Chapter 43 (Chapter 043) Suppressing breaths and sounds
After listening to Ye Baoling's explanation of the situation in the wine cellar, Ye Huaizhang frowned slightly.
"Is it also a 1946 vintage?"
“Yes, they’re from different wineries,” Ye Baoling emphasized. “Not a single bottle is missing.”
"The layout is exactly the same as the wine cellar downstairs?"
“Exactly the same, three rows and four columns, twelve wine racks. But the switches are different.” Ye Baoling said while brushing her teeth, “Now this problem is yours. Could the switch password be related to the Fuxi Bagua diagram?”
Ye Huaizhang wanted to go and take a look at the place that night, but if he sneaked over from the large garden in the middle of the night, he would easily be discovered by others, so he had to give up.
He said, "I'll look into the switch issue when I have time."
"Okay. I'm not talking to you anymore." Ye Baoling was in a hurry to go to the bathroom, so she hung up the phone.
Ye Huaizhang, who was always the one to hang up on others first, was stunned for a long time.
He was being led around by her, and this completely passive relationship made him feel very insecure, so he called back.
Although the sound wasn't loud, Ye Baoling was still startled by the sudden ringing of the telephone.
No one but Ye Huaizhang had her mobile phone number. She answered the phone, somewhat impatiently, and said, "Didn't we agree that only I could call you? Why don't you follow the rules?"
Ye Huaizhang retorted, "That's because you're afraid someone will find out. Aren't you brushing your teeth alone in the bathroom right now?"
Ye Baoling, who had just finished brushing her teeth and was in the middle of a bowel movement: "..."
After a moment, she asked, "Why did you call me?"
Ye Huaizhang: "Didn't you say before that if Dapeng Port were to release any information, I should remember to notify you in advance..."
It's a call from Lai Cai!
Ye Baoling immediately changed her tone, "Honey, are we going to announce the news to the public right away?"
Hearing his wife's sweet voice, Ye Huaizhang couldn't help but say to her, "Ye Baoling, you really change your expression faster than flipping through a book."
"I just woke up, and I'm just a little grumpy when I wake up. When will the announcement be made?"
Ye Huaizhang snorted before saying, "Friday afternoon at 2:30."
"Received. Mwah." Ye Baoling gave a kiss from afar. She really couldn't hold it in any longer and didn't want to poop while talking on the phone, even if the other person was her husband.
Without thinking twice, I quickly hung up the phone.
Ye Huaizhang, who had thought he would be able to enjoy the privilege of hanging up first, let out a heavy sigh of relief as he listened to the dial tone.
*
Last month, the cardboard sold for 7,752 yuan. As agreed with Qi Yuxiu, Ye Baoling took out 3,000 yuan and distributed it to the cleaning team members.
The cleaners, who each received an average of about 150 yuan, all had smiles on their faces.
Those who stayed behind had already received less money before, but now the paper money they received had almost doubled. They couldn't help but gossip among themselves that the former team leader had indeed embezzled it.
People are all money-oriented; whoever pays more and is fairer is the boss.
Therefore, everyone is now completely convinced of Ye Baoling's abilities.
After reporting her recent work to Qi Yuxiu in her office, Ye Baoling knew that the matter of the marketing director accepting bribes and abusing his power for personal gain was still unresolved, so she didn't press further.
Before leaving, Qi Yuxiu handed her an envelope containing 600 yuan, which was a small allowance for Ye Baoling.
Ye Baoling handed over 4,700 yuan to Qi, but only received 600 yuan back. This woman is really greedy.
But Ye Baoling didn't want to show it, so she smiled and thanked her, "Thank you, Sister Xiu."
After putting the envelope away, she asked again, "Where are the two group leaders?"
Qi Yuxiu was slightly taken aback: "When you were dividing the money, didn't you give the team leader a larger share?"
"No, they were all divided equally."
"That won't do. Next time, the team leader should get a bigger share, and the others should get a smaller share." The implication was that the money given to her couldn't be taken from her paycheck.
hehe.
Ye Baoling could only nod to indicate that she understood.
Afterwards, Ye Baoling held a meeting with the two group leaders, and took out the 600 yuan from the envelope and distributed it to the group leaders.
The two team leaders knew that this was given to Ye Baoling by Manager Qi, and neither of them dared to accept it.
Ye Baoling insisted on giving it to them, saying, "I don't need the money, you should accept it."
Sister Tong, being straightforward, couldn't help but mutter, "Manager Qi is really something else."
Too greedy.
Xia also complained, "Who would complain about having too much money? Once it's in someone else's hands, why would they expect you to give it back?"
Sister Tong: "I shouldn't have given her so much next time."
However, if the money is not truthfully handed over, Qi Yuxiu can calculate the approximate cost through other means. In the end, it's all a small amount of money, and there's no need to lose Qi Yuxiu's trust for such a small sum.
Ye Baoling said, "We still have to pay the full amount truthfully, otherwise we'll all be held responsible if we're found out. From now on, I'll give you my share."
“How can that be?” Xia suggested, “How about we split it among the three of us?”
Ye Baoling held up her wristwatch and asked, "Do you know how much this watch costs?"
"How much?"
Ye Baoling's watch was considered inexpensive; "It cost 6,000 yuan, and my family bought it for me."
The two women stared wide-eyed at the same time: "So expensive? That's two or three months' salary for me."
"I don't need the money, you can divide it among yourselves."
It was clear that Miss Gu came from a well-off family, so they didn't refuse any longer and accepted the money with a smile.
After the strike, most of the cleaners were replaced, and now the work needs to be rearranged.
Ye Baoling: "The new employees are gradually becoming familiar with the company, and the cleaning of each floor will be more rationally allocated in the future."
"Miss Gu, how would you like to allocate them?"
"These floors need to be staffed with smart people, people you all trust." Ye Baoling circled a few floors for them.
The 10th floor houses the core departments of Ye Qingtang Herbal Tea; the 20th floor contains the general manager's office of Su Man Jewelry; the 25th floor is the key investment department; and floors 28-30 are the group headquarters...
Both team leaders were smart; they knew that important people lived on these floors, and that doing a good job of cleaning these floors would be much more efficient.
But Ye Baoling's goal was not simply to improve hygiene.
Everything was just beginning. She didn't say much, only instructing them to make sure they trained the cleaning ladies responsible for the cleanliness of these floors well.
You need to be eye-catching. You need to be literate. And you need to keep your mouth shut.
"From now on, we can give the cleaning ladies on these floors a little more money for cardboard."
"Let's think about who to assign."
After the meeting ended, it was almost 10 o'clock before Ye Baoling returned to the product department.
The product department needs to conduct a survey on consumer satisfaction with jasmine herbal tea.
Xu Chengping assigned four people to be in charge of this work, and today's meeting is to confirm the questions in the questionnaire.
The four people consist of two long-term employees and two new employees.
The veteran employees are Sister Rong and He Jiayi, and the new employees are Ye Baoling and Gao Lizhen.
After making a mistake last time, Gao Lizhen had been idle in the office, thinking that Xu Chengping would not use her again. Who knew that he would give her another chance.
She sat down next to Ye Baoling with her notebook in hand, listening intently.
Ye Baoling quickly flipped through the questionnaire.
Ye Baoling did not participate in the design of the questionnaire, after all, she was a new employee and her understanding of the product could not compare with that of the other senior employees.
These questionnaires were templates used in previous product surveys, and only needed slight modifications, so everyone quickly reached a consensus.
Previously, Lu Baohua was in charge of these investigations, but now that he's busy with other things, Xu Chengping has taken over.
Xu Chengping asked, "What survey method should we use?"
Sister Rong: "Let's just use the old way, it's simpler."
Xu Chengping: "What was the old way?"
He Jiayi explained, "We work directly with convenience store owners. They use our questionnaire to ask and collect feedback from customers who bought our new herbal tea. We then simply collect the questionnaires. Each questionnaire costs 5 yuan, and customers who answer the questionnaire receive a free bottle of herbal tea."
Xu Chengping then asked, "Is anyone on site supervising?"
He Jiayi: "No. There are so many convenience stores, and most of the questionnaires take more than two days to complete. We don't have enough manpower."
Xu Chengping: "How do we ensure the authenticity of the questionnaires?"
This is a problem.
He Jiayi said, "We can only keep a maximum of 20 questionnaires for a convenience store. Why would the store owner need to falsify information for 100 yuan?"
However, the possibility of forgery does exist.
Clearly, Xu Chengping has stricter requirements than Lu Baohua, and cannot be easily fooled.
Ye Baoling suggested, "We can find a few college students to work part-time at the convenience store, paying them according to the number of days they complete. We can also give the store owner a bonus – a bottle of herbal tea for each survey completed. This way, the college students and the store owner can supervise each other. If we work quickly, we should be able to collect the number of surveys we need in one day."
Sister Rong thought it was too much trouble, but she didn't say it would be too much trouble; she just said, "It would be a waste of money."
Xu Chengping agreed with Ye Baoling's point: "Part-time jobs for college students aren't expensive, and we have enough funds. Besides, if we only give the convenience store owner herbal tea, we'll save money."
They have plenty of herbal tea, which they don't consider a cost.
No one else had any objections, so it was decided.
Ye Baoling was waiting for everyone to suggest other investigation methods, but it seemed like the meeting was about to end.
She couldn't help but ask, "Do we only have one survey method?"
"One isn't enough?" Sister Rong didn't expect that Miss Gu, who is usually loved by everyone, would be a little too enthusiastic about work today.
Ye Baoling knew that her behavior would be disliked, but she couldn't just deal with things carelessly in order to avoid being disliked.
After all, she didn't come here to slack off.
She needs to climb higher.
Ye Baoling frankly stated her thoughts: "If this is the only way of conducting the survey, then we only investigated the preferences of consumers who like to drink the new jasmine herbal tea. What are the preferences and biases of other potential consumers who have not tried it or who do not like this herbal tea? We did not investigate at all."
In other words, the survey results only showed opinions favorable to the new product, which is seriously biased and not conducive to exploring new market demands.
They couldn't find the reason why jasmine herbal tea wasn't selling well.
Gao Lizhen, who had been silent until now, finally spoke up, saying, "Ah Lin makes a lot of sense."
Xu Chengping asked Ye Baoling, "Do you have any other suggestions?"
She has.
Ye Baoling graduated with a degree in communication, and she is skilled in all kinds of product research, planning, and investigation.
“We stationed ourselves at convenience stores and conducted surveys among customers who purchased other beverages. Everyone who participated in the survey received a free bottle of traditional herbal tea and a bottle of jasmine herbal tea. Respondents were encouraged to try the jasmine herbal tea before answering the questionnaire. Of course, the questionnaire required some minor adjustments.”
He Jiayi asked, somewhat shocked, "We're going to stake out the place ourselves?"
Ye Baoling: "We can do this survey with college students; it's not difficult."
He Jiayi and Sister Rong exchanged a glance and remained silent.
Xu Chengping knew that Rong Jie and He Jiayi, the two seasoned veterans, wanted to slack off, so he said, "Then let's divide into groups of four, two groups of four. The original investigation method will be handled by two people, and the investigation method suggested by Gu Baolin will also be handled by two people. In the end, each person will produce an investigation report."
He Jiayi and Rong Jie immediately teamed up to conduct the investigation in the original manner.
Ye Baoling and Gao Lizhen, the two newcomers, naturally took charge of the entirely new investigation.
As a person of action, Ye Baoling didn't want to waste a moment, so she immediately called Gu Zhen'er and asked her to find nine college classmates to do the survey part-time.
When Gu Zhen'er heard it was a research job, she was more enthusiastic than anyone else about this kind of part-time job that was lucrative and could be written into the school's social practice.
"I'll find people right away. Are nine enough? I can help you find more."
Ye Baoling: "The budget is limited, so there are only 9, plus you, that makes 10. Come find me at the product department on the sixth floor of our company at noon."
"No problem, product department on the 6th floor of Yulong Building."
After arranging the part-time jobs, Ye Baoling called the logistics department and asked for a car. Wang Simin's security guards only needed to give a call, and they helped load half a car of drinks onto the vehicle.
Gao Lizhen, unlike her usual listless self, quickly printed, copied, and bound the questionnaires, completing all the preparations before leaving get off work at noon.
Rongjie and He Jiayi watched them busy and whispered to each other, "It's just a simple questionnaire, why make it so complicated? I wonder who they're trying to impress."
"So what if you perform well? You're just like us, making a few thousand dollars a month. Can you fly?"
"Her salary is higher than ours?"
"I heard it's level 6."
"It's rising so fast? No wonder they're so bullish."
He Jiayi's family has some money, so she snorted, "Wearing a 6,000 yuan watch, she thinks she's rich. Oh well, let her show off."
Ye Baoling asked He Jiayi for the address of the convenience store she could cooperate with, as she needed to contact the store in advance.
He Jiayi had the address, but she didn't want to give it to her. She just smiled and said, "Did we work together last year? I don't know where it is. I have to look for it. I'll give it to you when I find it."
Ye Baoling, with her sharp eyes, had already spotted it and pulled it directly from He Jiayi's folder. "Isn't this it?"
He Jiayi: "!!"
She gave an awkward laugh. "Your eyesight is really sharp."
Ye Baoling didn't care whether she was being sarcastic or not. She picked up a pen and directly checked off five large convenience stores. "Jiayi, I've chosen these five."
Those were all stores with high customer traffic. He Jiayi originally wanted to save them for her own group, but she didn't expect the other party to act so quickly. She didn't even have a chance to object before Ye Baoling snatched them away.
She was so angry that she could only glare at him helplessly.
During her lunch break, Ye Baoling took the opportunity to call Liu Haonan and told him to push up the price of Haihua Construction and sell off the shares after Gangtong Industrial released its information on Friday.
Liu Haonan asked if it was a complete sale?
Ye Baoling said with absolute certainty, "Sold out completely. Clearing out inventory for now."
"good."
Around one o'clock, Gu Zhen'er brought nine classmates to the product department. Ye Baoling took them to the meeting room, gave them questionnaires, and conducted a brief training session.
After the training, Xu Chengping came in and asked, "Do you need any help?"
Ye Baoling smiled and said, "The training is over."
So fast?
That's just how Ye Baoling is; she can be lazy, but she can also act quickly and decisively.
Xu Chengping asked the college students a few questions and found that they basically understood the questionnaire. He couldn't help but praise them, saying, "They are very efficient and the training is very good."
At the same time, he asked He Jiayi, "How are you two doing?"
He Jiayi smiled calmly and said, "It takes time to do something long-term, Manager Xu, don't worry, we won't hold you back. Only slow birds need to fly first."
The two clumsy birds quickly flew out of the Jade Dragon Building. Starting in the afternoon, the two of them guarded a partner convenience store and conducted a consumer questionnaire survey, while Ye Baoling and Gao Lizhen patrolled and supervised and helped out at the five convenience stores.
Although Gao Lizhen is a bit clumsy and not very brave, she is surprisingly very responsible.
All surveys were completed by 8 PM, with a total of 500 questionnaires collected.
Ye Baoling gave Gu Zhen'er an extra 300 yuan so she could treat her classmates to a good meal.
Starting the next day, Ye Baoling and Gao Lizhen began to reorganize and analyze the questionnaires. The entire statistical work was done manually, and it might not be completed even in two weeks.
However, the company computers do not have statistical software. There is a genuine SPSS software available on the market, but it costs more than HK$10,000 to install, and the department currently does not have the budget for that.
Ye Baoling couldn't possibly pay out of her own pocket to install it.
I turned back to Sister Rong and asked how this situation was handled in previous years.
Sister Rong replied, "Why would we need computer statistics? We type it all out manually. Basically, for each question, we just write a tally mark and that's it. Why make it so complicated? We're not a formal survey company; it's good enough if we can get a general conclusion."
Is this okay?
The mention of a legitimate research firm reminded Ye Baoling that Ye Qingtang had previously hired a consulting firm to conduct a feasibility analysis report when he wanted to enter the mainland market and build a factory.
She had heard Wang Simin mention that the consulting firm was introduced by Qi Yuxiu.
Ye Baoling then sought help from Qi Yuxiu, who made a phone call to inquire and confirmed that the other party indeed possessed professional statistical software.
Ye Baoling and Gao Lizhen took a large sack of questionnaires to the other company, borrowed their professional software, and spent a day and a half compiling the results and writing a 16-page survey report.
Ye Baoling finally finished writing the report, printed it out, took it back to the company, made two copies, and handed them to Xu Chengping before leaving get off work.
An hour earlier, Xu Chengping had received a three-page report from Sister Rong and He Jiayi.
When He Jiayi submitted her report, she heard that Gu Baolin's team had not yet completed their task, which truly confirmed her earlier prediction that "the early bird catches the worm."
*
After work that day, Ye Baoling and Gu Man'er went back to the Gu family home first.
Half an hour ago, Ye Huaizhang paged her, asking her to call back.
The two talked on the phone and agreed to meet in the parking lot near the Gu family's house.
In the parking lot, Dong Jian opened the back door for Ye Baoling.
After getting into the car, Ye Baoling asked him, "How did it go? Did you solve the mystery?"
The young couple hadn't seen each other for five days. When they met, she acted like a business partner, asking him about his work progress first.
Ye Huaizhang glanced at his wife. She looked well after five days, indicating that she was eating and sleeping well and seemed to be living a more comfortable life without him.
The driver had already gotten out of the car, and Ye Huaizhang opened his notebook and handed it to her.
Ye Baoling took a look and saw that it was a greeting.
"Two new hexagrams?"
Ye Huaizhang nodded: "These two are the Qian and Dui trigrams. In the Fuxi Bagua, they are Qian one and Dui two."
Ye Baoling immediately understood, "Your third son's family is associated with Xun 6 and Kan 7, and so on. Therefore, the first and second sons are associated with the eldest son's family, and the third and fourth sons are associated with the second son's family..."
"It should be."
"But the Qian hexagram has no gaps."
The Qian hexagram looks like this: "".
Ye Huaizhang: "That's why I've been studying this for several days. The Qian hexagram has no gaps, so how do we break it?"
Ye Baoling repeated, "How do we solve this?"
“I suspect there will be empty positions on site, so I’ll divide the twelve points into Qian 1 and Dui 2.” Ye Huaizhang turned to the next page. “If there are empty positions in the hexagram, then they will correspond to the Kun hexagram. The Kun hexagram is like this, with three gaps in the middle.”
Ye Baoling understood, "The Qian trigram is replaced by the Kun trigram. The Kun trigram has gaps in all three rows, and the Dui trigram has a gap in the top row. That corresponds to the four bricks. I just need to press them down in order."
Ye Huaizhang wrote it down for her.
[Harmony, Kun (Earth) above, Kun (Earth) in the middle, Kun (Earth) below, Dui (Lake) above.]
"I've got it."
Ye Huaizhang took out a compass and taught her how to use it to prevent her from making a mistake.
The two agreed to meet at 1 a.m. tonight. Ye Baoling would try to open the brick door of the old family's wine cellar, while Ye Huaizhang would wait outside the blue brick tunnel.
"If you need anything, please feel free to call me anytime."
The two met like spies, quickly finishing their work.
Ye Baoling put the torn paper into her handbag: "If there's nothing else, I'm leaving."
As soon as she finished speaking, her foot tripped over something on the car, and she fell into Ye Huaizhang's arms.
She almost yelled, "Why did you trip me?!"
A familiar scent wafted towards him. Ye Huaizhang rubbed her arm, suppressing his breath and his voice, "Did you miss me?"
She's been busy with market research these past few days and is exhausted; she doesn't have time to think about anything else.
"I want to." She was afraid that if she told the truth, he would lose face and take advantage of her on the spot. So she coaxed him, "Come to my room tonight."
After seducing her, she didn't forget to boast: "My room is bigger than yours. Much bigger."
They might not be able to unlock the brick door tonight.
Moreover, the first thing he thought about after deciphering the secrets was to go to bed, which was a bit too irresponsible and didn't fit his calm and composed personality.
Although he desperately wanted to admit it, he refused to.
"We'll talk about it tonight."
After all, Dong Jian was right outside. When Ye Baoling saw him let go, she quickly opened the car door, said "See you tonight" before leaving.
Ye Baoling took a taxi back to the eldest son's house.
When she got home, it was only a little past six o'clock. Her second aunt had someone remove the old peace charm hanging on the door frame at the entrance of Xihetang.
Seeing Ye Baoling return in a taxi, Liang Meiyun asked her, "Didn't Grandpa buy you a car? Why didn't you drive to work?"
Ye Baoling laughed and said, "I'm not very good at driving yet, so I don't dare to drive."
The main reason is that although her new V8 car isn't top-of-the-line in terms of features, its price tag makes it easy to attract attention.
If this car were parked in the underground parking garage of Yulong Building, the Ye family would probably know she works at Ye Qingtang within a few hours.
At this moment, Zheng Junni was standing behind the curtains in the small side hall on the second floor of Shengyuelou. She watched Liang Meiyun ordering people to remove the peace charms from the main gate of Xihetang, and the more she watched, the angrier she became.
Ah Jin came in and whispered, "Madam, I've contacted Sister Yun and Ah Feng. It'll be fine to have the C-section tonight."
That's fine!
Zheng Junni was still a week away from her due date, but she had been experiencing mild abdominal pain and discomfort for the past few days, so she wanted to have a C-section earlier than planned.
Then let's turn the tables on them.
For so many years, Liang Meiyun has often made her unhappy, and today she will make Liang Meiyun completely unhappy!
Just then, Ye Kaimin returned from outside, and Zheng Junni immediately clutched her stomach, pretending to be in pain and groaning in agony.
Ah Jin helped her up and asked anxiously, "Madam, are you alright?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Kaimin hurriedly stepped forward: "What's wrong?"
"What's wrong? Liang Meiyun can't stand to see me doing well. There's a pregnant woman in the house, how could she take down the amulet? Do you think she did it on purpose? Ouch, my stomach hurts so much!"
"Does it really hurt?"
For a moment, Ye Kaimin thought his wife was faking pain.
"It really hurts." Zheng Junni almost cried.
Ye Kaimin's voice trembled with nervousness as he shouted, "Quick, prepare the car. Take your wife to the hospital immediately!"
At the same time, he rushed downstairs and, upon reaching the entrance of Xihetang, launched into a tirade against Liang Meiyun: "Liang Meiyun, do you have to be so vicious?! Knowing that your sister-in-law is about to give birth, why did you take the peace charm at this time?"
Liang Meiyun looked on in astonishment: "I... I put on a new amulet, is that not allowed? Nobody said it wasn't allowed."
"How can you move around like that? The moment you move, Junni's stomach hurts. We need to go to the hospital right now. If my son is born prematurely, I'll never forgive you!"
Liang Meiyun: "!!"
The two started arguing, but were stopped by Aunt Xing and the housekeeper, Sister Yin.
Hearing the commotion inside, Ye Baoling ran out and was surprised to learn that Zheng Junni was about to give birth and was being taken to the hospital.
Zheng Junni is going to switch babies. Ye Baoling's current plan is not to expose her for the time being. After all, if she exposes her now, the biggest beneficiary will be Ye Baoshun. She has to bring Ye Baoshun down before dealing with Zheng Junni.
However, this does not prevent Ye Baoling, as a bystander, from wanting to make it more difficult for the other party to switch children.
Ye Baoling, always eager for a good show, urged Liang Meiyun, "Second Aunt, shall we go and take a look?"
"Huh? I'm going too?"
"Let's go together."
Liang Meiyun didn't want to go, but she was afraid of being criticized if she didn't go, so she had someone prepare a car and prepared to go to the hospital to stay with her.
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Author's Note: Ye Huaizhang: Wife, have you forgotten our promise for tonight?
Ye, who loves watching the excitement and never misses a good thing, Bao Ling: So busy.
Before you know it, the holiday is coming to an end, and it's back to work and school tomorrow. Here's a little red envelope to cheer everyone up; just leave a comment on this chapter until the next update.
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