Li Zhicheng, Gu Yanzhi, and Jiang Yuan had just stepped out of Milan Malpensa Airport with their suitcases when they received the news that Lin Qian was leading a team to do market research.
Beyond the horizon were forests and undulating mountains, and the beautiful city was not far ahead. However, it was still unknown whether they could find fabrics suitable for the new products in this industry.
After getting on the taxi, Gu Yanzhi read Lin Qian's text message and laughed. He said to Li Zhicheng, "I didn't expect you to do market research. This Lin Qian is a little unexpected. She's more composed than I thought. "
Li Zhicheng replied, "She always has her own ideas. Give her direction and give her space. That's enough. She will bring unexpected results. "
"Tsk tsk …" Gu Yanzhi laughed. "Did you learn this way of managing people in the army? Is it what people often say about 'training an eagle' or 'taming a wolf'? "
He was joking. Jiang Yuan, who was sitting in the front row, also laughed. Li Zhicheng was too lazy to answer. He just looked at the clouds in the sky and suddenly smiled.
Training an eagle?
If it was training an eagle, he was the eagle. Behind him was the sky and the clouds, but he was bound by her gentleness and sweetness and willingly surrendered.
He also received a text message from Lin Qian on his phone. "I'm going on a business trip to do market research. I'll be back in about ten days."
His slender fingers gently pressed on the phone screen. After a while, he replied, "Okay, see you in ten days."
Half a month later.
It was already spring. Although it was still cold, the sun was warm and dazzling.
At noon, Lin Qian stood downstairs in a fashionable residential area in Changsha City. She squinted at the coffee-colored skyscraper in front of her under the noon sun.
Soon, more than ten young team members followed her, all holding questionnaires and taking the elevator upstairs. She also took out a stack of questionnaires, a bag of small gifts, and a delicate small desk calendar from her backpack. She took the elevator to the top floor and began to go down floor by floor, knocking on doors one by one.
Historically, only the water company, the State Grid, and the general population survey would do such a decent household survey. Therefore, every time she knocked on the door, the resident would look at her with a puzzled expression. "House check? Where are you from?"
Lin Qian always answered with a smile, "We are a company, and we want to know more about consumers." Then she gave him a small gift, "Please don't misunderstand, I don't do sales. I only have a few simple questions for you. "
Even so, nine out of ten people frowned when they heard that. They closed the door and pushed her out. "No need."
But there were also those who were willing to cooperate. Perhaps because Lin Qian was amiable and had a good appearance, and didn't seem like the type to distribute flyers or engage in multi-level marketing, he filled out the questionnaire for her. If they were really interested in outdoor activities or backpacks, they would chat with her for a while.
After an afternoon, it was already extremely lucky for such a tall building to be able to obtain five or six valid questionnaires.
At the beginning of the mission, under Lin Qian's encouragement, everyone was full of motivation. But as they experienced more setbacks, they slowly began to have their own opinions. After all, other than when they were in university, no one had ever done such a low-level questionnaire survey work. They had even repeatedly hit a wall and ended up being disgraced.
Lin Qian comforted them, saying, "The simplest yet most difficult job must be the most valuable job." "Precisely because no one in the industry has done this, once the new product is successful, we will become the model for the entire industry to follow." At the same time, she took the lead, rushing to the frontlines in every city and neighborhood, and shamelessly going to the door to investigate.
In this way, everyone's resentment gradually subsided, and they began to treat "rejection" as nothing, focusing all their attention on "in-depth understanding of customers' needs." In this half a month, they went to four or five cities and obtained 300 valid questionnaires from each city. The quantity wasn't large, but as the data accumulated and the communication with the city's residents deepened, everyone brainstormed about the future promotion and marketing of this "Longbow" and came up with many good ideas.
And these good ideas, under Lin Qian's leadership, were integrated into a very powerful marketing plan when the new brand "Aito" was launched. And these plans played an immeasurable role in the explosive growth of Aito's sales and its rise to fame. This will be discussed in detail later.
But Lin Qian didn't expect that more than 20 days had passed without her noticing.
Every time in the dead of night, she would return to the hotel, exhausted, and lie alone on the cool and clean bed. It was as if she had taken off the coat of the capable and indomitable female manager from the day before. The proud and active Lin Qian who lived in her bones seemed to have come back to life.
She looked at the clear moon outside the window through the dark yellow curtains, and began to think about other things.
After a while, she realized that her speech was getting better and better. "The simplest yet most difficult job must be the most valuable job." Tsk, tsk. How did she come up with such a thing? She was too smart. Everyone was stunned at that time. Hahaha.
She would think about the ideas and plans she and her team had come up with. Those plans were like pearls and jade, sparkling. Every time she thought about it, she couldn't suppress her excitement.
She wondered how Li Zhicheng was doing. Did he know that she would bring him a surprise?
Tomorrow, she would finally go back to Aida.
Lin Qian lay there thinking for a while. When she looked up and saw the hat on the bedside table, she felt as if someone had reached out and pinched her heart.
She took out her phone and texted, "We'll be back tomorrow."
There was no response for a long time after the message was sent.
Lin Qian tossed and turned on the bed with her phone in her hand.
He must be busy, so he couldn't reply.
But he certainly didn't know how much she had missed him these days, and he couldn't imagine it.
Love was really a strange thing that you couldn't control and figure out. A month ago, she had wanted to take things step by step, see through his heart completely, and then be with him. She would also slyly think that he liked her first. He was such a shrewd person, so it would be safer if he liked her more. She even thought that although what her brother said was extreme, it was true that for a man like him, women who were slightly harder to get would be more cherished.
But since the day they kissed passionately, her heart, which had been full to begin with, seemed to explode because of his kiss.
She didn't want to control it anymore, and she couldn't control it.
When she opened her eyes in the morning, he was the first person she thought of. When she went to bed at night, he was also in a blur in her mind.
When a colleague accidentally mentioned "Mr. Li," her ears would always become especially sharp. Even though it had nothing to do with the two of them, as long as it was related to him, even if he had lost his temper at the meeting today … her heart would palpitate slightly. This palpitation couldn't be understood by others, but it seemed to deepen her longing bit by bit.
When she was questioned by her team members for the first time, she gave an impassioned speech to calm the situation. But when she walked out of the meeting room and stood alone under the light, she felt lonely. Then she would think of him, thinking of his cold and serious eyes, thinking of the faint smile in his eyes. She took out her phone and wanted to text him, but then she remembered that he was probably a hundred times busier than she was. So she put her phone back in her pocket, staring at the strange city outside the window and the vast night sky in a daze.
When they came up with a great idea for the first time, she smiled and waved her hand. "We have to celebrate! I'll treat everyone to supper tonight! "Everyone's blood was boiling as they cheered loudly. While she walked out with everyone in high spirits, all she could think of was him.
It was such a good time, but he wasn't by her side. She wanted to hug his waist and bury her head in his chest. Although she had never done that before.
She couldn't get what she wanted, tossing and turning in bed. Did he know that she didn't know when this greed was born?
The melodious ringtone of the phone suddenly sounded in the empty room.
Lin Qian immediately got up from the bed and looked at the three striking and familiar words on the screen: "Li Zhicheng."
"Hello." She only said one word and then became quiet.
There seemed to be voices on the other end, and the sound of the door opening and closing. Li Zhicheng's voice was also very low. "I was in a meeting just now."
"Yeah. I think so too. "
He also quieted down, and Lin Qian could only hear his light and shallow breathing.
"What time will you arrive tomorrow?" he asked again.
Lin Qian immediately answered, "Ten o 'clock flight. It should be noon when I arrive at the company."
"Okay," he whispered, "I'll wait for you."
After hanging up the phone, Lin Qian's face was bursting with heat, and so was her heart. It was as if his words "wait for you" had burned her to the core. She buried her head in the cool pillow for a while, and couldn't help but laugh.
After so many days, Lin Qian finally returned to the company.
It was one o 'clock in the afternoon, and the breakfast on the plane was not enough. The other colleagues were so hungry that they called Lin Qian, "Let's go eat together!"
Lin Qian was also a little hungry, but she answered as if nothing had happened, "No, I'll go report to the company leaders. You guys go back to the company after lunch and do a review of the data again. I'll be back in the afternoon. "
Once again stepping into the top floor of the office, Lin Qian's mood was unexpectedly different from every time before.
They were going to be together.
This unsuspenseful knowledge was clearly placed in her heart. So what should she say? Say, "I want to see your second trick now." Or should she learn from him and say, "What can I bear?" He would definitely understand.
Or should she … just kiss him without saying anything?
As for the mysterious agreement between him and her brother? What about not doing anything to her in the short term?
F * ck off, why should I care about that?
With an unprecedented feeling of sweetness and heartbeat, Lin Qian walked to his office.
The cubicle outside was empty. Jiang Yuan was not there. She coughed twice and knocked on the door.
No one answered.
Hey, not there?
Lin Qian took out her phone, thought for a moment, and called Jiang Yuan first.
"Oh, Manager Lin." It sounded noisy on the other end of Jiang Yuan's line. "Mr. Li and I came to the fifth workshop temporarily. He's busy now. He said to come directly when you arrive. "
Lin Qian could imagine how busy Li Zhicheng had been these days. Because according to his personality, he said to wait for her, but then he went to the workshop at the last minute, and it was even noon. It showed that he was really busy and couldn't help himself.
The fifth workshop was located in the innermost part of the park, and it was the largest and newest workshop. It was also the "secret base" for experiments and production of new products this time.
Lin Qian walked in and only felt that the surroundings were noisy. There were production lines running, and the machines were making low sounds. The lights were very bright, and many technicians in green and workers in blue were walking around. People were talking loudly everywhere, creating a busy and tense scene.
Lin Qian's eyes were sharp, and soon she saw a machine not far away. More than a dozen people gathered, and it seemed that they were comparing a pile of fabrics. And the person surrounded by people in the middle, wasn't it Li Zhicheng?
Lin Qian took a few steps forward, and stood about seven or eight meters away, watching quietly.
They were doing performance tests. On the square table in front of them, there were more than a dozen kinds of fabrics. It seemed that they were either soaked in water, burned by fire, or damaged by repeated friction. And a foreman next to Li Zhicheng was picking up pieces of fabric and reporting to him, "This is the test result of A7 fabric, this is A8, this is A9 … Compared with the previous batch of fabrics, the performance has improved a lot."
As soon as he said this, the workers, technicians, and office staff around him all chimed in. Lin Qian was also happy to hear this. Unexpectedly, Li Zhicheng frowned after carefully reading the test report in his hand, and said calmly, "No, it's still not up to my requirements. Everyone has worked hard. This batch of fabrics will be eliminated, continue the test. "
Lin Qian felt sorry for him, but the people around him seemed to be used to it. They all nodded in agreement, and then dispersed to continue with their work. As soon as Li Zhicheng looked up, he saw her not far away.
Their eyes stared at each other. In such a noisy environment, Lin Qian could almost hear her suddenly accelerated heartbeat.
He was still the same, wearing a shirt without a tie today. Because he wanted to see the fabric, his sleeves were rolled up halfway. At this moment, with one hand in his trouser pocket and the other on the table, he quietly looked at her.
In a flash, a hint of a smile flashed in his black and white eyes. And under his gaze, Lin Qian only felt that her whole heart was full. That simple look of his made her, who had missed him for more than a month, so satisfied, so comforted, and so unable to control herself.
At this time, someone next to Li Zhicheng came over and handed him a document. Lin Qian quickly walked to his side, and at the same time smiled at the people around her, then said, "Mr. Li, we've come back from our research, and we want to report the results to you."
"Okay. Wait a moment, "he said without looking up.
Pfft … He was better at hiding it than she was.
Lin Qian's heart was inexplicably sweet again.
After that person took his instructions and left, he turned to look at her. "It's noisy here, let's go to the office."
The office he was talking about was a small room in the workshop next to the production line. At this moment, there were people coming and going. Not far away, Jiang Yuan, who was standing with a few executives, smiled and nodded at her from afar. Lin Qian also smiled, and a few steps behind Li Zhicheng, they entered the office.
There were two technicians in the office, sitting at the table with their heads down, typing hard on the keyboard. Seeing them come in, they both stood up. "Mr. Li, what's the matter?"
Li Zhicheng sat down on a simple sofa. "Nothing, you do your work. We have something to talk about."
Lin Qian didn't really care if there were people around. At this moment, as long as she looked at him and stayed with him, she felt good. Moreover, she really wanted to report the results of the research to him as soon as possible.
She sat in the chair across from him, and across the small coffee table, they looked at each other.
At this time, a technician came over with two cups of tea. Lin Qian hurriedly thanked him, but he spoke first. "How's the situation?"
Lin Qian took out a thick stack of research reports from her bag and said, "We went to a total of five cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Changsha, and Harbin, and collected 1,500 valid questionnaires. Here is the original statistical report. "She pulled out a report and handed it to him.
"Knock, knock." Someone knocked on the door and pushed it open. It was a technician. "Let's go eat!" Seeing Li Zhicheng, his voice suddenly lowered. "Ah, Mr. Li is here. I asked them to go eat. Have you eaten? "
The two technicians both stood up, and Li Zhicheng said at the same time, "We won't eat. Close the door when you go out, it's too noisy outside. "
Lin Qian looked at the report in her hand, but each word seemed to jump, but it didn't jump to her heart. And Li Zhicheng also lowered his head, seemingly very focused on the report she had just given him.
The technicians quickly left. Finally, they left. The room returned to silence. Indeed, as he said, after closing the door, it was warm and quiet, like a different world from the noise outside.
He raised his head and looked straight at her. His scorching gaze was simply about to lock her heart in place. But there were people outside, and people could come in at any time. She couldn't rush over and kiss him directly.
She had a thousand words in her heart, but she didn't know how to start.
Let's finish the important work first. She picked up another report and handed it to him. "We also made suggestions for marketing and promotion, this one please … Ah!" She couldn't help but let out a low cry.
Her wrist was firmly held by him. His dark eyes were staring at her from a close distance.
There was a small coffee table between them, but he was a little strong, pulling Lin Qian forward involuntarily, and her face was very close to his.
The two stared at each other, quietly. Lin Qian could almost see his eyelashes and the thin layer of light reflected on the bridge of his nose.
Lin Qian had no doubt that in the next second, he would pull her into his arms, lower his head and kiss her.
Even if this was his company, he was … really bold.
Lin Qian wanted to laugh, looked at him and said softly, "Li Zhicheng, I …"
"Knock knock, knock knock!" Someone knocked on the door unhurriedly. "Mr. Li, it's me, Jiang Yuan."
Li Zhicheng looked at her and let go. Lin Qian swallowed the words she wanted to say and immediately sat back down.
"Come in," he said in a low voice.
Lin Qian lowered her head, pretending to continue reading the documents. Her wrist, which he had held, was burning. The remaining strength in his fingers seemed to have penetrated her skin and pressed into her bones.
Jiang Yuan looked into the room and said without changing his expression, "Mr. Li, it's almost time. The car has arrived. Do you think it's time to go to the airport?"
Lin Qian looked up at Li Zhicheng.
He nodded at Jiang Yuan and then looked at Lin Qian. "I have to go to Taiwan temporarily to talk to a fabric manufacturer there. If everything goes well, I'll be back in two or three days. "
At this time, a few people walked over. Lin Qian immediately smiled and stood up. "Okay, Mr. Li. When you come back, I'll give you a detailed report."
Li Zhicheng looked at her a few more times and stood up. "Okay." He stood up and walked to the door. Jiang Yuan and the others followed behind him and were soon far away.
Lin Qian walked out of the workshop alone. Looking at the clouds in the sky, she sighed.
Dragging her body with exhaustion, she didn't even have time to eat, just to rush over and see him.
But he was so busy that he didn't stop to rest. He met her in a hurry and didn't even say a word before he left.
It felt like … she had just been given a sweet date, but before she could satisfy her craving, he had taken away the whole feast.
Pfft! Love can be so inhumane sometimes.
She kicked the gravel on the side of the road, completely lacking the professional competence she had shown in front of her subordinates and colleagues. Only when her high heels were covered in a layer of dust did she realize what was going on, feeling distressed and annoyed.
At this time, her phone rang. It was Jiang Yuan.
Love me, love my dog. Now Lin Qian saw Jiang Yuan's call and saw him in a new light. She picked up the phone. "Mr. Jiang, what's up?"
Jiang Yuan's voice was very friendly. "Manager Lin, are you still at the company?"
"Yes."
"Mr. Li forgot to take your report just now. He wants to read it on the plane. We're at the entrance of the company. Could you please send it over? "
Lin Qian's spirit was lifted. She immediately walked quickly to the company's entrance not far away.
Gao Lang was guarding the entrance today, and he greeted her with a smile. She didn't have time to chat with him. She nodded hurriedly and turned out of the door. She saw a black car parked on the side of the road. Jiang Yuan poked his head out of the passenger window and waved at her.
When Lin Qian ran over, the backseat door was already open from the inside. She could vaguely see Li Zhicheng sitting in a suit, his long legs crossed and his hands on his knees.
Lin Qian held the door with her hand and bent down. Seeing his face, she smiled sweetly and handed over the documents in her hand. "Mr. Li, this is the report."
But in her heart, she thought, He's so bad. No wonder he didn't take the documents and deliberately left them behind. Now, the two of them met again.
Unexpectedly, Li Zhicheng stared at her and didn't take it. It was the look of a man looking at a woman, not the look of a boss looking at a subordinate. Lin Qian felt sweet and smiled again. She looked at him with some reluctance and said, "Mr. Li, I wish you all the best …"
She didn't finish her sentence.
Because Li Zhicheng grabbed her hand and pulled her into the car. He lowered his head and kissed her.
The kiss was so sudden that Lin Qian's heart was beating faster than ever. Her hand was held tightly by him, and her waist was held by him. She could only stick close to his chest and let him do whatever he wanted. However, his kiss was neither hurried nor impatient. It was warm and deep. It was as if he didn't care about the people and environment around him. He only lowered his head and carefully tasted the long-lost sweetness of a woman's lips.
He was undoubtedly a natural kisser. His strong and powerful entanglement and slightly hot masculine breath could easily make a woman throw away her armor. But today, Lin Qian was not in the mood to appreciate and enjoy this kiss. She was firmly held in his arms, and all the hair on her body stood up. She didn't even bother to close her eyes and looked around.
The driver and Jiang Yuan in the front were all looking straight ahead, not saying a word, pretending she didn't exist. But this made Lin Qian's face even redder. She turned her head and looked at the back of the car. She vaguely saw some people walking on the side of the road, not sure if they were from the company.
Lin Qian's blood rushed to the top of her head before Li Zhicheng released her. His handsome face was calm, as if what had just happened couldn't be more normal.
"Wait for me to come back," he said in a low voice, one hand still holding her waist.
Lin Qian's face was about to drip blood, but more than that, she felt an indescribable strong sweetness.
"Okay."
About ten meters away, in the security booth at the entrance, three security guards, including Gao Lang, stared at the blurry image in the rear window of the CEO's car, their eyes almost popping out.
One of the security guards said hesitantly, "Monitor Gao, just now … did the CEO pull Manager Lin into the car and force a kiss on her?"
Gao Lang was also stunned. After thinking for a while, he said very sternly and mysteriously, "None of you are allowed to tell anyone about what happened today. Don't you know the rules of the workplace? If you tell anyone, you'll be fired immediately. Do you understand? "
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