Chapter 93 Appointment “I am so reluctant to share this grace of promotion with the Lord…

There were only Qian Tongsheng and Wang Ying in the office. After Qian Tongsheng blurted out this, he seemed to feel that it was not appropriate. His expression changed slightly, but he did not change his words in the end.

Wang Ying, who had been smiling, put it away and asked Qian Tongsheng seriously, "Director, do you have a problem with me personally, or do you think this is detrimental to the development of our factory? I don't understand what you mean by restless. Can I take this as your personal evaluation of me? If the leader criticizes my shortcomings at work, I fully accept it, but I really don't understand this restlessness."

Qian Tongsheng's face darkened. He didn't expect Wang Ying to be so rude. He had always seen her as someone who was quite tactful and didn't seem like someone who would have a head-on conflict with him.

"I'm not evaluating you personally. I'm talking about your work attitude. You don't obey your leadership's arrangements, which means you're restless. Do you understand?" Qian Tongsheng was more stern than ever before.

Wang Ying understood that Qian Tongsheng was angry because she did not listen to him. He probably misunderstood that she was the one who provoked this matter. He might even think that it was her who took the initiative to let Nan Chong enter the Beichong market with glutinous rice cakes.

Wang Ying remained expressionless and said, "I don't understand. I didn't bring up the peach cakes, nor did I say I wanted to sell them. They were the ones who approached me first. If they wanted to sell glutinous rice cakes to Beichong, they could have just contacted the leadership here or the Beichong department store directly. Why did they tell me in advance? And asked me to be the go-between? Isn't this a signal that they want to communicate further with us? A general is not subject to military orders when he's away. Are I going to kick out something that's beneficial to the factory? Only let Nanchong import glutinous rice cakes, but we won't ship peach cakes?"

As Qian Tongsheng listened to Wang Ying's long conversation, his expression became increasingly grim, and he was about to become angry and humiliated.

Wang Ying looked at Qian Tongsheng. She didn't want to say anything soft, but Qian Tongsheng was several levels higher than her, and he would have to make the final decision on many things in the future. If she offended him too much, it would definitely be much more difficult to carry out her work. So she softened her tone and said, "I know, Director, you're being cautious and strict with me because you have high hopes for me. But I really respect your instructions this time. You didn't mention Taosu at all. As soon as I climbed out of the truck bed, their sales director invited me over. Our shaqi ma is still being sold there, and they just asked me to act as a matchmaker. How could I refuse?"

Seeing Wang Ying's soft words, Qian Tongsheng, no matter how angry he was, knew he had to take advantage of the situation and said, "Was it really the other party who proposed it? You didn't do anything? I know you are smart and capable."

"Really! I didn't do anything at all. If you don't believe me, you can go and verify it!" Wang Ying said hurriedly, looking like a well-behaved junior and a smart subordinate again.

Qian Tongsheng snorted, his expression softened, and he said, "I trust you. You're an excellent employee I promoted myself, so why wouldn't I trust you? I was just testing you and trying to scare you, so you don't get too unstable at such a young age."

Wang Ying nodded quickly: "I know, the factory director must be doing this for my own good."

The donkey had already broken, so Wang Ying said cautiously, "So... Director, this? This is really a win-win situation... We've worked so hard to improve the peach cakes so well and even created new packaging. It would be a waste if we don't sell them nationwide!"

"And sell it nationwide!" Qian Tongsheng glared at her. "How dare you think that! I'll discuss this matter with other leaders. Don't worry about it for now."

"Okay." Wang Ying agreed. Seeing that he wanted to discuss it, he must find Director Zhao. With Director Zhao around, it would definitely be possible. So he said, "Then I'll go back to work."

"Go ahead." Qian Tongsheng said.

Wang Ying took a few steps before Qian Tongsheng stopped her again: "You're the deputy director now, and you have a lot to do. Find someone else to follow up on this matter."

"Okay." Wang Ying responded with a smile, "Thank you for your concern!" Her smile was sincere, without any resentment of being taken advantage of.

Qian Tongsheng was a little satisfied now and waved his hand to let her go back.

Wang Ying left the office without losing the smile on his face and returned to the office.

Xiang Huaimin was still solving math problems, and Wang Ying didn't know if he had made any progress in the past few days.

Wang Ying didn't even say hello to him. He just sat at his desk and didn't move for a long time.

Xiang Huaimin looked at Wang Ying several times, and finally couldn't help asking her, "What's wrong with you?"

Wang Ying's thoughts were interrupted by Xiang Huaimin, who turned around and smiled at him: "Nothing."

"Forget it." Xiang Huaimin lowered his head and continued to solve the problem.

Director Xiang rarely cares about his subordinates, but he didn't expect that his subordinates didn't appreciate it.

Wang Ying sighed, "I got scolded by the factory director, and I was too embarrassed to tell the director."

Director Xiang stopped writing and looked at Wang Ying again: "You didn't bring him food, but he scolded you? Even if you eat someone's food, you still have a bad mouth."

Wang Ying laughed. She brought some glutinous rice cakes and gave two pieces to Director Xiang and two pieces to the factory director.

"The factory director is impartial and cannot be bribed with just a few pieces of cake," said Wang Ying.

"What did I scold you for? Old Qian doesn't seem like someone who would scold others."

"Well, it wasn't scolding, it was just testing me." Wang Ying told Xiang Huaimin the whole story. Xiang Huaimin was the workshop director, and he would know about this later anyway. But if Qian Tongsheng didn't agree, she would still have to ask Xiang Huaimin to "petition," so she definitely had to tell him.

After listening to this, Xiang Huaimin looked at Wang Ying and seemed to be hesitant to speak. He had a strong desire to say something, but in the end he held it back and lowered his head to continue doing math problems.

Wang Ying was already in a bad mood, and seeing Director Xiang like this, he found him ridiculous.

Xiang Huaimin held his breath for a full ten minutes, then suddenly put down his pen and turned to Wang Ying, saying, "I don't think he's trying to test you, he's trying to tame you! You were absolutely right from the beginning to the end! No, that's not the case. Your fault is that you're too outstanding. A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind, and he's that perverse wind!"

Wang Ying couldn't stop laughing after hearing this. Although it was a little inappropriate for a man who was almost forty years old, their Director Xiang was really cute.

When Xiang Huaimin saw her smile like this, he knew that she understood what was going on. He snorted and ignored Wang Ying.

"This is the leader's way of controlling his subordinates. There's nothing we can do about it." Wang Ying said with a smile.

Xiang Huaimin did not respond and snorted again, obviously disagreeing with Wang Ying's words, or rather, disagreeing with the leaders' approach.

Wang Ying laughed to himself for a while, and while looking at yesterday's report, he was thinking about who would be responsible for this matter if it was negotiated.

"He asked you to give this matter to someone else. Who are you going to give it to?"

Wang Ying was just thinking about it when Director Xiang, who said he had no business doing it, couldn't help but ask her.

Wang Ying deliberately said: "This still depends on Director Xiang, you are the director."

Director Xiang said, "Don't give me that. You must have a candidate in mind."

Wang Ying said, "Well, they've chosen one, a man and a woman, Zhou Qianjin and Tian Yulan."

"You're so straightforward," Director Xiang said. "Why did you choose them?"

Wang Ying said, "One man and one woman, a good balance of genders; one original workshop employee and one team member, a good balance of personnel. Zhou Qianjin is smooth in his work and is more suited to working outside and interacting with people than staying in the workshop. Tian Yulan is steady and meticulous, and has a lot of ideas. I want to train her."

"It seems that you know your subordinates well." Director Xiang said.

"Not bad, I have a basic idea," Wang Ying said. "What do you think, Director?"

"I don't know them, so it's up to you," said Director Xiang.

Wang Ying thought, you don't know the product, yet you're asking? Thinking that Director Qian hadn't made the final decision yet, he said to Director Xiang, "Director, if the director disagrees this time, go and persuade him. This is a good product you've improved, and you can't let it be buried in Beichong."

Wang Ying thought that Director Xiang would refuse first and then talk to him secretly as usual, but she didn't expect him to agree right away.

"Well, I'll mention it to him later," said Xiang Huaimin.

Director Xiang is indeed a good leader and a good director for the people!

The next morning, Director Xiang was called to a morning meeting. When he returned, he told Wang Ying, "The leaders have discussed it and agreed to your proposal."

"That's great. Do the leaders have any other instructions?" Wang Ying asked.

"There are no instructions. We've just agreed to it now. We'll have to meet with all four parties to discuss it later." Director Xiang said, "By the way, the leaders are fine. Our workshop just needs to focus on production and not worry about other things. We'll have someone from the factory go talk to Nanchong about it."

Wang Ying understood that this was a rebuke. She didn't mind being criticized by her superiors. After all, they were leaders. Compared to the leaders Wang Ying had in her previous life at the garment factory, the leaders here were all considered good. Of course, the bad ones had already been sent to labor camps.

Wang Ying hadn't participated in the negotiations with Nanchong, but Director Zhao had told her that they had gone exceptionally smoothly. The Nanchong Subsidiary Food Factory had agreed to purchase peach cakes from Beichong, and glutinous rice cakes had also been successfully imported. Director Qian had also praised Wang Ying several times through Director Zhao.

After the official document came down, Wang Ying called a meeting of all the employees in the workshop. At the meeting, she handed over the follow-up work of Taosu to Tian Yulan and Zhou Qianjin.

Wang Ying hadn't told anyone before announcing the candidate, so everyone was stunned for a moment before they started whispering.

Zhou Qianjin suddenly felt dizzy. Happiness had come too suddenly. Although it wasn't a promotion, it was a sign that his boss valued him and was cultivating him. He wanted to say a few words to thank his boss, but the occasion was inappropriate, so he held back.

Tian Yulan was very surprised. She looked at Wang Ying, and Wang Ying smiled at her.

Xu Lili was a little disappointed. She was clearly the team leader's closest member, so why did the team leader choose Tian Yulan over her?

Luo Wenshu was fine, as he felt that Zhou Qianjin was more suitable for the job than him.

Wu Haiyang's face turned ugly. He felt that he was much more capable than Zhou Qianjin, a flatterer who only knew how to flatter. Wang Ying had not chosen him, it must be because of the previous incident. Thinking of this, Wu Haiyang was very angry. He was clearly the one who was implicated by Wang Ying, but now Wang Ying was depriving him of the right to progress because of that incident.

Wang Ying said, "This time, I've observed the candidate and found him to be the most suitable. If you have any objections or think you're more suitable, you can talk to me during lunch break. Now, let's get back to work."

After saying this, Wang Ying left.

Wu Haiyang felt that he could not wait any longer and wanted to rush up to question Wang Ying, asking if she deliberately did not choose him because of what happened last time!

Luo Wenshu saw Wu Haiyang's expression and looked at him strangely: "Wu Haiyang, why are you so unconvinced?"

Wu Haiyang looked at Luo Wenshu and asked, "Are you convinced?"

"I'm convinced," Luo Wenshu said. "I think Zhou Qianjin is more suitable for this job than you or me."

Zhou Qianjin did not respond at this time. After all, he was a vested interest and whatever he said would be wrong.

Tian Yulan also noticed Xu Lili's unhappiness. She looked at Xu Lili with a hint of apology, thought for a moment, pulled her aside and whispered, "How about I talk to the team leader later and ask him to replace me with you?"

Xu Lili was angry: "What do you mean! Give in to me!"

Tian Yulan said: "No... No, I just feel that with my face, I can't always wear a mask when meeting people. I'm afraid that my face will be exposed..."

Xu Lili said seriously, "This has nothing to do with your work ability! You don't need to do this. The team leader said that this is the most suitable candidate she has observed. How can you back down without a fight? The team leader values you, and you're giving up this opportunity! You're really pissing me off!"

"I..." Tian Yulan didn't know what to say for a moment. She wanted to switch with Xu Lili because she saw that she was uncomfortable. She didn't want to create a rift between Xu Lili and the team leader, because she would never have a rift with the team leader, no matter whether the team leader chose her or not.

Xu Lili has always been carefree, but at this moment she understood Tian Yulan's eyes.

"Oh! You look at me like that!" Xu Lili said angrily, "Do you think I'm angry with the team leader?"

"I didn't." Tian Yulan's tone was a little weak.

"I'm not that ungrateful. Besides, maybe the team leader will assign me more important work in the future!" Xu Lili was disappointed at first, but then she realized that the team leader's assignments weren't based on personal connections, but on ability and suitability for the job. The team leader had mentioned the word "suitability" to her earlier... Thinking about Wang Ying's care for her since joining the factory, Xu Lili began to think more positively.

"Yes, you are so outstanding, you will definitely have a better job in the future." Tian Yulan said sincerely.

The two smiled at each other.

When Wang Ying returned to the office, Director Xiang asked her, "Have you completed your work assignment?

"Yes." Wang Ying said with a smile.

"Is there anyone who disagrees?" Director Xiang asked again.

Wang Ying sighed, "Yes, of course there is. I asked you to go, but you refused."

Director Xiang fell silent for a moment before saying, "If you're worried someone might be unhappy with you, you can blame it on me."

Wang Ying shook his head and joked, "That won't work. You can't just look at the one you're not satisfied with. I can't bear to share my promotion with the director."

"You just told me to go!" Director Xiang rolled his eyes at her, but he also felt that what she said made sense. "You are a positive person."

"That's right." Wang Ying said with a smile.

Wu Haiyang had no interest in work the entire morning, so Luo Wenshu took advantage of the moment to ask him, "What are you doing? Are you still dissatisfied? Are you mad at the team leader? I'm telling you, we have to support her work!"

"I didn't, keep your voice down!" Wu Haiyang said quickly.

Xu Lili also said: "That's right. We must support the team leader's work and not create internal divisions. I think the person the team leader chose is very suitable!"

Wu Haiyang felt even more annoyed. He felt as if everyone else was sensible and united, while he was the only one holding a separatist position. But he really wanted to know where he was inferior to Zhou Qianjin.

Luo Wenshu said at this moment: "Don't be dissatisfied. Zhou Qianjin is the most mature among us in terms of both his conduct and his work. If I were the team leader, I would choose him too."

Zhou Qianjin, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up: "The team leader said that this time we are choosing the most suitable person, not the best. No one is better than anyone else. Everyone will definitely have a chance in the future."

This made Wu Haiyang feel a little better, but the next second he felt uncomfortable. Didn't Zhou Qianjin's behavior just prove what Luo Wenshu said? Zhou Qianjin was the most docile of them all? But he himself was being scolded by several team members in turn...

Wu Haiyang didn't go to find Wang Ying after all. After being scolded by the team members, he didn't have the nerve to do so.

Wu Haiyang didn't go looking for him, and neither did the other workers in the workshop. You went looking for him this time, but do you want to go again next time?

Ten days later, Beichong delivered the first batch of peach cakes, and Nanchong’s fermented glutinous rice cakes were officially sold in Beichong’s department stores.

Ever since being hired by Qian Tongsheng, Wang Ying has remained remarkably steady, never offering any new ideas or opinions. She simply goes to and from work each day as usual. During breaks, Wang Ying would visit friends like Gu Mei and Zhou Xiaoqin, or go shopping with Zhao Yunsheng. She also brought a few freshly packaged peach cakes and visited Lu Zhongming.

It was the end of April, the season of spring blossoms, and the "social gathering" Xu Lili had been trying to organize with the cultural center finally happened.

There were quite a few people this time. Zhao Yunsheng invited Qiu Zhenhua, along with two other colleagues, one male and one female. Wang Ying invited Xu Lili and a few others from her workplace, as well as Tian Yulan, but Wu Haiyang didn't show up. She also invited Gu Mei and Zhou Xiaoqin, who each invited themselves, their brothers, and their partners, respectively. The group didn't go far, heading to Chengbei Park.

When a group of young people get together, they always have endless things to talk about. They say it's a social gathering, but in the end, when they get together, it's just the gays and the lesbians.

Zhao Yunsheng and Gu Xuan both brought cameras to take pictures of them.

Wang Ying teased Xu Lili, "You're clamoring for a social gathering, but are you looking for someone you like? You've been dreaming of the gay men at the cultural center. Aren't these two good?"

Xu Lili was a little embarrassed: "It looks okay." But compared with Wang Ying's husband, it was not so good.

Wang Ying said, "The taller one is called Qiu Zhenhua. He designed the packaging for our peach cakes, cloud cakes, and shaqi ma."

Xu Lili looked towards Qiu Zhenhua, but saw Gu Xuan not far away holding a camera and taking pictures of them. It seemed as if he was taking pictures of herself. Xu Lili's heartbeat suddenly quickened and her face turned red.

"Oh, why are you blushing already?" Wang Ying said with a smile.

"No! The sun is too strong!" Xu Lili said quickly.

Wang Ying had no real intention of being a matchmaker for Xu Lili, so Xiaoxiao stopped teasing her. Zhou Xiaoqin, who was standing by, spoke to her, so she turned away. She didn't see Xu Lili turn around again, only to see Gu Xuan.

Was he taking a picture of himself just now? Xu Lili wondered.

On the other side, Zhou Xiaoqin was complaining to Wang Ying.

"The woman Yu Fei rescued last time has been pestering him."

"The one who broke his leg?" Wang Ying said.

"Yes, it's her. I heard she works in a garment factory and her last name is Du." Zhou Xiaoqin said.

Last name Du? Could it really be Du Wenxiu? It must be her. Wang Ying didn't say.

"Why is she pestering me?" Wang Ying asked.

"She always says she wants to thank him, sometimes giving him gifts, sometimes inviting him to dinner. I think she wants to marry him!" Zhou Xiaoqin felt more and more annoyed the more she spoke.

"Will your partner not refuse?" Wang Ying said.

"He said he refused," Zhou Xiaoqin said. "My family is increasingly against us being together. I don't know what to do."

Wang Ying said, "Marriage is a big deal, you have to think it through. If Yu Fei keeps flirting with other women and isn't decisive enough, do you think you can accept that?"

"Who can accept that?" Zhou Xiaoqin said irritably, "Forget it, let's not talk about it anymore. I'll go back and observe him for a while. If it doesn't work out, we'll break up."

Wang Ying didn't try to persuade her any further. She knew that Zhou Xiaoqin hadn't married Yu Fei in her previous life, but whether they were living well or not, Wang Ying didn't know, so she kept quiet. She wasn't too worried about Zhou Xiaoqin because she had parents who loved her and would definitely keep a close eye on her.

The group had a lively time in Chengbei Park for the whole day, and Zhao Yunsheng and Gu Xuan took a lot of photos.

When they parted, Gu Xuan said, "I'll give the photos to Wang Ying and ask her to bring them to you."

"Thank you! We will give the money to Wang Ying then." Xu Lili said a little shyly.

Gu Xuan said okay.

Everyone separated at the park entrance and went home. After they parted, Gu Mei said to Gu Xuan with a smile, "Brother, are you interested in Wang Ying's colleague? I noticed you've been taking pictures of her!"

Gu Xuan patted Gu Mei's forehead and didn't answer her.