Chapter 98 You Got Me All Thrilled
"Who is this?"
Nothing but a ray of obsession for success was keeping him from collapsing.
He was now suffering from unbearable hunger.
Pang Jun feebly answered the phone.
It seems that all his energy had been drained in the hysteria before.
"Is it Mr. Pang?"
Ye Chen, who was driving his g-class Mercedes for a spin, asked with a smile.
"Who is this? How did you have my number?" Pang Jun was stunned.
"Uh..."
Will you believe me if I said it's from my past life memories?
But Ye Chen won't bother to linger on that topic.
"Mr. Pang, I understand that you wanted to develop a traceless cream with popular appeal globally, right?"
Traceless cream was the name of the product by Pang Jun at the beginning.
It was after he joined Ye Chen that it was renamed as the flawless cream by Ye Chen.
"What do you mean? What do you want?" Pang Jun's started to breathe rather rapidly.
"Everyone in this industry holds that you are out of your mind with all your whimsical ideas. Because how the hell can we develop something that was even out of reach for western and American companies? But you know what, I am not one of them. Why can't we? Who said we Chinese won't succeed just because foreigners failed?" Ye Chen laughed.
Pang Jun and Ye Chen hit it off right away.
The tiredness and hunger vanished into thin air instantly.
"Absolutely! The way I see it, those short-sighted people should take full responsibilities for the current situations that our brands, always deemed as the epitome of lousiness and cheapness, never managed to leave a large and global footprint while being dwarfed by those in the Europe and American. Because they never tried to to surpass and replace them, instead they were always fulsomely following their contenders by imitating their products."
While talking, Pang Jun was filled with righteous indignation again. "They have never challenged the European and American brands. They have even been intimidated by the thought of it. What can you expect from such a group of people content to be dwarfed by others! They will always lag behind!"
Admittedly, Pang Jun went a bit too far.
Not only because his opinion on this issue, but his drastic efforts to produce the traceless cream the way he desired.
For example, he got the boot previously not because of his lack of ability, but his disregard for the company's rules. Back then, his proposals for developing the traceless cream had been rejected for several times. But he went on with it secretly anyway, taking advantage of resources from the company, resulting in the process slowdown of other products with loss of human and financial resources.
This was unacceptable in any company.
However, that's what made him stand out among others in front of Ye Chen.
Many companies were afraid of mad geeks. Because they could hardly be controlled like barbie dolls as bosses wished. But their fear also blinded them to the light bulb moment of these weirdos. And that, more often than not, would herald a brand new era for the company.
Ye Chen had seen a lot of this type with the key to a new era in his previous life.
And Pang Jun was one of them.
In the previous life, Pang Jun's achievements were way more remarkable than an epoch-making flawless cream.
He managed to overshadow those century-old European and American aristocratic brands.
Yiren Ruxue, a brand under the Tenglong Group,which literally meant that the skin of a lady just like snow is flawlessly white, flared into popularity globally in decades to come,
becoming the unsurpassable being in the beauty industry!
That was just the reasonable result of products from Yiren Ruxue belittling the so-called European and American aristocratic brands in all aspects in terms of use effect.
But that's beyond his imagination for now.
At this moment, facing Pang Jun's somewhat extreme conclusions out of indignation,
Ye Chen smiled.
"That's exactly why I am here for you. Someone needs to break the "rules" and take the challenge by innovating."
"Do you believe I can develop the traceless cream? You mean, you're willing to invest in me?" After getting it out of his system, Pang Jun was dumbfounded by his invitation.
"Where are you? Give me your address. Let's talk about this!" Ye Chen said.
"Uh... the entrance of McDonald's at No. 193 Fuxing Road!" Pang Jun answered.
"Okay, then just a moment, I'll be there!"
Hanging up the phone,
Ye Chen accelerated his car right away.
And Pang Jun at the door of McDonald's.
stood still, baffled.
Until now, he didn't even know the name of the guy he phoned with.
Besides, should he get in the McDonald's or not?
Eventually, Pang Jun chose to stay hungry outside while waiting for him.
Fifteen minutes later,
a big black g-class Mercedes pulled off in front of him.
Ye Chen opened the car door and walked over towards him.
"You are the one on the phone?"
Seeing Ye Chen smiling at him, Pang Jun asked uncertainly after hesitating.
At the same time, his stomach recklessly made an awkward sound.
which embarrassed this former vice president Pang Jun.
"Yes, That was me. Mr. Pang, I have long been looking forward to meeting you! Shall we find a place for dinner over which we can chat?" Ye Chen smiled.
"No need to look around. McDonald's is good for me."
After all, he's not high maintenance. Pang Jun suggested.
"It's just we can waste a lot of time if we decide to get a finer place. And think about the time it takes for the fancy restaurant to serve. I don't know if I would make it there. I am starving already."
"OK, here it is!"
Decades of cooperation in the previous life familiarized Ye Chen with Pang Jun's personality. So, he didn't insist.
Inside McDonald's,
Pang Jun only ordered two hamburgers and a glass of Coke,
and after he gobbled down much of which,
he looked up and asked. "So, tell me, what did you mean by that?"
"No need to switch to a quieter place for that?" Ye Chen smiled lightly.
"I'm good. We can talk here." Pang Jun said.
"Okay, then I'll cut to the chase. I can provide you a world where you can have your own way. And you are responsible for bringing your ambitions into reality. That means, you are expected to not only make the traceless cream which will mark the new era of domestic beauty industry but make it so globally popular that it should supplant those western aristocratic brands of this line of business!" Ye Chen asserted himself.
"Hold on. You're making me all thrilled, seriously!" Pang Jun couldn't help but feel the rush.
"I was just repeating what your heart was crying for." Ye Chen said with a smile.
"Yes, that dream I indeed had. But I don't even have your name yet!" Pang Jun was a little confused.
If it weren't for that fancy car, the symbol of an achiever,
Pang Jun could actually see him as someone even more mentally unstable than him.
You know, all those sweet talks and big promises the very first time they met
didn't seem much of a difference from what characterized a cult.
"Ye Chen, two characters literally meaning the leaf and star. That's what I go by." Without a trace of embarrassment, Ye Chen smiled lightly.
"Mr. Ye, I got it. So, which company are you working for? Which brand?" Pang Jun asked.
Ye Chen answered, "No company and no brand!"
Pang Jun: