November 1, 2011, the sixth day of the tenth lunar month in the Xinmao year of the Rabbit, is an auspicious day for opening a business and moving.
Firecrackers went off for a long time in the plaza below the Xiaomi Twin Towers headquarters building.
"Please welcome all our guests to the stage for the ribbon-cutting ceremony!"
Li Mengqi served as the host for the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new building.
Lin Chen, Lei Jun, the director of the subdistrict office, Zhang Yiming, and An Rou went on stage together to cut the ribbon.
After stepping down, Lin Chen and Lei Jun saw the street office director off.
"President Lin, President Lei, congratulations!"
"Thank you, Director Li, for taking time out of your busy schedule to attend our ribbon-cutting ceremony. This is a red envelope for the opening, just to bring good luck."
"Hey, Mr. Lin, this won't do. You're making me make a mistake."
Lin Chen pointed to the bag full of red envelopes in his hand and said with a smile, "Director Li, you misunderstood. This is just a festive red envelope. Everyone gets one. Look, this bag is full. I'm going to give them to all the employees later."
"Haha, I see. No wonder Mr. Lin's business is so successful. That's what vision looks like. I'll accept it then. I wish Xingchen Technology and Xiaomi Technology great success."
"Thank you for your kind words. Thank you very much. Take care, Director Li."
Director Li left satisfied, carrying the red envelope that was significantly thicker than the one in the bag.
Lin Chen arrived at the building entrance together with Lei Jun.
"Dear colleagues, please come to Mr. Lei and me to collect your red envelopes first, and then go upstairs."
"Thank you, boss!"
Lin Chen and Lei Jun stood at the door, handing out red envelopes to everyone. Although the red envelopes were small, containing only one hundred yuan, everyone was very happy.
But when Lei Jun saw that the red envelope Lin Chen sent was different from the one he sent, he immediately became unhappy.
"Hey bro, why is your red envelope different from mine? It even has words printed on it. Let me see."
Lei Jun took a red envelope from Lin Chen, which read: "May you shine as brightly as the stars." Then there was the logo of Xingchen Group.
Then look at yours, there's nothing there, just a Xiaomi logo.
"Ahem, Brother Jun, I just wanted to differentiate my red envelope from yours, it's definitely not to show any favoritism."
Lei Jun's lips twitched. "Isn't this considered differential treatment? Everyone pays 100 yuan, but your photos and Weibo posts are obviously better."
However, Lei Jun, true to form, immediately came up with a plan.
"Xiaomi colleagues, hurry up and go to General Manager Lin to get your red envelopes! General Manager Lin's red envelopes are even more attractive!"
Xiaomi employees' eyes lit up – could they really get two?
So he immediately went to Lin Chen's side to queue up for a red envelope.
"Hey, Xingchen Technology's red envelopes even have advertising slogans! May you shine like the stars. Wow, so beautiful, I'd better take a picture and post it on Weibo."
"Of course, we take photos with both red envelopes together, hahaha."
"Oh right, you're really clever."
Seeing that Xiaomi employees were all coming to him to collect their red envelopes, Lin Chen immediately called out as well.
"Colleagues at Xingchen Technology, hurry up and go to CEO Lei to collect your red envelopes... Don't miss this opportunity!"
When the employees of Xingchen Technology saw that their boss had spoken, they all rushed to Lei Jun's side to line up and receive red envelopes.
So, the original 100 yuan red envelope per person became 200 yuan per person.
Originally, I only sent messages to my own company, but now I've sent them to both companies.
They were almost out of money by the end, but thankfully Anrou quickly prepared some more, otherwise they might have had to use their phones to send red envelopes via MiXin.
Lin Chen's hands were sore from sending out red envelopes all morning.
"Hey, Brother Jun, how about it? You hurt the enemy a thousand, but you also lost eight hundred of your own, hahaha."
"Good things come in pairs, so why shouldn't I be happy?"
"Brother Jun is so generous. Why don't you take over the annual New Year's red envelopes from now on?"
"Get lost, stop talking nonsense. I'm going upstairs to eat."
That evening, Lin Chen had the chef upstairs prepare a feast, and all the senior executives of Xingchen Technology gathered together.
An Rou, Zhang Yiming, Shen Yue, Su Xiaowan, Dawei Ge, Li Mengqi, Wu Manni, Wang Xing, Zhang Xuhao, Wu Bo, Huang Zheng, Ye Qian.
Fatty didn't come. Senior Yan is about to give birth, and he's been thinking about her constantly lately, feeling incredibly anxious.
Lin Chen looked at the table full of people and felt a sense of emotion.
I never imagined that the company I registered to skip class back then would become so big now.
At first, there were only two people in the company, myself and An Rou. Now, even the senior management can barely fit at one table.
"Come on, everyone, I'd like to propose a toast to you all. Ladies, please feel free to drink as you like, but Anrou is not allowed to drink."
An Rou downed the glass of white wine in one gulp, then tilted her head back and said.
"Hmph, I'll drink it."
"Wow, that's impressive! Five...four...three...two...one..."
Lin Chen had just finished counting down when he heard a thud as An Rou collapsed onto the table.
"This little slut can't even handle a glass of beer, but now she's chugging Moutai in one go. Everyone, ignore her and eat your food."
Everyone laughed and stopped worrying about An Rou. An Rou's poor alcohol tolerance was well-known throughout the company. Anyway, with Lin Chen around, no one was worried about whether An Rou would be able to go home.
Everyone ate and chatted about interesting things that had happened since the company was founded, creating a lively atmosphere.
We ate from 6 pm until 9 pm before we finished.
"Old Zhang, take Mr. Wu home."
"Brother Dawei, you and President Ye are going the same way, could you give her a ride?"
The rest are all men, I'm not going to bother with you anymore.
Wang Xing was about to say that there were still a few female comrades here, but fortunately Zhang Yiming was quick-witted and covered his mouth.
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