Min Xi remembered the night when he washed her hair for the second time. She was afraid that he would not want to help, so she insisted that she had oily hair and braided it in a very professional manner.
He looked at her hair carefully at that time. It turned out that he was not doubting her words, but was thinking about how to improve her hair quality.
She also remembered the day when he gave Bei Qingyu shampoo. She confessed that she did not have oily hair and that she had wasted his kindness, but he comforted her, saying that she was not wrong and did not need to apologize.
That day he specially brought back a bottle of trial pack from Beiqingyu Laboratory for her, probably looking forward to her surprise when she received the gift.
She couldn't give any surprises.
No matter how hard Min Xi tried to put herself in his shoes, she couldn't understand what he felt that day.
"I'm sorry, I didn't expect a lie would..."
Fu Yanzhou interrupted her: "I am the one who should reflect on myself. It is normal for a couple to help each other wash their hair, but when it comes to us, you still have to make up an excuse."
He explained why he asked her to handle this case: "Bei Qingyu is my regret. I couldn't give you a suitable gift." There was an obvious pause in the middle, "The Lemeng Food case is your regret."
Min Xi understood that he wanted to do his best to make up for the regrets in his previous marriage.
Fu Yanzhou pulled out the chair closest to him and said, "Sit down and talk."
This was the first time Min Xi interacted with him at work, and he was wondering how to strike the right balance.
Her computer and cell phone were in the car, and she only brought a notebook and a pen into the laboratory. She opened the notebook after sitting down. The person she loved most became her ex, and her ex has now become Party A. This case no longer tests Bei Qingyu's project management and control capabilities, but how to get along naturally with her ex-husband in the workplace.
Fu Yanzhou unbuttoned his suit and poured her a glass of water.
Min Xi was used to being bullied by the person in charge of Party A since she started working. This was the first time she met such a warm and polite Party A. She was not used to it: "…Thank you, Mr. Fu."
Fu Yanzhou: “…”
The taste is unbearable.
"Call my name."
"It's not appropriate." Min Xi emphasized: "This is work."
Before officially working together, she made it clear: "All the clients I have worked with, whether they are the person in charge or the boss, have had disputes with me to some extent, without exception. I am not a client who always agrees with the client. I will not give in to any disputes in professional matters."
Although Party A sometimes gets so angry at her that they want to roll their eyes, and they all imply that she is the most sarcastic person, but so far, none of the Party A that has argued with her has refused to renew the agency contract.
She is only responsible for the brand influence, the product's market share and sales volume. It is not her job or obligation to make the client's person in charge happy.
She looked at Fu Yanzhou and said, "I told you so much so that you can be mentally prepared. If I have a dispute with you one day, I am only targeting the project, not seeking revenge."
Fu Yanzhou: "I will be the first party A who does not argue with you."
Min Xi stopped looking at him and lowered her eyes to look at the workbook in her hand, which was densely written with what Xiao Chang had explained to her in the laboratory.
She took a sip of water from the cup to calm her heart, which had been beating violently since she entered the door.
"Mr. Fu," Min Xi looked up again. Looking at Party A while speaking was the most basic respect. She also repeatedly reminded herself that he was not her ex-husband at the moment.
"My information is in the computer. Can you wait for me for a few minutes?"
"No need to get it. We won't discuss the plan today." Fu Yanzhou handed her a copy of the information in his hand. He printed out two copies, keeping one for himself and giving her the copy with some handwritten analysis and notes.
"Next time when everyone is in the meeting, you can talk about the plan. Today I want to get a general idea of what you think about Beiqingyu's market positioning."
"The positioning is very unclear, it can be said to be particularly bad."
Fu Yanzhou motioned for her to continue.
"But Beiqingyu is a zero-foundation brand. It's not too late to correct it in time." Min Xi calculated the time: "Beiqingyu has been on the market for three months and twenty-eight days. From what I understand, the product's selling points are not prominent and the communication goals are not clear. Xiao Chang is right, he is not good at operations."
No matter what she said, Fu Yanzhou looked at her and listened to her carefully.
Finally, as the two looked at each other, Min Xi gave in and lowered his eyes slightly. When he looks intently at someone, no one can remain calm. After pausing for a few seconds, she continued to analyze Bei Qingyu's current problems.
Fu Yanzhou leaned back in his chair, trying to relax as much as possible. Having been in the business world for more than a decade, he was always in control of the situation. But today he finally realized what it felt like to be restrained.
He asked: "When will the plan be ready?"
Min Xi: "Almost done, some details need to be adjusted when we get back."
Fu Yanzhou was surprised: "So fast?"
Min Xi nodded without elaborating. Before the Shengshi Automotive Conference, I sometimes suffered from insomnia and when I couldn’t sleep I would start to think about all sorts of things, so I simply got up and wrote a project plan.
Fu Yanzhou looked at her: "You couldn't sleep and stayed up late to write this?"
Min Xidan smiled and denied: "No."
Fu Yanzhou didn't point it out, but if she hadn't stayed up late, she would not have had time to write other plans while she was busy with the Shengshi Automobile case.
"That's all. We'll discuss the plan next week when we return to Beijing for a meeting." There was no plan for a deep chat today, the main purpose was to meet and let her know who the investor was.
Beiqingyu's factory and R&D are located here, and the rest are located in Beijing, with the office address in Lingyu Building.
"We will have a meeting at Lingyu Building next week. Secretary Bai will inform you of the specific meeting time."
"Okay." Min Xi returned the information to him, "Thank you."
Fu Yanzhou didn't take it. "Leave it to you. I have another one."
Min Xi had never seen some of the content in these materials, so she folded the materials in half and put them in her workbook.
Coming out of the conference room, Fu Yanzhou walked behind her, always keeping a distance of about 70 to 80 centimeters, so as not to make her feel uncomfortable, but not too distant.
"Take the elevator or take the stairs?" He let her choose.
The entrance to the emergency passage was next to the meeting room door. Min Xi didn’t go any further but went down the stairs directly.
Fu Yanzhou followed her up the stairs, looked at the shoes on her feet, and reminded her: "Slow down."
"fine."
In the past, she would hold his hand when walking up the stairs and look back at him from time to time, but now she lowered her head and looked carefully at every step under her feet.
The slightly hurried sound of her high heels coincided with the sound of her heartbeat.
When she turned to the bottom flight of stairs, she wished she could take two steps at a time.
"Xixi, slow down." Fu Yanzhou didn't realize it himself, but he sounded helpless and doting when he said it. He reached out to pull her, worried that she would sprain her ankle if she walked too fast. His hand had already reached her shoulder, but she moved a second faster than him and he missed.
Walking out of the four-story old office building, Min Xi breathed a sigh of relief. The first time she spent with her ex-husband, Party A, ended successfully. In the conference room, she asked herself several times why she took on this small project in the first place.
Fu Yanzhou followed him out of the office building, and his car had already driven downstairs.
"Get in the car, I'll take you to the parking lot."
The factory is not small and it takes several minutes to walk there.
Min Xi declined: "I'll just take a walk, just as exercise."
She waved and walked towards the parking lot. She didn't have her cell phone with her so she couldn't notify the driver to pick her up.
Fu Yanzhou got in the car and slid down the window.
Uncle Chen didn't start the car immediately. He only started the engine when Min Xi's figure became blurry in the distance.
After getting in the car, Min Xi opened her bag and took out her cell phone. She didn't bring her cell phone with her when she went to Bei Qingyu Laboratory. In more than an hour, she received several missed calls, one of which was from Yu Chengtan.
She responded to the client's call first and then called her boss.
Yu Chengtan didn't wait for her to ask and told her what happened directly: "I asked another friend to find out that the boss behind that capital company is Fu Yanzhou."
When he received the reply from his friend, he couldn't believe it. His friend then told him that he had invested two years ago.
He asked Min Xi: "Do you still want to continue this project?"
The agency contract has been signed. Jiachen will not break the contract without reason, and he cannot do such a thing. The only thing he can do for her is to cover for her.
"If you don't want to take it, I'll take this project."
"Thank you, Mr. Yu. No need."
"Don't worry about bothering me."
"no."
Min Xi had almost recovered from the few minutes of walking just now. "I've met Fu Yanzhou and we had a good chat."
Yu Chengtan was surprised: "Fu Yanzhou went to Beiqingyu R&D Center?"
"Yes. From now on, his PR-related work has been arranged into his work schedule."
Min Xi talked about why she continued to take this case. She wanted to get married, and she also wanted to get divorced. When they divorced, Fu Yanzhou took the blame for the divorce and told his family that it was he who insisted on the divorce, and he has been defending her ever since.
Now that he is unable to get over the shadow of divorce, she wants to give him a hand.
Yu Chengtan: "Then manage this project well."
Beiqingyu has no foundation at all. If it finds a good entry point in marketing, it may become a dark horse in the daily chemical market. However, it also faces great pressure as competition among the leading companies in the daily chemical industry is quite fierce.
Min Xi and Yu Chengtan chatted all the way from the Beiqingyu factory to the apartment building.
"When will you come back?" Yu Chengtan asked.
"tomorrow."
After careful consideration, Yu Chengtan said, "Come to my office on Friday morning after you arrive at the company. Hand over the other projects you are responsible for to me and I will follow up. You can concentrate on Beiqingyu in the next few months. This is an opportunity for you."
An opportunity to take your career to a higher level, an opportunity to find love.
Now that Fu Yanzhou is personally in charge of the operations, he must be looking for an opportunity to remarry, and Min Xi's feelings for Fu Yanzhou have always been there. Missing out on Lemeng Foods may not necessarily be a bad thing.
Min Xi hung up the phone and got out of the car. Just as she entered the lobby of the apartment building, someone called her from behind.
Sheng Jianqi came back from the company early today and saw Min Xi from afar. Although they lived in the same apartment building, this was the second time they met in a few months.
Min Xi waited for him to take the elevator together, "You're getting off work so early today?"
"I came back to get my luggage. I'm on a temporary business trip." Sheng Jianqi pressed the floor number. He lived on the twelfth or sixteenth floor, and Min Xi lived on the twenty-ninth. Knowing that Fu Yanzhou intended to remarry, he no longer mentioned introducing her to a blind date, but Min Xi took the initiative to talk about it.
"I'll have to trouble you to introduce me to a blind date in the future. I don't plan to look for one in my circle."
Sheng Jianqi was confused: "Didn't you say you don't want to settle for marriage?"
Min Xi: "A blind date doesn't mean you have to settle down just by meeting each other. Isn't it about getting to know each other and seeing if we're a good match?"
Sheng Jianqi smiled and said, "That's right."
I didn't understand it just now. The two of them knew each other before the blind date and knew that their personalities were not compatible. His friend and Min Xi had never met formally, so there was still a possibility that they were attracted to each other.
"Is there no possibility for you and Fu Yanzhou?"
"No."
Sheng Jianqi didn't want to break up other people's marriage, so he confirmed again: "Last Saturday, didn't he come all the way to pursue you and ask you to remarry him?"
“…Not a remarriage.” With Fu Yanzhou’s personality, how could he take the initiative to pursue someone? He asked her to give him some time to get over it and told her not to rush into the blind date.
What that meant was that she shouldn't be anxious yet, and should wait until he came over and no longer had the possessiveness towards her before she could go and meet him.
She could see that Fu Yanzhou was trying hard to forget the past. He took over the Beiqingyu project and made up for his regrets. When regrets were no longer regrets, he would no longer dwell on the past.
It won't be long before he slowly gets over the divorce.
Once a person lets go, he will soon have a new life.
She was willing to help him when he was stuck, but she couldn't let herself get stuck in it again. She couldn't walk behind him, because if she did, he would be all she could see. She wanted to try to move forward faster, and if she met the right person, she would not refuse love.
The elevator stopped on the twenty-sixth floor.
Sheng Jianqi pressed the door-opening button and said before getting off the elevator: "I will go to Beijing next month to discuss a project with your brother. If you haven't changed your mind by then and still want to continue dating, I'll introduce you to someone."
"Thank you. I'll trouble you next time."
Sheng Jianqi stepped out of the elevator and the elevator door slowly closed.
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After returning to Beijing, Min Xi was busy handing over several projects of old clients to Yu Chengtan, who would follow up personally. Without any other ties, she devoted all her attention to Bei Qingyu.
In early November, she received an email from Secretary Bai, informing her to attend a meeting at three o'clock the next afternoon.
She had just replied to Secretary Bai when a message from Fu Yanzhou came in: [I will arrive around 3:30 tomorrow, you guys discuss first. 】
[Okay, Mr. Fu.] 】Her business-like tone.
After get off work in the evening, she met Ju Youyou in the basement.
Ju Youyou was reversing with difficulty, and he really wanted to climb out of the window to see if the rear of the car would hit any other car. After having had his driver's license for three years, Ju Youyou is still a novice at reversing and his skills have not improved at all.
"Sister Min." She eased off the accelerator and stopped to greet Min Xi, "Didn't the driver come to pick you up today?"
"No." Min Xi came closer, "I drive myself." It has been more than half a year since the divorce. She and her brother argued about reason. Now she is in a peaceful state of mind and does not need a driver to pick her up anymore.
After some bargaining, the brother finally gave in, but with a condition: she could drive herself, but she had to live at home. She lived alone in the apartment, had an irregular schedule and diet, and he could not supervise her.
What Min Ting was worried about was that if she stayed up all night, it would be dangerous for her to drive the next day. Living at home, he at least knew how she rested.
The weather was getting cold, and she had originally planned to go home and stay there. When she was not busy, she asked Min Ting to accompany her for hotpot, and the deal was happily concluded.
Today is my first day driving to work after my divorce, and unfortunately I ran into Ju Youyou who couldn’t drive.
"Come down, I'll pour it for you."
Ju Youyou unbuckled her seat belt and handed the car to Min Xi.
"Sister Min, I'd like to borrow your car for the team building this Friday." Her car happened to be under traffic restrictions that day.
"Okay, I'll take you there."
Before I knew it, it was Yu Chengtan’s birthday again. The company has two team-building activities every year. The one in late spring and early summer is a domestic tour for two to three days. The team building in November was mainly to celebrate Yu Chengtan’s birthday. There was only dinner and no other activities.
This year's birthday team building was arranged at a resort in the suburbs. We stayed at the resort for one night on Friday and made our own arrangements on Saturday.
The weather was nice this week and the temperature was not too low. The vice president suggested having an outdoor barbecue on Friday night, which would be more atmospheric than having a dinner in a hotel. The proposal was passed unanimously.
When she got home, her aunt was sorting her things. In the afternoon, Min Ting had her luggage moved back from her apartment, and all the baking tools she used to make cakes were also brought over.
The plan will be presented tomorrow afternoon, and she polished it until 11:30 before going to bed.
I was about to see Fu Yanzhou again, and insomnia came as expected. I tossed and turned like frying a fish, and finally fell asleep at around two o'clock.
When I woke up the next morning, I had noticeable dark circles under my eyes.
This is not my first time going to Lingyu Building, but my mood today is very different. Now Ling Yu has nothing to do with her, he is just Jiachen's client, her client.
Secretary Bai was waiting for Min Xi in the conference room on the 36th floor. She had no idea where the boss had gone, so it must be a private trip. There were seven or eight people in the conference room, all of whom were Beiqingyu's management. Xiao Chang was attending the meeting remotely today.
At 2:50, Min Xi took the elevator to the 36th floor. She and Bai Shan smiled at each other. Greetings seemed unnecessary. They walked and talked about Bei Qingyu's sales during this period.
Bai Shan was worried: "Not very optimistic."
It's quite different from what I expected.
Min Xi: "Normal. Beiqingyu's selling point is similar to other brands' oil control series, which cannot attract consumers' desire to buy. I will talk about this issue in detail at the meeting."
Arriving at the meeting room, Min Xi turned on his laptop and projected the screen.
Bai Shan discovered that Min Xi had a manicure today, with an icy-transparent diamond pattern that was so eye-catching.
Except for Fu Yanzhou, all other participants were present, Xiao Chang was also online, and the meeting began.
Min Xi clicked on the planning proposal and went straight to the point.
Ju Youyou once said that she was not suitable to be a leader. She didn't even have an opening remark in a meeting. She didn't like hypocritical talk and couldn't win over her subordinates with sweet words.
Bai Shan didn't need to attend the meeting because Bei Qingyu's case was the boss's top priority in the near future, and she had to know everything about it and couldn't be clueless.
She opened the meeting book and looked up at the big screen, which showed a core information chart.
"Let's take a look at our users' pain points first." Min Xi clicked the mouse on that column. "Oily hair, dandruff, and easy hair loss are the pain points of all oil-control shampoo users. Every shampoo company must mention these pain points in its promotional copy. Beiqingyu's previous promotions also used similar copy, which was stereotyped and could not attract consumers' special attention. Without even attention, how can we talk about the market?"
As she spoke, she put down the mouse and held up her newly done manicure: "Everyone, take a look at the manicure I did this afternoon."
"Wa..." Realizing that they were in the conference room, the marketing manager quickly covered his mouth and did not utter a word "Wow". She smiled shyly: "Director Min, please continue."
"If I have oily hair, I went shopping with my bestie today and got a manicure that I had been wanting for a long time. I was happy all night, but when I got home, I remembered that I had to wash my oily hair, otherwise I wouldn't be able to see anyone tomorrow. Can you imagine how I would feel at that moment? Even if I wore disposable waterproof gloves or had a magic shampooing tool, it would be useless. You will find that the gloves are not waterproof, and the wet parts will still be wet, and the newly done manicure will be accidentally scratched by the hair."
Min Xi once again pointed the mouse at the column of user pain points. "When promoting, we need to make the worries specific. This way, people who have seen the promotion and the advertisement will be impressed and know about our product."
She clicked on the next example: "Manicure is just one example of a pain point. I have segmented our users into five major user groups. Each of them has different specific pain points. Our goal at Beiqingyu is to solve these pain points of users, even if they are very small."
Bai Shan didn't expect that Min Xi's manicure was accompanied by a presentation plan.
Spend half an hour going through examples of pain points for other user groups.
"Let's continue to talk about the selling points of our Beiqingyu..." Before she finished her words, the door of the conference room was pushed open from the outside.
Seeing Gao Ting's figure, Min Xi paused for a few seconds.
Fu Yanzhou motioned for them to continue, walked to his seat, put his suit on the back of the chair, and adjusted the chair very gently.
When he arrived, not only Min Xi, but everyone else also became nervous.
Bai Shan was fine, as she worked with her boss every day and was accustomed to his overwhelming aura. However, today was the first time that the executives of Beiqingyu were having a meeting with the boss at the same conference table. Their hearts were in their throats and they couldn't help but straighten their backs, feeling more nervous than ever before.
Min Xi quickly adjusted his breathing. "All oil-control shampoos cannot remove oil from the root. Bei Qingyu can't do it either, so we don't mention oil control. You must be asking, what is our selling point? The selling point is still the same, we just change the name of oil control to make the freshness last. Last for 48 hours."
As she spoke, she glanced at the other people in the conference room, trying not to look in Fu Yanzhou's direction. "If it can keep your hair fresh for two days, and you can wash it or not for the third day, it's already a very successful oil-control shampoo."
Min Xi spoke for an hour and a half without taking a break, except to drink a few sips of water to moisten his throat.
After explaining the plan, she turned off the computer and waited for the client to summarize their opinions and suggestions for her before continuing to improve the plan.
Fu Yanzhou asked Secretary Bai: "What did I say before I came here?"
Bai Shan showed her boss her meeting minutes and reminded him, "Min Xi got a manicure."
Fu Yanzhou took a special look. She had made a similar style before. When she got home, she scratched his chin with the diamond on her nail, asking him to be careful and saying that he would have to pay for it if the diamond was rubbed off...
After another half an hour of discussion, Fu Yanzhou announced the adjournment of the meeting and the time for the next meeting has not been determined.
The others left one after another, and they were the only two left in the meeting room.
Fu Yanzhou stood up, looked at her and said, "I have an appointment with the doctor at six o'clock. Do you want to go with me?"
"…It's not convenient for me to go."
"It's no inconvenience. See if you can help me find the specific cause of my insomnia."
Having said that, Min Xi decided to accompany him to the hospital. He was trying so hard to get over it, and she would do her best to cooperate.
She asked Fu Yanzhou to send her the address of the hospital and she drove there herself.
Fu Yanzhou did not force her to take his car and gave her the address.
He didn't explain why he was half an hour late, and Min Xi was unlikely to ask.
When they arrived at the underground garage, Min Xi received a call from Min Ting.
Min Ting just got home and has been busy with negotiations these days. Apart from accompanying his sister for a blind date dinner in Shanghai, he has not had time to take care of his sister since then. He goes out early and comes back late, and he hasn't even seen her during this period.
He asked, "What time will you be home? I'll cook for you today."
"It's early. I have some business with a client."
When Min Ting heard that he had something to do with a client, he was unhappy: "What's the matter with Fu Yanzhou?"
Min Xi: "...Did you know that he invested in Bei Qingyu?"
"Okay. Come back and talk later." Min Ting hung up first and passed the call to Fu Yanzhou.
Fu Yanzhou's car had just driven out of the basement. He held his sore temple and picked up his phone to answer it, "What's the matter?"
Min Ting said bluntly: "Let Xixi come back. She can work overtime later. She can't do it recently! You know she has been busy with the press conference of Shengshi Automobile for several months. Can her body handle working overtime?"
"No overtime." Fu Yanzhou did not hide it: "I'm going to the hospital and asked her to accompany me."
"What's wrong with you?"
"I don't know, let's go to the hospital."
Min Ting was quiet for a moment, "No need to go to the hospital, I will treat you and I guarantee you will be fine."
“…”
Fu Yanzhou said in a deep voice: "For Min Xi's sake, I won't bother with you."
Min Ting was not just talking nonsense: "You have a mental illness. It's useless to go to the hospital. The doctor can't cure you. Half of my cake can cure your illness."
He added: "Half of the cake was earned by Bei Qingyu for you!"
Fu Yanzhou: "Is this the cake made by Xixi?"
"What do you think? Can other cakes cure you?" Min Ting asked again: "Will you come?"
"To your house?"
"Yes. This Saturday night. Xixi is busy on Friday because she has to go to a team building. On Saturday, Sheng Jianqi will come to talk to me about the project, so we can have hotpot together."
It’s not so easy to eat half a cake, there are desserts and knives.
"You can go." Fu Yanzhou had his own plans. "I'm making a handmade gift for Xixi. I'll bring it over that day. Please help put the gift in her room."
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