TVCEO Chapter 35.2

However, Cheng Ling’s little episode did not attract much attention at the scene, because after Wen Dai left, the annual meeting was coming to an end, and the host began to pave the way for the lottery of the Koi Grand Prize. Everyone stared at the big screen on the stage nervously, wanting to see what the final Koi Grand Prize was.

“The final prize to be announced is our most exciting Koi Grand Prize of the year—a full year of paid vacation!”

Amid the audience’s anticipation, the host finally revealed the Koi Grand Prize’s true value. 

Lin Qiao was stunned. 

Wasn’t it 100,000 yuan? How did it become a paid vacation?

Wait, she seemed to have discovered something!

She was an intern, earning three hundred yuan a day, but many people in Baitian earned a million yuan a year. This meant that if she won the prize, it would only be worth a hundred thousand yuan, while others might be taking a million.

“Tell me the truth, aren’t you telling me the winning number just to save Baitian money?” Lin Qiao gritted her teeth. 

The more she thought about it, the more she felt Su Zhengxing, a capitalist, was capable of such a thing.

Su Zhengxing: “…”

Finally, with Qin Shen’s highly anticipated ‘stop’, the winning number on the big screen froze. As expected, it was 566935 that Su Zhengxing had told her before.

There were two people who chose this number at the same time, one was her, and the other was a middle-level manager with an annual salary of one million.

When Lin Qiao went on stage to receive the award, holding the big plaque that read ‘a whole year of paid vacation’ and standing next to her annual salary of one million, she suddenly felt that her 100,000 yuan didn’t seem so attractive after all, and she found it difficult to smile.

…

The Spring Festival arrived shortly after the annual meeting. After returning home, Lin Qiao deliberately did not mention the matter of the 100,000 yuan, but she did not expect that it would be exposed in the end.

“You big mouth! Sooner or later, I’m going to sew your mouth shut!” 

Before being questioned, Lin Qiao glared at Lin Ji with gritted teeth.

“Your group has posted it on its official account. Even if our parents don’t find out from me, they will find out from somewhere else. You don’t want them to find out from outsiders, do you?” Lin Ji pretended to be considerate of her.

“Just wait!”

Lin Qiao had just clenched her fist when her mother glared at her, and she retracted it. She walked over to the sofa and sat down in a sullen manner.

Zhuang Yun was very disappointed. She thought to herself that she had been devoted to these two children since they were young. She never expected that when the children grew up and made money, their first reaction would be to be wary of them!

Seeing his wife was furious, Father Lin intervened as usual, saying, “Qiao Qiao, you’re the same. Why can’t you tell your family about your bonus? Mom and Dad don’t want your money. Look how mad you’ve made your Mom!”

If it were in the past, Lin Qiao might not have kept it a secret from them, but she was really heartbroken during that National Day. They didn’t understand her, and perhaps didn’t want to understand her, and she no longer expected them to understand her.

In fact, she had thought about what to do if one day she could no longer stay at home. Leaving home requires money, a lot of money, so money becomes the source of her sense of security.

“Where’s the money?” Zhuang Yun asked coldly.

“I saved it.” Lin Qiao said honestly.

“How did you save it?”

“Save 20,000 yuan for one year, 30,000 yuan for two years, and 50,000 yuan for three years.” 

This is the step-by-step savings method she learned online, which ensures that there is a deposit due every year to prepare for emergencies.

“You still have some brains.”

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Translator’s Comment:

How about you, guys?

If you get some reward money, will you tell it to your parents?

For me, if it’s my first time to get it, I will tell them excitedly and buy something or invite them to eat something delicious.

As for the second and so on, I’ll just tell them that I get a reward, but not the amount, because my parents prefer the achievement over the reward.

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