The Only One With a Mouth in the CEO Novel - Chapter 95: Thank You for Making Me Rich

Chapter 95: Thank You for Making Me Rich

Left with no choice, Ye Jin had to contact Gu Chenxi again.

She briefly explained the situation over the phone and asked if he had any ideas for solving the problem.

After a moment of silence on the phone, Gu Chenxi said, Come to the company tomorrow.

Ah?

Ye Jin was surprised.

Gu Chenxi: I have a solution.

Ye Jin let out another mental ah.

So quickly?

Then I’ll arrive at nine tomorrow morning, Ye Jin said into the phone, very sincerely. Thank you, President Gu.

After all, she was the one troubling him, so basic courtesy was necessary.

It was already late at night.

From Gu Chenxi’s end came the continuous sound of pages turning—he was probably busy with work.

But the moment she said President Gu, the rustling of paper suddenly stopped.

As repayment for helping you, Gu Chenxi’s voice suddenly drew closer, low and captivating in the quiet of the night, don’t call me President Gu from now on.

Her heart felt abruptly gripped.

But if she didn’t call him President Gu, what should she call him? There didn’t seem to be any other appropriate address.

Hmm? Ye Jin?

Not hearing a response, his questioning voice came through.

Oh… okay, I understand.

Ye Jin awkwardly ended the conversation: It’s very late, I need to sleep.

Mm, good night.

Ye Jin: Good night.

She immediately hung up the phone.

See!

She just wasn’t cut out for relationships!

Getting this nervous from just a few words—was that normal?

Unable to figure it out, Ye Jin simply tossed her phone aside and lay down to sleep.

The next day, Ye Jin got ready and went to Vastness.

She was no longer an employee of Vastness and didn’t have an access card, so logically she shouldn’t even be able to enter the Vastness office building.

But as soon as she reached the first security checkpoint, the guard immediately swiped his card to open the door for her.

Assistant Ye, the guard greeted her. Did you forget your card?

Ye Jin replied, I’ve resigned. I’m just here to take care of something.

The guard didn’t pay much attention to what she said, trusting her enough to let her in. Then he took out his phone and said, I came across your video, Assistant Ye.

Could I take a photo with you? the guard asked.

Being recognized as an internet celebrity for the first time made Ye Jin a bit uncomfortable, but she still cooperated for the photo.

Your videos are really interesting, the guard praised as he put his phone away. I’ve watched them several times.

The feeling of being recognized was nice.

Ye Jin suppressed a smile, feeling somewhat happy as she said, Thank you.

You go ahead with your work, I won’t keep you.

The guard knew Ye Jin had more important matters to attend to, so he quickly ended their conversation.

Ye Jin nodded and headed into the building.

From behind her, the guard called out again: Assistant Ye, you should keep updating your videos!

Being urged to post in person.

Ye Jin unconsciously quickened her pace.

As soon as she entered the company building, Ye Jin spotted Gu Chenxi standing by the door.

He was conspicuous—wherever he stood naturally became the focus of attention.

But this focus was one of fear and tension.

It was just past the morning rush hour at Vastness, and everyone was consciously avoiding him, instinctively acting with caution.

Ye Jin opened her mouth to address him.

But remembering what Gu Chenxi had said last night, she swallowed the President Gu that was on the tip of her tongue.

Fortunately, Gu Chenxi had already seen her.

Morning, he initiated.

Good morning, Ye Jin replied.

Ye Jin pushed aside her slight embarrassment and got straight to business: What I mentioned on the phone yesterday—you understood everything, right?

Understood.

Now completely calm, Gu Chenxi had regained his usual restraint and reserve. He said to Ye Jin, Follow me.

Ye Jin followed Gu Chenxi into the elevator and watched him casually press the button for the eighth floor.

Eighth floor?

If she remembered correctly, Vastness’ R&D department was on the eighth floor.

Ye Jin was curious: So what exactly is the solution?

Gu Chenxi shared his approach: Vastness is undergoing a transformation recently, so we’re collaborating with your account for pre-launch promotion.

…Getting netizens to buy machine tools?

Vastness single-handedly supported half of China’s machine tool manufacturing—their quality and technology were indeed unquestionable.

But wasn’t it a bit presumptuous to expect netizens to buy machine tools?

Gu Chenxi let out a low chuckle at her question.

Just then, the elevator arrived.

Gu Chenxi: Follow me.

Ye Jin had visited this place a few times during her tenure at Vastness.

The eighth floor was covered in industrial carpeting, with a faint scent of machine oil in the air. It was quiet.

But it was a lifeless kind of quiet. Behind the transparent glass walls of the laboratories, everyone was busy working, not daring to lift their heads.

Even those without tasks were pretending to study something intently.

Ye Jin couldn’t help but glance at Gu Chenxi. Without a doubt, it was because of him—his presence was like herbicide, leaving no blade of grass growing wherever he went.

They hadn’t walked far when the R&D department head came jogging over to greet them.

President Gu, President Ye, the department head greeted respectfully.

He led them to a development lab.

Are these… exoskeletons? Ye Jin stared at the various equipment displayed inside, her beautiful eyes widening in surprise.

She turned to Gu Chenxi: This isn’t what you’re planning to promote, is it?

Gu Chenxi was sparing with his words: One of them.

Seeing this, the R&D department head immediately stepped in with a cheerful explanation: Since we manufacture lathes, we need to research a bit of everything—for assembly line production purposes.

Occasionally we also purchase patents to develop things for fun, the department head added warmly. President Ye, if you’re not interested in exoskeletons, we have other products here. You can come take a look with me.

Ye Jin had always known that Gu Chenxi had grand ambitions. He never stopped pursuing profit and always stayed ahead of market trends.

But seeing it with her own eyes still came as a shock.

Ye Jin wondered: How come I’ve never heard about any of these things?

After all, she had once held the position of executive assistant.

The R&D head replied amiably: These are just things we develop for fun. The project budgets are all specially approved by President Gu. Aside from our collaboration with you, there are currently no plans to market these products.

The R&D head added: After all, our main business is manufacturing lathes.

Oh. Ye Jin understood. These things were made to show others.

The ultimate goal was still to showcase their technical prowess to help sell lathes.

President Ye, you’re very perceptive.

…Please don’t call me President Ye. It sounded strange.

Moreover, Ye Jin had never imagined that her surname could ever be followed by the title President.

Then should I call you Miss Ye?

The R&D head smoothly corrected himself, then kindly whispered to Ye Jin, But you’ll need to get used to it. After all, you’ll be collaborating with our President Gu going forward. Based on my experience, no business partnership with President Gu has ever failed to make money. Sooner or later, people will be calling you President Ye.

Ye Jin unconsciously glanced towards Gu Chenxi.

Gu Chenxi stood not far away, noticed her gaze, and took a few steps closer. What is it? he asked.

Nothing, I just think you have a great business mind, Ye Jin said, being someone who couldn’t hold back her words. And thank you for helping me make money.

Gu Chenxi was amused by her again.

He chuckled softly a couple of times, then said, Let’s go, we’ll discuss the details in my office.

Ye Jin: Okay.

The R&D department manager’s expression seemed a bit off.

Ye Jin had grown accustomed to interacting with Gu Chenxi like this, but others had never seen the CEO so approachable?

Although he tried to maintain his composure, the shock in his eyes betrayed his true feelings.

Ye Jin noticed it and only then realized the issue.

She gave him an apologetic smile.

Ye Jin.

Gu Chenxi called her name from ahead, his voice deep and urging.

It sounded pleasant.

Ye Jin’s ears tingled slightly, and she immediately caught up: Coming.

Gu Chenxi didn’t notice these small details, or perhaps he simply couldn’t be bothered to care about what others were thinking.

He led Ye Jin away from the R&D department.

In the elevator, Gu Chenxi handed his access card to Ye Jin: Use this to come upstairs in the future.

Okay.

Ye Jin took the card.

She was going to be CEO Ye someday; she wouldn’t get hung up on such minor details.

Under the system’s supervision, Ye Jin diligently began her new work.

Vastness set up an official account.

After much coordination, Ye Jin and the Vastness official account jointly created and posted several serious promotional videos, explaining her previous filming antics as commercial marketing.

The video metrics were average.

But the system was satisfied; Vastness’s visibility had increased, and the target product’s sales were doing well.

Ye Jin also received her sales commission.

It was a win-win for everyone involved.

Ye Jin was genuinely busy with this for quite a while.

During this period, Ye Jin and the system developed a strange tacit understanding: they usually minded their own business, periodically updating each other on work progress to stay aligned.

Every time they finished discussing business, they seamlessly transitioned into teasing and bickering.

Once the bickering ended, they’d go back to their respective tasks.

One night, just as Ye Jin had finished washing up and gotten into bed, the system showed up.

[You’ve done quite well with this recently,] the system said. [But there’s still one issue.]

What issue?

[Although you’ve clarified it was a script, your fans don’t believe it.]

How is that possible?

Ye Jin said, They thought it was a script from the beginning to the end. Why would they suddenly stop believing it?

The system seemed hesitant but finally said: [Mainly because you and Gu Chenxi ended the collaboration too abruptly. Their shipping came to a sudden halt, so they’ve been making a fuss, refusing to believe it was a script. But mostly, they don’t believe you and Gu Chenxi had a Bad Ending (BE).]

…A bunch of anti-fans.

The system sneered: [Like creator, like fans.]

The key was her earlier videos were too bizarrely captivating and had been widely circulated through various secondary creations.

She acted utterly shamelessly in those videos, so the fans attracted by them naturally followed her example.

Ye Jin was hit by the bullet she herself had fired, and asked helplessly, So what do you suggest we do?

The system thought for a moment and said: [You should do a livestream. Clarify things with Gu Chenxi.]

Good idea.

Ye Jin contacted Gu Chenxi to confirm the schedule.

She then posted a livestream announcement on her account.

The next day at 2 PM, the livestream began on schedule.

Ye Jin tapped the screen twice before pulling the camera further back, sitting upright with perfect posture in front of the screen.

Within about five minutes, the number of viewers in the livestream rapidly jumped to thirty thousand.

Hello everyone, let me introduce myself—I’m Ye Jin, she said to the camera.

Then she noticed the comments below flooding with the same question:

Where’s President Gu?
Where is President Gu?
Ye Jin had no choice but to adjust the camera angle slightly.

The area of the black suit beside her expanded, revealing Gu Chenxi in full view.

Noticing Ye Jin’s movement, he instinctively turned to look.

His gaze was immediately captured by the phone screen, and he froze in place.

Curious, Ye Jin glanced over.

She realized the comments had shifted to a new synchronized chant:

Kiss her.
Kiss her.
Kiss her.