Neither of them had expected Jiang Cheng to throw so much money into shorting Coca Cola.
After exchanging blank looks, Chen Xueer was the first to come back to her senses.
Could Jiang Cheng have some inside information?
If that were true, everything would make perfect sense.
Rather than doubt Jiang Cheng, Chen Xueer preferred to believe this explanation.
Zhao Linger reacted a moment later, her face full of indescribable shock.
If Chen Xueer could think of it, so could she.
Neither of them was stupid; they'd just been blinded by Coca Cola's corporate might.
After staring at Jiang Cheng for a while, Zhao Linger said, "Got it, Sister Xueer. The boss rarely drops by to give orders; we'll make sure it's done right."
"Oh? So the two of you miss me that much?"
"Of course, boss. Why don't you start coming to the office tomorrow? Then I could see you every day." Chen Xueer batted her eyes at Jiang Cheng.
A woman's words are the devil's lies.
Jiang Cheng glanced at Chen Xueer's favorability toward him; it had risen ten points since they'd first met over the license-plate gift.
It now stood at 80.
Eighty was already a very high number.
Although Chen Xueer was a Gold-Medal Manager awarded by the system,
this was only her second meeting with Jiang Cheng in person.
Their previous contact had been through files alone.
Jiang Cheng believed that without the system's influence, Chen Xueer's first impression of him couldn't have been 70 points.
After all, a normal person doesn't start out liking a stranger at seventy percent.
The baseline is usually 50, the level of a passer-by.
Only through further interaction does the favorability rise—or fall.
For opposite sexes, 80 points usually hints at a slightly ambiguous, crush-like stage.
At this level a woman feels strong affection and begins quietly observing the man.
Unless the number hit 90, Jiang Cheng wasn't about to believe Chen Xueer's claim of missing him.
As for coming to the office every day, he politely declined.
Isn't life's ultimate goal to be able to lie flat and do nothing?
Working a regular job was out of the question.
In this lifetime, the only option was to recline and relax.
Looking at the two stunning women before him, Jiang Cheng thought of the unused "descendants' rebate card" he still had to deploy.
"Chairman Jiang, there's one issue—can you tell us whether you have inside information?" Chen Xueer asked with curiosity.
Jiang Cheng lifted his head and met her gaze.
For a dozen seconds the two stared at each other.
Eventually Chen Xueer was the one who looked away first.
Seeing her cheeks flush as she glanced aside and gave a fake cough, Jiang Cheng couldn't help curling his lips in a smile.
Psychology says that if eye contact with anyone—man or woman—makes you tense and quickens your heartbeat, you're sensitive, unconfident, perhaps even self-loathing.
Such people fear others will see their lack of confidence,
so they instinctively try to cover it up.
The more they hide it, the more nervous they become, and the faster their heart races.
That's why some people blush and their hearts pound the moment they meet strangers.
But if you normally look people in the eye without any racing pulse,
yet suddenly one person's gaze makes you nervous,
it means you have certain feelings for them.
You care deeply about how they see you, about what they think.
So you desperately want to leave them with a good impression.
Under that desire your heart can't help but flutter with unease,
and you subconsciously blush and feel your heartbeat speed up.
Clearly, Chen Xueer did not belong to the self-loathing type.
Jiang Cheng faced her look squarely and nodded. "I do know some inside news."
He hadn't planned to tell them, but on second thought it was a perfect chance to test them.
Although the system had appointed Chen Xueer and Zhao Linger as his managers, they'd never actually interacted before.
He outlined the predicted three-day trend of Coca Cola shares on the us stock market.
He also described the upcoming events that would affect the company's stock price.
"That's the gist of it. If you have spare cash, feel free to join in."
Once Chen Xueer and Zhao Linger understood the whole picture, they didn't waste words.
"Chairman Jiang, I get it. But there's still a problem: if the sum is too large, we might draw attention, so we'll need to scale it down."
Zhao Linger nodded in agreement. "Sister Xueer's right. A few hundred million won't even ripple the surface for a Fortune Global 100 company like Coca Cola, but if over ten billion suddenly flows in, other investors will notice at once and we'll alert our prey."
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