The Hope You Gave Me: 63-Sad Squad

The day after Min Hui returned to Bincheng, the news of Cheng Qirang's injury had spread throughout the company.

In the more than ten years of watching the tide, Cheng Qirang has never asked for a single sick leave. I get up at 5:00 every day to run in the morning, and I go to work in the company by car at 8:00. Very unfortunately, the night he returned from Beijing, Zheng Lan, who had been in a coma for several months, finally passed away. As the son-in-law and CEO, he had to come forward to handle the funeral.

In a sense, Zheng Lan is both his teacher and his father. He spared no effort to cultivate his career and betrothed his only daughter to him.

People who have seen him come back and say that Cheng Qirang's "fall" was too bad: the bridge of his nose was stepped on, half of his face was swollen, and he was wearing an I-shaped correction mask when he attended the event. Although it was made of transparent material, Looks like a Green Hornet. Coupled with the loss of a front tooth, in such a solemn occasion, his speech has been leaking, making people laugh and cry. He has always been "steady and self-sufficient" in the industry, and it is the first time that he has appeared in front of the public so embarrassed.

No one believed that he was injured like this because he "fallen". For a while, rumors were spreading, gossip was flying, and employees spread their imaginations and made up various versions of the story.

Because only Min Hui was with her on the trip to Beijing, colleagues came to her to inquire about news.

Min Hui naturally pretended to be confused and only quietly told Cao Mu what happened.

"Thanks to Brother Yin who taught me a few tricks, I practice every morning and night, and it finally comes in handy." Min Hui wanted to laugh out loud, but she was afraid of being heard, so she lowered her voice, "I didn't expect Cheng Qirang to be so unruly. It's so cool, I can't wait to do it again a hundred times!"

Seeing her complacent, Cao Mu pushed her: "Aren't you worried about retaliation if you beat your boss so violently?"

"Xin Qi said that Cheng Qirang would definitely not report the case. First, he violated the crime first, and I was in self-defense; second, he was a person who wanted to save face. If this kind of news was published - it would be a shame!"

Cao Mu smiled lightly.

"Besides, what can he do to retaliate against me? Can I fire him?" Min Hui spread her hands, "Then let me go. I can't ask for it. If I fire me, I don't have to abide by the non-compete agreement."

Cao Mu sighed and shook his head: "I see you—too optimistic."

At lunchtime, Min Hui went to the staff restaurant uncharacteristically to eat a fried pork with Hangjiao, which was too spicy, so she had to order another cup of iced lemon tea. The restaurant was very lively. She found a quiet corner and sat down, while drinking tea and replying to WeChat in the work group.

After a few minutes, she heard laughter behind her, and turned her head to see three girls sitting on the dining table in the back row, whispering. One of them was tall and beautiful, and spoke Mandarin with a Cantonese accent. She recognized Zhang Zhirui from the Marketing Department. She used to be Lin Xiyue's colleague. The other two were just familiar but didn't know each other.

Min Hui took the initiative to say "hi": "Zhirui, what are you talking to each other?"

Zhang Zhirui sneakily hooked her hand, motioning her to sit down.

"We've been looking for you for a long time, Min Hui." Zhang Zhirui said, "Thank goodness—you're back!"

Min Hui thought, what does it have to do with you when I come back?

"What's wrong?" she asked with a smile.

"You must know who Cheng Qirang was beaten by." Zhang Zhirui said solemnly, "Let's say it quickly to make us happy, I want to invite this person to dinner!"

Min Hui said calmly, "I heard that she fell."

"Take it down, this kind of injury, you can tell it was beaten at first glance." One of the girls with a round face and a bob head said, her eyes couldn't hide her excitement.

"Introduction, this is An Xiaohe from the game department." Zhang Zhirui pointed to her bob, and then pointed to another girl with straight hair and a white jumper, "This is Fang Shuqing from the engineering department. "

Min Hui pretended to be stern: "The big boss is injured, isn't it okay for you to be so gloating about misfortune?"

"What's wrong? It's better to castrate him!" Zhang Zhirui cut out, "Min Hui, we know what happened to you four years ago - it's true."

Min Hui was drinking tea when she heard this sentence, her body trembled slightly.

"Because it happened to us later," An Xiaohe said softly, "it's just a different object. For example, Zhirui, as long as she travels with Cheng Qirang, she will definitely be eaten tofu. Me, yes She was molested by male colleagues in the department in various ways. Qingqing was targeted by Ding Yifeng as soon as she joined the job, and she was left alone to work overtime every day..."

"Go to HR to report!"

"So what if I reported it? Your example is here. HR didn't take it seriously at all, for fear of finding out the big boss." Zhang Zhirui smiled bitterly and half bitterly, "We are not as good as you, I'm not as bold as you, the only thing that is the same as you is that our family is poor and needs this job..."

"So you chose silence?"

"We set up a 'Sad Squad', where several girls meet regularly to help each other and hug each other to keep warm. There was originally a Michael, but she couldn't stand her resignation." Zhang Zhirui said, "The last time I was in When I saw her at the mall, she said she was seeing a psychiatrist."

"We female compatriots should unite and collect evidence." She always thought she was fighting alone, but unexpectedly found an ally, Min Hui felt excited, "Let's work together to improve our work. environment."

"It's funny, since you returned to Guanchao, Cheng Qirang has never come to see me again, probably because all the firepower was concentrated on you alone." Zhang Zhirui added, "I finally feel comfortable after a few days. day."

"Where's Zheng Yiting? Doesn't she know at all?" Min Hui was surprised, "She has put a lot of eyeliner in the company, right?"

"Zheng Yiting doesn't come to the company at all now." Fang Shuqing said, "Hasn't her father been in bad health in recent years? Plus, although Cheng Qirang's lawsuit won, it was hyped up by the media, and everyone said that there is no wind and no waves. Zheng Qirang Lan chose to protect the overall situation, and it was inevitable that he would not murmur in his heart. I heard that their relationship deteriorated rapidly during that time. The performance evaluation of Cheng Qirang that year was more than twice that of the previous year, but Zheng Lan took this incident as an excuse. Cheng Qirang was very dissatisfied with his refusal to honor his equity incentives.”

Zhang Zhirui nodded: "Zheng Yiting was also mad, and transferred all the people around Cheng Qirang - men and women - as long as they made her suspicious. She had a serious princess disease and never cared about the company's affairs. , I remember seeing a 'Todolist' on her desk, with only three lines written on it: sleep, make up, walk the dog..."

Hearing this, Min Hui couldn't help but chuckle.

Zhang Zhirui continued: "In the past two years, she finally woke up and decided to do something good to save her husband's reputation, so she took over the charity fund under the old chairman's name, helping out-of-school children return to school, protecting animals, Rescue stray cats and dogs, etc. Now it's getting bigger and bigger, and all my thoughts are there."

Min Hui looked at them and said seriously, "It's useless to run away from someone like Cheng Qirang."

"We understand, but we haven't found an effective solution. You are welcome to join the 'Sad Squad' and you are welcome to tell us about your combat experience. Could you please join our discussion group?"

"Of course." Min Hui blinked tactfully and whispered, "I'll give a greeting first: You guessed right, Cheng Qirang was beaten, and the person who beat him was me. "

"You? Alone?" An Xiaohe covered her mouth, "Really?"

"How did you fight? Tell me carefully." Zhang Zhirui pulled Min Hui's clothes excitedly, "I want to hear it so much!"

"In order to deal with him, I practiced Sanda hard for a few weeks..." Min Huijiang briefly said it after a while, and seeing that they were listening with gusto, he hurriedly said, "Don't try this kind of fight easily, I was also forced to defend."

Fang Shuqing supported her with both hands, showing a longing look on her face: "Sanshou? This is a good idea, I will sign up for a class tomorrow!"

"Don't be too optimistic." Min Hui sighed, "If Cheng Qirang didn't drink alcohol, I probably wouldn't be able to beat him. Everyone should focus on gathering evidence."

"What counts as evidence?"

"SMS, recordings, documents and other things that can be used to testify, and should be reported to HR as soon as possible. If the situation is serious, call the police. Even if HR refuses to investigate seriously, it is good to leave a detailed record. .”

***

Min Hui thought that Cheng Qirang had no time to take care of herself because of the funeral for her father-in-law, but she didn't expect revenge to come soon.

Within two days, Ding Yifeng put another flagship AI product of Guanchao, "Tongguang AI Diagnosis and Treatment Platform", into the hands of Min Hui's team and asked them to take charge of the management.

Min Hui took a serious look at it and felt that this product was well done and sold well. She thought to herself that there are really capable people in Guanchao, and it would be better for her to be humble in her words and actions in the future.

"Tongguang is the ace product of our R&D department," Ding Yifeng said proudly, "We have many customers, and we attach great importance to their opinions. Mr. Cheng means that I hope your team can directly connect with customers. , if there is any problem, we will send a team to the scene to solve it as soon as possible, the sooner the better, and don’t let the customer have too many crushes.”

Min Hui frowned slightly after hearing this: "We are the technical department. Generally, we do not deal with customers directly. If customers have problems using our products, they should first report to the customer service department."

There is a specialization in the technical industry, and the talents in the customer service department are the people who are most able to deal with customers, who are sweet and patient. Many people who are engaged in technology are in a hurry, and they quarrel when they talk.

"The procedure says this is the case, but it's too time-consuming. Besides, people in the customer service department don't understand many technical issues at all. In the end, they still have to ask you. It's better for you to talk to the customer directly. It shows our sincerity. It also reduces the cost of communication - killing two birds with one stone."

Min Hui had no choice but to accept it. The next day, the phone in the office was overrun by customers, complaining and scolding all kinds of things. To sum up, there are three points: the performance of the Tongguang platform is not good, the speed is slow, and there are many crashes.

Min Hui dispatched a small team overnight to various counties and cities across the motherland to consult and solve problems.

After going for a few days, Zhang Xiaohan came back and said: "Sister Hui, it's not that there is a problem with our platform, but the application programs of these customers are written in a mess. Not to mention the bloated structure, a large amount of data has been moved by them, completely It's not necessary, and it affects the speed."

"Have you explained it well to them?" Min Hui asked.

"Explained! After explaining it countless times, they couldn't understand it at all. Not only did they refuse to modify the program, but they kept pointing at us and scolding us, saying that the Tongguang platform was a piece of shit, which delayed their treatment and saving people—"

"If you really can't explain it, just help them change the application." Min Hui had to say.

"There is no way to change it. If you want to change it, you have to rewrite it all." It is estimated that there were too many quarrels, and the pimples on Zhang Xiaohan's face became red one by one. "It takes too much time, at least a month. Let's write the application. It's their own business, why let us do it?"

"Let me go." Min Hui sighed, "I've become a customer service here. Instead of answering the phone and being scolded every day, it's better for me to write the program."

As soon as I said that, the job was done.

Customers are scattered all over the world, so Min Hui has to travel all over the world, Guangzhou today, Shanghai tomorrow, Harbin the day after tomorrow, and Kunming the day after tomorrow. In order to hurry up and catch up, she took a lot of red-eye flights. After a month, she lost ten pounds and went home in less than five days. When I finally got home, I slumped on the bed and fell asleep without even seeing my son.

Fortunately, Xin Qi took care of everything, so she had no worries.

Xin Qi will remember to post a few photos of Su Quan, and every one or two nights, he will take time to video with his son and her.

Su Quan couldn't see her mother for more than ten days in a row, she couldn't help crying, and it was difficult to coax her to sleep at night. Xin Qi finally started to get angry: "This is overtime, obviously it's a prank!"

"I guess so." Min Hui was so tired that she was dizzy, "I asked for the trouble. I am a person who wants to change a program full of bugs. It will be changed to Xiaohan for a month, and I will change it myself. It takes five days at most, so I’m still the most efficient and fastest to do things in person—then those who can do it will work harder.”

"Are there overtime pay?"

"No." Min Hui looked at the sky, "This is not our job at all. In order to appease the emotions of our customers, we have to do this, otherwise the things they write will not be able to run well on our platform. We The promised service couldn't be fulfilled. I just didn't expect the technical staff in those hospitals - the level is surprisingly low, and they like to pretend they don't understand! A good product is handed over to them, and it breaks within two months. "

"I have something to tell you, don't be nervous." Xin Qi suddenly said, "This morning, Jia Jun had a fight with someone and is still in the police station."

"What?" Min Hui was on a business trip in Changsha at the time, and her heart became anxious, and her voice suddenly became an octave higher, "How can this be done? He has a criminal record! Xin Qi, you have to take a look!"

"On the way. The situation is like this, Jia Jun has a girlfriend, you know?"

Min Hui's heart sank suddenly: "Ye Xiaozhen?"

"It's not that tutor. It's another one, called Yang Lu. I've met Jiajun's colleagues a few times. They've been together for a while, and Yang Lu has been running social news with Jiajun. She's quite capable. I have a good impression of her. Last time I went to Beijing, Jiajun asked me to buy a necklace as a gift."

Min Hui felt ashamed.

During the period of Xin Qi's return, because of Su Quan's illness, Bai'an's acquisition, and quarrels with Xin Qi every day, she had little time to take care of Jiajun. Jiajun didn't come to her very often. He went out to run the news during the day and went home at night to write articles. The siblings rarely had time to meet each other.

Every time Su Quan came back to Min Hui, he remembered to knock on his uncle's door. Jia Jun would come out to play with the child for an hour, or take him to the park or playground. Min Hui likes this way of getting along. She gets together when she has time, and even if she is not, no one depends on anyone, and no one is forced.

She knew that Xin Qi often asked Jiajun to go out to dinner and play ball. Jia Jun is an introvert and doesn't talk much. Min Hui didn't expect that he would tell Xin Qi about his emotional and personal affairs, so she couldn't help but feel a little jealous.

"Jiajun and Yang Lu are currently investigating an underground criminal gang in Bincheng City. As soon as the investigation started, Yang Lu was stalked by the gangsters, who knocked her unconscious and dragged her into an alley while she was out. Threatened to chop off her right hand. Jiajun was nearby at the time, he heard the sound and rushed over to fight with one block three... and two of the gangsters were sent to the hospital."

Min Hui breathed a sigh of relief: "Where's Yang Lu? Is she all right?"

"The girl is very brave and calm. She is taking notes at the police station now."

"Jiajun won't be too defensive, right?" Min Hui was still worried, "I haven't finished the work at hand, why don't I come back tonight to deal with it?"

"You don't have to come back, I'll take care of it. Jia Jun is not too defensive. The opponent has a knife in his hand, and he is unarmed. One of the gangsters also found drugs on his body. I have consulted a lawyer, and the lawyer said He'll be fine."

"That's fine, that's fine..." As soon as Min Hui heard that the problem was resolved, she hurriedly continued to work on the computer, typing while saying, "I'm going back to Bencheng tomorrow, are you at home?"

"I'm going to Beijing in the morning and try to be back at eight o'clock in the evening."

"Why are you going?"

"Play golf."

"Going to play golf by plane? Big brother, you're too addicted."

"I love doing business on the court. Few people, quiet and plenty of time."

***

Xin Qi has regular golf friends in Beijing. The one he wants to meet this time is Su Zhonghe, the chairman of Yuanmao Group and an important shareholder of BBG.

Su Zhonghe is 58 years old this year, with a medium build, a Chinese-style face, a double chin, and a deep pouch under each eye. He looks older than his actual age, and his hair is gray. He loves golf a lot, and gets up at five o'clock every day to play a round of golf before starting his day's work. He has more than ten years of golfing experience, and his skills are comparable to Xin Qi's. When they were in Beijing, although they were both busy, they would date for at least two games a week.

When she found out that Xin Qi was going to move the company to Bencheng, Su Zhonghe was the first to complain because no one played with him. Xin Qi had to say that he would often go back to Beijing, and as long as he was free, he would definitely make an appointment.

Afterwards, he really went back often. He had a few meetings with Su Zhonghe in Beijing. The two had not seen each other for a long time. They chatted and had a good time.

But this time, Xin Qi asked him about something, and deliberately said that he was going back to Beijing for business on Friday, and asked him if he was free to play a game in the morning. Su Zhonghe happily replied a text message with two words: "I will come."

It takes at least five hours to play 18 holes. After the tee-off, the two chatted, from current affairs to the stock market. Xin Qi said: "I recently took a fancy to a company, and I think it's an opportunity to start now. Not bad."

"Want to buy?"

Xin Qi nodded: "The company is relatively large. The BBG family alone may not be able to swallow it. Are you interested? Let's go together?"

"Which one? Let's talk about it. Your vision has always been good." Su Zhonghe stood on the grass, twisted his waist and hit the ball. Seeing the white ball fly into the green, he walked forward with easy steps. go.

“Watch International.”

"Wow, you're very brave, isn't this piece of meat a bit big?" Su Zhonghe smiled, "Zheng Lan just passed away, want to take advantage of the mess?"

"That's not true." Xin Qi said lightly, "I have been observing them for a while. Guanchao's financial situation is quite good, with continuous growth in net profit for five consecutive years, sufficient cash flow, profitability and solvency. All are good. In terms of brand and assets, they are the leaders in the industry. However, its share price is not high, its shareholding structure is highly fragmented, and Cheng Qirang is riddled with scandals, and the company's corporate culture is in a mess. Go, you can do a lot, and you can get a piece of the pie no matter how bad it is.”

Su Zhonghe listened and lowered his head in thought.

Xin Qi added: "Mr. Wang from Shuangfeng Industrial came to Bencheng a few days ago. I wanted to ask him to chat, but he had something to do with his company and the schedule was rescheduled, so I didn't meet you. I happened to meet you today, just By the way, if you are interested."

Su Zhonghe immediately said, "If you're interested, don't ask Wang Yong to do it, just let the two of us stay together. I can make a big deal, and you can do it for you."

"That's fine. I have bought 150 million shares of Guanchao on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in the name of Dongcheng Technology, accounting for 2% of their total share capital."

"You are really rich." Su Zhonghe laughed.

"You have more money." Xin Qi said, "What you do is insurance."

Su Zhonghe took out his mobile phone and checked the stock market: "Zheng Lan passed away, and Guanchao's stock price has dropped a lot. I will send someone to buy it right away. When we buy 5%, let's put a card first."

"The secondary market and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange can continue to buy at that time. I will prepare the funds I can get here. I will send you a specific plan tomorrow."

"Yeah. You just let it go, and I'll support you with money. Cheng Qirang was trained by Zheng Lan, and he won't let us barbarians break into the tide easily. I believe in your ability. , but this battle is definitely not easy, and we may not be able to win. If Cheng Qirang makes a fool of himself, we can't get in or get out, and we can get a lot of money in a loop, but it will be miserable! "

Xin Qi laughed: "I never said it was easy."

After speaking, a white shadow flew into the air. Su Zhonghe looked at the direction of the parabola and said with a smile, "Birdie! (Note: Golf term: one stroke less than par.)"