Chapter 314: Set a Time
Jian Ai quickly explained, “I’m sorry, Uncle Chen. There’s been a lot of things going on recently. If it weren’t for the fact that Bai Zhou reminded me, I wouldn’t have remembered! As for the phone number, the phone we exchanged numbers with last time couldn’t be used anymore as it fell into the water. This is a new one.”
In 2002, a phone was matched to only a phone number. There was still no such advanced thing as the SIM card.
Chen Lei understood. However, it was almost nine at night. He said to Jian Ai, “No matter how anxious you are, you don’t have to talk about work at night. Xiao Ai, arrange a time to come to my company and look for me. We can talk in detail when we meet. What do you think?”
“Is six pm tomorrow alright?” Jian Ai asked for a time after school tomorrow.
When Chen Lei saw that Jian Ai did not make an appointment for the weekend, he knew she was anxious. He immediately smiled and agreed. “Alright, I’ll let my secretary know. I’ll leave some time for you after six pm tomorrow!”
“Thank you, Uncle Chen!”
After hanging up, the smile on Chen Lei’s face was still there.
“Who called? You look so happy.”
At this moment, a woman in a silk bathrobe walked out of the bathroom. Although the woman was over forty years old, she had taken good care of herself and looked like she was in her thirties. She was looking at Chen Lei as she applied skincare products on her arm.
The woman’s name was Liu Lin, and she was Chen Lei’s wife. She was also the administrative manager of Century Group.
When Chen Lei heard that, he could not help but shake his head and laugh. He looked at Liu Lin and said, “Do you still remember the fourteen-year-old girl I mentioned to you before?”
Liu Lin was once Chen Lei’s secretary. Due to professional inertia, her memory was excellent. She immediately nodded. “I remember. Her name is Xiao Ai.”
“It’s her!” Chen Lei took a deep breath and said slowly, “At the City Hall land auction last time, East Sea Real Estate suddenly appeared, causing the Jian Group to suffer a huge loss. This matter was even made into an article and spread like a joke in the Baiyun real estate world.”
Liu Lin smiled when she heard that. “This is the first time someone has caught wind of the Jian Group in all these years.”
Chen Lei nodded. “Xiao Ai is the boss of East Sea Real Estate!”
Liu Lin was shocked when she heard that. She stopped what she was doing and looked at Chen Lei from the mirror. “What? You said that a girl called Xiao Ai is East Sea Real Estate’s….”
Before she could finish, Chen Lei raised his eyebrows and nodded at her. “You didn’t expect this, did you?”
“Isn’t she only fourteen years old?” Liu Lin found it unbelievable. A fourteen-year-old child was at most in her second year of high school.
Chen Lei and Liu Lin had a son who was fifteen years old, and he was only in Year Two.
“But that’s the truth,” Chen Lei said.
Liu Lin shook her head in surprise. “That’s not simple. She did such a shocking thing at such a young age.”
If a teenager were to set up a stall and work, it would still be acceptable even if a talented child started a business.
However, the real estate industry was different from others. It required a precise long-term vision and investment methods, and it also needed substantial funding. It was fundamentally different from other industries.
That was also the reason why Liu Lin was shocked.
“I promised Xiao Ai to keep her identity a secret. You can’t tell anyone about this,” Chen Lei reminded his wife.
Liu Lin nodded.
On the other side, Jian Ai hung up the call and called Bai Zhou. She asked him to inform the core project team working on the first piece of land to gather at the first-floor lobby of Century Group at six pm tomorrow.