Chapter 26 Chapter 26 Last time I took my neighbor He Yanni...
The last time she took the gift from her neighbor He Yanni home, Fu Xiuhuai almost discovered the sexy nightgown. Lin Wan could only stuff it deep into her closet, and at that time she lied that it was a piece of clothing she had bought.
After all, how could a grown man like Fu Xiuhuai have time to look through a closet full of women's clothes? As time went by, Lin Wan almost forgot about it.
At this moment, the thin and sexy nightgown was directly exposed in front of Fu Xiuhuai. After hearing him teasing her, Lin Wan wished she could find a hole to crawl into right away.
At that time, she personally admitted that she bought it. Now she can’t wash herself clean even if she jumps into the Yellow River!
Lin Wan raised her eyelashes, her moist almond-shaped eyes rolling as she tried to explain, "Actually, this was given to me by Sister Yanni. I really didn't buy it. Do you believe it?"
Lin Wan had never eaten pork, or even seen a pig run, so how could she buy such a bold, avant-garde and sexy nightgown? She was almost embarrassed to death at the first sight of it.
She stared at Fu Xiuhuai and saw the corners of his lips curl up. "Well, it's okay. There's nothing wrong with liking to buy clothes like this."
The man closed the box politely, sorted out the other clothes in the closet, and put the box back in the closet. "It's fine as long as you like it. Don't worry about what others think. Besides, no one else can see it."
Lin Wan: “…”
Feeling her face burning hot, almost smoking, Lin Wan bit her lip and glared at the man. She wanted to explain, but she couldn't. So she just gave up and said, "Just think of it as me buying it! No one will know anyway!"
Fu Xiuhuai put the box away, a smile flickering in his eyes: "Well, only I can see it."
Lin Wan turned her face away and didn't want to pay any more attention to him!
Lin Wan didn't want to talk to this man the whole night, and she didn't know whether she was angry or embarrassed.
The bed beside her sank down, and Lin Wan knew clearly that Fu Xiuhuai had come to bed, so she simply moved to the side.
A burning gaze came over, and Lin Wan noticed it, but did not take it seriously. She even made up her mind not to say a word to him until Fu Xiuhuai suddenly brought it up.
"Remember when we met during your sophomore year?"
Lin Wan turned her head in surprise: "Sophomore?"
The first time I met him was clearly in my junior year. That time, I ran into his uncle with Fu Mingjun, and that was when we formally greeted each other.
Lin Wan had indeed met Fu Xiuhuai in her sophomore year, but Fu Xiuhuai didn't recognize her at all.
During the summer vacation of her sophomore year, Lin Wan didn't want to add to the burden on her family, so she found a part-time job and came across a job distributing flyers for real estate developers. In the scorching summer heat, with her high ponytail unfurled, Lin Wan distributed flyers on the street, promoting commercial housing sales to passers-by.
"With a down payment of 10,000 yuan and a mortgage of 200 yuan a month, you can own a house."
Lin Wan worked part-time and did her best, but ordinary people on the streets were not interested in spending so much money on buying a house. After decades of experience with housing allocation from work units and cheap rentals, how could they easily accept spending a huge amount of money on a house?
It was difficult to distribute the flyers, but in the end it was Lin Wan's beauty and sweet talk that helped distribute them. As for whether anyone would buy them, that was not something she could decide.
Lin Wan could earn two yuan a day by distributing flyers. She worked for twenty days that summer and earned forty yuan. Together with the monthly school subsidy and scholarships, she was able to save enough for her living expenses.
At the end of August, just before school started, Lin Wan was preparing to return to Linjia Village to visit her family after finishing her last day of part-time work. She would stay at home for a week before returning to report. It was on that day that she met the boss of the construction company where she was working part-time at the time.
That day, the leaders of the city government's planning department came to inspect the construction company. After Lin Wan distributed the flyers, she was about to go to the company lobby with a group of other part-time flyer distributors to settle their wages.
Xiaomei, a friend Lin Wan met while working part-time, still had a dozen flyers to distribute. Xiaomei was introverted and anxious for a moment. In the end, Lin Wan did not set out with the main group, but stayed with Xiaomei to finish distributing the flyers before leaving.
There were people coming and going on the street, but not many people were willing to take the flyers. Lin Wan took the trouble to try them one by one, her ponytail brushing against the back of her neck, her youthful look unrestrained, a thin layer of sweat on her forehead, and her fair little face was sunburned red.
"Take a look, take a look~ Learn about the high-star real estate projects, the newly released commercial houses, the fashionable and stylish elevator apartments, and you can own a house with a monthly mortgage of two hundred." Lin Wan recited the sales pitch skillfully and stretched out the flyer in her hand. When she reacted, she found two men in suits standing in front of her.
The two men had a solemn aura and looked like they were either rich or noble.
Xiaomei felt a little hesitant to hand out flyers to people, so she hurriedly pulled Lin Wan's arm. However, Lin Wan just wanted to solve the problem quickly. Besides, the big boss should be more interested in buying a house.
"Sir, would you like to buy a house? It's a newly built commercial house by Kaihua Construction."
The younger of the two men turned and left, listening to his subordinates' work reports. The other middle-aged man, in his forties, took the flyer, glanced at it, and asked, "Are you an employee of Kaihua?"
Lin Wan reflexively wanted to deny it, but then she remembered that she was also getting paid by Kaihua, so it was also a part-time job. "Yes."
"Then tell me what are the benefits of buying this house? If you really want to convince me to buy it, how can you persuade me?"
The middle-aged man looked like he wanted to test her. Lin Wan thought he was wasting her time, but she just wanted to distribute the flyers and be done with it. There happened to be two left.
Lin Wanxing's eyes turned, and she said succinctly: "Sir, since you have money, you will regret it if you don't buy it!"
The middle-aged man laughed heartily. "From what I've heard, you explained everything clearly before, including the down payment and mortgage. Now you're trying to persuade me so directly?"
"Of course, how can I buy it without money? Money is enough." Lin Wan said what was in her heart, "If I had money, I would buy it too."
The middle-aged man praised: "You are right."
The last two flyers were distributed. Lin Wan didn't know what the middle-aged man did, but she felt that he had an official vibe, and his temperament was especially like that of a university dean... As for the younger man on the other side, he didn't seem to have glanced over here, but he was very handsome, just like a Hong Kong star on TV.
It was not until a year later that Lin Wan and Fu Mingjun ran into his uncle Fu Xiuhuai outside the school. Lin Wan then realized that the young man who was as handsome as a Hong Kong star a year ago was Fu Xiuhuai, the owner of Kaihua Construction Company.
Lin Wan always thought that Fu Xiuhuai didn't remember what happened during the summer vacation of her sophomore year. After all, she was just an ordinary college student handing out flyers. Who would have any impression of her?
However, when Fu Xiuhuai mentioned that he had met him during his sophomore year, Lin Wan naturally thought, "Do you remember me?"
Fu Xiuhuai nodded. "The Minister of Planning was just trying to understand the public's opinions on buying a house. I didn't expect a girl handing out flyers to be so direct."
Lin Wan just wanted to say something perfunctorily at the time: "You have a really good memory."
She even thought that Fu Xiuhuai didn't even glance at her while she was handing out flyers.
Fu Xiuhuai seemed to agree with Lin Wan's praise: "Were the coconut juice and corn candy delicious that day?"
Lin Wan was shocked again when she heard this: "You even know this..."
After distributing the flyers, Lin Wan took Xiaomei to Kaihua to settle their wages. In addition to receiving 40 yuan for her hard work in distributing the flyers, the staff also gave her a bottle of iced coconut juice and a handful of corn candies.
At that time, the staff just thought that they saw how hard she worked to deliver it.
That night, Lin Wan couldn't fall asleep for a while, recalling the first time she met Fu Xiuhuai. She didn't expect that he actually had an impression of her. Then when they met for the second time, he pretended not to have seen her. It seemed that he was really pretending.
Lin Wan's thoughts were in turmoil, and she slept late, which was unusual for her. When she woke up the next day, it was already bright.
It was a rare sunny day today, and the early winter sun was shining brightly. Fu Xiuhuai was no longer in the bedroom.
The man left a note on the bedside table. The words, written in a vigorous and powerful handwriting, leaped out: "Something urgent has to happen. I have to go to the company for a meeting."
When Lin Wan went downstairs to eat, Aunt Wang also reported again according to Fu Xiuhuai's instructions.
Lin Wan nodded and filled her stomach with porridge and buns.
Lin Wan had nothing to do today, so she planned to watch TV and read books at home to kill time. However, before she could even sit down on the sofa, He Yanni came to her house and soon got into her Santana.
"Let's go to Kaihua and give them a surprise!" He Yanni's husband Sun Hongbo also went to Kaihua Construction Company and participated in the meeting led by Fu Xiuhuai with other partners.
He Yanni happened to have nothing to do, so she decided to join in the fun and took Lin Wan along.
Lin Wan didn't know why she agreed to He Yanni's proposal. Maybe it was because Fu Xiuhuai mentioned the meeting two years ago last night, and she suddenly recalled the time when she worked part-time distributing flyers.
The Kaihua Construction Company at this time was different from the place where Lin Wan went to settle her salary two years ago. That time it was at Kaihua's commercial housing sales office. Now the properties have been sold out, so the sales office is naturally gone.
Kaihua Construction Company stood steadily, majestically and impressively. Lin Wan and He Yanni came over without saying hello in advance. When they were in the lobby on the first floor, the registration clerk was a novice and naturally did not know the identities of the two, especially not that the beautiful woman with a big belly was their boss's wife.
"Hello, please register."
He Yanni was determined to give them a surprise, so she naturally did not mention Lin Wan's identity as the boss's wife. She simply registered them carefully and said that they were here to see Mr. Sun, the boss of the Jiaoming Transport Team.
"Boss Sun is here for a meeting today, so he probably doesn't have time right now." The front desk clerk, unaware of the other company's boss's schedule, assumed the two were truly busy and simply asked them to wait in the lobby. "There's a chair over here. I'll get you a pillow to cushion your back, so you don't get uncomfortable. Your belly looks pretty big, are you about to give birth?"
Lin Wan took the pillow gratefully: "Yes, there are still two months."
The front desk clerk offered more water and brought some candy and fruit to the small table: "Take your time to eat."
Lin Wan looked at the food placed on the small coffee table between the reception chairs, and then glanced at the storage box not far away, which contained various drinks and candies, including 119 coconut juice and corn candy, both of which were her favorites.
"Comrade Hao." Lin Wan greeted the front desk staff. "You are so considerate here. You have prepared all kinds of food."
"Of course not." Xiao Hao had been working at Kaihua for half a year. Because of her good looks and temperament, she and another colleague shared the front desk shift. Since there weren't many people coming at the moment, she was happy to have someone to talk to. "It's all our boss's orders. He said we must provide excellent service."
"I also received these when I was distributing flyers for your company's real estate projects. That one and this one." Lin Wan pointed at the 119 coconut juice and corn candy.
"You also distributed flyers for our company's real estate project?" Xiao Hao was pleasantly surprised. "What a coincidence! When did that happen?"
"Yeah, my sophomore year, two summers ago."
"Two years ago..." Xiao Hao ran forward in small steps and soon called over a colleague who was just leaving the office to get water in the corridor. "Sister Song, have you ever been responsible for handing out flyers part-time before? There's a customer here today, you might know him."
Lin Wan recognized Sister Song at first sight. It was Sister Song who gave her a simple interview before she decided on this part-time job.
The part-time job of distributing flyers is quite popular and can be considered as standing out from the crowd.
Sister Song also recognized Lin Wan at a glance. Actually, she didn't remember her name very well, but she was so beautiful. She was the prettiest person she had ever seen and she would never forget her.
"Xiao Lin, I remember you were really good at handing out flyers."
"Sister Song, thank you for giving me the opportunity to make money."
"You've graduated from college, right? Where do you work now?"
"Garment factory."
"That's great, a stable job!"
As the two of them reminisced about the past, Lin Wan had a vague premonition in her heart. She casually asked, "Sister Song, I remember when we distributed flyers and settled our wages, you gave me a bottle of coconut juice and some corn candies. I was so touched at the time."
Sister Song thought carefully about it and realized that this incident did happen. It wasn't a big deal, but it was indeed a bit bizarre, and it left a deep impression on her: "It wasn't my thoughtfulness that was the problem, it was our boss. I had only been working at the company for four months at that time and had never spoken to him. But before you came to get paid, the boss asked me to buy some drinks and food for the part-time flyer distributors. He even specifically asked for 119 coconut juice and corn candies. Look, what a nice boss!"
Lin Wan's heart moved, and she could no longer hear what was said afterwards.
After sitting at the front desk for a while, Lin Wan and He Yanni learned that the meeting upstairs had ended. They took the elevator upstairs and heard the gossip around them: "Wow, so you met with Boss Fu two years ago?"
This was the first time He Yanni had heard this gossip, and she couldn't help but imagine the plot of a romantic TV drama: "Boss Fu didn't fall for you right then, did he?!"
"How is that possible!" Lin Wan blurted out reflexively, "Stop talking nonsense, Sister Yanni."
"Oh, you're already married, why are you still shy? Young people are just shy."
The two took the elevator to the sixth floor. In the past, Lin Wan always went directly to the sixth floor. Some people here had seen her, especially Jiang Li, who saw her at first sight and hurriedly asked them to go to the boss's office.
Sun Hongbo was about to discuss business with Fu Xiuhuai after the meeting. As soon as he entered the office, he saw his wife coming over. He couldn't help but be surprised: "Wife, why are you here?"
"Of course I'm here to surprise you!" He Yanni affectionately took Sun Hongbo's arm, "Let's have lunch together later~ I have to supervise you so that you don't get too busy and skip meals."
Sun Hongbo said happily, "Of course, with you here, my meals taste even better."
The two of them were being sweet as if no one was around. Lin Wan and Fu Xiuhuai looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Sun Hongbo and He Yanni went to their own world, and after they left, the office suddenly became quiet.
Fu Xiuhuai asked the same question as Sun Hongbo: "Why did you come here suddenly?"
Lin Wan suddenly thought of He Yanni's answer just now, but she would never say such a thing: "Sister Yanni was too bored to come here alone, so she dragged me along."
Fu Xiuhuai nodded: "Then let's have lunch together later?"
Lin Wan nodded, it was indeed time for dinner.
There is a restaurant near Kaihua Building, and Fu Xiuhuai asked his employees to order food and have it delivered to them, so that Lin Wan wouldn't have to go up and down the stairs.
The packed meals were delicious, including braised pork with winter melon, stir-fried yam, pumpkin cake and spinach meatball soup.
The dishes ordered by Lin Wan were mainly light.
The two of them ate at Fu Xiuhuai's desk and gradually finished their meal.
After lunch, Lin Wan wiped her mouth and clutched a tissue, unable to hold back her doubts: "Why did you suddenly ask your employees to give water and candy to the part-time workers handing out flyers?"
Lin Wan asked suddenly. Fu Xiuhuai was stunned for only a second before answering, "I suddenly want to be a kind-hearted boss."
Lin Wan: “…”
Staring at the man suspiciously for a few times, Lin Wan tried to read some clues from his face, but Fu Xiuhuai remained calm: "Is this true? Don't lie to me."
"That's fake." Fu Xiuhuai sat down on the office chair, his broad back leaning against the backrest, making him look even taller. He said nonchalantly, "In fact, I fell in love with you at that time. Do you believe it?"
Lin Wan's heart skipped a beat. She felt that this person didn't tell the truth. "You might as well say you want to be a kind-hearted boss."
Fu Xiuhuai's lips curled up.
***
When Lin Wan received the corn candy from Qin Fang at work on Monday, she suddenly remembered what happened yesterday.
Qin Fang liked candy, and knowing Lin Wan's favorite was corn candy, she left one for her. "Did you hear? Feng Yan has submitted her resignation letter, but Director Feng didn't approve it."
Lin Wan was surprised: "So fast?"
Director Feng has always loved her niece and is used to thinking carefully about everything for her. At this moment, she does not want her niece to make an impulsive decision.
"Right! We don't know what will happen yet." Qin Fang just overheard Sister Yang and the others talking outside. "Director Feng has given her a day off to let her calm down."
"Lin Wan, come in." Qin Fang had just finished speaking when a voice suddenly came from the office door. Director Feng spoke. Lin Wan and Qin Fang exchanged glances, then stood up and went into the room.
"Director Feng." Lin Wan originally thought that Director Feng wanted to ask her about the Hong Kong businessmen's promotion of reforms, but unexpectedly it was not the case.
"Lin Wan, do you know that New West thing? They're studying English, and they're taking the TOEFL to go to Country M."
"I've heard of it." Lin Wan remembered that when she was in college, there were students who were eager to run English training classes.
"You've probably all heard about Fengyan's story. She just signed up to study English at New Western, thinking about taking the TOEFL and going to Country America to make money. She's really overthinking it!" Director Feng said, her voice growing louder and louder as she spoke. After a moment, she calmed down. "I heard that New Western was founded by a few graduates from your school. Could you help me find out if it's unreliable?"
Lin Wan now understood Director Feng's feelings. It would be hard to feel at ease if a young girl really wanted to travel across the ocean to a foreign country.
"I'll ask around. Some classmates should know."
"Okay, thank you for your help." Feng Tianjiao deliberately slowed down her tone. She had no other choice but to ask Lin Wan for help.
Although there are many graduates from Jiangcheng University in the factory, there are only two of them running the factory. Moreover, Feng Tianjiao sees that when it comes to speaking and doing things, Lin Wan is the most reliable.
Lin Wan vaguely remembered that some classmates mentioned the senior who founded New West, and she would find Qiumei to ask about it when she had time.
After coming out of Director Feng’s office, Hong Kong businessman representative He Min came to the factory office to find Lin Wan and invited her to help confirm some details.
The garment factory provided a dedicated independent office for the three Hong Kong business representatives. The room was spacious and bright. Lin Wan was sitting in it at the moment, helping to confirm the details of the garment factory's production fabrics, production technology and styles over the years.
"For the past decade or so, the most popular fabric has been Dacron." Lin Wan explained again, just in case they didn't know the name, "It's polyester fabric."
He Min suddenly realized: "Clothes made of polyester are stiff, stylish, and not easily damaged, but they are not breathable."
"But everyone was short of fabric back then. It was hard to come by, and the fabric was exceptionally straight, so any other shortcomings were outweighed." Lin Wan remembers how happy she would be as a child just to have a Dacron jacket, a new garment only made for Chinese New Year. "Also, there were clothes made from denim, a coarser fabric. Now, all major factories and companies use denim for their work uniforms."
Cheng Jingmao and Liu Hongfa thought of the workers outside wearing dark blue work clothes: "It's a bit like denim fabric, durable and wear-resistant."
"That's right. Then there are blue silseed and black market silseed, both of which are suitable for dyeing cloth. A color always looks better. In winter, corduroy and gabardine are usually used..." After joining the company, Lin Wan sorted out a lot of information and often went in and out of various workshops to check the status of raw materials and finished products. She mastered a wealth of theoretical knowledge.
"As for production technology..."
Lin Wantong and the other two confirmed all the details, which made the workshop directors feel relieved. There was indeed some communication barrier between the two sides due to language barriers.
The three Hong Kong business representatives' Mandarin was not up to standard and sounded very plastic. The workshop directors of the garment factory were all middle-aged men who had little education and also could not speak Mandarin well. When the two sides communicated, it was simply a showdown between plastic Cantonese and plastic Jiangcheng dialect, and both sides had difficulty understanding each other.
"Then these major fabrics can be eliminated. There's no need to mass-produce them," He Min concluded, based on several days of observation of common clothing trends among Jiangcheng residents. "When making products, we need to open our eyes and see what the public really needs."
Lin Wan agreed deeply. In the past, there was a shortage of fabrics and clothes, and people had no right to choose. Now that living standards have improved, people have started to choose quality, color, and style for clothing.
"If we stop the production of these fabrics altogether, it may cause opposition from some directors. As a compromise, we can reduce the production first." Lin Wan suggested, trying to mediate.
After hearing this, the faces of several workshop directors looked a little better.
No one would be willing to discard the materials they have produced for many years. This is both a challenge to authority and a shake to the foundation.
"As for the styles, don't produce some outdated styles anymore." Cheng Jingmao, the representative of Hong Kong businessmen, spoke directly and even used the vocabulary he learned in Jiangcheng, which made several workshop directors look displeased again.
Lin Wan quickly stepped in to smooth things over: "Nowadays, people are more looking for light and fashionable styles, so we can make some slight changes."
After some communication, Lin Wan was busy running around, and finally she made the connection between the two parties and determined the next adjustment direction of the garment factory.
After leaving the Hong Kong representatives' office, several workshop directors looked unhappy. The clash of old and new ideas is always accompanied by arguments and confusion. Lin Wan smiled and persuaded them, "Directors Wang, Qian, Li, and Zhou, the Hong Kong representatives are here to provide advice for our factory. They believe that you are experienced and know the factory best, so they must communicate in person and attach great importance to this exchange."
Lin Wan's words softened the expressions of the others: "Comrade Xiaolin, you've worked hard too. Go back and rest. Don't tire yourself out."
The investment and improvements of Hong Kong businessmen in the garment factory are progressing step by step. Out of appreciation and appreciation for the investment, the garment factory will provide a progress report to the Hong Kong businessmen every month. We can't let their money go to waste.
Lin Wan performed excellently and worked hard. When she received her salary at the end of the month, she received 455.73 yuan, plus a bonus of 10 yuan. She was very happy.
On Sunday, she made an appointment with her best college classmate He Qiumei and several old classmates to meet up at Liang Bin's karaoke hall.
The karaoke hall was not that lively at noon. Half of the booths were occupied. Several old classmates had reunited. Most of them were assigned to state-owned factories or government units. They had a lot of topics to talk about and were having a great time.
When everyone saw Lin Wan with her big belly, they were surprised and amazed.
"I didn't expect Lin Wan to be the first to get married and have children. I wonder who is so lucky?"
"Wanwan, I've noticed a long time ago that Fu Mingjun's unreliable behavior is not suitable for you. Hey, why are you pulling me?"
"What are you talking about after breaking up?"
The classmates chattered a few words, but Lin Wan didn't take them to heart. She just smiled and nodded, thinking that it was a good thing that they didn't know that the other half on her marriage certificate was Fu Mingjun's uncle.
Half a year after graduation, the classmates were busy with their own things and it was difficult for them to get together again. Now, while listening to music and drinking drinks, Lin Wan thought of Director Feng's request and asked casually, "Xiu Xiu, didn't you tell me last time that you knew the senior who founded New West?"
"Yes, he's two years older than my boyfriend." Feng Xiuxiu became interested when she mentioned New Western. "You know, New Western, founded by a few people, is really profitable. Lots of people sign up."
When Lin Wan heard Feng Xiuxiu talk about this with great excitement, she thought of the changes in Fengyan after she signed up, and even her second sister received the flyer. After the class reunion that afternoon, she called He Qiumei and her second sister Lin Hong to go to New Western to take a look.
Lin Hong was eager to try it out after receiving the flyer. She was really interested and wanted to go and broaden her horizons. Lin Wan was worried that she would be fooled if she went there privately, so she decided to keep an eye on it herself.
The three of them walked into the "school" which was converted from a warehouse rented by New Western in an abandoned factory. They could faintly hear the sound of English teaching and were led into the registration reception room.
"Learn English well, pass the TOEFL, and go to Country America to strike it rich—that's the pinnacle of life," said Xiao Wang, the recruitment staff member, eloquently, as if he had already guided the three people in front of him to a brilliant future. "English isn't difficult. As long as you work hard, you can learn it! Once you master it, you can easily make money!"
Lin Hong's eyes lit up: "Really? My English foundation is not very good."
"Of course, you have to trust our professional teachers, top students who graduated from Jiangcheng University."
Xiao Wang encouraged Lin Hong, then turned to look at He Qiumei and said, "This girl is single, right? No boyfriend, not married, right? If you learn English well and pass the TOEFL, you can get a visa to go to Country M and find a foreign boyfriend."
He Qiumei:?
When Xiao Wang's eyes fell on Lin Wan's face, he looked at her carefully and was amazed: "This beautiful comrade is even more amazing. If she finds a foreign husband, she can even immigrate. In the future..."
Lin Wan's eyelids twitched. She felt it was too outrageous, so outrageous that she almost wanted to laugh. But at this moment, her first thought was how Fu Xiuhuai would react if he heard this. That man would definitely...
Lin Wan hurriedly drove away the man who suddenly appeared in her mind and casually touched her belly.
Xiao Wang, who was speaking passionately, followed Lin Wan's movements and lowered his gaze. When he saw Lin Wan's bulging belly, his voice stopped abruptly and he could not help but change the subject awkwardly: "It's okay! Just go with this belly and give birth. The baby will be an M countryman right away! All in one go! No need to even immigrate!"
Lin Wan: “…?”
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