2023.04.14
That day was Fu Yanzhou’s birthday. Min Xi remembered it, but didn’t know that he was also in Shanghai.
Before she went out in the morning, the property manager called and kindly reminded her that the typhoon would arrive in the morning and she must close all the windows in the house.
Her apartment is on a high floor, so she must be even more careful.
Min Xiyan thanked him, hung up the phone, and checked every room to see if there were any windows that were forgotten to be closed. When she walked to the door of the study, she found it was closed. She had lived in this apartment for almost two weeks and had never had the habit of closing the study door.
She remembered that she had opened the study window to enjoy the night view last night, but received a work call during that time and had no time to enjoy the night view. She also forgot to close the window.
The wind blew at night and the door was blown shut.
Luckily I came to check it out.
The door of the study room faces the floor-to-ceiling window. The wind is stronger than at night, and the door is pushed against by a strong airflow. Min Xi has to push hard to open it.
The sound of the wind blew past my ears.
The white gauze curtain was lifted high by the wind and wrapped around the lampshade of the floor lamp. The lampshade looked like it was wearing a veil, waiting for the loved one to come and lift it open.
The photo display on the table was blown over and turned upside down on the table. The abandoned project plans were blown everywhere, under the table and under the chairs, making a mess.
Min Xi first closed the window, bent down and picked up the waste paper on the ground. The blank spaces on the paper were filled with notes written in blue pen.
However, this version of the plan, which she spent more than three months and put all her energy into completing, was belittled as worthless by Sheng Jianqi, the young master of Shengshi Group.
Sheng Jianqi would never forget the look of disdain in his eyes when he looked at the plan.
He frowned, all his dissatisfaction and forbearance were written on his face. Finally, he could no longer bear it, closed the plan that he had read less than one-tenth of, and threw it on the table.
"What year are you in this year? Have you never implemented a project plan?"
“…”
After working in the workplace for a few years, Sheng Jianqi ridiculed her for not being as good as students.
It's not like he didn't know that she was the person in charge of this project at Shengshi Technology.
"Mr. Sheng, if we calculate by age, I'm about to graduate with a PhD at my age."
When it comes to sarcasm, few people can match her.
But the consequence of confronting the client is that if they fail to come up with a satisfactory solution within a week, Shengshi Group will remove Jiachen Public Relations from the supplier list and the cooperation will be terminated.
…
Min Xi collected his thoughts, picked up the last discarded project plan under the desk, arranged it according to the page numbers and placed it on the table, and then put up the photos on the table.
She brought the table from Beijing and placed it at her home here. To prevent it from being bumped into, she wrapped it with two long, soft silk scarves.
I was so busy working overtime that I didn’t have time to pack my suitcase, and I only had time to pack it last night.
Originally the display stand was very heavy and would not be blown down by the wind. The strange thing was that when she took the display stand out from the box last night, she did not untie both scarves on it. She only removed the scarf on the right, and the scarf on the left was still there, causing the display stand to be uneven from side to side and it fell over when the wind blew.
There is a wedding photo in the photo frame on the table. The bride in the white wedding dress is herself. You can't see what the groom next to her looks like because he is perfectly covered by the silk scarf that has not been taken off.
Min Xi stared at the stage. In the photo, she smiled with a contentment she had never seen before. Unfortunately, the groom did not smile. His eyes were as quiet as a lake in winter.
I was in a bad mood last night and didn't rush to take off the other scarf. I just manually blurred out his bored face.
There was a phone call coming in, Min Xi took out his cell phone and answered it. It was his boss Yu Chengtan.
Yu Chengtan is eight years older than her and is both her teacher and friend.
Jiachen Public Relations, where she works, was founded from scratch by Yu Chengtan's father. It is one of the earliest public relations companies in China. Chairman Yu is old and unable to manage the company, so he followed in his father's footsteps and returned to China to take over Jiachen.
In just a few years, under his leadership, Jiachen Public Relations left its competitors far behind and its revenue exceeded the expectations of all shareholders.
"Boss Yu, what's the matter?" She was prepared to be scolded by her boss for offending Party A.
"There's a typhoon over there today, so be careful when you go out."
"good."
"You keep busy."
"That's it?"
"otherwise?"
Min Xi smiled: "I thought you called me early in the morning to accuse me."
That's not the case. Yu Chengtan is protecting his people. The other party looks down on the people he has personally trained, which is no different from disliking him himself.
Besides, the plan had previously been highly recognized by the senior management and former CEO of Shengshi Technology, but it did not meet the wishes of the new CEO Sheng Jianqi.
Since ancient times, a new emperor has new ministers. How could Sheng Jianqi, a supplier favored by the former CEO, have no grudges against him?
Sheng Jianqi was not targeting the plan, but the person who made the plan, so he found all kinds of reasons to make things difficult for him. If Min Xi could get through it, the cooperation would continue; if he couldn't get through it, the cooperation would stop there. Finally, Sheng Jianqi got his wish and replaced the supplier he trusted.
Since Sheng Jianqi was mentioned, Yu Chengtan added a few more words: "Sheng Jianqi is the prince of Shengshi. He is not as easy to communicate with as the previous CEO. Remember, don't confront him in person in the future, otherwise you will suffer. Take my words to heart."
"It's not that I want to confront him face to face. Sheng Jianqi had a prejudice against me when he first met me. He had already subjectively concluded that I had no experience, was a useless vase, and was not qualified to lead a team to be responsible for their Shengshi Technology project. He didn't even read the entire plan, but he started to mock me."
Min Xi wanted to complain, but stopped in time because he was worried about ruining Yu Chengtan's mood early in the morning.
"I will not give up halfway just because Sheng Jianqi deliberately makes things difficult for me. I will never give up on this project."
Yu Chengtan was worried: "We only have one week to overturn the plan and start over, and we have to satisfy Sheng Jianqi. It's quite difficult. Call me anytime if you have any questions."
Min Xi: "I have an idea for a new plan."
As for how to deal with a difficult person like Sheng Jianqi, she has some experience, all of which are valuable experience gained from actual combat with Fu Yanzhou, and are more than enough to deal with Sheng Jianqi.
She looked at her watch, turned and walked out.
"Mr. Yu, let's stop talking. I'm in a hurry to go to Shengshi's R&D center."
"You really know how to pick a good time. Go on a typhoon day."
"no way."
Sheng Jianqi rejected her proposal, so she applied to visit Shengshi Technology's R&D center to look for inspiration for her proposal.
The application was approved last night. We only have one chance. Let alone the typhoon, we have to get there on time even if it rains knives today.
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Just after nine o'clock, strong winds and heavy rain came down, engulfing the entire city.
The heavy rain has continued for two and a half hours and there is no sign of stopping.
Min Xi spent a whole morning at Shengshi Technology's R&D center and gained a deeper understanding of Shengshi's third-generation family companion robot.
A new product launch conference will be held in two months, and Sheng Jianqi will attend.
However, her new product promotion plan has not been implemented yet.
Today the technical director personally received her. This was the second time Min Xi had met Director Shi. He was about 40 years old, of medium height, and very thin. He wore Shengshi's uniform work clothes and rimless glasses. He was introverted and not very good at speaking, but he was easy to get along with and seemed to have endless patience.
After the tour, Director Shi sent her to the door. The rain was still heavy and the wind was still raging. "I'll ask the driver to take you back."
"You're welcome." Min Xi said with a smile, "I'm a pretty good driver." She thanked Director Shi again for taking two hours to introduce the companion robot to her in detail.
After saying goodbye, she went to get the car.
Her big red SUV was parked in an open-air parking space. The wind was too strong to hold an umbrella, so Min Xi put her coat over her head and ran to the car in one breath, getting her white trouser legs wet.
After closing the car door, Min Xi picked up the phone on the console and checked the messages.
Outsiders are not allowed to bring any electronic devices to Shengshi's R&D center. They are all required to be placed in the self-service lockers. She simply left her phone in the car and did not take it down.
There were dozens of work messages and three missed calls, one from my cousin twenty minutes ago, and the other two were from Fu Yanzhou.
For the first time ever, he hit twice in a row.
Min Xi returned it to his cousin first.
Min Lu's original flight to Paris was today, but due to the typhoon, her flight was rescheduled to tomorrow night, so she didn't miss the birthday dinner. Finally, she got a call from her sister and answered it in a second: "Are you in a meeting?"
Min Xi: "No. At Shengshi's R&D center."
"No wonder. Is it convenient for video?"
"convenient."
Min Xi switched to the video, and his cousin's bright face appeared on the screen.
She looks somewhat like her cousin, but friends say that people who don't know their relationship would never think of them as a family.
My cousin loves to laugh and is outgoing, but others describe her as cold, arrogant, and mean.
She was born with a cold face, long eye tails, and her eyes don't even bend when she smiles. People who are not familiar with her often misunderstand that her smile is perfunctory and fake, and that she is arrogant and looks down on others.
Min Xi looked at the video and saw that the decoration style behind her cousin didn't look like a hotel room. "Sister, where are you? You went out in such heavy rain."
Min Lu: "In the restaurant, guess who is in the private room."
Min Xi mentioned several friends that she and her cousin knew in common, but none of them were correct.
"The person you care about most." Min Lu gave her a hint.
Somehow, Min Xi blurted out: "Fu Yanzhou is in Shanghai?"
Min Lu smiled evilly: "Who was so stubborn and refused to admit that Fu Yanzhou was important?"
"..." Min Xi tried to save face: "It has nothing to do with whether it's important or not. I could have guessed it was him with my toes. He called me twice, and you called me right after that. Today is also his birthday."
Min Lu did not expose her sister and returned to the point: "I heard that Fu Yanzhou's flight landed in Shanghai at 2 a.m. and he will fly back to Jiangcheng in the evening. He is on a business trip in Jiangcheng recently and the project there has not been finalized. In order to accommodate you, this birthday was not easy. He also invited many of his friends in Shanghai."
She didn't know where Shengshi's R&D center was, so she told her sister the address of the hotel and asked her sister, "How long will it take you to get there?"
Min Xi looked at the time, it was 12:02, and said regretfully: "Sister, I can't make it. The weather is bad and the roads must be congested. It will take at least two hours to drive to the restaurant you mentioned. It's not appropriate to let so many people wait for me. You guys celebrate."
Min Lu pondered for a moment. It was indeed not appropriate to let everyone wait until two or three o'clock to eat. Fu Yanzhou's friends were all well-known and had plenty of money, but they really didn't have that much time. Besides, today was a weekday and it couldn't affect their afternoon plans.
She said thoughtfully, "If you don't come, you have to say hello in public. Use my phone to say a few words to Fu Yanzhou, and you can talk about other private matters when you get home."
Min Lu casually turned on the speaker of her cell phone and pushed open the door of the private room with one hand.
Min Xi followed his cousin's camera into the private room. The video screen switched from his cousin's face to a group of people sitting on the sofa chatting and laughing.
Among so many people, she locked onto Fu Yanzhou at first sight.
He was facing the camera sideways, wearing a black shirt and dark gray trousers, leaning leisurely on the sofa. He glanced at the mobile phone in his hand, looked up and continued to chat with the group of people, with a smile on his lips, which made his angular jaw look a little softer.
Even though the screen of the phone in my cousin's hand was shaking unsteadily, she could strongly feel the gentleness and relaxation that was now emanating from his usually oppressive aura.
This peculiar sense of relaxation about him was not always there, not when they were alone at home.
So she cares about it very much.
Along with the sound of his cousin's light high heels, Fu Yanzhou's cold outline became clearer and clearer in the camera.
Min Lu smiled and handed the phone to Fu Yanzhou: "Your wife is looking for you."
She knew her sister well and would not deliberately explain too much to Fu Yanzhou, so she was worried: "Xixi took on Shengshi's project. She went to Shengshi's R&D center early in the morning in the strong wind and heavy rain. They don't allow mobile phones in the R&D center. She just came out after finishing her work. Xixi didn't expect you to fly here specially on a typhoon day to have a birthday dinner with her. Now you can't make it, and you're worried that we are hungry, so let us eat first."
The laughter of the casual chat was interrupted by Min Lu, and everyone looked at Fu Yanzhou with interest.
No one present, including Min Lu, could figure out the marital status of Fu Yanzhou and Min Xi.
Not only them, but other friends around Fu Yanzhou also often wondered whether the coldness between him and Min Xi was a marriage of convenience, where they were husband and wife in name only but not in reality.
But sometimes, the couple gives people the illusion that they can't live without each other.
Fu Yanzhou took the phone and their eyes met on the phone screen.
"Happy birthday."
In front of so many of his friends, she still had to give him the face he deserved. He had no shortage of gifts that could be bought with money, so she had to use her cooking skills, which she was not good at, to express her gratitude: "I recently learned a few dishes from my colleagues, and I will cook for you tonight to celebrate your birthday."
She doesn't know how to cook and has never learned from her colleagues. She just made it up on the spot.
Anyway, he was flying to Jiangcheng in the evening and had no time to eat.
Fu Yanzhou did not respond to Min Xi immediately, but turned to tell Secretary Bai: "I will not go back to Jiangcheng tonight."
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