"Boss, Mr. Han privately told me that he would report this matter to the head office and ensure to give you a satisfactory explanation... Meanwhile, if you agree, Mr. Han will contact a third-party security company tomorrow to upgrade the security system of the entire house, preventing similar incidents from happening again, and all costs will be covered by Colliers International."
At the door, having seen off his former colleagues, Huang Duming respectfully reported the results to Zhou Wang.
After understanding the whole course of events, Zhou Wang was really too lazy to argue with Han Chen, so he let Huang Duming mediate on his behalf.
The security department supervisor who was bribed unsurprisingly ran away, and so far, hasn’t been found.
But with Huaxia’s law enforcement strength, Zhou Wang is not worried about failing to capture him; it’s just that the root cause doesn’t lie with that supervisor. Even if captured, it’s unlikely to be connected to Xue Mingyuan behind the scenes, so Zhou Wang doesn’t care too much.
As for the economic compensation from the property company and the replacement of the house security system, these are deserved, and Colliers International isn’t stupid enough to try and fool their way through.
"Alright, I got it."
Zhou Wang nodded, indicating that Huang Duming could leave as well.
"Boss, to avoid accidents, I’ve reorganized a team of security guards to patrol on the first floor. If you need anything else, feel free to call me. I’ll be sleeping in the duty room in the lobby tonight."
After saying this, Huang Duming glanced at Miss Gu, who had been sitting quietly on the sofa, with her head lowered, lacking any sense of presence. After some thought, he decided to swallow back the words that were about to leave his mouth.
"I’ll be heading out now, boss, please rest early."
Once Huang Duming also left, the living room fell silent again.
Zhou Wang glanced curiously at Miss Gu, who still didn’t move, then noticed something unusual. He leaned closer and heard Miss Gu’s long breaths... This woman had unexpectedly fallen asleep sitting.
Zhou Wang momentarily didn’t know what to say, her mind was truly carefree.
"Hey!"
Zhou Wang suddenly called out, startling Miss Gu who shivered and almost slid off the sofa onto the floor.
"... I’m sorry, I recorded a variety show all day, I’m really tired, and earlier I drank a bit to boost my courage."
Facing Zhou Wang’s peculiar gaze, the embarrassed Miss Gu explained softly.
Zhou Wang was somewhat amused; it’s no wonder her face was so red earlier.
Speaking of which, among the entertainment circle figures he’s recently met, only Miss Yang matches the image he had; the rest have varying degrees of deviation from their on-screen personas.
Take Miss Gu, for example. The image she usually portrays should lean towards the cold and dominant type, but upon interaction, there’s oddly a sense of pure foolishness.
However, Zhou Wang had no plans to understand her heart deeply. Shaking his head, he spoke, "Are you really not leaving? Planning to spend the night here?"
"Can I really leave?"
Miss Gu didn’t expect Zhou Wang to let her off so easily, and uncertainly asked again.
"The ’deal’ is off; if you’re willing to let me get a ’freebie’, then stay."
Zhou Wang didn’t see any point in continuing to make things difficult for Miss Gu. In a way, she was merely a tool in this incident, so he responded with a bland, expressionless tone.
"I... Then I’ll leave first. By the way, my bag is upstairs."
Miss Gu pressed her lips together, secretly glimpsed at Zhou Wang, then quickly ran upstairs barefoot. Soon she returned holding an LV handbag.
Having retrieved her bag, Miss Gu picked up the red-soled high heels from the floor, took a few steps towards the exit, hesitated, then turned back, saying, "Uh, Mr. Zhou..."
"Hmm?"
"I think Sister Bingbing shouldn’t mean any harm to you..."
"What do you mean by that?"
Zhou Wang raised an eyebrow, somewhat puzzled.
"Well... Sister Bingbing knows a lot of people, several among them are big shots, and she’s... well, she’s quite powerful in Beidou."
Miss Gu said in a low voice, "That’s all I want to say, so I’ll be going first."
Zhou Wang was taken aback for a moment, then realized Miss Gu might be advising him: Miss Li isn’t someone to mess with, and perhaps it’s not necessary to get too tangled with her...
Watching the hurried departing back of Miss Gu, Zhou Wang’s expression grew more peculiar.
He’s really quite perplexed.
So... you mean this as a favor to me?
Regarding that Miss Li, Zhou Wang previously had some impression from entertainment gossip—she is indeed a successful example of transitioning from star to capital. But whoever stands behind her, what does it have to do with me?
As Zhou Wang came to himself, Miss Gu had already disappeared at the door. Zhou Wang closed his eyes and thought for a while, then drew out a sketchbook from under the coffee table.
"Xueren Group."
Zhou Wang wrote these four characters in the sketchbook, his fingers started tapping.
A moment later, Zhou Wang wrote down the words "System Store" beside it.
After mentally replaying the outline of the previous plan, Zhou Wang slowly penned a third term: "Strength in numbers."
Staring at the notepad for a while, Zhou Wang equated "System Store" with "Strength in numbers" and then crossed out "Xueren Group."
"It should be feasible..."
Zhou Wang murmured uncertainly to himself, then took out his phone and sent Jiang Qingkui a message, urging her to promptly gather the data and send it to him.
Having done all this, Zhou Wang again glanced at the system interface’s ongoing interactive reality prompt about that Advanced [Resume] and shook his head involuntarily.