Rebirth 1983: Building My Business Empire
Chapter 317 - Chapter 317 Chapter 306 Trip to Europe

Chapter 317: Chapter 306: Trip to Europe Chapter 317: Chapter 306: Trip to Europe Lu Jiaxin spent three days in Venice before she headed to Milan.

Milan is one of the three major fashion capitals of the world, alongside Huadu and London. Upon her arrival in Milan, Lu Jiaxin rested for a day and then began to shop. The city streets were filled with the world’s top fashion brands, boutiques, and designer shops.

Qian Xiaoxiao saw that she was excited to go shopping every day, even though she got blisters on her feet from walking too much, but she did not rest and continued shopping. After persuading her twice to no avail, Qian Xiaoxiao could only ask Gu Wenfeng for help, “Brother Feng, can you persuade Sister Xin to rest for a couple of days before shopping again?”

“What happened?”

Knowing the reason, Gu Wenfeng said, “I’ll find a way to have the boss rest in the hotel for a couple more days to heal her feet before going out again.”

Qian Xiaoxiao nodded her head, then said puzzledly, “Why does Sister Xin like shopping so much? Isn’t she tired at all?”

Gu Wenfeng frowned at her and said, “The boss is a clothing designer. Unlike others who just look at pretty clothes, she must be studying and observing.”

Qian Xiaoxiao hadn’t thought of that.

Gu Wenfeng said bluntly, “Xiaoxiao, you can’t even understand such simple reasoning without my reminder. I don’t think you are cut out for bodyguard work. Xiaoxiao, you are still young, there’s still time to switch to another career.”

Qian Xiaoxiao returned to her room, disheartened. Inside, she thought seriously about the issue and realized that she still really liked her job.

After figuring it out, Qian Xiaoxiao apologized to Lu Jiaxin for always advising her not to go shopping. As a bodyguard, her behavior was indeed out of line.

Lu Jiaxin said with a smile, “You were just concerned about the blisters on my feet, which is why you advised me not to go.”

Qian Xiaoxiao shook her head and said, “Sister Xin, you treat me as a sister, so you don’t think there’s an issue. But Brother Feng is looking at this from a bodyguard’s standpoint, and I indeed did not do my job properly.”

She didn’t have Brother Gu’s thorough care or Zong Jinghua’s professionalism. If she wanted to stay by Sister Xin’s side, she had to change, or else she wouldn’t have the face to stay even without Brother Gu saying so.

Qian Xiaoxiao said, “Sister Xin, you mentioned last time that in order to become a qualified personal female bodyguard, I need to undergo training. Sister Xin, I want to get trained?”

She previously thought being a bodyguard was easy, that you just needed to fight off anyone who caused trouble, but after seeing Gu Wenfeng and Zong Jinghua, she realized she had thought too simply.

“It will be very tough, I’m worried you can’t handle it,” Lu Jiaxin said.

Qian Xiaoxiao expressed her readiness to face hardship, “Sister Xin, I’m not afraid of hardship. I’m just afraid of not being able to protect you. If I’m truly not qualified, I won’t stay.”

Lu Jiaxin was pleased with her attitude and said with a smile, “Let’s arrange it when we get back to Hong Kong.”

Qian Xiaoxiao wasn’t worried about the rigors of training, but now there was another issue, “Sister Xin, if I leave, Brother Feng and Big Brother Zong are men, and there will be times when they can’t stay close to protect you.”

Lu Jiaxin indicated that she was already recruiting talent, “Nie Zhan said he would help me find a female bodyguard. When we get back to Hong Kong, I’ll ask about the progress; someone should be able to come after a while.”

Qian Xiaoxiao hesitated before speaking, “Sister Xin, can we trust someone hired by Boss Nie?”

Lu Jiaxin smiled and said, “Whoever’s rice you eat, that’s who you listen to, that’s who you work your life away for–it has nothing to do with the middleman. Xiaoxiao, this is called professionalism, otherwise nobody would hire them in the future.”

Not only Qian Xiaoxiao but many people from the Mainland lack this awareness. She hadn’t pointed it out before because she hoped Xiaoxiao would discover her own shortcomings and then correct them, making the special training worthwhile. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have bothered with the effort and expense. Now that she realized her problem, she could send her for training after the New Year, hoping she would return a changed person.

As Qian Xiaoxiao thought about what she had said to Gu Wenfeng, she apologized to her again, feeling ashamed.

Lu Jiaxin didn’t mind and said, “One’s knowledge and thoughts are limited, which is why we must continuously learn and absorb the strengths of others to make up for our own weaknesses.”

She possessed memories from the next twenty-plus years, which gave her an extraordinary advantage in fashion, but this didn’t mean she was better than everyone else, or did better than anyone. Only through learning, leveraging her strengths, and constantly correcting her flaws, could she continue to improve.

Qian Xiaoxiao nodded and said, “Sister Xin, I will pay attention to that from now on.”

After spending a little over a week in Milan, Lu Jiaxin prepared to make a detour to Huadu, which was where she had studied abroad in her past life. However, before she left, she called Nie Zhan to ask when he would come over.

Nie Zhan’s voice was deep as he said, “Something happened over here, so I can’t come to you.”

Through his husky voice, Lu Jiaxin could feel his exhaustion. Hong Kong’s real estate market had already warmed up, with property prices on the rise; nominally, there shouldn’t have been any troublesome issues.

Lu Jiaxin asked, “Can you tell me what happened?”

Nie Zhan told her, “There was a poisoning incident at our hotel. More than ten guests suffered vomiting and diarrhea, and one elderly person with poor health was sent to the hospital but passed away.”

Lu Jiaxin’s heart sank. A food poisoning incident at a hotel that resulted in a death was a highly detrimental social occurrence. Such an event was unlikely to be an accident and was probably due to management failure or sabotage by competitors. The Nie Family was a well-known family in Hong Kong, making the probability of sabotage slim.

Lu Jiaxin knew that Nie Jingshu was in charge of the hotel, so she asked, “Have you found out the cause?”

After speaking, she felt the question was a bit abrupt and quickly added, “If it’s inconvenient to say, then forget I asked.”

Nie Zhan, of course, trusted her and said, “It was caused by the use of non-fresh ingredients. While dealing with the poisoning incident, I discovered that the hotel’s management was a mess, and the purchasing manager was not only showing favoritism but also secretly accepting bribes.”

It was as she had expected, a management issue. She asked, “Such audacity, does this purchasing manager have a powerful backer?”

Nie Zhan felt that she always hit the nail on the head, and said somewhat annoyed, “The purchasing manager is Nie Jingshu’s brother-in-law. Big Brother had said before that people like this should not be employed, at most relegated to an idle position, but Nie Jingshu did not listen.”

He no longer called him ‘second brother,’ which showed his anger.

Lu Jiaxin expressed her dissatisfaction and said, “With such a serious incident, why are you the one dealing with it instead of Nie Jingshu? Even if he couldn’t handle it, your older brother should have stepped in.”

Nie Zhan said, “He hid as soon as he heard there was a death. My older brother and his wife had gone to Beverly Hills for a vacation two days before the incident at the hotel. On the second day at the mansion, my sister-in-law accidentally fell, and it was only at the hospital they discovered she was pregnant. The fall induced fetal distress, and the doctors said she must rest in bed, which made it difficult for my older brother to come back. Jingtian has never dealt with such a major incident, so it fell on me.”

Lu Jiaxin was shocked. For the person responsible for such a major issue to hide away and let others clean up the mess for him was beyond belief.

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