Qian Qing stepped out from the crowd with a calm look on her face.

"Wu Pandi is an excellent employee of Qingyue. Of course I want her."

The reason why she didn't show up just now was that she wanted to see how Wu Pandi would handle it.

During these two years, Wu Pandi has been tempered enough and it is time for her to be placed in a more important position and take on some responsibilities.

Qian Qing's attitude surprised Wu's mother. She thought Qian Qing didn't know what Wu Pandi had done, and she rushed up to explain to Qian Qing Wu Pandi's "innumerable" deeds.

Wu Pandi's eyes were already filled with tears.

She knew it! Qian Qing would definitely not fire her!

Qian Qing interrupted Wu's mother's chattering: "Anyway, I will not fire Wu Pandi."

He even wanted to promote Wu Pandi.

But it is not appropriate to say this out loud, lest it really piss off Mother Wu.

Wu's mother was dumbfounded. She had always thought that she could control Wu Pandi. Who wouldn't be afraid of finding a leader these days? Qian Qing was in a women's business, so she should be more afraid of this kind of bad reputation. Why didn't she care about anything?

The bad news doesn't end there.

Wu Pandi seemed to have found her courage from Qian Qing's support. She stood in front of Wu's mother, and although there was struggle in her eyes, her words were clear.

"Mom, from now on, we girls won't live at home anymore."

"I paid for my sisters' tuition, and my sister and Xiaoya's living expenses."

"From now on I will send ten yuan home every month."

Wu Pandi had been thinking about this for a long time.

Her salary has increased to 100 yuan a month since last year, and she also receives thousands of yuan in dividends and irregular bonuses every year. However, she has not told her family about the dividends and bonuses. Her family still thinks that she only gets 50 yuan a month.

Wu Pandi followed Wen Lan and Qian Qing back and forth between the provincial capital and Y City. The people she met and the things she encountered were enough to make her realize what was wrong with their family's concepts.

Mother Wu was unlimitedly tolerant and doting on her son, and exploited her daughter to the utmost.

It seemed as if the purpose of their lives as sisters was to create a good life for their brother.

So what good did they get?

no.

Her elder sister was no different from someone who was sold. She married into an urban-rural mixed group in another province. Her husband was a carpenter who would beat people when he was drunk.

If she hadn't been working at Qingyue, her mother would have let her get married early.

As for who to marry...

With her elder sister's experience as a lesson, Wu Pandi had no hope for her own situation.

"Mom, you always say that your son is the root of the family and your only hope. If that's the case, then it's none of your business what happens to us sisters in the future."

Wu Pandi only felt that the anger in her chest completely dissipated with these words.

Yes, she had had enough of this kind of life.

In the company, she is an employee, earning a living by her own ability, being respected and having self-esteem. But when she returns home, she has to act like an inferior, trembling with fear, doing housework non-stop, and being pointed at and scolded by her incompetent parents.

It's obvious that she can live like a human being with her own abilities, so why should she go back and suffer?

As soon as these words came out, the people around immediately looked at Wu's mother.

Wu's mother's crying just now was just a pretense of demanding, but hearing Wu Pandi's words now was a real thundering blow.

Wu Pandi turned to Qian Qing and said, "Boss, can I take half a day off to take care of things at home?"

Qian Qing was very happy to see her change, so she agreed naturally: "One day's work, no salary deduction. Also, the loft on the shopping street is still vacant, Xu Ahua is not coming back to live here now, the key is in the store on the first floor."

Wu Pandi bowed deeply to Qian Qing: "Thank you!"

The best thing she had ever done in her life was to enter Qingyue, which changed her own life and the lives of her sisters.

****

By July, Nanyuan was cooler than the tube building, and Jiaojiao and Yangyang could already call for dad and mom in short sentences.

Qian Qing sat in the room, writing with a pen in her hand.

Jiaojiao sat in a chair nearby, curiously watching her mother writing quickly, and even wanted to reach out and pat her.

Qian Qing took her son's hand away and coaxed him, "Be good, sweetheart. Mommy hasn't finished memorizing the words yet. Wait for your daddy to come back and play with you."

In fact, Qian Qing was also doing this for work, because the raw materials for sanitary napkins had to be imported from abroad. Although the company hired several college students to work part-time, it also paid a large sum of money to hire someone who could speak English and understood foreign trade to take charge.

But Qian Qing herself had a deep sense of crisis. Since she couldn't find a place to go to school for the time being, she simply started learning English first.

Teacher...

Zhou Hao volunteered to take on the task.

So the daily routine at home recently is that after Zhou Hao comes home, he first teaches his wife to read English for half an hour, then takes care of the two kids for a while, and checks his wife's learning results before going to bed...

Qian Qing is very confident in learning English, but recently due to the work of the design department, she has been delayed for some time, and now she is even more flustered.

Not long after, Zhou Hao came back with a piece of news that shocked Qian Qing so much that she almost dropped the pen in her hand.

"What did you say? Wang Hua was arrested?"

Qian Qing just thought it was ridiculous. This year Wang Hua opened two more stores and a club.

Of course, the people in the compound didn't know what a club was, they just knew it was a place to drink tea. Occasionally, people who had been there would come back and say that Wang Hua was very generous, that the club was an old house with five courtyards, and he had renovated it to be bright and presentable.

The tables, chairs and benches inside are all made of huanghuali wood, and there are exquisite details for making tea and drinking wine. The courtyard is also specially landscaped. When you sit there, young women in cheongsam will pour tea and wine for you...

How long has it been? He's already been arrested?

Zhou Hao also heard the news from his co-workers and did not know the inside story.

He did have some doubts in his mind, but it was not convenient for him to tell Qian Qing at this moment.

In short, Wang Hua was arrested, and it was too late for Ah Zhen.

As a result, the news came the next day.

It is said that Wang Hua was released...

Zhou Hao's face was frozen. He thought that the matter between Wang Hua and Ah Zhen was over. How could the other party be released after being arrested?

****

Meanwhile, Ah-Jen poured herself a glass of red wine at home. The goblet swayed as the sunlight spilled into the living room.

This was the scene Wang Hua saw when he walked in after being released.

If it were last year's Wang Hua, he would definitely be furious and accuse Ah Zhen of not caring enough about him.

But now…

Wang Hua knelt on the ground, almost unable to support his own weight.

When he was locked up, he thought he was really going to fail, and he kept complaining about what Ah Zhen had told him to do. But now, just over a day later, Ah Zhen had gotten him out, and he, on the other hand, looked listless because he hadn't smoked for a day.

When he just entered the door, Wang Hua seemed to smell the scent of cigarettes in a trance. At this moment, he had no idea who he was.

He knelt on the ground and crawled to Ah Zhen's feet like a dog, saliva flowing from his mouth. He mumbled something inaudible, and his eyes were shining with desire.

Ah Zhen pulled her clothes out of his hands, and said frivolously: "Why? Isn't it time for you to report me to the police?"

Sweat broke out on Wang Hua's forehead. He wanted to say something but couldn't. He could only look at Ah Zhen pleadingly.

Ah Zhen didn't even frown, as if there was really a dog at her feet.

"This is a lesson for you. I want you to not be so arrogant in the future. There are many people I can find in this world, and you are not the only one I can find. But if you leave me, you will die. Do you understand?"

After Ah Zhen finished speaking, she threw down half a pack of cigarettes without even looking at it.

Wang Hua grabbed it excitedly, and with trembling fingers, he used a lighter to light it...

Ah Zhen felt upset, as this incident was very strange. However, the reason for arresting them was not very serious. They just said that they were having an affair in the club.

I think either someone in the compound reported it, or someone wanted to defraud Wang Hua.

Who knew that Wang Hua would start talking nonsense as soon as he entered? Fortunately, she found someone in advance to prevent Wang Hua's words from being heard by others, otherwise she would have been caught by now.

Looking at Wang Hua, who had just smoked a cigarette and was completely relaxed, Ah Zhen thought of Zhou Hao again.

After she took the initiative to run into Zhou Hao a few times during the Chinese New Year, he obviously noticed something and basically adjusted his route every day, openly rejecting her olive branch. After that, he took his wife and children out for a walk every day, not even giving her a chance to be alone.

Ah Zhen drank the red wine in her hand. What a pity. She originally thought that she couldn't treat a man like this the same way she treated Wang Hua.

After all, treating a hawk is different from treating a house sparrow.

It’s a pity that now the other party won’t take the bait, so all the tricks are useless.

Ah Zhen thought about it in her mind and then turned her attention to the matter at hand.

She kicked Wang Hua, who was lying paralyzed on the ground. "Next week, the head of the provincial public security bureau will come here. I have already found someone to contact him and invite him to the club for a visit."

"When the time comes, remember to adjust Tian Xue's shift in advance, and don't make it too obvious."

"Did you hear that?"

Wang Hua nodded weakly.

Ah Zhen was extremely satisfied with Tian Xue. This kind of pitiful little white flower-like woman was the most attractive to men.

She kept Tian Xue for so long just to find someone big and powerful to rely on.

She also saw that Tian Xue was shallow, ignorant, and petty. She had been in the club for so long, but she only thought about how to find a rich husband. Such a woman was best used.

But she has to choose the golden turtle son-in-law.

Ah Zhen counted the time. Her career in the south was not stable. She used to be a smuggler, but since last year, the south has started to crack down on smuggling. Many smugglers have also been affected, and the situation is getting more serious day by day.

Fortunately, her Golden Triangle routes have not been affected for the time being, and those special goods can still arrive on time.

Ah Zhen felt a sense of urgency. The barbaric growth era after the reform and opening up would eventually pass, and sooner or later supervision would be in place.

She also couldn't lead her subordinates to do these things that were not acceptable to the public, which was why she moved to the mainland.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the most important thing is to clean up your background and accumulate connections and wealth.

She could use those things to hang Wang Hua. She could also do the same to those disobedient girls.

But she couldn't do that to those officials and businessmen. She could only use these girls, the rare things she found from overseas, and some antique collections to slowly tie these people to her ship.

The more people there are on board, the safer she will be.

This accidental leader is a very key figure.

Ah Zhen wanted to take advantage of the other party's influence and expand her network to the provincial capital.

Y City is still too small. Wang Hua grew up here, which is both a protection for his identity and a shackle. Just looking at this time when he was reported, you can tell that too many eyes are watching him.

Ah Zhen reminded Wang Hua: "Remember not to reveal too much to Tian Xue."

The key point this time lies in Tian Xue.

According to her sources, the other party's performance outside was flawless, so she could only try to use the beauty trap.

I hope Tian Xue will not let her down.

*****

Qingyue's design department finally handed in their results. When Qian Qing arrived at the design department's office, several people's design drafts were neatly placed in front of her, and their respective sample garments had also been produced.

Qian Qing looked around and finally gave several people a failing score.

The four young men felt unconvinced, and the three old teachers were also shocked.

Qian Qing curled the corners of her lips, picked up the scissors and demonstrated to a few people.

"There are huge problems in your designs. Let's talk about Dao Yue and the others first."

"I want to ask you, you design clothes without considering the reality, right? The shoulders are asymmetrical, and the sleeves are sewn with so many sequins and pearls. Why? Are you going to sell them to customers and show them on the catwalk?"

"And this one, a dress in a foreign magazine, looks exactly like this one, it looks like it was born from that dress."

"I understand the art you want, but please also respect other people's styles and realistic considerations. When making clothes, the more exaggerated and bold they are, the more free and beautiful they are. It is necessary to start from the perspective of beauty and implement it to the needs of customers."

"Let's talk about the three masters. Your designs are very good. But the problem is that they are very ordinary. The style and fabric selection are very good, but other than this advantage, everything else is a disadvantage."

"Is this shirt any different from the ones other people wear on the street? Just a different color and a different collar, and that's called design?"

"And these pants, aren't they just ordinary pants? They are completely bare, without even a single bright spot."

…

Qian Qing's outburst made both sides angry.

"You sound nice, and you're good at planning. Why did you invite us here?"

"That's right, you can talk without any pain in your waist."

The young people who were impatient didn't care about that anymore. They had never been so angry before. The things they worked so hard to make were devalued by others. Even if the other party was the boss, it couldn't calm their anger.

On the other side, Lao Zhao had already taken off his hat and said, "Comrade Qian, I feel that I may not be qualified for your job here. I cannot accept your colleagues or your attitude."

The two people next to him also looked supportive.

Qian Qing smiled slightly, threw away the design drawings in her hand, and also unfolded the drawings of several others.

She casually changed a design of a torn dress from the young man's drawing to the old Zhao's drawing. Then she adjusted the length of the dress and modified a few of the colors.

An ordinary shirt suddenly became a modern lady's look.

Qian Qing then transferred the bow element from the young man's drawing to the plain coat on the drawing. The originally rigid clothes seemed to be given new life by a few small changes.

The bell-bottom pants are connected to the tassels on the young boy's drawing...

The shoulder straps of the vest were replaced with the hollow patterns on the young drawings...

If a few people had some complaints at the beginning, after Qian Qing's changes, they have completely surrendered to Qian Qing's "magic hand".

They easily combined the fashionable elements they pursued with the old rigid designs, and the finished product was amazing.

The room was silent.

In the end, it was Old Zhao who spoke first: "...How did you do that?"

Qian Qing smiled and said, "Watch more, listen more, learn more, and look for other people's shining points, and then integrate them into your own design."

After a long while, Lao Zhao sighed and said, "It seems that I have fallen behind the times. Boss, if you want to fire me, just fire me."

With the other party's example, he had no idea why the other party wanted to dig him over.

Qian Qing: "Don't worry, I'll tell you my thoughts. You can see if you can accept it. If you can't accept it, I will definitely not keep you if you want to leave."

"Qingyue's designs are divided into two parts, one for export and the other for the domestic market. Now, each of you is responsible for different lines. But I want you to form pairs, just like the master-apprentice model. However, we don't have the master-apprentice system here, we just help each other."

"You need to teach each other about patterns and fabrics, and you need to teach each other about colors and elements."

"There is no comparison between the two sides. The design department still uses an individual scoring system, and the scores are determined by me alone."

"We have commissions for our styles. Whoever's style sells best will get a commission."

I have to say, with Qian Qing's previous performance, neither side had any complaints and several people nodded obediently.

"Boss...there's one more person!"

Of the four young men, only Lao Dao was left...

Because the three older teachers thought his hair was too long and he didn't look like a good person.

"Oh, Lao Dao, just follow me from now on."

Qian Qing smiled, showing her white teeth: "We are not a pair anymore. I give you the homework and you complete it."

She had been driven crazy by Zhou Hao's English homework recently, and this apprentice came at the right time.