Cheng Beixiao stood in the arrivals hall of the international airport, holding a pick-up sign in his hand, his palms full of sweat.
He has been with DYB for almost four years, working his way from procurement specialist to supply chain director. The total amount of contracts he has handled can buy half a Huaqiangbei.
But he has never met the big boss in person.
All instructions are given through the work mobile phone, or Ms. JARVIS.
He is only responsible for implementation and domestic compliance processes, and does not even know the true background of upstream suppliers and downstream customers.
He is the only regular employee in the entire domestic branch. Even the front desk and cleaning are outsourced temporary workers, who get off work when the time comes.
There is overtime pay for overtime work and subsidies for business trips.
The only problem is, I'm afraid that if something happens to him, there won't be anyone else in the entire branch!
At least until now, not only has he never met his boss, he has never met any of his colleagues!
Seeing the projects he has handled with turnover reaching tens of billions, Cheng Beixiao always feels that he has entered a not-so-serious company.
Today we are finally going to meet the big boss, and I would be lying if I said I wasn't nervous.
In fact, he received a notice half a month ago that his boss was returning to China.
In the past half month, he had gone over and over again to refine the reception plan and arranged everything he could think of.
The result was the same as before, Ms. JARVIS had arranged all the air tickets, hotels, and vehicles, and he only needed to run errands.
On the day of pick-up, Cheng Beixiao didn't sleep well all night. He repeatedly confirmed the flight number and arrival time three times, drove to the airport three hours in advance, and even used a parking space.
The company rented the car Maybach S680 with a full-time driver. He debated for a long time whether to upgrade to a higher specification. Finally, Ms. JARVIS replied with two words in the email, "It's enough."
Cheng Beixiao stood at the arrival gate, watching the waves of passengers pushing their luggage out, rehearsing the first words of the meeting in his mind.
At this moment, a young man wearing a dark gray casual suit and pushing a boarding case walked straight towards him and glanced down at the pick-up ticket in his hand.
"Cheng Beixiao."
Cheng Beixiao straightened his waist reflexively.
"Mr. Fu? My name is Cheng Beixiao! The car is ready, please come with me!"
Fu Haoran nodded.
After Cheng Beixiao finished speaking, he realized that his big boss had no entourage, no assistants, no bodyguards, and the other party was pushing the boarding suitcase alone!
"You alone?" he blurted out.
"Yeah. Let's go." Fu Haoran strode forward.
Cheng Beixiao was stunned for a moment, then quickly followed and took the boarding case first.
"Mr. Fu, let me take you to the hotel first----"
"No, just go to the hotel directly."
As the car drove out of the airport, Fu Haoran in the back seat lowered his head and flipped through his cell phone.
Cheng Beixiao took a sneak peek in the rearview mirror. This man controlled a multinational company and had tens of billions of projects in his hands. He looked not much older than him, in his early thirties at most. The way he leaned on his seat and flipped through his phone was no different from an ordinary passenger.
Three years and nine months.
This is the time for Fu Haoran to go abroad.
The reception banquet was held at the best seafood restaurant Banyan City. There were two large round tables in the private room.
Today is the weekend, and the house is full of relatives from the Fu family.
Uncles, aunts, cousins, cousins, not one of them was left behind, and even a few distant relatives with whom we usually have business dealings came.
It's just a pretense to help Fu Haoran. I want to see what the Fu family's son who has been abroad for several years is like.
Fu Haoran was dressed casually, wearing a dark gray casual suit and a white T-shirt.
He brought in a few bags from the duty-free shop, Estee Lauder suits for his aunts, foreign wine for his uncles, and Switch and AirPods for his peers, one for each family.
The third aunt took the bag, opened it, looked at it, and said with a smile, "Oh, Haoran is interested. This thing is very expensive in domestic counters."
Third uncle Fu Jianguo was not so polite.
He picked up the wine glass and took a sip, his eyes swept up and down Fu Haoran, and said, "Haoran, you have been abroad for several years, what are you doing now?"
The Fu family used to be considered well-off among relatives. Old Fu ran a hardware factory, and Fu Haoran has always been the template for "other people's children" in the family.
It's a pity that the environment was not good, and Fu Haoran never found a good job after graduation.
Eventually he was posted abroad.
Fu Haoran's family is also in a bad situation, especially in the past two years, the factory's business has been difficult, and the old man doesn't mention his son in front of relatives very much.
The third uncle's family is different. His daughter studied abroad and came back as an elite returnee. He has been holding this breath for several years, and today he can finally let it out.
Fu Haoran thought about it, he could earn tens of billions of dollars every year, but he still had to spend almost that much.
In the end, there was no profit or loss, neither good nor bad.
So Fu Haoran answered truthfully, "It's okay, neither better nor worse."
"Which company?" Third Uncle asked, "Foreign company or domestic?"
"I have started my own company. It is currently in the start-up stage and I am doing everything."
"Start-up company?" The third uncle smiled and put down his glass, "Start a business. It's good to start a business. You are young and energetic."
"It's just that the entrepreneurial environment has not been good in the past few years. Several companies failed in our park last year. By the way, is your company big?"
Fu Haoran thought about it, his company is neither a Fortune 500 company nor competing for hegemony, so it depends on the attitude of Pentagon and Congress.
You have to be ashamed, how can you say you have a large scale?
So Fu Haoran continued to answer truthfully, "It's not bad, the company is currently in the expansion stage, and the people are not all there yet, so we can only survive in the cracks."
My cousin Fu Wanqing, who was sitting opposite, twitched the corner of her mouth.
She studied abroad at Amerikan for four years and will graduate next year.
In the past four years, she changed three majors in school, failed several courses, and finally picked the best communication major to get enough credits.
I paid someone to write my graduation project. I never did any group work and relied on the team members to guide me.
But her circle of friends is extremely well managed. She is always positioned in high-end restaurants and resort hotels, her pictures are always holding cocktails, her copywriting is always in English, and she is always surrounded by foreign male companions.
In her Twitter account, there are even large-scale photos of her sticking out her tongue at a white man.
As for this habit, it's not a big deal, it's just a habit of sticking out your tongue when you're high.
Then it was photographed by a friend and kept as a souvenir.
Youth always needs to be squandered.
However, Fu Wanqing has something troubled recently.
That's how to stay at Amerikan.
If she wanted to stay at Amerikan, she had to have a stable job first, but she submitted more than 30 resumes, all of which came to nothing.
As time went by, Fu Wanqing became more and more anxious, but she said another way, "I don't want to stay, there are more opportunities in China."
After learning that Fu Haoran, a distant cousin, had actually worked at Amerikan for more than three years and seemed to have a green card, Fu Wanqing immediately felt unconvinced.
But after hearing that Fu Haoran actually started a business in Amerikan, wouldn't it be easy to arrange a job for yourself even if you are cooperating with others?
"That's all, I'll have to compromise first and let him arrange a job for me, and then run away after I get my green card."
"Or find a foreigner to marry. If that doesn't work, find an honest overseas student to marry, and wait until you have the opportunity to divorce and regain your freedom."
Thinking of this, Fu Wanqing changed into the appearance of a well-behaved and sensible girl next door.
"Brother Hao, does your company have any positions in Amerikan's company?" Fu Wanqing asked sweetly, "I majored in communication. I am good at English, have an international perspective, and understand communication."
Fu Wanqing thought of the various private messages on her Twitter, including "enthusiastic" applications such as "do you want to make a date, do you want to have sex", etc., and she felt that this was what she wanted.
Fu Haoran It's not that I really want to recruit people. It's not that I can't afford to support someone else. It's just that my business is not easy to tell my family.
If you add a loudspeaker, your acquaintances will inevitably know that you are an arms dealer, which will damage your image.
What's more, my factory is a bit remote, and the little girl may not be able to stay there.
It would be fine if I ran away, because I was afraid of being sued and accused of abuse.
For Fu Haoran who is afraid of trouble, Fu Wanqing is just a drag.
"Haoran, you are her brother. It is not difficult to arrange things for Wanqing. Why don't you even help with this small favor?" The third aunt began to kidnap her morally.
"She studied abroad for four years and is fluent in English----"
Fu Haoran is a little unhappy. He hates it when someone kidnaps him morally.
Especially for a person who has been severely beaten by society and the world of reincarnation, the last thing he cares about is moral kidnapping.
"Since the third aunt thinks that my cousin is very good, then I can help, but there are still basic thresholds. This is a hard condition." Fu Haoran showed a harmless smile.
Before the third aunt could react, Fu Haoran said directly, "Fu Wanqing, do you have any works?"
"Work?" Fu Wanqing was stunned for a moment.
"In communication studies, have you ever written a manuscript? Have you ever shot a video? Do you have an account that you have operated? Will you be featured?"
Fu Wanqing opened his mouth, and it took him a long time to say, "----I study communication theory, not short videos."
"What about the brand plan? Have you done a complete communication plan? Do you know how to analyze data? Do you know how to pull Ece | pivot tables?
"----The school does not teach these outdated things."
"What did you teach? Tell me about it?"
"Are you learning to cultivate internet celebrities or create hits?"
Fu Wanqing was speechless when asked, her face turned red, and finally she broke out. "No, you are a start-up company, how can you ask for more than a big company? I am here to intern to help you, why do you want to check my background?"
Fu Haoran smiled, "Should I tell others that this is a guanxi household that knows nothing?"
"This is so bad. It's okay if I'm here. If I'm not here, Fu Wanqing will easily be squeezed out and I'll be unhappy."
"You also know that foreigners are all straight-tempered, so what are they doing? If a foreign employee can't stand it and bullies Fu Wanqing, should I fire a capable and upright employee, or keep a related account?"
"Third Aunt, we have all gone abroad. We cannot bring this domestic dregs abroad. We must be fair and just."
"You told me that the air abroad is sweet, the quality abroad is high, and there is no sense of humanity or sophistication abroad."
"I also do it according to the foreign methods. Why, when it comes to my own girl, I can play double standards?!
Fu Haoran This sentence was so lethal that the third aunt and her family didn't know how to refute it for a moment.
The third aunt became so angry that she immediately slammed the table. "Haoran, what do you mean?!"
"Wanqing studied communication. She is good at English and has an international perspective. She is just the right person.
"You can arrange an internship position for her, just issue a certificate, and renew her visa first."
Fu Haoran drank tea and said calmly, "Third Aunt, no, it doesn't comply with the company's rules and regulations. This is a start-up company. If I take the lead in violating the rules and regulations, people's hearts will be scattered. If people's hearts are broken, it will be difficult to lead the team."
"Wanqing is so outstanding, gold will shine wherever it goes."
Fu Wanqing became angry and felt that Fu Haoran was deliberately embarrassing her.
In fact, she guessed very accurately, Fu Haoran did it on purpose.
Fu Haoran said that he had been caught in the rain, so he wanted to tear up his umbrella so that others who came after him could experience the feeling of being caught in the rain.
How can they know their own suffering if they don't let others step into the trap with them?
Fu Haoran has not forgotten that as a civil engineering graduate, he has done all kinds of dirty and tiring work, and in the end he was sent to Amerikan as a coolie.
Why can others just say a word and enjoy the success, and I want someone to take care of me too?
Seeing Fu Haoran's natural expression, Fu Wanqing became angrier the more he thought about it.
"Sure enough, he is a piece of trash who can't even enter a big factory. He opened a small company by himself. At best, it's a entrepreneurship. At worst, it's a self-employed business."
"What is rapid expansion and what is neither rising nor falling? It's not like we are paying ourselves a salary. We are eating one meal but not the next."
"That's why he made things difficult for me in every possible way because he was afraid that if I went to his company, I would discover his secrets."
To a certain extent, Fu Wanqing was right. Fu Haoran was really afraid that she would discover her little secret and gossip about it everywhere.
Fu Haoran's mother saw the awkward atmosphere and hurriedly came out to smooth things over. "Haoran, since there is no shortage of people in foreign companies, what about domestic companies? This should be no problem, right?"
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Fu Haoran has a headache. The domestic branch is just an empty shell, and they don't even hire cleaning staff.
It's a bit troublesome to arrange a person suddenly.
"Tell me, tell me what entry materials I need this time." Fu Wanqing is very confident. He feels that he has an overseas degree and getting a domestic job is not just a matter of holding his own.
"Physical examination report from a tertiary hospital, certificate of no criminal record, and academic qualification certification." Fu Haoran found a few requirements at random and was prepared to wait for a while.
Fu Wanqing's face turned pale instantly.
Physical examination report.
The first image that flashed through her mind was not the physical examination center, but the private clinic Amerikan.
In her junior year, she underwent her third surgery alone.
She couldn't let anyone get her medical report.
There are records of those surgeries in her medical insurance records. Once they become employment materials, nothing can be hidden.
"You did it on purpose." Her voice suddenly rose half a degree, "You just deliberately made things difficult for me. What kind of start-up company requires a physical examination report when recruiting an intern? Just say it if you don't want to recruit, is it necessary to go so far?"
Everyone at the table was stunned, wondering why she suddenly became furious.
Fu Haoran also asked in confusion, "What's the problem with the regular requirements?"
"No problem!" Fu Wanqing stood up suddenly, and the chair scraped back with a piercing scream, "I'm not going! Who cares about your empty shell company!"
She turned around and rushed into the bathroom.
The third aunt followed behind awkwardly, muttering "What happened to this child today?"
The table was quiet for a few seconds, and several relatives looked at each other, wondering why the meal ended up like this.
With great difficulty, Fu Wanqing was found.
The third uncle saw that his daughter was angry and decided to get the situation back.
He cleared his throat and deliberately changed the subject. "Haoran, how long will you stay here this time?"
"For half a month, I will leave after participating in Zhuhai Airshow."
"Air show?" Fu Wanqing finally found the opportunity to speak again, with a moderate voice, "Is it the kind of exhibition that sells small private jets and model aircraft toys? Your company has a stall there?"
"Absolutely." Fu Haoran didn't deny it, "It's about selling airplanes."
He didn't say what kind of aircraft he was selling, and the people at the table didn't ask.
When selling airplanes, they must be the kind of small propeller airplanes played by the second generation of rich people. A few young people pool their money to build one and take it to an air show to set up a stall.
No wonder I haven't come back for several years. It turns out that business is not doing well and I feel embarrassed to come back.
Fu Wanqing feels a lot more comfortable.
A sense of superiority can only exist if there is comparison.
The cousin next to him, Fu Minghui, was holding a beer glass and suddenly came over. His voice was loud. "Haoran, are you almost thirty? Where is your partner? Have you bought a wedding room?"
The whole table was quiet for a second.
Fu's mother, who was sitting in the main seat, was silent for a moment, put down her chopsticks, and said softly, "I saved a wedding house for him in the early years - the developer's capital chain was broken, and it has been unfinished for more than two years, and the house cannot be handed over."
The third aunt shook her head and sighed, "Oh, that's really -- with the current market situation, buying an unfinished building is the most annoying thing. Didn't you go to the developer to make trouble?"
"It's useless to make trouble." Mother Fu smiled bitterly.
"Let me tell you, you shouldn't have tried to save that little money back then. You see, it was a small gain but a big loss."
"I didn't get the house and the money was gone."
The third aunt shook her head and sighed, with a sense of superiority that she couldn't hide. "Oh, that's really too bad!"
"Back then, I told you that to buy a house, you had to buy from a large state-owned developer. You didn't listen and insisted on buying from a small developer at a low price. Now it's better, both money and house are gone, and Haoran's future marriages will be affected."
Fu Haoran looked at the expression on his mother's face, put the tea cup back on the table, and said, "Mom and Dad, there is another important reason why I came back this time, and that is that I bought a house by the river and haven't moved in yet."
"I happen to be free today, so I'll take you to see it."
The whole table was silent for three seconds.
"Riverside?" The third uncle responded first, "Where is the riverside? Where is Emerald Bay?"
"Almost."
"The house over there is not cheap." The third uncle paused, "Haoran, are you serious? Did you buy it?"
"I bought it and decorated it, but it has been vacant ever since."
Fu's mother looked at her son blankly, her lips moved but she said nothing.
The third uncle took the lead and stood up. "Then let's go and have a look! It's okay after eating anyway!"
"Okay, okay!" Fu Wanqing also stood up, with a smile on his face as if he was watching a good show.
She was trying hard to get back the face she had lost at the dinner table.
A house by the river?
80% of it is the newly opened one on the other side of the river that is just in demand. The unit price is less than 20,000. If you can make the down payment, you can get on the car.
She wanted to see what kind of house this "start-up company" cousin could buy by the river.