Chapter 318: Someone from the Embassy
"Is this the house you rent?"
After dinner, Cui Yang took Zhong Yuemin to a large residential area in Squirrel Mountain and stopped in front of an independent house.
"Nope. Cui Yang looked at the three-story single-family house and said with a smile: "I bought it!"
"In just one afternoon, you bought the house?" Zhong Yuemin said in surprise.
"Well, I wanted to buy it for a long time, but I happened to have money in my hand and saw a suitable house, so I made a move. Cui Yang replied: "This house costs 80,000 US dollars, what do you think?"
"It's really good, the house looks very good, it looks like there is a small garden just now, right?" Zhong Yuemin really admired Cui Yang a little.
"Yes, I'm going to plant some flowers there and get a dog. Cui Yang planned excitedly, "The real estate agent took me to see it for an afternoon, and I fell in love with this garden at a glance!"
Zhong Yuemin smiled and watched her talk: "When I was a child, my mother took me to squeeze in my grandmother's house, and there were three uncles at home, and all the places I could sleep in the house were occupied.
My mother, my grandmother, and I were crammed into one room, and my grandmother's bed was made of two wooden cabinets, and we had to build it up every morning, otherwise there would be nowhere to put our feet in the house.
The two uncles sleep in one room, put the upper and lower bunks, climb up and down every day, and the upper bunk is not even the height to sit up!
My uncle usually goes to school and lives in school, and when he comes back from vacation, he sleeps on a stool in the living room. ”
Zhong Yuemin had never heard Cui Yang say this, and when she was at school, she just felt that she was very sensitive, as if she had never taken her classmates home.
"Later, my eldest uncle got married, married a beautiful aunt, but he didn't even have a wedding room. The eldest uncle's child is called Shu'er, do you know why it's called that?" Cui Yang asked with a wry smile.
Zhong Yuemin shook his head.
Cui Yang explained: "Because the eldest uncle built a hut in the corridor of the compound, and there is a tree in the house, which leads straight from the bed to the roof!"
Zhong Yuemin was a little surprised, he had never seen this scene in his two lives, but he also understood Cui Yang's obsession with the house.
"Hey, on such a happy day today, how can I say something unhappy!" Cui Yang rubbed his face and said to Zhong Yuemin: "How about it, live with me!
Zhong Yuemin was stunned for a moment, "Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"
"I don't think it's inappropriate, why are you ashamed of being a big man?" Cui Yang pretended to be chic, "I bought new sheets and quilts, and hurried over to help." ”
Seeing that she was in high spirits, Zhong Yuemin really couldn't say anything to refuse, anyway, he now sleeps in the office for at least five days, seven days a week, and he just tries to come as little as possible.
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"Bang ······" Zhong Yuemin's new administrative assistant, Amy, came in sideways, "Sir, there are two Chinese who want to see you. ”
"Hmm? Did they say it was where?"
"They came from the Chinese embassy, but I'm not sure. Amy said.
When Zhong Yuemin heard this, he immediately stood up, "Hurry up and invite them in, and then make two cups of green tea." ”
"Yes, sir. Amy hurried away.
Without waiting for the guests to enter the office, Zhong Yuemin had already taken three steps and two steps to greet him.
Zhong Yuemin also knew him, one was the ambassador's assistant, and the other was Director Ye of the Economic Department.
"Oh, welcome!" Zhong Yuemin greeted, "Why don't you two come to Pittsburgh to say hello in advance? I'll send someone to pick you up!"
"Haha, leap······ Oh no, I should call you Mr. Min now!" the assistant to the ambassador joked, "how can you greet you now that you're a celebrity in the United States?"
"Assistant Wang, are you scolding me?" Zhong Yuemin smiled: "Mr. Min, it's all called nonsense in the newspaper, they think my surname is Min!"
"Haha, I thought this was an honorific title, but they made a mistake for a long time?" Director Ye said with a smile.
Zhong Yuemin said: "This shows one thing, Americans are still relatively new to us, and our national influence is still very weak." ”
"Ha ······" The two didn't know what to say, and Amy came in with tea.
"Hurry up and sit down, how about tasting this tea?" Zhong Yuemin beckoned.
"Okay, sit down. Assistant Wang and Director Ye sat down, and Director Ye looked around the office, "Huh, why is your office fully transparent?"
"Originally, there was no office, but it was retrofitted. Zhong Yuemin explained: "Mainly for safety, I have a lot of important information on my desk. In addition, I often sleep in the company, and it is too noisy outside. ”
"Huh, do you sleep when you go to work?" Assistant Wang said incredulously.
Zhong Yuemin said: "How can you not sleep?"
"No, I mean, how can you sleep at work?"
"Oh, when I work, I don't have to work to and from work, I work with my eyes open, and I sleep when I'm tired. Zhong Yuemin replied, "It's normal to sleep in the office. ”
"Nobody cares ······" Assistant Wang didn't blurt out, and was suddenly stunned, "This is your company, and no one really cares about you." ”
"People are now the bosses of the company, and it's normal to work hard!" Director Ye haha.
"What kind of big boss am I, do you two see if there is a boss like me?" Zhong Yuemin pointed to his nose, "What do you want, live in the office every day." ”
"Then you are humble!" Director Ye finally got to the point, "We are here today just to find out about your situation." ”
"Oh, like this?" Zhong Yuemin hesitated.
"What?" asked Director Ye.
Zhong Yuemin said: "A meeting was arranged at eleven o'clock, and now the time is almost up, see if you two can wait for me a little." ”
At this time, Amy also pointed to her watch outside the door to signal Zhong Yuemin, and some employees walked to a whiteboard in twos and threes, and played in a circle.
"Oh······" Director Ye was a little embarrassed and stopped Assistant Wang, who wanted to express his opinion, "Then let's sit for a while, you go and get busy first, go and get busy first!"
"Hey, you two sit down for a while, I'll come back as soon as possible, let's eat together at noon!" Zhong Yuemin went to the meeting after speaking.
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"Lao Ye, how can this Zhong Yuemin be completely Yankee?" Assistant Wang said, "How could anyone leave the guest and run away by himself?"
Director Ye kept staring at the situation outside the office, "The conference room has been arranged in advance, we are visiting temporarily, and it is already good to entertain us! Believe it or not, if it is really an American, if we don't make an appointment, we won't even be able to enter the door!"
"But after all, he's from China!" Assistant Wang was a little angry.
"You, you still have to see his advantages, Zhong Yuemin has tossed such a big industry in just one year since he arrived in the United States, I am truly convinced!" Director Ye said sincerely.
"Pull it down, you see that the people in this company are all hairy young people, and the oldest is the same Amy just now, who turned out to be an administrative assistant. Assistant Wang looked at the office area of Wali Company and was very disgusted: "Look at it, the clothes are also strange, and they are free and loose to the extreme!"
Director Ye said with a smile: "The national situation is different, Americans advocate free individuality, and what they wear does not prevent the Vali company from making money, you have also seen it at the Wali House, and the money earned is real money!"
The newspaper has made Zhong Yuemin one of the top ten entrepreneurs with the most development potential, and everyone in the United States is convinced, so it makes no sense for us to pick and choose!"
Assistant Wang sat down angrily, "Anyway, I will report what I see and hear truthfully!"
"Let us understand the situation in China, that is, we need to be truthful, but our report must also be objective and not subject to subjective emotions, otherwise it will affect the judgment of the country!" Director Ye persuaded: "Besides, the boss visited the United States to meet Zhong Yuemin, and you also have to weigh the weight of this!"
Assistant Wang glanced at Director Ye, was stunned for a moment, and then stopped talking.
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Zhong Yuemin stood in front of the whiteboard, everyone gathered around, sitting and standing, anyway, how comfortable and how to come.
"This is Frank Gallagher, and he's going to be in charge of the retail business. Zhong Yuemin pointed to Frank and introduced to everyone, he glanced at Frank's neat suit, "Frank, Wali Company has no dress code, you can wear it more relaxed." ”
Frank looked at the casual attire of his colleagues and said a little reservedly: "Sorry, I just arrived at the company and haven't ······ yet"
"No, you don't have to apologize. Johnny interrupted him, "We're all equal, Min just wanted to tell that you were a bit like a middle school teacher in a suit, and it made us a little nervous." ”
"Hahaha······" Everyone laughed, and Frank laughed a little embarrassed.
"Frank, I have a little suggestion. Zhong Yuemin said to Frank: "I noticed that the employees of Wali House are wearing suits and ties, maybe you can make them dress more casually and be closer to our customers." ”
"Yes, I would seriously consider it. Frank said humbly.
"Of course, the final decision is yours, and I will not meddle in your territory. Zhong Yuemin emphasized: "I only look at customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction and sales. ”
"Yes, Mr. Min!"
“well······” Zhong Yuemin twitched the muscles of his face, "Call me Min or Yuemin, Zhong is my surname." ”
"Haha······" Everyone laughed again, everyone had already heard Zhong Yuemin complain many times.
Zhong Yuemin and the others finished laughing, and continued: "Frank's next step is to expand the Wali House to New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago······ All the place!"
"Yay!" everyone cheered.
"This means that we need the support of finance and human resources!" Zhong Yuemin continued, "Let's welcome our Finance Manager Cui Yang and Human Resources Manager Luo La. ”
The two ladies stood in front of the crowd in a dignified manner.
"My name is Cui Yang, you can call me Donna, I used to work for PricewaterhouseCoopers, and I am very happy to join the WALL-E family!"
"I'm Lola, I used to work at Korn Ferry, WALL-E makes me full of passion, we will have a lot of fun working together!"
Zhong Yuemin smiled at Jane: "Jane, you can free yourself from those ledgers, and then you and Stephen will be responsible for the development of office software." ”
"Wow, I'm so relieved!" Jane said happily, "I think the code still looks easier." ”
"Haha······"
"Laura, next I need you to improve the recruitment team, support Frank's store expansion, and recruit a large number of programmers, recruit all the smart minds in the university, we will give money, give options!"
"Yes, boss!"
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"Stephen, are you still researching social networking and trading sites?"
Zhong Yuemin said to Stephen, who was sitting on the ground and kept writing and drawing on the clipboard.
"Yes, I've been doing it. Stephen didn't even look up, "But those passers-by are so fucked up, the cables will never connect, and the Internet is far away!"
"But you can do a lot. Zhong Yuemin said: "I authorize you to set up an innovation research institute to study anything you are interested in, ask for money to find Donna, ask someone to find Laura, I am only responsible for talking nonsense with you." ”
"Okay, I see. Stephen didn't get excited, and Zhong Yuemin had to go with him.
Zhong Yuemin turned to Peter Parker and Thor Odinson, "After much hesitation, I decided to separate the Windows system from Wall-E and accept the investment of all the computer companies, as long as they accept our Windows system, they must invest." ”
Peter and Thor were a little stunned, this was really shocking news.
"The name of the new company is Windows. Zhong Yuemin continued: "I want to constantly update and improve the Windows system, and in the near future, I hope that all computer companies will install the Windows system." ”
"Jesus!" Thor couldn't believe it, "are you really going to let our hard-working Windows system be used by our competitors?"
"This is not for those competitors, but for more users to use our system, so that computer users all over the world can use our Windows system!" Zhong Yuemin explained to them, "Market share is the first! Only by letting Windows companies become independent will IBM, Apple or any other computer company let down their poor guard." ”
"Great idea!" Peter Parker agreed, "so that all computer companies don't have to develop new operating systems!
"It's more important to nip Microsoft in the bud. Zhong Yuemin thought.
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"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! This will stop as soon as it opens, let's go out for some food!" Zhong Yuemin turned his head after the meeting and saw the two people in the conference room, and then he remembered this stubble.
"It's okay, I know you're busy!" Director Ye hurriedly said, but Assistant Wang next to him was silent.
"Okay, let's talk while we go!"
Zhong Yuemin took the two of them out of the office to a food truck, and after Mike entered the wall, he called his younger brother over and took over his business.
"Jim, give us three pancake buns, mine one with chili. Zhong Yuemin turned his head to the two beside him and said, "Do you want to be spicy?"
"Some chili. Director Ye said happily, "It's not easy to eat pancakes and steamed buns in the United States!"