After Rebirth, the Celebrity Daughter is the Medical Expert!-Chapter 222 - 148: Making Money Is the Most Fun

An excellent leader can always handle the balance between emotion and reason, just like Boss Zhuang.

Even if he feels his daughter can be entrusted with responsibility, necessary tests are still inevitable.

"I need someone who has absolute confidence and loyalty to the Kaicheng Group."

For example, Zhuang Yijing, who just joined Kaicheng Group, was asked to merge with a construction company and to assist a subsidiary building materials enterprise in turning a profit.

She completed these two tasks remarkably well.

When it came to the final test, Old Zhuang set the topic: "Create an investment plan for the construction industry based on the economic development trends in Huaguo and globally."

Two others also received this task, one was the general manager of Kaicheng Group, and the other was the CEO of Kaicheng Group’s real estate sector.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was a veiled job competition.

At this time it was Christmas 2024. Zhuang Yijing gave up her Christmas break and New Year’s vacation, worked overtime in the office, and submitted the plan to Boss Zhuang on January 3rd.

Old Zhuang said, "The plan is good, you can implement it."

Zhuang Yijing asked, "Can I see the plans from the other two, I want to learn from them?"

Old Zhuang chuckled, "Those two are on vacation..."

At the beginning of 2025, Zhuang Yijing was appointed as the general manager of Kaicheng Group.

Even though Zhuang Yijing successfully took the position, the pressure came along with it.

She is a female, young, just returned from abroad, and her understanding of the operations of Kaicheng Group is not deep yet. Apart from being the boss’s daughter which might be seen as an advantage through a biased lens, she is not very knowledgeable about the entire real estate and construction, hotel industry.

Every time Zhuang Yijing went to report at a shareholders’ meeting, she would come back dejected, and at a meeting, after she presented her group’s development strategy, a director said, "What you say sounds good, but it’s actually worth nothing."

...

"Do you know what that director said at our company’s latest quarterly financial meeting last month?" Zhuang Yijing drank the tea in her cup in one go.

"What did he say?" Ning Youguang smiled.

"He said, ’General Manager Zhuang, I knew you could do it, you didn’t let us down after all, women can rival men.’." Zhuang Yijing laughed mockingly, "From this, it’s not hard to see that an interesting thing about this world is that the competition tactics at the bottom and the top levels are very consistent, in the end, it’s all about the most basic things: self-discipline, diligence, and how much comfort you are willing to sacrifice."

"I agree." Ning Youguang nodded.

"So, as you said before, what I do myself is more important than what others say." Zhuang Yijing crossed her arms over her chest, leaned back on the sofa, showing quite the aura of a superior, "At the end of the meeting, I asked that director who used to call my proposal nonsense, I said, ’Didn’t you say my proposals were nothing before? What are they now?’"

"Feel relieved?" Ning Youguang refilled Zhuang Yijing’s tea.

Zhuang Yijing waved her hand, "Although I got back at him, I thought about it later, it was quite pointless." She sighed, "Why did I bicker with him? Why bother, alas, now I just want to make money, I realized after all, making money is the most interesting."

Ning Youguang smiled with pursed lips, "Aren’t you already a rich woman?"

"Even as a rich woman, I still like money." Zhuang Yijing sat next to Ning Youguang, put her arm around her shoulder, and slightly raised her eyebrows, "Sister, I have a good project here, why don’t you join in for some fun."

As soon as she said this, Ning Youguang almost spat out the tea she just drank.

"What’s wrong with you? I’m serious, I’m not kidding." Zhuang Yijing quickly patted her back to calm her.

Ning Youguang coughed for a while, then laughed, "I was just reminded of some past events." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

To be precise, some events from a past life.

...

After finishing their coffee, Zhuang Yijing dragged Ning Youguang to go shopping.

Soon, Zhuang Yijing spotted a pair of pants in a Burberry store.

"Hello, please give me two pairs of these pants." She pointed at the pair she liked and said to the shop assistant.

Ning Youguang, curious, asked from the side, "Are you giving them as a gift?"

"These pants can’t be worn again after washing once, so I need two pairs."

"..."

While Ning Youguang was dumbfounded, she suddenly heard someone calling her name.

"Ning Youguang?"

She turned to see a pregnant woman dressed in branded clothes coming out of the fitting room next door holding a dress.

Though pregnant, she was not too chubby, looked well-maintained, with delicate makeup, she was a pretty pregnant woman.

But she didn’t recognize her.

She smiled in surprise, "Hello."

The pregnant woman, seeing her response, happily approached her, "It’s me, I’m Xiong Mengmeng, don’t you recognize me?"

Ning Youguang thought, awkward, she really didn’t recognize her, but quickly showed a surprised smile, "You’ve become much prettier, even pregnant you look so good, I just thought of asking if it was you."

Xiong Mengmeng tossed the dress in her hand to the shop assistant: "I’ll take both dresses I just tried on." Then, she sat down on a sofa next to Ning Youguang, and said to her, "Sorry, I got a bit tired trying on clothes."

"Sit down, sit down." Ning Youguang gently helped her.

Although they hadn’t seen each other in many years, they were once classmates with a decent relationship, so Ning Youguang readily took a seat beside her.

"I heard you are now a teacher in the capital?" Xiong Mengmeng asked.

"Yes." Ning Youguang smiled, "How about you? How have you been lately?"

Xiong Mengmeng showed a complicated smile, "Well, I can’t say it’s bad, but I can’t say it’s great either."

Hearing this, Ning Youguang felt that there must be a long story behind it, so he steered the conversation, "How many months are you pregnant now? Are you feeling well?"

Xiong Mengmeng sighed, "You probably don’t know, this is my third child."

Ning Youguang was stunned, "This is your third pregnancy?!"

Xiong Mengmeng is not much older, probably only two years older than her, not yet twenty-seven, and she’s already having her third child?!

What kind of speed is that?

Xiong Mengmeng smiled complicatedly, "Yes, I had two daughters before, my husband’s family was not very satisfied with that, after the second daughter, I didn’t want to have any more, but my mother-in-law kept urging me, saying I should have a third one while I’m young, and my husband also supported it, I had no choice, once pregnant, I had to have it."

She lowered her head, gently rubbing her belly, "Fortunately, this one’s a boy."

When she raised her head, she smiled with relief, but the exhaustion in her eyes was obvious to anyone.

Ning Youguang spoke gently, "Since you’ve made the choice, try to live well."

She gently took Xiong Mengmeng’s hand and held it in her palms.

Xiong Mengmeng looked at their clasped hands, her eyes gradually reddened, "When I was young, I thought having money would make me happy, but now I realize, happiness hasn’t come as expected, but troubles are endless."1314