In front of Lin Qian was an organizational restructuring plan of Aida Group.
Ever since Li Zhicheng took over Aida, the internal equity distribution and organizational structure were probably chaotic in the eyes of outsiders. But Lin Qian knew in her heart that this man was bold and decisive, and he had already transformed Aida. Aida was not the same Aida as it used to be.
But she had never seen Li Zhicheng's clear plan for the future like she did at this moment.
In a few months, the whole company under his control would be renamed "New Aida Group." It would have four sub-organizations: Vinda, Aito, Mind, and Aida (temporarily called "Old Aida"). Currently, he had absolute control of the first three companies, and only Old Aida had a small share. But Lin Qian estimated that before the structural adjustment, he would gradually buy shares to achieve a controlling stake.
Last night, when he proposed to her in the hotel, he showed her this top-secret plan.
"Are you willing to be its mistress?" he asked.
Lin Qian put down the plan, raised her finger, and looked at the diamond ring on her ring finger.
Seriously, a man putting his own business empire in front of a woman to propose to her. This was too much of a hit to her weak spot! She had been waiting for a strong man who could conquer her for almost half of her life.
She suddenly thought of a poem: When a flower blooms, it must be plucked.
She had never felt this kind of feeling before, and it turned out to be so beautiful. It was deep and meaningful, and heart-wrenching.
While she was indulging in her imagination, someone knocked on the door. Lin Qian put the plan into the drawer, sat up straight, and said, "Come in."
It was one of her key employees, a young man with rich experience in marketing planning. He sat down with a serious face, and seemed to think for a while before saying, "Ms. Lin, I have something to tell you."
This kind of tone was usually not a good thing. Lin Qian's heart skipped a beat, and she said with a smile, "Okay, go ahead."
The young man was here to resign. He only said that he had other career development to consider, so he wanted to leave. Lin Qian had to admit that she was in a bad mood. No manager would want to see a talented person leave. But she was very clear that this employee was a very mature professional. Since he proposed to resign, he must have thought it through.
She wouldn't make things difficult for him, but she still tried her best to keep him. She wanted to ask him what he was not satisfied with about the company, trying to find the problem and keep him. After all, Aida had been developing well recently, and the turnover rate had been low.
The young man was also impressed by her. After chatting for a while, he said frankly, "Miss Lin, don't misunderstand. Aida is very good, President Li is very good, and you are also very good to us. I really want to leave for the sake of career development. I want to go to a company that is more suitable for me. As for which family I'm going to, it's not convenient for me to reveal it now. I hope you can understand. "
Lin Qian nodded. She had a feeling that the young man had jumped ship after all.
A tall tree catches the wind. The rise of an outstanding company would inevitably attract competitors to covet its talent team. It was reasonable for there to be a flow of talent.
She could only comfort herself. It was just that Aida had been in the limelight recently. Winners also had their own troubles! Now that the business was going smoothly, what she needed to deal with in the future might be more management problems like this, right?
Since he had already made up his mind, Lin Qian nodded. "Okay, I understand what you're thinking. How about this, hand over your work properly before you leave, and let me know if you need anything. Of course, whenever you want to come back, you're always welcome here. Contact me and my colleagues when you have time, and we can have a meal or a cup of tea. " After a pause, she looked straight at him and said softly, "I also wish you a smooth development in your new company."
He was obviously moved. He thanked her profusely and nodded heavily. Finally, he looked at her and said, "Miss Lin … I also wish you and President Li a smooth and long life together." His eyes fell on the ring on her finger.
Lin Qian said, "… Thank you."
After the employee left, Lin Qian turned her chair and looked at the tall buildings outside the window, feeling a little embarrassed.
The old saying was right: there was no such thing as an impenetrable wall in this world. In fact, she also vaguely knew that although she and Li Zhicheng hadn't made it public, many people in the company knew about it. After all, they were a male superior and a female subordinate, and there was no telling what kind of rumors would spread.
So it seemed that Li Zhicheng putting the ring on her was indeed the simplest and most convenient way, and it also protected her dignity as a woman.
Sometimes women lost their dignity because men couldn't bear it.
She raised her hand again and looked at the ring under the sunlight.
Pfft … Recently, things had been really smooth sailing for him and her. They were successful in business and in love. Others were envious!
After work, Lin Qian drove to a teahouse in the city.
Li Zhicheng had arranged to meet Ning Weikai there.
The evening rush hour was very crowded. Lin Qian was not a stickler for rules, so she took a detour and headed to her destination. It was a narrow road for enemies. When she passed a remote intersection, she saw Ning Weikai's car parked in front of a commercial building.
A young girl she didn't know got out of the passenger seat and walked to the commercial building.
Ning Weikai also got out of the car. He still looked cool and infuriating, as if a temporary setback didn't affect him much. He leaned against the car door and watched the girl leave with a faint smile. The girl took two steps and turned to look at him again, her expression intimate and familiar.
Ning Weikai said something again. The girl suddenly raised her bag and hit him, pretending to be angry. But the corners of her eyes were full of smiles.
Ning Weikai was also smiling, but his smile was faint.
Lin Qian immediately slowed down the car and hid in the alley to avoid a head-on collision with him. After he said goodbye to the girl and drove away, she started the car again and followed him from a distance.
Of course, Li Zhicheng wouldn't bring Lin Qian to meet Ning Weikai. She followed him purely out of curiosity.
When she got to the teahouse, she saw Jiang Yuan coming up to her.
"They're already talking," he said with a smile. "Shall I take you to the private room to rest?"
Lin Qian nodded. Li Zhicheng knew that she had followed him here openly. But it was impossible for her to directly participate in their conversation. She also didn't think it was necessary. She would just stay aside and wait for him to recover.
The second floor of the teahouse was more elegant. The doors of the private rooms were closed. Only the aroma of tea and faint music could be smelled. Jiang Yuan took Lin Qian to one of the private rooms and left. He continued to do other things for the two big shots. Lin Qian smiled when she saw Li Zhicheng's suit jacket on the tatami. While drinking tea, she looked at the lush garden of the teahouse. Suddenly, the scene she had just seen came back to her.
She suddenly felt a little complicated.
Today, Li Zhicheng and Ning Weikai were probably the men who understood each other the most in this industry.
But today, it was the first time they sat together at such a close distance, observing the rival who was as famous as themselves.
Today, Li Zhicheng was the host. After asking Jiang Yuan to refill the tea, he smiled and raised his glass. "Mr. Ning, hearing about you is not as good as meeting you in person. I'll replace wine with tea." After saying that, he raised his head and drank a cup.
To be honest, Ning Weikai looked at the man in front of him and felt that he was very much to his liking. His posture was magnanimous and his aura was calm. He was neither overbearing nor trying to win people over.
This kind of man was truly unfathomable.
Ning Weikai also raised his glass and drank it in one gulp. He went straight to the point. "Actually, I have a lot of shares in Sha Ying, but the controlling rights are still in the hands of Zhu's. I wonder why Mr. Li is looking for me? If it's for the cooperation between Sha Ying and Mind, it's really unnecessary. "
Li Zhicheng nodded and asked instead of answering, "What do you think about the future of this industry?"
Ning Weikai was slightly startled and smiled. "Traditional industries have always been developing steadily and haven't caused too many waves. But … "He glanced at him." Now that you've come in and out of the industry, disrupting the original structure, everyone has been stimulated. It's really hard to say what will happen in the future. "
His words sounded sarcastic and emotional, but Li Zhicheng wasn't angry. He put his hand on the armrest of the chair and asked calmly, "Then do you think that it's a wise move for a luggage and bag company to enter the upstream fabric production industry?"
Ning Weikai pondered for a moment.
Lin Qian probably didn't expect that the meeting between the two men would not be the expected tit-for-tat or unpredictable tension. The two of them chatted for more than an hour in the dusk, over a pot of tea and a few plates of pastries.
They didn't talk about past grievances, only about the ups and downs of the industry.
Until the end, when the two of them pushed open the door, they didn't discuss the future, whether they should cooperate or continue to be enemies.
However, sometimes there was no need to say anything in the communication between smart people. Ning Weikai already knew the purpose of Li Zhicheng's casual talk.
He didn't come for specific cooperation, but to express his attitude of seeking peace.
You're strong, and I'm not weak. You're the only competitor in the industry that I respect. If we continue to fight to the death in the future, both of us will be hurt, and it won't be good for either of us.
If we have the opportunity to become allies, in the long run, it will be the best for both of us, and also for the development of the entire industry.
Having reached this consensus, today's meeting was already very valuable. As for the specific cooperation, it would depend on fate in the future.
He had to admit that Li Zhicheng was smarter than he thought.
And more ambitious.
Li Zhicheng walked Ning Weikai out of the private room, and when he was far away, he pushed the door open and entered the private room next door.
Lin Qian was sitting by the window, holding her chin with one hand, thinking about something. Seeing him come in, her eyes flashed, and she asked with a smile, "How did it go?"
Li Zhicheng sat across from her, his eyes glancing at the ring on her finger.
"Not bad." He smiled.
Lin Qian was a little surprised, but it didn't seem that surprising.
Other than Mr. Kang of Ming Sheng, Wang Taishi, and Lin Mochen, the people who could make Li Zhicheng feel "not bad." Now there was his nemesis, Ning Weikai.
Lin Qian understood that in the future, he might join forces with Ning Weikai to achieve a win-win situation. But she couldn't help but speak ill of him behind his back, "Ning Weikai is not easy to deal with!"
Li Zhicheng glanced at her, and answered calmly, "Am I also easy to deal with?"
Lin Qian burst out laughing, staring at his handsome face, and then thinking of Ning Weikai, who was equally outstanding, she suddenly felt a little emotional.
"Hey, other people have a change of heart, but you can't." She reached out to hold his face, "If you have a change of heart, I'll …"
Li Zhicheng grabbed her hand, holding it in his palm, and asked with interest, "You'll what?"
Lin Qian rolled her eyes, and answered, "I'll sell my shares of Mind for one yuan, so that you can see it but not get to eat it, and then you'll die of anger. And if anyone posts online saying that you abandoned your wife, that you're a mistress, and that you're a vixen, I'll give him a share for free! "
Her words were unruly, willful, and heroic. Li Zhicheng looked at her calmly.
"That's impossible," he said.
Lin Qian felt a sweetness in her heart, but then she heard him say, "But you've reminded me that if you have feelings for someone else in the future, I'll definitely make that man go bankrupt, and he'll never be able to make a comeback. I'm a man of my word, and I'll never be soft-hearted. "
Lin Qian said, "… I won't have a change of heart!"
Ning Weikai walked to the corner of the second floor of the teahouse, but he didn't go downstairs directly. Instead, he went to the bathroom.
When he pushed the door open and walked a few steps, he suddenly heard a faint familiar voice behind him.
He stopped, turned around, and saw Lin Qian holding Li Zhicheng's hand, walking over from the end of the hallway. After taking two steps, Lin Qian suddenly stopped, said something, and raised her head to kiss Li Zhicheng. Then Li Zhicheng simply pulled her into his arms, held her waist, and stood under the light, kissing silently.
The long hallway was silent, and only the two of them were kissing passionately, not noticing him in the distance.
Ning Weikai smiled, withdrew his gaze, and went downstairs unhurriedly.
When he got in the car, he habitually took out his phone to check: there were a few missed calls, from his assistant Yuan Jun, Zhu Hanyu, and Lydia. There were two unread text messages:
One was from Zhu Hanyu.
"Honey, are you coming home for dinner tonight? I made white wine smoked salmon and seafood soup.
I miss you. "
The other was from Lydia, "Brother, I'm done with the shop, are you still talking nearby? Do you have time to be my driver and take me home? PS: I'm not telling you, I also bought you a gift, guess what it is. "
Ning Weikai threw his phone on the passenger seat, started the car, and drove with no expression on his face.
When he reached the fork in the road, he slowly turned the steering wheel in the direction of home, and at the same time called Lydia. Before he spoke, a clear voice with a smile said, "Miss, I have something to do tonight, please help yourself."
Lydia made a "tsk" sound, and said crisply, "Then I'll take a taxi myself." After a pause, she said proudly, "I'll make my own super spicy zhajiang noodles tonight, you won't have the luck."
Ning Weikai was stunned, smiled, and hung up the phone.
All changes always happened at the most peaceful moment.
And the reunion and separation always came inadvertently.
When Lin Qian returned home that night, she went into the study alone when Li Zhicheng went to take a shower.
She looked down at the ring on her finger, what was meant to come would come. She had to let her brother know the fact that her sister was engaged.
Pfft … Thinking about it, she felt excited.
The phone rang seven or eight times before he picked up, "Hello."
Lin Qian smiled, "Brother, are you up?" It should be early in the morning in the US.
Then, to her surprise, he smiled mysteriously and said, "You mean nine o 'clock in the evening? Sorry, I don't get up at this time. "
Lin Qian was stunned, looked up at the clock on the wall, and it was exactly nine o 'clock.
Huh?!
"I'm also in Lin City," he dropped a bombshell.
Lin Qian's eyes widened.
At this time, she heard him say slowly, "Lin Qian, since we are brother and sister, and our identities and interests are sensitive, please don't contact me for the time being. Goodbye. "
With a light click, he hung up the phone.
Lin Qian stared at the phone in her hand, stunned.
But she knew her brother better than her sister, so she quickly calmed down.
Every minute of Lin Mochen's time was precious, and there must be a reason for him to come to Lin City.
Why didn't he contact me? And he said that their identities were sensitive?
Lin Qian carefully pondered his words.
The investment company he worked for invested in stocks, funds, and bonds. It also acted as an angel investor, injecting capital into entrepreneurs. In addition, it did mergers and acquisitions for some multinational companies.
Aida was not listed, and it was not a startup, so there was only one possibility left.
Lin Qian's heart suddenly sank.
She couldn't believe it, but the truth was right in front of her, her brother actually … How could he …
At this time, the door of the study was pushed open, and Li Zhicheng walked in after his shower. Seeing her biting her lower lip, he was slightly stunned. He walked over and sat down, directly lifted her to his lap, lowered his head to kiss her, and stared at her quietly with his dark eyes, "What are you thinking about?"
Lin Qian was still a little dazed, and looked up at him blankly.
"My brother came to Lin City."
Li Zhicheng was also a little surprised.
Lin Qian told him the content of the phone call, word for word.
His gaze became deep and unreadable.
Lin Qian looked into his eyes and said slowly, "His phone call was hinting to me that a multinational company had entrusted his company to launch a hostile takeover of us."
She paused and said, "Not only us. Based on the scale of their previous cross-border acquisitions, it is very likely that they will launch a takeover of all the top companies in the China industry. "
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