Chapter 8 Chapter 8 I came all the way to discuss men's health issues...
Cheng Yi didn't know that his boss had accepted Cheng Xiaoyong's invitation to attend the meeting.
After finishing his morning work, he visited Lu Lingyi's book cafe during his lunch break.
Then I was pleasantly surprised to find that Lu Lingyi was also a big fan of BL novels.
The two of them started a very special entertainment mode, eating while reading novels on the screen.
"Hahahaha, what kind of author is this? How dare he write a 26cm top? Is he planning to use that thing to fly a kite?"
"Hahahaha, the bottom burps and farts, and the top and the male supporting role are fighting over the smell? Why don't you write that they're fighting over the smell of milk shit?"
The two of them had a lot of fun watching it, and even more fun making comments. An ordinary lunch was turned into a complaining session, a special edition on novels.
"I haven't been this happy in a long time." Lu Lingyi opened two cans of beer.
Cheng Yi clinked glasses with him: "Cheers to fellow travelers!"
"Why do you like BL novels?" Lu Lingyi asked while drinking.
Cheng Yi answered sincerely: "Because the collision between males is more fascinating."
A real man should do other men.
"What about you?" he asked back.
"I like the same sex," Lu Lingyi said frankly, "but because of something that happened before, my brother doesn't like me liking the same sex."
Cheng Yi was stunned for a moment, and after sorting out the last sentence, he comforted her, "It's okay, maybe your brother also likes the same sex but he doesn't know it."
Lu Lingyi smiled, "That's unlikely," and then shook his head, "He really hopes that one day I can straighten myself again."
“…”
It is difficult to evaluate Cheng Yi.
Although I don't know who Lu Lingyi's brother is, I can guess that he should be a traditional, stereotyped, straight man.
"You don't have to listen to your brother, just be yourself," he continued to comfort her, "Who knows, one day he might meet someone he likes and turn himself into a gay."
Lu Lingyi chuckled and became more and more appreciative of this handsome and interesting new friend.
"Then I have a favor to ask of you. If my brother and I ever have a dispute about this, you can be my mouthpiece."
"No problem," Cheng Yi agreed readily, "I will do my best to block your brother's mouth with my mouth."
The happy time passed in a flash. As soon as he got to work in the afternoon, Lu Yu informed Cheng Yi to go to a meeting with him.
The marketing department has an important roadshow this weekend, so I’ll report the PPT to Lu Yu and other executives this afternoon.
The marketing manager was speaking passionately on the stage, and when he got to the fourth page, he needed to play a video about the development of virtual reality technology.
"Next, let's look at——"
The marketing manager clicks on the video and nothing happens.
I clicked it again, nothing happened.
If you click it again, the PPT will crash.
"Li Meishu." The manager was a little embarrassed and asked his subordinates to help him solve the problem.
Li Mei operated the computer like a tiger and finally the screen went black.
"This, this is actually a solution." He said in a trembling voice.
The marketing manager was frustrated.
Cheng Yi was watching the fun from below, covering his mouth and sneerin'. This was even more ridiculous than the novel.
When he turned around, he found that his boss was staring at him.
"Are you happy?" Lu Yu said lightly.
"...It's okay." Cheng Yi curled his lips.
Seeing that the fun was forced to stop, he simply stood up and gave himself a merit of +1.
"Let me try." He raised his hand to signal the marketing manager.
All the office skills and experience accumulated in the previous life could circle the earth, so PPT failure is just a small case.
As he expected, Cheng Yi quickly finished it. He turned to meet the surprised eyes of the marketing manager and curled his lips lightly, "You're welcome. Please continue."
Li Meishu, who was standing below, watched all this happen. Cheng Yi stole the limelight while he became the control group. He became so anxious that his hair turned white on the spot.
"The marketing department has been so busy lately that we're exhausted." He made excuses with beads of sweat dripping from his face, "So I was thinking... since Assistant Cheng is good at PPT, could you spare some time to help review the other ones as well?"
Cheng Yi rolled his eyes. This guy has no idea what he is doing again. Who would have nothing better to do and take on work for himself?
However, considering that Li Meishu had helped him carry a parcel last time, he did not refuse so completely.
"It's not impossible. 50 for one review, 10% off for large quantities, pay first and review later, no small cuts."
Everyone: "..."
Li Meishu didn't dare to count anymore, and the matter was over.
The marketing manager continued to give a PPT report on stage. Cheng Yi spent 5 minutes writing the meeting minutes, and then he looked for an opportunity to slack off.
Lu Yu stared at the big screen, but his mind unconsciously drifted to the young man beside him.
This assistant made him feel more and more that he was different from normal people.
He has seen many newcomers in the workplace who are cautious, competitive, and would rather dig a hole and bury themselves if they say something wrong in public.
On the other hand, Cheng Yi seems to not care at all what others say or do. He will criticize others when necessary and rectify things when necessary.
He seemed to have an inexplicable sense of confidence and didn't look like a poor worker at all.
Lu Yuren's thoughts drifted for a while, and he inadvertently glanced at the person sitting next to him. He saw Cheng Yi covering his face with the meeting minutes book, and was happily slacking off.
Lu Yu: “…”
The marketing department meeting ended and it was almost five o'clock.
Cheng Yi thought he could go home after packing up, but Lu Yu arranged for him to meet a client.
The client came with a group of three people, they were upstream partners of Lu Tuo Times. Lu Yu had an emergency video conference and asked them to be taken to the meeting room first.
Cheng Yi made coffee and tea for the three of them, but his boss didn't show up after waiting for a long time.
The few of them stared at each other in awkward silence, and what was more important was that it was almost time to get off work.
Cheng Yi didn't want to work overtime, so he took out his cell phone and sent a WeChat message to his boss.
[Cheng Yi]: Mr. Lu, how long do you have left? The customers were so bored waiting that they started picking their feet.
【Lu Yu】: Who, take a picture for me to see
【Cheng Yi】: This is a metaphorical rhetoric~
【Lu Yu】：……
[Lu Yu]: Find something for them to do
【Cheng Yi】：Σ(xue克"a
Before I could even start another round of wrangling with my boss, a WeChat message came in from my secondary account.
It was news from a group of three.
【three people group-Qian Jin】: [Voice]
Cheng Yi clicked on the voice-to-text button in annoyance - [I saw someone from Nanzhitong Group coming. Are they here to discuss cooperation with Lu Yu? 】
The delegation of Nanzhitong Group was sitting at the conference table at this time. Cheng Yi glanced at them and planned to play dumb.
【three people group-Cheng Yi】：What is the connection between Nan and other places?
【three people group-Qian Jin】: Nanzhitong Group
【three people group-Cheng Yi】: What is Zhitong?
【three people group-Qian Jin】:?
[three people group-Cheng Xiaoyong]: @Cheng Yi, you are deliberately trying to make trouble, right? You have already posted the text and you are still making fun of Ma Dongmei
[three people group-Cheng Xiaoyong]: @Cheng Yi, Nanzhitong Group is quite powerful. You can listen to what they are talking about while serving tea and water. It would be best if you have the meeting minutes.
Cheng Yi took a deep breath.
His boss asked him to find something to do for the clients, and his eldest brother asked him to wait for an opportunity to eavesdrop.
Neither of these two is an easy person to deal with.
After thinking for a moment, he clicked on the social platform and downloaded and saved a video that he had seen while slacking off in the afternoon.
"Dear colleagues, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Mr. Lu has something urgent to do, so he might be late for a while. He asked me to show you something interesting first."
Cheng Yi cast the video on his phone as he spoke. The three male partners all looked towards the screen.
Then--
They all opened their mouths in unison.
——"Maintenance Manual for Middle-Aged Men"
Animations and texts flashed on the screen, accompanied by AI voice-over.
"When men reach their forties, they feel sore in the waist and legs, lack of energy, and fatigue..."
"Wait, Assistant Cheng," the man sitting in the middle coughed, "We are not yet forty years old."
"Really?" Cheng Yi's eyes swept over the three men's bald heads one by one, "It doesn't matter. The sooner you see it, the sooner you'll benefit. Our CEO Lu also often studies things in this field."
When the three of them heard that this was Lu Yu's dish, they all focused their attention.
The video continues to play:
"Only when men are hard-core can they have a long flowering period. The first safety hazard for men's health is kidney deficiency."
"Kidney deficiency can cause men's engines to malfunction, frequently stall, overturn on the road, and weaken their fighting ability..."
The three men were disgusted just a second ago, but now they were listening very carefully, and one of them even secretly wrote down the name of the video blogger in his memo.
While they were immersed in learning, Cheng Yi sneaked to the back of the meeting room, raised his mobile phone, and took a "work photo".
He took the photo from an angle facing the screen, capturing three heads that were listening attentively, as well as a line of text that flashed by in the video:
Eight tips for male health care: Kidney energy is dominant.
【three people group-Cheng Yi】：[Picture]
【three people group-Cheng Xiaoyong】：?
【three people group-Qian Jin】:?
[three people group-Cheng Xiaoyong]: Am I blind? Nanzhitong Group came all the way here to discuss men's health issues with Lu Yu?
【three people group-Cheng Yi】: Phuket, at least it was like this when I came in. Maybe they pursued strength and power more than company development.
Just after the message was sent, footsteps were heard at the door of the conference room. Cheng Yi quickly threw the phone into his pocket, and the next second Lu Yu pushed open the door.
The health video had just been played to the end, and the explanatory voice-over accompanied by subtitles resounded throughout the conference room.
"May every man be strong, hard, and full of vitality! May we feel full of happiness every day."
Clap, clap, clap. The partners clapped in unison.
Lu Yu: “???”
Cheng Yi turned off the video and gave his boss a friendly smile: "Boss Lu, I have completed the task you assigned to me. I will return the place to you from now on."
After saying that, he left the meeting room.
The three partners all stood up and shook hands with Lu Yu enthusiastically: "Mr. Lu, you are the most caring CEO we have ever met. This is much more interesting than watching the company's promotional video dryly. Let's learn something."
"Boy helps boy. We are very touched. We decided to give an additional 2 percentage points to continue cooperating with Mr. Lu."
Lu Yu: “?”
The negotiation ended at almost 6:30.
After seeing off the three people from Nanzhitong Group, Lu Yu sent a message to Cheng Yi.
[Lu Yu]: What video did you show to Nanzhitong’s partners just now?
[Cheng Yi]: Men's Care Manual, I can also send it to you if you need it
“…”
Lu Yu didn't let Cheng Yifa go.
This assistant's way of thinking is really different from that of ordinary people. I don't know whether to describe it as divine gold or magical.
Showing all kinds of things to partners may seem ridiculous, but they are actually surprising and have good effects.
He lowered his eyes, rubbed his thumb across the ceramic teacup, and stared at the misty vapor rising from the warm tea. His curiosity about Cheng Yi deepened.
…
Cheng Yi didn't know that in just these few days, his boss had already labeled him with many labels including but not limited to "crazy or magical", "rookie in the workplace (questionable)" and "rich-poor contradiction".
He was in a good mood today. Even when he was almost vomiting because of the smell of body odor from a middle-aged man on the bus, he still had a smile on his face.
He successfully completed another "spy" mission. Although it was outrageous, no one suspected him.
He is really awesome.
I hope the villain can be quiet for a few more days, so that he can recuperate and gather his strength.
Just as I finished praying in my heart, the phone in my pocket rang.
I took it out and saw that it was another message from a group of three.
[three people group-Cheng Xiaoyong]: Good news! Good news!
[three people group - Cheng Xiaoyong]: @Everyone, Lu Yu will attend our salon event this Saturday, let’s quickly get started with the second episode of Huang Sangzhi!
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