Chapter Ninety-One: Blocked Outside the Door

  It wasn't just these two people who were discussing Ji Xin'an, when they found out about her identity, they also started whispering to each other. The girls were relatively better, they just looked at her with admiring eyes, but the boys were different, their gazes had a hint of infatuation. For such a beautiful and excellent girl, it was natural that there would be many thoughts.

  Ji Xin'an began her college entrance examination under the spotlight, and even the invigilating teachers felt the unusual atmosphere. But after seeing Ji Xin'an's name on her admission ticket, they suddenly realized and couldn't help but take a few more glances at this girl who always took first place for granted and thought she could get it just by wanting it, wondering if she had three heads and six arms.

  She had to be grateful that her mental endurance was still okay, otherwise at such a tense moment, she would have become the focus of everyone again, and a slight mistake might not even allow her to enter the military school, let alone get back the title of champion.

  Three days passed quickly, and Ji Xin'an performed normally. Although the results were not out yet, she knew that the admission letter from the military academy was already in her hands.

  All of a sudden, Ji Xin'an finally remembered that she hadn't been to the company for a long time. She wondered what Song Ge, who had been working hard behind her back, was saying about her now. As soon as she thought about it, she took action. It had been almost a year since she last went there, and fortunately, she wasn't forgetful, otherwise, she would have forgotten which direction the company's gate opened.

  When the entertainment company first started, it rented only one floor as its office to save costs. All departments were simplified as much as possible. Later, as the company grew bigger and bigger, the owner of the building happened to want to sell it due to debt problems. So Song Jiangliang took the opportunity to buy it at a low price, returned all the rent to other tenants, and turned the entire building into the company's office building.

  With the space, Song Jiang built all the departments that could be built. The comprehensiveness of it was rare in the country, and the sign on the outside of the building 'Certain Building' was also changed to 'Tianhang' (two words).

  Ji Xin'an, although it's been a long time since he came, the company's office was still on the 15th floor back then, but he is still quite familiar with this place. After entering, he directly heads to Song Jiangliang's office near the elevator.

  Unexpectedly, I was stopped by the front desk.

  "Hello, miss, which department are you looking for?" A smiling and sweet receptionist politely stopped her. The term 'miss' now has a somewhat unusual meaning, so although Ji Xin'an is young, being called that doesn't seem out of place.

  "Ah, I'm looking for Mr. Song." Ji Xin'an didn't expect that Song Jiangliang had already turned the company into such a formal one. Looking at the very professional girl in front of him, he thought she was pretty good. He glanced at her name tag, "Li Juan", a very ordinary name.

  "Do you have an appointment?" Li Juan's expression didn't change because of her words, still politely looking at her.

  "No." Ji Xin An shook her head, only now realizing that Song Ge was so formidable that you had to make an appointment just to see him.

  "I'm afraid that's not possible if you don't have an appointment, we can't let you go up. If you want to see President Song, you must make an appointment in advance." Li Juan didn't look down on her because of this and still politely explained.

  "So, you tell him that Ji Xin'an has come to see him. I think he will meet with me." Ji Xin'an smiled slightly and didn't force his way in.

  Li Juan hesitated for a moment and then walked over to the phone.

  The girl standing next to her saw that she was really going to hit, looked at Ji Xin'an with disdain, and opened her mouth. "You really believe she knows President Song? Maybe it's just some little girl who ran out of nowhere, dreaming of being a star, trying to get in good with President Song and into our company."

  "Stop talking nonsense, Xiao Hu." Li Juan looked at Ji Xin'an with concern and immediately picked up the phone. "Hello, is this Secretary Wang? I'm Li Juan from the front desk. We have a woman named Ji Xin'an here who wants to see President Song."

  "Does she have an appointment?" Secretary Wang asked coldly.

  "No, but she said that as long as you tell Mr. Song that her name is Ji Xin'an, he will see her." Li Juan hastily explained that if it was really a guest of Mr. Song's or someone with an urgent matter, being delayed by her wouldn't be good.

  "Li Juan, you've been here for a while now. Don't let anyone who wants to see President Song come and disturb me in the future. President Song is not someone that just anyone can meet with." The other party said bluntly and hung up the phone with a 'click'.

  The voice on the other end was loud enough to reach Ji Xin'an's ears. Song Jiangliang's secretary should have known Ji Xin'an, but the Wang secretary on the phone seemed to be new and didn't know Ji Xin'an's position in the company at all. Yet she had the attitude of keeping people out without even understanding the situation, which Ji Xin'an disliked very much.

  "Or would you like to make an appointment and come back in a few days?" Li Juan had already done what she could, and now it was definitely not possible to let her in. Meanwhile, Little Hu on the side was watching Li Juan with schadenfreude.

  "Thank you, I'll contact him myself." Zhi Xin'an saw that it was impossible to go in like this, so he could only go out and call Song Jiangliang.

  "It sounds good, but isn't it just an excuse for you to save face? Don't tell me your phone call can really get Mr. Song to come and pick you up?" Little Hu curled his lip, not believing at all that Ji Xin'an had any relationship with Mr. Song.

  Ji Xin'an didn't say anything either, no need to be angry with her now, she just turned around and went outside to find a public phone, and it was connected in just a few rings.

  "Hello, who is it?" Song Jiang's polite tone came through.

  "Song Da Boss, it's me." Ji Xin An said with a light smile.

  "An an? What's wrong with you?" Song Jiangliang felt that something was off when he heard her address him.

  "What's wrong, I came to the company and was blocked outside?" Ji Xin'an wasn't angry about this, but rather at the attitude of that Secretary Wang. No matter if she was a newcomer trying to get ahead like Little Hu said, she shouldn't have had such an attitude. People like her in the company are just rotten fish spoiling the whole pot of soup.

  "How is that possible? You just need to tell them your name, right?" Song Jiang was startled and felt that this was impossible. She thought that even if the secretary didn't recognize her, she would ask herself, but no one had ever mentioned that Ji Xin'an had come.

  "Does your secretary know which onion I am?" Ji Xin'an said with a light smile, carrying a sarcastic tone. She wasn't blaming Song Jiangliang, but rather wanted to tell him that she was angry.

  "Alright, don't be angry, wait for me at the bottom of the company building, I'll come down to pick you up right away." Song Jiangliang immediately understood the problem and hung up the phone, heading towards the door.

  Ji Xin'an returned to the company hall, Li Juan and Xiao Hu were both surprised. Even Li Juan thought that her previous words were just an excuse to step down, but she didn't expect her to really come back again.

  But Xiao Hu walked back and forth, with an air of superiority, although the company had expanded and recruited many new people, it was not easy to get in here. She was able to come here to work, and every day she got used to seeing big-name stars, so slowly she also learned to look down on others.

  "Please don't interfere with our normal work here, if you don't leave I'll have to call security." Although usually only nodding and bowing in front of those celebrities, now also enjoyed a sense of giving orders.

  Ji Xin'an hadn't even had a chance to say anything when someone interrupted her, "I'll see which security guard dares to chase her away."

  The two of them turned their heads at the same time and looked towards the elevator, surprisingly, it was Song Jiang Liang who quickly walked out of the elevator, looking like he was still in a hurry.

  Xiao Hu didn't expect Song Jiangliang to actually come down, and he was so scared that his hands were shaking. "Director Song, I..."

  "You don't have to say anything, I'll go to the finance department and settle this month's salary. You don't need to come tomorrow." Song Jiangliang was very angry, a shareholder of the company was actually rejected by a small front desk, didn't expect that his own company's front desk would recruit such a selfish person, must investigate who recruited him when he gets back.

  "Director Song, I really didn't know she was your guest." Xiaohu's face turned white with fright. With her education, it would be hard to find another job that is so relaxed and pays so well.

  "Song Zong, she didn't mean to, just give her another chance." Li Juan surprisingly ran over to plead for her, hoping Song Jiang would show mercy.

  "I'm not depriving her of opportunities, but if she can treat Anan like this today, then tomorrow she'll do the same to others. The front desk is the face of a company, and her behavior will cause unknown losses for the company." Song Jiangliang didn't take out his anger on her, otherwise he wouldn't even be able to keep his own rice bowl, let alone help others.

  Xiao Hu saw that there was no room for maneuvering anymore, and stood there foolishly, with a heart full of regret for his previous big mouth.

  With Song Jiang Liang, of course no one dared to stop her from entering anymore. She followed behind Song Jiang Liang and walked into the elevator. Before the door closed, Ji Xin An smiled at Li Juan, "Li Juan, you're not bad."

  Li Juan stood there in a daze, watching the door close slowly, thinking to herself that she must have just seen things, or else how could such a small girl have an aura that even Song Zong didn't possess.

  "Alright, I've already let that secretary go home with her wages," Song Jiangliang explained, fearing that Ji Xin'an was still angry about the matter.

  "Will that not affect your work?" Ji Xin'an had already calmed down from the anger he felt just now, but he didn't expect him to fire even Secretary Wang so quickly.

  "It's okay, you haven't been here for a long time, so you're not familiar with the changes in the company. The original secretary Liu is still here, but now she's no longer alone. A new secretarial department has been established, and she's now the manager. I have several secretaries by my side, each doing different work, and if one leaves, others can take over immediately." Song Jiangliang explained to her as he saw her questioning.

  "Song Ge, you're getting more and more like a big boss, even having several secretaries assigned to you." Ji Xin'an joked with a smile, not expecting the company to develop so quickly.

  "Don't laugh at Song Ge anymore. At first, due to a lack of manpower, they suddenly recruited many people, but unexpectedly, people with such poor quality mixed in. It seems that this time Liu Secretary should thoroughly evaluate these people, otherwise the company's reputation will be ruined." Song Jiangliang still had some anger in his heart, it seemed that these people were in trouble.

  "Song, it's not that serious, the company is just expanding too fast and the staff quality can't keep up. These things can't be rushed, we should organize some employee training at the right time to slowly standardize everything. And aren't there also excellent talents? Li Juan is pretty good, polite but also principled." Ji Xin'an smiled, although there were some problems, it wasn't that serious after all.

  "Ah, all the difficulties become simple when they reach you." Song Jiang smiled at her. He thought that if she could come to the company and run it with him, the company would definitely be more than its current scale.

  "Song Ge, if you say that again, I'll be embarrassed." Ji Xin'an felt a little guilty about such praise.

  "Alright, I think the company should assign you a pager. That way, you can make calls wherever you go and don't have to bother going to public phones anymore. Plus, it's more convenient for people to reach you now that all the high-ranking executives in the company already have one, except for you." Song Jiangliang said with a smile, pulling out his own pager to show her.

  "Song Ge, what am I supposed to do with this? Use it for self-defense?" Ji Xin'an took a look and scoffed at the bulky phone. Having gotten used to those stylish and multi-functional mobile phones, she naturally looked down on this old-fashioned one, which couldn't even take pictures or access the internet, let alone send text messages.

  "This is over 10,000 yuan, how can you call it a brick?" Originally, I liked the new mobile phone I just bought, but after she said that, it didn't look good to me either.

  "I won't be able to use it even if I had a hundred of them. This thing is so big, I don't have anywhere to put it. It's been so many days and no phone calls, can't I just use it as a self-defense weapon? And it's too ugly like this. When did it become as big as your lighter that I'll start using it again." Ji Xin'an thought that since she didn't make that many phone calls anyway, letting her carry this thing in her bag every day was no different from finding a public phone.

  "How is it possible? You think this is a science fiction movie?" Song Jiang laughed at her, thinking she was still a kid who had watched too many movies.

  "I said I can, or we make a bet?" Ji Xin'an completely forgot what just happened and started studying the phone with Song Jiangliang.

  "Alright, what's the bet?" Song Jiang was skeptical of her words, he already thought it was amazing enough that everyone had mobile phones now, they could make calls wherever they went, this was something that would have been difficult even a few years ago.

  "Then whoever loses will take care of the company. If you lose, I'll come back to the industry and just be a director, no need for me to enter the company." Ji Xin'an smiled like a cunning little fox.

  "If you lose, will you come back and manage the company?" Song Jiangliang didn't notice her smile, which also doomed him to be a cow and horse for the rest of his life.

  "Of course." Ji Xin'an nodded.

  "We should make an appointment, after all. You can't be a deserter for fifty years and expect the bet to last fifty years too." Song Jiang was indeed thoughtful, but he never could have imagined that technology would develop so quickly.

  "Then it's ten years, if you win in ten years, I'll come back to manage the company for you even if I don't become a soldier." Ji Xin said firmly, at that time, not to mention lighters of this size, watch-sized ones had already come out.

  "Great, it seems that I can retire and travel around the world in another ten years." Song Jiangliang now felt that he had won for sure, and looked at Ji Xin'an with satisfaction.

  Ji Xin'an smiled and didn't say anything else, secretly rejoicing in her heart.