Chapter 138: Chapter 138: Mi Chen Pokes the Hornet’s Nest
Gao Yang was touching up her lipstick and said, “When Mi Yi left Mi Chen, Yuan Xi chose to stay with the company for that little salary Gu Hanchen gave her. Didn’t she even consider that she wouldn’t be where she is today without Mi Yi?
That minor issue of exploiting an intern illustrator didn’t necessitate driving away the old employees of ‘Fall in Love with the Stars.’ She forced out Wu Liang and Yan Lingling simply because Yan Lingling was one of Mi Yi’s people, right?
When Mi Yi left, she only took 6.8 billion. After Mi Chen’s IPO, Yuan Xi leveraged Mi Yi’s shares to beco a billionaire chairwoman, the new richest person in Jiang City. All this should have been Mi Yi’s.
All the glory Yuan Xi has from Mi Chen is stolen from Mi Yi, there’s no need to save face for Yuan Xi!”
Hearing Gao Yang’s voice, Yuan Xi, not far away, took a deep breath to quickly adjust her mood.
After returning ho, Yuan Xi opened her chat with Mi Yi and thought for a long ti but didn’t send any ssages.
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When Huo Shiyuan bought Mi Yi’s shares back then, no one knew how Mi Chen would develop afterward. Whether it would successfully proceed with the IPO was also a mystery.
Two years ago, a group of primary school students went crazy recharging for the ga ‘Interstellar Voyage,’ causing Mi Chen’s reputation to plumt. Parents repeatedly ca in demanding refunds, making the news, and there were even several incidents of children stealing to recharge for ‘Interstellar Voyage’…
At that ti, ‘Interstellar Voyage’ was frequently in the news; parents were boycotting, feeling the ga had ruined their children.
Gu Hanchen ranted online against those parents who thought gas were the original sin, stating their children were born with parents but raised without them.
Gu Hanchen’s comnts brought the biggest public relations crisis to Mi Chen, and at that ti, every dog that passed by would spit on the company.
‘Interstellar Voyage,’ ‘Forest Pursuit,’ and other popular Mi Chen gas were officially asked to halt the gas and rectify for three months due to the massive amounts recharged by children.
Mi Chen investors were pulling out their funds en masse, and Gu Hanchen sought investnt from Huo Shiyuan.
But Mi Yi was against it, believing that having a financier like Huo Shiyuan in Mi Chen would reduce the company to just a money-making machine.
At that ti, as Mi Chen had suspended its gas and investors were pulling out, the company was nearly unable to survive. Mi Yi had no choice but to agree to Huo Shiyuan’s investnt.
Mi Yi sold her shares to Huo Shiyuan and left Mi Chen. Indeed, the selling price of 6.8 billion was a bit low.
But based on the valuation at the ti, which hadn’t anticipated an IPO, it really wouldn’t exceed 8 billion at most.
After Mi Yi left, Yuan Xi didn’t follow her. There were many people who criticized Yuan Xi at the ti.
But Yuan Xi didn’t leave partly because of the high salary, and also because Mi Yi was concerned that Gu Hanchen might really destroy Mi Chen. Mi Yi had told Yuan Xi that if she wished to stay, there was no need to resign.
Now, after Mi Chen’s IPO, Yuan Xi never expected Mi Yi’s close friends to think she was taking advantage of Mi Yi.
But indeed, that was the case…
“What’s wrong?” Huo Shiyuan looked at Yuan Xi, who had been paused on Mi Yi’s chat interface for a long ti, and asked.
Yuan Xi shook her head, “It’s nothing.”
Huo Shiyuan stared intently into Yuan Xi’s eyes, his voice slightly deep, “We are married now. Isn’t there anything you can’t tell ?”
Yuan Xi said, “It’s really nothing.”
Huo Shiyuan slightly frowned and said, “You always do this, clearly having sothing on your mind but not willing to share it. Don’t I deserve to know everything in your heart?”
Yuan Xi sighed and said, “I can handle this matter myself. I just don’t know how to talk to you about it.”
Yuan Xi could understand Gao Yang’s perspective, feeling indignant for Mi Yi.
Huo Shiyuan said, “Pregnancy can make you sensitive and overthink, which could lead to depression. I hope you can vent out whatever emotions you have, don’t just internalize them.”
Yuan Xi leaned into Huo Shiyuan’s arms and expressed her concerns about Mi Yi.
Huo Shiyuan chuckled lightly, “With Mi Yi around, she would never allow Mi Chen to go public in ten or twenty years. Her shares were indeed only worth 6.8 billion back then, and the 8 billion was the price Gu Hanchen offered. Gu Han didn’t have that much capital, and the Gu Family wouldn’t give it to her.”
“Why should you feel guilty towards Mi Yi? It was her choice to sell the shares and leave. Mi Chen was never dependent on Mi Yi, Gu Hanchen, or anyone to be where it is today.”
Yuan Xi sighed softly after the persuasion from Huo Shiyuan.
Huo Shiyuan gently rubbed Yuan Xi’s head, “Go to sleep.”
Yuan Xi simply couldn’t sleep. In the wee hours of the morning, she received a ssage from Mi Yi.
“Who’s been talking nonsense to you? It was my own decision to leave Mi Chen, and I’ve gotten everything I deserve. Don’t listen to those people sacrificing their peace of mind for .”
“Just focus on your pregnancy and take good care of yourself! Stop worrying.”
Yuan Xi replied with a simple, “Thank you, Sister Mi Yi.”
Yuan Xi thought that Mi Yi must have suddenly sent this ssage because Huo Shiyuan had shared her concerns with Mi Yi.
Yuan Xi stretched out her hand to Huo Shiyuan’s waist and leaned in to kiss his thin lips.
Huo Shiyuan also placed his hand on Yuan Xi’s waist, pulling her in tighter and asked, “So, you’re not planning on going to the company tomorrow?”
Yuan Xi said, “Missing one day won’t matter. I can work from ho.”
“Really?” Huo Shiyuan breathed a bit more heavily.
“Mhm.” Yuan Xi’s hands climbed to Huo Shiyuan’s neck, she looked up and kissed his thin lips again.
When Yuan Xi fell into a heavy sleep, it was past four in the morning. She was drowsily carried by Huo Shiyuan to take a bath…
By the ti Yuan Xi woke up, it was nearly noon.
Turning on her cell phone, it was filled with ssages and emails. She replied and dealt with each one.
The ssage about Vice Manager ng from the finance departnt resigning, sent by the HR director, gave Yuan Xi a headache. She dialed Vice Manager ng’s phone.
“Mr. ng, why are you resigning too?”
“Sigh, it’s all for my child. The year after next, my kid will be starting first grade. I’ve found out that the good schools in Mi Chen are extrely competitive; students need to know 1500 English vocabulary words to get in. My husband’s work is also very busy, so one of us has to quit to educate our child. I’ve thought it over and decided it should be .”
Yuan Xi said, “But Pudun Kindergarten has direct promotion to Pudun Private Primary School, right?”
“Pudun Private is good, but for high school, she’ll have to go abroad. My child’s a girl; I can’t bear to send her overseas so young.
We’re planning to let her compete for a spot in a prestigious public primary school. Those schools have incredibly strict interviews. Thinking about my child’s future, I’ve decided to resign.
I’ve actually been thinking about quitting for a while, but I couldn’t because of Mi Chen’s IPO. Now that Mi Chen’s stock has stabilized, I can resign.”
Yuan Xi replied reluctantly, “Alright then.”
Right after Yuan Xi hung up and approved Vice Manager ng’s resignation procedure, she got a call from Gu Hanchen, “Yuan Xi, how could you let Vice Manager ng resign?”
“For her child, what else could I do?” Yuan Xi responded. “It’s not like she signed an indenture.”
Gu Hanchen was fuming, “If we keep going like this, we’ll have to exclude won from Mi Chen’s executive elections in the future. One after another is resigning for their children; what do they think Mi Chen is?”
Due to Mi Yi’s influence, Mi Chen did indeed have a fair number of won in high-level positions.
Yuan Xi asked, “Who else is resigning because of their children?”
Gu Hanchen said, “Tian Yao from Forest Pursuit! And Fu Fu from the advertising departnt. Yuan Xi, you’re setting a great example!
Has Mi Chen hit a child-rearing snag this year? Fu Fu is pregnant, she doesn’t trust a nanny to take care of her child, and plans to resign after the New Year.
Tian Yao’s child didn’t get into Pudun Kindergarten this year, and she’s acting like it’s the end of the world for her kid’s future. She’s insisting on quitting to prepare her child to get into Pudun next year.”
Yuan Xi: “…”
It wasn’t that Mi Chen had stirred up a nest of child-rearing issues; rather, it was that in the six years since Mi Chen was established, the female leaders were either at the age to bear children or their children were reaching kindergarten or primary school age.
Mi Chen offered good salaries, and many of them had a stake in the company, making a fortune after the IPO.
Of course, anyone who could get into top kindergartens and primary schools wouldn’t want to settle for less, but getting into these schools wasn’t easy – full-ti parenting required at least one parent to be involved.
This was, indeed, a significant issue – one female executive after another resigning for their children could end up cutting off promotion prospects for other won colleagues at the executive level.
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