Chapter 029
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Chapter 029 Beautiful Women of Jiangnan
Cao Tianping heard this and coughed heavily twice from the side. This Su Rui, wasn’t he just making enemies for himself?
“Su, I’m going to report you to the director for disrupting colleague relationships and affecting company atmosphere!” Chen Legang said angrily.
“Go ahead, go ahead. If you have the guts, report me to the chairman. Whoever doesn’t go is a grandson.” Su Rui’s words were truly at the height of rudeness. He casually crossed his legs and enjoyed watching Chen Legang’s upcoming performance.
Chen Legang understood that in a large profit-driven company, no management would dare to make things difficult for a sales expert who could achieve a single sale of twenty million. He could only vent verbally but would never dare to report to the director.
“I don’t want to waste time talking to you here,” Su Rui said, as if remembering something as he stood up. “I need to go to the finance department to find some deputy director Zhou Anke to collect my commission.”
Hearing this, everyone looked at Su Rui with envious eyes. That was a two-million commission! It could buy two houses in the suburbs of Ninghai!
Su Rui sauntered into the finance department, and immediately a scream reached his ears!
When Hu Qianqian saw Su Rui come in, she screamed as if seeing her idol, and at the same time, dropped a stack of folders to the ground!
“Hu Qianqian, what’s wrong with you?”
“Yeah, there’s no need to act lovesick at this moment, but wow, he really is handsome.”
Hu Qianqian pointed at Su Rui, who had a bitter smile, and said, “See? He’s the owner of that twenty-million order from yesterday!”
Upon hearing Hu Qianqian’s words, the young women in the finance department all exclaimed in amazement. After all, a twenty-million order was unprecedented, and they had all been wondering what this genius salesperson looked like. Now that they saw him, he certainly didn’t disappoint!
Handsome, wealthy, and capable – what woman wouldn’t like such a man!
“Handsome, treat us to dinner!”
“Handsome, we want your autograph!”
The finance department was overwhelmingly female, and these accountants were all young women who began batting their eyelashes at Su Rui.
Even though Young Master Su had thick skin, he couldn’t withstand so many sweet attacks. He smiled at everyone, then walked to Hu Qianqian’s side and said, “Secretary Hu, I’m here to see Director Zhou Anke.”
“You’re looking for Director Zhou?” Hu Qianqian’s eyes turned, and she immediately understood Su Rui’s purpose. She said with a smile, “Such a large bonus indeed needs Director Zhou’s approval. Come on, I’ll take you to her.”
At the door of Zhou Anke’s office, Hu Qianqian knocked, and they heard a delicate, smooth voice from inside: “Come in.”
When Su Rui heard this voice, a comfortable feeling spread throughout his body. To be able to create such a state in someone just by voice alone was truly magical.
Su Rui even felt as if the person’s vocal cords had been soaked in milk!
The voice was so pleasant; he hoped the actual person wouldn’t be disappointing.
Hu Qianqian led Su Rui into the office and said, “Director Zhou, this is Su Rui, who achieved a single sale of twenty million yesterday.”
When Su Rui saw the person sitting behind the desk, he felt as if his eyes had been instantly illuminated.
Although she wore a beige business suit, she looked like a typical woman from a Jiangnan water town. Her hair was long and smooth, her skin fair, her features delicate, and her eyes as bright as autumn water with gentle ripples. The whole person seemed very quiet, like someone who had walked out of a Jiangnan ink painting.
She was Zhou Anke, the financial deputy director of Bikang Group.
To reach such a high position at her age was enough to show how incredibly capable she was.
“Hello, Director Zhou.” Su Rui smiled and shook hands with Zhou Anke. Her hand felt smooth, but Su Rui didn’t hold it for too long like some lecherous man would. He had different strategies for different female colleagues; a man couldn’t always have “lustful” written all over his face.
“Just call me Ann,” Zhou Anke said with a smile. This was her English name; she always felt strange when people called her Director Zhou.
Zhou Anke had heard all about this Su Rui’s exploits – how he had stunned Yin Xiumei, played with Chen Legang, and was rumored to be Lin Aoxue’s boyfriend. Each story was more incredible than the last. In just a few days at Bikang, Su Rui had already become a legendary figure.
Zhou Anke handed over a check: “This is your commission for yesterday’s order, plus the group’s twenty thousand bonus, totaling two million two hundred thousand. This is also the largest single bonus in Bikang’s history. Congratulations.”
“Ann, thank you.” Su Rui took the check and gave Zhou Anke what he thought was a gentle and scholarly smile.
After smiling, Su Rui felt his face stiffen, and thought to himself: “I’m actually just a rogue, am I overdoing this act?”
Zhou Anke seemed to have a cheerful personality and made a joke: “You’re welcome. With such a large bonus, I wonder when you’ll have time to treat our entire finance department to a meal?”
Su Rui laughed: “With so many beautiful ladies in the finance department, I’d be more than happy to have a meal with them.”
Su Rui knew it wasn’t appropriate to stay too long in Zhou Anke’s office. Although he wanted to chat more with this girl who seemed to have walked out of an ink painting, he was afraid of being counterproductive. This type of woman was different from ice queens like Lin Aoxue; once you left a bad impression, it would be very difficult to change later.
Just as Su Rui was about to say goodbye, his eyes caught a calligraphy piece hanging on the wall with four characters: “Tranquility Leads to Distance,” signed “Year of Wu Yin – Zhou Anke.”
It seemed this was a new work from this year, written by Zhou Anke herself.
It appeared this girl truly was from a Jiangnan water town. Those four characters unreservedly expressed the mood in her heart and matched her quiet temperament perfectly.
Su Rui showed a somewhat surprised expression: “Ann, you also write calligraphy?”
Zhou Anke smiled slightly: “I practiced for a few years as a child. What do you think? Care to evaluate it?”
In fact, this was a piece Zhou Anke considered one of her better works, otherwise she wouldn’t have hung it on the wall. Most people who saw it would say it was good, but that was just formal praise. Zhou Anke didn’t expect Su Rui to say anything substantial; she was just being polite.
To Zhou Anke’s surprise, Su Rui really stood there with his arms folded, seemingly starting to appreciate it seriously.
Zhou Anke had some doubts – was this guy just pretending? But seeing his serious demeanor, she dismissed the thought.
Since coming to work in Ninghai, Zhou Anke had never met a peer who could appreciate calligraphy. Seeing that Su Rui had been silent for a minute, she began to feel a subtle anticipation.
“To be honest, I don’t know how to write calligraphy,” Su Rui’s opening words disappointed Zhou Anke.
“Yes, many people don’t write calligraphy nowadays,” Zhou Anke’s hopeful mood suddenly deflated, and her voice became somewhat flat.
“But I can see your mood from these characters,” Su Rui looked at Zhou Anke with a half-smile and said with rising tone: “Tranquility Leads to Distance – this is a feeling of serenity and peace. Tranquility is not plainness, much less mediocrity, but rather a kind of profound depth full of inner meaning.”
Zhou Anke’s hand trembled imperceptibly. She was not one to seek fame or praise. Everyone who saw her calligraphy would compliment it but couldn’t explain what was good about it. Su Rui, however, took a different approach. Weren’t his words exactly the inner state she was pursuing?
In this world, kindred spirits are hard to find, and inner peace is the eternal tranquility.
“I think the phrase ‘still as a maiden’ must describe someone like you,” Su Rui said softly. In this context, this compliment didn’t seem fake or like flattery at all, nor did it feel disgusting. Instead, it was very pleasant to hear.
“I’ve never felt that an idiom could fit a person so well. You’re the first.”
Su Rui was also speaking the truth. Girls nowadays are increasingly impetuous and vain. Someone like Zhou Anke, resembling a woman from an ink painting, was as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.
Zhou Anke smiled somewhat embarrassedly: “Su Rui, I don’t deserve such praise.”
“Alright, I won’t flatter you anymore. I wasn’t finished talking about this calligraphy piece,” Su Rui smiled.
“Oh? Do you have other thoughts about this piece?” Zhou Anke found this Su Rui increasingly interesting, giving her a completely different feeling.
Looking at him seriously appreciating the calligraphy, Zhou Anke found it hard to connect this man with the arrogant boyfriend of the CEO from the rumors.
“Yes, about the style itself,” Su Rui smiled slightly and said: “This piece should be in a relatively simple semi-cursive script. Although simple, it best reflects a person’s skill and technique.”
Zhou Anke listened attentively without interrupting.
“Perhaps due to your temperament, this piece appears slightly weak overall. If some strokes could be modified slightly, it might achieve a different effect.”
“Is that so? What suggestions do you have?”
Zhou Anke showed a surprised expression. If Su Rui’s previous words seemed somewhat pretentious, now he was undoubtedly hitting the mark!
“Imagine if the vertical stroke in the character ‘Ning’ were written a bit more curved, and the left side of the character ‘Yuan’ were stretched straighter, wouldn’t the whole piece’s character change somewhat?”
Zhou Anke’s delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly as she pondered according to Su Rui’s suggestion. Gradually her brows relaxed, and her eyes grew brighter!
“Wouldn’t it have less of a weak quality and more of an unrestrained feeling?” Su Rui asked. Looking at Zhou Anke’s expression, he gave himself a mental thumbs-up.
Sharp brother, oh sharp brother, you’re amazing!
“Yes! That’s exactly it!” Zhou Anke said with a hint of excitement. She had never thought that changing just two strokes in a calligraphy piece could completely transform its character!
If the previous writing belonged to the delicate and pitiable category, the current one would be spirited and valiant!
“You’re really impressive,” Zhou Anke said sincerely.
Being praised by a beautiful woman like this, Su Rui seemed to become a bit carried away. He blinked and said: “Actually, my more impressive skills are yet to come.”
