CHAPTER 1266: CHAPTER 1265: PEOPLE STRIVE UPWARD, WATER FLOWS DOWNWARD

After confirming with Cao Ling and Wei Dajun that Ye Qiu was not really drunk, they let him drive himself back.

Watching Ye Qiu leave in his Land Rover, Wei Dajun felt puzzled. Ye Qiu had just drunk so much, yet he seemed unaffected. Moreover, he single-handedly beat those Military Region heirs into such a state. If word gets out, those heirs would be the laughing stock.

However, if Ye Qiu is really connected with that Ye Family in the Capital City, it means that this Ye Qiu’s status is compatible with his niece.

"Xiao Ling, what do you think of this Dr. Ye?"

"Uncle, what are you talking about?"

"I saw how concerned you were about him just now, that’s a first for me."

...

Ye Qiu drove back to the Peach Blossom Source Villa Community, and it was already past nine in the evening. His parents and sister were in the living room on the first floor.

The three of them had returned home long ago, but hadn’t seen any sign of Ye Qiu.

Upon seeing him now, Ye Xue said, "Ye Qiu, I passed the third subject in my test today."

"Sis, that’s impressive! When do you get your license? I’ll go car shopping with you."

"I still need to get familiar with the questions for the fourth subject."

Ye Qiu chatted with his parents and sister for a bit, then went upstairs to play games for a while, and continued cultivating.

Given the current circumstances, he knew he would achieve a breakthrough soon.

Early the next morning, after getting up and washing, he drove to the male dormitories at Jin University Campus.

Arriving at the dormitory building, he went up to the classroom for classes. After two consecutive classes, Ye Qiu and Luo Yang were just coming down from the classroom building when Luo Yang went off to handle matters for the gaming company.

Ye Qiu was about to head to the library when he saw the counselor, Song Ying, coming over.

"Counselor, is there something you need?"

"Tomorrow, the school basketball team has another game. It’s over at East Sea, remember that."

Another basketball game?

Surely they would want him to go, otherwise, given the team’s condition, they’d surely lose.

"Could we let Jin University lose a few matches occasionally?"

With a Cuba season, who knows how many matches there are. They want Ye Qiu to attend all of them, but he doesn’t have that much time.

If they occasionally lose, as long as they make it to the finals, it’s fine.

"You’re asking me? Only Coach Li knows the competition rules."

"However, the reward from the game the day before yesterday hasn’t been given to me, so I have no motivation." Song Ying quickly realized his intentions.

But this guy clearly didn’t even step on the court, yet the team won.

Does that mean he still expects to be rewarded?

"If you don’t reward me, I won’t go tomorrow."

Having said that, Ye Qiu prepared to leave.

Watching Ye Qiu’s demeanor, Song Ying could only chase after him and say, "There are too many people here, it’s not good if other students see."

Song Ying’s face was somewhat flushed.

"Then reward me next time once more."

Ye Qiu chuckled and headed toward the library.

When lunchtime came, Ye Qiu and Luo Yang went to the canteen to eat and found out that the nearby street store had been rented as the company’s office space.

Now, besides them, three full-time programming and maintenance staff were hired from Jin University. These workers are students from Jin University’s software programming major and are ready to intern. From their situation, they are quite familiar with programming.

Offering each of them a salary of five thousand yuan, they naturally wanted to stay and work.

Ye Qiu and Luo Yang finished lunch and then headed to the gaming company’s office. Upon arriving, they saw Li Shen and Zhu Zhiming were there overseeing things.

Now those three programmers, according to Li Shen and Zhu Zhiming’s ideas, were first setting up an online trading website for game equipment.

Arriving there, Ye Qiu noticed how basic the setup was; there weren’t many computer desks or other equipment yet. But gradually, it would increase.

Ye Qiu wasn’t particularly concerned seeing it like this, as it was just starting.

In the afternoon, Ye Qiu returned to the classroom for classes. After class, he headed to Xingyue Group Tower.

Last time, Xiao Mei mentioned that those female models were becoming arrogant and wanted to resign. It was unclear how the newly hired models would perform after their resignation.

Additionally, Ye Qiu was unclear about the situation with the Qingcheng Group.

When Ye Qiu drove to the parking lot beneath the Xingyue Group building, he first took the elevator up to the president’s office.

Just as he arrived at the office door, and was about to knock, someone inside almost bumped into him as they came out.

Wasn’t this Shen Xingru?

"Xingru, it’s you?" Shen Xingru noticed that Ye Qiu hadn’t sought her out for a long time, realizing Ye Qiu was only looking for her sister.

However, Shen Xingru knew that she was divorced, had a child, and was much older than Ye Qiu, so she never dared to consider such things.

"I’m here to handle some financial matters," Shen Xingru said.

"Then I’ll catch up with you later!"

Ye Qiu went inside, where Liu Xiaoli and Shen Yueru were.

Seeing that it was Ye Qiu, Shen Yueru appeared very delighted.

Once Liu Xiaoli closed the door, Ye Qiu sat next to Shen Yueru, who said, "Look at this, it’s the current situation with Qingcheng Group!"

Ye Qiu took a look and saw that Qingcheng Group was facing issues where all their products couldn’t be sold, distributors wanted to return goods, and there was information about seeking cooperation with Xingyue Group.

Ye Qiu hadn’t expected that Qingcheng Group was going down so quickly.

He originally gave them half a year’s time, but now it’s not even half a year yet.

It seemed that Wei Guomin was too reckless, his actions were always like gambling. If he won, he’d earn a lot, but if he lost, there’d be no chance for recovery. A single time was fine, but a second, third time like this would surely spell disaster.

"It’s normal, Qingcheng Group may still hold on for a while, but let’s leave them to their own devices."

Ye Qiu didn’t need to take any action; Qingcheng Group was failing on its own. If they hadn’t expanded too quickly, they wouldn’t be in this situation.

"Weren’t those models going to resign? Have they all left now?"

"Except for Amy, they all resigned. Fortunately, you included precautionary clauses in the contracts. Since the models left on their own, they owe hefty compensation to Xingyue Group, but new models haven’t been recruited yet."

Ye Qiu had long predicted this behavior from the models. People aim higher like water flows downward. Essentially, most individuals were driven by personal fame and fortune, devoid of concern for other matters.

Hence, he anticipated this situation while recruiting new models.

But with old ones leaving, new ones will arrive, and given that the current model faces weren’t great, a replacement batch could be better.