Reborn Petty Citizen

When Du Xingzhi left the office, he took a special look at his watch. It was 10:30 in the morning.

The assistant has been working for him for four or five years, and he has a tacit understanding. With just a subtle movement, he immediately stepped forward and whispered: "The meeting is scheduled for an hour, and the meeting will end at least until noon. Mr. Du, you need to be like Did you arrange someone to invite Mr. Zhang to lunch as before?"

Du Xingzhi frowned: "What date is it today?"

"June NO.20."

"Then there's no need." Du Xingzhi sighed, "He has an interview today. Let's go to the meeting room."

The meeting room was arranged on the top floor, and he walked slowly all the way, going around and around, and even walked for almost 10 minutes before arriving.

This is the headquarters of Xingzhe Real Estate in Beijing Xingzhe Building. Nearly half of the executives of Xingzhe Real Estate have been stationed here for a long time. Although the headquarters of Xingzhe Group is located in the new building of District C of Xingzhe Building, most of Du Xingzhi usually stays here Old building works.Because the next three floors is the headquarters of Du's Shengjian, and it is convenient to communicate with each other if it is close.

Xingzhe Real Estate belongs to Xingzhe Group, but Xingzhe Group is not only Xingzhe Real Estate.The daily business of Xingzhe Real Estate includes real estate development, sales, and leasing, just like the office building they are in, which is the result of Xingzhe Real Estate.However, there are other subsidiaries in the group, which are involved in the development and management of shopping malls and the hotel industry, which are completely different from Xingzhe Real Estate.

Du Xingzhi kept a cold face, and never pretended to speak when facing his subordinates.When he first started his business, he would occasionally put a smile on his face according to his heart, but after more than ten years, he has already been trained by endless hardships to become a qualified leader who can be called a mountain collapsed before.The steel-hard group style of Xingzhe Real Estate does not require him to use the soft policy.These old courtiers who have followed him all the way are more receptive to his cold face and hard heart. Occasionally, conflicts arise. Du Xingzhi only needs to change his strategy a little and soften it, and it will have the effect of buying people's hearts with twice the result with half the effort.

Although it was just a small routine meeting, there were still no less than thirty people sitting in the big conference room.The upper management of some provincial branches happened to be staying in Beijing these days, and the routine meeting was called temporarily. It would be difficult to meet such a coincidence next time.It would be a waste of time and money to have subordinates from all over the country come by plane to hold a meeting. After all, it would be more convenient to settle the matter by the way.

The door closed behind him, he listened to his footsteps, and stared at a room full of straight old employees standing in a military posture, but his mind was distracted for a moment, thinking of what Zhang Ze and the two of them would discuss after work question.

Zhang Ze was sitting in the office for an interview. At his deliberate request, the magazine did not bring the camera.Zhang Ze seldom deals with the outside world with his true face. His appearance is too strong, so it is too high-profile to show up rashly.Moreover, Du Xingzhi also felt that Zhang Ze's rough nerves in life would make his life full of crises after being exposed, after all, this society is becoming more and more impetuous.For the sake of safety, he has equipped Zhang Ze with four bodyguards for close protection. This is only the premise that only people in the industry know his true face.

In order to show its importance, the magazine sent a senior reporter to interview him. This girl named Tang Zhen seemed a little excited when she saw him.Because the video camera was taken away, when the magazine was published, it could only use Shi Lei's white-faced steamed bun of Maitreya Buddha's smile as a coloring page. Tang Zhen stared at Zhang Ze's face, and couldn't help saying it was a pity in her heart.

"If Mr. Zhang is willing to come forward and let us take a picture, the sales of this issue will skyrocket several times without post-production, right?"

Zhang Ze laughed, his eyebrows and eyes were gentle, and the red mole in the middle of his eyebrows became more intense, and his whole body seemed to be covered with a halo of light.If Shi Lei has long been called the "turning face Maitreya" because of his close appearance, Tang Zhen really couldn't think of a more appropriate adjective for Zhang Ze's temperament and outstanding appearance, except for Guanyin.

The passage of time has left some traces on Zhang Ze. Zhang Ze has become more and more proficient at mastering the calmness and restraint that a 30-year-old man should have. Now he rarely shows his true self in front of the public except his family. emotional.The ears are becoming less and less red, but the mole between the eyebrows is probably because it is too closely related to the nerves. Every time Zhang Ze has some psychological activities, in short, the clues will be revealed as soon as possible.

With just this smile, the originally soft eyebrows and eyes became more agile, and he lowered his head slightly foully, and his slender and thick eyelashes cast a shadow on his cheeks by the light. Every move made Tang Zhen feel that his heart was Bang bang.

Tang Zhen's hand holding the recording pen was trembling: "Mr. Zhang, please stop laughing at me. I'm already married, and I'm an upright person. I don't want to give up my happy marriage to pursue a life without a future." Love!"

This girl is too funny.

Zhang Ze coughed: "Sorry, let's get to the point."

As the leading magazine in the mainland industry, "Wanguan Tianxia" is not something that can be published with money.This kind of state-owned enterprise is very bureaucratic. To be published in this kind of magazine, you must meet various conditions such as rich assets, healthy corporate image, and considerable influence on public welfare.

Just like Times Securities, they are also young entrepreneurs, they have accumulated a lot of strength, and they also have a charity organization that is operating normally, but because the top leaders immigrated to the United States to start a business, even if they became the richest man in Asia, She also couldn't get on the page of this magazine.

"Actually, Mr. Zhang, I've been wanting to ask you a question before I come again. Dushi Shengjian's current business scope is far more than an industry of fried buns, but the group has not been renamed until now. I don't think so. Does that reduce the generalization power of your group?"

Tang Zhen's first question was on the point.

With the development of Dushi Shengjian, it can definitely be called a leader in the domestic food industry.It's just because the sales scope is not limited to China, and the leadership is more dispersed than some domestic companies, which makes Du's Shengjian not look as cold and arrogant as those multinational companies in other industries.From the very beginning, Du’s Fried Fried Rice has been following the high-end and people-friendly route. In more than ten years, the brand’s name has already become a heavy golden land. Fried is fundamentally not the authority on Chinese pasta.But outside of the domestic land, Asia, Europe, America, and Australia are even involved in Africa. When it comes to Chinese noodles, the first thing everyone thinks of is Dushi Shengjian.

The proposal to change the name has been proposed many times within the company. After all, the scope of the suffix "Shengjian" is relatively small. Some people in the management think that the term is too specific and it is easy for other products of Dushi Shengjian to be banned. Overshadow the limelight.But Zhang Ze has been slow to agree.

First, considering the long-term reputation, changing the name is not a cost-effective business. Second, Zhang Ze and many other shareholders also believe that no matter what level Dushi Shengjian achieves, there must be a brand that can attract market consumers. Impressive flagship product.

Just like Coke is to Coca-Cola, the significance of Shengjian to Dushi Shengjian is also extraordinary.

From the past to the present, no matter how many products with novel tastes have been launched, no matter how many sales have been defeated by the same series of products, the recipe of fried buns remains the same as before.No matter how thick the dough was ten years ago, it will not increase at all ten years later, and no matter how thick the filling was ten years ago, it will definitely not decrease a little bit after ten years.The price has been constantly increasing with the cost, but because of the long-term persistence and the trust of the masses in this brand, there has never been a downward line on the sales list of Dushi Shengjian.

In just one place in Guangzhou, there are three large-scale processing factories that only produce fried buns under the name of Dushi Shengjian. Counting Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Fujian, Henan and Hebei, the pure fried bun industry has Nearly [-] places, only a small part of these products are sold domestically, and most of the rest are installed in cold storage and shipped out of the country by various means of transportation to be sold around the world.In fact, Dushi Shengjian also has factories in other countries, but for some reason, foreign customers seem to prefer to buy products from Chinese production areas.Zhang Ze also found out that other countries may have subtle differences in raw materials, and the finished products produced by other countries are indeed slightly different from those exported by China, so Du's Shengjian has always stationed its base camp in China.The export storm of Dushi Shengjian can also be regarded as reversing the perception of foreigners that Chinese products are cheap.

This is not counting the production of chilled fresh noodles and wonton dumpling and glutinous rice balls. The employment rate driven by the prosperity of Dushi Shengjian has become more and more impressive.It's like a little-known little artist slowly climbed to the top of the entertainment industry. Most people will have some idol burdens for this, and some managers of Du's Shengjian are no exception. I don't know when it started , Some people began to carry the glamorous status of "big enterprises" and began to perform dignifiedly.But what Zhang Ze needs is a company name that can make people feel familiar with family members for decades, rather than blindly pursuing the demeanor of a big company and losing its original intention. Change, idol burden?What it is?

When Zhang Ze heard the name change proposal at the meeting for the first time, he didn't take it seriously. Later, when this voice appeared for the second, third or even more times, it offended him a bit.Zhang Ze resolutely broke out a few managements who were more and more detached from the original intention of the company. Since then, this strangely superior voice has never appeared again.

But to the outside world, Zhang Ze naturally smiled and would not talk about family ugliness. Instead, he put on a naive attitude: "This proposal was indeed discussed by many employees before you, but after many discussions, we finally did not pass it. A decision to change."

"Oh?" Tang Zhen asked with a smile, "May I know why?"

Zhang Ze nodded: "If our business scope is limited to the domestic market, then the name Shengjian is indeed not as catchy as other words such as the group. But the main sales area of ​​Dushi Shengjian is still Western countries such as Europe and America. You may not have such a deep understanding of the country, but as far as I know in the industry, traditional Chinese culture has been increasingly buried in these places. When it comes to Chinese food, they only have Peking duck and Kung Pao chicken. The concept, when we talk about tea art, we even think of Japan. The things of our ancestors have been taken away by the rising stars who have learned the skills because of the lack of publicity all the time. The media is too developed and information is changing rapidly. It is no longer the era when the smell of wine is not afraid of deep alleys. The naming of Du's Shengjian can at least root the concept of traditional and diverse Chinese food within the scope of our ability. We have been committed to The promotion of traditional culture, such as Chinese traditional festivals, each country’s directly-operated stores will launch some festive activities. Or choose Hanfu Week Tangfu Week to celebrate by changing the clothes of the staff in the store, or promote local Chinese etiquette training courses, etc., are doing my best to promote our traditional culture."

Tang Zhen opened her mouth and nodded while listening, but subconsciously followed Zhang Ze's explanation and thought of the promotional advertisement of Du's Shengjian that she had seen broadcast abroad when she had a few glimpses.

In fact, her fondness for Du's Shengjian company began to arise spontaneously from that time.

Dushi Shengjian's preference for publicity has become a strange talk in the industry. Some professionals have roughly estimated that in a region like the Americas, Dushi Shengjian's annual advertising expenses may not be less than nine figures.From clothing to pictures, the strong Chinese flavor has never changed in more than ten years.Wooden plaques, golden dragons and phoenixes, martial arts, swords, porcelain, blue and white, and traditional elements such as pipa, erhu, and bamboo flute can always be subtly blended into this short-lived picture.At that time, Tang Zhen felt that the commercial was filmed like a documentary. The scenes were so thick that people could feel the heavy culture through the screen. After a deeper understanding, she learned that Du’s Shengjian was invited to How big is the filming team.

To be able to invite Hollywood directors and CCTV's planners to prepare and shoot every season's commercials, no one in the industry can match this big budget.

She has also heard about Du's Fried Hanfu Zhou and Tangfu Zhou, and because of their publicity, Tang Zhen can now receive festive calls from western friends in foreign countries.Tomb-sweeping day, Dragon Boat Festival, Double Ninth Festival... Anyone with eyes can see Du Shi’s delicacy.Tang Zhen can also understand why the domestic government gave such a green light to the development of Du's Shengjian. In a sense, they are also grateful for Du's Shengjian's practice, right?After all, this kind of publicity is a completely unnecessary expense for companies. There are many Chinese companies developing abroad, and this is the only one that is willing to spend a lot of money to promote traditional culture.

Tang Zhen's smile became more and more admirable, thinking of today's interview draft, which is completely different from the gentle style of painting in the previous ones with some sharp questions for sales and hot spots.I'm afraid that in the media industry, there are not a few people like her who have a good impression of this company, right?Growing up on this land, who doesn't have a sense of belonging?Du's Shengjian accomplished things for them that they couldn't do, and they reciprocated by doing positive publicity for Du's Shengjian's brand reputation on as many occasions as possible.

Tang Zhen laughed again after thinking about it: "Mr. Zhang, I'm afraid you don't know that now we have nicknamed you Little Radar Expert in the industry, and we are also discussing whether to give you an award among the people. Do you know Is that why?"

Zhang Ze was taken aback: "Is there such a thing? I really don't know much about it."

Tang Zhen covered her mouth and narrowed her eyes into crescent moons: "Isn't it because of the earthquake in [-]? Before that, Du's Shengjian held such a big and powerful event. I have been in the industry for many years, and I have never seen it. I organized people from such a large area to win the award together. Although it was just a tour around the area, it must have cost a lot of money, right? I remember that Du’s Shengjian sent people to those counties and districts and they would not be willing to participate in the event People from all over the world gathered in the square to have a banquet. As a result, a big earthquake broke out in the afternoon. My God, how shocking the central government was at that time, our media industry feels lingering fear every time we think about it, and the final statistics of the disaster and the number of victims There are only two digits..."

She was a little incoherent, but couldn't hide her excitement: "We are all guessing, did you already know that there will be an earthquake there?"

Zhang Ze smiled slightly: "I really overestimated me, how can I have that ability. At that time, it was because...well, my sister got married, and then I was very happy, and I felt that I should share it with the public after earning so much money , I organized that event. In addition to Sichuan, there are villages and towns in Hebei that won the award, but this is like God's will, maybe God is just using my hands to make up for some mistakes and omissions."

Tang Zhen grinned. Even though she asked like that just now, she knew it in her heart.It's just that the event of Du's Shengjian was too coincidental, which made everyone gossip with some superstition.

Zhang Ze bowed his head and remained silent.For that large-scale prize-giving activity, he only knew that he had spent nearly [-] million yuan in the final statistics.Because he didn't carefully remember the specific scope of the earthquake in his previous life, he could only include all the towns in the area he remembered as winners.Dushi Shengjian organized and paid the full amount, and sent them to travel in Yunnan.It's just that there are still some old-fashioned or introverted villagers who are unwilling to go. Zhang Ze has no choice but to send people to take them from a deep mountain to a town with relatively perfect conditions to participate in the dinner party.In order to persuade the schools in these areas to give their children vacations to take part in the trip, Du Shishengjian's public relations almost broke the Education Bureau's legs, and finally approved the two-day vacation.When the news first came out, there was a lot of criticism in the industry for this almost shady document, but after the earthquake, all the criticism turned into amazement.

However, there are still some people who are too stubborn to participate in the activities and have not escaped. The death list is only double digits, not even as many as the victims of a large coal mine accident. Such a result is already within the reach of Zhang Ze The best that can be done.

After that, the central government even wrote a letter of commendation for Du's Shengjian, a "most zealous public welfare enterprise" that was wrong.After all, in everyone's perception, this kind of thing like God's will can only be explained as a coincidence, and besides the disaster-stricken area, there are also some other villages and towns that are far away from the disaster-stricken area. If you can mention it, whoever puts it on the table is definitely an idiot.

Zhang Ze has a subtle sense of pride. Although his vitality was greatly injured by the expense of an event, he finally accomplished the most influential thing since his rebirth.It made up for the regret and grief of tens of millions of families that lasted a lifetime.Compared with it, a mere [-] million is really insignificant.

Du Xingzhi looked at him a little strangely for a while after that, but for some reason, after Zhang Ze was terrified for a long time, he didn't really ask anything as he imagined.

This is typical Du Xingzhi's considerateness, and this kind of non-inquiry attitude really made Zhang Ze feel relieved.

In the face of all kinds of speculation from the outside world, he just needs to shut his mouth as if he didn't see or hear it. When the limelight passes, everyone will at most laugh and say that he is really lucky, and those who remember this matter will be more happy. come less and less.

An interview started a bit cautiously, but because of Zhang Ze’s cooperation and gentleness, Tang Zhen had completely let go at the end, and all kinds of interviews and consultations were not like working, but like the most ordinary conversations with friends at the dinner table So full of intimacy.

In Tang Zhen's notepad, the impression of Zhang Ze was also heavily marked - friendly, low-key, sincere, modest and other words with obvious commendatory meanings.

When Tang Zhen went out, she threw the recording pen to the assistant, but instead she held on to her cell phone tightly.

Zhang Ze finally agreed to take a private photo with her, which of course is a secret photo that cannot be revealed.In the photo, Tang Zhen was grinning with a nympho on her face, while Zhang Ze just raised his eyes slightly, with the corners of his mouth curled up. It was clear that there were no more movements than Tang Zhen, but he was still attracting attention as if he was shining.Those eyebrows and those eyes are absolutely amazing!

Tang Zhen held Zhang Ze's pen and steel's sharp signature on the notebook and admired it intoxicated. She could almost imagine how the older women in the company who were no less than her nympho would do after seeing the photos and comparing the soft-spoken audio. How much I envy her!

Zhang Ze breathed a sigh of relief, and glanced at the wall clock on the wall, it was already twelve o'clock at noon.

He called Du Xingzhi.

"Are you off work?"

Du Xingzhi over there seemed to have just come out of the noisy conference room, the background sound suddenly changed from buzzing to silent, but his voice was still buzzing with metal: "It's almost there, are you in the company? I'll go down to pick you up?"

It only takes a few seconds to take the elevator from the top floor to Du's Shengjian. The appearance of Du Xingzhi, the boss of the real estate company, did not cause any commotion in Du's Shengjian. The front desk looked up at him, just smiled, and at the same time turned towards Zhang Ze He raised his hand in the direction of the office.

Du Xingzhi walked away consciously.

Compared with the three-story office area of ​​Xingzhe Real Estate, the first floor of Du's Shengjian is a bit cramped, but the building in District C, Du Xingzhi, also left a surplus of two floors for Zhang Ze, and is currently doing decoration before moving in. Huh, in a few days, maybe the two of them can go in and out together in Area C again.The headquarters of the two companies have been changing over the years, becoming bigger and bigger and more spacious. Du Xingzhi couldn't help but think of the scene where Zhang Ze used one of his residential houses as a temporary office when he first started the company.At that time, Zhang Ze was still seriously troubled by dividing the halls of the office area, but now it has grown to such a scale in just ten years.

Before he entered the office, Zhang Ze pushed the door out with a heartbeat. When he saw Du Xingzhi, he subconsciously smiled.

An old husband and wife, this is a tacit understanding.Du Xingzhi responded to a doting stare, stepped forward and held Zhang Ze's shoulder, and the ring on his ring finger drew a not-so-obvious glow: "Where are you going? Go home or eat first?"

"Go home. I'm going to attend my mother's wedding later. I called my sister just now. She has already arrived home with Xiaobao. There must be food prepared at home."

Today, Zhang's mother finally agreed to Li Changming's marriage proposal, and at the age of about to retire, she will set foot on the wedding hall again.Zhang's mother didn't want to make a big deal, after all, it was her second marriage and she was so old, she always felt that she was crazy and unseemly.But Li Changming refused to agree to anything. He looked at the wedding dress, looked at the venue, and even tasted the same dishes for the guests. Obviously, he had great enthusiasm and anticipation for the wedding with Zhang's mother.

Not long after Zhang Ti married Zhu Junhou, he gave birth to a boy named Zhu Di. He is now two years old, and he is very cute with a chubby bun face at the age of babbling.As the eldest grandson of the Zhu family, this child was born with the expectations of all relatives. After landing, he was naturally favored by thousands of people. Not to mention others, only the elders of the two families regarded him as a treasure.At first, Zhang Ze's idea of ​​snatching him to be his own son was ruthlessly defeated. Later, he tried to trick Zhu Di into calling him father. After being discovered by Zhu Junhou's parents, they immediately had sex with the child in horror. isolation.

Du Xingzhi raised his eyebrows: "Isn't your sister pregnant? You came back so early with a big belly?"

"My mother is getting married, just kidding! I have to come back from all over the world, okay?"

As soon as Zhang Ze waved his hand and waved his farewell to the staff who greeted him, his heart was full of excitement.

The employees who stayed in the company looked at me and looked at you, staring at Zhang Ze and Du Xingzhi's incomparably matching backs, tsk tsk tsk in their mouths, it was rare that they had the courage to start teasing the boss behind his back.

The two have been holding hands since entering the parking lot.For some unavoidable considerations outside, they have to keep the distance they should keep even if they don't want to, but in private they don't have such concerns.To Du Xingzhi, the feeling of holding hands, palms touching and fingers intertwined is indescribable in any words. Although he has been married for more than ten years, he has been looking at Zhang Ze for a long time, and now he still has the urge to blush.The studies on adrenaline made by various scientific and unscientific paper media did not show much of their characteristics at all.The love that has been maintained for more than ten years, and now with the addition of family affection, they have long been inseparable and inseparable.

Neither of them has the personality to confide their hearts at will, but there are some things that need not be said. For those who know, silence is better than words at this time, which is more romantic than any heartfelt confession.

The home is very lively, and the small duplex in the old community has almost become the revolutionary base of the whole family.No matter how high the net worth rose, Zhang's mother and Zhang Su did not choose other villas that looked more high-end. This home was completed when they came to Beijing. Today, it has become a haven for everyone's hearts.

Zhang Ze heard laughter before entering the door.

Looking at Du Xingzhi, they pushed open the door, and what they saw was a little chubby guy sitting on the ground looking up in a daze.

Zhu Di was wearing overalls and a blue navy shirt, probably because he was fed too much nutrition, and his whole body was as uniform as a balloon that was blown up.He is like an existence bubbled from milk, from voice to movements are soft, with a sense of cleanliness and healing unique to children of this age.

Zhang Ze's mood soared all of a sudden, he let go of his handshake with Du Xingzhi and swooped in Zhu Di's direction: "Baby!"

"Pfft—" The child stared at his face with a pair of big round eyes, and slapped the ground trembling when he heard this, "papa!"

Zhang Ze looked around subconsciously, but did not find the presence of the second elder of the Zhu family. His face immediately smiled like a flower, and he hugged the child and kissed fiercely: "Dad is here!"

"Ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai"

Zhu Di didn't even look at him, he hugged Zhang Ze's neck with a smile and refused to let go.Du Xingzhi, who was still standing at the door, curled his lips, and gave Zhu Di an annoyed look. No one knew about this kid, but he was too clear-eyed. He had been a lecher since he was a child.When Zhang Ze took him out to play, because he was so cute, someone always wanted to give him candy. If the candy was offered by a beautiful woman, he would definitely accept it with a smile. She refused with a righteous face: "Mom said you can't eat food from strangers!"

Du Xingzhi, the chicken thief, couldn't bear to watch.

In the whole family, Zhang Ze looks the most in line with his aesthetics. This kid doesn't know whether he is really cheated or he has a little girl in his heart. When Zhang Ze taught him to say "father", he learned it without repeating a few words.From then on, Zhang Ze really put his heart and soul on this kid, and Du Xingzhi occasionally enjoyed it when he saw it.

Zhang Ti held her big belly. Her belly was so big this time that it was a bit surprising. It was not four months old, but it looked as big as a five-month-old.With a kind smile on his face, he stood with a fruit plate and shouted to Zhu Di: "Zhu Xiaodi, don't kiss your uncle secretly!"

Zhu Di trembled all over, and poked his head out of Zhang Ze's neck to look for his mother.

Zhang Ti raised his brows and went up to give him a brainstorm.

Zhu Di clutched his forehead and pressed Zhang Ze's side face miserably. He sneaked a kiss just now, but it only reached the neck, and his mother's eyes were too sharp.

Zhang Ze didn't know Zhu Di's true face, and he condemned Zhang Ti for the child with a distressed face: "How can you do this? What if you break it?"

Zhang Ti rolled his eyes and gave Du Xingzhi a look.

Du Xingzhi shrugged nonchalantly when he received Zhang Ti's ridicule.

Anyway, Zhang Ze has not been like this for a day or two, he has already gotten used to it.