Ye Qiu wanted to lift Shen Yueru up, and when she sat on his lap, Shen Yueru hurriedly pushed him away.

"Then I’m leaving," Ye Qiu said.

"Why are you being so handsy?"

Hearing Ye Qiu say he was leaving, Shen Yueru was somewhat displeased, feeling that Ye Qiu came over just to take advantage of her.

"Then I might as well go chat with your sister."

Shen Yueru was even angrier and said, "Do you dare?"

She had long suspected that Ye Qiu and her sister had something going on, but neither admitted it, and now Ye Qiu actually wanted to go find her sister.

"If I can’t touch you, why am I here?"

"Aren’t we talking about business?"

Shen Yueru felt that Ye Qiu had changed a lot now, not knowing if it made him more attractive to her or something else.

Ye Qiu sat across from Shen Yueru, and seeing he hadn’t left, Shen Yueru said, "Someone from the Yang Family went to the Capital City to personally seek connections."

Capital City?

For such a big business, how could there be no background connections?

Moreover, the Yang Family still held significant weight in the Jiangnan Silk Association before, so it’s definitely impossible to say they had no background connections.

Now Ye Qiu wants the Shen Family and other partners to establish a new Silk Association in Jinling, essentially moving the Silk Association from Jiangzhou to Jinling.

They already have the support of the Jiangnan Province government and Jinling City government, after all, Jiangnan Province’s capital is Jinling, not Jiangzhou.

Because of this, the Yang Family knows they can’t rely on Jiangnan anymore and went to the Capital City to seek connections, so when the pressure comes from above, it won’t be easy for Shen Yueru to successfully establish a new Silk Association.

"Are you scared?"

"It’s not about being scared, just take a look at these lawyer letters."

Ye Qiu took them over to read, and they were all suing Xingyue Group, involving monopoly issues.

Currently, after Xingyue Group acquired Qingcheng Group, it’s basically monopolizing the domestic high-end lingerie market. Now they also want to intervene in raw materials, which in the lawyers’ view involves market monopoly.

Actually, most large domestic companies are like this, but why others have no problems is naturally because they have background connections.

"The Yang Family really has a death wish."

"They just don’t want to sit still waiting for doom."

Shen Yueru said.

Seeing Ye Qiu without much expression, Shen Yueru asked, "So what do you say we do now?"

"Yueru, does that Yang Family young master like you? How about you?"

Actually, the true Yang Family is in the Capital City, while the Yang Family in Jiangzhou is just a branch of the Capital City’s Yang Family, quite different from the local true silk families.

Now that the Yang Family in Jiangzhou has these issues, seeking help in the Capital City is very normal.

"What are you babbling about, you scoundrel."

"No need to overthink it, these ants aren’t worth a glance."

If he’d known, Ye Qiu would have dealt with them directly back then, instead of letting it become troublesome now.

Shen Yueru continued working; it was still early, before quitting time. Now Ye Qiu already knew the situation. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

"Then I’m off."

"Where are you going?"

"You’re busy anyway."

Ye Qiu got up and headed out of the office.

Seeing Ye Qiu’s demeanor, Shen Yueru wondered if her forbidding him earlier had upset him.

As Ye Qiu stepped outside, the secretary, Xiao Li, who had been waiting, was surprised to see him come out so soon.

Ye Qiu took the elevator down without going to find Shen Xingru. Actually, he didn’t know if Shen Xingru was still at the company or had gone to the new Jiangnan Silk Association.

Ye Qiu was going to see Xiao Mei.

Arriving at the Human Resources floor, he stepped out of the elevator and went to Xiao Mei’s office door, knocked, and heard her voice from inside.

Ye Qiu pushed the door open and entered, finding Xiao Mei indeed busy at her computer with anti-radiation glasses on.

Ye Qiu closed the door and hugged her from behind.

Xiao Mei already knew Ye Qiu was coming over, and she was familiar with his scent.

"Hey, this is the office."

Xiao Mei was worried someone might see them so close.

"I’ve locked the door."

"Locking the door in broad daylight isn’t good if word gets out."

Moreover, it’s an office, and sometimes HR subordinates might come looking for her.

Xiao Mei quickly went to open the door, then just closed it, returned to her seat, and took off the anti-radiation glasses while looking at Ye Qiu. She felt he’d become paler, and vaguely different from before.

Xiao Mei felt like she hadn’t seen him for a long time, but she also had a lot to do. Especially after Xingyue Group acquired Qingcheng Group, HR became quite a large department within the company.

As the HR Director, she had many responsibilities.

Every so often, HR would need to recruit a batch of employees.

Of course, Xiao Mei didn’t need to personally handle ordinary employees; the subordinate department heads took care of that. Her main task was attracting senior talent and dealing with resignations.

Always busy, that’s why she didn’t seek Ye Qiu daily.

"Busy with what now?"

"Looking for a few management talents on the headhunting site, I need to first decide on candidates who then need an interview with President Shen."

These things Ye Qiu certainly didn’t know nor care about.

Such a large company, hiring is only normal.

Like last year, Qingcheng Group suddenly poached many key designers from Xingyue Group; if not for Ye Qiu’s help, Xingyue Group would have had real trouble.

It was then that Xingyue started valuing talent retention, so even if people left, it wouldn’t cause major disruptions.

"Still undecided?"

"It’s not easy; truly experienced management talents are scarce, needing headhunters to first reach them, then enticing them with fitting compensation."

Though job-hopping is common, high-level roles usually don’t unless forced or offered enticing conditions.

Now Xiao Mei was discussing with headhunters, who contacted other companies’ high-level management privately.

Ye Qiu recalled dining with Liu Lingxiu’s uncle Liu Guoqing and elite talents. Ye Qiu knew talents abound if you can afford the price.

Offer a five million annual salary and a high-level position, many talents would seek you rather than the reverse.