Chapter 204 Start the Meeting Now (1/2)
The resources of society always tended to gather in the hands of the wealthy. This was undeniable.
This applied to women as well. Outstanding women would naturally choose successful men. Since ancient times, beautiful ladies were paired with heroes and men with talent, never with losers. Even if one had Wu Tailang's life, one would never be blessed enough to enjoy such treatment.
Qin Sheng had seen many wealthy men who kept women outside, sometimes not just one or two. To them, women were merely by-products that came with money and power. When they had both of these, women would naturally flock to them. After all, this was a materialistic society.
However, Qin Sheng had never seen a wife and a mistress staying under the same roof. At most, the wife would either allow the husband to fool around outside but not to bring home any women. Otherwise, she would live separately from her husband. The wife would tend to value status over their relationship and would keep her eyes on the mistress.
Hence, Qin Sheng was full of admiration for Mr. Cao for handling the two ladies' relationship so well. This was not something a normal person could achieve.
”Let me introduce you. This is the new member of the family, Qin Sheng, my special assistant. In the future, you guys can look for him if you need anything related to the family,” Cao Da explained. He naturally had a secret intention. He wanted to make his children interact with Qin Sheng more. This way, as time passed, they would develop relationships with each other and Qin Sheng would more or less not forget them.
However, Qin Sheng was very surprised that Cao Da would introduce him as a new member. It seemed like he was going to be very busy taking care of their family matters. Qin Sheng felt so tired that he had no more energy to take care of someone else.
The others initially thought that he was just an ordinary person. They had not expected him to be Cao Da's special assistant. They subconsciously lifted up their heads to study him from head to toe. The son and eldest daughter looked like they had yet to wake up and had no intention of caring about Qin Sheng. After taking a glance at him, they continued to eat and play on their phones.
However, the youngest daughter, who wore a white one-piece, took an egg and ran up to Qin Sheng with smiling eyes. She passed it to him and said, ”Brother Qin Sheng, have an egg.”
Cao Da caressed the little girl's head. She was always full of strange ideas. He laughed and said, ”Our Yu'er is the most sensible one!”
Cao Da's second wife was very pretty. She had just entered her 30s. She had become his lover during her university days and then gotten pregnant and given birth to his youngest daughter. This was how she had been accepted into the Cao household by the first wife. She had never left ever since.
When Cao Da was around, the two wives got along well. However, there was bound to be awkwardness, since their relationship was special.
The second wife smiled at Qin Sheng and nodded. The first wife did not say anything. She was not qualified to be brought to the table.
The first wife finally snapped back to reality and quickly welcomed him. ”Qin Sheng, come and sit quickly! Have you eaten breakfast? Auntie Wu, add a set of tableware.”
The second wife, who knew better, got up to let Qin Sheng sit beside Cao Da. She made her youngest daughter move a seat over. An ordinary woman would not have an eye for such things.
Qin Sheng felt a little awkward. He did not know how to address Cao Da's first and second wive. If there had only been one of them, he could have just called her 'Auntie'.
Cao Da's first wife saw that he was in a dilemma. After all, she'd had her fair share of such incidents. Thus, she said, ”You can just call me First Auntie and call her Second Auntie.”
Qin Sheng greeted them respectfully. ”First Auntie, Second Auntie.”
”Dig in,” Cao Da said casually. The others stopped talking and lowered their heads as they began eating their breakfast. Qin Sheng had his meal, feeling helpless.
It was already past 8 am by the time they were done with breakfast. Cao Da had a designated driver who was a standard retired soldier. He had been with Cao Da for many years already, but there was nothing special about him.
The Cao family was big, so there were six cars in total. Cao Da had an Infiniti QX80 and a Mercedes-Benz S600L. The first wife owned a standard Audi A7, and the second wife had a Porsche 911. His son owned an eye-catching Ferrari, and the family had an ordinary nanny van. Hence, it was not necessarily a good thing to have a big family. Actually, it was a waste of money.
Cao Da's Yuanda Holding Company was located in the Euro America Center in Huanglong CBD. Other than the entertainment industry, his company was also involved in food and beverage, audio-visual, finance, medicine, and export trade. Even so, he was not one of the richest people in Hangzhou. There was a number of people with net worth more than 10 billion.
”Do you know how to drive?” Cao Da asked casually as he read the news from the backseat.
Qin Sheng, who was sitting in the passenger seat, answered, ”Yes.”
”Lao Li, get the logistics department to arrange a car for Qin Sheng,” Cao Da ordered the driver. The dutiful driver nodded silently. He was basically a man of no words. He only nodded at Qin Sheng as a form of greeting and did not say a single word.
No one spoke a word during the whole ride. Bosses usually had a high profile, so they would not talk to their drivers like they would with their friends. Qin Sheng paid attention to the route and the scenery on the way. He did not even look down at his phone.
The Euro America Center (EAC) building was one of the more well-known buildings in Hangzhou's CBD. This area was filled with big companies that everyone knew of. Cao Da's company's headquarters were located here, while the branches were nearby.
After arriving at the Euro America Center, Cao Da led Qin Sheng straight to the company. He had already notified the day before that they would have a meeting that day. Hence, all the people in charge of the branches and entertainment centers were present.
Qin Sheng slowly understood Cao Dao, even though he was still half-sure about this job as a special assistant. After arriving at Cao Da's company's headquarters, he finally realized that this man was not simple. Just the headquarters alone occupied an entire floor.