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Chapter 892: Chapter 365: The Beauty CEO in Others’ Eyes, He Just...

Ye Jinyan noticed a hint of amusement in Zhang Jingdong’s eyes and instantly realized she had been played by him again. She pouted, ”You... you did it on purpose!”

Zhang Jingdong looked innocent, ”How was I on purpose? If I don’t look through everything, how can I determine which outfit makes you look the best!”

”I’m doing this for your own good, the more beautiful you dress, the more amazed everyone will be later!”

Saying this, Zhang Jingdong saw she was still a bit upset, so he glanced at his watch and pretended to be in a hurry, ”It’s almost one-thirty, alright, we need to go, or else we’ll be late!”

”For such an important negotiation, if we’re late, we’ll definitely blow it, let’s go!”

Although Ye Jinyan was angry, she couldn’t act out at this time, so she glared at Zhang Jingdong resentfully, then quickly gathered everything and left the office with him.

Lin Qiuyue and Long Yue had been waiting outside for a long time, almost dying with impatience, but feeling awkward about reminding them that time was running out.

Seeing the two finally emerge, they both breathed a sigh of relief.

Ye Jinyan didn’t dare look at Lin Qiuyue and headed straight downstairs.

Zhang Jingdong and the others immediately followed her downstairs as well.

Half an hour later, they arrived at Huaxing Technology Building.

In his past life, Zhang Jingdong had never seen Ma Yun in person, only on TV and in short videos of this legendary figure who was both praised and criticized worldwide.

And the most important lesson he learned from Ma Yun was: only pretend what you can, never what you can’t, for pretentiousness will bring inevitable trouble.

As the saying goes, there’s no era of Ma Yun, only a Ma Yun of the era.

Using bank money to make more money, but then trying to teach banks how to operate, that’s sure to backfire.

The elevator stopped on the 9th floor.

As soon as the elevator doors opened, there was Ma Yun directly in front!

He was shorter and thinner than Zhang Jingdong imagined, fitting those street fortune tellers’ descriptions of ”having exceptional bones, absolutely no ordinary person”.

What surprised Zhang Jingdong most was the look in his eyes.

Very spirited, very piercing, with an indescribable resilience.

And Zhang Jingdong also recognized the few people beside him; to Ma Yun’s right was Cai Chongxin, whom Zhang Jingdong remembered most for later buying an NBA team.

To the left was Peng Lei, whom Zhang Jingdong remembered was married to Taobao’s founder Sun Tongyu. She joined Ali because her husband was heading north with Ma Yun to start an enterprise, and not wanting to live apart, she resigned her university teaching job to follow him to Ali.

Later, her husband left Ali, but she became CEO of Alipay.

And beside Peng Lei should be her husband, Sun Tongyu.

Zhang Jingdong was initially a bit surprised; after all, these people were currently Ali’s core figures, and it was truly a big deal for them to personally come to greet him at the elevator.

But he soon understood.

Besides being an investor, the person next to him was after all the eldest daughter of the Ye family.

Ma Yun wore a respectful expression that Zhang Jingdong had never seen before, ”Mr. Ye, you’re here!”

Ye Jinyan transformed from the shy and flustered woman alone in the office with Zhang Jingdong to the elite heiress and businesswoman she usually portrayed in public.

With a serene smile, she descended the elevator and shook hands with Ma Yun and the others one by one.

Displaying elegance and poise, glowing with charm.

After exchanging pleasantries with Ma Yun and the rest, she turned to Zhang Jingdong and said, ”Let me introduce you to a very important investor in our company, Mr. Zhang from Dongsheng Group, who was behind the decision to increase the investment this time.”

Hearing this, Ma Yun and everyone immediately looked at Zhang Jingdong.

And they were instantly stunned by his unreasonably young face!

Despite their surprise, none of them underestimated or secretly scoffed at him due to his youth; instead, their gazes showed even more respect.

Because they knew that being so young and able to produce so much money, more importantly, being introduced so formally by a prestigious heiress like Ye Jinyan, meant something significant.

Hence, Ma Yun extended his hand more respectfully towards Zhang Jingdong, ”Mr. Zhang, hello!”

Zhang Jingdong felt a wave of satisfaction in his heart and then reached out to shake hands with Ma Yun.

”President Ma, hello, although we haven’t met before, our two companies’ intersections are not brief.”

Upon hearing this, Ma Yun and the others were instantly a bit dumbfounded.

Seeing this, Zhang Jingdong immediately said, ”Here’s the thing, doesn’t your Taobao now have a store called DL Cultural Shirts?”

Now truly curious, Ma Yun glanced at Sun Tongyu and then said, ”That’s right, that store is currently one of the most popular on our site.”

Zhang Jingdong remained calm, ”The DL Clothing Design Company behind that store is a subsidiary of our group, and I personally nurtured it from the start.”

Ma Yun and the others exchanged looks, instantly all wearing expressions of disbelief.

They didn’t doubt the authenticity of Zhang Jingdong’s words; after all, with his status and wealth, he had no reason to lie about this.

They were just surprised that a company under such a prominent boss had such deep connections with their own company.

Soon, they understood why Ye Jinyan had brought Zhang Jingdong along—each of their expressions revealed a mix of gravitas and perplexity.

Even Ma Yun appeared somewhat on high alert.

Yet, due to Ye Jinyan’s and Zhang Jingdong’s identities, he could only manage a forced smile, ”Oh... so that’s it, Mr. Zhang, then our cooperation this time should be easier to discuss!”

Observing this, Zhang Jingdong felt an inner joy: Boss Ma, in my past life, you earned interest on my loan with Bei Bei; in this life, I’ll make you repay it a thousandfold, ten-thousandfold, in Ali’s dividends!

He then added meaningfully, ”Absolutely, we must have a good discussion later!”