After leaving the manager's office, Zou Ming was full of confidence. He did not study the new office in detail. He returned to his workstation and started working.
In the past, the draft of the plan for Boss Lu was still there. He took it out to review it and revised it. Recently, the company's situation has changed a lot. For example, after the hot weather, people stayed in the company and refused to go out. New measures need to be formulated. He even thought about new plans during lunch time.
By the evening when he got off work, a plan called "Dacheng Education Co., Ltd. Member Assessment Reward and Punishment Plan" was finally completed.
After reviewing it carefully, he couldn't help but admire his talent. Such a passionate, pragmatic, specific and highly feasible plan actually came from his own hands.
When he looked up, his colleagues had already left work and the cleaning lady had already started cleaning the corridor.
He ran to the door of the manager's office to see that the door was closed. Only the front desk Li Li was packing her handbag in the next room and preparing to leave work. She looked up and saw Zou Ming:
"The two bosses didn't come to the company in the afternoon."
Zou Ming's idea of submitting the manuscript on time was shattered. He could only come back to save it and print it out for the boss to see when he went to work tomorrow. Before shutting down the computer, he saw the WeChat message hanging, so he sent the plan to his boss online.
Boss Lu quickly replied: "I received the plan. In addition, the time is too tight tonight, and some shareholders can't come, so I made another appointment!"
Zou Ming also felt that he was not mentally prepared to meet the shareholders. The news of the appointment was very sudden. He had been busy writing the plan all day today, so it would be better to postpone the meeting with the shareholders.
So he also replied that he had received it.
When he walked to the elevator, his cell phone rang. Looking at the caller ID, it was Instructor Zhang.
"I'm Zou Ming!" He said, "Instructor Zhang, did you get your phone back?"
"I got it back!" Instructor Zhang smiled and said, "The 4S store sent a worker to deliver it to him early in the morning. I just came out of the unit. Where are you now?"
"I'm in the company. I just got out of get off work." Zou Ming answered absent-mindedly, still thinking about what needs to be improved in the plan.
Zhang Fengcheng smiled and said, "I don't know where your company is. Today I'm free, and I haven't seen you for a long time. I'll come to pick you up and have a quick meal at my house."
Zou Ming just thought that his plan was a little empty. The new plan mentioned the advertising visual plan and marketing copywriting, which should be written as an attachment to the plan to show the shareholders, so he hurried home to revise the draft and simplify the entire plan into a PPT for presentation.
However, after hearing Zhang Fengcheng say this, he felt hungry. He hesitated for a moment, thinking that the marketing plan and advertising plan he had written before were stored in the computer and should be modified for use. Moreover, the boss rarely comes to the company early in the morning, and the first draft has been sent out. The boss needs time to read it. Meeting with shareholders needs to arrange another time, so he feels that he still has time.
"Instructor Zhang, I'll add you on WeChat and send you the location." Zou Ming said, "I saw your mobile phone number on WeChat."
"Okay, add me, I'll wait!" Zhang Fengcheng agreed.
Zou Ming stopped in the lobby and added WeChat. Instructor Zhang quickly passed the verification, and Zou Ming sent his location.
Zhang Fengcheng replied: "It's very close, we'll be there soon."
Zou Ming had just opened the King of Glory when a black Audi stopped in front of the shopping mall. Seeing that the driver was a strange young man, he continued to play the game, but the rear window of the Audi was lowered. Zhang Fengcheng stuck his head out and called Xiao Zou, and then he realized it and hurried over.
"I just saw this car, and the driver was not you, so I continued to play the game." Zou Ming was a little embarrassed.
"This car belongs to the company. My car has not been repaired yet." Zhang Fengcheng smiled slightly, and then introduced him: "This is Xiao Gao."
The young and handsome driver bowed: "Hello, sir, just call me Xiao Gao. I'm glad to meet you."
Zou Ming opened the car door and got in the car. Zhang Fengcheng looked at him sideways: "Do you usually dress like this when you go to work?"
Zou Ming smiled embarrassedly: "Yes, the company stipulates that you must wear a suit and tie to work."
Zhang Fengcheng smiled and said nothing. Zou Ming said self-deprecatingly: "It is the company's rule. We can't do anything about it. If you don't know, you might think you are selling insurance."
Zhang Fengcheng shook his head and said: "You look good in a suit. You are handsome. The suit has shoulder pads, and it looks even more handsome with wider shoulders!"
The young driver said nothing, and Zhang Fengcheng ordered: "Go home."
The driver agreed, and the car started steadily. When passing by the gift shop, Zou Ming was a little uneasy. He hesitated for a while before saying:
"Instructor Zhang, ask the driver to stop. I want to buy some fruit!"
The driver slowed down, but did not stop. Zhang Fengcheng looked at him: "You have to go back by yourself after dinner. Can't you buy it then? It's more than ten kilometers, it's tiring to carry!"
Zou Ming saw Zhang Fengcheng misunderstood and explained: "Well, this is my first visit, I have to buy some fruit for my sister-in-law!"
Zhang Fengcheng looked at him admiringly: "Okay, young man, you are very polite. But you don't have to buy fruit, there are some in the trunk, move a box in when the time comes!"
Zou Ming had to agree, and the driver accelerated the car. The Audi car was driving very fast, and it was almost imperceptible. It drove out of the city and ran along the Yongjiang River for a few kilometers before turning into an inconspicuous fork in the road. In front of a community gate of Baishi Iron Art, two security guards saw the car coming and hurriedly opened the electric door.
"Hey, don't you live in the ASEAN Business District?" Zou Ming asked.
"There is an apartment over there in the business district, but on weekends or when friends get together, I still come here. The place is big and more convenient."
The car was driving in a large garden, and occasionally one exquisite villa after another could be seen. The distance between the villas was very far, and Zou Ming estimated that it was at least two hundred meters. The car drove to the riverside and stopped in front of a white stone Spanish-style villa a few minutes later.
"District Chief Zhang, we're here. I'll pick you up tomorrow morning!" The driver got out of the car, walked around to the back door, opened the door for Zhang Fengcheng, and put one hand on the door frame to prevent his head from hitting it.
"Thank you for your hard work, Xiao Gao," Zhang Fengcheng said, "You don't have to come too early tomorrow. Just come when I send you a message."
Zhang Fengcheng glanced at Zou Ming and said, "We're home."
The driver called Xiao Gao said respectfully, "I'll wait for your message here tomorrow morning. You can come anytime!"
When Zou Ming got out of the car, he took a look at the driver. He was about the same age as himself, with a well-defined face and neat hairstyle, and his clothes fit him very well. Although he thought that Instructor Zhang might be a senior official in the ***, or even the ***, he didn't expect his rank to be so high. His private car was an Audi A6, and even the driver was elegant and well-behaved. Obviously, he was carefully selected from advanced youth. He is a driver now, but he must have a bright future.
The driver opened the trunk, took out a box of fruit and gave it to Zou Ming. He smiled at Zou Ming with apology before returning to the car. He did not start the car, but kept the lights on to illuminate the way home for them. The grass path paved with breadstone was elegant and quiet, and the ground lamp on one side was in the shape of a local bronze drum. When they saw the lights in front of the door, the car started and left.
"Instructor Zhang, oh, no, District Chief Zhang, I don't know where you work yet?" Zou Ming became reserved.
Zhang Fengcheng smiled and said, "You never watch the news, local newspapers and TV news, never watch it?"
Zou Ming was ashamed. He couldn't remember the last time he watched the news. Usually, he used computers and mobile phones. When he saw local news, he only clicked in and browsed it occasionally.
Following Zhang Fengcheng to the door of the villa, it was a three-story building with a wide facade. There were tall floor-to-ceiling windows in the middle of the white stone wall shaded by green climbing plants. The glass windows extended from the floor to the ceiling. The room was lit, and through the white gauze curtains, you could vaguely see that there were many people in the room.
Zhang Fengcheng pushed open the door to the garden, where there was a life-size Tang Sancai ceramic horse and a rocking chair. Passing through the moonlit corridor and stepping onto the marble steps, this was the door. The air was filled with the fragrance of climbing plants.
A woman with a model figure greeted them at the door. Seeing Zhang Fengcheng, she just smiled and said, "Why did you come back just now? The guests are waiting anxiously." Then she took the bag from his hand.
Zhang Fengcheng smiled and said, "You guys play your own games. You feel restrained when I come back." Then he turned around and introduced the woman, "This is Xiao Zou, my friend when I was in the army."
Zou Ming hurriedly stepped forward and bowed. Zhang Fengcheng said, "This is my wife."
"Hello, sister-in-law!" Zou Ming said hurriedly.
"My name is Jin Ling," Mrs. Zhang looked Zou Ming up and down, and said to Zhang Fengcheng, "This is the handsome guy you mentioned, who bought your subway ticket. He is really handsome. It's a pity that he didn't become a movie actor!" Zou Ming was about to say something modest, but the fence door leading to the garden was pushed open, and a petite woman came out and shouted, "A Ling, where have you been?" Jin Ling was about to agree, and the indoor light just happened to shine on Zou Ming's face. Her eyes lit up and she smiled and said, "This is a real handsome guy. There are many handsome guys among you soldiers, but you are more handsome." Zou Ming knew that he was good-looking and had always been popular with women. When he heard Mrs. Zhang's compliments, he just smiled modestly, then bowed slightly and presented the fruit box with both hands: "My name is Zou Ming. During the military training, District Chief Zhang was our instructor!" In addition to Mrs. Zhang, he felt the eyes of women on the side. Jin Ling turned to the woman and smiled, "It's fate that you get to know each other first. This is Alan, my best friend, and this is..."
"My name is Zou Ming!" He hurriedly went up and bowed slightly: "Sister Jin Ling, Sister Alan."
Both women laughed, and District Chief Zhang said, "We are all family, so don't be polite. There will be plenty of time in the future. You guys go play first. Xiao Zou and I haven't eaten yet!"
After that, District Chief Zhang went into the living room first. Zou Ming followed the two women in. The living room was magnificent. It was a tall room that extended to the third floor and had a fence on the second floor. The floor was made of teak, and there were carvings and various decorations on the walls. A dozen men and women were drinking tea and chatting in front of the mahogany tables and chairs in the living room. When they saw Zhang Fengcheng coming in, they all stood up to greet him. Some called him District Chief Zhang, some called him Fengcheng, and some called him Lao Zhang.
Zhang Fengcheng stopped and introduced them: "This is Zou Ming, my friend when I was in the army. I met him on the street recently. It's a joy in life, meeting an old friend in a foreign land. He helped me solve a big problem when we just met. We are all friends. You should take some time to get to know each other!"
Everyone turned around and greeted Zou Ming, and handed over his business card with both hands. Zou Ming took it with both hands, but was stopped by Zhang Fengcheng.
District Chief Zhang smiled and said: "Wait a moment, I want to invite Zou Ming to go home for dinner. The district committee meeting lasted a whole day, and I am almost starving. Xiao Zou must have been busy at the company all day. We are all hungry, so I won't chat with you. Let's eat first! You can chat later!"
"Yes, let's eat first."
"It doesn't matter, you eat first!"
Everyone came one after another, and Zhang Fengcheng took Zou Ming into the door on the side. It turned out that there was a small living room here, similar to the living room of dozens of meters in an ordinary family.
Mrs. Zhang came in, brought them a pot of hot tea and said, "Take a break. The chef is heating up the food. You came back so late, the food is cold."
Zou Ming was about to say something to humbly, but Zhang Fengcheng complained, "It's so hot, why heat it up? It's best to serve it directly."
Jin Ling raised her sword-like eyebrows: "The doctor told you not to eat cold food, not even hot food, did you forget?"
It seemed that Zhang Fengcheng didn't say much after she mentioned it.
Mrs. Zhang went out, and Zhang Fengcheng looked at Zou Qiang and said, "We are all family, don't be restrained."
Zou Qiang retracted his curious eyes and asked boldly, "Where do you work now?" He kept the second half of the sentence, "You must be a high-ranking official to be able to drive an Audi A6."
Zhang Fengcheng said, "When I retired from the army, I was at the regimental level, so I was assigned to work in a government department. I started as a political worker, and now I am in charge of the district."
——The "district" mentioned by the locals has two levels, one is larger than the prefecture-level city, and the other is the district under the city. Zhang Fengcheng's answer was very brief, so Zou Ming didn't want to continue asking. Mrs. Zhang happened to open the door on one side and asked them to go over for dinner.
When the two of them went to the restaurant, Zou Ming found that it was a sun room with three glass windows. The room was not big, but very elegant. Local bronze drums, bronze servants, Qinzhou black pottery and other crafts were placed on the antique shelf. A row of lucky bamboos as high as the ceiling was planted in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, acting as curtains. The room was full of fat green plants. A leaf of Monstera was as big as half a bed.
There were two hot pots on the dining table, more than a dozen vegetables, beer, coconut milk, sago, oranges and yogurt. Both of them were hungry, and Zou Ming ate very sweetly.
"Eat more!" Zhang Fengcheng said, "You can eat more when you are young, so it's right to eat more!"
Zou Ming stopped talking and said sincerely: "District Chief Zhang, your vegetables are also ordinary water spinach, spinach, meat and mustard greens, but they seem to be different from those in the market, especially sweet."
Zhang Fengcheng smiled and said nothing. Jin Ling came in with two plates, and the plates were steaks.
"The Kobe beef just airlifted in today, I made steaks for you to try."
District Chief Zhang didn't say anything, but just took the plate. Zou Ming realized that the staple food was coming. The red beef was dotted with fat pieces, like snowflakes. Cut a piece and tasted it. It really tasted different.
District Chief Zhang looked at Jin Ling and said, "Go and have fun. You are not needed here. We are old friends. Let's just chat."
Jin Ling said, "Okay, otherwise Alan will come to me again!"
After that, she turned around and went out. District Chief Zhang suddenly called her:
"Xiao Zou came to our house for the first time and bought some fruit. Bring a shopping card."
Jin Ling agreed and went out. Zou Ming was too late and couldn't persuade her.
Soon, Zou Ming felt that he couldn't eat anymore, but looking at the green dishes on the table, the hot hot pot, and the remaining half of the steak, he felt very sorry.
"I have to deal with documents in the evening, so I won't chat with you." Zhang Fengcheng put down his knife and fork and wiped his mouth with a napkin.
Zou Ming hurriedly stood up to say goodbye, but Zhang Fengcheng waved his hand: "You continue to play, I brought you here just to get to know the place, come here often in the future, eat, drink tea and chat, but I'm busy, my wife will receive you, she has many friends."
Zou Ming nodded, Zhang Fengcheng looked at him: "What do you do now?"
Zou Ming smiled bitterly: "I work in an education company, copywriter and planner, actually just a handyman."
Zhang Fengcheng just nodded and said nothing, Zou Ming felt that it was better not to mention the boss asking him to serve as the company's legal person and COO. The living room of District Chief Zhang's house is larger than their company's area, not to mention that the company's place is rented.
"Go to the living room, I just introduced you to the guests, you get to know them, it will be good for your work and future development!" Zhang Fengcheng said.
"Well, I understand!" Zou Ming was grateful, he knew that Zhang Fengcheng was opening up a way for him to rise, the guests who can come here are either rich or noble, it is so lucky to get to know them.
"You go!" Zhang Fengcheng sat there without moving, just saying this.
"Well, District Chief Zhang, you should also go to bed early." Zou Ming said, walking backwards out of the restaurant.