Chapter 23.2: Talking About Ex-Boyfriends
Two weeks later, the coaching and acceptance process was
completed smoothly, and Hanhai Home Textiles' IPO process entered the most
intense stage of preparing the application documents.
During this period, Chu Qianmiao no longer had to visit
Hanhai on-site. Under Zhang Teng's guidance, she was responsible for writing
the majority of the legal opinion and attorney's work report.
She sent the draft of the materials to Zhang Teng for
review. Once Zhang Teng approved them, she emailed a copy to the securities
firm.
However, Ren Yan was extremely meticulous about the content
of the materials, repeatedly asking Qin Qianyu to email Chu Qianmiao for
continuous revisions. Initially, Chu Qianmiao was patient, but gradually became
resistant. She even felt that Ren Yan was being deliberate. So, when Ren Yan
asked her to revise it again—
"23 pages of full-width and half-width symbols, 37
pages of English and Chinese punctuation, and 41 pages of numbers with
inconsistent fonts. Please revise."
Chu Qianmiao couldn't help but mutter to Zhang Teng,
"This isn't the final draft yet. Can't we fix the errors in the content
first? Wouldn't it be the same if we fixed the formatting later? How can we
ever finish with this piecemeal approach?"
Zhang Teng sided with Ren Yan this time. "Fix it all
together at the end. There's bound to be omissions. It's right to fix whatever
you notice as soon as you see it."
Chu Qianmiao listened to Zhang Teng and suppressed her
rebelliousness.
The brokerage firm had a lot of materials to prepare, but
their main focus lately had been on revising the prospectus. Ren Yan first went
over the contents of the prospectus chapter by chapter with Qin Qianyu and the
others. After they finished, Ren Yan called Zhang Teng, her, and the accountant
for a meeting to review the legal and financial sections.
Zhang Teng also had to distract himself from Cheng
Xiaodong's project. After reviewing a few key issues, he left Chu Qianmiao at
Litong and asked her to work overtime with Ren Yan and the others to revise the
legal opinion based on the prospectus's content.
Qin Qianyu was in charge of the financial portion of the
prospectus. He and the accountant found a small meeting room to pore over the
financial details.
Ren Yan, along with the others, worked with Chu Qianmiao on
the other sections.
During this grueling period of refining materials, Chu
Qianmiao saw a different Ren Yan, a terrifying one. When he criticized her
after discovering the error, he truly treated her like a stranger. She had been
working there for two years, and Zhang Teng had never been so harsh. But he
wasn't so rude to the accountants. His insults sometimes made her almost
unsettled. She sometimes even thought, aggrievedly, how could she be so
unlucky? Why was she just his junior? If they didn't have that relationship, would
he be more polite to her?
Ren Yan's tolerance for even the most basic mistakes became
surprisingly low.
He first scolded Qin Qianyu, asking, "Do you need some
money to buy a pair of glasses?"So you can see clearly what you wrote in
the seventh word in the third paragraph on page 168?" "Why didn't you
spell your own name wrong? Why did you spell the name of someone else's company
wrong? You're still making such a basic mistake on a project this late. How can
you be so ashamed?"
Chu Qianmiao quickly flipped to page 168, third paragraph,
and found the seventh word. It turned out that Qin Qianyu had changed Hanhai
Home Textiles into Hanhai Home Workshop.
She felt immense sympathy for Qin Qianyu.
Before she could even put away her sympathy, Ren Yan
unleashed his fire on her.
"Lawyer Chu, is this your first time writing a legal
opinion?"
"Is this your first time fully involved in a IPO
project?"
"Chu Qianmiao, after several rounds of revisions, there
are still punctuation errors in your document. Can't you even distinguish
commas and periods? Basic typos only reveal the incompetence of the person who
prepared the document."
…
That wasn't all. Sometimes, she'd receive an email or phone
call at eleven or twelve in the middle of the night, and she'd have to get up
immediately to revise the document.
At one point, she felt like she was losing confidence and
collapsing.
One day, she hid in the tea room and complained to Qin
Qianyu, "Brother Qin, don't you think your leader is really aggressive?
Can't he just talk nicely? Can't he treat me like an accountant and be a little
more polite? If he insults me again, will he complain to our lawyer Zhang if I
confront him? Brother Qin, I really can't hold it any longer!"
Qin Qianyu advised her earnestly, "Qian Miao, you're
pretty good. President Ren only used a single rhetorical question to insult
you. Look at him insulting us. Who doesn't he use a combination of sarcasm,
rhetorical questions, and positive and negative statements? We're bombarded
with a quadruple force!" He patted Chu Qianmiao on the shoulder and said,
"President Ren works like this. If it weren't for his high pressure, none
of us would have made it. Look at the people in Kan Qingzhou's department next
door. They're at the same level as us, older, but far less capable. So, high
pressure has its benefits; it helps you grow faster. Just bear with it, just
bear with it!"
Chu Qianmiao took a deep breath, gasping for air. "But
sometimes I feel like I really don't want to work with your CEO Ren anymore!
Working with him is just agonizing!"
Just as she was saying this, Ren Yan walked in, cup in hand.
He took the water and drank it, his Adam's apple rolling up
and down with such force and frequency that he gulped it down. Then he set the
cup down, his lips curled up, a hint of sarcasm and cold arrogance spilling
out.
"Okay, I'll satisfy you. I'll only work with you on
this one project."
With that, he turned and walked out.
"If you don't want to cooperate, then don't..." Ren
Yan couldn't help but say.
Ren Yan paused, but didn't stop. His back was cold and
resolute as he walked forward.
Chu Qianmiao didn't know what to feel for a moment. It felt
a bit like Fang Tangjing in "Justice, My Foot." He had been so
arrogant and smug at Bao Longxing, telling him to come and hit him, only to
find he actually did.
Qin Qianyu slapped her forehead and said, "Qian Miao,
you stubborn child, what are you arguing with Mr. Ren about right now? He said
he won't cooperate with you, and he might really mean it. He's a man of his
word! But Qian Miao, I, your brother Qin, can't bear to part with you, such a
funny girl. I want to continue working with you!"
Chu Qianmiao gritted her teeth and forced a smile. "If
you don't want to cooperate, forget it. Bring my sister-in-law and we'll have
dinner together later."
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