Free Web NovelChapter 154: Chapter 154: Signing the Contract
Xiao Jiang fell silent. Of course, he didn’t have the owner’s contact information. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have wasted so much time waiting in line.
"Where’s that milk tea shop? I’ll go find the owner and have her come meet you?"
Compared to Jiang Yi’s tact, the others were far more blunt and forceful.
"The owner is running a legitimate business. Isn’t it a bit wrong to just drag her over here?"
Jiang Yi muttered under his breath, but the others heard him and they all glared at him.
"Why are you glaring at him? Is he wrong? If you dare drag someone over here on a whim, just you watch how I’ll deal with you!"
What the old man detested most was his family using their privilege to flaunt their power and bully people. And now they wanted to drag someone straight to the hospital? ’They really must want me to die faster!’
"No, no, it’s not that serious! Dad, we were just worried about you. We only thought about having her come make you milk tea; we didn’t think it through.
Don’t worry, I promise I won’t do anything illegal!"
Only after the middle-aged man by the bed reassured him repeatedly did the old man’s expression soften slightly.
Today was the fourth day since the shop opened. Worried about Qin Sitong handling two new employees by herself, Yun Zijin decided to come over.
However, she didn’t go behind the counter today. Instead, she helped out in the main area of the shop.
When customers wanted to have their drinks in the shop, she would help bring the orders to their tables.
But Yun Zijin hadn’t been doing this for long before Zero One and the others took the job from her.
In Zero One’s words, the Miss was born a princess and wasn’t suited for such menial tasks.
Yun Zijin was happy to have the free time. As long as no chaos broke out in the shop, everything was fine.
After seeing that the shop was running in an orderly fashion, Yun Zijin left with a few bodyguards. A short while later, she appeared in the principal’s office at Dijing University.
When Yun Zijin arrived, the principal, Lu Yunque, and their assistants were all in the office.
"Good morning."
Yun Zijin had Ling Er and the others stand guard outside. She only needed to bring Zero One in with her.
After all, Lu Yunque and the principal had each brought only one assistant. It would have been a bit out of place for her to enter with seven bodyguards.
"You’re here? Quick, sit down, sit down!"
The principal was smiling so widely his eyes had crinkled into slits. It was the first time Yun Zijin had ever seen such an amiable and approachable principal.
"Hello, Principal. Hello, Mr. Lu."
In front of the principal, Yun Zijin didn’t think it was appropriate to use Lu Yunque’s full name, so she changed it to "Mr. Lu" at the last second.
Hearing how Yun Zijin addressed him, Lu Yunque raised his gaze to look at her, a faint smirk playing on his lips. "We’re friends, Zijin. No need to pretend we’re strangers."
Yun Zijin was speechless.
"Heh..."
Yun Zijin couldn’t think of any other way to respond.
The principal looked from Lu Yunque to Yun Zijin, his expression showing he understood there was something going on between them.
"That’s right, we’re all friends here. No need to be so formal.
You don’t have to call me Principal, Zijin. Just call me Uncle Xu."
Yun Zijin fell silent. ’Being asked to change my form of address so abruptly... I really can’t bring myself to say it.’
"It’s fine. If you’re not comfortable with it, you don’t have to. Shall we discuss the matter of the comprehensive laboratory building?"
This was the most important matter, after all. Xu Yunzhen had been eagerly waiting to sign the contract.
It was just that Lu Yunque’s side had been stalling, and he was too embarrassed to call with daily reminders, so he could only inquire about it subtly now and then.
Mo Bin took the relevant contracts from his briefcase. There were three copies, one for each of the three parties.
Yun Zijin picked up a copy and skimmed through it. Seeing no issues, she handed the contract to Zero One.
’It was normal for her not to find any issues. If even Zero One couldn’t find a problem, then the contract was truly problem-free.’
Zero One opened the contract and began to review it, word by word.
Both Lu Yunque and Xu Yunzhen were a little surprised by Yun Zijin’s action, but they shared a tacit understanding and didn’t ask about it.
Soon, Zero One finished reviewing the contract. He returned it to Yun Zijin and quietly informed her that there were no issues.
"Miss Yun, if you have any concerns, please feel free to raise them. If anything is indeed unreasonable, we will certainly revise it!"
"It’s fine. I can sign it now."
With that, Yun Zijin took a pen from her bag and prepared to sign the contract.
"I have no issues either!"
Xu Yunzhen chimed in at the perfect moment.
"Since no one has any objections, let’s sign."
Lu Yunque took the lead, signing and stamping the contract.
Lu Yunque and Xu Yunzhou both signed and stamped on behalf of their respective organizations (company and university), while Yun Zijin alone signed and stamped in a personal capacity.
Her fingerprint seal looked somewhat out of place next to the two official stamps.
Regardless, the contract was signed without a hitch.
On the spot, Yun Zijin transferred five million to the project’s account.
"There. As agreed, I’ve transferred the five million to the project’s account."
Yun Zijin showed the successful transfer confirmation screen to Xu Yunzhen and Lu Yunque.
"You certainly get things done, Zijin! Speaking of which, for the university’s award for excellence, I think you would be a very suitable candidate..."
"Principal! I’m not doing this for any awards. Please, just stick to the normal process. Other students probably need that honor more than I do."
Yun Zijin had completely checked out of the rat race. She couldn’t care less about getting the university’s award for excellence. After all, whether she got it or not, it wasn’t like she’d ever need it to find a job.
She owned property and businesses; working for someone else was simply out of the question.
Xu Yunzhen thought about how Yun Zijin had donated a billion without batting an eye. Even though it was being paid in installments, a single payment of five million was no small sum.
Given her circumstances, she really didn’t need the university’s award for excellence.
"Alright, I’ll keep an eye out then. If something suitable for you comes up, I’ll be sure to secure it for you!"
She didn’t need the award, and she didn’t need other things. Xu Yunzhen understood. But if Yun Zijin ever asked for anything that was within his power to grant, he would do everything he could to make it happen for her.
"I don’t need anything else, but I am a senior now, and all that’s left are some electives. I don’t think I really need to attend those classes. What do you think?
I promise I can absolutely pass the final exams."
Yun Zijin truly didn’t want to waste her time attending elective courses.
"Of course! However, I’ll need to discuss this with your professor. I’ll give you a reply in a couple of days, how does that sound?"
Xu Yunzhen hadn’t expected that what Yun Zijin wanted was to get out of attending class.
But then he considered that most seniors were already out on internships. It was indeed inconvenient to have to take time off from an internship to return to school for classes.
Not everyone was like Yun Zijin, with enough money and leisure to not have to worry about scheduling conflicts.
"No problem! That works for me."
Yun Zijin was confident that with the principal taking charge, the matter was all but guaranteed to be approved.
"From the looks of it, am I the only one who’s not getting anything out of this?"
Lu Yunque remarked, his tone light and joking.
"Yes! Of course there is! What do you want? Just name it!"
Xu Yunzhen blurted out immediately. He was terrified. If the deal for this comprehensive laboratory building, which had just been settled, fell through because one of these two was unhappy, his heart would break!
