Chapter 1553: Chapter 1395: Daughters Are Not Loss-Making Goods (Please Subscribe!)The three complement each other.

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    ...

    Qingyan City.

    Tianyan Group neighborhood.

    Early morning.

    "Crack, crack... "

    Every family was woken up by the successive sound of firecrackers. Coupled with the ones lit yesterday, the streets in the neighborhood looked as though they were covered with a red carpet. Since the cleaning staff had the day off today, the roads wouldn’t be cleaned until evening.

    Starting tomorrow,

    firecrackers will no longer be allowed in the neighborhood.

    Building Six.

    Unit Two.

    Apartment 301.

    "Sis, your boss is stirring things up again." A slim figure dashed into Zhang Jing’s room, waving the ’Epoch’ smartphone her sister had gifted to her. Her loud voice instantly roused Zhang Jing from her sleep.

    No.

    It wasn’t rousing.

    It was shaking awake—thankfully, Zhang Jing didn’t have a temper when waking up; otherwise, she might have blown up right on the spot.

    Hearing her younger sister’s commotion,

    she groggily opened her eyes.

    "What’s going on?"

    She had only briefly caught the words "stirring things up."

    "Look, your boss organized a show in Africa yesterday with a holographic projection over twenty meters tall. Apparently, it can even do real-time interpretation!" Her sister lay down beside her, extending the mobile phone.

    Knowing her sister was a diehard fan of Tang Qing,

    and not just her sister—

    she herself was too,

    otherwise, she wouldn’t have been so jubilant.

    "Let me see."

    Upon hearing this,

    Zhang Jing perked up. After reading a relatively complete news report, she smiled faintly—her boss really couldn’t sit still, stirring up such a big event even on New Year’s Day to promote his subsidiaries.

    Diligent indeed.

    A self-made boss—truly not easy!

    "Sis, is this real? Can it do real-time directional interpretation?" Her sister asked curiously, being amazed by online discussions about it.

    "If he can pull off anything, I wouldn’t be surprised." Zhang Jing smiled lightly. Over the years, she had practically watched Tang Qing grow from being a minor shareholder in a restaurant to becoming the wealthiest person in Huaxia. S~ea??h the ηovelFire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    In just over three years,

    he achieved seemingly impossible feats.

    What else couldn’t Tang Qing accomplish?

    Perhaps, if anyone insisted,

    giving birth might be the only exception!

    Within Tianyan Group and his other companies, there existed a kind of mysterious trust in Tang Qing. They believed Tang Qing could lead them to create unprecedented splendor, and they also trusted him to give them good prosperity.

    Take her, for example.

    In a mere three years, she had a spacious apartment and a handsome salary. This year, Tang Qing’s subsidiaries had almost across-the-board high earnings. Tianyan’s profit-sharing alone surpassed RMB ten billion.

    It’s the company’s largest income source.

    Though no way could all of it become bonuses, her year-end bonus as a minor manager exceeded RMB 100,000, including a performance bonus of RMB 60,000 and more than RMB 40,000 in rewards tied to soft metrics like effort and overall performance.

    High pay.

    Truly high pay.

    In total, her annual income surpassed RMB 250,000. With the January 2008 prices, she could easily buy a house back in her family’s county town, and she even brought her mother over from the village to live with her.

    She proved to everyone in the village—

    that a daughter isn’t just a burden.

    She could also provide her family a better life.

    "Sis, hurry up! It’s so lively at the Amusement City today. My classmates were sending pictures even before dawn and woke me up." Her sister excitedly jumped on the floor.

    Like a child.

    "Why so rushed? Breakfast first." Zhang Jing rolled her eyes—firecracker sounds hadn’t woken her, but just one software notification did. She somewhat regretted giving her sister a smartphone.

    What was this?

    Selective reaction?

    "Alright, I’ll go now—hurry up. I’ll go wake Mom." Her sister dashed out, waking their mother, and then headed to the kitchen to boil water—Tangyuan for breakfast was a must on the first morning of the year.

    Zhang Jing shook her head.

    This little sister, quite considerate, yet so lively—entirely different from herself.

    She picked up her phone.

    Wow.

    A flood of New Year’s greetings in the form of text messages.

    Opening up WeChat and QQ—it was the same. Messages from colleagues, leaders, subordinates, customers, friends... Zhang Jing couldn’t possibly keep up with them all. New Year greetings were truly dreadful.

    One person starts sending them,

    and everyone follows suit.

    Especially for someone like her with wide professional connections. If her phone weren’t set to vibrate mode, it possibly wouldn’t have stopped buzzing all night. She felt mentally drained figuring out how to reply—last year wasn’t this exhausting because "Epoch" hadn’t come out yet.

    "A mobile phone is convenient, but it really shrinks the distance between people—there’s nowhere to hide." Zhang Jing, who had to deal with countless calls daily, deeply empathized. Sigh, better follow their example and send out mass greetings.

    Two minutes later,

    a fresh blessing message composed by herself was ready.

    She clicked ’Mass Send.’

    Of course,

    she made slight modifications for different people. For certain individuals, the content was adjusted significantly. Special people required more personalized changes despite Tianyan being free of factions or internal politics—it was still New Year, after all, and one should extend blessings.

    After breakfast,

    Zhang Jing and her family were preparing to head out.

    A gentle tune rang—it was a call. Seeing the caller ID, she quickly pressed the answer button.

    "Uncle Li, Happy New Year!"

    "Haha, Xiao Jing, Happy New Year!"

    The caller was none other than Li Jianguo. Back when he and Tang Qing co-invested in a restaurant, Zhang Jing worked as the cashier, seeing them daily. Later, she even worked at Li Jianguo’s company.

    Their connection remained strong,

    and they always touched base during holidays.

    "Sister Jing, wishing you career success and growing more beautiful!" At this moment, Li Kai’s voice chimed in from the phone. Li Kai had frequented the restaurant far more often than Tang Qing and was on good terms with Zhang Jing.

    "Thank you, Xiao Kai, wishing you handsomeness and great prospects ahead. You’re a junior now, right?" Zhang Jing answered with a smile.

    "Yep, same as Old Tang."

    Zhang Jing chuckled slightly.

    Old Tang.

    This nickname seemed exclusively used by Li Kai for Tang Qing. Thinking back to the days Li Kai and Tang Qing toiled away at their homework in the restaurant, with Li Kai often sneaking a look at Tang Qing’s answers, she couldn’t help but laugh.

    "That’s good. You should be interning by now, right?"

    "Yup, I arranged it last year—to do odd jobs at Tianyan’s Shanghai branch. If there’s anything I don’t understand later, I might have to trouble you again." Li Kai’s determination shone as he spoke about this.

    Tang Qing had said,

    when it comes to training,

    there’s no place better than Tianyan. Stick with it, and managing a company would be no challenge at all.

    "Sure, anything I can help with, absolutely!" Zhang Jing replied warmly. Li Kai was probably hesitant to use Tang Qing’s name directly, unsure about raising his questions with Tang Qing. If she were him, she might also feel intimidated.

    "Alright, sending my New Year greetings to Auntie too!" Li Kai chuckled.

    "Okay."

    She hung up.

    "Was that Director Li?" her mother asked.

    "Yes."

    Zhang Jing nodded.

    "Director Li is really nice." Her mother praised him. When she initially arrived in Qingyan City planning to find her own work, Zhang Jing immediately called Li Jianguo, asking if her mother could get a job at his restaurant.

    Li Jianguo didn’t hesitate at all.

    He promised right away.

    Her mother had initially thought it would entail simple tasks like washing vegetables, carrying dishes, or wiping tables. Unexpectedly, Li Jianguo assigned her as a quality inspector in the procurement department—a relaxed job with decent pay.

    Their family

    truly encountered a benefactor.

    Who would have thought

    that her daughter, who used to toil in a shoe factory, would now mingle with so many influential people?