It was Monday, the regular management meeting.
Lin Qian arrived early. After sitting for a while, she saw the department managers and executives walk in one after another.
Outside the window, it was snowing heavily. It was a vast expanse. There was a serene atmosphere in the brightly lit conference room. The row of red New Year paintings that had been hanging on the ceiling before the New Year had not been taken down, adding some warmth to the room. And no matter how rough the past year had been, the managers were still smiling happily, asking each other about their well-being and teasing each other.
Before the big boss arrived, the meeting room was always lively.
Lin Qian was the youngest woman in the room. But she had a sweet tongue and knew when to stop. She was very harmonious with the middle-aged managers of the production department beside her.
Of course it was harmonious! This morning, she had asked her subordinates to deliver the generous gifts she had brought from the United States to each department. It's not strange to have too many gifts, but it's better to have too little experience!
As they were chatting, the door of the meeting room was pushed open again. Li Zhicheng walked in wearing a well-ironed suit, looking calm. Behind him was Jiang Yuan, who was smiling warmly.
The meeting room immediately quieted down.
Li Zhicheng sat in the main seat. Jiang Yuan put down his notebook and large military thermos and sat in the back, just like Lin Qian had sat in years ago.
Li Zhicheng leaned against the boss chair, one hand on the table, and looked up at everyone. Lin Qian looked at him from a distance, separated by more than ten people. She felt that such a simple action immediately brought out the strong and cold aura around him.
They hadn't seen each other for a few days, and now looking at him in broad daylight in front of everyone, she felt a little strange and different.
The pure black suit was well-ironed, showing off the man's straight shoulders and waist. The plain white shirt, the dark blue tie, the glowing cufflinks, and the well-defined hand on the table all exuded a restrained and calm aura. And when he raised his deep eyes to look at you, you could clearly feel his unique quiet and oppressive aura.
Lin Qian had to admit that looking at him like this, her heart was beating faster than it was moved.
Perhaps the people around them felt the same way, so when Li Zhicheng naturally looked around, the meeting room became more and more silent than ever.
"How was your New Year?" he asked, his voice low and cold, but there was a slight smile in his eyes.
Everyone laughed. Vice President Liu Tong, who was sitting on his right, was the first to answer, "I'm doing pretty well. My family went back to our hometown. I've brought some local specialties. I'll have my secretary give them to everyone later. "
"Sure! Thank you, Director Liu! "Everyone cheered.
Beside him, Gu Yanzhi smiled and said, "It's a new year with a new atmosphere. Our CEO Li has been unusually busy this Spring Festival. He hasn't even taken a break. "
Li Zhicheng smiled faintly and said nothing.
Sitting far away, Lin Qian's heart skipped a beat. She felt guilty. A metaphor for running around?
She couldn't help but glance at Gu Yanzhi, but she saw that his expression was normal and he wasn't looking in her direction.
Fortunately, fortunately. She wondered if Li Zhicheng would tell Gu Yanzhi about it. If she really told him, she would feel a little awkward facing the old fox, Gu Yanzhi.
Just at this moment, she suddenly saw Li Zhicheng raise his head. His expression was calm, and his gaze was like lightning as he looked at her.
His gaze was deep and firm, and his silence was compelling.
Lin Qian blushed and immediately lowered her head to avoid his gaze.
This man …
Although Gu Yanzhi wasn't necessarily hinting at her, he definitely meant something.
Lin Qian picked up her teacup and took another sip. A middle-aged man next to her said something that made everyone at the table laugh. Lin Qian didn't hear it at all, but she also laughed along with them. Although she wasn't looking at the man at the head of the table, she didn't know if it was an illusion, but she felt that his burning gaze was everywhere.
This feeling … Why does it feel like an office affair …
It's quite exciting …
Li Zhicheng, on the other hand, looked at the woman who was pretending to be calm, but her cheeks were slightly red.
They hadn't seen each other for a few days, but the beauty in his arms that night was still as vivid as ever.
The marketing department first reported the progress of the state-owned enterprise project that Li Zhicheng and Gu Yanzhi had been fighting for.
This was undoubtedly a good start to the New Year. Although the project hadn't been finalized, the two CEOs had been accompanying the CEO of the state-owned enterprise, Mr. Kang. Before they left, the other party hoped that Aida could submit a detailed project proposal as soon as possible, and agreed to invite Li Zhicheng to the company for a detailed discussion after the Spring Festival. It was obvious that they were very interested.
Everyone was excited to hear this. Lin Qian was also very happy, so she joined the others and looked at Li Zhicheng's face openly. He was listening to the reports from the other departments, his handsome face slightly raised, his eyes focused. Occasionally, he would pick up a pen and jot down a few lines. Or he would ask short questions in a low voice, his voice cold. The people who were asked would always answer very carefully, and they would look at him a few times, hoping to see a look of approval on his face.
Seeing this, Lin Qian couldn't help but sigh again.
Things were different now.
She still remembered when Li Zhicheng had just taken charge of the company. It was the first important strategy meeting, and it wasn't like this. Everyone was fighting fiercely, and they didn't take this second son of a soldier, who had been assigned to a dangerous mission, seriously.
But now?
After a period of time, he had stripped away the company's tendons and reinvented it. Now the whole of Aida, with thousands of people, dozens of product lines, and hundreds of stores …
It was already a game of chess in his hands.
After the basic reports from the various departments, it was the turn of the three executives of the Vinda subsidiary company, led by Xue Mingtao. At this time, Gu Yanzhi interrupted, "There's a situation on Mr. Xue's side, and it's not good news. Mr. Xue, please focus on it. "
As soon as he said this, everyone's expression turned serious. Lin Qian's heart skipped a beat. She had just returned to Lin City last night and rushed to the company early in the morning, so she didn't know about this situation.
Li Zhicheng's expression was calm, and it was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry.
Xue Mingtao nodded. He first gave a brief report on Vinda's sales during the Spring Festival, and then reviewed the total sales for the previous period. The numbers were, of course, gratifying. Then he changed the topic and said, "However, according to reliable sources, SMQ will be preparing to set up a subsidiary brand similar to ours after the New Year. At the same time, they will launch a series of powerful marketing and promotional activities for their huge mid-range product system. In addition, a few of the top ten companies in the market also have plans to launch similar products and carry out online marketing and sales. Everyone will fight for the juicy meat, and these competitive measures will very likely have an impact on Vinda's development, and divide our market share. "
The conference room was silent.
After a while, Liu Tong smoked and said indifferently, "SMQ has always been like this: imitation, low prices, vicious competition, no innovation, and no sense of shame."
Although that was the case, the market was open. Although the competitors were annoyed and nervous at the same time, it was also reasonable for them to imitate and follow suit.
After a moment of silence, Li Zhicheng said, "Does anyone have any opinions?" When he asked this, his eyes were distant. He leaned back in his chair, his hands clasped together and resting lightly on his knees. For some reason, it gave people the intuition that he would still be in control of the situation.
With a strong enemy on the side, there were many opinions.
Some people suggested to also launch a price reduction promotion and cling to Vinda, a source of living water.
Others suggested to increase the intensity of online marketing and advertising, not to lower prices, and to strengthen brand marketing. This was exactly what Xue Mingtao, Lin Qian, and the others had been doing, nodding their heads as they listened.
But Lin Qian quickly noticed that in this heated and high-spirited discussion, Li Zhicheng's other confidants, Liu Tong, Gu Yanzhi, and Xue Mingtao, did not express too much of their opinions. Most of them only jotted down some valuable opinions in their notebooks. This made Lin Qian pay a little more attention. With Li Zhicheng's deep thoughts and complicated tactics. This problem was probably within his expectations.
It seemed that the few big shots had already reached a consensus on this issue.
But Lin Qian did not expect that in the end, this "consensus" would fall on her.
Because, after everyone had fully expressed their opinions and brainstormed, Xue Mingtao nodded and said, "Everyone's opinions are very valuable. Our subsidiary will carefully discuss and come up with a targeted work plan. As for my side, I also met with a few big shots in the morning and have a preliminary idea: this matter needs a strong, specialized team to be able to compete with the competitors. So, our subsidiary wants to set up a marketing department. To the public, it will be the overall marketing planning; internally, it will be dedicated to this tough battle. "
His words were reasonable, and everyone nodded.
At this time, Li Zhicheng raised his head and asked, "Who do you suggest to be in charge of this department?"
Xue Mingtao glanced at Lin Qian, who was next to him, and his gaze made Lin Qian slightly stunned. Then she heard him say, "Boss Lin, you can take charge of it first. She has a background in the market, and this time, Vinda's online marketing is also led by her. I think it's more suitable. "
Liu Tong, who looked solemn, nodded, "Yes, I think it's fine."
An hour later.
Lin Qian sat in the CEO's office, which she hadn't been to for a long time, staring at an ink painting on the opposite wall in a daze.
This painting was added after she left the office, and it was not like the paintings in other companies' CEOs' offices, which were majestic and grand, with thousands of horses galloping. The painting was not big, and it was square. There were only a few slender bamboos on it, and the water was indistinct, and the mountains were enshrouded in mist.
But Lin Qian felt that it was very artistic.
The painting was like the person. The edge was indistinct, but it could make those rich and colorful mountains and rivers lose their splendor.
Deep down, he was actually very aloof and conceited. She thought.
In the meeting just now, after she was proposed as a candidate, Li Zhicheng asked her across the crowd, "Lin Qian, what do you think?"
She could say that, and since this was his arrangement, of course she had to raise both hands and legs in agreement.
So she smiled and said to the crowd, "I will follow the leader's arrangement. If I take over this department, I will do my best and fight a beautiful counterattack under Mr. Li's leadership! "
When the meeting ended, Lin Qian was still talking to Xue Mingcheng and the others. Jiang Yuan walked over and said to her with a smile, "Ms. Lin, Mr. Li asked you to wait for him in his office."
Today was the first day of work after the New Year, and as usual, the CEO had to make an appearance in each department to show his support.
So Lin Qian had been sitting in his office for more than ten minutes, and he still hadn't come back.
In fact, Lin Qian had been missing him for the past few days. His appearance kept popping up in her mind.
After all, how could a pool of spring water that had been disturbed so easily recover?
Thinking about being alone with him, even though it was just a business talk, made her heart itch. After sitting for a while, Lin Qian looked at the neat row of bookshelves under the painting, and suddenly an idea came to her.
She walked to the door, and seeing that there was still no movement outside, she gently closed the door and quickly ran to the bookshelves.
Soon, she found the book Sun Tzu's Art of War.
Her fingers touched the spine of the book, and she felt a little excited.
The second one, here I come!
She couldn't read it in front of Li Zhicheng, because reading it would mean tacitly admitting that she was on his side. But peeking had nothing to do with anyone.
She pulled out the book, flipped through it, and saw a folded piece of paper. She quickly opened it and read: Inviting the enemy into a trap, killing with a borrowed knife … This was the first one. She quickly folded it and put it in the book. Then she flipped to the back, and there was another one! On the thin white paper, she could vaguely see a few words: Three birds with one stone …
Just then, familiar and steady footsteps came from the door. Jiang Yuan's voice came through the door, "Mr. Li, Lin Qian is inside."
"Okay." The man's voice was as low as the wind. "I'm talking to her about something. Don't let anyone disturb us."
"Okay."
Lin Qian immediately stuffed the paper back into the book, and then put the book back on the bookshelf. She ran back to the sofa and sat down. At the same time, with a click, the door was pushed open by someone twisting the knob.
Lin Qian smiled. "Mr. Li."
Li Zhicheng closed the door behind him, and looked up at her. His eyes were dark and focused, open and direct. It was as if the separation of the past few days didn't exist, and he was still the man who pursued her unhurriedly that night.
Lin Qian's expression didn't change. But she could almost feel that the atmosphere in the office seemed to have become ambiguous with this seemingly casual glance of his.
Li Zhicheng first walked to the desk, picked up the glass of water on the table, and took a sip. Then he took off his suit jacket, folded it around his wrist, and put it on the back of the chair. His back was facing her. The simple shirt and trousers made his back look even more straight and well-proportioned, and his waist was slim and strong. He picked up a document from the desk, and just as he was about to walk to her, he suddenly tilted his head and looked at the floor next to the bookshelf.
Lin Qian followed his line of sight and looked over. But what she saw made her heart tremble.
The neatly folded second move of the wonderful plan actually fell to the ground.
Lin Qian immediately made a decision.
Play dumb.
In the end, she saw Li Zhicheng slowly walk to the bookshelf with his hands behind his back, and pick up the paper. He didn't put it back into the book, but held it in his hand, and then turned to walk to her.
Their eyes met, and Lin Qian looked calm.
But from the corner of her eye, she saw the strategy in his hand, and her heart magically rose. It was similar to the feeling when she was caught doing something bad by her parents.
Then she suddenly felt like laughing.
The sofas in Li Zhicheng's office were divided into three groups: a long sofa, a single sofa, and a double sofa. Because the single sofa was on the upper right side, the subordinates were used to leaving it for the boss to sit alone. So at this moment, Lin Qian sat on the longest sofa, near the end of the single sofa, so it was convenient to report and talk.
Unexpectedly, Li Zhicheng walked to the coffee table, walked around the single sofa, and walked to her from the other side of the long sofa. Lin Qian was slightly stunned. He didn't sit in the main seat, but in the seat next to her.
The familiar scent that belonged to him seemed to envelop her in an instant, invading her. The office was silent. Only the two of them sat side by side, looking at each other.
Lin Qian asked, "Mr. Li, what can I do for you?"
Li Zhicheng didn't answer immediately, but took the strategy from her. Lin Qian stared at him with her eyes wide open. He looked at her with his dark eyes, and then gently put the note into the left breast pocket of his shirt.
He didn't say anything, but Lin Qian, who was originally calm, suddenly blushed.
Because she remembered what he said last time: If you want it, come and get it yourself.
Last time, he just put it on the back of the sofa. But this time …
It was as if he didn't realize that his actions had once again disturbed a woman's heart. Li Zhicheng put the document in front of her. "Take a look."
Lin Qian opened it and saw five or six resumes, all of them employees of the company. Lin Qian flipped through them and understood. They were all talented people with outstanding performance in the project teams of the company's various products. Most of them had worked for more than five years and were relatively reliable employees.
Elite soldiers and generals.
Was he going to give them to her?
Just as she was about to ask, she heard Li Zhicheng's deep voice in her ear. "What do you think of my decision today?"
Lin Qian was stunned. She put down the documents in her hand and turned to look at him.
At this moment, he was leaning against the sofa, his long legs gently crossed, one arm on the back of the sofa behind her, the other hand resting gently on his knee. His handsome face was slightly tilted, his eyes thoughtful, looking at her in his arms.
Lin Qian stared back at him and answered softly, "I have a question."
"Speak."
Actually, this question had been buried in her heart during the meeting. But she didn't mention it because of the crowd's agitation and the general trend.
"Actually, I've been thinking about the last commercial war that you led," she said.
"Yeah."
"Actually, the last time, it could be considered a 'surprise move.' The strategy of using high-end products and low-priced products to outflank mid-range products is something only we, Aida, can do. New Bori can't do it, and neither can SMQ. "
A slight smile flashed in Li Zhicheng's eyes.
Lin Qian took a deep breath and continued, "Because before this, Aida's originally perfect, high-priced to low-priced product system has already lost a large part of the market. It's basically finished. So if we make this move, there won't be too many negative effects. But New Bori and SMQ are different, their system is still very perfect. If they do this, the whole price system will be messed up. What we're doing is no construction without destruction, but if they do it, they'll be shooting themselves in the foot. "
"Yeah. So? "
"So this time, even though SMQ and other competitors are aggressively surrounding Vinda, we don't have to worry about the other small companies. Their quality can't be as good as ours, so there's no need to be enemies with them. As for SMQ … "She paused," No matter how fiercely Chen Zheng screams, he can't do what we did. And our brand has already been established, first come, first served is the unchanging rule of the market. So he definitely can't compete with us. "
She stared at Li Zhicheng with bright eyes, "So the situation discussed in today's meeting is nothing to be afraid of. But you set up a specialized department. "She looked at the personnel resumes beside her," You even mobilized these elites for me. So … what's the real goal you want me to achieve? "
She had already remembered that Li Zhicheng always had a backup plan. The first impression you saw was definitely what he wanted you to see. And his real goal was deeply hidden under layers of fog.
Today's meeting, with great fanfare, specifically setting up an elite department to fight against SMQ's provocation. It sounded reasonable, and it was a normal response for a company to face off against market competition.
Then, Li Zhicheng must have a bigger, more unspeakable goal hidden under this department.
Sure enough, he stared at her for a while and smiled faintly.
"What's fake is real, and what's real is fake," he said softly, "My goal is New Bori. A large portion of the original Aida market is still occupied by them. "
Lin Qian was shocked.
New Bori. Behind them was the powerful Zhu's financial group. The industry leader that no one had been able to shake for many years. Li Zhicheng actually set them as his goal, which made her hair stand on end.
She stared blankly at his calm profile.
How big was his heart and courage?
Compared to New Bori, a giant in the industry, Aida was now a lamb that had just gained its footing. Could he really lead them to defeat the stronger ones? Just like those legendary war stories?
At this moment, facing her, he could easily reveal his deepest thoughts.
Was he really not guarded against her at all?
A thought flashed through her mind: If so, what was there to fear about falling in love with him?
Obviously, Li Zhicheng was not speaking without thinking, nor did he show any signs of arrogance.
Because he looked at her and said slowly, "To deal with an opponent like SMQ, Aida's ready-made products and some diversionary tactics are enough. But New Bori … needs real swords and guns. "
He took his hands off her back, clasped them on his knees, and said calmly, "So, I need a longbow."
Lin Qian was stunned. "Longbow?" She had heard of this business allusion, so what he meant was …
Sure enough, she heard him say, "A near-perfect, absolutely competitive product that has never appeared in the market before is the longbow that will be used to shoot through New Bori's market. And you … "He turned his head and looked straight at her.
"Nominally, it's to protect the development of the Vinda brand," he said, "but the real mission is to secretly build this longbow for me."
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