The European debt crisis indeed has a tendency to become increasingly severe, especially as small European countries like Iceland have accumulated large amounts of foreign debt, making it nearly impossible to repay.

As it progresses, bankruptcy declarations will be inevitable. Once bankruptcy is declared, society will enter a period of unrest. Gold, as a value-preserving financial product, will inevitably become the first choice for people seeking a safe haven.

At that time, international gold prices will absolutely skyrocket.

However, even as prices rise close to $2000 per ounce, Cheng Guohua still finds it hard to believe.

"Whether it's possible or not isn't up to you," Yi Anguo asserted decisively.

"You just need to follow the plan I've set out and act according to my assessments."

"My assessment is that from now until the end of next year, international gold prices will definitely surge."

"Therefore, we must firmly buy long and earn a substantial profit from international gold trading prices in the international gold futures market."

"However, while this is the case, how exactly to operate remains something you need to be cautious about, study more strategies and strive to earn the richest returns for the least cost."

After arranging for the international gold trading investment, Yi Anguo no longer delved into how the investment team operated specifically. He simply set a plan and provided a future trend's general direction.

If he has to personally manage every detail of trading, then what are all those people in the investment department for?

Across the entire Anguo Group, no matter which subsidiary company it is, Yi Anguo generally doesn't directly intervene in the day-to-day operations anymore, at most providing some suggestions and indicating major development directions.

Every company has professional executives in charge, and the Group also has a comprehensive supervisory system to ensure healthy development throughout the Group.

Every quarter, the company directors and executives are assessed, and if performance and management do not meet standards, they may be demoted for minor issues. Serious issues might lead to dismissal.

The competent rise, the mediocre fall, everything is based on management ability and company performance.

However, Anguo Group is indeed very large and involves a wide range of industries. Next, Yi Anguo plans to restructure Anguo Group, splitting it into several groups, each developing and growing independently.

First, of course, is Anguo Group, followed by Anjing Group, Huaxing Technology Group, Huaxin Semiconductor Group, and Hualong Investment Group. Additionally, Anguo Group will primarily manage real estate, securities, finance, and property management sectors.

Anguo Automobile Manufacturing and New Energy Batteries will form a new group named Huasheng Group.

Anguo Microelectronics Group will be renamed as Hua'an Microelectronics Group.

Anjing Trading Co., Ltd. will be incorporated into Anjing Group, but in fact, the offline physical supermarkets and convenience stores of Anjing Online Supermarket already overlap heavily with the business scope and operations of Anjing Trading Co., Ltd.

The next step, Yi Anguo plans to integrate these two parts and let Anjing Trading Co., Ltd handle the management.

This is also in preparation for the future listing and financing of Anjing Online Supermarket, which is ultimately destined to go public as it develops further.

However, the offline physical supermarkets and convenience stores of Anjing Online Supermarket represent heavy assets, which aren't suitable for listing as they could affect the valuation.

Because including these physical assets and businesses doesn't significantly boost the valuation of Anjing Online Supermarket, it is naturally disadvantageous to Yi Anguo.

Yi Anguo also considered turning Anjing Trading Co., Ltd. into an independent group company, but it would be necessary to rename it, because having two Anjing Groups would be impractical.

However, the Anjing Convenience Stores and Anjing Supermarket brands are already mature, and their brand value is quite high. Renaming at this point would be inadvisable and disadvantageous to the development of Anjing Trading Co., Ltd.

Yet, renaming Anjing Online Supermarket isn't suitable either. If renamed, the brand value built by these people would be significantly reduced.

Since neither is suitable for a name change, it can only be integrated, merging into one group.

After all, going public with Anjing Online Supermarket won't impact the development of Anjing Trading Co., Ltd., and if there is an impact, it will be a beneficial one.

As for the leaders of the newly formed groups and the role of Executive CEO, Yi Anguo already has preliminary candidates in mind.

The Executive CEO of Anguo Group will still be Zhou Mengdie, who is currently the most suitable candidate.

The Executive CEO of Hualong Investment Group will be Chen Xuejiao, whose performance over the past two years has been sufficient to take on this role.

The Executive CEO of Anjing Group will be Yi Haiyang; the contribution to the growth of Anjing Online Supermarket from scratch to its current scale is significant, making him the most suitable person for the job.

For Huaxin Semiconductor Group, the Executive CEO will certainly continue to be Liang Song, which is undisputable.

The candidate for Executive CEO of Huaxing Technology Group has also been decided by Yi Anguo: Zhou Renlong will take the position.

Yi Anguo has determined other candidates and arrangements for the Executive CEO roles of the other groups and will announce them one by one once the integration is complete.

Yi Anguo first discussed his ideas and plans with Zhou Mengdie. He also talked with Hu Jing, Yi Haiyang, Liang Song, and Zhou Renlong. Everything went smoothly, and no one had any objections.

However, when communicating with Chen Xuejiao, he encountered a major problem: Chen Xuejiao unexpectedly handed him a resignation letter.

Yi Anguo felt a bit angry and very displeased with Chen Xuejiao's sudden resignation, even starting to feel somewhat irritated.

"Why are you suddenly resigning? If there are any areas you're dissatisfied with, you can bring them up with me! If you feel your annual salary is insufficient, that's not a problem either—we can discuss it gradually! This sudden resignation has really caught me off guard!" Yi Anguo said very discontentedly.

"These past two years, I've been wholeheartedly nurturing you, developing your ability to handle things independently. Now, do you think your wings have hardened and you want to fly away?"

"Mr. Yi! I've never thought the salary package you offered me was poor, nor did I think that now that my wings have hardened, I want to fly away. Moreover, I know that you've been sincerely developing me. But as you know, my father just has my sister and me. My sister has no interest in business at all, and she's also about to get married."

"My parents hope that I will inherit the family business and take over the family company in the future. Now my dad is getting old, and he's finding it increasingly difficult to manage our family business."

"So my dad hopes that I can take over the family company as soon as possible. He says he wants to travel the world with my mom and enjoy their life together."

"Nonsense about finding it difficult. How old is your dad, maybe in his fifties? Many company founders and chairmen are still working at seventy," Yi Anguo said angrily.

"You tell me your dad is old and struggling; isn't that just a joke?"

"Fine! If you want to leave, then just go. I don't believe that my Hualong Investment Group will stop operating without you, Chen Xuejiao."

"I initially planned to establish Hualong Investment Group and let you become the Executive President and CEO of the group. If you want to leave, I'll just find someone else to be the Executive President and CEO of my Hualong Investment Group."

"What? You want to establish Hualong Investment Group and make me the Executive President and CEO?" Chen Xuejiao asked in surprise.

"That's right! But now that you've already resigned, this has nothing to do with you anymore," Yi Anguo said.

"Just go, and quickly hand over your work to the company's deputy manager, who is also your assistant."

"Additionally! I'll give you an extra 100 million US Dollars as compensation for your contributions to the company's growth these past two years."

"What? You're going to approve my resignation?" Chen Xuejiao's face suddenly turned somewhat pale, and she appeared a bit desperate.

Chen Xuejiao had never really thought about resigning. She initially thought that when Yi Anguo received her resignation letter, he would tear it up and firmly refuse her resignation.

If only Yi Anguo had said a few nice words and convinced her otherwise, she would have stayed, giving her parents a proper explanation.

It's not that I don't want to leave; it's that my boss won't let me resign, and I have no choice.

But now the outcome was completely unexpected for her, entirely out of her control.

"Can't be done? A forced melon isn't sweet. Since you've decided to leave, what good does it do for me to forcibly keep you?" Yi Anguo said coldly.

"Your heart isn't with me anymore; what's the point of me forcing you to stay?"

"Let's part on good terms."

"No, Uncle Yi! You've always been in my heart, and I've always thought of you. I don't want to leave you; I don't want to resign. I want to take back my resignation letter. Give it back to me."

While saying this, Chen Xuejiao suddenly stepped forward, snatched the resignation letter she had just handed to Yi Anguo from his hand, and tore it into pieces, throwing it on the ground.

Yi Anguo was suddenly baffled and surprised by Chen Xuejiao's unexpected action.

She was the one who handed him the resignation letter, and now she suddenly wanted to take it back and tear it up?

"Uncle Yi! I didn't resign, and I didn't submit my resignation letter to you. You didn't receive my resignation letter, right?" Chen Xuejiao asked Yi Anguo for confirmation.

"So I am still the manager of Hualong Investment Company and the future Executive President and CEO of Hualong Investment Group, right?"

"What do you think? What exactly do you want?" Yi Anguo said coldly.

"Do you think you can quit whenever you want and not quit whenever you don't, treating work like a game?"

"I was just trying to joke around with you, to see if you cared about me. I didn't expect you to agree immediately when I mentioned resignation. It's really frustrating. Couldn't you at least say a few words to make me stay?" Chen Xuejiao said, looking aggrieved.

"As long as you say I can't resign, I won't continue to say I want to resign."

"I obviously care about you, yet you say I don't."

"It seems like it's your heart that isn't with me. I've been working hard outside, earning money and working for you, yet you never show any concern for me."

"Do you know how wronged I feel?"

Yi Anguo's heart was involuntarily softened by Chen Xuejiao's words. He wasn't a heartless person. He could see the hard work and dedication Chen Xuejiao had put in over the past two years.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have offered her an extra 100 million US Dollars as compensation for her hard work, even after she resigned.

As for Chen Xuejiao's feelings and thoughts about him, one could see through them unless they were a fool.

And Yi Anguo was certainly not a fool. How could he not see this?

However, he was already burdened with many emotional debts in this lifetime that he could never repay, so he could only keep his distance from Chen Xuejiao.

After all, for Chen Xuejiao to be with him would be extremely difficult, and her parents would never allow it.

Chen Xuejiao was expected to inherit the Chen family's business. Her most likely path in the future was to marry a man who would join her family, just like her mother did when she married her father as a live-in son-in-law to the Chen family.

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