43 Pancake Smash
That day, Mr. Jian arrived at the company early in the morning by helicopter.
As the head of a multi-billion-dollar conglomerate, Mr. Jian's schedule is usually highly structured, just like other chairmen of multi-billion-dollar companies.
Typically, Jane's father's morning routine is as follows:
I get up at 7:30 am for a morning swim, have breakfast at 8:00 am while listening to financial news briefings, leave for the company at 8:30 am, check global news along the way, arrive at the office at 8:50 am, and have a core team morning meeting at 9:00 am.
As mentioned earlier, Jane's father was a playboy; his fleeting affairs could circle City A three times over!
Not counting casual affairs, he had at least seven lovers with whom he had long-term, stable relationships.
To make it convenient for his seven concubines to serve him without interfering with his work, Mr. Jian, who was well-versed in time management, arranged for them to live in luxury residential areas near his company, with each concubine having her own large single-level apartment.
This arrangement made Jane's father's morning routine extremely regular, and no matter which room he visited, he could always appear at the morning meeting on time.
However, the situation has recently changed.
A few days ago, when Jian's father went to the neighboring city on a business trip to negotiate a big project, he became infatuated with the beautiful waitress who served him tea and water. The two hit it off and are currently very much in love.
After a passionate night, Mr. Jian, full of pride, embraced the shy beauty in his arms and promised her affectionately, "Come to City A with me, I'll take care of you."
However, this beauty was different from the other lovers who depended on Jane's father and only revolved around him; she had an independent personality.
Therefore, she firmly refused: "No, I want to work! Women must work!"
Jane's father was puzzled: "Isn't the purpose of work to make money? I have plenty of money and can support you."
"Yes, but not entirely." The beauty emerged from Jane's father's embrace, opened the bedside table, and took out a folded newspaper.
This is a short essay about self-reflection and self-enlightenment that she specially collected from the Renmin Daily, which she reads every day.
Opening the newspaper, the bold black headline in Song typeface, "The Greatest Meaning of Going to Work," immediately caught the eye, and the beautiful woman began to read it aloud with a rhythmic cadence.
"The greatest significance of going to work is not the salary, but that it allows you to have a regular life, opportunities to meet people, a stable social circle, and pressure from clients and colleagues. It can temper your mind and help you keep moving forward, preventing you from becoming increasingly decadent."
"Work not only brings us material income, but also spiritual satisfaction. Through a regular life, we can become self-disciplined and fulfilled; through opportunities to meet people, we can gain understanding and acceptance; through a stable social circle, we can receive support and help; and through the challenges of pressure, we can grow and break through!"
Mr. Jian understood; his daughter loved working. "Come with me to City A. What kind of job do you want? I'll arrange it for you. A flower shop? A library? Or an assistant?"
However, the beauty loved her current job, and she told her father firmly that she was determined to stay in City B and stay here.
She had been working in this job for two years. The work environment was great, her leaders and colleagues were very nice, and the salary was very good. She didn't want to leave.
Most importantly, this was a job she found herself. Meiren is a person with strong self-esteem; she didn't want to rely on her father's help even for a job, as it made her feel utterly incompetent.
Jane's father was deeply attracted by the beauty's stubbornness and self-respect. He felt that this newly acquainted beauty was completely different from his seven concubines.
I love it! A self-reliant beauty is even more endearing.
Mr. Jian couldn't let go of his work in City A, nor could he let go of the new recruits in City B. Therefore, he had been staying overnight in City B and taking a helicopter to City A for work during the day.
Because Mr. Jian ate some highly nutritious food last night, he couldn't resist having some fun with his mistress in bed this morning, which caused him to wake up late.
Unfortunately, there was a very important high-level meeting at the company at nine o'clock this morning. Even though he might face severe punishment from the relevant departments, Mr. Jian had no choice but to bite the bullet and fly at high speed.
When Mr. Jian's private helicopter was parked on the rooftop helipad of the Jianbing Group headquarters, he looked down at the Wanda Philippe watch, one of only seven in the world, made of titanium alloy, which he was wearing. It was only 8:30 in the morning.
The helicopter was speeding too much today, and arrived 20 minutes earlier than usual!
Therefore, Jane's father had a rare moment of leisure to enjoy the view from the top floor of the building.
The headquarters of Jianbing Group is located in the very center of the Huandao Financial Street in City A. Within three kilometers, there are Cold Noodles Group, Fried Chicken Building, Fried Skewers Building, Malatang Group, Ramen Capital, and Barbecue Group, forming a "Wall Street of Catering".
The Pancake Building is 101 stories high, and its bulletproof glass curtain wall is inlaid with gold-threaded pancake-patterned reliefs on all four sides, reflecting a caramel-colored glow in the sunlight.
A giant holographic projection on the rooftop displays the group's signature products 24 hours a day: from the classic scallion pancake to the black truffle foie gras pancake. Each virtual pancake bursts open with the group's stock code when it breaks.
In the plaza in front of the building stands a huge bronze pancake sculpture, with the latitude and longitude of the 66,666 branches of the Pancake Group engraved on the base.
So what was Jian's father looking at from the top floor? Was he looking at the Cold Noodles Group building at 1 o'clock? The Fried Chicken Building at 4 o'clock? The Fried Skewers Building at 8 o'clock? The Mala Tang Group at 12 o'clock? The Ramen Capital at 16 o'clock? The Barbecue Group at 19 o'clock?
Or is it the bronze pancake sculpture in the square in front of the building, which is comparable in size to Godzilla?
Of course not.
What Jane's father was looking at were the four giant pancake shadows beneath the Jianbing Group building.
Because the four facades of the Pancake Building are inlaid with gold-threaded pancake reliefs, every time the sun rises, the four glass curtain walls on the outside of the building will reflect four giant pancake shadows.
The giant pancake shadow, refracted by the sun, will take turns covering the cold noodle group, fried chicken group, barbecue skewer group, spicy hot pot group, ramen group, and barbecue group that are built around the pancake group.
This is the secret of the Jianbing Group.
Everyone started on the same footing, but Jianbing Group was able to stand out and crush a host of other catering groups to become the leader in the catering industry. This is largely due to the giant shadow of Jianbing that can cover the entrance halls of other groups.
It can be said that these four giant pancake shadows are the lifeblood of the pancake group.
Because the 101-layer, four-sided relief of the pancake company can achieve 24-hour shadow suppression without any blind spots, all of the pancake company's competitors around it live under the rule of the pancake.
Therefore, Jianbing Group has achieved a market value of hundreds of billions, while its competitors can only achieve a scale of tens of billions.
Mr. Jian looked around. It was only 8:30 in the morning, but the entrances of the Cold Noodles Group, the Fried Skewers Building, and the Spicy Hot Pot Group had already been completely swallowed up by the giant pancake shadow.
At the entrance to the parking lot of the Fried Chicken Building, the fried chicken bucket logo has been covered by a pancake shadow.
The shadow of the chairman's private elevator at Ramen Capital even forms a composition of "chopsticks holding a pancake".
He nodded in satisfaction.
However, when his gaze swept over the main building of the barbecue group, Jian's father couldn't help but frown.
The barbecue group's main building, located at the 7 o'clock position, cleverly avoided the shadow of the pancake!
Is it because the time hasn't come yet?
Based on the sun's trajectory and architectural orientation, Jian's father secretly calculated the time it would take for the shadow of the giant relief sculpture of the pancake group to cover the entrance hall of the barbecue group at the nineteen o'clock position.
I didn't realize until 5:30 pm that the shadow of the pancakes would cover the main building of the barbecue group!
This earth-shattering discovery caused Jian's father to furrow his brow into a deep frown.
The domineering CEO, Jian, would never allow any competitor's building to escape the absolute wrath of Jianbing's shadow.
He gritted his teeth inwardly.
The relief must be adjusted immediately to ensure that the pancake shadows accurately strike the barbecue group earlier and for a longer period of time!
Mr. Jian, filled with worry, took the chairman's private elevator to the chairman's office on the 100th floor.
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