After seeing the two off, Jiang Mengxin happily poured herself a glass of red wine and sat on the office sofa to savor it.
The door opened, and Xu Qin walked in.
She gave Jiang Mengxin a thumbs-up and said, "Good daughter, your idea is brilliant! It looks like you're promoting them, but in reality, you're banishing them. It's brilliant, truly brilliant."
Jiang Mengxin smiled. "This is called strategy. By doing this, no one can fault me."
"However..." Xu Qin said worriedly, "What if they achieve something in the new company? Wouldn't that further validate their abilities?"
"Achieve something? Hahahahaha!" Jiang Mengxin laughed wildly.
She continued, "Mom, you worry too much. Lu Ming is just a tomb keeper, what ability does he have? As for Xiao Lan, all her connections are under my control! She can't escape my grasp. A new company, they have no ability, no connections, no capital. How can they achieve anything?"
Xu Qin nodded repeatedly upon hearing this. "My daughter, you're getting more capable by the day. You truly deserve the position of president."
Jiang Mengxin went on to say, "Tomorrow is the grand opening of Xun Rong. Mom, just watch. I'll give them a disastrous start and teach them a lesson. The Jiang family is now under my control!"
With that said.
She called out towards the outside, "Xiao Yao, come here."
Immediately, secretary Xiao Yao scurried into the office and asked respectfully, "President Jiang, what can I do for you?"
Jiang Mengxin said, "Announce that everyone in the Jiang family is forbidden from attending Xun Rong's opening ceremony tomorrow. Also, inform all our business partners to refuse Xun Rong. Tomorrow, I want Xun Rong to have a terrible start!"
Xiao Yao was taken aback. "This... Isn't Xun Rong our company? What's the purpose of doing this?"
Jiang Mengxin glared at her. "Do I need to explain my decisions to you? Are you the president or am I?"
Xiao Yao was startled. "Understood, understood. I'll handle it right away."
Xiao Yao didn't dare to linger and turned to leave.
Once outside the office.
Xiao Yao took a deep breath and murmured to herself, "President Jiang's temper is getting worse, and she's becoming more arrogant. She's so much more domineering than before."
...
Xun Rong.
As the car stopped, Jiang Lan saw her new company. To be honest, she was disappointed.
Compared to the dozens of floors in Jiang's headquarters, the new company was insignificant.
It was just a street-front shop, less than 100 square meters.
This?
It was too pathetic.
Disappointment was evident on Jiang Lan's face.
Lu Ming walked over and patted her shoulder. "Are you already discouraged? Isn't what we need to do to start from scratch?"
Jiang Lan nodded. "Yes, you're right!"
The two walked into the new company, where the employees were already lined up to welcome them.
These people were originally subordinates of Jiang Anzhi. Now that Jiang Anzhi was arrested, they had all fallen under Jiang Mengxin's command.
And now, they were assigned to the new company and handed over to Jiang Lan to manage.
Looking around.
Jiang Lan found that although the new company was small, it was fully equipped.
She said, "This is the starting point of my career. I must prove to them that I can achieve results even without the family's help!"
Lu Ming smiled. "Rome wasn't built in a day. To achieve results, we need to take it step by step. What we need to do now is to make tomorrow's opening ceremony a success and strive for a great start, making a name for ourselves in Jinling."
Jiang Lan nodded. "That's right. I'll call the people from the Jiang family and invite them to attend; I'll also contact the business partners one by one."
No sooner said than done.
Jiang Lan first dialed her cousin's number. "Hello, cousin, tomorrow is my new company's opening ceremony. I'd like to invite you to attend."
A very indifferent voice came from the other end of the line. "I'm sorry, Xiao Lan. I have a business meeting with a client tomorrow, so I'm busy."
"Uh..."
Jiang Lan frowned slightly. Before she could ask more questions, the call was hung up.
Jiang Lan then called her uncle. "Hello, uncle, my new company is opening tomorrow. Can you come and show some support?"
"Sorry, Xiao Lan, I'm not feeling well and have a medical examination tomorrow. I don't have time."
Another failure.
After making more than a dozen calls, she couldn't invite a single person.
It was as if they had all conspired, refusing Jiang Lan's invitations, and none of them intended to attend the opening ceremony tomorrow.
Jiang Lan was not deterred.
She called the business partners again.
The result was even more embarrassing.
The business partners didn't recognize Jiang Lan at all; they only recognized Jiang Mengxin!
Without a second thought, they directly rejected Jiang Lan's invitations. Some even mocked her for not knowing her place, laughing at her for inviting major enterprises with her small company.
After several calls, none of the business partners agreed to come.
With no relatives or friends attending, and no business partners showing up, it meant that tomorrow's opening ceremony would be very bleak.
A disastrous start was foreseeable.
Jiang Lan's face turned ashen. Her ambitions had not even begun to unfold before reality had doused her with a bucket of cold water.
Seeing this scene, Lu Ming shook his head with a wry smile. "Jiang Mengxin is truly ruthless."
Jiang Lan was taken aback and retorted, "Are you saying that my sister secretly orchestrated this?"
Lu Ming replied, "Otherwise? Why do you think so many people would reject your invitation at the same time? Mengxin is afraid of you becoming powerful, so she wants to give you a terrible start."
Jiang Lan clenched her fists upon hearing this.
She directly called Jiang Mengxin. "Sister, tomorrow is my new company's grand opening. You'll be coming, right?"
Being so direct, she believed Jiang Mengxin would find it hard to refuse.
Unfortunately, she underestimated Jiang Mengxin's shamelessness.
Jiang Mengxin directly refused, "I have a high-level meeting in Jinling tomorrow and won't have time to come over. Xiao Lan, you should find someone else."
Even her own family refused her!
Jiang Lan hung up her phone in disappointment.
At this moment, she felt utterly helpless. Not a single person was willing to attend her new company's opening ceremony. She was completely isolated.
How could she become powerful now?
How could she prove her strength to them?
Seeing Jiang Lan's disappointed and dejected state, Lu Ming smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, Xiao Lan, you still have me. Leave the matter of guests to me. Tomorrow, I will make the opening ceremony a spectacular event, making the headlines in Jinling!"
Jiang Lan looked at Lu Ming with half-belief.
Although she knew Lu Ming was capable, he was just a tomb keeper. Did he have such connections?
But besides trusting Lu Ming, who else could she trust?
So...
Jiang Lan nodded with conviction and said, "Lu Ming, I believe you!"