on Lan Tingxuan's shoulder and said sincerely, "Tingxuan, thank you. It's because of you that I was able to expose this counterfeit product. As a woman who knows nothing about investments, it's truly humbling for me to be sitting in this CEO position. Tingxuan, why don't you take over as the CEO and I'll go back to being a board member."
Lan Tingxuan raised an eyebrow and said, "Mei Zong, if you need someone, you don't have to come to me. You can find Duan Xiaowei... It's a pity that you let her resign, didn't you?"
Mei Jinhuan withdrew his hand, sighed, and said with a worried look on his face, "Duan Xiaowei, her abilities are good, but she hasn't made much progress over the years. Compared to you, she is like a firefly, and you are like the sun and the moon. How can a firefly compete with the radiance of the sun and the moon? Agree?"
Lan Tingxuan tugged at the corner of his mouth and said lightly, "General Mei is too generous in praise. I lack experience and prefer to take unconventional approaches, unlike Duan Xiaowei who is steady and reliable. Managing a multinational corporation with so many people is fundamentally different from my small-scale operation. General Mei's comment shows that he is indeed an outsider, and it is indeed appropriate to give up the position of Chief Executive Officer."
She lifted the glass in her hand and provocatively looked at Mei Jinhuan.
Mei Jinhuan held her breath and took a while to calm down.
She smoothed her hair hanging on her cheek and smiled lightly, changing the subject: "I do regret it now, I shouldn't have sold my shares in Mei Lan Capital, otherwise we would still be business partners, right? By the way, Lan Zong is engaged to Wei Zong, congratulations! When are you planning to have the wedding? Don't forget to send me an invitation, I will definitely give you a big red envelope."
Lanting smiled and tilted her head, without picking up on the conversation, saying, "Mei, I heard that the vice president of your company, Wang Jiancai Wang, is a phony. He is also your husband, how did you not notice?"
This is something Meijin Huan has personally told everyone in the company. She is open and candid about it, taking the initiative to expose this matter, so naturally there are fewer people discussing it privately.
The more secretive something is, the more it stimulates people's imagination, and they can even create something out of nothing.
Therefore, by doing so, she did indeed gain some favor within the company, to the extent that Duan Xiaowei's resignation did not cause a big stir.
Lan Ting Xuan knows that Mei Jin Huan may not understand financial investment, but she still has her merits in grasping public opinion and human emotions.
Mei Jin Huan still behaves openly, smiling and saying, "Ting Xuan, are you not married yet? When you get married, you will know... oh, no, it should be after you have been married for ten years, you will know that you can no longer see the other person in your eyes. What they look like, what they do, what they think, you won't care about any of it. Even when you look at them, it's like looking at air."
"Although it is cruel, it is the reality."
"Oh, why is that?" Lan Tingxuan asked with feigned enthusiasm, his eyes sparkling with a touch of innocence, portraying a young woman who yearned for married life perfectly.
Mei Jinhuan revealed the look of someone who has been through it, with a look of knowing everything and revealing everything, saying, "It's very simple, because it's too familiar, so familiar that it's like touching your left hand with your right hand, do you pay attention to the differences between your left hand and your right hand? Besides being mirrored images of each other, there are no differences."
"To be honest, after being married to him for over a decade, I can no longer see him in my eyes, and similarly, he can't see me either. Even when I was with my real husband, it was the same. So when he was replaced by someone else, I truly did not notice. Moreover, we had been living apart for ten years after getting married, until he found someone else outside..."
She stopped abruptly when she said this, with a look of "those who know, know", nodding slightly towards Lanting Xuanyi as if she had found a kindred spirit.
Lanting Xuanyi wanted to roll his eyes speechlessly, but outwardly he still had that innocent and curious look, shaking his head and saying, "Really? But my mom is not like that to my dad."
Jin Huan Mei looked puzzled and said, "Your dad? Isn't your dad..."
Then she apologized and said, "I'm sorry, I just found out that your biological father is Shen Ancheng. He was a very talented person. If it weren't for that imposter dragging him down, he wouldn't have passed away so early."
Lanting calmly said, "I'm also very sorry, but when I say 'dad,' I'm referring to my stepfather, not my biological father. My mom has been married to my stepfather for nineteen years, and even now, she only has eyes for him. So, the quality of marriage really depends on the individuals."
Found the right one, consistent for more than a decade.
Mistakenly found the wrong one, every day feels like a year.
Mei Jinhuan naturally transitions the conversation to Lan Tingxuan's stepfather: "Your stepfather is Lan Hongxing, right? I heard he visited our company before. What does he do for a living?"
"It has nothing to do with the financial circle, it's about the military." Lan Tingxuan shrugged, "But that Uncle Xue over there is my dad's comrade-in-arms, you know, the person talking to Mr. Ruan."
Lanting Xuan glanced over there and looked excited, saying, "Mei, what area does Mr. Ruan invest in? I heard Uncle Xue say that he is the big boss of Zeus Fund? That fund is amazing, with an annualized return rate of 40% over the past ten years!"
Mei Jin happily raised her head and chest, with joy flashing from the corners of her eyes and eyebrows. She said, "That Mr. Ruan William? He's really amazing. Do you know? He graduated from Harvard in just three years, and then went to Stanford for a master's degree in finance. As soon as he came out, he started working with Mr. Sos."
Lanting Xuan's heart skipped a beat, but his eyes were both surprised and joyful, with a touch of admiration: "Soros? The familiar Soros? The godfather of the foreign private equity industry?"
"Of course it's the familiar Soros." Mei Jinhuan took a sip of red wine and continued enthusiastically: "He had a hand in the establishment of the Mason Consortium back then. But he has his own fund and only invested a small amount of money in the Mason Consortium, and later gradually withdrew."
"By the way, how did you become so close with Vice Minister Xue? I remember your stepfather is in the military."
"Who knows? Maybe they are friends. Hey, does Mr. Ruan also engage in cryptocurrency? It would be rare to achieve such a high annual return without the support of cryptocurrency."
Mei Jinhuan said, "There should be, I'm not familiar with this aspect. So, how did your stepfather and Deputy Minister Xue become friends? I heard that they were former comrades-in-arms, is that correct?"
"Maybe, comrades are friends." Lan Tingxuan asked again, "Does Mr. Ruan want to layout the domestic stock market? If he wants to, I can help him with consultation."
Mei Jinhuan's eyes flashed a hint of subtle sarcasm, but her face still wore a pleasant expression as she said, "He does indeed want to collaborate with a domestic consulting company. We were already considering Mei Li Te Venture, must Mr. Lan interfere with that?"
Lanting Xuan listened attentively, whenever Meijin Huan tried to shift the topic to her stepfather, she diverted the topic to Ruan William, showing a keen interest in him.
Finally angered Mei Jinhuan.
Lan Tingxuan was delighted in the bottom of her heart, but felt that something was wrong.
In her view, Ruan William's age is of an elder level compared to Mei Jinhuan, so why does she look so protective of her food?
It seems that she is not stimulated enough, she needs a bit more firewood...
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Goodnight, everyone. (●?●)