Chapter 230 : 230 Showing off Just the Same
Liu Yujuan looked at Zhao Yulu's figure and said with frustration, "All you do is keep yourself busy with trivial things, I advise you to focus on getting back together with Xu Yang!"
Zhao Yulu stopped in her tracks, turned around and said, "Mom, I've already told you, stop bringing up Xu Yang!"
"If we don't bring up Xu Yang, will that work?" Liu Yujuan confidently said, "Look at you, going to work every day as an ordinary employee. How much can you earn in a month? Just a few thousand yuan. If you get back together with Xu Yang, what can't you have? You wouldn't even need to work!"
Zhao Yulu took a deep breath and said, "Mom, without Xu Yang, I can still live the life I want based on my own efforts. Can you not mention Xu Yang in the future, please?"
Liu Yujuan said, "Yu Lu, you're oversimplifying life. For women from ordinary families like ours, without exceptional abilities or connections, it's impossible to stand out just by working hard. Only by relying on a man can one possibly live the life one desires. That's why I want you to get back together with Xu Yang. Even the slightest chance must not be missed."
Zhao Yulu said, "My abilities may not be exceptionally strong, but they are still above average."
Liu Yujuan replied, "So what if they are? There are plenty of capable people out there, but in the end, they're just ordinary folks. They can never cross class boundaries and become wealthy. The key is connections; with connections, lots of opportunities arise. That's what's most important."
Zhao Yulu said, "Mom, do you still remember the car accident I told you about, when I was in my second year of university? I was shopping on the pedestrian street with Xu Yang and ended up saving a woman."
"I remember, what about it?" Liu Yujuan frowned and said, "Don't change the subject. Today I'm going to give you some good advice, to change your attitude and get back with Xu Yang."
Zhao Yulu said, "You just mentioned that I don't have connections, right? That woman is my connection."
"What do you mean?" Liu Yujuan squinted, a bit puzzled.
"Do you know the woman's identity?" Zhao Yulu asked.
"How would I know that," Liu Yujuan snapped.
"Take a guess?" Zhao Yulu didn't rush to reveal it.
"How could I possibly guess? You're saying she's your connection; could she possibly be some big shot?" Liu Yujuan became somewhat interested.
"Exactly, to us, she is a big shot," Zhao Yulu nodded.
"Then tell me, who is she?" Liu Yujuan became curious.
"She is a high-ranking executive at Penguin Group, named Han Mengting. Her uncle is Han Jun, the General Manager of Penguin Investment, who is also the Vice President of Penguin Group! She invited me to dinner tonight, and we chatted for a long time," Zhao Yulu said.
"What!" Liu Yujuan exclaimed, "A high-ranking executive of Penguin Group, the niece of Penguin's Vice President, she is indeed a big shot for us."
"Did she invite you to dinner because she wants to bring you into Penguin?"
"Oh my, if you gain her favor, becoming a high-ranking executive at Penguin wouldn't be impossible in the future."
"The salary of a Penguin executive could be in the tens of millions, right? Becoming a billionaire wouldn't be a dream."
The more she talked, the more excited and agitated Liu Yujuan became, trembling all over.
If her daughter got into the Penguin Group, with their support, skyrocketing to success would be just a matter of time.
Never mind whether her daughter could reconcile with Xu Yang; with her daughter's earnings, she wouldn't have to worry about living expenses.
"I don't need to work at Penguin; Penguin is going to buy Shengda Literature. Right now, Han Mengting's uncle Han Jun is leading a team to negotiate with the shareholders of Shengda Literature."
"Penguin is determined to acquire Shengda Literature, and I believe the deal will be settled in the next few days."
"Once Penguin acquires Shengda Literature, Han Mengting will become the president of Shengda."
"Han Mengting has already told me, when she becomes the president of Shengda Literature, she will make me her assistant. She will teach me how to perform well as an assistant and also educate me on management knowledge."
"She also said that she will return to the Penguin Group headquarters after at most three years as president."
"Before returning to headquarters, she will train me to be a qualified manager and recommend me to the group to become the president of Shengda Literature."
As she spoke, Zhao Yulu herself could hardly contain her excitement.
Once she became the president of Shengda Literature, she would be considered successful in the business world as well, and no one would dare to look down on her anymore.
Those rich and beautiful women who attended Wang Xiaocong's birthday party lived such lives only because of their fathers, but she had achieved that kind of life through her own abilities.
By then, she could even look down on them.
"It's great that you are going to be the president of Shengda Literature!" Liu Yujuan was also excited, "And in the future, if you do well at your job, you could also be a high-ranking executive at Penguin Group, right?"
"That's right," Zhao Yulu nodded.
"That's wonderful!" Liu Yujuan said excitedly, "Yu Lu, the good news you mentioned just now, it's this, isn't it?"
"Yes," Zhao Yulu nodded again.
"It really is great news, I didn't understand the situation before, I misspoke, please don't be mad at me, dear, how could I expect you to have such an opportunity?" Liu Yujuan took Zhao Yulu's hand.
"So, Mom, could you not bring up Xu Yang all the time in the future?" Zhao Yulu asked.
"Sure, sure, sure, as long as you do your job well, I won't mention him anymore, you're going to be the president of Shengda Literature, and maybe even a high-ranking executive at Penguin Group, Xu Yang is not that important anymore. It's okay not to get back together with Xu Yang."
Liu Yujuan urged Zhao Yulu to get back with Xu Yang because she wanted to live a better life.
But with Zhao Yulu becoming the president of Shengda Literature and potentially entering the executive ranks of Penguin Group,
the mother and daughter's lives would improve.
They could afford the multi-million-dollar car and show off in front of her friends just the same.
Whether they had Xu Yang or not really wasn't that important.
Her relentless persuasion for Zhao Yulu to reconcile with Xu Yang was due to this reason.
If there were other sources of high income, she wouldn't want to do this either.
Now things were looking up, Zhao Yulu had the opportunity and the high income.
There was no longer any need to push Zhao Yulu to make an effort where it wasn't reciprocated.
In her heart, she knew very well that it was unlikely for Zhao Yulu and Xu Yang to reconcile.
The reasons she gave were just clutching at straws.
As she had said earlier, as long as there was a glimmer of hope, one should not give up.
Now, as long as Zhao Yulu could live well, they didn't need Xu Yang.
Of course, if Zhao Yulu could really get back together with Xu Yang, that would still be the best outcome.
After all, Xu Yang had a fortune worth tens of billions.
Even if Zhao Yulu became a high-ranking executive at Penguin Group, the money she would make would certainly be nowhere near Xu Yang's.
"That's good to hear, I will definitely seize this opportunity, it may be the most important opportunity in my life," Zhao Yulu's eyes sparkled with determination.
It was an opportunity to change her destiny.
She must go all out, no matter what difficulties she faced, she had to overcome them.
"Right, you must seize it, by then I'll be the mother of a president, that sounds even more impressive," Liu Yujuan was overjoyed.
Already imagining the scene of boasting in front of her friends.
A daughter making her way to success was something worth flaunting even more than a successful son-in-law.