Fake Husband of the Glamorous CEO-Chapter 395: Gu Family Group Senior Management Year-End Team Building
"Honey, didn’t you want to know about the circles I used to run in?"
In the apartment, Yu stood in front of the mirror, looking at several evening gowns, while saying to her husband Yang Luxing, who was brushing his teeth behind her, "Today, my boss is holding an end-of-year gathering, inviting all the high-level executives from the groups that manage her family’s business for a team-building event. Even though I’ve resigned, my boss personally called and asked me to attend. Do you want to come with me?"
Yang Luxing, of course, wanted to better understand his wife’s past.
Because he loved her, he cared.
He wanted to see if his wife’s boss was really a woman,
and also take this opportunity to see what her social circle was like.
"Can I go?"
Yu smiled, "Family members are allowed."
Yang Luxing asked, "Where will it be held?"
Yu replied, "Shencheng City."
Yang Luxing was surprised, "Why didn’t you say so earlier? I need to hurry and buy some decent clothes."
Yu said, "There’s no need, we’ll first head to Shencheng City. I have an apartment there, and then I can take you to buy a new suit in Shencheng City."
Yang Luxing frowned, "You bought an apartment in Shencheng City? The houses there are incredibly expensive."
"I bought it early." Yu, not wanting him to feel pressured, gave a sheepish smile, "Before the Spiritual Field came into existence, I bought it in advance."
Yang Luxing could not help but laugh and cry, "But even then, it wasn’t cheap."
Shencheng City.
Once again, the old Wang family’s hotel that hosted Gu Jinnian’s hundred-day banquet had sealed its business outdoor venue.
President Pei personally organized the entire Gu Family Group’s commercial department for the end-of-year team-building event.
And Wang Sicong was fortunate because of the cooperation with President Pei on logistics equity in Shanzhong City, he could also attend this team-building event of the Gu Family Group’s commercial department.
Hence, he was there as a member of the group, exerting all sorts of efforts, instructing the staff to properly arrange the venue and prepare all the work inside.
This was his first time representing the Wang family at a team-building event within the Gu Family Group after taking over the Wang Group.
After Yang Luxing and his wife Yu entered the venue, they first signed in at the signature board.
Then they casually took two glasses of red wine from a server at the entrance. Yu, intent on fostering her husband’s business networking skills, handed him one.
Yang Luxing, a little nervous, took a sip of the red wine to bolster his courage.
He leaned towards his wife and asked, "Can you tell me who I should be buttering up inside?"
Yu smiled, "If you were representing yourself, anyone inside would be worth buttering up, but today you’re here as my husband. Aside from President Pei, everyone else used to be roughly on the same level as me, colleagues, so just a light touch will do."
Yang Luxing asked, "What about your boss?"
Yu replied, "My boss might not come."
Yang Luxing was astonished, "The boss doesn’t attend a senior employees’ team-building event?"
"The boss’s status is exceptional; it’s quite special." Yu said, "Also, within the entire group, the commercial circle isn’t really considered high-profile."
Yang Luxing’s eyes widened, "Li Ming manages funds as large as a trillion RMB for his group, and that’s not high-profile enough for you?"
Right after saying this, they saw Wang Sicong, the host of today’s venue, greeting Yu, "Secretary Bai, you’re here."
Yu nodded at Wang Sicong, "Mhm."
Yang Luxing recognized Wang Sicong, this big internet celebrity in the capital circle.
Despite a period of silence, the Wang family had made a strong comeback on the rich list, with a family worth surpassing 300 billion RMB.
"I’ll go settle the others first, then we’ll talk." Wang Sicong, needing to ensure that everyone from the group had arrived so he could report to President Pei, asked Yu to go in first.
Yu led her husband inside.
Full of curiosity, Yang Luxing asked, "Is the Wang family part of your boss’s group too?"
Yu nodded, "This year, they took on all the logistics projects in Shanzhong City, bringing their annual turnover to over 800 billion RMB."
"I wondered how their family made a comeback on the Wealth Ranking. Turns out it was this project," the husband muttered, "So what level of employee would he be in your boss’s circle?"
Yu replied, "Their family should be in the third tier."
Yang Luxing was taken aback, thinking he had heard wrong, "The third tier?"
At this moment, the couple had walked across the corridor and into the open-air cocktail party.
They could see many familiar faces.
Yu pouted and began pointing out the people conversing in the distance to her husband.
"Look, that’s Du Li from Thunder Group, Director Du. Thunder Group has exclusive control over all livestock and vegetable industries exporting from Shencheng City, with an annual revenue of nearly 700 billion RMB. She belongs to the second tier within the group."
"Close to her in rank in the second tier are the domestic top five cosmetics companies and Yuanxue Group, which also handles sales for the Beauty Pill. All seven companies have annual revenues of over 500 billion RMB, also placing them in the second tier."
"Why is the Wang family in the third tier? Because even though their turnover is high, the profit they generate isn’t as impressive. Eight hundred billion in yearly profit figures to just under ninety billion RMB, which likely means they wouldn’t have the qualifications to sit in on the annual year-end summary meeting."
Yang Luxing’s mouth hung open.
Because at a glance, he saw Du Li, Li Ming, Liu Yuan, Jiang Xue, Xu Dong, and the chairmen of the five domestic cosmetic giants among the crowd.
Any one of these individuals was a star billionaire on the Forbes list.
Jiang Xue and Liu Yuan were even tied for the first place on the list of female billionaires with over forty billion US Dollars each, equivalent to over three hundred billion RMB.
Yu continued, "Those in the second tier generate two to three hundred billion in revenue for their bosses each year, while the first tier is Li Ming. People outside the circle only know that Tianfeng is the number one private equity firm in the country, but don’t know how much money it actually makes. Let me tell you, Tianfeng can make over 500 billion RMB a year!"
"The reason it’s not listed is that it doesn’t want to make its financial reports public. Its asset scale is now nearly 3 trillion RMB."
Yang Luxing was dumbfounded, "Combined, aren’t these groups worth more than 10 trillion RMB?"
"That’s just the tip of the iceberg," said Yu, who as Lin Yue’s secretary, was responsible for handling all company accounts and financial reports, which she reviewed before they were submitted to Lin Yue.
So Yu was well aware of her boss’s financial strength.
"My boss’s assets overseas are no less than those domestically," she mentioned.
She pointed to a very distinguished-looking man and said, "See that one there? That’s Daniel Liu, he’s in charge of the overseas projects. The scale of the industries he manages for the boss is worth over forty trillion US Dollars."
This included Europe-based shares gifted to Lin Yue, shares held by Daniel’s "Yanlong" investment banking fund, and the combined market value of nearly seven hundred billion US Dollars of Touguo Company.
Yang Luxing was astonished, "How can someone possess so much wealth? Doesn’t anyone go after her? Especially here in our country—aren’t those star billionaires targeted once they become too powerful?"
"That’s why I say our business circle can’t compete on the same stage as our boss’s," Yu remarked matter-of-factly, not planning to elaborate too much to her husband.
For him, just getting to know and understand the bigwigs at today’s event would be enough to keep him occupied.
"Yu, you’re here?" Pei Li quickly made her way out from inside to greet Yu.
Yu promptly responded with a polite greeting, "Hello, President Pei."
Yang Luxing quickly followed suit and greeted her with his wife.
"Come, my sister is here. Come with me to greet her," Pei Li said, pulling Yu excitedly outside.
Yu’s face showed surprise, but without a word, she left her husband behind and went out to receive the guest.
By the time Lin Yue came in, laughing and talking with her, everyone in the venue put down their glasses and came over to bow and greet Lin Yue.
"Weren’t you bringing your husband?" Lin Yue asked Yu curiously.
Yu quickly introduced Yang Luxing.
Yang Luxing smiled awkwardly and greeted her, but Yu by Lin Yue’s side kept giving him suggestive looks and even warnings with her eyes.
She also made a small gesture with her hand for a bow.
Realizing what was expected, Yang Luxing hastily bowed to Lin Yue at ninety degrees in the same manner as Li Ming and the others.
"No wonder you were willing to choose to give up a career in politics and return to family life for you. She really is quite exceptional," Lin Yue said with a smile, then walked into the inner section of the venue.
Once everyone dispersed, Yu pulled her husband aside and breathed a sigh of relief, "Do you realize how close you were to making a faux pas just now? That’s my boss. Didn’t you see everyone in the room bowing at ninety degrees to her? Did you want to stand out?"
Yang Luxing, however, was preoccupied with another matter, "What did your boss mean by what she said just now? You’ve given up on politics?"
Yu confided in him, "When I resigned, my boss gave me a choice. If I went into politics, I could have been arranged to go to a county town and possibly become the county’s secretary. But I know you’re not fond of that kind of circle, so I refused."
Yang Luxing’s jaw dropped, his eyes widened in disbelief.
