Chapter 55 Cooperation
Halfway through eating the melon, Fu Wenfang spoke: "Ms. Wen, I came here this time mainly to formally apologize to you for my husband's previous dirty water splashing on you. After seeing the news, my company shareholders and I were all very shocked and felt deeply sorry for you, but at that time, Zhou Fujin's chairman was my husband. He was unwilling to apologize, and we couldn't do anything."
"But three days ago, my company had already dismissed my husband from his position through the board of directors, and I took over as chairman. After discussing with the company shareholders, I decided to come to your door in person to apologize."
Fu Wenfang took out a few stamped coupons from her briefcase, put them on the coffee table, and pushed them to Wen Yue, saying: "To show my gratitude, I applied for ten coupons from the company, each with a face value of 100,000, With the coupons, you can go to any gold shop owned by our Zhou Fujin to spend money. I know that Miss Wen has everything you need, and you may not be interested in gold, so if you have any other requirements, you can just tell us, and we Zhou Fujin will definitely satisfy them if we can. "
Looking at these ten gold coupons with a total value of one million, Wen Yue really felt that Fu Wenfang knew how to give gifts. Who can resist a million-dollar gold coupon!
What's more, there is no restriction on the use of this coupon, which means that Zhou Fujin lost her one million. And gold has not depreciated in the next 30 years. These ten coupons are now worth one million, and when she wears them, the value will at least quadruple.
Of course, it is unnecessary to measure the value of current products with the price in a few decades, but Zhou Fujin's sincerity is indeed sufficient.
But if you pay, you must get something in return. Wen Yue didn't believe that Fu Wenfang took out one million just to express her apology, so she pushed the coupon forward and said, "If Zhou Jinlong came to apologize to me in person, well, I might still not forgive him, but I think that every wrong has its perpetrator, and it was he who splashed dirty water on me, so you don't have to apologize to me on his behalf."
Upon hearing this, Fu Wenfang hurriedly
said, "Miss Wen..." But Wen Yue raised her hand to interrupt her, "If it's for the renewal of the lease, you don't have to do this. To be honest, we have already rented out the vacant shops after Zhou Fujin withdrew. Even if I am willing not to target Zhou Fujin, I can't give up the cooperation that has been negotiated and continue to rent these shops to you."
"Ms. Wen is an upright person." A flash of disappointment passed through Fu Wenfang's eyes, but she did not take back the coupon. She even pushed it forward and said, "As the saying goes, even if the deal fails, the friendship remains. Even if the contract renewal fails, I hope to become friends with Miss Wen and have a chance to cooperate in the future."
"Sometimes in the future..." Wen Yue repeated these words and smiled, "If at that time, Miss Fu can have full authority over Zhou Fujin, I would be willing to cooperate with Zhou Fujin."
Fu Wenfang was surprised. Although she had only been in office for a few days, she had already begun to covet the position of chairman, and had no intention of giving up the position as Zhou Jinlong wished after the limelight had passed. However, she had never shown her ambitions on the outside. Even the shareholders in the company thought she was Zhou Jinlong's tool.
So this time when she proposed to apologize to Wen Yue, the company's shareholders were very surprised, thinking that Zhou Jinlong finally came to his senses, but they also felt that he didn't have the heart to do so.
After Zhou Jinlong knew about this, he also thought that it was the shareholders who instigated Fu Wenfang, and he hurried to the company to express his opposition. But in the end, he was unable to convince all the shareholders, and since he didn't have to apologize in person, he chose to turn a blind eye.
So although Fu Wenfang achieved her goal, she easily escaped unscathed and was able to continue to hide herself.
She didn't expect that Wen Yue could actually see through her ambitions.
But Fu Wenfang didn't doubt it for too long. In the past six months, she had read a lot of reports about Wen Yue and always felt that she was not simple.
Another time, Zhou Jinlong offended Wen Yue, and the scandal broke out right after. Although Dongjiang Newspaper was not among the first to expose Zhou Jinlong, Fu Wenfang always felt that the incident was related to Wen Yue. It was too coincidental.
But she didn't plan to say it. On the one hand, she was happy to see Zhou Jinlong get into trouble, and on the other hand, if Wen Yue was really not simple, it would be better to offend less such a person.
This is also one of the reasons why Fu Wenfang came to apologize.
Speaking of it, most people in this world will hate the whole family, just like Zhou Jinlong splashed dirty water on Wen Yue. If Wen Yue didn't guess anything, even if she didn't hate her, she probably wouldn't have a good face for her.
But from the time she entered the door until now, Wen Yue didn't show any face, as if she had already cut off her and Zhou Jinlong, and estimated that she had already guessed that she had ambitions.
Thinking of Wen Yue's last words, Fu Wenfang felt warm in her heart and smiled, "I will try my best."
Since both parties knew the truth, Fu Wenfang stopped pretending and said, "Regarding these coupons, I actually have another idea in my mind."
"What idea?"
Fu Wenfang said, "Although Hong Kong citizens basically stand on your side after you and Mr. Yi were interviewed, time will wash away many details and distort the truth. People love curiosity. If this matter is left unresolved, I don't know how public opinion will develop in a few years. It may be in your favor or against you, so I suggest that you personally put an end to this matter and make a thorough assessment."
Wen Yue became interested and asked, "How should this period be drawn?"
"If you are willing to accept these coupons, I will ask someone to contact the newspapers and spread the news that I came to your door in person on behalf of the company to apologize to you today for Zhou Jinlong throwing dirty water on you, and I have prepared these coupons as an apology. You can take the coupons to Zhou Fujin to spend money, and I will ask reporters to follow you to prove the authenticity of this matter."
Fu Wenfang said: "We have to apologize only when we are wronged. After the news comes out, everyone will definitely have their own opinions on right and wrong. In addition, after this incident is exposed, there will definitely be reporters interviewing us. On behalf of Zhou Fujin, I will admit that the withdrawal from Lirong Department Store was due to the inappropriate behavior of the previous chairman, and the company is very upset about this, to prove that the grudge between you and Zhou Jinlong is all his fault."
This method is quite cruel. If this operation is really carried out, Zhou Jinlong's reputation will definitely be ruined.
But whether Zhou Jinlong has a bad reputation or not has nothing to do with Wen Yue. They have a grudge, and she hopes that Zhou Jinlong will be in trouble.
It's just that Fu Wenfang's calculations are a bit loud.
Wen Yue said: "The method sounds okay, but it seems that there is no benefit for me to do this. You said that if the matter is left unresolved, public opinion may be unfavorable to me in a few years, but does it mean that public opinion will definitely be favorable to me after it is determined? Besides, reputation is something that I don't really care about."
Does she have a good reputation now?
No, if you open ten newspapers related to her, at least one-third of them say that she is an ambitious person, speculating that she was behind Wen Jiadong's departure to the UK and Wen Jiaqi's encounter with a fraudster. One-third said that she was too high-profile. She appeared in most of the recent news. It would be better for her to debut as a star.
Only one-third of them have good reviews.
Wen Yue thinks that people should not live for fame, so she never cares. As for the fact that Zhou Jinlong splashed dirty water on her, it might be distorted in the future... She is not without a mouth. As long as a reporter dares to get close to her and talk nonsense, she will ask him to see a brain doctor. She will believe any news and think that there is something wrong with his brain.
Wen Yue continued to find fault: "So doing this should benefit your company the most. I will take the coupons you gave me and go to the gold shop under your company's name to spend money. This can not only show your company's generosity and save part of its image, but also give your company free advertising. It should cost more than this to hire a star to shoot an advertisement, right?"
Wen Yue had seen a lot of things like stars bringing goods in her previous life. Many female stars pretended to share their life fragments inadvertently on a certain blog or book, took photos of what they ate and used, and attracted fans to plant grass.
Although the examples were seen before Wen Yue traveled through time, the behavior of planting grass is not only in the mobile phone era.
At this time, the ability of popular stars to bring goods is not bad at all. These popular stars in Hong Kong may make people rush to imitate every new look.
Wen Yue may not be as good as those popular stars in promoting products, but she is not an unknown person. The fact that she is the daughter of the richest man is enough to make her a target of paparazzi. Moreover, she has been very high-profile in recent months. Not long ago, she beat up Ye Tianhua with her bare hands. She is very popular.
Under normal circumstances, one million yuan would not be enough to hire her to do publicity.
"Besides, for you personally, it is also good for Mr. Zhou to have a bad reputation. At least it will be more difficult for him to compete with you for power in the future. And if the marketing is successful, you will be Zhou Fujin's hero. As long as the shareholders have no problem in their brains, they will give up you and support Zhou Jinlong." Wen Yue said with a smile, "Miss Fu, do you think I am right?"
"Indeed, I and even Zhou Fujin will benefit more from this matter." Fu Wenfang admitted frankly, and said, "You can choose Zhou Fujin to spend money in the gold shop of Lirong Department Store. I will let reporters introduce Lirong Department Store to you, which is also good for your company's publicity. Moreover, Zhou Jinlong offended you, but you did not get angry with Zhou Fujin, which can also show your broad-mindedness. You may not care about your image, but you are the president of Lirong Department Store. If your image is good, it will definitely be good for improving the image of Lirong Department Store. In this way, both companies can be regarded as a win-win situation."
Wen Yue thought about it.
After a long time, she said, "Cooperation is fine, but I don't want a large coupon."
"What do you mean?" Fu Wenfang asked hesitantly.
"Change the coupons to 100 yuan, I will use them to distribute benefits to the company employees," Wen Yue asked, "It shouldn't make any difference whether it's me or an employee of Lirong Department Store who goes to your gold shop to shop?"
Of course there is a difference!
After all, Wen Yue is a celebrity, and she had a dirty affair with Zhou Jinlong not long ago. If she went to Zhou Fujin to shop, the major media in Hong Kong would definitely not miss this news point.
And the employees of Lirong Department Store are all ordinary people. They definitely can't make such a big scene when they go to the store to shop... or not.
Fu Wenfang remembered something and said, "Okay, but I have some requirements."
"You tell me."
"This time, the event will be organized by Lirong Company at a fixed time." Fearing that there would not be enough people, she added, "It will be
organized at a fixed gold shop. I will ask media friends to take photos on site." Wen Yue also wanted to stir up the heat, and said without much hesitation, "Lirong Department Store can organize it, and the time can be fixed. The same goes for the gold shop, but it must be inside Lirong Department Store."
Fu Wenfang also did not hesitate: "Okay."
"Happy cooperation." Wen Yue stood up and extended her hand to Fu Wenfang.
Fu Wenfang shook Wen Yue's hand in return, smiled and said, "Happy cooperation!"
...
As soon as Fu Wenfang left, the system asked in confusion: [Host, is that you? ]
[Who else could it be if not me? ] Wen Yue was puzzled.
[Oh, I'm just a little curious, host, why did you give away one million directly? 】This is totally inconsistent with the host's character.
Wen Yue: "..."
She also wanted to ask her why she was so generous and gave away one million without blinking an eye! Although it was a coupon, there was no limit on the amount, but it was actually buying one million gold!
Now it is one million, ten years later it will be two million, twenty years later it will be three... No, stop, don't think about it anymore.
Although she was heartbroken, Wen Yue still pretended to be a master who regarded money as dirt, and said: [It's only one million, not much, I am happy to give benefits to employees, is it not okay? ]
[...Okay. ] She said this, and the system knew that she didn't believe it at all from the tone.
Wen Yue didn't pretend anymore, and sighed: [This money is not easy to get! ]
Although it seems that Zhou Fujin doesn't want much now, she just needs to cooperate with the hype once. But in the eyes of those who don't know the inside story, it's not easy to take money from others. Later, when Zhou Fujin withdraws from Lirong Department Store, outsiders will think that she only takes money but does not work. If Zhou Fujin stays in Lirong Department Store, she will be suspected of accepting bribes. It's difficult to deal with it either way.
In this case, she might as well use this money to distribute benefits. This can not only hype up the brand reputation of Lirong Department Store, but also show her integrity.
In the future, there is no need to worry about someone in Lirong using this money to make trouble.
But Lirong can only get benefits, and it can't afford not to bleed a little. After consideration, Wen Yue decided to let the company donate one million yuan as charity in the name of Lirong and Zhou Fujin.
In this way, Lirong can repay Zhou Fujin's favor, and it won't be excessive to handle official business in the future. After
Wen Yue thought it over, she called Vivian in and asked her to notify the senior management
to hold a meeting. Whether it is issuing coupons as employee benefits or donating money, it is not a trivial matter. She is only the acting president and cannot have the final say. She can only discuss it in a meeting.
Fortunately, the process went smoothly. After all, the company does not have to pay for the coupons, and Lirong Department Store donates a sum of money to charity every year. This year's money has not been donated yet, and the quota is still there. Although
this time the donation will be made in the name of Lirong and Zhou Fujin, once the money is spent, it will be considered as completing the task, and they can also save a company benefit, which is rounded up to a profit.
After the meeting, Wen Yue called Wen Rongsheng.
Normally, she seldom called Wen Rongsheng. The relationship between father and daughter is not that close, and there is nothing much to talk about on the phone. But small things can be left unmentioned, but big things like her paying for the company's employees' benefits must be mentioned.
Although the money was not paid by her, why did Zhou Fujin pay the employees of Lirong Department Store for no reason? Wasn't it because of her? Besides, the money was originally prepared by Zhou Fujin for her, so rounding it off was equivalent to her paying the money.
So when asking for credit, Wen Yue didn't blush at all, and also made it clear that she hoped Wen Rongsheng would pay for her losses out of his own pocket because of her dedication to the company.
Wen Rongsheng: "...So you called me to ask for money?"
"Look at what you said. I just said so much, and only one sentence mentioned money. How could you misunderstand that I called just to ask for money?" Wen Yue said calmly, "Of course if you insist on thinking so, I can only admit it. Just tell me, will you compensate for my losses?"
So I forced you to ask for money, right?
Wen Rongsheng on the other end of the phone was speechless, but he had money and didn't really care about the one or two million, so he said, "I can make up for it, but I want to see the results first, otherwise it's not right that all your hard work is advertising for Zhou Fujin."
As long as the money is given, everything will be fine. Wen Yue smiled and said, "Okay, wait." After
hanging up the phone, Wen Yue suddenly remembered that she hadn't finished eating the melon yet, so she asked: [Does Zhou Jinlong's illegitimate brother know Fu Wenfang's identity and have his child? ]
[I don't know. After Zhou Jinlong's father passed away, the two sides stopped communicating. The identity and name Fu Wenfang used when contacting him were all fake, and the house was also rented. After finding out that she was pregnant, Fu Wenfang returned the house, destroyed the fake identity certificate, and never contacted him again. ]
This is indeed Fu Wenfang's style of doing things, meticulous and neat, leaving no handle.
Wen Yue continued to ask: [What happened next? After Fu Wenfang became pregnant, where did Zhou Jinlong's illegitimate brother go? Didn't he ever meet her once? ] [He
went abroad to study. ]
[He went abroad to study? ] Wait! Wen Yue hurriedly asked, [How old was he at the time? ]
[When Fu Wenfang first approached him, he had just turned 20 and was a sophomore at Hong Kong University. ]
Housewife x little wolf dog.
What's the matter with that?
Well, these two have already BE, Wen Yue quickly calmed down and asked: [According to what you said, Fu Wenfang cut off contact as soon as she became pregnant, so how did you know that person went abroad? 】
【Zhou Jinlong's mother said this at home. She has always been concerned about them. She was very unhappy when she found out that he applied to an Ivy League school and got a full scholarship. She complained at home for several days, and Fu Wenfang heard it. 】
【Then he went to the United States. Why hasn't he come back for so many years? 】
【According to what Fu Wenfang knows, he probably hasn't come back, but she didn't pay special attention to it, so she doesn't know the details. 】
Fu Wenfang didn't officially appear in the original book, and was only mentioned as news, so the system can't see her future. It's unknown whether that person will come back in the future, and whether they will still have contact.
But looking at what Fu Wenfang wants, maybe it's best not to have contact for the rest of her life.
She wasted the best time of her life on a scumbag, and obviously doesn't want to continue wasting time on another man.
It's better to do business.
…
Fang Meihe is a cleaner at the Sai Kung branch of the Li Rong Department Store.
The job is not easy, but the salary is okay. She and her husband both have jobs, which is enough to support their two children after paying for the house.
Moreover, it is a big company, so there are always benefits during the holidays, and the bonuses are also a lot of money.
However, the company rarely gives out gifts during non-holidays, and benefits also cost money. The boss opened the company to make money, so how could he spend it on employees casually?
But the new president seems to be different. As soon as he arrived at the mall that day, the manager called all the employees to a meeting and said that Zhou Fujin gave her a 1 million coupon to apologize to the new president. The president couldn't refuse, so he decided to use the coupon for company benefits, at least two coupons per person, and the specific amount was determined according to length of service and level.
Fang Meihe's rank was low, but she had worked there for a long time, so she received three coupons.
Those who worked in the same department as her received four coupons at most, and two at least. Each coupon was worth one hundred yuan, which was not much, but who wouldn't be happy to get something for free?
Besides, gold was different from other things. Buying gold and keeping it at home was like saving money. If you really didn't want to buy gold, the coupons were easy to sell because there was no threshold for using them. What
made everyone even happier was that the company gave them two days to go to the gold shop in two groups with the mall employees to buy gold. Although they could only go to designated gold shops, the company provided pick-up and drop-off, so they didn't have to worry about it.
Fang Meihe decided on the spot to buy gold.
When she and her husband got married, neither family provided much support. They had been frugal on food and clothing, and they were lucky enough to apply for Home Ownership Scheme housing so that they could own their own house.
Although the house price is lower than that of ordinary houses, Fang Meihe and her husband's income is not high and they have to raise children, so their life is not comfortable.
She didn't buy jewelry like gold when she got married. If there wasn't a big prize from heaven, she probably wouldn't have the chance to buy it until her children finished school and started working.
But a coupon with a face value of three hundred is enough to buy a cheap gold jewelry, earrings, or ring.
Two days later, she and her colleagues boarded a bus arranged by the company to Lai Wing Department Store in Central.
Although Zhou Fujin's stock finally stopped falling after the change of chairman, and has even shown an upward trend in the past two days. But Zhou Fujin's customer flow did not recover quickly, and it is still deserted.
However, not long after Zhou Fujin, located in Regent Department Store in Tsim Sha Tsui, opened its doors, buses rented by Regent Department Store brought in employees one by one.
After entering the store, these employees first asked whether the coupons could be used and whether the threshold was not used. After receiving a positive answer, they actively looked at the counters.
As the flow of people increased, reporters also heard about it. In order to confirm the authenticity of the matter, they randomly stopped people at the door for interviews.
Fang Meihe bought earrings and was stopped by reporters as soon as she walked to the door with the receipt and packaging box. The reporters asked her if she was an employee of Regent Department Store.
Fang Meihe is a reserved person. She was a little nervous when she saw the camera, but she thought this was a good opportunity to promote the company
, so she didn't run away. Instead, she smiled and nodded and said, "Yes, I am an employee of the logistics department of Lirong Department Store." "May I ask how long you have worked at Lirong Department Store? Is it because the company issued you a coupon to buy gold this time?"
"Almost ten years." Speaking of coupons, she smiled and said, "Yes, it is because the company issued a coupon."
"Then do you know why the company issued you Zhou Fujin's coupons?"
"I know. Our leader said that Zhou Fujin's boss threw dirty water on our president before, which offended our president. However, Zhou Fujin's other shareholders are sensible, especially the new chairman. He came to our company a few days ago to apologize to our president and prepared a coupon worth one million as a compensation."
Fang Meihe became more and more relaxed as she spoke. "Our president is from the richest family, Wen. How could he care about this one million coupon? He couldn't refuse it, so he had to accept the coupon and give it to We are giving out benefits to our employees!"
Fang Meihe had just finished speaking when a middle-aged woman who had just come out of the store after buying gold heard this and interrupted excitedly, "That's right! Our employees in the mall were still saying a few days ago that it would be great if there were someone as stupid as boss Zhou Fujin every month. Who knows, our company might be able to give out free coupons every month!"
As soon as this person finished speaking, she was quickly dragged away by her colleagues: "Sorry, sorry, my colleague is so happy that she's dizzy! Don't take her words seriously, cut this part out!"
Fang Meihe: "..."
Interviewer: "..."
...
There are not many employees in Lirong Department Store, but there are several thousand people in so many shopping malls in Hong Kong.
It would be too many for them to go to one Chow Fujin to shop at the same time, so Wen Yue and Fu Wenfang discussed and asked them to disperse to six gold shops including Tsim Sha Tsui, Mong Kok, Central and Causeway Bay.
Divide it into two more days, so that each gold shop only needs to receive two to three hundred people every day, and Chow Fujin can handle it without chaos, and it can create an effect, and reporters can come anytime to take pictures of the hot scene.
That night, all major newspapers in Hong Kong published related news. The focus was not on Wen Yue's generous benefits for employees, nor on Chow Fujin's peak in customer flow again, but on the two companies laughing off their grudges.
Taking advantage of this wave of popularity, the reporters continued to attack, blocking Fu Wenfang and Wen Yue for interviews the next day.
Facing the reporters' questions, Fu Wenfang's answers were similar to what she had said to Wen Yue before. In summary, she openly praised Wen Yue and secretly criticized Zhou Jinlong.
Wen Yue was even more direct. When asked by reporters why Zhou Jinlong splashed dirty water on her, she was able to laugh it off with Zhou Fujin and said, "I have always been unfair to people. Zhou Jinlong is just one of the bosses. His problems do not mean Zhou Fujin has problems. They are sincere enough, so of course I won't bother with them."
A reporter immediately asked, "Ms. Wen has forgiven Zhou Jinlong?"
Wen Yue was surprised and said, "Didn't you hear clearly just now? I am unfair to people. Zhou Jinlong splashed dirty water on me, so of course I will not forgive him! But as long as Zhou Jinlong is not the chairman, I am willing to have normal exchanges and cooperation with Zhou Fujin."
"In other words, Regal Department Store will renew its contract with Chow Fook Kim?" This question was asked by a reporter from Commercial Daily. Regal Department Store and Chow Fook Kim are both well-known companies in Hong Kong, and both companies attach great importance to business cooperation.
"Because the former chairman Zhou Fujin announced that he would not renew the contract, we have found a new partner. As you know, the shopping malls under Lirong Department Store are very popular and there is no shortage of merchants. However, if there are vacant shops in the future and Zhou Fujin is willing to rent them, Lirong is very willing to cooperate." Wen Yue said, "But there is a prerequisite, Chairman..."
A reporter answered, "It's not Zhou Fujin, right? We understand."
Wen Yue smiled and admitted, "You really understand me."
A reporter asked maliciously, "According to what Miss Wen said, you hate Zhou Jinlong very much, but you seem to get along well with Mrs. Zhou. Why is that?"
Wen Yue did not avoid the question and said, "Because Miss Fu is kind and sensible, she is a very good person. If you must find a flaw in her, there must be only one."
"What?"
"Zhou Jinlong is her husband," Wen Yue shook her head and sighed, "It's like a flower stuck in cow dung."
That night, a headline titled "Wen Yue's Comments on the Relationship between Fu Wenfang and Zhou Jinlong: A Flower Sticked in Cow Dung!" became a hot topic on the front page.
In a mansion at the foot of Taiping Mountain, Zhou Jinlong, who was compared to cow dung, was so angry that he smashed a set of cups after seeing the news.