Reaching the age of thirty, my income randomly doubled

As spring blossomed, March arrived.

Once the temperature climbed back to around ten degrees each day, Chen Pingsheng had added an invisible thermal vest under his stylish shirt.

His sister-in-law, Song Wu, had returned to Capital City even earlier than him. Liu Fen said that Song Wu had been caught by her sister and got a thorough scolding for an entire morning.

Song Yanxi was even more furious and used Tengying’s resources to have all the photos of Song Wu taken at the entertainment industry gala deleted completely.

She didn’t allow a single one to appear in public.

Seriously speaking, it was the first time Song Wu had worn something so revealing.

And the sneaky tattletale, Chen Pingsheng, acted as if he knew nothing at all.

Whenever anyone asked him, he played dumb.

After Liu Yifei signed with Tengying, he had gathered three of the most talented people from Eighty-Five Flower.

The other two were already married, so it didn’t matter whether they signed or not.

Last year, he had invested in so many major dramas, and most of them were surprisingly scheduled for the summer slot.

It was unbelievable.

However, from March onward, films fully produced by Tengying began releasing one after another.

On March 7th, it was Chen Sicheng’s "Detective Tang One."

Last year, they had invested eighty million.

The May Day slot was for Shen Teng’s "The Richest Man in West Red City."

Following closely in the summer slot was also Chen Sicheng’s "The Disappearing He."

Unbeknownst to all, Tengying Entertainment was set to dominate the first half of the 2016 film market.

It was really exciting. After this wave, Tengying Entertainment’s stock price could rise to fifty billion.

With such conditions, did they still need his sister-in-law wearing low-cut attire to attract attention?

Even if you were dressed in rags and stood there, no one would dare to object.

They would only endlessly find ways to shower you with flattery.

Song Wu’s performance in the entertainment circle was actually quite acceptable, having run minor roles for two years.

Two years later, on her birthday party, Chen Pingsheng publicly acknowledged her status.

That also meant she could rampage through the entertainment circle with Tengying’s label.

If anyone dared to harass her, they would be instantly eliminated.

After coming out of her sister’s room looking listless, Song Yanxi was still full of energy.

She almost wanted to drag her back in and scold her for another half hour.

It must be said, there is a certain thrill in catching your own sister and scolding her freely.

"Brother-in-law."

Song Wu called him, and Chen Pingsheng pretended to be oblivious, "What have you done this time to have your sister drag you back home for a lecture?"

"Nothing much."

Song Wu felt awkward; she had clearly seen her brother-in-law earlier, and being so exposed, he must have seen everything.

"Have you been busy with films recently?"

"My sister won’t let me take on too many films; she wants me to rest at home for a while."

Song Wu was residing in their Siheyuan in Capital City, which had so many roomy courtyards that they couldn’t even fill them all.

"Taking some time off sounds pretty good."

While Chen Pingsheng lay on his rocking chair ready to take a long nap, Song Yanxi also dragged him into the room and lectured him.

She mainly scolded him for not intervening when he saw his sister-in-law dressed like that.

These were all her excuses of course.

She thought he couldn’t tell.

It was clear that she was hinting that by attending such events, he was feasting his eyes.

Slyly implying that he should attend fewer in future. Women really are petty.

Given a chance, she would nag about such things.

"Little Wu is your own sister, and I’m her brother-in-law, it’s not proper for me to interfere too much," Chen Pingsheng quickly explained.

"Why shouldn’t you interfere? I’ve even found her several suitable matches, help me pick one," she urged.

Song Yanxi pulled out some photographs from the drawer, introducing each to Chen Pingsheng.

The first was twenty-nine years old and quite handsome.

His family was in real estate; they weren’t as wealthy as her family but still possessed assets worth several billion.

The second one’s family was in the liquor business, also quite affluent.

The third one’s family manufactured daily necessities, similarly owning assets worth about a dozen billion.

Chen Pingsheng curiously asked her, "Where did you find so many rich heirs of the same age range?"

Song Yanxi rolled her eyes at him, "I started looking slowly since last year. These are all clients from Water Cloud Space, they rushed to propose once they heard my sister was still single. After weeding them out, only these remained."

"All wealthy heirs, huh?"

"What else?"

Song Yanxi said, "My mother, Liu Fen, complained that last year, Chen Qi’s marriage had us paying over a billion in expenses. This year, we cannot afford someone who has nothing whatsoever."

Chen Pingsheng thought about it and agreed, but he felt his younger sister-in-law was quite happy now; although Hu Lin was somewhat an outsider in the Education Bureau.

Soon after, he was delegated to a grassroots position, but his simplicity was sincere.

You can’t overlook someone’s genuine side just because they aren’t slick.

At least the couple was very happy together now.

Hu Lin was only suited to be a good grassroots teacher.

Given an opportunity at the Education Bureau, he would likely be quickly dismissed for his inability to engage in corrupt practices like gift-giving.

While others brought golden apples to their leaders,

with his good conditions and wealthy wife, he brought real apples.

If the leader doesn’t delegate him to a grassroots level, then who?

"Alright, just let Little Wu slowly choose then," he conceded.

"I’m arranging a blind date for her today. There’s no one reliable in the entertainment industry. Once she’s engaged, I’m planning to have her quit the entertainment industry."

"You better ask for her opinion on this," said Chen Pingsheng.

"Your sister really enjoys acting, and after studying it for so many years, she definitely won’t listen to you if you suddenly ask her to give it up," Chen Pingsheng commented.

"Alright, let’s talk about this later."

Song Yanxi took her sister to a matchmaking event for prominent families, where they only selected suitors of comparable social standing.

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Even if Song Wu was reluctant, she had to follow her sister.

She had been given the chance for love out of free will, but those who approached her were only after her family background.

Since that was the case, why bother looking further?

It would be better to have her family find someone with a matching social status.

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Chen Pingsheng didn’t bother with his sister-in-law’s matchmaking affairs, he would check on them whenever she found someone suitable.

No wonder his wife kept Song Wu in Capital City for a while, it turned out she was arranging blind dates for her.

March.

The spring recruitment at the universities was about to begin.

As the Tengying Group furthered its expansion into offline markets, they needed to recruit more interns to join the group, bringing in new blood.

Bai Xin came over with a recruitment plan for him to sign. This year, nobody suggested offering just 2500 for an intern’s salary.

Chen Pingsheng glanced at it. With Tenghui Department Store expanding into Shenzhen, they needed to add at least a team of two hundred people in the Guangdong region.

Additionally, with the establishment of a new group office in Xiangjiang, they had transferred two batches of teams there.

After being approved by the HR department, the total number of new recruits was roughly twelve hundred.

Not all in Capital City, some were assigned to Magic City and Guangdong too.

"Inform Qiuyan, let her lead this university recruitment drive, and arrange a few lectures for her as well."

Chu Qiuyan was now famously influential, her university lectures were sure to be filled without any empty seats.

"I will inform her immediately."

Bai Xin took out a cup of Antler Coffee’s new milk coffee from her bag. "Uncle, this is a new Italian-style milk coffee jointly developed by Qin Xue and Qiuyan. They sent it over to you first."

Chen Pingsheng tasted it twice.

The coffee was too bitter, the milk was rich, and the combination seemed quite good.

After another sip, the flavor was acceptable.

"How did they come up with this?"

"They blended it from espresso and rich milk."

"I heard from them that they determined the best flavor after refining it from a hundred thousand cups," Bai Xin said.

A hundred thousand cups sounded exaggerated.

But when you know the entire milk coffee research team had more than two hundred people, it didn’t seem so exaggerated.

Every new product’s development requires collecting customer data and flavor analysis.

Only then can you provide a targeted solution.

The research team had been established for nearly half a month now, and this was the first new milk coffee they introduced.

"This will certainly be more popular among young people than traditional bitter coffee. Let them start promoting it in Magic City first; once it gains market acceptance, then proceed with nationwide promotion."

The main reason for developing milk coffee was to differentiate from Starbucks.

Without its own uniqueness, Antler Coffee would always be following in others’ footsteps.

With thousands of direct stores, it’s time it had its own unique identity and features.

The new product definitely couldn’t be priced at 9.9 anymore, setting it at 15.8 seemed most appropriate.

Neither too high nor too low, young people could still afford it.

Comparable to the price of a cup of milk tea.

"Bai Xin, have you noticed that your workload seems to be quite heavy lately?"

"Uncle, you’ve finally noticed."

Bai Xin could no longer idle at work like before. With the company’s development at this stage and the boss having only her as a secretary, all key documents and signatures needed came through her.

She also needed to travel frequently between Beijing and Shanghai, which was simply too overwhelming now.

"Uncle, I think you should establish a dedicated secretary team. This secretary team needs at least three people."

Three female secretaries?

Chen Pingsheng was often busy with various affairs. Establishing a professional secretary team was indeed a good idea.

But whom to recruit for it?

After all, these were people who would work closely with him, and too many strangers wouldn’t work.

"Alright, you post a notice within the group, seeking applications for the secretary team internally."

The position of the boss’s secretary was quite special within the company.

Bai Xin already had some candidates in mind; among last year’s batch of interns, there was one suitable candidate.

Another was a female graduate student who had been with the group for two years.

Highly educated and very adaptable, she was extremely efficient.

First, transfer the two of them over, there would still be a training period once they joined.

The training mainly focused on being intimately familiar with the boss’s habits.

From the minor details of what tea he liked to drink, to handling urgent matters of the group when the boss was away, the secretary needed to be able to respond efficiently.

Anyway, being the boss’s secretary whether in terms of social status or income,

meant leaping up the social ladder.

She was there early, when there was still all kinds of work to do, and less than two years later,

she had managed to secure a house, a car, and a good income.

Now, things were different, with the group growing beyond a hundred thousand employees.

Desiring to be the boss’s secretary required a degree as a starting point.

A postgraduate degree, including major fields of study in English, had to be truly top-notch.

Besides this, appearance had to be at least a nine on a scale of ten.

After all, the boss was still a top figure in the entertainment industry.

His secretary’s looks definitely had to be absolutely okay.

Just considering these two aspects alone filtered out 99.99% of candidates.

Among the tiny fraction that remained, they still needed to be highly emotionally intelligent, capable, and sharp-minded, all brought together under a range of comprehensive conditions.

Only a handful were left then.