Chapter Ninety-Five: Knocking

Although Li Mengze never asked Gigi Lin about the object of the original marriage, it does not mean that he does not care about this matter, he is not interested in the woman itself, but in the opponent he will face. Because he didn't want the other party to misunderstand his meaning, he didn't care about this matter, but he also kept thinking about this new opponent. Although you are fighting for each other in the shopping mall, everyone calculates each other, but the one who can make Lin Mingtang join forces must also have a great background, and their marriage has the meaning of being aimed at themselves, and maybe when they will really kick themselves; I "snatched" the daughter-in-law who was sent to the door, and she was also a daughter-in-law with a huge dowry property. Although he doesn't have this ambition, it doesn't mean that people won't hold grudges, this is a huge property of tens of billions of yuan! He was embarrassed to let others investigate this matter, and he didn't trouble the consulting department of the fairy company, nor did he let Li Yudong worry about them, he was just waiting for an opportunity. He didn't really care about this matter, but he just thought about it occasionally when he was bored in the office. Today's basic industry things, let him a little discouraged, I don't want to C heart at all, the electronics company is also in Zhangluo, it can be said that "the country is a good country", this is true, energy projects can not be anxious by them, it is estimated that a year and a half can not be effective, and the other two major departments have always been the company's weakness, supervision can still play, actually can not manage anything, the consulting department and the planning department can take a little effort. Therefore, Li Mengze is sometimes very idle, so that he doesn't have to go to work, and can play with the women at home. As the saying goes, three women in one play, now four women are at home, that play is absolutely wonderful, three women who can toss make him a little sad, fortunately there is now a woman who is gradually becoming inconvenient, saving him a lot of trouble. This makes it impossible to worry about anything other than Jingyun Mansion and making him worry about it.

The year-end announcement of the fairy company has been made, the company's annual profit reached 22 billion yuan, which has removed part of the cost of investing in laboratories, universities and research institutes, which makes the company's existing liquidity has reached 77.2 billion yuan, if the energy project will be put into use of 7 billion yuan, there is still 70 billion yuan, which has become the heart disease of the company's employees. As a result, the relevant departments have increased investment in some scientific research institutes, and strengthened the collection of data, and the External Relations Department has strengthened negotiations with international companies to "minimize the amount of working capital stored by the company". Due to the key investment direction, there is no "small company" that can be paid attention to by giants like fairies, although it has also invested in some small-scale large companies, but they are only hundreds of millions of scales, and the whole company is preparing to do big things.

At the end of the year, it is a busy day for the fairy company, because at this time, the employees of the fairy in each cooperative company have to go back to the company's headquarters to report their work, at least to meet with the company's colleagues and receive a prize or something. And this is exactly what someone is more worried about, because he still has to constantly meet with these feudal officials, which is really a chore in his opinion. The trouble is that most of these people know him well, and they constantly "attack" him in various ways, which makes him a little overwhelmed. There are quite a lot of people who report back to the company, nearly 200 people of all kinds, most of whom are not sent out by the headquarters of the fairy company at all, and do not belong to the staffing of the headquarters, such as more than 100 people in basic industries, including Gigi Lin and others.

Gigi Lin was also asked to report back to the company's headquarters, which was also the first time she entered the Fairy Building, the headquarters of the Fairy Company. In her opinion, the Fairy Building is not prominent, at least not as good as the Donglin Group Headquarters Building - Donglin Building, the Fairy Building is only 18 floors high, in the high-rise B capital, it is relatively low, which is too far from her huge assets, it can be said that it is not compatible. When she went, it was when the personnel of the Fairy Mansion were most concentrated, there were both employees of the company's headquarters and expatriate personnel, and quite a few people like her who were in charge of the holding company, of course, she was also different from them, Fairy First Electronics Company was a company fully controlled by Fairy Company. These people are different, some are older, some are younger, they look different, and even their clothes are very different, no way, some of us are rich, and some places are simply poor places, and they can't compare with each other, but without exception, they all have a relatively high respect for the fairy company, which can be easily seen from their expressions, especially those who are older. This made her respect the fairy company as well, maybe the fairy company really has something worthy of respect, maybe someone is really a good person! The fairy company headquarters received the staff back to the company to report to the company is divided into two aspects, on the one hand, the expatriate staff of the company headquarters, on the other hand, the representatives of the holding company, the former is relatively few, only a few dozen people, the latter is more, as many as 150 people, this is the result of the fairy headquarters trying to reduce the number of people attending the meeting of the holding company. Of course, everyone has already handed in the debriefing report in the form of a document, can they be allowed to read it out one by one in the conference hall, this is obviously an impossible thing, the meeting is completely a formality, so that the big guys can meet, so that they don't meet each other in the future.

Gigi Lin is one of the few women among the more than 100 people attending the meeting, in fact, among the total attendees, there are only four or five women, and there are only two young and beautiful, one is her, and the other sits on the rostrum, next to the focus of everyone's attention, she knows that woman is one of the women of the man, "call Yang Hua". In fact, except for someone, among the more than 100 people attending the meeting, only the two women were the most conspicuous and eye-catching, of course, Yang Hua's identity, most of these people know. From Gigi Lin's point of view, Yang Hua is still very attractive as a mature woman, due to good maintenance, although she is dressed in professional clothes, a 35-year-old woman is still beautiful and moving, and the years have not left obvious traces on her face.

Li Mengze's opening remarks were a bit of a mess, there was originally a speech script, but he often departed from the speech, and he obviously did not read the speech carefully, often one sentence from the east and one sentence from the west, and the people on the rostrum were obviously prepared for this, so he was allowed to make up a mess in Li, and as a result, the thick pile of speech scripts was finished in a short time, which made the people listening to it a little uncomfortable, although they also gave extremely warm applause to his speech. Then there were other people's speeches, and Gigi Lin noticed that someone didn't pay attention at all, listening absentmindedly, which added some curiosity to her. When the leaders of the business who participated in the meeting spoke, the atmosphere was much more active, the first few speakers, was about to read the speech, but was choked back by someone, what big guy spoke, no need to be right, "what to do with the speech", so many speeches, "how long do you have to read", but also gave his own example, and raised the speech in his hand, there are more than 20 pages, everyone was said by him, but also lively, gossip, but also solved many things, It's just that Gigi Lin found someone who was satisfied. The meeting ended after about three hours and almost half of the people spoke.

"Mr. Lin, have you been to the West Garden, let's take you to the Wang family to have a look. I've always felt sorry to ruin your good deeds. Li Mengze kept Gigi Lin, who was going to the hotel with everyone, and invited with a smile, his eyes staring at each other, seemingly very sincere.

"Thank you, no need, I have to rush back!" Gigi Lin's face was slightly red, obviously a little embarrassed, as if she had been told something in her heart. If it were someone else who was invited like this, they would definitely be very happy, but Gigi Lin is different, she can not give someone face at all.

"Haha, what are you afraid of, although your things didn't work out, it's still good to go and see. The Wang family compound is one of the best mansions in the West Garden, so go to my house to see if you have a surprise. My wives want to see you, too, and they admire you. Li Mengze had confirmed the conjecture in his heart, but he still deliberately distorted and understood someone's meaning, tried his best to invite the other party to the West Garden, and pulled the women in the family out to help.

Yang Hua is naturally also strongly invited, since the other party entered the fairy company to live, she knows the identity of the other party, and she is really a beautiful woman, she does not reject this career-oriented woman, so she cooperates with her husband. Gigi Lin was invincible with four fists with both hands, and she was not disgusted, so she quickly accepted the invitation. There are five people, and there is only one car, which makes going home a problem, so they asked Su Qianyun to come over, who knew that two women would come as soon as they came, Sima Xiaoyu said that the car broke down today, it seemed to be premeditated, and Li Mengze saw the problem at the first time. The result was that Yang Hua and Li Yang were in the same car, and Li Mengze squeezed into a car full of women despite everyone's objections, and sat next to Su Qianyun, who was driving. Along the way, several women kept talking, but someone couldn't interject for a long time.

"Miss Lin, are you so disgusted with Shicheng?" Li Mengze finally interjected between the women's words, and did not look back, but observed the other party's reaction in the rearview mirror.

"I don't understand what you're saying!" Gigi Lin obviously didn't expect him to ask such a question, and was taken aback, but she didn't answer, or she was pretending to be confused.

"Ms. Lin has a soft spot for the electronics industry, and I know that; Wang Shicheng can also be regarded as a talent, and the scale of Yunshan Group's electronics company is also good, if you marry in the past, it is still possible to take charge of the electronics company, can you solve my doubts?" Li Mengze said lightly, his words had already aroused the ideas of other women, so naturally he would not interrupt his questioning, and the atmosphere was a little tense. For a while, everyone didn't speak, but Gigi Lin felt pressure from three aspects!

"How did you know about the Wang family?" Gigi Lin asked rhetorically, now she can't help but not answer, but she still wants to find some initiative.

"I'm still more cautious, when I was in Wuhan, you didn't deny my speculation, I thought Wang Shicheng was the most likely. Yunshan Real Estate is ranked among the top three in the real estate industry, the feasibility of your marriage is still relatively large, and your father loves you very much, and he will not marry you out casually. You're still a little young, and I asked you as soon as I asked, and you said that I guessed right. Li Mengze smiled, not caring about the other party's resistance.

"It's the Wang family, since you already know it, why bother asking again!" Gigi Lin obviously has never suffered such a dumb loss, and her tone is rather blunt, probably angry.

"You don't have to be angry, be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, the family is big, and the worry is big. To tell the truth, your Lin family and the Wang family are not what I want to provoke, I have to be careful, especially the Wang family, hundreds of billions of dollars, I have been wiped out by such a kick, what do you say they will think of me. A daughter-in-law of tens of billions, can the Wang family not be angry with me? Li Mengze said with a smile, the other two women were also laughed at by his words, they already understood what was going on, and they were also funny about the man's actions, he was really not ordinarily bad!

"The Wang family once wanted to buy our electronics company, and the price was very low, and the marriage was a later thing." Knowing that she couldn't hide, after pondering for a while, Gigi Lin had no choice but to reveal the reason why she was so disgusted with the Wang family.

"This explanation is reasonable, with this you can go to the Li family compound as a guest. How could the old man of Yunshan be so confused, he lost such a good granddaughter-in-law for nothing, is it too old? Actually, Wang Shicheng is still good, I've seen it a few times, it's a pity! Li Mengze sighed alone, no one cooperated with him this time, and Gigi Lin had already hated him.

"Look, this is the Wang family compound, the most magnificent one in the West Garden...... That is the Jiang family's compound, which can be counted in the West Garden...... This is my friend's, this is the Li family's compound, it's okay, keep some demeanor later. The car sped in, and the villas flashed by, and soon arrived at the Li family's compound, and someone pointed along the way, which also seemed a little wordy.

It wasn't until she got out of the car and entered the house that Gigi Lin understood what someone meant. In the reception room, she saw a more familiar person, this woman was very familiar, and she quickly realized the identity of the other person. It turned out that he was hidden by his golden house, no wonder he said so, then, that is, he already has eight women, not the well-known seven, and it seems that Liang Jiayi has been pregnant for several months. Gigi Lin was really surprised, and while dealing with the greetings of the women in the Li family's compound, she couldn't help but be curious; When she saw more than a dozen average-sized children, she was even more surprised, and even forgot to maintain her demeanor. This is really beyond her imagination, it turns out that the rumors are true, and even more surprising than the rumors. One might be able to imagine a dozen children of the same size standing together, but when there are so many children who look like each other standing in front of you, it's a different story! The people of the Li family, large and small, greeted the guests from afar, very politely and affectionately, and the eight women bluffed Gigi Lin around, and the young women were not opponents at all, until they were "tired of playing", they let her go.

After returning home, as soon as he left everyone's sight, Li Mengze called Li Yudong, of course, crying poorly, saying that he was "in trouble", and poured out the matter as it was, saying that he wanted him to discuss with Xu Peng what to do. Li Yudong was very simple, he was a little unconvinced by Yunshan Real Estate Company for a long time, so he suggested taking the opportunity to knock and knock, but asked the fairy company to cooperate, a little worried that he would not be able to eat the other party, for fear of being bitten back; Li Mengze was also very simple, saying anything else is not uncommon, just "take over the electronics company", which made Li Yudong not give him a good color. He understood this guy's purpose, he wasn't afraid at all, he was looking for trouble, but he was still ready to let go and fight with Yunshan Real Estate Company. Over there, Xixing Company is making preparations, and the consulting department of Fairy Company is also working at full speed to collect industry-related information about various companies and their industries of Yunshan Group. The fairy company is very excited, the scale of the subordinate companies of Yunshan Group is relatively large, there are communications, electronics, real estate, energy and machinery companies, all of which are not small, and they are worth a big job of the fairy; Of course, they don't know the little Jiujiu in the boss's belly, they just hope that the world is as chaotic as possible!

Yunshan Group is not an ordinary large, China's real estate industry, is divided in this way, "top three, top six, top ten and top fifteen", a division point is a grade, and each grade is very different. The top three are about the same size, sometimes it is difficult to distinguish each other, they are all much bigger than the fourth-ranked company, but the appearance of Weststar Company disrupted this situation, because he is actually not much bigger than the seventh-ranked Donglin Real Estate Company. This is not to say how bad the West Star Company is, if you talk about the amount of land reserves, the West Star Company is definitely the boss of the industry, and now it has reached more than 60 million square meters, which is not comparable to other companies, but in terms of the existing strength, Yunshan Real Estate Company is much stronger than the West Star Company, which is where Li Yudong is more worried. The headquarters of Yunshan Real Estate Company is in B-Beijing, which is not something that Feng Qingsong can move at all, and B-Beijing Branch is not in the top 10 in B-Beijing City, in fact, it has been suppressed by various large companies in recent years, so the only thing that can compete is outside B-Beijing. Fortunately, as a large-scale national real estate company, Yunshan Real Estate Company has branches in many parts of the country, which gives Li Yudong the opportunity, he can't hit seven inches, and it can make him hurt if he hits his body, and maybe he can also spit out the snake pill. If it was in the area of B Beijing, the West Star Head Office would not dare to take its front lightly, but if it left the B Beijing, one acre and three points of land, West Star Company would be angry! Yunshan Real Estate Company is not unguarded against Xixing Company, since the proposal for marriage, they have been prepared, and when Li Mengze stepped in and kicked tens of billions of dollars at once, Yunshan Group was even more cautious. As the saying goes, "Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years", and anyone will tremble against an opponent like the fairy company. The Wang family was ready, but they never got the news of the war, and there was no sign of even making a move, and they didn't want to take the initiative to provoke the fairy company, so they had to wait passively. I waited from August to the end of the year, and from the beginning of the year to April of the following year, and the people who waited were annoyed, but there was still no movement, so they gradually relaxed.

The people in charge of Yunshan Group think highly of the fairy company, or they think too highly of Li Mengze. Li Mengze didn't have any industry, and although Wansheng Company in Gzhou was a biomedical company, it couldn't help at all, and it couldn't command; He can't command the two major systems of fairies, it's okay to help them, let them help the fairies, they have to talk about the conditions, and they can't help much; As for those companies in the basic industry, they can't play a role, they have just improved, and they can't take a "walk" at all. As for the Fairy First Electronics Company that has just arrived, it is also not possible, the scale is similar to that of Yunshan Electronics Company, and it will be gone if you touch it. The only thing he can mobilize now is the real estate company, maybe Xu Peng can also help, as for those companies that invested in the early stage, although the scale is not small, but it is too scattered and basically not considered. Therefore, they can only wait for the opportunity, the consulting department is urgently collecting industry trends, he can't personally launch the main attack, and Xixing Company can't be the vanguard, so they can only wait!

Of course, there are opportunities, it's up to you to seize them! And the fairy company is undoubtedly a good hand at intelligence gathering, and they quickly caught the information of the fighters. The war first started in the communications market, and the competition in the communications equipment market is already fierce, and there are major wars almost every year, but each company has different strategies to deal with it. This time the communication terminal equipment market war, came particularly fiercely, almost just after the Spring Festival, in early April, on April Fool's Day broke out, Yunshan Group Communications Company urgently launched an emergency plan. Li Mengze used his influence at the top of the energy industry to contribute to a small turmoil in the energy market, which forced Yunshan Group Power Company to be involved. Now that the two companies of Yunshan Group have dragged down the water, can Li Mengze still let the planning department let go of this opportunity, definitely not; The planning department also agreed that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and urgently launched the plan to increase the price of steel, and the latest news of the steel market from the fairy company has made the machinery and other industries move, and everyone agrees with the fairy steel company; More than 30% of the market zhan has a rate, and several large markets have monopoly zhan, and they are all good steel, so the news released by the fairy is considered quite authoritative. As a result, a large number of steel was urgently stockpiled, which achieved the purpose of the fairy company, to be precise, someone, he just wanted the Yunshan Group to spend money, and all the reserves were spent, and when they were spent, he would succumb. The play has already been played, and the funds of Yunshan Group have been dragged down, so it is the turn of the positive angle to appear, and if you don't appear, you may be smashed, and you won't be able to perform.

After years of development, Xu Peng's electronics manufacturing plants have sprung up everywhere like mushrooms after a rain, and have been linked into a piece, this time in order to cooperate with Li Yudong, but also in order to play a well-known, first use some controlling stakes to start a price war, trying to drive the shock of the electronics industry, before people did not pay attention to obscurity, has been buried in the development of Xu Peng, and now he raised his arms, nearly 20 electronics companies responded in groups, but also made people startled. After seven or eight years of development, Xu Peng's has been a gathering of talents, strong strength, which has led to the shock of the electronics market, because these companies are mostly joint ventures, the effect is more obvious, a large piece of the film, therefore, the electronic market immediately for this storm, even the fairy first electronics company was forced to get involved. In the face of Gigi Lin's inquiry, someone is a dumb eater of Coptis chinensis, and he can't say anything about his suffering, and he doesn't dare to explain it easily.

Yunshan Group is no longer nervous, it is impossible, a large amount of funds flow to several already tight enterprises, and there is no longer a free hand to deal with the upcoming challenge of Xixing Company. According to their understanding, Xixing, an ambitious emerging force, will never give up this golden opportunity, but they also have to take "reasonable" countermeasures. In their opinion, as long as these markets can be quickly stabilized, they will still be able to repel his provocations. They now expected that this was not a premeditated fight, and that the Western Star Company had no intention of dealing with them at all. However, it is obvious that Xixing is not willing to let go of any opportunity, not only Xixing, but also other real estate companies. The first to launch the attack is the Xixing Company Development Corporation, which has been preparing for several months, Feng Qingsong also cooperated in Beijing and Hebei, the tiger has been weakened, how can other wolves miss the opportunity, including the Donglin Real Estate Company, which was seriously damaged last year, also wants to get a handful from Yunshan Real Estate Company, which is a verification of the words "shopping malls are like battlefields, only enemies, no friends". Lin Mingtang knew that the two in-laws couldn't do it, and it was very possible for the opponent to be the opposite, how could he not be prepared, not to mention that a small half of the billions of yuan that someone "sent" had not been used, and now it just came in handy. The industry's evaluation of Xixing Company is not good, although the people of T Jin have a soft spot for her, they are almost scoundrels, chasing and beating the scarred Yunshan Real Estate Company, even a gentleman like Feng Qingsong is addicted, and it seems that they are not worried about the strength of Yunshan Real Estate Company in B Beijing at all. After several defeats, the reputation of Yunshan Group quickly declined, gradually becoming more and more difficult, more and more passive, and began to retreat.

People say that shopping malls are like battlefields, but in fact, shopping malls are more terrible than battlefields, the battlefield is mostly confrontation between the two sides, and there are few parties fighting together, but shopping malls are different, the interests of all parties are intertwined, interlocking, once there is a dangerous situation, and it is not possible to save, it is likely to cause fatal damage, and will be stared at by all opponents. For many listed companies, reputation is more important than strength, once the market reputation is damaged, it often causes the stock to fall, because the average investor can not see the actual situation of the company, and can only judge the company's status through business information. Now, many shareholders have lost confidence in Yunshan Real Estate Company, a large number of shares have been sold off, and the valuation has continued to fall, making the situation of the entire group extremely grim.

Li Mengze said to Gigi Lin at the beginning, pointing out that most companies rely on loans to support loans, and it is easy to have financial problems, and once they really fight with Xixing or fairies, it is difficult to take advantage. Now, Yunshan Group is facing such a dilemma, in the case of good performance and market reputation, you can get a loan from the bank, and once the situation is in crisis, when the risk is relatively large, the bank will be cautious, will not easily borrow, this is not by friendship can be solved, billions of yuan of funding gap, not the person in charge of the bank dare to take care of casually. Yunshan Group is on the cusp of such a storm, the group company is already very dangerous, and the bank cannot lend funds, and the pressure outside is increasing. Three generations of grandparents and grandchildren discussed countermeasures together, everyone was inconsistent, they didn't know how to solve it, and those who could find a solution had already put it forward, that was an opportunity to perform, how could it be put now! Everyone believed that this was premeditated, and it was by no means a simple incident, otherwise it would not have had an impact on the entire group, but they couldn't tell whether it was the neighbor in the West Garden who did it. It's very similar, but it's not sure that there are many people who are blushing at Yunshan Group these days, and there is no shortage of two or three; Although the West Star Real Estate Company is working hard, no one can deny that the other party picked it up at the right time, and no one can blame it if they don't fight at this time, everyone is the same, not to mention the unreasonable guys of the West Star Company; What's more, it's a big family like them, you know, it's popular to eat big people these days, and according to intelligence, Fairy First Electronics Company has also been seriously damaged, Gigi Lin has repeatedly asked the headquarters to send a message, and it seems that she can't support it. Everyone is worried about the fairy company, not only worried that it will take advantage of the opportunity, but also afraid that she will fall into the ground, and a little hope that she can provide assistance.

This turmoil began in April and lasted until July, and there was no sign of stopping, and the fairy company seemed to have forgotten their original purpose, and seemed to be shocked by this sudden turmoil, or it may be because the boss was not there, and lost the ability to act, in short, there was no negotiation with Yunshan Group about the acquisition. It's not because someone is unwilling, it's really impossible to leave, Liang Jiayi has been nine months pregnant in April, and seeing that this is about to enter the final delivery period, how dare he take half a step away, this woman is 31 years old, and nothing can happen, so she is often not leaving. The news that a woman in the Li family's compound had entered the labor period gradually reached everyone's ears, and some people began to figure out what to do. From this aspect, it is not like the actions of a certain man, because everyone knows that he really loves women, so can you talk to him? This time, Wang Yunshan's youngest son Wang Huawen was ordered to come to contact him, but unfortunately, Li Mengze was not at home and was said to be in the hospital; According to the woman in the compound, the man has been accompanying the sister who gave birth in the hospital, and it is also two sons, who have just been two months old, and because the sisters are older and have more difficult births, they have not yet recovered. Wang Huawen had no choice but to drive to the hospital again, but he did not see the mother (of course someone did not want to), but he found Li Mengze - this was in early June.

"Meng Ze, to be honest, Yunshan Group is a little troublesome, I want to ask you for a favor." Wang Huawen bluntly stated the purpose of the trip.

"Do we still need to be polite, you say a number, if I can take it out, I will dedicate it from the private account, if it is not enough, there is still some money in the company's account, I don't know if it is enough?" Li Mengze hurriedly said, the old neighbors begged each other, how could they not give face, not to mention that the youngest son had just been born, and he was in a good mood.

"Enough, enough, the strength of the fairy was obvious to all at that time. 60 billion, no problem, right? Wang Huawen said busily, joke, saying that the fairy company has no money, isn't that a joke?

"60 billion? The gap is so big, if it is more than a billion, it can be directly drawn from the private account. In this way, since I have passed through the company, I am not alone in the final say, I will call the company, and I still have to leave after the scene, you go directly to the company to find Yang Hua, I can't leave here. Women are older, not as good as when they were younger. If it's not enough, take some more out of my account. Li Mengze said enthusiastically, and expressed his love for women, and did not let the family go to see the child, let alone which woman gave birth.

Sent away Wang Huawen, who was full of joy, and someone with an excited face entered Liang Jiayi's delivery room, during this period of time, he accompanied women almost every day, like the previous women, Liang Jiayi also gave birth to two sons, but they were delivered by caesarean section, so the recovery period is longer, and it has not returned to normal now. Li Mengze accompanies her every day, taking care of her on the one hand, and creating illusions on the other hand, but no matter what, she is still satisfied with the man who comes to accompany her every day, this man is more and more like her, and she feels that the tens of millions of yuan are worth it, and she bought a good man who feels sorry for herself, but this guy is too bad. In order to relieve the boredom, Li Mengze told the conspiracy this time, and the husband and wife worked together on this incident, and Liang Jiayi was even more interested in the fact that a man kicked a pair of mandarin ducks, perhaps, she was not a woman who was willing to follow the rules!