The early winter sky was gloomy and cold. The station was filled with the noise of people, footsteps, and announcements.
Li Zhicheng, still wearing his woolen military coat, jumped off a bus with a small duffel bag in his hand. His tall and straight figure was especially eye-catching in the messy crowd. He quietly and quickly looked around. His eyes stopped on a Cadillac at the entrance of the station. Then he walked straight towards it.
Gu Yanzhi was leaning against the car door. He crossed his arms and looked at him with a faint smile.
"Hey, which family's son came back from retirement?"
The people around him all looked at him.
Li Zhicheng didn't seem to notice until he walked up to him.
They stared at each other and he said calmly, "Your family."
Gu Yanzhi suddenly smiled and put his arm around his shoulder. Li Zhicheng also smiled. The two men hugged each other tightly.
The car drove steadily on the Second Ring Road.
Gu Yanzhi's hands were on the steering wheel, his fingers tapping lightly. The car was warm and quiet. He looked up at the rearview mirror and saw Li Zhicheng sitting straight like a tree. He was looking out the window, his face still cold and aloof.
This was what Gu Yanzhi hated the most about him. He was a young man in his twenties, but if you didn't talk to him, he would be so tense and cold 24 hours a day.
"You've grown taller again," he joked slowly.
Li Zhicheng was still staring at the familiar yet strange city outside the window. His voice was calm and cool.
"Yeah. I've been taller than you since I was 12. "
Gu Yanzhi laughed in a low voice. He turned the steering wheel along the Second Ring Road and changed the topic. "Are we going to the company or the sanatorium first?"
"The company."
Gu Yanzhi smiled and didn't say anything. He thought to himself, This guy hasn't been back for a few years, but he still has a good grasp of the old man's character. He knew that the so-called illness was just an excuse to urge him to come back.
The key was still the family business.
Lin Qian stood in front of the Aida building, feeling very nervous.
It wasn't like this when she came for the interview two months ago.
At that time, the magnificent building was full of cars, and many of them were good cars. Immaculately dressed white-collar employees came and went, appearing to be very busy with their business. Behind the building was the factory park. Red banners with passionate slogans were hung everywhere. The workers were busy. The entire group was thriving and the scene of grand ambitions was thriving.
But now?
The same imposing building, the same clean and beautiful park. However, the front of the building was deserted. There were only two security guards staring blankly at the door. The production workshop behind was mostly dark and quiet. Many workers were squatting at the door, smoking and chatting. It was obvious that production had stopped. The once-dazzling red banners and slogans were nowhere to be found.
Oh, she saw one. Half of it was still hanging on the wall, and the other half was in the mud …
While Lin Qian was in a daze, a low-profile but luxurious car silently drove past her.
Lin Qian looked up.
Unexpectedly, she recognized the man in the driver's seat.
Magazines and the news had published his photo. He was the first deputy CEO of Aida Group and the nephew of the chairman, Gu Yanzhi.
In real life, he looked younger and more handsome than in photos. I wonder if he is as cunning and powerful as the rumors say?
Her eyes moved to the back seat. There was a man sitting there. But through the dark glass, she couldn't see clearly who he was, for the famous Gu Yanzhi to drive and pick him up.
Gu Yanzhi also saw the woman outside the car. He glanced at her and his eyes lit up. The woman was very young, wearing a black business suit. She had a slim and well-proportioned figure and beautiful features. She walked gracefully between the dark gray buildings and factories, exuding a refreshing and refined aura.
She turned around and found Li Zhicheng was also looking at her. Gu Yanzhi smiled. "What, do you know each other?"
Li Zhicheng looked away expressionlessly. "No."
Half an hour later, in the HR department of Aida Group.
The HR manager looked at the resume in her hand and then at the girl sitting in front of her. She was a bit embarrassed.
The information on the resume was clear:
Lin Qian, female, 25 years old. Work experience: 3 years.
She had been hired two months ago, and her position was the CEO's assistant. The scheduled start date was today.
But …
She looked up at Lin Qian. "I remember you. But something happened in Aida these days. The news should have reported it. Didn't you know? "
Lin Qian was a bit shy. "I'm not sure."
She had always believed in the principle of "treat everyone well, and treat yourself better." When she decided to change jobs, she thought she had worked hard for several years. It was rare for her to take a break. She had to have fun to her heart's content before she could return.
So when she got the offer letter from Aida, she made a lot of excuses and set the start date to two months later. Because the CEO of Aida appreciated her and was not in a hurry to hire her, she agreed.
Therefore, for the past month or so, she had had a lot of fun. She even stayed in Tibet for more than a week and lived like a wild crane. In addition, she had encountered danger in Tibet and rushed back to report. She really did not know what had happened recently.
The HR manager thought for a while and said, "The group's operation has encountered some difficulties. The former CEO had already resigned a week ago. The CEO position is temporarily vacant. "
Lin Qian was speechless.
The job-hunting skills book did not teach her. If she applied for the position of CEO assistant, but the CEO brought down the company, what would she do?
In the vice president's office on the top floor.
Gu Yanzhi made two cups of Pu 'er tea by himself. When he looked up, he saw Li Zhicheng standing in front of the mottled floor-to-ceiling glass. His slender eyebrows were slightly furrowed as he looked at the vast park below, deep in thought.
He had taken off his coat. He was wearing a pine green military shirt and trousers, which made him look tall and thin. Maybe it was because of his many years in the military, he had a cool and elegant aura just by standing there.
Gu Yanzhi smiled and walked over to him to hand him the tea.
Li Zhicheng asked, "How bad is the situation?"
Gu Yanzhi sat down on the sofa and took a sip of tea. "Very bad. The CEO that we hired with a sky-high annual salary lost two billion in the overseas market. The key is that he is especially good at deceiving people, even better than me! Now the truth has come out. He's screwed, and so are we! "
Li Zhicheng's face was expressionless. There was only a light coldness between his eyebrows.
"How much do we have left?"
His wording was not professional, but Gu Yanzhi understood. "You mean market share? The overseas market is a mess, needless to say. In the domestic market, a lot of resources and funds were withdrawn in order to develop overseas. As a result, other competitors heard the news and swarmed in to fight for territory. Especially SMQ, they took the most market share from us. Now Aida's market share has dropped from 20% to 8%. "
Li Zhicheng held the teacup and stood there without saying a word. Only his slender fingers gently stroked the smooth edge of the celadon teacup.
"Got it."
Neither of them spoke again. The room fell into a quiet silence, only the fragrance of tea lingering in the air.
Gu Yanzhi looked at him and felt that he was a little strange.
Indeed, the two of them had been very close since they were young, but they had rarely seen each other in recent years. Their understanding of his current situation was based on all kinds of rumors.
Rumor had it that his troops had always performed outstandingly in previous military exercises. This time, there was a lot of resistance from the military when he wanted to transfer.
Rumor had it that he was ruthless, decisive, and unpredictable. He was known as the "Wolf of the Southwest," which was nothing like his delicate and reserved appearance.
He was so young and had no other hobbies other than the military. Money, women, power … all of them had nothing to do with him. Compared to this era of debauchery, he was like an old-fashioned, boring man living in another era.
…
The corner of Gu Yanzhi's mouth lifted slightly.
Why did the chairman suddenly want to call this son back to manage the company? And he actually agreed?
Although there was an old saying that "business is like a battlefield," they were two completely different things. In the business world, mutual deception, cunning, and black-hearted people were needed. And him?
Although he had an excellent temperament as a soldier, he knew nothing about business. And he was so quiet, cold, and arrogant that he didn't even want to talk to others. How could such a person manage a company with thousands of employees?
Just then, the secretary knocked on the door and came in.
It was a resume sent by the HR department.
Gu Yanzhi waved the secretary out and sat in the boss's chair. He casually flipped through the pages and said, "Tsk, tsk. At a time like this, the employee turnover rate for this month is already 30%, and there are still people coming to report. Is this a character or a fool?"
Li Zhicheng was still silent.
Gu Yanzhi continued, "Although our former CEO was a jerk, some of the internal management processes were done well, and the people we hired were all elites. This person was hired by him, so he must be good. You need an assistant anyway. Do you want to keep him? "
"Whatever." His cold tone clearly showed that he was not the least bit interested in the people and things he mentioned.
Gu Yanzhi flipped to the photo on the resume and was amused. "Hey, isn't this the pretty girl I saw on the road?" He casually read along the resume, "Lin Qian, graduated from the Economics and Management Department of Central X University …" His voice paused for a moment. "Served as the senior commissioner of the marketing department of SMQ, and has excellent performance for consecutive years …"
Li Zhicheng turned to look at him. "Stay."
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