"Did you hear the news? Heron's CEO Zhou Yang is on the guest list for the banquet. She's quite mysterious, she's been abroad for the past few years and hasn't come to B City much."

"She made her company a unicorn by doing clothing, and there's news that their user base is about to surpass Amazon. The valuation is also outstanding, reaching billions of dollars."

"When Zhou Yang had her first round of financing, I went to H City to see this project. I was hesitant to invest, but was snatched away by that little girl from the Gu family. You can imagine how much they must have made."

"Back then, Gu Shi ran away and started a business after arguing with Zheng Jiwang about canceling the wedding. No one believed in them, but they actually made the project successful."

"This time Zhou Yang returned to B City and said she wanted to find a business center to set up an offline pop-up store. Their business was mainly overseas before, and recently several companies have been competing to take on this pop-up store."

Just as I entered the venue, I overheard discussions about Heron. The news was quite well-informed.

Heron is preparing for an overseas IPO, and in order to boost investor confidence, I want to release a signal that Heron is equally successful in China, but I don't want to invest a lot in physical stores at this stage. A pop-up store is a good option, it can be operated for a short period of time, with impressive marketing results.

As for Gu Shi's actions, not only were they unexpected for others, but I also had my doubts at the time.

"Zhou Yang, Heron not only needs money. The advantage of the domestic supply chain has not been fully utilized, and you also need better recommendation algorithms to create popular products. These are things we can do together.

"As for Zheng Jiwang, you don't need to worry at all. Just like me, I won't choose a man who is indecisive."

Gu Shi's vision for Heron's development coincided with mine, which ultimately made her stand out among the investors and impressed me.

As it turned out, this decision couldn't have been more correct. Gu Shi and I successfully created a commercial legend.

Now I no longer fear others' discussions, I faced the people at the banquet and nodded, saying, "Hello, I am Zhou Yang from Heron."

The assistant immediately stepped forward to distribute business cards.

Just after the people were discussing, some of them awkwardly appeared in front of me. The investor who missed the opportunity to invest in Heron smiled self-deprecatingly:

"It's been a few years, General Zhou has already become a rising star and a rare beauty."

As these people praised me in various ways, a bunch of people who wanted to get closer gradually gathered around. The banquet was indeed a great opportunity for rapid networking, I got acquainted with several suitable partners.

Amidst the politeness and flattery, a voice with a cold tone stood out:

"Zhou Yang? It's really you! How did you manage to get in here?"

I turned my head and saw Miss Wang, who loves to drink water, and Zhao Yue, who is crazy.

It's been years, but they still behave the same, as brainless as ever.

A few familiar faces appeared behind them, it was Zheng Jiwang, gazing at me with a dumbfounded expression.

He's not the brightest bulb, but compared to others he's above average. He snapped back to reality and took a few steps forward to intercept Zhao Yue's craziness:

"Shut up, stop saying nonsense."

Zhao Yue is a crazy person, the more you try to stop her, the more enthusiastic she becomes:

"Brother Jiwang, we're already engaged, are you still thinking about that bitch?"

It turns out that after Gu Shi broke off the engagement, Zheng Jiwang got engaged to Zhao Yue in order to compete with his older brother, who is the illegitimate child of the family.

But today, the person next to Mr. Zheng is his older brother, looks like Zheng Jiwang didn't win even at the cost of himself.

I caught sight of the ring on Zheng Jiwang's hand, its style is familiar, and there's a small nick on the edge, made by myself with a file.

It's my cursed ring.

Before I even had to defend myself, several bosses who wanted to cooperate with Heron spoke up one after another, after all, offending two powerless girls had nothing to do with them:

"I heard that President Zhou was coming, so I hurriedly ended my business trip and came over. Heron is about to go public, we are all waiting to bask in its glory."

"Miss Zhao, it seems like your brother was looking for you before. How about you go check on him first. We'll discuss important matters here, you probably wouldn't understand anyway."

Zhao Yue's face turned red, she stared at me with hatred, and still wanted to speak:

"Back then, it was thanks to Brother Jiwang that you had a place on the side, Zhou Yang. Now I don't know which man you're clinging to, to be able to enter."

I took one of my business cards from the assistant, raised my hand, and smashed it in Zhao Yue's face.

"Zhao Yue, I suggest you stop focusing on men all day long and take a look at the outside world, pour out the water in your brain. What face do you have to talk about anyone? You're here talking to me, is it not also relying on men? Or is it that you don't consider your father to be a man?"

Zhao Yue was so angry that she wanted to pounce on me, and I was just about to have my assistant deal with her directly, considering she had learned some martial arts.

At this moment, a clear male voice appeared, breaking the tense atmosphere:

"Yangyang, I'm here to pick you up. Are you done with your busy work?"