Chapter 150: Even in Dreams, You're Still Shameless?
These days, there are organizations everywhere that use charity as a cover to swindle money. You can despise them or even curse at them, but when you're in this circle, even if you know what's going on, deep down inside, you really don't want to go along with it, yet you have no choice but to do so.
Few people are now focusing on doing things, and everywhere there are some people who specialize in thinking about crooked ways. If you think that not offending others can make you safe and sound, then you are greatly mistaken. Some people are like this, even if you don't provoke them, they will still create trouble for you. Wanting to be a lone saint, emerging from the mud without being stained, is impossible. When everyone else does one thing, but you don't do it, you become an outcast, and then you'll be excluded by others, making life difficult for you. In short: You can't control your own fate!
"Pharmaceutical Association's charity auction dinner? How come I didn't receive an invitation?" Wu Tian looked at the red paper that Chen Chen took out from his pocket, he was now the boss of Tianzheng Pharmaceutical, and yet they held such a dinner without inviting him, wasn't that too humiliating?
Although Wu Tian didn't want to go, not being invited was one thing, but being invited and not going was another. They were all people with a sense of dignity, living for the sake of face. As people in the jianghu, if you don't give them face, who would be happy?
"Is Tian Zheng a member of the Pharmaceutical Association?" Chen Chen asked Wu Tian.
"No way!"
"Why did they invite you over? Besides, your pharmacy just opened and hasn't even started producing medicine yet!"
"Is it because my sky is too small?" Wu Tian interrupted Chen Chen's words. The association also has requirements for recruiting members, and the big ones can come in casually. But the small ones are resolutely not allowed to enter, just to make those who join feel a sense of superiority, thinking that this association is really awesome, and it's not something that any Tom, Dick, or Harry can easily get into. The charity auction dinner is also the same reason, and it's not just anyone who can receive an invitation, this isn't a temple fair, it's a charity auction dinner, with 'auction' being the key word, so naturally only people from society with a certain reputation and status are invited, companies and individuals without money or influence. You'd better go drink tofu brain on the street instead.
"It's not that he's small, it's just...unconventional. And nobody knows the truth about Tian Zheng, so don't bother with those people, they're all jealous and narrow-minded." Chen Chen comforted.
"This is music to my ears!" Wu Tian said. Thinking about it, it's indeed the case that a newly established pharmaceutical company like Tianzheng, which doesn't even have all its departments in place, would not be invited by the association. Even if they wanted to join, it wouldn't be easy, after all, the association has its own standards and isn't just open to any old medicine peddler. Moreover, Tianzheng hasn't even started selling medicine yet. It doesn't have a reputation in society, the building may look impressive, but there's no factory. Pharmaceutical company? That's just a bluff, something Wu Tian himself would admit. His original purpose for buying out Wanqing was to do research, not to sell medicine. If he wanted to sell medicine, he could have done so at Shengtian, why would he start his own company?
Moreover, his identity is relatively sensitive. The legal representative of Tianzheng is not him, he is just the behind-the-scenes boss. Even if Tianzheng receives an invitation, he is not suitable to represent it publicly. For a behind-the-scenes big boss like him, making a fortune quietly is the best way. Other things like reputation are just fleeting clouds.
"So, are you going with me or not?" Chen Chen asked Wu Tian with a smile. She had already figured out his temperament. As long as she went along with what he said and flattered him to make him happy, everything would be easy to discuss.
"Go! Why not go?" Wu Tian, who was in a good mood, agreed to it. "Anyway, I'll have to deal with those people sooner or later. Let me see what kind of moral character they have. Look down on my Tian Zheng? One day, I'll make them come crawling to me. Hmph!" Anyway, he had a week off and was idle anyway. Although he had already seen the ugliness and hypocrisy of countless swindlers, this was his first time formally entering the industry. To defeat the enemy, one must first enter the enemy's inner circle - this was a great opportunity. It was time to give those bastards a call.
Wolf... no, no! It's a tiger!
Tiger is coming!
When Wu Tian finally agreed, Chen Chen was overjoyed, his face filled with smiles, like a blooming flower, beautiful and captivating.
In fact, she didn't want to attend the charity auction dinner at all. She had followed her father before, and every year there were many donations, but no donation activities were seen, not even a receipt. The dinner was made with great fanfare, but in the end, it was all for nothing.
This year, Sheng Tian needs to take the lead, and she can't not go. If she goes alone, she'll be bothered by countless annoying people, so she thought of Wu Tian. With Wu Tian accompanying her, the situation will be completely different. It won't be boring, and those annoying flies won't bother her either, killing two birds with one stone.
"Are we going to keep walking?" Chen Chen asked Wu Tian.
"What's wrong?"
"Let's have lunch together!"
"We don't need lunch, but I'll be back tonight and you can cook dinner."
"Really? That's great!" Chen Chen nodded repeatedly, her face full of surprise and delight, just like a concubine who had been favored by the emperor once again.
"I still have something on, I'll leave first!"
Wu Tian stood up and walked out. Chen Chen also rarely came out from behind the office desk, sending Wu Tian out of the office.
Wu Tian thought Chen Chen was happy that he agreed to accompany her to the dinner party, so he also enjoyed this treatment, looking like a big brother who just came out of the eight alleys, walking with a crab step.
After seeing off Wu Tian, Chen Chen immediately called his secretary Liu Jing into his office.
"Let me check, are there any arrangements after 3 pm?" Chen Chen asked Liu Jing.
Liu Jing gave Chen Chen a strange sideways glance. In the past, this beautiful female general manager always presented herself with a serious and cold face, never showing any other expression on her face, just like an animal without emotions. But what's going on today? Smiling? General Chen can actually smile? This made Liu Jing feel deeply surprised, his astonishment was no less than seeing an alien. What exactly happened that could make General Chen laugh with joy?
When Mr. Chen asked, Liu Jing thought for a moment and replied, "Mr. Chen, there is a signing ceremony at 3 o'clock, a department manager meeting at 4 o'clock, and a client has arranged to have dinner with you at 6 o'clock!"
"Let's postpone everything after the signing ceremony until tomorrow," said Chen Chen.
Liu Jing was taken aback for a moment, then reminded him, "Director Chen, that client is Mr. Sanbong Hiroji from Japan, his procurement..."!
"Don't you understand what I'm saying?" Chen Chen's expression immediately turned cold, "Not to mention three books and two chapters, even if it's three books and fifty-six chapters, it must be changed by tomorrow. Go do it!"
"Yes!" Liu Jing hastily responded and left the general manager's office. But in her heart, she couldn't help but wonder: What was wrong with President Chen today? What could have made him postpone such an important meeting? It was strange!
Actually, Wu Tian didn't have anything important to do. The lab was on holiday, and he could finally relax for a while. Telling Chen Chen that he had something to attend to was just an excuse, just like when he told Chen Chen before that he happened to be passing by and helped Jingyun deliver the USB drive. As for why he said so, Wu Tian himself didn't know either. Probably it was still a matter of face.
Wu Tian made a phone call and instructed Jingyun and Fanghua for a few words before returning home, which was also the home of him and Chenchen.
He wants to take some spare clothes to Tianzheng, the next stage of work is unknown how long it will last, maybe another one or two months, or even several months longer. The step that project A has taken makes his blood boil again, and that enthusiasm cannot be cooled down even in winter. He wants to fully enter the mode of selflessness now.
The first thing Wu Tian did when he got home was not to pick up his clothes, but to sleep. Since the start of Project A, it had been about two months, and he hadn't had a good night's sleep. On average, he only had three or four hours of sleep per day. Now that he was on vacation, sleeping naturally took top priority.
He stripped off his clothes, lay on the bed, closed his eyes... one... two... three, and Wu Tian's snores echoed through the room, he had fallen asleep.
Wu Tian has now cultivated the skill of falling asleep as soon as he lies down, and if given a comfortable posture, he will definitely fall asleep within three seconds.
Wu Tian woke up at 4:30 in the afternoon and got out of bed, walking out of the room naked and dazed.
Waft after waft of fragrance drifted into Wu Tian's nostrils, and he rubbed his temples with his hand. What was this smell? Was he still dreaming? It seemed that in his past life, he must have been a foodie, even in his dreams, he could smell the fragrance. He came to the bathroom door, opened it and walked in.
In the bathroom, Chenchen held up her skirt and sat on the toilet seat, holding toilet paper in her hand, staring blankly at Wu Tian who walked in naked, her mouth wide open and her eyes round.
Wu Tian saw Chen Chen, but didn't react much. He just glanced at the other person. Dizzy, how did Chen Chen appear in this dream? Actually dreamed of Chen Chen going to the bathroom? When did his own dreams become so low-level and vulgar? Forget it, whatever.
Wu Tian calmly walked in front of Chen Chen, passed by and entered the bathroom inside, then bent over with his butt up and turned on the faucet to fill the bathtub.
Maybe it was the sound of the faucet that stimulated Wu Tian, a strong urge to urinate swept over him, Wu Tian turned around and walked towards Chen Chen again, accurately speaking, he walked towards the toilet, only because Chen Chen was on the toilet.
Wu Tian stood in front of the toilet, although it was in a dream, but he still felt embarrassed to pee towards Chen Chen's body, so... So he closed his eyes, as the saying goes, out of sight, out of mind.
Chen Chen, still in a daze, saw Wu Tian standing in front of her with his hips thrust forward. As if she had realized something, she finally came to her senses. She suddenly stretched out her hand and pushed Wu Tian's body, lowered her head, lifted up her skirt and screamed as she ran out of the bathroom.
"Ah~~~~!"
"Oh no!"
Wu Tian covered his crotch with his hand, a pained expression on his face. The intense pain from below immediately snapped him out of his daze. Chen Chen's shrill cry also brought him back to reality.
Is this a dream?
Watching Chen Chen fleeing in a hurry, the slippers that were thrown away, and the skirt tucked into her underwear, as well as...the pain coming from below.
It's really not a dream!