Sure enough, not long after Chen Cheng left the stadium, he received news that Boss Cai wanted a 500 million share.

Chen Cheng sat in the back seat of the Cadillac, put down his phone, and looked out the car window.

His mission to New Home this time could be considered basically complete.

The fundraising target was 10 billion, and including Boss Cai's, 90% was already completed.

The petroleum capital behind this classmate had increased its investment.

But Chen Cheng had limited their share.

Now that the fund had reached this scale, what Chen Cheng needed was no longer just money.

He needed to gain more allies.

Whoever put up the money could get a ticket on this ship.

On this 10 billion ship, 20% was hong kong circles capital, 20% was petroleum capital, and the rest came from America.

As for where the money the Investment Bank asset management brought to him actually came from, Chen Cheng didn't care.

Watching the ambulance whiz by on the road with its sirens wailing, Chen Cheng immediately thought of Xu Qin.

Only then did he remember that he hadn't reported to Ouyang that he had already seen Xu Qin.

He raised an eyebrow and sent a text message to the Old Madam.

It was daytime in the country, but Ouyang did not call Chen Cheng directly.

Instead, she immediately called her own sister, Fu Wenyin.

Fu Wenyin's call quickly reached Xu Qin.

Xu Qin had just finished tidying up and was preparing to go to sleep in the room where she had been intimate with Chen Cheng yesterday, when she heard the green bubble video notification and picked up her phone to look.

Her face froze instantly. The ringtone continued for a few beats before Xu Qin sat up straight, took a few nervous breaths, and answered the video call.

"Mom~" She forced a smile on her face to greet Fu Wenyin on the other end of the call.

A faint smile appeared on Fu Wenyin's face, "Hey~"

Like a kitten caught stealing cream, Xu Qin was a bit uneasy, pursed her lips, and asked, "Mom, why did you suddenly think of calling me? Isn't today Monday?"

Usually, every Saturday, Fu Wenyin would make a video call to Xu Qin to check on her condition. Knowing she was busy, she wouldn't disturb her at other times.

A smile played on the corners of Fu Wenyin's mouth, "It's the end of the year, and there are too many social obligations at the group. I just got busy and forgot about Saturday."

"Oh~" Xu Qin breathed a sigh of relief.

Who knew that Fu Wenyin would change the subject, "Oh right, did you receive the things that I asked your aunt's student to bring you?"

Xu Qin pursed her lips and nodded faintly, "Yeah, I received them."

Fu Wenyin's eyes lit up, and she asked tentatively, "What do you think of that boy?"

"Huh?" Xu Qin's pupils constricted, and her brain worked rapidly, "What do you mean, what do I think of him?"

"He just came over to deliver something, I treated him to a meal, and then he left."

Xu Qin had no intention of letting Fu Wenyin know about her progress with Chen Cheng.

More accurately, she was not willing to let Fu Wenyin know about her living situation.

Let alone let Fu Wenyin know about her relationship status.

She rarely even took the initiative to call her.

In fact, she wouldn't even mention that she had an adoptive mother unless she was on the phone.

Fu Wenyin sighed, somewhat angry, "You child..."

She had introduced no fewer than five or six people to her, and every single one had been just as polite and distant.

And then, there was no follow-up.

Xu Qin blinked and said, "Mom, you'd better not introduce anyone else to me. I'm so busy right now that I barely have time to breathe, let alone deal with these things."

"..."

While Xu Qin was still playing a battle of wits with Fu Wenyin, Chen Cheng was also on the phone with Ouyang.

The same excuse: he left as soon as he delivered the things.

This was something Xu Qin had proposed herself.

Scum Cheng was of course happy to oblige.

After returning to the country, Chen Cheng stayed at Huaihai Road for one night.

Tired but happy.

The next day, Chen Cheng, full of energy, sat in the back seat of the pullman and went to the company.

Today was the last working day before the Lunar New Year at Company Name. It was also the day bonuses were distributed.

Chen Cheng had already received the details; today was just to sign off on them.

And to sign the accumulated documents while he was at it.

When Chen Cheng arrived at the office door, the finance staff from Company Name and ZEN were already waiting there.

Zou Yu had long notified the directors of the two company departments that Boss Chen would be coming to the company today.

Those who needed to report work to Boss Chen had to make an appointment with Zou Yu.

Zou Yu had scheduled the non-business departments from both sides first.

As for Company Name, Zhao Hui was fully responsible. Zhao Hui was responsible for the performance of Company Name and reported to Boss Chen.

The first thing Chen Cheng did after entering the office was not to sign documents or talk to the two waiting finance staff, but to call in Qu Honglei.

He arranged for the two funds to continue reducing positions and to appropriately open short positions on the index.

Knowing the market was going to crash, he didn't open short positions on individual stocks, purely because Chen Cheng found shorting in the A-share market too troublesome.

But knowing that the fund was facing a shrinkage in net value, he couldn't just sit idly by.

That would be irresponsible to himself and the investors.

At the very least, hedging against risk was necessary.

After entering January, Company Name had been doing wash sales to slowly reduce positions and increase liquidity.

But they hadn't opened any short positions.

After Qu Honglei left, Chen Cheng chatted briefly with the two finance staff and signed the bonus distribution details.

The staff on both sides were not numerous, but the average salary was very high.

On the ZEN side, due to the high proportion of R&D personnel, the average salary was close to 800,000.

And on the Company Name side, it was quite exaggerated, with the average annual salary having broken through the 2 million mark.

Of course, Chen Cheng and executives like Qu Honglei, Gao Yue, and Miao Che played a big part in this.

And then there were the traders, many of whom received profit sharing.

Yeah, that's right.

Chen Cheng drew a salary at Company Name.

Chen Cheng had long had a very clear understanding: salary was salary, and dividends were dividends.

One couldn't choose to forgo a salary and only take dividends just because the personal income tax rate was high.

Chen Cheng had always adhered to two principles: "Pay the taxes that should be paid; sleep with who you should sleep with."

Some people just didn't understand the essence of taxes, which is why they dared to 'not pay taxes that should be paid, and sleep with people they shouldn't.'

He had set a salary for himself at Company Name China, ZEN, and Likely Chen Chengs company.

At Company Name China, he took an annual salary of 20 million, with 11 million actually in hand.

ZEN was just starting out, so he kept it simple; as CEO, he only took an annual salary of 5 million.

Because it had been established for a relatively short time, Chen Cheng only had 1 million in pre-tax income from ZEN this year.

Angel City was more, 20 million dollars. The actual amount in hand was also about 10 million dollars.

So Scum Cheng's salary income this year was 11 million Yuan plus 11 million Dollars.

This money, while not enough to buy assets, was certainly enough to support his girlfriend.

After the finance staff from both sides left, Chen Cheng began to review the annual report that Qu Honglei had just brought over.