"Ah? No problem, no problem..."
When Lin Qingxue heard Lin Qiaoxia's apology, she was slightly startled for a moment, but then realized that it must have been because people from the Lin Family had visited Jinyu Group a few days ago and were received by Lin Qiaoxia, who had forgotten about it afterward.
Thus, after realizing this, Lin Qingxue repeatedly waved her hand, saying it was all right.
Well, it was indeed fine for Lin Qingxue; after all, it wasn't her who was left out.
"Hmm, I understand your purpose, but our Jinyu Group, in the end, weren't prepared with the idea of collaborating with anyone..."
When Lin Qiaoxia heard Lin Qingxue's words, she breathed a sigh of relief, then her face once again took on an apologetic expression as she spoke.
Although she had been serving as the general manager for some time, she still wasn't very good at refusing others, and when she spoke, she inevitably seemed a bit embarrassed.
Lin Qingxue was rejected, but she wasn't discouraged, as she had expected this outcome.
However, she didn't want to return just yet, so she continued, "Don't hurry to refuse, please listen to our proposed collaboration plan..."
Lin Qiaoxia couldn't bear to directly refuse the other party and thought that since she didn't have anything urgent to deal with afterward anyway, it wouldn't matter to spend some time listening to Lin Qingxue's proposal for cooperation, thus she nodded and said, "Okay."
Seeing Lin Qiaoxia agree, Lin Qingxue was delighted, and quickly organized her words, then carefully explained the detailed cooperation plan to Lin Qiaoxia.
After listening, Lin Qiaoxia thought that the cooperation plan wasn't bad.
It could be said that the Lin Group would hardly make any profits in this collaboration, and instead might have to invest a good amount of money.
This seemed like a loss, and if it were the Lin Qiaoxia from before, she definitely wouldn't understand why Lin Group would do such a thing, operating a business at a loss.
But having been meticulously trained by Xu Qingya for a while, the current Lin Qiaoxia understood that Lin Group wouldn't actually be losing money in this collaboration.
Although they wouldn't earn much from the cooperation, with Jinyu Group behind them, they could broaden their network, which would allow them to make money elsewhere eventually.
Thinking this, Lin Qiaoxia felt that there still wasn't a necessity to cooperate with Lin Group, as Mu Jinyu had told her, but considering that Mu Jinyu was currently in the company, she decided to go and consult him.
"Ms. Lin, please wait a moment; I will go and ask our chairman." Lin Qiaoxia stood up and said.
"Hmm, alright..." Lin Qingxue saw that Lin Qiaoxia didn't outright refuse her and thought there might still be hope; she breathed a sigh of relief, yet she became even more nervous.
She didn't know whether Jinyu Group's chairman would agree.
Lin Qiaoxia left the reception room and went to the general manager's office, then repeated Lin Qingxue's partnership proposal to Mu Jinyu.
After listening, Mu Jinyu frowned slightly and said, "Lin Group, in Jinling, there doesn't seem to be any prominent family with the last name Lin, right?"
"Hmm, indeed they are not a very big family," Mei Yinxue said from the side.
Mu Jinyu shook his head and said, "Even the Su Family wants to collaborate with me, and I can hardly be bothered with them, let alone this minor family."
"So should I just refuse directly?" Lin Qiaoxia asked.
"Hmm," Mu Jinyu waved his hand and replied.
"Then I'll go and refuse the other party now," Lin Qiaoxia said, and was about to leave the office.
"Ding."
At that moment, the notification tone for a text message on Mu Jinyu's phone rang.
Mu Jinyu took it out and looked; his initially casual expression suddenly became somewhat playful.
The text message was from Lin Qingxue. She informed Mu Jinyu that she was currently at Jinyu Group. The person in charge here hadn't outright refused her, suggesting there might be room for negotiation. She hoped for his blessings that good luck would come her way again, so if the collaboration succeeded, she could quickly pay off the five hundred million she owed him. Please, please...
Mu Jinyu found it amusing. Over the past while, Lin Qingxue had often been in touch with him, sharing many things as if he truly were her lucky star.
And now, she had come straight to his company and even sought him out personally.
However, she didn't know that Jinyu Group was his company. Otherwise, she probably wouldn't dare to speak such words.
"Forget it."
Shaking his head with a laugh, Mu Jinyu stopped Lin Qiaoxia and said, "Wait a moment."
"What's up?" Lin Qiaoxia halted and turned back to look at Mu Jinyu with surprise.
Mu Jinyu spoke lightly, "Let's collaborate with her. Proceed with the plan she suggested, but let's only deal with this girl. If other Lin Family people come wanting to discuss a collaboration, reject them outright and tell them to get as far away as they can."
Mu Jinyu's last remark stemmed from Lin Qingxue's confidences to him during this period. She owed him five hundred million, but following the encouragement of the Lin Family people, Elder Lin denied the debt.
Considering the Lin Family people's attitude toward her, Mu Jinyu knew that old man had a bit of a gender bias. He guessed that if this girl brought back news of a successful collaboration to the Lin Family, it would soon be manipulated by the Lin Family juniors to get Elder Lin involved, switching the responsibility to someone else. That was why he made this specific request.
He certainly wouldn't let anyone else snatch this opportunity.
"Oh, alright." Lin Qiaoxia, although puzzled by Mu Jinyu's sudden change of heart, didn't ask more and acknowledged before leaving the office for the reception room.
As soon as Lin Qiaoxia left.
Mei Yinxue and Su Zijin gave Mu Jinyu curious glances.
Mu Jinyu was still replying to Lin Qingxue's message, a faint smile hanging on his lips, unaware of their unusual stares.
Unable to hold back, Su Zijin finally asked, "Son, that girl... is she...?"
When Mu Jinyu heard Su Zijin's tentatively probing words, he immediately caught on and shook his head, saying, "No, there's nothing between us. She's just an interesting young girl who owes me five hundred million, so I'm giving her a chance to work it off for me."
Mu Jinyu knew what Su Zijin wanted to ask—whether Lin Qingxue was another prospective daughter-in-law—but frankly, Mu Jinyu hadn't thought of Lin Qingxue in that way.
While Mu Jinyu spoke, Mei Yinxue kept a close watch on his expression. Once he finished, she knew for sure that Mu Jinyu wasn't interested in the girl, figuring he probably agreed to the collaboration just to tease her and to lend a hand.
"Oh, I see..." Su Zijin sounded a bit disappointed upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words.
Mu Jinyu was speechless. Did his mom really want him to end up with multiple wives?
Upon returning to the reception room, Lin Qiaoxia relayed Mu Jinyu's response to Lin Qingxue with a smile.
Lin Qingxue, hearing this, widened her eyes, disbelief flickering through them.
Then, she didn't immediately express her gratitude to Lin Qiaoxia or promises of not failing the Lin Group's trust. Instead, she took out her mobile phone and rechecked the message.
"Good luck on your success, then."
That was the message Mu Jinyu had just sent her.
After reading it, Lin Qingxue felt a surge of confidence, but she hadn't truly expected that...
The collaboration actually succeeded?!
A partnership deal that numerous powerful groups in Jinling had viciously competed for and failed to secure, she had actually clinched it!