In the company chairman’s office.
The original chairman of the company was now extremely respectful toward the young man in front of him. He had received the notice in the middle of the night yesterday. The company’s chairman was changing.
Yes, this was an enterprise belonging to the Ye family. To the Ye family, this company was insignificant, but after all, it was still a large corporation.
However, clearly, in order to win over Luo Chen, Ye Zhengtian was willing to pay a heavy price.
The entire company had been directly given to Luo Chen!
After the handover procedures were completed, the company where he had once worked alongside Zhang Xiaoman in his previous life now bore the surname Luo.
But Luo Chen did not make a big fuss about it. He did not go out directly as the boss. Instead, he continued to act like an ordinary person and gave Zhang Xiaoman a call.
Although the company was now his, Luo Chen still decided to follow the same path as in his previous life and work as a small employee in the company. He did not want to change the trajectory too much. Otherwise, if everything in the future was completely altered by him, he would lose the advantage of knowing things in advance.
With Zhang Xiaoman helping him handle a few things, Luo Chen quickly completed the entry procedures and started work right away.
It was obvious that Zhang Xiaoman’s mood was not very good. He did not know whether it was because of what happened yesterday or for some other reason.
As for Luo Chen’s salary, the base pay was 1800 yuan, plus commission on business.
Such a base salary was actually quite low in Tongzhou, but Luo Chen did not care about that.
Luo Chen’s job was as a salesperson. In the morning he held a thick stack of materials and reviewed them. No one paid much attention to him. Soon it was noon. The company provided meals, so everyone headed to the cafeteria.
Luo Chen was brought there by Zhang Xiaoman, but he could see that Zhang Xiaoman clearly did not want the two of them to appear too close, especially in the company.
After getting their food, logically speaking, since they were a couple, they should have sat together to eat. But at that moment, a sudden shout called Zhang Xiaoman away.
And Zhang Xiaoman seemed unwilling to eat with Luo Chen. After being called away, she actually looked slightly relieved.
“Xiaoman, didn’t you say your boyfriend was coming to our company today?” Directly opposite her sat a petite and delicate girl dressed entirely in designer brands. It was clear she came from money.
She was Zhang Xiaoman’s colleague and close best friend. Besides her, two other girls sat nearby. One had an elegant temperament, while the other appeared coldly stunning.
But Zhang Xiaoman pretended not to hear and ate by herself.
To be honest, she really regretted letting Luo Chen come to work with her. Girls all had a competitive mentality. Privately they would definitely compare themselves to one another. This could not be avoided even between best friends and colleagues.
And sitting with these three colleagues made the comparison even more intense.
If Luo Chen were a rich second-generation heir with a powerful family background, Zhang Xiaoman would definitely have been willing to bring him over to introduce him to everyone, or rather, to show him off.
Even if he were not a rich second-generation, as long as Luo Chen was an extremely handsome guy, that would have been fine too.
But Luo Chen was nothing special. His clothes were cheap, he was not particularly handsome, and his family was far from wealthy. Compared to the boyfriends of the two colleagues beside her, Luo Chen fell far short. That was why Zhang Xiaoman kept her distance from him at the company and was even unwilling to introduce him to her colleagues. She felt embarrassed!
“Xiaoman, I heard your boyfriend is just some poor kid from a county town?” Hu Xinxin pressed again.
With no other choice, Zhang Xiaoman gave a soft hum and nodded.
“Then Xiaoman, why are you still with someone like that? Look at my boyfriend!” Hu Xinxin’s face showed obvious pride.
It was no wonder Hu Xinxin spoke this way. Although Hu Xinxin was still working at the company, her boyfriend was extremely wealthy. It was said his family owned hotels and had assets worth tens of millions. This had always been Hu Xinxin’s favourite thing to brag about.
Most importantly, in order to pursue Hu Xinxin, he had directly come to this company and taken the position of sales department manager. This was something Hu Xinxin loved to boast about.
“Xinxin, how can you say that? You can’t always bring up money.” Li Rui spoke with a smile.
“What’s wrong with mentioning money? No money and not even handsome. Don’t tell me he has a sincere heart? It’s like buying a phone. Low specs, ugly appearance, not a big brand, and the salesperson still tells you to buy it because of its ‘heart’!” Hu Xinxin retorted.
“Exactly, Xiaoman. Why don’t you just break up with him? I just took a look. In this day and age, who still wears such cheap jeans? He doesn’t even have anything valuable on him.”
“Yeah, Xiaoman. He really doesn’t deserve you. The two of you aren’t even from the same circle. A poor kid like that, only someone as kind-hearted as you would bother with him. If it were me, I wouldn’t even give him the time of day.” The other girl beside her, also named Li Rui, spoke up as well.
Li Rui’s boyfriend was a male model at an advertising company. Although he was not particularly rich, his income was very high, and most importantly, he was extremely handsome.
Of course, this also made Zhang Xiaoman extremely jealous. After all, who didn’t like someone who was both handsome and wealthy?
“You’re too embarrassed to say it, so we’ll say it for you.”
“Hey handsome, come over here for a second!” Hu Xinxin suddenly stood up and called out to Luo Chen.
Luo Chen had been quietly eating when he suddenly heard someone calling him. Thinking there was something important, he walked over.
“You’re Xiaoman’s boyfriend?”
Hu Xinxin asked with an arrogant expression. Normally, when two people met for the first time, there should at least be some politeness, but clearly Hu Xinxin did not care about that.
Instead, she looked like she was looking for trouble.
“Yes.” Luo Chen originally did not want to bother with Hu Xinxin, but suddenly he remembered that in his previous life, these people had mocked and looked down on him both to his face and behind his back.
“Do you think you deserve our Xiaoman? You’re just an ordinary worker with no career at all. If you don’t deserve our Xiaoman, you’d better leave her.” Hu Xinxin did not care at all that there were many people around. She openly humiliated Luo Chen without any restraint.
Moreover, Hu Xinxin looked down on Luo Chen from the bottom of her heart. No matter how she looked at him, she found him unpleasant.
After all, at this age he was still just a worker. His life would probably stay like that forever.
And Zhang Xiaoman standing to the side did not say a single word. Clearly she agreed.
Because Zhang Xiaoman felt that Luo Chen had not brought her any honour. Instead, he had made her lose face. She believed that after today, her colleagues in the company would definitely laugh at her for finding such a pathetic boyfriend.
Other people’s boyfriends could be brought out to show off. Only her boyfriend made her feel deeply ashamed.
Hearing these words, Luo Chen thought to himself that these people really had not changed at all. They were exactly the same as in his previous life. Unfortunately, he was no longer the Luo Chen of his previous life, so naturally he would not give them a polite face either.
“Thanks for your concern, but that’s my business. It’s not your place to interfere.”
“Hmph, aren’t you being a bit too arrogant?”