C11 Not Eligible to Participate

After leaving Xie Family, Zhouyang did not choose to go back to Xie Lingyu's apartment.

He instead, for the sake of his mother's recovery, arranged for her to go to a nursing home.

Fortunately, there was still quite a bit of money left over from her mother's previous medical fees. This money was transferred directly to the medical center to be used as her mother's recovery expenses.

From that day onwards, Zhouyang lived his life of going between the Fame Company and the nursing home.

During the day, he would be busy working at the Fame company and participating in the research and development of the Whitening and Anti-Aging Factor Project. Only after work would he run over to the nursing home to take care of his mother.

These few busy days seemed to have completely removed Xie Family and Chen Junsheng from his life.

On the fourth day, the preparation for the Whitening and Anti-Aging Factor Project was finally completed.

Countless companies had already registered to participate in the bidding and the highest person in charge, Zhouyang, would be the one to decide who would be eligible to participate in the selection.

Before he made a decision, Zhouyang, out of habit, stuck his head out and looked across the street at the Pleasant Makeup Company.

Unexpectedly, he caught a glance of a business vehicle parked in fron of Xie Lingyu's company.

Furthermore, he saw several groups of people, who had obvious ill intentions, walking aggressively into Xie Lingyu's company building.

Zhouyang's heart skipped a beat at that instant. He then could not resist pulling it his phone and looking into the most recent news of Xie Lingyu's company.

The news that poopped up cause Zhouyang to spiral down a vortex of pure guilt.

Though Xie Lingyu has been working extremely hard get enough money for the auction held by Fame Corporation, her issue regarding her company's debt had inevitably come up to haunt her.

Now, her company was on the verge of collapse. If she fails to repay her bank loan, she would most probably go bankrupt very soon.

And in the eyes of Xie Family, the only person who could save the company at this time was Chen Junsheng.

During Xie Lingyu's birthday banquet, Zhouyang and the people from Xie Family had completely broken off all ties with each other. Furthermore, the Xie Family had been continuously pestering Xie Lingyu and Zhouyang to divorce each other and forcing Lingyu to submit to Chen Junsheng.

Chen Junsheng was too waiting for the day when Xie Lingyu would finally submit to him. Being the underhanded, cunning fox he is, he had always been using his wealth as a temptation to pressure Xie Lingyu into getting back with him.

Facing the immense pressure, Xie Lingyu, instead of submitting, chose the path filled with thorns and continued to stuggle on with her life on the line.

It was not until this morning when things finally escalated for the worse, for her company's debt had become far too large for her to handle alone. Without any new capital to pour into the loans, the bell for bankruptcy had finally sounded from the Xie Family.

"Manager Zhou."

Zhouyang's new secretary, Ye Chuqian, shouted out in respect, pulling Zhouyang back to his senses.

Ye Chuqian was originally an unambitious salesperson in the sales department and a colleague of Zhouyang. Though she was slightly older than Zhouyang, she nevertheless possessed a mature and beautiful appearance.

Seeing the potential that Ye Chuqian had, Zhouyang decided to promote her directly to the position of his secretary and assistant.

"Chu Qian, what's the matter?"

"This is the document from our preliminary examination. It contains the list of cosmetics company that has the qualifications to cooperate with our Fame Company. Please take a look and let me if you have any opinions.

Ye Chuqian, who was wearing a professional attire, passed the selected list of companies to Zhouyang.

He took the list and glanced around. Other than the company owned by the Chen Group that made Zhouyang's eyes turn cold, the rest of the cosmetics companies did not stand out much in the eyes of Zhouyang.

He originally wanted to eliminate Chen Junsheng's company in advance, but when he thought about it carefully, there was no point in doing so. instead, he decided to wear them down slowly and make them suffer until they die.

Immediately after looking through the entire list, Zhouyang asked with a frown: "Why isn't there a company called Pleasant Makeup on the list? They should have put us on a tender, right? "

In the entire Pauli Street, only a handful knew of the relationship between Zhouyang and Xie Lingyu, and even more so in Fame company.

Being one of many who did not know about his relationship with Xie Lingyu, his secretary proceeded to say, "Manager Zhou, Xie Lingyu's company has a very serious debt problem right now and can be forced into bankruptcy at any time. Thus, we decided to not include her in the list."

Upon hearing those words, Zhouyang's heart fell into confusion.

Ever since being treated like trash by the people from the Xie Family, Zhouyang wished to see the high and mighty Xie Family suffer a crushing defeat.

However, when he thought of Xie Lingyu, he couldn't bear to do so.

After work, Zhouyang walked out of the company building. From a distance, he saw a familiar figure sitting on a bench beside the car park.

The person looked as if they had aged a whole decade from their exhausted, haggard appearance. The person happened to be Xie Lingyu!

Lowering her head, she focused all her attention on her phone.

Looking at her worn out figure from that distance, he suddenly felt as if a knife had stabbed into his heart.

Thinking about Xie Lingyu's situation, he walked over to her side.

Xie Lingyu had just finished her humble investment request. She let out a long sigh and was about to put away her phone when she suddenly saw a person standing in front of her.

"Zhouyang? You... Are you off work?"

Being physically and mentally exhausted, Xie Lingyu's voice gave off a heart-wreching feeling.

The two companies weren't too far from each other. Xie Lingyu and Zhouyang would often bump into each other after work, but both pretended not to know each other and proceed to go their separate ways.

Today was the first time the two of them had engaged in such a conversation near their company.

Zhouyang also nodded unnaturally, "I just got off work."

Xie Lingyu asked, "How is Mother?"

Zhouyang said, "She's currently in a nursing home and doing pretty well. I go to the hospital to visit and take care of her every day."

Xie Lingyu let out a breath of relief and said, "Tell Mother that I'll go see her after I'm done with what I have to do."

"Alright," Zhouyang nodded.

The two remained silent for a while. Xie Lingyu adjusted her mood and said, "Your company has recently launched a big project, and everyone in the industry is paying their attention to you. This means you'll have to work hard as well. This is a good opportunity for you."

Zhouyang obviously knew that she was talking about the Whitening and Anti-Aging Factor Project. Looking at the smile on Xie Lingyu's face, his heart ached even further.

Therefore, Zhouyang nodded and said, "I understand. I will work hard."

Xie Lingyu nodded in response and said, "Then I'll go back first."

Then he got up and walked to his car.

Zhouyang hesitated for a second and blurted out a question, "Lingyu, has your company received the invitation letter for the Whitening Anti-aging Factor Project cooperation meeting?"

Xie Lingyu stopped and turned around to look at Zhouyang. She let out a series of pitiful laughter and said, "I sent them a proposal. in fact, I've been pestering them for days and nights, but they have always turned my proposal down. They said that my company's debt is very serious and does not meet the requirements for the preliminary examination. We are not qualified to participate in the next round of the event…"

Saying this, Xie Lingyu sighed and said: "I don't blame them. If I were the person in charge of Fame Company, I wouldn't have cooperated with my company either. After all, I have accumulated far too much debt, more than I can even handle. It seems that I might go bankrupt at any time now."

Subsequently, Xie Lingyu pretended to be relaxed as she said, "Zhouyang, you better work hard and earn money lots of money. Any case, I'll be taking my leave now.

After saying that, she opened the car door, gently pushed the strands of hair by her ear, and sat inside.

Zhouyang hurriedly said, "Lingyu, I happen to know the person in charge of this project. How about I personally ask them to send you an invitation letter."

Xie Lingyu turned the key in her hand and paused. Although she was a bit moved, she still said, "Forget it, I don't need to trouble you. My company doesn't meet the requirements anyway. So if you help me by the back door, it will definitely affect you. Instead, you should focus more of your efforts on your own work."

Her tone was flat, hinting that she didn't want to trouble Zhouyang any further. Honestly, in her heart, she didn't believe that Zhouyang, a small salesperson, would be able to help her in this matter anyway.

After which, Xie Lingyu drove away in her car and slowly disappeared over the horizon.

Watching her car gradually disappear from his sights, Zhouyang lowered his head and sighed. Then he took out his phone and dialed his secretary's number.

"Send an invitation to Xie Lingyu's Pleasant Makeup Company and get her into the next round of negotiations. Immediately!"