Return To 1998

The next day, February 19.

In the morning, Xu Tongdao came to the 8th floor of an office building in Biyun District and Xiafei Road.

Hello Mr. Xu!

Mr. Xu, good morning!

Hello Mr. Xu...

...

From the moment he entered the company, the staff who saw him greeted him respectfully along the way.

reason?

Because this is where his Ximen Group headquarters moved to Tianyun City.

The internal area of ​​the company is more than 800 square meters. It was renovated at the end of last year. After the beginning of this year, the headquarters of Ximen Group was officially relocated from Shuidiao City.

Xu Tongdao, accompanied by Zheng Meng and Sun Aizi, strode to his president's office.

In the high-end and elegant office, secretary Tong Wen is already working behind her desk.

Seeing Tongdao Xu coming in, she quickly got up and went to make tea for Tongdao Xu while saying hello.

As for Zheng Meng and Sun Ai Zi, they were waiting in the rest area outside.

Tongdao Xu, who was dressed in a suit and covered with a lead-grey windbreaker, took off his windbreaker after entering the door and hung it on the coat rack by the door.

He asked casually, Is there any urgent matter that needs my approval today?

Tong Wen, who was making tea for him, smiled, and two deep pear eddies appeared on her fair cheeks, Yes! Over at the Internet cafe, Manager Ge Lianghua sent an application document specially yesterday afternoon. I hope they Internet cafes can continue to expand this year.”

Oh? How many branches does he want to expand this year?

Tongdao Xu strode behind his desk and asked casually when he pulled out the chair.

Tong Wen lightly twisted the graceful waist under the close-fitting sweater, holding the freshly brewed tea in both hands, walked over slowly, put the tea cup by Xu Tongdao's hand, and raised her hand to brush the big waves next to her ear. With a slight smile, he said, He has a big appetite, and he wants to expand 150 branches this year.

Tongdao Xu laughed and snorted, He thinks beautifully! 150 branches? Does their branch want to turn in profits this year? Besides, does he have so many people under his command to expand his territory?

Tong Wen clasped her hands on her lower abdomen,

He smiled and said: Well, I guess he just wants to ask for the price and wait for you to pay back the money! 150 branches is definitely not the bottom line in his heart.

Tongdao Xu glanced at her a little surprised.

Unexpectedly, she has not been on the job for a long time, but she sees Ge Lianghua so accurately.

Her judgment just now coincided with the judgment in his heart.

At the end of last year, at the annual meeting of the group company, he emphasized that the group company will focus on instant noodles and real estate.

Other branches have to slow down the pace of expansion.

Ge Lianghua also attended the meeting.

Therefore, it stands to reason that Ge Lianghua should not propose such a large expansion plan at the beginning of this year.

But Ge Lianghua just proposed an expansion plan of 150 stores.

What does this mean?

Don't you want to bargain with him?

Then what do you think is the bottom line in his heart?

Tongdao Xu continued to ask Tong Wen as he lowered his head and opened the folder on the table.

Tong Wen: Well, I think it should be 50.

Tongdao Xu chuckled and closed the folder he just opened. The documents in this folder were the application form handed over by Ge Lianghua.

Tongdao Xu casually threw the folder in front of Tong Wen, Then return this application to him! Let him re-apply, 30! This is the share I gave him this year, you can reveal what you mean. Give it to him, don't even think about one more! The company needs him to hand over profits this year, Internet cafes? Hold off on expansion!

Tong Wen smiled and picked up the folder, answered and turned back to her own seat.

In fact, in Xu Tongdao's mind, he did not plan to expand rapidly in the future of Internet cafes.

Although in 2004, Internet cafes are booming, there are still about ten years before sunset.

However, in his mind, Internet cafes are destined to be a sunset industry.

As more and more young people can afford personal computers, the business of Internet cafes is bound to decline sharply.

In such an industry, he has no interest in continuing to invest much money.

...

At the desk, Tongdao Xu had already opened another document and was looking at it.

After taking a few glances, he suddenly turned to look at Tong Wen who was not far away, By the way, Ximen Yipin Food Branch will be listed in a few days. Did Shen Tuqing tell you that we need this? What are you preparing for?

Tong Wen looked up and smiled before saying a word, Shen Tuqing really came to me, she asked me to tell you, it's better to adjust your work and rest time recently, to keep your spirits well, and don't focus on raising children. It's... hehe.

At the end, Tong Wen couldn't help laughing.

Xu Tongdao: ...

He was speechless for a while, and then smiled slightly.

Most of his thoughts and time in the past month have indeed been spent on raising his daughter.

In fact, since his daughter was born prematurely, he has managed a lot less on the company side, whether it is the group head office or the several branches below.

Fortunately, at the head office, his cousin Tan Shi was watching him.

As for the general managers of the following branches, he was also optimistic about the candidates. During the period when his daughter was hospitalized and discharged from the hospital, the managers of those branches performed their respective duties without any confusion.

At least as of now, he hasn't found any of those people who are dereliction of duty.

Several branches are running smoothly.

That is Shen Tuqing.

She is not a regular employee of Ximen Group, but was hired temporarily to help Ximen Yipin Food Co., Ltd. go public.

Her identity made her not as awe-inspiring to his fellow Xu as other employees.

So she dared to use Tong Wen's mouth to make such a joke with him.

Tongdao Xu thought for a while, his daughter's increasingly cute little face flashed in his mind, and when she was hungry, the hoarse and fierce cry of milk and milk flashed in his eyes unconsciously, a smile appeared in his eyes.

Compared with the company, his daughter is more important in his heart.

Before his rebirth, he lived for nearly 40 years, and several years have passed since his rebirth. In total, his current mental age is at least in his forties.

The birth of this daughter, for him, is a real old woman.

What else can be compared with his daughter?

Therefore, although he smiled and shook his head, he was not angry with Shen Tuqing, but he did not intend to reduce the time spent with his daughter.

He even recently considered hiring a professional manager to help him run the company.

Only considering that most of the branches under his group company are still in the development stage, he reluctantly gave up the idea of ​​hiring professional managers now.

He lowered his head and continued to approve documents, but at this moment, the phone in his trouser pocket rang.

He didn't care, just took out his phone and glanced at it.

The next second, his attention was drawn to the text message he just received.

Because this text message was sent by Xi Dongyang.

In other words, since Xi Dongyang recovered from his broken arm and returned to Shazhou County to open a small Internet cafe to make a living, he has never contacted Xu Tongdao again.

During the Spring Festival, I never made a phone call or sent a text message.

But today, Xi Dongyang texted him.