Chapter 23 — After Divorce, We Learn to Love Again

In the distance, cranes at the harbor lit up with red warning lights in the middle of the night, looking like rows of sentries always on alert.

"Rest early."

He said softly.

"Me too."

"Tomorrow I have to fly to Berlin, there is a project to negotiate."

"I wish you the best."

Fourth time. I don't count anymore. After officially signing a cooperation agreement with Vien Dong Shipping, Niem An Logistics entered a period of explosive growth. By the end of the fourth year, annual revenue exceeded one billion five hundred million yuan. In the middle of the fifth year, that number had reached two billion three hundred million yuan. In the annual rankings of Tinh City Logistics Association, Niem An Logistics rose straight to fourth place from seventeenth position. I also left my old small office of thirty square meters and moved to an office building at Tinh City Financial Center. Occupies two entire floors. A new department appeared in the company. Cold chain logistics. That's a new business direction I opened in my fourth year, specializing in transporting fresh food across borders. Technical barriers are very high. Profits are also huge. There are not many competitors. After just one year, the profit margin of this division has exceeded that of the traditional business segment. In the industry, people started calling me...

"New generation shipping queen."

I don't like that name. I'm just a mother trying to raise my two children. An An and Lac Lac are three and a half years old. An An studies at the best international kindergarten in Tinh city. I'm the quietest kid in the class. The teacher said he was exceptionally smart, his math ability was a whole level higher than his friends of the same age, he just said very little. Lac Lac studies in the same class as her older sister. I'm the most mischievous kid in the class. Laugh the loudest. Most friends. Fall also never cried. The two of them don't look like twins at all. Not even like two siblings. But every night when going to bed, both of them must squeeze into the same bed. An An always pulls her old towel to cover half of it for her younger brother. As for Lac Lac, every time her sister had a nightmare, she used her small hand to gently pat her back. Every time I stand outside my door and look at that scene... I feel like all the hard work over the years has been worth it. That afternoon, I received a business cooperation invitation letter from city A. The sender of the letter was... Co Group. Not Co Tram Chu as an individual. It's an official dispatch from the Co Group. The content clearly states: The real estate segment under the Co Group is expanding into the Southeast Asian market and needs a reliable logistics partner to be in charge of cross-border transportation of construction materials and interior products. This is a huge deal. The annual shipping volume is expected to exceed five hundred thousand tons. The contract value is more than eighty million yuan. If we receive this project... Niem An Logistics' annual revenue will directly exceed the three billion yuan mark. Should I accept it or not? I placed the invitation letter on the table. Quietly looked at it for ten minutes. Then I called Co Tram Chu.

"This invitation to cooperate..."

"Is that what you mean?"

"It's screened by the group's purchasing department."

"My company's overall rating is ranked first."

"You didn't interfere at all?"

"You can check it yourself."

"System The purchasing department's scoring is completely transparent."

"All businesses participating in the bidding are treated equally."

"But you're the CEO."

"You said you wouldn't interfere..."

"Who will believe?"

"Khuong Niem."

"If you feel this is a problem, you can completely refuse."

"But you can also let your team independently evaluate the commercial value of the project."

"If the project is worth doing..."

"So don't step back just because your partner is the Co Group."

"Do that..."

"It's just unfair to me."

I was silent. You're right.

"I'll let the team evaluate."

"If the project meets the requirements, I will participate in the bidding according to commercial procedures."

"I don't accept any favors."

"There will be no favors."

"If your quote is not reasonable..."

"The purchasing department will eliminate it directly."

"I promise."

I laughed.

"Aren't you afraid that your purchasing department will eliminate your ex-wife's company?"

"That story spread out..."

"That sounds even better."

"If that story gets out..."

"That only proves one thing."

"After the divorce, the ex-wife of the CEO of Co Group built her own career, bringing the company into the top five of the industry, so strong that even her ex-husband's group had to proactively seek cooperation."

"I'm not making it up."

"It's true."

I hung up. Quietly sitting on the chair, looking at the skyline of Tinh city outside the glass window. Five years ago, I started again from a small apartment of only sixty square meters in this city. In my hand I have one million seven hundred thousand yuan. A company has just been established. The two children just turned one hundred days old. And now... My company is valued at one billion two hundred million yuan. The children are healthy. Life is also very good. At that moment, a message appeared on the phone in the parent group of An An kindergarten. Next week is Parents' Day, we invite you to come and participate.