48 JOB

"I'm sorry but we don't have any available position for you right now," Jiang Ru answered.

Wang Xiu's face was dumbfounded by the news, "I remembered, you are the one who offered me a job."

"Unfortunately, the news of you being fired spread out into one of the shareholders—"

" —Hwei Ru…" Wang Xiu cuts in.

Jiang Ru cleared her throat, "ONE...of our shareholders, and it doesn't appear good as LCDC has been one of our loyal clients for years."

"That's a load of bullshit." She exclaimed, "Mind my words, I don't usually curse but Jiang Ru, that's a load of bullshit."

She stood up from her chair placed in front of the glass table and strutted towards the door.

"Where are you going???" Jiang Ru stood confused.

She paused opening the door, "We don't have anything to talk about anymore. If Hwei Ru decided to not let me work at this company, you just proved you don't have the power to stop her."

Jiang Ru was easily caught by the woman. He scoffed at how direct Wang Xiu is when it comes to business.

"I have a job proposal for you." Jiang Ru pointed at the chair.

The woman closed the door and sat back in her seat.

"I don't do hand jobs for poles, only caves." She answered with a smile.

"That's not the job I was thinking but I'll think of that reference in the future." The CEO sneered.

Wang Xiu's eyes widened from Jiang Ru's words.

"You plan to marry a woman???" She asked.

"Yes."

"For heaven's sake!!! Stop with fake relationships and tell everyone you prefer men." Wang Xiu angrily replied.

"HEY!!!" Jiang Ru set a finger between his lips.

"When will the beard be cut off??? You had me, you had Honey, who's next??? An actress???" She exclaimed.

"You don't get to tell me what to do. I—"

The intercom rang and halted his words.

"Sir Bao, you told me to remind you that you have a conference call later with Mr. Exelon in thirty minutes." A male voice conveyed the message.

"Thank you." Jiang Ru replied.

The woman raised her brow hearing the billionaire's name. She has heard about the genius moneymaker who made himself filthy rich in a short period. On news, they hailed Elric Exelon and his great business strategy but in the business world, his legal methods were said to be dirty.

"Mr. Exelon??? The Golden Boy of the West???" Wang Xiu asked.

"Yes. He wanted to extend his reach here in Asia and he approached the top companies to gain perspective in business here." Jiang Ru explained.

"And the first island to colonize is you???" She scoffed.

Jiang Ru laughed, "He reached out to a lot of companies."

"He better has a HUGE pole to get you to say YES." She mischievously implied.

"I heard he has his eyes set on Macau first." The CEO's voice became stern.

"Good luck with him. Macau is under CEO Kang and his untouchable wealth. No one can do business there without his blessing." Wang Xiu sarcastically implied.

Her uncle Liu Wei had avoided doing business with CEO Kang for years. Not that CEO Kang did not offer a job proposal, it was his uncle who said no to it. She encountered a contract once and it was turned down fast. Wang Xiu confronted her uncle about it but she didn't get any answer.

"I can." Jiang Ru boasted.

"You're neutral. Like a bridge." She replied.

Jiang Ru abruptly thought of the woman's words. Bao Metal has always been an equitable company to all of its clients. From construction to carmakers. They give reasonable prices to their materials. He never thought of being a bridge to anyone of their clients. Yet the woman knew exactly what their company could do for the billionaire from America.

He could see why Wang Xiu was an asset to LCDC and regretted that the woman no longer works there. Looking at Long Li Jun as the new CEO only looks pretty on paper but he doubts he could put LCDC to the top.

"So what job offer are you proposing???" Wang Xiu crossed her legs getting back the focus of the conversation back to the job the CEO offered.

"I want you to build me an executive's club."

"A high-end strip club???" She was disappointed.

"NO!!!"

"Say it again slowly and tell me what I heard is wrong." She insisted.

"It's a members-only club."

"That's a business killer unless you're a grocery store." Wang Xiu explained.

"I want every CEO to have an exclusive place for them."

She waved her hand in the air like reading the name of the club, "Strip club with VIP rooms."

"I'm proposing a business partnership with you?!?" Jiang Ru disappointedly sighed.

"And I'm telling you what kind of business it sounds like to me." She replied.

"I want a club where a CEO like me can meet another executive."

"I can work with that." She smiled.

"That's good to hear. I'll give you a week to give me a proposal plan."

"I can do that in a day." Wang Xiu proudly answered.

"I'm giving you a week to research about clubs. Then come back to me. Okay???"

"Okay boss!!!" She nodded and stood from her seat.

"One more thing." Jiang Ru called to stop her from walking out.

"What is it???"

"I want you to come with me to Li Jun's party." Jiang Ru suggested.

"No. I'm not going."

"I know Li Jun didn't invite you." He sneered.

"He has reasons besides, Hwei Ru wouldn't like it."

"You are going to be my business partner. It's my money. My sister doesn't have any say in that." He explained.

"Okay." Wang Xiu nodded.

"Good."

"I'm going to hire LCDC for construction." She proposed.

"Of course."

"Jiang Ru… thank you." She smiled sincerely.

"Are you going to cry???" Jiang Ru taunted.

She stepped towards the CEO and tried to unbutton her rose pink shirt, "No. I'm going to strip naked in front of you."

"Ewwww… shooo...shooooo…" Jiang Ru jokingly shoved the woman away into the door and out of his office.

Making Wang Xiu a partner in a business gave Jiang Ru less guilt. He wanted to repay his debt. There was no bad blood between them after all that happened. And most of them were friendly