"Mr. Li, come on, let me toast you!"


    The Ji family, a member of the board of directors, took the initiative to propose a toast.


    More people followed. At the welcome ceremony, Huo Bufan paid more attention than Ji Xiangning.


    Ji Xiangning was not dissatisfied. She only looked at the man surrounded by the crowd, and her heart was full of emotion.


    When he first entered the company, he was a bookworm with high eyes and low hands and a little arrogant. But now, it has become the object of everyone''s flattery.


    Although he is the illegitimate son of the Li family, will the illegitimate son of the big family be so powerful?


    The answer is obviously no, otherwise, there would not be so many dandies exposed.


    Huo Bufan''s status in Ji''s family is detached, which makes Ji Xiangning a little happy. At least she proves that her vision is right.


    Ji Zhenxiong did it. He congratulated Ji Xiangning first, and then whispered, "have you settled with new hope?"


    "Not yet." Ji Xiangning replied.


    Ji Zhenxiong looked stunned, then frowned and said, "why haven''t we talked yet? Don''t forget, we agreed to all the terms you said. "


    "What I said is that I haven''t talked about it yet, which doesn''t mean I don''t talk about it. The development of VR technology still needs time, and the Ji family can''t help in this regard. As long as you can join, what''s the difference between nominally sooner or later? " Ji Xiangning asked.


    Ji Zhenxiong choked and couldn''t speak, so he had to say, "everyone in the family is waiting for the final result. You can''t break your promise. Don''t forget, entering the board of directors means you have greater responsibility. If you can''t afford it, the board won''t agree with you to continue to serve. "


    These words have a little threatening meaning. However, Ji Xiangning doesn''t think so. She said, "it''s OK to dismiss me. You can do it as you see fit."


    Her indifferent attitude left Ji Zhenxiong speechless.


    The whole Ji family, who dares to dismiss Ji Xiangning now?


    If you dismiss her, will the new hope have anything to do with you?


    Therefore, Ji Zhenxiong can only hold it. No matter how much anger he has, he has to swallow it back.


    Fortunately, Ji Chuanhai had a good relationship with Ji Xiangning. He helped say a few good words and made a round of it.


    Ji Xiangning also knows that it is certain to talk. No matter Huo Bufan or Ning Xueqing, it is unlikely to refuse her request for cooperation.


    As for how to talk, Ji Xiangning should think about it.


    She doesn''t want to forcibly take advantage of anyone because of her personal relationship. The more she relies on Huo Bufan, the more she wants to clearly distinguish with him in business. Otherwise, my heart will always be uncomfortable.


    A reception originally held for Ji Xiangning finally became Huo Bufan''s personal show. Everyone revolved around him, but few people took care of the Lord.


    Others don''t want this, but Huo Bufan won''t ignore it.


    Although Ji Xiangning was regarded as a tool person at the beginning, they have become friends for so long.


    To be fair, Ji Xiangning''s personal ability is better than Ning Xueqing.


    She is rational enough and thinks comprehensively. She is a very independent woman. She already has all the personal factors for success, but what she lacks is opportunity.


    Huo Bufan is still willing to cultivate such a person, even if Ji Xiangning may not really listen to him in the future.


    But business is like this. The more powerful the people around you, the better your business will be. If you are surrounded by mud that can''t hold up the wall, even if you have great skills, you can only get twice the result with half the effort.


    Therefore, halfway through the reception, Huo Bufan took the initiative to find Ji Xiangning.


    Seeing Huo Bufan come and sit down with a red wine glass, he said to Ji''s family: "sorry, Ji and I always have something to talk about."


    Those people left very knowingly and didn''t bother.


    This made Ji Xiangning''s mouth slightly cocked up. Although she didn''t want to admit it, Huo Bufan was still very happy to take the initiative to find her.


    But in her mouth, Ji Xiangning said, "why don''t you continue to talk to them?"


    "There''s nothing to talk about. These people''s knowledge is far less than you. It''s no fun talking." Huo Bufan looked at her and said, "you are the protagonist today. How can you sit here and look lonely."


    "Used to it." Ji Xiangning took a sip from her glass.


    This is not a lie. As business gets better and better, Ji Xiangning feels more and more lonely.


    Everyone in the company expects her to get all kinds of benefits. None of them can really say something from their heart.


    This is why she is so dependent on Huo Bufan, because she knows that Huo Bufan is the only person around her who doesn''t want to get benefits from her, but constantly creates benefits for her.


    Of course, maybe this man wants something else, but at least so far, Ji Xiangning only feels the breath of reassurance from him.


    "This habit is not very good. If you want to achieve greater success, you must learn to get along with others. Even if you don''t want to, you still have to do superficial Kung Fu. Because they are not your dispensable partners, but the indispensable help around you. " Huo Bufan said.


    "Help? They? " Ji Xiangning was disdainful.


    "Their ability is really not very good, but don''t forget that you are in a family business. Without these people, the Ji family will no longer exist, so for you, it is equal to a blank. Therefore, their existence is the greatest help to you. " Huo Bufan said.


    Ji Xiangning was slightly stunned and then understood what he meant.


    Without these people, there would be no Ji family. Just like human skin, it doesn''t matter if one piece is missing, but if it''s gone, are you still you?


    Even if you can live, you will live very hard.


    "I''ve always known that you have very different opinions from others, but I didn''t expect you to speak so beautifully for a group of incompetent people. If I were a little stupid, I might really regard them as saviors because of your words. " Ji Xiangning said.


    Huo Bufan smiled and said, "it''s a bit exaggerated to be the Savior, but they are not your enemies. Don''t always make such tit for tat and draw arrows."


    "OK..." Ji Xiangning shrugged and said, "then they asked me to talk to you about cooperation. What do you think?"


    "The market share is fixed, and most of them are distributed to several very important companies. If the Ji family wants, they can only give a small part. However, this part should be enough to make the Ji family a large company with assets of tens of billions or even hundreds of billions. The premise is that you can make good use of it. " Huo Bufan said.


    "They don''t need so much. What they want is a cooperative relationship. As for how much they give, they can''t decide. I don''t want to make a decision, let alone you." Ji Xiangning said.


    Huo Bufan was puzzled. He didn''t want anyone to make a decision. What does that mean? It sounds like unwilling to cooperate, but it certainly doesn''t mean that.


    Seeing his expression, Ji Xiangning knew that the man didn''t understand what he was talking about.


    But that''s good. He couldn''t understand it and saved himself embarrassment.


    "Forget it, I''ll talk to Xueqing later. Don''t worry, I won''t take advantage of you." Ji Xiangning said.


    "I''m not afraid of taking advantage. Do you think my wife is so easy to coax? She''s good at business now. " Huo Bufan smiled.


    Looking at the smile on Huo Bufan''s face and listening to his happy appearance when he talked about Ning Xueqing, Ji Xiangning was even more uncomfortable.


    She suddenly asked, "have you ever thought about what it would be like if you hadn''t been hit in the head and married Ning Xueqing?"


    "Huh?" Huo Bufan didn''t understand his meaning and said, "I didn''t think that if we had to imagine what had happened, there would be no correct answer."


    It was still a familiar and rational answer, but Ji Xiangning was very uncomfortable because it was not the answer she wanted.


    Entering the board of directors is a victory in the eyes of others, and everyone in the family is cheering for it.


    Ji Xiangning is actually very proud of herself, but she has a different mind about Huo Bufan.


    All kinds of thoughts twisted together, which made her a little uncontrollable at the moment. She couldn''t help saying, "you didn''t think about it. If you didn''t marry Ning Xueqing, you married me..."