Volume One, Chapter 48: Could it be... that the Young Master dislikes this title?

Knowing that saying anything more on this topic would be useless, Li Feng shook his head and went back to his room to sleep.

Tomorrow, there was still a hard-fought battle to be waged!

Early the next morning,

Following Elder Huo's instructions, Huo Hongjun brought Huo Yu to the Huo Corporation to familiarize him with company affairs.

Huo Yu's current position was that of Vice President.

"Xiao Yu, this is your office. This is Secretary He, who has been with the company for many years and is quite experienced. You can ask her if there is anything you would like to know."

Secretary He was a middle-aged woman with a stern expression, dressed in a black professional suit, wearing black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose, with her hair combed into a meticulous bun.

Upon hearing this, she bowed slightly to Huo Yu. "Good morning, Eldest Young Master. My name is He Yunxin."

"Hmm."

Huo Hongjun gave a few more instructions and left to attend to his own matters.

He also held a position within the Huo Corporation and had his own work to handle.

"Secretary He, what are the projects with an investment exceeding one billion that the Huo Corporation has undertaken in the past year?"

Secretary He was slightly startled for a moment, but quickly answered fluently, "There are three projects with investments exceeding one billion in the past year. They are the Haile Qingyue real estate project in the southern suburbs, the Waterside Resort, and the Moon Bay New City."

"Give me all the documents within ten minutes."

Secretary He nodded. "Very well, Eldest Young Master."

"Is that how you used to address Huo Yanchuan?"

The position of Vice President used to belong to Huo Yanchuan.

Secretary He thought for a moment before she understood what he meant, and nodded. "Yes, the Second Young Master asked me to call him that before."

There were simply too many people surnamed Huo in the Huo Corporation, and Huo Yanchuan found it troublesome, so he had instructed her to call him Young Master Huo.

Now that the Eldest Young Master had returned, for the sake of distinction, she had automatically changed her address for Huo Yanchuan to Second Young Master, and addressed the person before her as Eldest Young Master.

She glanced at Huo Yu's somewhat unsightly expression, and a thought flashed through her mind.

Could it be...... that the Eldest Young Master disliked this form of address?

"Vice President Huo, I'll go downstairs and gather the documents now."

This time, Huo Yu did not stop her, waving his hand to grant permission for her to leave.

Walking out of the office, Secretary He let out a sigh of relief and decided to address Huo Yu as Vice President Huo from then on.

"How is it? Is she trustworthy?" Li Feng asked.

Huo Yu turned on his computer and replied unhurriedly, "Her competence is passable, we will observe the rest."

Making a judgment now would be too one-sided.

Before long, Secretary He returned carrying three files, placing them before Huo Yu. "Vice President Huo, these are all the documents concerning the three projects."

Huo Yu casually flipped open a page, and upon seeing the contents within, he tapped his fingers lightly on the desk. "What is the meaning of this?"

The records showed that a few days ago, an accident had occurred at the project construction site, resulting in one death and one injury.

Secretary He took a glance and explained with a trace of panic, "Haile Qingyue is a real estate project. A few days ago, two workers broke into the building late at night to drink, and unfortunately fell after getting drunk."

"Because it was nighttime, there was hardly anyone around the building. By the time others discovered them the next day, one was already dead, and the other was paralyzed from the fall and is still undergoing treatment at the hospital."

"Who is in charge of this project?"

"Manager Zhang."

Huo Yu closed the files. "Have him come over."

Haile Qingyue was the largest real estate project recently invested in by the Huo Corporation, and so far, the funds poured into it had already exceeded one billion.

This project could not afford any accidents.

Should any mishap occur, not only would the previous investment of over a billion go down the drain, but they would also have to pay a massive penalty for breach of contract to the prospective buyers.

"Yes."

Secretary He went outside the office to contact Manager Zhang.

After quite a while, she returned crestfallen.

"What is the matter?"

Secretary He recounted everything honestly. "Manager Zhang said he is still busy at the project site and cannot get away..."

Actually, there was more she wanted to say, but she chose to omit it.

Because those words were truly a bit too bold.

Unsure of Huo Yu's temperament, she dared not speak rashly.

"This Manager Zhang, what is his background?"

Secretary He gave a soft cough. "Manager Zhang is the Madam's youngest younger brother."

He was also the maternal uncle of the Vice President Huo standing before her.

Huo Yu understood instantly.

No wonder a mere project manager could be so arrogant—it turned out he had this backing!

He stood up. "Since Manager Zhang is busy at the project and finds it inconvenient to come over, we will go to him instead."

After all, he was not busy at the moment.

Before long, a car headed toward the southern suburbs.

Li Feng drove, while Secretary He sat in the passenger seat.

Without a trace, she glanced through the rearview mirror at the person resting with eyes closed, silently clutching the documents related to Haile Qingyue to her chest.

This Vice President Huo was quite different from Second Young Master Huo.

The death and injury were merely accidents that had happened recently.

Half a year ago, there had been another accident where a female worker accidentally fell to her death from the building. The police came to investigate, and the conclusion reached was accidental slip.

When Second Young Master Huo heard about it back then, he did not even ask further questions, merely instructing that a settlement must be reached with the female worker's family at all costs so as not to affect the project.

A human life, and the reasons behind it, were things he simply did not care about.

What he cared about was solely whether it would impact the project.

Haile Qingyue was positioned as a high-end residential development, and as soon as the news broke, it attracted immense attention.

Even before the main structure was completed, quite a few people pulled strings and said favorable things just to secure a pre-purchase form.

Before the official opening, the majority of the apartments had already been pre-sold.

The wealthy pursued quality and paid even more attention to reputation and geomancy. If Haile Qingyue suffered too many incidents and it was publicized, even with the Huo family's prestige, it would inevitably affect the sales of the property.

The further south the car drove, the more desolate the surroundings became.

The southern suburbs had originally been wasteland; it was only after the Huo family bought a large tract of land to prepare for the construction of Haile Qingyue that other surrounding land plots began to be sold off successively.

After all, everyone knew that when the Huo family decided to develop a project in a place, the surrounding supporting infrastructure would not be poor.

They might not be able to hitch a ride with the Huo Corporation, but following behind to pick up some scraps and meat fragments was not a bad idea either.

Soon, a cluster of buildings with very generous spacing between blocks appeared in their line of sight.

It was Haile Qingyue.

The main structure had already been topped out, and exterior decoration was currently underway.

By visual estimation, it covered an area of nearly a thousand mu.

The car stopped at the main gate, and Li Feng honked the horn several times, but no one opened the gate.

After a long while, a gaunt, impatient-looking elderly man walked out of the guard room beside the gate.

The old man had dark skin, protruding eye sockets, wore loud floral boardshorts, and had a thick, heavy gold chain around his neck.

Li Feng clicked his tongue; that gold chain could not possibly be bought for less than five hundred thousand.

An elderly security guard wearing such a thick gold chain clearly wasn't short on money, yet he came to this God-forsaken place to work as a guard......

Was this a wealthy person experiencing life?

"Who are you people?" The security guard looked them over suspiciously.

Secretary He was about to state her affiliation when Li Feng stopped her and spoke, "We are looking for Manager Zhang. Please lead the way."

The old guard asked, "Looking for Manager Zhang? Do you have an appointment?"

Li Feng nodded. "We just called Manager Zhang."

The old guard's gaze grew even more suspicious; how come he hadn't heard Manager Zhang mention that anyone was coming today?

Yet, seeing Li Feng's expression remain calm and not like he was lying, he said, "Wait here, I'll call Manager Zhang to confirm."

He returned to the guard room and made a call on the landline.

Moments later, the old guard came back out, his face terribly dark and furious as he barked, "Just what kind of people are you?! Manager Zhang said nobody was supposed to come today at all!"