In fact, staying up late is not a problem for Zhen Zhen, so after Xi Junjie carried Zhen Zhen back to the house, the two moved from the bathroom to the bedroom, fighting vigorously for several rounds before falling asleep until ten o'clock the next morning. , Zhen Zhen's alarm rang, and the two of them opened their eyes in a daze. Curling her toes, Zhen Zhen pushed Xi Junjie lazily: "Honey, I want to drink water."

Xi Junjie remembered the lingering with Zhen Zhen last night, his ambiguous eyes rolled around on Zhen Zhen's fair shoulders, he took a bite, and a slightly hoarse voice sounded in Zhen Zhen's ear: "But I What if I still want to hug you?"

Sensing the numbness on her shoulders and the breathing that was getting closer to her ears, Zhen Zhen's cheeks were a little red, she turned around to avoid Xi Junjie's seduction range, raised her white and tender feet and kicked Xi Junjie out of the bed: "Have a healthy mind in the morning."

Xi Junjie chuckled lightly, rubbed Zhen Zhen's hair dotingly, with a bit of abusive tone in his tone: "Okay, listen to my daughter-in-law, let's do unhealthy things at night."

Under Zhen Zhen's red-faced glares, Xi Junjie laughed loudly and went to the tea table and poured a cup of warm water to send to Zhen Zhen, he turned around and took out clean underwear from the closet and put it on, and threw the Clothes are thrown into the washing machine.

After washing and cleaning, Zhen Zhen opened the curtains and opened the windows, the warm sunlight and fresh air squeezed out the stagnant air that had been stuffed all night. Pushing open the door, Zhen Zhen quickly jumped into the yard, turned around and waved to Xi Junjie playfully, "Let's see who runs to the dining room first."

"Whoever loses will be at the bottom at night." Xi Junjie shouted, hurriedly chasing after Zhen Zhen, Zhen Zhen smiled and slapped Xi Junjie twice: "I'm going to die, why are you so loud? It's embarrassing! "

Xi Junjie smiled while hiding: "You are lying, are you worried that I will run first?"

Zhen Zhen laughed and jumped on Xi Junjie's back: "I'll show you how Shao Lai won." He stretched his legs and kicked Xi Junjie's butt, Zhen Zhen laughed loudly, "Run!"

The young couple laughed and ran to the dining room door before they stopped, Xi Junjie put Zhen Zhen down from his back and pushed open the dining room door. The Xi family's breakfast has never been eaten together. There are early risers and late risers. Generally, no one waits for anyone. Sister Yang, who was in charge of cooking, saw the two of them coming, and hurriedly put the ravioli with shrimp and crab roe and fresh meat into the pot. When the ravioli was served, the fresh and tender crab roe soup buns were also steamed.

Zhen Zhen bit off the thin skin of the steamed bun, carefully sucking out the tongue-scalding soup while blowing, then carefully poured a little vinegar into the damaged skin, and took a bite of the stuffing, the gravy Intertwined with crab meat, it is fresh but not greasy, full of crab fragrance.

After only a few bites, one of the crab yellow soup buns went into the stomach, Zhen Zhen didn't rush to pick up the second one, instead she took a sip of the wonton soup with a spoon. This wonton soup is cooked by Mrs. Yang with old hens raised in the countryside. It is fresh and clear. Eat another wonton, which is stuffed with crab yellow, shrimp and pork. Just add a little salt, and the wontons are delicious enough. .

Even after eating two wontons, Zhen Zhen carefully mentioned a crystal clear crab yellow soup wrapped in a bowl, and once again absorbed the steamed bun soup, Zhen Zhen was so satisfied that she almost cried: "I like this kind of soup that can be eaten every day. In crab season, you can't get enough of whatever you eat."

Sister-in-law Yang brought another basket of crab roe soup dumplings that had just come out of the pot, and said with a smile, "It's a blessing to be able to eat it, young people as big as you should eat more. Just now, Mingbei came over and ate three full meals. What about the caged buns?"

Zhen Zhen laughed when she heard it: "Why did my brother come here so early for a meal, he is the master who can sleep until noon."

Sister-in-law Yang thought for a while, and then stumbled and said, "Sister Ling asked him to paint what building, and said it would be three stories high?" Seeing that Xi Junjie likes to eat cold sea vegetables on the table, Sister-in-law Yang added another plate and continued. : "Listen to what Sister Ling wants to do for business, and ask him to draw a picture."

Zhen Zhen turned her head and smiled and said to Xi Junjie, "Our mother's ability to act is really strong. I suddenly had an idea in the middle of the night last night, so I called Ming Bei early this morning."

After eating three buns in a row, she stuffed a large bowl of wontons into her stomach, Zhen Zhen rubbed her stomach with satisfaction: "I'll go to Mom's house to see the house designed by Mingbei, you can do your job after dinner. , don't follow me." Xi Junjie nodded: "I'll go to grandma's place after dinner to see if I can help, just call me if you have anything."

When Zhen Zhen came to the main room, Ming Bei was already drawing the design. The architecture major of NUS is well-known all over the country. Although Ming Bei's grades are not among the best in the class, he is quite spiritual in the field of architectural design. The design assignments in his junior year were also taught in the classroom as excellent works. After commenting, several professors praised his design ideas. Now Mingbei is working in the Imperial Architectural Design Institute. Although he has only been working for a few months, he has already started to participate in the design and construction of a large-scale public building with the designers in the design institute.

It is not difficult to convert the shop into a commercial three-storey building. The shops of Zhen Zhen are connected in a row, and all the houses in that row have been bought by Zhen Zhen, so they are all pushed to the top. The cover does not affect the use of other houses. Ling Xiulan was thinking about the design of the beauty shop in her head that night. She didn't take a nap until three or four in the morning. She called Mingbei in high spirits at six o'clock and asked him to come over and draw a design for herself. picture.

Mingbei has his own unique concept of design, while Ling Xiulan has been doing beauty care for more than ten years, and has long had a clear and clear idea for the layout of the beauty shop. At that time, the two had already determined the general design idea of ​​the beauty salon.

Seeing the faint dark circles under Ling Xiulan's eyes, Zhen Zhen felt a little embarrassed: "Mom, look at you, this beauty salon hasn't opened yet, so you'll end up like this. Did you sleep too late last night? My dad should be blaming me for doing this all the time."

Ling Xiulan smiled and rubbed her eyes: "Actually, I was lying on the bed when you left last night, but I couldn't sleep at all." Holding Zhen Zhen's hand, Ling Xiulan was still a little excited: "I was in France before. When I was thinking about when I would have a beauty salon, it would be good. This dream did not come true in France, but I didn’t expect to have the opportunity to become a reality now. You said I can’t be excited.”

Zhen Zhen held Ling Xiulan's shoulders and kneaded her shoulders: "Then you can't stay up late, let's say you can't stay up late, business is secondary, and your body is important. I'll have lunch later. Take a nap and leave it to me if you have anything."

Ming Bei drew a sketch on the paper, and when he heard this, he raised his head and smiled and said, "It will take a few days for me to produce the drawing here, but this house is not something we can build if we want. Auntie has to report to the relevant department earlier. Only after approval."

Ling Xiulan nodded: "I know, I will go through the formalities on Monday, so you can rest assured to draw the drawings. After the formalities are approved, you will be asked to design and build by your unit, and you will be in charge."

Mingbei stood up excitedly when he heard the words, his face flushed red. As a newcomer, normally he would have to study with the architect of his unit for two or three years before he could take on the project independently, like they are now at most. Just messing around.

"But I don't have any work experience yet." Although he was hit by a pie that fell from the sky, Mingbei still knew the gap between himself and a real architect: "I am still in the learning stage, and I am not a construction team. I’m very familiar with it, and if I were to be in charge, I’d probably delay the construction progress.”

"That's why I let you take it." Ling Xiulan smiled: "What you learn from other people's miscellaneous things is on the surface. No matter how long you learn, it is better to do it yourself. Only when you are solely responsible for a project will you know what you can't see. How to coordinate and contact the place, and let you know what to do to be a qualified designer most intuitively.”

Zhen Zhen knew that this was a growth opportunity that Ling Xiulan gave Ming Bei. Although the beauty shop was very small compared to other buildings, its special location and the particularity of the beauty shop were still very challenging for a new designer. . If Mingbei can successfully complete this project, he will become a qualified architect faster than his classmates who graduated in the same year.

Seeing Ling Xiulan trusting herself so much, Mingbei clenched his fists, and his lips started to tremble with excitement: "Thank you auntie for giving me this opportunity, I will work hard!"

Zhen Zhen also smiled when she saw this, but she didn't forget to pour some cold water on Ming Bei: "Although I'm giving you this project now, there are uncontrollable factors in everything, so don't start talking stupidly. Go out, go back and don't get the project again, be careful others laugh at you."

"I know." Mingbei laughed twice, picked up his sketches and the paper full of words and stood up: "Aunt Ling, I'll go back and draw first, you know my phone number, if you Call me anytime you think of any request."

"It's noon, let's eat here." Ling Xiulan glanced at her watch: "I have you busy with work this early in the morning, so I have to invite you to dinner anyway."

"I ate it in the morning." Mingbei said with a smile: "The crab roe soup bun and the shrimp and crab meat ravioli are very fragrant. I ate the portion for two people by myself."

Ling Xiulan smiled: "I don't have much for breakfast. I will ask Mrs. Yang to cook something delicious for you at noon. I remember that Mingbei likes to eat roast duck and meat, right? I will let the kitchen cook more meat dishes at noon and let you eat one. Enough." Seeing that Ming Bei was a little embarrassed and wanted to refuse, Ling Xiulan said, "It's all your own family, why are you being polite, I'll call your nurse and your parents too, usually when Zhen Zhen and the others go to work, we also They all ate together."

Seeing this, Mingbei couldn't refuse any more, so he sat back with the blueprint: "Then I'll draw here first."

"Well, help auntie paint, auntie's beauty salon can rely on you to design." Ling Xiulan smiled and brought the washed fruit on the coffee table and put it aside, and went to the kitchen to have lunch.

For his first design drawing, Mingbei could not wait to incorporate all his ideas, not only to be beautiful but also to highlight practical features. Seeing that Mingbei was concentrating on drawing sketches on the paper, and even Mrs. Li and the others didn't notice when they came over, Zhen Zhen couldn't help but said softly: "My fourth brother used to be the most outgoing, but it's been a few years since I became an educated youth. It's much more secure, don't talk about being so focused before, he can't even sit on the stool."

Mrs. Li waved her hand and took Wang Sufen and Zhen Zhen out of the house. They were afraid of affecting Mingbei's work, so they went to the kitchen to help. When the two families were together, a large table of dishes was quickly packed out. Xi Junjie also bought a slice of roast duck from outside, and took the plate and served it on the table.

Holding up Zhen Zhen's self-brewed wine, Ling Xiulan's smile was particularly bright: "Cheers, for the early opening of my beauty salon!"

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After a rainy autumn and a cold, it seemed that a few days ago wearing a thin coat would be enough to go out, but in the blink of an eye, putting on a sweater felt a little cold. After an autumn rain, the former People's Garment Factory was officially renamed Yimei Garment Factory, and Wang Xinzhi was in charge of the factory's business. After going through the factory change procedures and hanging up the new brand by himself, Wang Xinzhi walked into the factory director's office and started busy work, until it got dark, Wang Xinzhi glanced at the watch on the wall and guessed that Zhen Zhen had already left work Immediately called her home.

Listening to the crisp greetings over there, Wang Xinzhi flashed for a moment, and soon he returned to normal, with a business-like tone: "Boss, the formalities for the garment factory have been completed, and the new brand has been put up. , I have arranged to purchase this year's new cotton in the afternoon, and we can produce military coats as soon as the cotton arrives."

"How did the original managers arrange it?" Zhen Zhen who was over the microphone first asked about the topic she cared about.

Zhen Zhen and Wang Xinzhi discussed the issue of the former factory director Si Yaren's departure and retention together. After all, the original factory director of the furniture factory once had the idea of ​​inciting civil unrest in order to seize power. Kind of a moth.

Although Wang Xinzhi had never experienced the incident in the furniture factory, he had heard Sun Rende talk about it. But he has cooperated with Si Yaren several times, and his impression of Si Yaren is still very good, so when Zhen Zhen asked this question, he immediately said a few good words for Si Yaren: "Si Yaren is a person who is He has average management skills and is not very keen on the market, but he is a very practical person. The previous few times our orders were very urgent. I have been to the factory a few times and I have seen him basically relying on the workshop and workers. They eat and work together, they have tenacity, and they have strict requirements on the quality of clothing, and the workers are very convinced of him. My idea is to let him be the deputy director in charge of production. You can have more energy to do other things.”

Zhen Zhen still believes in Wang Xinzhi's way of looking at people: "Then do as you said, there are other management personnel who are suitable to stay, and those who have such a crooked mind would rather pay more compensation and let them go. He left, we don't have the energy to intrigue with them."

Wang Xinzhi smiled: "Don't worry, by the way, I'm thinking about holding the first general staff meeting after the garment factory's restructuring in the past few days. Would you like to come on stage and say a few words, after all, this factory is your asset."

Zhen Zhen didn't have much interest in speaking in public: "Now you are the head of the factory, the employees just need to know you. It's not necessary for me to talk about it or not."

"The director of the factory has always wanted to meet you." Wang Xinzhi asked for instructions: "I kept talking about my boss when I talked to him, so he was very curious about the big boss behind the scenes. Three years to come back to life and become a first-class enterprise in the country can be called a legend in the business world."

Zhen Zhen smiled and said: "You and Director Sun have contributed greatly to the furniture factory's ability to achieve today's situation. But Si Yaren doesn't want to see me. At noon on Sunday, I will invite you to dinner and go to the Imperial Hotel."

"The boss is very generous." Wang Xinzhi smiled: "I took Si Yaren to the appointment at noon on Sunday."

"You should also look for designers as soon as possible to see if there are young people with design talents in the factory. If not, see if you can recruit a few through some channels. Also, prepare yourself. Next month, I will let you and furniture The factory selects a few design talents to visit and study in some European countries, one is to gain some knowledge, and the other is to let them open up old-fashioned ideas and get more inspiration to create our own international style."

Hearing that Zhen Zhen wanted to take people to study abroad, Wang Xinzhi was very excited: "I know, I will definitely find a designer as soon as possible."

In terms of design, the two factories are relatively weak. The two brands of furniture factories, Feihuang card, are high-end solid wood furniture, which is basically based on traditional and classical styles, because the current customer base who chooses solid wood furniture is originally a little older and likes it Powerful people with ancient fragrance and ancient charm prefer the classical style, so the sales performance of Feihuang brand furniture has been growing steadily; relatively speaking, Tengda brand furniture is more inclined to the general public. Two can also afford it, the pursuit is fashionable and practical. The furniture styles that opened up the Tengda brand in the early stage and established the brand's reputation were all designed by Zhen Zhen, and the mattresses were made by Zhen Zhen who drew various detailed drawings and stared at them. But after all, Zhen Zhen has too many other things to be busy with, so she can't focus on the furniture factory. The new styles of furniture that Tengda has produced in the past two years are all her own designs. Although it can be called practical, In Zhen Zhen's eyes, there is still some distance from the word "beauty". At the same time, there is no new change in mattresses. Although mattresses are still monopolized by Tengda Furniture Factory, Zhen Zhen knows that there will be more and more types of mattresses in the future, and Tengda mattresses must make people sleep on this basis To be more comfortable and healthy, and gradually improve to keep more customers. Nowadays, Tengda's furniture is already leading the trend in China. If you want to improve and learn, going abroad is the best choice.

In the blink of an eye, on Sunday, Zhen Zhen and Ling Xiulan went to the shop on East Chang'an Avenue early in the morning. The original clothing store had been moved to West Chang'an Avenue, and Ming Bei was leading people to demolish the original dilapidated house. For the sake of safety, to avoid pedestrians being too close to being hit by falling bricks, the construction area was blocked with baffles. Looking at the bald and broken board, Zhen Zhen suddenly remembered the propaganda methods of later generations, and suddenly had an idea: "Mom, do you think we should advertise our beauty salon on this upper baffle first?"

Ling Xiulan looked at Zhen Zhen and asked, "Are you going to put a poster on it? I just don't know if there is any place to print a poster that meets our requirements."

Zhen Zhen smiled: "I don't need anyone else, I can just draw it myself." Thinking about the next week's work assignment that she received yesterday, Zhen Zhen has a plan in her heart: "I will work overtime at night next week and try to finish all the work on Wednesday, The remaining few days are enough for me to come here to paint." Ling Xiulan has a deep understanding of Zhen Zhen's versatility, and the effect of painting by Zhen Zhen is naturally better than printing.

After seeing the construction progress, the two separated, Zhen Zhen vacated a store not far from the construction site as a temporary office for Ling Xiulan. Now Ling Xiulan has recruited 20 young, beautiful and smart girls. Now that she is still a few months away from her career, Ling Xiulan invites friends from abroad to send back many books on beauty. She reads French While training the girls in the original text, also took this opportunity to observe the behavior of each girl, so as to select people who can be focused on training in the future.

Zhen Zhen came to the Imperial Hotel alone and checked that it was still early, Zhen Zhen chose a seat by the window and sat down, asked the waiter to order food, and took out a book from her schoolbag to read.

Time passed minute by minute, and ten minutes before the appointed time, Wang Xinzhi and Si Yaren walked into the Imperial Hotel one after another. It was not yet lunchtime, and there were not many guests in the hall. Wang Xinzhi knew that Zhen Zhen likes to sit by the window, and as soon as he looked up, he saw Zhen Zhen looking down and reading a book.

Wang Xinzhi stared at Zhen Zhen's reading expression, with a smile on his face involuntarily, Si Yaren followed Wang Xinzhi's line of sight to look over, just in line with Zhen Zhen who just looked up.

Seeing this noble man who had solved the predicament of not being able to pay his salary, Si Yaren warmly stretched out his hand and walked towards Zhen Zhen: "Oh, reporter Li, what a coincidence, why are you here?" Without waiting for Zhen Zhen to answer, Si Yaren laughed again: "Look at what I asked, you must be waiting for someone here. I didn't say thank you face to face for your help last time, thanks to you for giving me I introduced a business, and only then did the workers in our factory get paid. By the way, you must know our factory director Wang. The business that I cooperated with factory director Wang was the bridge you built.” Si Yaren He stretched out his hand and dragged Wang Xinzhi behind him, and said with a big smile: "You said it was a coincidence, I used to be partners with Director Wang, but now we are a family. You know it, Director Wang Now he is the director of our garment factory."

After listening to Si Yaren's crackling, Zhen Zhen smiled and stretched out her hand: "Director Wang and Director Si, please take a seat."

Si Yaren waved his hand quickly: "Today, factory director Wang wants to take me to see the investment boss of our factory. Our boss is expected to be there soon. Then you can leave me a phone call and I will invite you to dinner later."

Zhen Zhen smiled and said: "No need, I'll treat you to dinner today."

"It's really going to happen." Si Yaren waved his hands to push him away before he could figure out the situation.

Wang Xinzhi smiled and shook his head, and finally interjected: "Director of the factory, she is the investor of our factory, Li Mingzhen."

Si Yayi's words were blocked, he opened his mouth wide, pointed to Li Mingzhen and then pointed to Wang Xinzhi, and asked in disbelief, "Our factory, she bought it?"

Wang Xinzhi nodded: "Yes!"

The broken string in Si Yaren's mind finally reconnected: "Doesn't that mean that Tengda Furniture Factory is also reporter Li's?"

Wang Xinzhi smiled again: "Yes, Ming Zhen also invested in the furniture factory, and she personally designed the best-selling Tengda mattress today."

Si Yaren's mind went blank. Looking at Li Mingzhen's faint smile, he couldn't help but think of the scene when she interviewed herself. Suddenly, a thoughtless question blurted out: "How many of the units you interviewed have you bought now?"