After her meeting with Mason, she went back to work and at 12 pm Sheng knocked on her door and after hearing a hum (meaning she has given permission to come in) he opened the door with a bag of takeout food from "Imperial Restaurant" a very famous and expensive but reserved restaurant serving only to the powerful and wealthy. One must have money and connection to buy from them and had to be close to the manager and/or owner to even get takeout
When Sheng first started ordering from them, was scared that they will reject him to buy food for his boss since his boss specifically asked food from there, surprisingly right after hearing her name and seeing her ID they treated him very well but later on got used to it thinking she must've met the manager and had a good relation to him that's all. But little did he know that she has a secret identity that allows her to even get takeout from the famous Imperial Restaurant
"Boss here is the food, it is lunchtime already" Sheng said, placing the food on the table in front of the couch overlooking the traffic and the view from the floor to ceiling windows
Min just hummed and finished signing some documents before putting down her pen and going over to the couch to eat lunch
"You may go to your lunch break Sheng" Min saying before picking up the food gracefully
Sheng just bowed his head and left the room closing the door softly
Min was enjoying her food when her private phone dinged meaning she got a message from either immediate family or close friends
NEW MESSAGE:
Mom <3
'Sweetie, when will you come home to visit us? Your family missed you *pouting face emoji*
Min opened her WeChat* app and responded back
Xiao Min
'I will try to come over next weekend for Mid-Autumn Festival Mom'
~ Not even a minute pass when a response came ~
Mom <3
'Great! Your Grandpa, Grandma, Dad, elder brother and I can't wait to meet you again! <3'
Xiao Min
'Mm, I have to go now Mom, my lunch break is almost over'
Mom <3
'Ok sweetie, eat and sleep well and take care!'
Xiao Min
'Mm you too Mom'
Min afterward put down her phone and finished her lunch.
After cleaning up she went to her desk and started reading some documents again.
After 30 minutes of finishing up a certain document, Min started looking over the papers she prepared for the meeting, later on, to show to the visiting company why they should work together for the newest project Tang Chen worked on. She is suspicious though because she doesn't know who the other company is nor why Chen, a big CEO, is working double the usual effort he puts in on these projects and how prominent the other company is for Chen to personally invite them over to get them to invest into the project.
'Imagine it's my family or its another Elite family' Min thought while reading
(A/N: if anyone is confused how Min knows this even though Sheng never mentioned about mystery potential investor and how Chen put more effort it is because the document she was looking over was the details of the project and she has seen Chen's other personal projects and she can see how much more effort Chen has put in. Although JL Conglomerate is a big company and in the top 3 companies in China, there are 3 elite families, the Zhang family being the top family that rules over Asia economy and has an international business as well with the other two families Yang and Xu being second and third best in business industries. So Chen, if ever meeting any of the families must be polite and formal to them as well. If there are any other confusions please comment on this paragraph or on the ch comments and I will answer them as soon as I can!)
- at 12:50 pm -
Min was double-checking her presentation for the meeting that will take place in another 10 minutes. Even after thinking, she doesn't have the slightest idea who the mystery potential investor Chen invited and Sheng nor the document she read about the meeting and the project does not mention either.
- after another 6 minutes -
*knock knock*
Min hummed while finishing up checking over the presentation and document for the meeting while Sheng came in and said
"Ma'am we have 4 minutes before the meeting starts. We should get going before we are late because the meeting will take place on the 60th floor where CEO Tang's personal meeting room is."
Min hummed and started picking up the documents and papers reading while thinking
'The investor must be a CEO from the top company of China or one of the Elite families business'
After getting everything ready, Min and Sheng went to the elevator that brings the directors directly to the CEO's floor
It took less than a minute to reach the CEO's floor since it is only one floor above theirs and they went straight to the meeting room where everyone, meaning the CEO and the directors, was excluding the mystery investor who would come only after 20 minutes into the meeting so the first 20 minutes is where everyone would get last-minute details in.
Min and Sheng walked into the meeting room with Sheng respectfully a stop behind her. Everyone paused for a second to see who was there and when they saw Min and Sheng, most gave a polite nod at the least when Liang, being the warm, jolly guy he is stood up to welcome Min and Sheng
"It's great that you came! Just in time too, let's get everything set up shall we?" Liang said getting a hum back as a response from Min
Afterward, Min and Sheng went to the table and the meeting officially started with everyone discussing final details and setting up presentations about the project Chen worked on with each department setting up the information pertaining to their department.
Min was setting up the information regarding the marketing plans of the project and afterward went to sit down on her chair, during the whole time only spoke the Sheng when needed otherwise she was quiet.
Chen POV
(A/N: I will occasionally do this if I want to show Chen's pov without making readers confused as opposed to me just showing Chen's actions but also his thoughts but it will still be written in the third person so do not worry about having to read in the first person then back to third again)
Chen was working with his directors when the last director walked in, Zhang Min.
Although nobody knew, Chen has looked in Min direction a couple of times more than just a simple glance because of Min's cold and mysterious aura as if she was hiding something and making a boundary for herself. At first, Chen thought she was like the other employees who would try to seduce him, like his secretary that he cannot fire since he is making use of her as she is a spy for a rival company, she never looked at him longer than necessary nor ever tried to get his attention in any way. Also, her promotions also made him pay more attention to her as she was able to gain the head directors position so quickly in a time span of a year or so while others only got the position after years of hard work and gaining more knowledge.
Chen took secret glances at her then later scolding himself
'Why am I paying so much attention to her? I should focus on this project the most right now since having this investor can greatly benefit in the short and long term should he be able to keep a harmonious relationship with the investor.'
End of Chen's POV
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* = WeChat is a platform used in China a lot (also used globally) and its like a mixture of both messaging/calling/twitter-ish(aka posting things and whatnot),etc
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