Chapter 662: Retreat to advance?
The next morning, Mi Cai and I woke up at the same time in the alarm ring. Today is the day she went to Li Xiaoyun's company to report, and I planned to go with her. It's not that I was worried about her, but mainly because Li Xiaoyun's advertising company, I have worked for a while. However, after leaving Xuzhou, I never talked to these colleagues anymore. I happened to take this opportunity to say hello to them, and I hope they can take care of Mi Cai.
Although I returned the q7 to Mi Cai, she insisted on taking a taxi to the company. I couldn't resist her and had to follow her wishes... So, the two of them stood outside the community in the cold wind of winter, waiting for the taxi to arrive.
Mi Cai put on a hoodie, put her hands in her pockets, and kept her warm by stomping her feet from time to time. Even so, the cold wind on her face was still blew purple and red. I felt sorry for her and blocked her behind me. I still looked anxiously... But like all cities, at this peak of work, a taxi showing an empty car became the most luxurious thing...
A whistle sounded suddenly behind Mi Cai and I. Looking back, Dad Ban was sitting in his car like a savior, signaling us to get in the car quickly... I was so cold that I didn't want to say anything, so I pulled Mi Cai and walked towards Dad Ban's car. When the door was opened, I felt that there was still a warm place in this world!
Mi Cai and I sat in the back seat, and Dad Ban drove to Li Xiaoyun's company. In the middle, I took out a cup of soy milk from Mi Cai's handbag that I had not had time to drink, inserted a straw and Mi Cai and drank it one by one, and we shared it with the pancakes we bought at the entrance of the community. But I didn't expect that Dad Ban looked at this action through the rearview mirror and said to us: "I really want to know how you evaluate your current life."
Mi Cai murmured to me in a low voice: "It's all your fault. I have to get in the car before eating. Wouldn't it be enough to finish the meal when I was waiting for the car?"
I whispered even more than Micai: "Aren't I afraid that your hands are cold..."
Mi Cai pushed me and signaled me to answer Ban Dad's question. I pushed her again and told her with my eyes that she was more suitable for answering than me... This time, Mi Cai couldn't force me and replied: "I think life is quite fulfilling now, and having such an experience in life is also a good experience..."
Seeing that Mi Cai was only halfway through and had nothing to say, I quickly added: "The answer is finished!"
After Ban Dad just said "Then you keep eating", he didn't say anything. Mi Cai and I didn't quite understand what Ban Dad meant by asking this. They didn't eat it in one bite like I just now. I just waited for Mi Cai to eat half of it before I finished the remaining half.
A moment later, we arrived at Li Xiaoyun's company. It happened that Li Xiaoyun also arrived at the company at the same time. As soon as she got out of the car, she greeted us. Mi Cai and I came to her. She subconsciously said, "Good morning, Mr. Mi, Zhaoyang..."
Mi Cai smiled and replied, "Good morning, Director Li... You can't call me Mr. Mi. I will be your assistant in the future!"
Only then did Li Xiaoyun realize that she was talking awkwardly, nodding to Micai with an awkward expression, and said, "By the way, although I passed it, according to the company's procedures, you also need to go to the Human Resources Department and the General Manager for a simple interview. I believe this is too slight for you!"
“No problem.”
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After joining the company, Mi Cai went to the Human Resources Department first to be interviewed by the Human Resources Manager. After saying hello to my former bosses and colleagues, I waited for Mi Cai in Li Xiaoyun's office.
Li Xiaoyun made a cup of hot tea for me, and while handing it to me, she sighed to me: "Zhaoyang, I always feel that Mr. Mi is here to be my assistant. I feel like something is missing in my heart... The key is that she still recommends herself!"
"Are you lack confidence?"
"I really lack confidence... Think about her, the chairman of the group, and now she is my assistant. Am I not guilty at all?"
"You really don't have to do this. Anyway, this is temporary... She came to your company just to find a job. If you take care of her more, she might not adapt to the change of her role so quickly."
"Don't worry, Mi is always a wise woman. We work together and will not embarrass each other... But Zhaoyang, I want to ask, do you really understand Mr. Mi and your true intention to return to Xuzhou?"
"We returned to Xuzhou just to live a simple life. What intentions can she have?"
"I just suddenly remembered and asked, "Do you know, when you first came back, I didn't think there was anything, but when Mr. Mi really entered this kind of civilian life, I really felt how incredible this gap was... I even wondered, did Mr. Mi use a move to retreat to advance? ..... According to rumors from the outside world, Zhuomei Group is not a solid piece of the matter now! Mr. Mi just lies dormant here and wait for the opportunity..."
"I really admire your imagination. Do you think this is a business war movie? ...Why are you as complicated as you think!"
"Anyway, I think Mi is not a simple woman. She can definitely do a lot of things in a quiet way... I think you should be mentally prepared to return to Suzhou at any time... Although this kind of psychological preparation may not be used, it is definitely better to have it than not, right?"
Li Xiaoyun's words suddenly reminded me of all the things I had been with Mi Cai. At that time, she hated me and always kept me silently. For example, in late autumn, she threw me on the side of the highway at the junction of Suzhou and Wuxi, and for example: locked me in an old house all day to show punishment. She seemed to be born to know how to advance and retreat and tolerate! When the time is ripe, she gave her opponent a blow that was powerless to resist.
However, I still don’t believe that she returned to Xuzhou with me with purpose. What Li Xiaoyun said was just her personal guess and there was no basis for fact. At least Mi Cai left Zhuomei cleanly and refused the kindness of the woman in red to help her establish a new company. If she really treats returning to Xuzhou as a pawn in the commercial war, then I am the biggest fool in the world, always kept in the dark, and she will not treat me like Fang Yuan. I firmly believe that at this time we have nothing to confess to each other.
I finally smiled and said to Li Xiaoyun: "You don't have to over-interpret Mi Cai. Some things you don't know make her very tired. What she wants now is a simple and ordinary life... I think it's really good for us to do this now... By the way, I just took over a coffee shop yesterday, and it will be officially opened for one week."
"Coffee Shop? What type of coffee shop is it?"
"What I'm conceiving is a coffee shop with the theme of images, and this is how it is operated..."
I took ten minutes to tell Li Xiaoyun about her business ideas. She seemed very surprised. After thinking for a while, she gave me a thumbs up and sighed: "Zhaoyang, I really have to admire your talent in marketing... Once those photography stores bring five or six people to your coffee shop to take pictures, they can only take pictures for one person. The remaining customers waiting for sit in your coffee shop, so they have to order something to drink... This seems to make the photography store profitable, but you are the most profitable party. Not only has it gained popularity, but it also increases operating income! What's more terrible is that you plan to develop photo shoot service projects yourself in the later stage..."
I looked at Li Xiaoyun's praise for me very clearly, just smiled and replied: "Actually, this coffee shop still has many advantages. Although it is remote, white-collar workers who come here to consume do not have to worry about finding parking spaces... Everyone goes to the coffee shop to enjoy coffee time, the picture is just relaxed. Not finding parking spaces is a very destructive mood. You know, most of these white-collar workers have cars, and there is not much time difference in time when they come to me to consume or go to the city to consume. They will find the feeling they want here. Now what we lack is only popularity. I believe that in the later stage, the functionality shown by the coffee shop will become increasingly weak, and then return to the true nature of coffee time. At that time, it will be a truly branded and profitable personalized cafe!!"
"This is a perfect marketing idea, it depends on whether your execution is enough! ...I still look forward to you this time, Zhaoyang!"
I was still humble: "It's not that my marketing creativity is perfect, but I just came across a suitable coffee shop to realize my marketing ideas. If it were other coffee shops, I wouldn't be able to provide so many parking spaces to solve the troubles of white-collar parking, right?"
Li Xiaoyun nodded in agreement. In fact, those who do marketing understand that only a good marketing environment can achieve good marketing ideas. But I happened to meet this coffee shop with color as the theme, and this idea burst out. It happened that this community that has not been fully developed has enough space to solve the parking troubles of white-collar workers, which makes it look seamless.
I said to Li Xiaoyun again: "By the way, your company should have business dealings with many large photography stores. Can you introduce it to me in the middle?"
"What else do we say is to help or not? Besides, we don't want these photography stores to do anything with their wallets. It can be done with just one phone call. Let me first contact some photography stores that have contact with our advertising company."
Chapter completed!