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Chapter 1136 - Raising Banners

Yu Xiaoxiao raised her slender finger and gently pointed at the striking yellow hard hat on Xia Meng's head in the picture.

A look of pity appeared on her face as she said softly.

"Is Little Sister Xia moving bricks at a construction site now? That won't do. If she can't find a job, tell her to come work at Xingchen. I'll personally mentor her and won't let her suffer."

Yu Xiaoxiao was different from other women.

She never minded Jiang Cheng having other women around him.

She was even the first woman whose favorability value toward Jiang Cheng reached 100%.

Under the title of [Eternal Loyalty], she always placed everything about Jiang Cheng first in her life.

Just like the relationship between Su Wan and Jiang Cheng, it was Yu Xiaoxiao who took the initiative to point it out.

Even when they met Su Wan just now, Yu Xiaoxiao was the one who suggested Su Wan and Jiang Cheng stay in the office to discuss the script.

Everything she did was for Jiang Cheng's own benefit.

That's why Jiang Cheng had said before that even if he really wanted her and Su Wan to be together with him now, although Yu Xiaoxiao would refuse verbally, once it came to it, she would likely cooperate directly.

Su Wan also chimed in: "Exactly. With Little Sister Xia's looks, even if she entered the Entertainment Industry, she'd be a force to be reckoned with. This face is better than many actresses who've had work done. She's pure, desirable, and cute. How can she suffer at a construction site? It's too pitiful."

Seeing the two women so worried about Xia Meng, Jiang Cheng raised his eyebrows helplessly.

Is this the so-called radiance of motherhood?

Since Xia Meng had been with him, including the previous red envelopes and the huge 1,314,520 yuan red envelope from New Year's Day, Xia Meng's net worth was now close to two million.

At least in her dilapidated and backward village, she was already a proper little wealthy woman.

She wasn't pitiful at all, okay?

Hearing this, Jiang Cheng opened the progress photos of the Hope Primary School construction and handed them to the two women.

With a wry smile, he said helplessly, "Do I look like the kind of man who would mistreat his own woman? Her alma mater, Changyi Hope Primary School, is being rebuilt. She's just helping out there right now."

As he spoke, he handed the photos to the two women beside him.

Curious, the two leaned in and carefully examined the photos in Jiang Cheng's hand.

When they saw the scene in the photos, they both frowned simultaneously.

Yu Xiaoxiao was the first to ask, "Is this the Hope Primary School you visited last time? It looks like it's in terrible condition."

Su Wan nodded and immediately followed up with a question.

"Oh, right, I remember now. This matter was on the news hot search before, but then it seemed to have been completely deleted. Are you really going to rebuild so many Hope Primary Schools?"

Jiang Cheng sighed slightly and replied in a heavy tone, "You haven't been to Su Province. You don't know how desolate and dilapidated some places outside this world of prosperity are."

Looking at the images on the phone, Yu Xiaoxiao couldn't help but feel emotional.

She sighed softly, "I didn't expect such places to still exist in 2018."

"Out of the 34 provinces and regions in the country, Su Province's GDP ranked fifth from the bottom last year. Moreover, Xia Meng's hometown is Gannan District, the lowest-ranked area in Su Province. It belongs to the cultural intersection of Tibetan and Han cultures."

After saying this, Su Wan seemed to suddenly recall something. She frowned slightly and said softly.

"Although I don't know the specific situation in Su Province, I've seen many mountain areas that haven't escaped poverty yet. I follow Senior Han Hong; she often does charity in various remote places. She previously launched a series of charity activities such as 'Hundred People Assisting Tibet' and 'Hundred People Assisting Xinjiang'."

At this point, Su Wan sighed softly and continued her story.

"At that time, I would pay special attention to her latest updates almost every day. If I hadn't watched the video materials she shared, I'm afraid I really couldn't imagine that in some mountain villages, not even a decent road has been built. When transporting various living supplies, they can only rely on tractors to struggle to bring things in... And those children in the mountains, even in the bone-chilling winter, can only run around and play barefoot."

Yu Xiaoxiao nodded gently in agreement.

She slowly said, "One of my roommates in college was from the Tibetan region. When she came to the university and saw a washing machine for the first time, to be honest, I was very surprised at first."

Su Wan continued, "Yes, it's really hard for those areas to develop... Just the long and cold winter occupies more than half of their entire year. And because the territory is vast and villages are scattered, it's difficult for residents to gather together. Even something as seemingly simple as electrification has become a thorny problem."

Yu Xiaoxiao replied, "Yes, after gaining a deep understanding of the region's history, climate, and terrain, I realized that their development is truly difficult compared to our coastal cities."

Su Wan nodded, "Years ago, when I first entered the industry and saw Senior Han Hong going to assist Tibet, I even donated tens of thousands of yuan to their charity foundation..."

Seeing Jiang Cheng and Yu Xiaoxiao look at her with some surprise, Su Wan said somewhat embarrassedly.

"I'm ashamed to say that after that, my attention began to focus on various arenas of chasing fame and fortune. I've rarely followed their foundation since then, and I don't know how it is now..."

Su Wan asked Jiang Cheng, "Is there anything I can help with? I previously reposted the Social Media Platform post you made for the recruitment of charitable school spots, but that post seems to have been deleted by you..."

Jiang Cheng shook his head, "You don't need to worry about these things. Posting on the Social Media Platform before was just to filter out the areas that needed rebuilding. Some things are better done quietly; there's no need to make a huge scene."

Although these words were cliché, they contained a simple and sincere power.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, the two beauties in front of him showed deep expressions of being moved.

Especially Su Wan; her favorability value, which had just dropped by two points, now soared like a rocket, suddenly increasing by a full three points.

It surged directly to 96 points.

Yu Xiaoxiao gently reached out and took Su Wan's hand, while casting a meaningful look at her.

Then, as if they shared a telepathic connection, they both attacked from left and right, each leaving a deep kiss on Jiang Cheng's handsome cheek.

The two sisters said in unison, "Hubby, you're so amazing..."

Hearing this, Jiang Cheng reached out and hugged the two women from both sides.

At the same time, his hands reached into their necklines from both sides.

It proved that as long as one's hands are long enough, one can grab with both hands.

Seeing this, although the two women blushed, they both tacitly did not dodge.

They let Jiang Cheng knead their shapes at will.

Just as Jiang Cheng was thinking about whether he could rush things, sure enough, Su Wan and Yu Xiaoxiao both started using work as an excuse to push Jiang Cheng directly out of the office.

Fine, it was indeed too hasty... After getting into the rolls-royce, Jiang Cheng received a message from Shen An.

Shen An: [Image] [Image] [Image] [Image]

Jiang Cheng clicked on these pictures, and the scene that met his eyes made him startle slightly.

In the photos, a group of young, middle-aged, and elderly people were standing in a row, holding banners high in their hands.

The crowd was bustling, looking quite spectacular.

The background was the entrance of a large 4S shop in Chaoyang District.

Apparently, they were raising banners at the entrance of a Conglomerate 4S shop?

Jiang Cheng remembered that when he sent it to him, he only told him there was a short-term investment and asked if he wanted to join.

Although Jiang Cheng wasn't very familiar with him.

But during the time he was away from the capital, this Shen An actually went to the Children's Hospital every day without fail, rain or shine, to strictly monitor the funds he had donated.

He could be described as dedicated and responsible.

Based on the principle of returning a favor, on the day before Chen Xueer was about to start her operation, Jiang Cheng extended an olive branch to him.

However, Jiang Cheng also clearly stated that he only had one short day to prepare.

Unexpectedly, Shen An didn't hesitate at all. Within an hour, he quickly transferred a full five million yuan into the Xingchen Investment Company's account.

And he also brought people to the entrance of the Conglomerate to raise banners.

So this guy guessed that my project was targeting the Conglomerate, right?

Then, to push things forward, he voluntarily organized a crowd to raise banners at the 4S shop.

It must be said that this Shen An indeed has a quite flexible mind and excellent execution.

Although, the Conglomerate likely wouldn't take this kind of banner-raising behavior seriously.

In reality, whether it's the Conglomerate, other various automobile manufacturing enterprises, or even all listed companies.

This way of expressing resistance through raising banners often has very little influence.

After all, even those large-scale incidents where owners gather and raise banners to protest over unfinished buildings mostly end up coming to nothing.

Let alone negative news about cars.

They can always come up with all sorts of excuses to shut consumers' mouths.

For example, "After all, it's just a machine; individual problems are inevitable," and other such rhetoric.

If they encounter someone who insists on protesting with banners and won't let it go, it's actually easy to handle.

They just need to find a few idle people from society, have them dress up as temporary workers or newly hired employees, and then take action directly against those troublemakers.

They won't hesitate to use force when necessary, won't hold back on verbal abuse, and for those who can be bought off with money, they won't hesitate to pay to settle it.

Usually, after making a fuss for two or three days, such things will naturally die down and won't cause much of a stir.

This kind of failure to protect rights mostly happens to ordinary consumers.

But if it's like Shen An and the others, who have a certain background and power themselves and also specifically organize people to raise banners for a demonstration, then the situation is completely different.

On the other side, after getting Jiang Cheng's confirmation, Shen An immediately burst into a bright smile and put away his phone.

Watching the group of people excitedly raising banners at the Conglomerate's store, Shen An quickly drove his high-profile red supercar forward.

Accompanied by a screeching sound of brakes, Shen An got out of the car in an extremely dashing manner.

The moment his feet touched the ground, he nimbly reached into the car and took out a uniquely shaped megaphone.

Then, Shen An skillfully turned on the megaphone's speaker and gently placed it on the roof of the supercar.

In an instant, a deafening sound echoed through the air.

"Unscrupulous Conglomerate, manufacturer of global trash! Boycott the Conglomerate, get out of Huaxia, start with me..."

These words, full of passion and indignation, were like a thunderclap exploding in the air.

Although the boycott slogans coming from the megaphone seemed quite childish and lacked quality.

Even with a bit of a chuunibyou vibe.

But when the originally somewhat scattered crowd saw this leader arrive, their spirits were instantly lifted, and they began to perform even more vigorously.

That's right, the people on site were not truly spontaneous protesters, but professional Internet Trolls carefully hired by Shen An.

The reason they were so dedicated was simply to complete the task assigned by their employer and thus obtain the corresponding remuneration.

Although the matter of the Conglomerate had begun to be publicized online, and many owners of Conglomerate cars were also very angry and cursed online.

But the number of people who actually stood up and actively protected their rights was very few.

As predicted beforehand, the vast majority of car owners were ordinary commoners.

In the first moment after the incident occurred, their biggest worry was simply whether their cars could still be on the road.

Whether it would have any troublesome impact on their subsequent lives.

As for the serious problem of Dazong Automobile's environmental standards not being met, it wasn't something most ordinary people considered.

After all, for those ordinary people, maintaining basic food and shelter and their livelihood was the most important priority.

Hurrying on the road every day, doing their best just to earn a meager living.

Seemingly noble and selfless causes like environmental protection are better left to the rich who have nothing better to do.

The topic of environmental protection, to put it bluntly, is actually the moral kidnapping of ordinary people by the rich.

For example, from a young age, elders would constantly nag: "You must save water!"

Even the little bit of water left after washing clothes must be reused in some way.

Such behavior is beautifully called environmental protection and the virtue of thrift.

But to take a simple example, those luxury pools of the rich, do you know how much water is in one of those pools?

A full 22.5 tons!

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