The Pentium Era - South to North

Liu Yun was still in the United States, and Xiaofang returned to China first. Zhang Chen picked her up at Shanghai Pudong Airport. After picking her up, they did not go to "Century Fairview" or Xiaofang's company in Jinmao Tower, but directly Go back to Hangzhou.

"How is Xixi?" Xiaofang asked as the first thing she saw when she saw Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen agreed, and the two old ladies would take them with them. It would be hard to think otherwise. If I, Liyu Customs, had not had something to do, they would have come yesterday. If they had come today, they would definitely have brought Xixi with me.

Xiaofang sighed: "I really thought that when I saw Xixi as soon as I got off the plane, I missed her."

"Then just think about it for another three hours and you can see it." Zhang Chen smiled and said, "Let's go."

After getting into the car, Zhang Chen asked Xiaofang: "Did you see Zhang Xiangbei this time?"

"Of course, the day after we arrived, he came to New York to meet us. Liu Yun and I also went to New Haven. I also had coffee with Beibei's teachers. He had no problem graduating on time. "Xiao Fang said, "Beibei himself is also anxious to come back."

"What is he anxious about?" Zhang Chen asked.

Xiaofang looked at Zhang Chen and asked with a smile: "Are you really not aware, or are you pretending not to know?"

"What do you know?" Zhang Chen asked, a little confused.

"It's a matter of north-north and south-south."

"Zhang Xiangbei and Xiangnan, what happened to them?"

"Idiot, they are in love." Xiaofang said.

"Haha, is it true? When did it happen?" Zhang Chen asked.

"It started last year. However, Nannan and Beibei said that they would wait until Beibei graduated before telling their families about it. This time, Liu Yun and I went to New Haven. Beibei was so happy that he couldn't hold it back. You just told us, by the way, you don’t know about this, I promise Beibei, I won’t tell you about this.”

"Isn't this a good thing? There is nothing to hide. If I tell the two old ladies when I go back, they will probably be very happy. And Tan Shuzhen, she won't object. By the way, I remembered it. During the summer vacation When Beibei went to Yongcheng, Teacher Tan and the two of them even went on a trip on purpose." Zhang Chen said cheerfully, "This can be considered a matter of course."

"Children, you still have to respect them. They have their own plans. Even if we know about this, we will just have fun on the side. Do you understand?"

Xiaofang said, Zhang Chen smiled and nodded, he said:

"If this is the case, I really don't dare to tell the two old ladies. If I tell them, if they can hold it in any longer, they may soon bring Xiangnan under their protection, and even Yongcheng will run to deliver delicious food. "

Xiaofang laughed and said, "I'll see, so I'd better let them talk to their grandma about it when the time comes."

Zhang Chen nodded.

After Zhang Chen carried out the joint-stock reform of Banmutian Group, Xiaofang also operated on her Youth Capital. Liu Qing is now the managing director of Youth Capital. She can handle everything in the company. Xiaofang, the chairman, is currently focusing mainly on the Nasdaq listing of Fanhua Network and the aftermath of Shuanghui International Holdings.

After several years of hard work, the work of Shuanghui International Holdings to acquire the Spanish Farmers Group was still stuck in Brussels. The more Xiaofang interacted with the gentlemen in the EU, the more she felt that the EU neither looked like a sovereign government nor wanted anything. The organization under management can be said to be the most inefficient and perfunctory freak in the world.

They don't have much actual power, but they have to control almost everything. When the largest meat products company in Europe, like the Spanish Farmers Group, was acquired by a Chinese company, the gentlemen in the European Union became excited in an instant. Everyone Come and have a say.

It sounds nice, but deep down, it still discriminates against Chinese companies.

The most terrible thing is that the EU adopts a collaborative approach, which means that as long as one member state objects to any issue, the issue will be shelved and there will be no way to pass it. You must know that the EU is an organization with 28 member states. There are twenty-four official languages. Translating one document into twenty-four languages ​​can make you half exhausted.

When voting, those small countries in Eastern Europe and the Baltic Sea like to play the role of those who succeed but fail.

Can such an organization do anything serious?

Shuanghui International Holdings really couldn't afford the expense, so it decided to give up the acquisition of the Spanish Farmers Group, and even prepared to sell the equity it originally owned.

This is a very complicated and tiring job.

The quality of an army does not depend on how sharp you are when you attack, but how strong your resilience and organization are when you retreat. Attacking is always easy, as long as you fire at the target and advance, but When retreating, if there is no proper arrangement and organization, it can easily become a situation of overwhelming defeat, the damage will be infinitely expanded, and it will be out of control.

Most armies perish when they retreat, not when they attack.

The same is true for cross-border mergers and reorganizations of enterprises. After the reorganization fails, cleaning up the mess, minimizing one's own losses, and even changing from passive to active, turning disadvantages into advantages, and obtaining certain benefits is a meticulous job. Xiaofang can't help it. You can’t do it yourself.

And people are often like this. The busier and tired they are outside, the more they miss home and their relatives. Xiaofang missed Zhang Xiangxi terribly on the plane. After getting off the plane, she hurriedly asked Zhang Xiangbei Run to Hangzhou.

They returned to Hangzhou, to the "Splendid Home", and when they hugged Zhang Xiangxi, Xiaofang's heart seemed to have just fallen to the ground, and she suddenly felt very tired. The string that had been tight finally finally It's time to let go.

Xiaofang hugged Zhang Xiangxi and said to her, "Call mom."

Zhang Xiangxi chuckled and waved his arms: "Cheaper, cheaper."

"It's not cheap." Xiaofang grimaced, pretending to be sullen.

Zhang Xiangxi still chuckled: "Cheaper, cheaper."

Xiaofang couldn't hold back anymore, laughed, and kept kissing Zhang Xiangxi's face.

During lunch, Zhang Chen’s mother saw that Xiaofang’s face was not very good and asked her what was wrong.

Xiaofang said it was fine, but she was a little tired and the jet lag hadn't come over yet.

"Then you eat quickly and rest in Beibei's room after eating." Zhang Chen's mother said.

Xiaofang said yes, I was too lazy to climb the stairs over there.

Xiaofang's mother heard this and immediately went to tidy Xiaofang's room.

After dinner, Xiaofang went to the room to sleep, and Zhang Chen went to the company.

Xiaofang was lying sideways on the bed. She vaguely felt like there was a bug crawling behind her neck. Xiaofang turned around and saw that Zhang Xiangxi came in at some unknown time and crawled onto the bed, lying next to her and using his hands. Touching her hair.

Xiaofang smiled, turned around, and looked at Zhang Xiangxi with sleepy eyes. Zhang Xiangxi stretched out his little hand, touched her face, and said to her:

"Mom, be good and go to sleep."

Xiaofang nodded "hmm", hugged Zhang Xiangxi in her arms, and closed her eyes.

Zhang Chen's mother and Xiaofang's mother turned around and found that Zhang Xiangxi was missing. They quickly walked to the door of Zhang Xiangbei's room and opened the door. They saw Xiaofang had fallen asleep holding Zhang Xiangxi. Zhang Xiangxi's eyes were wide open and he saw When he saw them, he waved his little hand towards them to signal not to make any noise.

The two old ladies smiled and closed the door gently.

…

Zhang Chen drove to the company and parked the car in the underground parking lot. As a habit, he went to the Tuxiangyuan Hotel first. The lunch in the hotel was almost over. In addition to the private rooms, there were several tables of guests, and the entire lobby outside was It's empty, and the waiters are cleaning.

He walked to the cashier and was talking to the restaurant manager. Someone called him. Zhang Chen turned around and saw that it was Wang Minsheng.

Wang Minsheng told him that someone was celebrating a child's birthday here in the evening, and twenty-five tables were set up.

"Is a child's birthday worth such an exaggeration?" Zhang Chen asked.

Wang Minsheng smiled and said: "Isn't it? Nowadays, when children celebrate their birthdays, relatives and friends are also competing with each other. Your child has ten tables, my child has twelve tables, and his child has fifteen tables. The comparison is like this. What's exaggerated is that even The same goes for cakes. Do you know how much a cake today costs?"

"Eight hundred?" Zhang Chen asked.

Wang Minsheng shook his head: "Six thousand and eight."

Zhang Chen was startled and shouted: "Why does the cake have to be so expensive?"

Wang Minsheng told him that today's cake has a diameter of one meter and two meters at the bottom and fifteen layers on top. Because it is the child's fifteenth birthday, the shape of the cake is pagoda-shaped, which means rising through the ranks. The pastry chef here did not make it. I didn’t feel confident about having such a big cake, so I called him, the master, and he came over.

The restaurant manager next to him said: "Not only the cakes, but also the standard of the banquet is very high. Five thousand eighty-one tables, plus cakes and drinks, the total should be more than two hundred thousand. I am planning to separate a special area in the lobby .”

Zhang Chen shook his head and said: "It's too extravagant. It costs so much money for a birthday. Fortunately, Zhang Xiangbei has grown up and doesn't need to spend this money."

"What about Xixi?" Wang Minsheng said.

"Don't engage in these things. On this point, Xiaofang and I are in agreement, that is, children should not be allowed to have excessive luxury, otherwise it will harm them and weaken their ability to survive." Zhang Chen said, " A child can still stay with his parents for the rest of his life. When he goes out, will others pamper him and let him go like his parents?"

Wang Minsheng nodded, and the restaurant manager said: "Xixi doesn't need it, she will ask for 'cheaper, cheaper'."

Zhang Chen and Wang Minsheng both laughed. The manager said to Zhang Chen, "By the way, Mr. Zhang, this child's parents know you."

"Know me?" Zhang Chen was surprised and asked, "Who is it?"

"The child's surname is Wu. His father's surname should also be Wu. When he came to place an order yesterday, he asked about you. Weren't you in the office yesterday afternoon?" the restaurant manager said.

Zhang Chen nodded and said, "Since we are acquaintances, have you given him a discount?"

"I want to call him, but he doesn't need it. I say it's unlucky. What else can I say? How can I get a discount on something for my son? It must be calculated at the original price." The restaurant manager said.

"Is there such a strange person?" Zhang Chen asked, confused.

"You should ask, why are there such good customers?" Wang Minsheng said, and Zhang Chen and the restaurant manager both laughed.

Zhang Chen said goodbye to Wang Minsheng and the restaurant manager and went back to the office upstairs. He was thinking all the way that the one who could create such a big scene must be the boss, not government officials. They are not so arrogant.

The surname was Wu, and he acted in such a high-profile manner, like an acquaintance of the nouveau riche. Zhang Chen thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't figure out who it was.

Don’t think about it anymore, whatever.

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