How can I justify myself as a Magnate if I don't indulge myself?

"Gu Heng, now that you have joined us at Peking University, you must study hard. Although the part-time EMBA only has two sessions a month, you can still come and listen to the professor's lectures. Our EMBA program is currently ranked number one in the country, and it is very influential internationally."

"Thank you, Uncle Liu."

The office door was pushed open...

Liu Qiao, with a gentle face, brought Gu Heng out...

Lizi and Jiang Ruxue, still standing at the door, couldn't help but exchange glances when they saw this scene...

Just a few minutes had passed...

And student Gu Heng had become "Little Gu"...

And Dean Liu had become Uncle Liu?

What was going on?

After a bit of small talk and seeing Liu Qiao return to the office, Lizi couldn't wait to come up to Gu Heng and ask, "Gu Heng, what's going on here?"
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Gu Heng looked puzzled, "What do you mean, what's going on?"

"Don't play dumb! You even called the dean 'Uncle Liu'! That has to mean something, right? Tell me, did you bribe him?"

Previously at Fu Songyang's dinner party, Lizi was still acting quite aloof. Today, only their second meeting, she suddenly became overly familiar, which Gu Heng found a bit hard to get used to, prompting him to say, "First answer me one question, then I'll tell you what's going on."

"What question?"

"About that dinner at Brother Yang's place..."

Before he could finish, Lizi interrupted, "You're wondering why I seemed so different a few days ago compared to now, right?"

Gu Heng nodded.

"Would you believe me if I said I have a dual personality?"

A dual personality?

Gu Heng was all question marks.

Seeing Gu Heng's baffled expression, Lizi chuckled and said, "Alright, no more jokes. It was because Jiang Wen was there that day; I find him so annoying that I didn't feel like talking.

If it weren't for giving face to Brother Songyang, I wouldn't have planned to go to that dinner at all."

Hmm?

A top real estate mogul from Beijing...

And possibly someone with an official background...

Do these two have a conflict?

Although his curiosity was stirred, Gu Heng's emotional intelligence had gradually improved during this time. Knowing that it was a faux pas to delve too deeply into personal matters in shallow relationships, and considering he barely knew Lizi, not even qualifying as friends...

If she had wanted to share the details, she probably would have done so already.

But now that she had decided not to share, Gu Heng also chose not to ask further.

"I've answered your question, now it's your turn to tell me what exactly you were discussing with Dean Liu in there?"

This was a legitimate donation, not a bribe, so there was nothing he couldn't talk about. Gu Heng shrugged and said, "Nothing much, just that I will donate ten million to Peking University on the day of the school anniversary, so Dean Liu was a bit more enthusiastic."

Lizi: "???"

Not only Lizi, but even the usually composed Jiang Ruxue was staring at Gu Heng with a look of astonishment.

"Are you insane?!"

"Ten million."

"Seriously, do you have more money than you know what to do with? Didn't you just arrive today? Donating ten million on your first day of school?"

"I'm just contributing to the school's development."

Hearing Gu Heng's teasing tone, Lizi rolled her eyes helplessly, "No wonder he lets you call him Uncle Liu. Donating ten million on your first day of school, Dean Liu directly sees it as a huge accomplishment; not claiming you as his godson would already be considered modest."

"An accomplishment?"

"What did you think? Vice Chancellor Chen of our Peking University is being transferred to a local university, leaving a vice chancellor position vacant. Lately, Liu has been striving hard to boost his credentials. Normally, the MBA and EMBA programs have a limit, with just over thirty students per batch, and today it has doubled, increasing the college's revenue by several tens of millions."

"All of these are credited to Liu." Listening to Lizi's explanation, Gu Heng nodded...

No wonder he was here just for the credentials, and Lu Yuan was able to directly arrange for him to pursue an EMBA...

So there were layers of intrigue involved...

"Alright, enough talking. The food at the Peking University cafeteria is quite good, and I assume you haven't gotten your meal card yet. How about I treat you to a meal there?"

Gu Heng looked at Lizi's enthusiastic face, then glanced at Jiang Ruxue next to her. Just as he was about to agree, the ringing of his phone in his pocket interrupted him.

"Boss, someone from Emerson Headhunting Company just called me asking for today's meeting location. Where should I tell them to go?"

Over the phone, Xu Ying's voice came through.

Hearing Xu Ying's report, Gu Heng pondered, "What time are they scheduled to meet?"

"Anytime."

"Then tell them to come straight to my house. I'll be back in an hour at most."

"Alright, I'll let them know."

With the call ended, Lizi asked, "Something came up?"

Gu Heng honestly nodded, "It looks like I won't be able to make it to the Peking University cafeteria today. Maybe some other time."

Lizi didn't mind and casually said, "Sure, let's make it another time. Now that you are a student here, you can come to the university anytime. But if you don't mind me asking, what are you up to?"

Having nothing to hide, Gu Heng directly answered, "I've just registered a financial investment company a couple of days ago, but it's still just a shell; apart from me, the boss, it doesn't have any employees.

So I've arranged to meet with Emerson Headhunting Company to have them help me recruit a few corporate executives to set up the basic structure of the company. Today is for interviews."

Upon hearing Gu Heng's response, Lizi's eyes lit up, "Interviews? That sounds interesting, doesn't it?"

Gu Heng shook his head, "Not sure, it's my first time interviewing someone."