Chapter 1332: Chapter 1333: She Took Over the Company Even Earlier Than She Thought
She was just about to reply to the ssage when the door opened.
The handso man walked in from the darkness outside, his long fingers unhooking the tie around his neck, his profound eyebrows hinting at a trace of fatigue, his voice hoarse as he asked, “Not used to the new place? Can’t sleep?”
“No, it’s just that I was reading and lost track of ti.” Rong Yan sat up from the bed, waving the book in her hand, “The book I’m reading.”
Li Shengxiao seed to flash a mont of discomfiture at the sight of the book she was holding, and said casually, “Those were just so notes I scribbled when I first took over the company. You don’t need to read them; if you want, I’ll have Gu Ming buy you a new one.”
“I like the ones with annotations,” Rong Yan said, clutching the book as if a precious treasure, as if afraid he would take it away.
“I won’t take it.”
“That’s good then.” Her clear eyes curved into a smile when she suddenly asked, “How old were you when you first took over the company?”
“15.”
“Hmm? I rember sothing’s not quite right; I heard it was…”
Before she knew it, the man had approached the bed, his tall fra casting an imposing presence, a heady wave of pheromones engulfing her.
Li Shengxiao said, “I officially took over the Li Group when I was 16, so many news outlets reported the wrong ti, saying it was 16.”
He spoke casually, as if it were an ordinary matter, “When I was 15, so senior shareholders of Li Group started to throw their weight around, leveraging their seniority to appoint their cronies to key positions in the company. Although my mother was the CEO in na at that ti, they ford cliques due to their numbers and paid her no mind. The Li Group was in such disarray under their managent; yearly revenues were declining. That year, my mother also fell seriously ill due to so affairs with the Lin Family, and stayed in the hospital for over a month. With my mother not in the company, they beca even more unbridled, even banding together to hold a shareholder eting to appoint a new CEO. The situation was on the brink of exploding, and I had no choice but to take over the company earlier than planned. I had no experience in managing a company, nor had I studied such matters. I had no alternative but to learn on the fly, and the book you’re reading was one I bought during that ti. The author is decent, without too much pretense, very practical! The downside is that it only covers the basics, and can inevitably be dry. If you want to read more, I can get you a beginner’s book on finance.”
“It’s not dry at all, I think it’s fine, at least I can understand it,” Rong Yan turned the book over, not finding it dull in the slightest.
Li Shengxiao was surprised, raising his eyebrows, seemingly not expecting her to have an interest in this area. He leaned in close and took the book from her hand, “How co you’re suddenly interested in this? Are you starting a company?”
His breath fell on her face, and Rong Yan’s face temperature rose, she turned away, deliberately avoiding his gaze, “…What if I told you I already started one, would you find it unimaginable?”
“You’ve opened one?” Li Shengxiao was so close to her, close enough to touch her delicate skin.
Rong Yan nodded, calming herself down, “Yes.”
“But it’s not a formal company, just a small studio. It’s not involved in conventional industries, consider it an investnt in a kind of erging industry. I’m also trying it out, I don’t know what it’ll turn out to be in the end.”
“What industry?” Li Shengxiao believed in her capability, but since she was still new to the business realm, he couldn’t help but worry she might be taken advantage of.
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