Company Annual Meeting (1)

With ten days left until the Spring Festival, Future Technology held its annual meeting at the only three-star hotel in the county town.

It wasn't that Future Technology was stingy for choosing a three-star hotel for their annual meeting; it was simply that in the small county of Huoxian, this hotel was the highest-spec available.

Although the hotel's rating wasn't great, Li Zhou was very satisfied after the Future Technology employees decorated it.

At noon, as they had been notified in advance, all employees gathered in small groups after lunch to chat while waiting for the shuttle bus at 1 PM.

According to the company's administrative department, a chartered bus would pick up all employees at 1 PM to take them to the county town, and the annual meeting would start promptly at 3 PM.

"Hey, have you guys heard? They say this year's year-end bonuses are very generous."

"Who knows? Even if they are, how much year-end bonus can we new employees who just joined less than two months ago get?"

"That's not necessarily true. Our company has hundreds of people. If you really think about it, everyone is a new employee. The only ones who can barely be considered old employees are the hundred or so people who came with General Manager Xiong."

"I'm telling you guys a secret, but don't tell anyone else. I don't know if the year-end bonuses are generous, but the prizes at the annual meeting are very good. My boyfriend is in the procurement department!"

For a moment, everyone in the small office felt a sense of anticipation for the evening's annual meeting.

After a short period of chatting, everyone soon noticed more and more buses pulling into the company's courtyard.

When they boarded, everyone counted and found there were a full twenty buses.

After the heads of each department led their subordinates onto the buses, Wang Fei hurried to the boss's office.

"Chairman, everyone has boarded. We're just waiting for you."

Li Zhou glanced at the clock on the wall. It was already 12:55 PM.

"Zhou Song, have the brothers staying behind in the security department been arranged?"

That's right, in just half a year, Zhou Song had become the head of the newly established security department.

The security department now had over twenty people, all retired special forces soldiers, and most of them were former comrades of Zhou Song and the other three.

"Boss, the brothers staying behind have been arranged, and their standby subsidies were credited this morning."

"That's good."

With everything arranged, Li Zhou stood up and walked out.

Currently, Future Technology's temporary headquarters housed many valuable experimental equipment and the company's servers, which contained a lot of data.

Unlike in the past, even though Future Technology appeared to be smooth sailing and calm on the surface now.

In the past six months, there had been quite a few people caught trying to sneak into the building's server room late at night.

Under the temptation of money, some people always disregarded the military signs at the entrance.

Since the first incident, the security personnel had gradually increased, leading to the establishment of the current security department.

As the chairman of Future Technology, holding 100% of the company's shares, everyone was waiting before Li Zhou had even boarded.

Xiong Kexuan glanced at her watch and frowned.

It was already 1 PM, and Wang Fei had been calling someone for so long.

When Xiong Kexuan looked up, she saw Li Zhou coming out with Zhou Song, Wang Fei, and a few others.

As Li Zhou approached, Xiong Kexuan gave him a glare.

"My big boss, couldn't you have come out two minutes earlier? Everyone's been waiting for you!"

Li Zhou shrugged.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go."

After speaking, Li Zhou made a funny face at Nuonuo in Xiong Kexuan's car and got into his own Hongqi.

Little Nuonuo, who was by the window of the red car, saw Li Zhou teasing her and directly said, "Bad guy~~"

After that, she put her pacifier back in her mouth and stopped looking out the window.

Seeing her mischievous daughter, Xiong Kexuan glared fiercely.

"Wang Fei, get in the car. We'll follow the boss's car."

"Okay, Sister Xuan."

Zhou Song saw Wang Fei and CEO Xiong Kexuan get into the car and then glanced at the boss through the rearview mirror.

"Boss, shall we depart?"

"Let's go."

As Li Zhou's Hongqi drove out of the courtyard, rows of cars followed closely behind, with the twenty buses bringing up the rear.

All the way from the streets of the small town to the entrance of the hotel, Future Technology's extremely long motorcade attracted a lot of attention.

Those whose children worked at Future Technology showed off to those around them.

"Look, that's my son's/daughter's company. See how grand this company is."

People outside the cars were looking at the cars, while people inside the cars were looking outside.

Li Zhou noticed that there was construction happening in many places along the way.

In just the county town alone, as far as he knew, two five-star hotels were under construction.

While Future Technology certainly had some influence to attract two five-star hotels to such a small county town, the most significant factor was the considerable effort put forth by the county's leadership.

Upon arriving at the hotel entrance, Li Zhou got out of the car and walked directly towards Xiong Kexuan's small red car.

As soon as Li Zhou approached, Xiong Kexuan and Wang Fei opened their doors and got out. Wang Fei, in the back seat, was holding a little one.

Seeing the beautifully dressed Xiao Nuonuo, Li Zhou clapped his hands with a smile.

"Nuonuo, come here and let Uncle hold you."

Nuonuo, in Wang Fei's arms, looked at Li Zhou, thought for a moment, shook her little head, and turned her face away.

Seeing Nuonuo ignore him, Li Zhou narrowed his eyes. As if I can't handle a child who's only a little over a year old?

"Come on, let Uncle hold you. Uncle will buy you something delicious."

Xiong Kexuan, who had just locked the car, walked past Li Zhou and scooped Nuonuo into her arms, looking at Li Zhou with a helpless expression.

"My dear boss, you've already pinched her cheeks until they're chubby, and you still won't let her go."

Li Zhou didn't like hearing that. It was the little one who ate all day long, so why blame him? At most... at most, he could only be considered an accomplice.

After all, Li Zhou himself had fed her quite a bit.

While Li Zhou was playfully teasing Xiao Nuonuo, most of the employees had already gotten out of the cars.

Seeing that everyone was still standing outside and hadn't gone in, and considering the chilly wind that day, Li Zhou patted his backside and led the way into the hotel.

As soon as Li Zhou reached the hotel entrance, a group of people greeted him with smiling faces.

"Director Li, I'm truly honored that you could come to my humble hotel!"

Seeing the other party extend a hand with a smile, Li Zhou shook it with a smile as well.

Xiong Kexuan, walking behind Li Zhou, said, "This is the hotel owner, Mr. Xu."

Li Zhou nodded with a smile.

"Mr. Xu, shall we go inside?"

"Please, please!"

When Li Zhou and the company employees arrived at the hotel, the cars had driven slowly to accommodate employees who were prone to motion sickness. By the time they reached the hotel, it was already three o'clock.

After all the arriving employees found their assigned seats, it was already three-thirty in the afternoon.

In the grand banquet hall, as everyone took their seats, the lights in the hall gradually dimmed.

Soon, the once noisy banquet hall, filled with people, fell silent.