After the acquisition agreement was reached, Yuanlai and Bai'an formally notified all employees through meetings and emails respectively. In order to appease everyone's emotions and eliminate misunderstandings and concerns, Cai Bingjie, He Haixiang and the receivers at Guanchao communicated with employees through internal forums, mailboxes, Q&A, one-on-one conversations, etc., and introduced Guanchao International's corporate culture and benefits. Changes in treatment, office environment, and commitment to company ownership will not affect the continued performance of the labor contract, so everyone can rest assured.

Experienced people know that these are just words of the scene.

Bai'an employees greeted this turmoil with an uneasy mood.

The most anxious is the Administration Department, feeling sentenced to death. Guanchao itself has a strong administrative, sales and scientific research team. After the reorganization, the administrative department seems redundant and will become the first echelon of layoffs.

The R&D team as the core force is also not safe, because Bai'an and Guanchao have many repeated or similar scientific research projects, and technicians are faced with the choice of being selected by Guanchao.

Min Huitie was determined to leave, and the only thing she was reluctant to give up was the team she had worked with for many years. Before submitting her resignation letter, she specifically found Cao Mu and asked her to take care of her five subordinates.

"I will try my best to protect them." Cao Mu sighed, "But I am also a mud bodhisattva crossing the river and I can't protect myself."

"Dongyang's wife has just become pregnant, and he needs a stable income during this period." Min Hui said with a heavy heart, "Jiang Heng and Qingyuan both bought houses last year, and their wife's income is not high, and they are mainly responsible for mortgage loans. Xiaohan's younger brother was caught in a fire at the beginning of the year and suffered serious burns. His family has no medical insurance in the countryside, and he is the eldest in the family. He takes care of the treatment. Tang Xinning, I'm not afraid that she can't find a job. The girl has a soft temper that is easy to negotiate, I am afraid that she will be bullied by others when she goes to other companies...Sister Cao, did Guanchao talk to you?"

"The specific personnel arrangement has not yet come out. I don't know which game Cheng Qirang is playing. He talked to me once and asked me to be the deputy director of the sales department. I proposed to stay in the research and development department. He said that the research and development department is now It is Ding Yifeng who is in charge, I used to be his boss, but now I am his deputy, which is not suitable."

"He is considerate." Min Hui sarcastically said. At that time, Cao Mu made the decision to drive away Ding Yifeng, but now he has really become his deputy.

"Do you know what position He Haixiang is?" Cao Mu suddenly said.

"What position can he have? He is not a major technical person, and his management concept is so backward. I still understand watching the tide, and the overall atmosphere is incompatible with the bureaucratic style. Not to mention the high salary, and he can't do much work, I think he will be fired."

"I originally thought that was the case, but He Haixiang told me that the position that Cheng Qi gave him was VPofR&D - Vice President of R&D."

Although VPofR&D is not at the level of C-Level, it is higher than the R&D director and is also a very important management position. With He Haixiang's ability, he must have made some kind of "special" contribution to take an important position in the tide watch. This also confirms the speculation in everyone's heart: the reason why Guanchao can get Bai'an at a slightly higher price than the opponent is that someone disclosed the reserve price of MBO to Cheng Qirang.

"It must be he leaked the secret!" Min Hui scolded through gnashing of teeth, "This piece of shit."

"If only I could resign like you," Cao Mu said with a wry smile, "But now, like you, I am a single mother and want to raise two children. Adults can save as much as they want, children are the most expensive. The little compensation in the agreement is not enough for me to live."

"That's right. Fortunately, Su Quan's support fees are all covered by Xinqi. I don't even have a mortgage myself—" Min Hui smiled, "I can afford it."

According to regulations, Min Hui's resignation needs to be notified to the personnel department 30 days in advance. And Bai'an will soon move into the Morning Bell Building at No. 17 Qingliu Street, which is also the location of Guanchao International Headquarters and R&D Center.

According to the staff of Guanchao, there is not much free office space in Chenzhong Building, which is why Cheng Qirang wanted to buy Haitian Building. The newly built Haitian Building has 38 floors, and the Morning Bell Building has only 26 floors. Haitian Building is absolutely overwhelming in terms of design and momentum.

"Mr. Cheng specifically told me to do everything possible to keep you." He Haixiang read Min Hui's resignation letter carefully, put it on the table, and said with a smile, "If you have any conditions, please feel free to mention it. What's a kid with a serious heart disease that needs to be cared for at home, has no time to work, etc. . work from home."

"Mr. He, I've made up my mind, don't persuade me." Min Hui shook her head, "In order not to affect everyone's work, I hope to start the handover as soon as possible. I have prepared some documents and lists."

"You signed three agreements when you joined the company," He Haixiang took out a folder from the drawer and extracted three documents from it, "technical achievement agreement, non-compete agreement, and confidentiality agreement. According to these agreements, your current The technical achievements obtained, including patents, designs, copyrights, technical information, business information, trade secrets, etc., are all completed under the material and technical conditions provided by Bai'an."

"I know."

"In order to protect the company's core technology and business secrets, after leaving the company, you have a two-year non-compete period. You are obliged to report your employment status to us in writing within two weeks of finding a new job, and at the same time every quarter. Continue to report your employment situation in writing. If you fail to report on time, it is a breach of contract, and you need to pay us 500,000 yuan in liquidated damages. Of course, we will also pay you a certain amount of non-compete compensation every month. ."

"clear."

"After the termination of the labor contract, within the non-compete period, you cannot work in an employer that produces similar products, operates similar businesses, or has other competitive relationships, nor can you develop similar products that are competitive with your original employer, or operate the same kind of business.”

"Know."

"If you're violating a non-compete agreement with the company's rights - it's against the law."

"You don't need to talk so much, Mr. He. When it comes to breaking the law, when it comes to leaking secrets—" Min Hui looked at his hypocritical smile and felt annoyed in her heart, "The price of Guanchao is only one million more than ours. Do you think Cheng Qirang can guess so accurately?"

"Cheng Qirang is very smart, and so is his chief financial officer."

"The smartest person, is that you?"

"Min Hui, don't rant! You must pay legal responsibility for spreading rumors!"

"If you don't want me to squirt, then let me resign quickly." She dropped these words and walked away.

After a distracting day, Min Hui accidentally bumped into Yin Xu while she was getting off work.

She wanted to take a walk home, stopped by the mall to buy a pair of shoes for Su Quan, and walked alone for five minutes on the road, when she heard a "di" sound and a white van slowly pulled up beside her. Yin Xu stuck his head out of the car window and shouted, "Min Hui!"

"Brother Yin?"

Min Hui was taken aback. She remembered that Yin Xu's car was a Toyota SUV, so how did it start?

"Where to? I'll give you a ride."

"No, it's just in front, Ruide Commercial Building."

"I'm going there too, come on up."

The face was brand new, and Min Hui sat on it and smelled the smell of "new car".

"Brother Yin, why did you change your car?"

"My SUV is left to Cao Mu. Now I'm doing a small business and I need a truck to tow the goods." Yin Xu said, "I opened a sporting goods store on the third floor of Ruide, which mainly deals in branded sports shoes, Nike, Sharp Step, Under Armour, New Brunswick, Skechers, Adidas, etc."

"When did it happen?"

"After the divorce, all the money is left to my wife and children. I don't have enough money, so I have to find a way to make money." Yin Xu said while driving, "I sold an old house and bought a shop here."

"How's business?"

"It's just the beginning. But it's great, I've been too busy these days." Yin Xu said, "I hired fifteen college students to work as sales for me."

"Fifteen?" Min Hui was taken aback, "Your shop is not small, right?"

"The store occupies one-third of the third floor, which is quite large compared to other stores." He pointed to the car, "No, it sells so fast that I go to the warehouse twice a day to get the goods. ."

"Are there any children's shoes?"

"Yes, I have a children's section, selling a small number of children's shoes, mainly Nike and Keschi."

When he said this, Min Hui became curious and followed him all the way to the third floor. When he got out of the elevator, he turned right. Sure enough, a newly renovated storefront appeared, named "Chaomu Sports".

"Why is it called this name?"

"I miss Cao Mu all the time." Yin Xu chuckled, "Is it nice? Does it rhyme?"

Min Hui gave him a white look: "Pull it down."

Walking into the store, it is fully furnished and dazzling, and the sports shoes display area has a sense of design.

"It's very well decorated, you hired a special designer?"

"I designed it myself. I asked a student from the Academy of Fine Arts to draw my ideas. I hired two good carpenters - it's actually very simple."

"Does Sister Cao Mu know?"

"I haven't told her yet. She has a big temper. Your acquisition didn't succeed. She's in a bad mood. I've been too scared to talk to her recently. After taking the children and cooking, I quietly quit every day."

"Brother, how did you make yourself an hourly worker?"

"It's just redemption."

Min Hui looked at him, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"Cao Mu said you plan to resign?"

"I have already resigned, just today. It will take some time to hand over the job." Min Hui asked casually, "By the way, are you short of manpower? Let me help you sell shoes?"

"It's lacking, but this kind of work—"

"I have an advantage, I can help you design an electronic sales system that automatically calculates your sales, displays your inventory, and makes it easier for you to find goods. In addition, I can help you develop e-commerce, official APP, Weibo, WeChat, QR code network marketing...online and offline, no matter what function you need, I can design it for you.”

"You've been hired." Yin Xu said immediately, "It's mainly because I have to teach some tennis lessons at the club. They are all good friends and can't be dismissed, so I can't come every day. If you're here, I'll take care of it. You don't have to work all day, and you won't be paid less."

After that, seeing Min Hui carrying a pair of Nike shoes that Su Quan had picked for Su Quan, she said, "Is this for Quan Quan? You don't need to pay, I'll give it to him."

Min Hui took out her bank card and glared at him: "They've already started doing business, don't be so generous. Your friends are all over the world, each of them will give you a pair, and go drink the Northwest Wind by yourself?"

The two chatted for a while, and when Min Hui returned home, the nanny handed Su Quan over to her, saying that she had already eaten dinner. There are two dishes on the table that Yun Lu specially left for her.

Min Hui sat at the table, lifted the lid on the plate, a plate of oxtail braised in red wine, and a plate of garden salad, all of which she liked. There is a bottle of red wine next to it, and a card is pressed under it, which reads: "You can borrow this bottle of wine to drown your sorrows."

It is the handwriting of Xin Qi.

She took out her phone and sent him a text message: "Thank you for the red wine."

After a while, he replied: "Will you go to work in Guanchao?"

"I've already resigned," she replied.

He asked, "What are you going to do in the future?"

She replied with two words: "Sell shoes."

The phone rang immediately, and his impatient voice came: "Selling shoes? What shoes?"

"sports shoes."

Over there, his voice was even more frantic: "The dignified master of computer science from Huaqing University and the R&D director of Bai'an are going to sell shoes? Is it shameful?"

"What's the shame? How many bankers became homeless during the financial turmoil—"

"Don't go so far, what can't you sell, you have to sell shoes?"

"I have a competition restriction and can only do this."

He was silent for a while, and finally said: "Don't do it, I'll give you the money you need."

"You don't need it. And it's soft. My father is a small business, and I actually like to sell shoes." Min Hui said, eating a big mouthful of salad, the lettuce crunched, "If you want to Support me, you can come to me to buy a lot of shoes. Oh, by the way, if you can mobilize the whole company to buy them, I will give you a 22% discount. It is on the third floor of Ruide Commercial Building, Chaomu Sports. "

"Min Hui."

"Um?"

"Are you talking drunk when you're drunk? It's fine if you sell your own shoes, and you want me to buy them from you?"

"It's better to sell shoes than sweet potatoes."

"Cheng Qirang didn't give you any big offer? I don't believe it."

"Xin Qi," Min Hui couldn't help roaring, "How many times do you have to say it before you can believe it? I hate Cheng Qirang! If he gives me the moon, the stars, and the entire galaxy, I won't go to watch the tide!"