Gorgeous Female Tenants

Chapter 467: Donating is Also a Cause

After breakfast, Ouyang Jiahui and Xiao Lin returned to their rooms on the third floor, leaving Xu Xiangbei and Shen Congru in the living room.

Shen Congru looked radiant: "Yesterday’s company celebration was very successful, congratulations, your Thunderbird Group is starting to make a mark again in the Earth-Sea business community."

"Really? Yesterday, I was so tired from the festivities, spent a lot of money, hired a band, and still just ’starting to make a mark’?"

Shen Congru smiled elegantly: "President Xu, this is just the beginning. Reputation in the Earth-Sea business community is very important; you mustn’t rush. Today, the headlines of major websites in Earth Sea are all about your company celebration. This is a good start. With this good start, our next move is to add the finishing touches."

Xu Xiangbei glanced at Shen Congru suspiciously, "What finishing touches? What do you want to do?"

Lightly sipping his coffee, Shen Congru smiled unhurriedly: "You know, I’m also a shareholder in the Thunderbird Company. Everything I do is for the company’s benefit. We do business to make money, but sometimes you need to use money to earn yourself a certain reputation. With money and reputation, you have a certain social status."

Compared to Shen Congru’s demeanor, Xu Xiangbei was slightly impatient: "Brother Shen, what exactly do you want me to do? Please tell me clearly, my natural intelligence is lacking, I can’t guess what you mean."

A clever gleam flashed in Shen Congru’s eyes: "Haha, just want you to donate some money with me to raise your profile. You’re now an entrepreneur, not Dr. Xu or an ordinary citizen, you need to donate some money to match your entrepreneur identity, you understand?"

Xu Xiangbei laughed: "So that’s it, you want to go donate money and felt alone, looking for a scapegoat to join, and you picked me?"

Shen Congru thought for a moment, then clapped his thigh and with a smile pointed at Xu Xiangbei: "You’re right, that’s exactly it. Straightforward, direct, worthy of a grassroots background. I like your straightforwardness, unlike when I’m with those people, talking full of ambiguity, you have to rack your brain to figure it out."

Xu Xiangbei chuckled bitterly: "Really can’t figure out what kind of thinking you business elite have, each one like Zhuge Liang, never expressing their thoughts directly, all hidden in their bags of tricks, each one a clever plot like a sachet, actually all just devious plans. Of course, I’m not saying you, you’re much better than those people, even though sometimes you also mess with me."

Shen Congru mockingly smiled: "When have I ever messed with you? Without me, you wouldn’t have become the current president of Thunderbird Group. You really are the proverbial dog biting Lv Dongbin, not recognizing a good person’s heart."

"Bah, if you’re Lv Dongbin, then I’m Iron Crutch Li. Just say it, where do you want me to donate, how much?"

"Hehe, don’t rush, donation is a career, a science. Donate right, and your reputation will soar, turning you into a hero in the public’s eyes. Donate wrong, money spent but no good reputation, and you’ll be criticized."

"I get it, tell me what you want me to do, and I will do it, okay?"

Draining his coffee, Shen Congru smiled shrewdly: "Today is Sunday. Come with me to Earth Sea University this afternoon. Let’s donate fifty thousand, to add some new computers, teaching equipment, etc., how about it?"

"No problem, see you this afternoon. I have to take a bath, get a haircut, and dress nicely to go out with you. Otherwise, going out with such a handsome Young Master Shen will only hold you back."

Shen Congru squinted his eyes with a smile: "A teachable student, that’s another thing I admire about you."

Xu Xiangbei glared at him: "If you don’t leave soon, I’ll make you unable to."

"Just kidding, just kidding."

Ouyang Jiahui came downstairs and saw Shen Congru leaving, she asked Xu Xiangbei: "What did Brother Shen want from you?"

Xu Xiangbei couldn’t help but smile bitterly: "He asked me to make a donation. Being the president of Thunderbird Company is really hard; either facing life-threatening situations or getting extorted, all under the guise of ’donation’."

Ouyang Jiahui looked sympathetically at Xu Xiangbei: "You really should learn from Young Master Shen. Your status is different now, you’re not Dr. Xu anymore. You’re the president of a listed company with a wealth of tens of billions. If you don’t donate some, others will call you stingy, say unpleasant things, gossip is dreadful. My dad also has to make some donations occasionally, no choice, spending money to buy happiness. But you must make sure to donate wisely, don’t let it be sullied."

"Thank you for the reminder. Do you want to go to Earth Sea University with me this afternoon?"

"No, I’ll be shopping and watching movies with Xiao Lin this afternoon."

Ah Rong’s room door opened, she was dressed in black rhino leather, full of energy, sitting at the dining table. She carried a sharp Half Moon Saber, and with a flick of her wrist, the Half Moon Saber spun like a jig in her hand, sparkling with knife light.

Ouyang Jiahui exclaimed ’cool,’ but she wasn’t very familiar with Ah Rong and didn’t interact much, feeling a bit uncomfortable watching a girl playing with knives, kept her distance.

Ah Rong picked up an apple from the dining room and with a flick of her wrist, the shiny knife light peeled the apple’s skin clean. Her delicate face showed a hint of a smile, she asked Xu Xiangbei: "Do you want an apple?"

"Give me one."

Ah Rong tossed the apple to Xu Xiangbei: "Catch it. Are you going out this afternoon? I’ll drive for you."

Knowing Ah Rong was there to protect him closely, Xu Xiangbei didn’t refuse and chuckled as he bit the apple: "It’s really troublesome to have a beauty drive for me, I’m embarrassed."

Ah Rong’s face remained calm: "It’s no problem, it’s my job."

"Let’s go to Emperor’s Pavilion for lunch together. I just repurchased a hundred thousand coupons."

"I’m not accompanying you to Emperor’s Pavilion. I won’t have lunch at noon, I’m only eating a little carbohydrate. The assassins sent by Sword Palace are getting stronger; I need to train more and be prepared."

Around two o’clock in the afternoon, Shen Congru called: "President Xu, I’m handling official business at the commercial bank and don’t have time to return to Purple Gold Villa to meet you. In an hour, shall we meet at the gate of Earth Sea University?"

Knowing Shen Congru was a busy man, Xu Xiangbei answered: "OK, see you in an hour at Earth Sea University."

It was Xu Xiangbei’s first time visiting Earth Sea University. Earth Sea University is as renowned as Yanjing University, one of Huaxia’s top universities.

From afar, he could see an antique building, like a broad ancient city gate, or rather a tall archway.

The antique pavilion stood among the modern buildings, giving an extraordinary feeling of transcending time.

The gateway was covered with colorful decorations, birds, beasts, insects, and fish, vividly painted. In the center of the gate, the words ’Earth Sea University’ were emblazoned in bold golden strokes.