Shen Mingzhu looked at the other person, her face showing indignation, "No, some things must be made clear. I don't think I have done anything wrong to her, but she has to blame me behind my back!"

Seeing that Shen Mingzhu insisted on calling Du Juan, Mai Qiu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

As soon as Du Juan arrives, her sinister intentions will be revealed.

Rather than offending Shen Mingzhu and Du Juan at the same time, it is better to just confess.

After quickly weighing the pros and cons, Mai Qiu apologized hastily, "Mr. Shen, I'm sorry, I lied to you!"

Shen Mingzhu raised her eyebrows and said nothing.

Mai Qiu said stubbornly, "In fact, President Du never said those words. I made them up. I was confused and thought I could return to the food factory by this method. I just wanted a job. Please forgive me. I promise this is the first time and the last time."

Seeing that Mai Qiu had revealed his true colors, Shen Mingzhu was too lazy to deal with him anymore.

I'm very tired after a day's work.

"Go away, I don't want to see you again."

Mai Qiu left in embarrassment.

…

Shen Mingzhu didn't take Mai Qiu, a clown, seriously, nor did she go to Du Juan to find out the reason for dismissing Mai Qiu. Instead, she focused all her energy on running the company.

The sales of mooncakes helped the factory turn losses into profits.

Upgrading the new production line and a series of measures to improve and enhance employee welfare have successfully stabilized the morale of employees throughout the factory.

But these have not fundamentally solved the plight of food factories.

The food factory’s current business is divided into three major sections: the first is Mingzhu snacks, the second is Ronghua mooncakes, and the third is Mingzhu Food House.

More than half of this year has passed, but the two major divisions of Mingzhu Snack Food and Mingzhu Food Square are still in a state of serious loss.

The most urgent task is to increase the sales of these two businesses and balance the profits and losses.

To this end, Shen Mingzhu proposed a series of measures.

Improve the taste and packaging of existing products, develop new products, place TV commercials, lock in next year's Olympic champion as spokesperson, and so on.

Just when Shen Mingzhu was busy with work, people from the tax bureau came to her door.

As a successful entrepreneur, Shen Mingzhu is no longer the same as before. Not only does he have a certain influence and social status in Fengcheng, he has also accumulated rich personal connections.

The tax bureau staff called her one day before they came to inform her.

Someone reported that the food factory was evading taxes.

The tax bureau personnel came to check as a routine matter, and Shen Mingzhu, as the person in charge, actively cooperated.

The investigation results confirmed that the food factory had not committed any violations of regulations or discipline in terms of taxation.

But this incident made Pei Wenping feel quite resentful.

In tax audits, she, the financial manager, is the busiest, most tired and most stressed person.

"If I find out which bastard is behind this, I won't let him off!"

Seeing Shen Mingzhu silent, she couldn't help but be curious, "Who do you think it is? Huikang? Lejia? Xinzhiwei?"

These are the food factory’s strongest competitors at present.

Competition in the business world has always been a war without the smoke of gunpowder.

Since the second half of the year, the food factory first made a great comeback during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and then carried out major reforms, introduced advanced automated production lines, and continuously innovated.

The series of actions are so powerful that it is inevitable that competitors will feel under great pressure.

"I will investigate this matter thoroughly. It's the end of the year now, so everyone should be more careful and cautious and not give others any chance to take advantage of them."

"Don't worry, I know what's going on."

Seeing Pei Wenping's serious expression, Shen Mingzhu smiled and comforted her, "Don't worry too much. In the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks are vulnerable."

Pei Wenping clapped her hands and said, "Well said!"

The tax audit storm did not cause any substantial impact on the food factory.

After the first TV commercial was broadcast on CCTV, the main product potato chips were sold out immediately, especially the seven-star potato chips.

There are seven different flavors in a bag of potato chips, each flavor is individually packaged, and also comes with the most popular stickers and small toys such as whistles, which are very popular among students.

In addition, Shen Mingzhu also launched family packs and New Year gift packages of various snacks.

Family decoration should be economical and affordable.

The gift package is beautifully and luxuriously packaged, and comes with peripheral figures, models or dolls designed by the food factory itself. It is undoubtedly the first choice for gifts for school-going children.

Shen Mingzhu was so busy rushing to fill orders that the production line was smoking, while Du Juan's new factory was not running smoothly.

The environmental protection approval has been delayed and production cannot be started. Factory rent and labor costs are huge expenses every day of delay.

This is undoubtedly an unbearable blow to a new enterprise in its early stages of establishment.

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Ginkgo Hotel, rooftop banquet hall.

"Why don't you eat anymore? Are you feeling unwell? Otherwise, I'll let Xiao Xu take you home to rest."

Zhao Dafa and several CEOs with whom he had cooperative dealings finished their drinks and returned to their seats. Seeing Shen Hongmei put down her chopsticks, he subconsciously expressed his concern.

Shen Hongmei shook her head. "It's okay. I had some snacks in the afternoon, so I don't have much appetite right now."

Hearing this, Zhao Dafa picked up the bowl and scooped some sour radish and old duck soup for her to whet her appetite. After scooping, he told her to drink the soup before picking up the wine glass to continue socializing.

Seeing Shen Hongmei drinking soup with her head lowered, the middle-aged woman sitting next to her cast an envious look at her.

"Mrs. Zhao, you are so lucky. Your boss Zhao treats you so well."

Shen Hongmei smiled modestly, "He was just afraid that I wouldn't eat and the baby in my stomach would be hungry."

Speaking of children, the middle-aged woman became interested. "Look at your pointed belly, it's probably a boy. In fact, at this month, you can go to the hospital to check the gender. Just give some money."

Shen Hongmei placed her hand on her bulging belly and politely replied, "I like both boys and girls."

Last month, Zhao Dafa took her to check the gender of the fetus, and it was a boy.

But this kind of thing is against the rules after all, and she couldn't tell someone she didn't know well.

As Zhao Dafa's business grew bigger, he had more and more competitors and enemies. He could be plotted against at any time and anywhere. As a wife, she had to be careful with what she said and did outside.

I don’t know if it was because she was bored, but the middle-aged woman kept talking to her.

Shen Hongmei was too lazy to deal with it, so she simply left the table with the excuse of going to the bathroom.

There are many female guests at the party tonight, and the bathroom is crowded.

Shen Hongmei didn't want to go back so soon, so she slowly went downstairs and planned to use the bathroom on another floor.

"vomit--"

As soon as I walked into the door of the women's bathroom on the third floor, I saw a person lying in front of the sink. His back looked inexplicably familiar.

After looking at him carefully for two seconds, a hint of surprise flashed across Shen Hongmei's face.

"Sister Juan? Are you okay?"

Du Juan looked up and saw Shen Hongmei's pregnant belly through the mirror with her red eyes. She was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head and turned on the faucet to rinse her mouth.

Shen Hongmei walked up to her side and asked with concern: "Why did you drink so much? Do you want me to help call a taxi to take you home?"

Du Juan spat out the water in her mouth and replied vaguely, "No need."

"I had dinner with some leaders from the Environmental Protection Bureau and drank a lot. I feel much better now that I've vomited."

After she had cleaned herself up, she patted her chest and explained to Shen Hongmei. (End of this chapter)