Tao Youdao found that people looked at him differently. Maybe it was a delusion, but he just felt the difference.

Last night, he accompanied his parents, aunt and husband to visit his second uncle in Xiaozhao, and the second uncle talked to him the most, asking him about his work and whether he had a girlfriend, which made him very encouraged.

Many years ago, the second uncle was his role model and his goal in life. Every time the second uncle came back, he would bring him gifts and pay special attention to his studies. Those toys and small crafts from abroad brought him great vanity and satisfaction. But he lived up to his second uncle's hopes, only took three liberal arts exams, and could only return to Red Star after graduation and work in an inconspicuous job in the branch. A few years ago, he had a friend with a technician in the branch, the girl's name was Wang Xiaojuan, who entered the factory in the same year as him, and was also a child of the factory. After more than a year of love, it should have entered the stage of talking about marriage, but because of the house, the happy event encountered trouble, and the woman insisted that his family buy a commercial house in the city, with an area of no less than 90 square meters, but the family really couldn't come up with the money. And the Wang family didn't give an inch, didn't have a house, and had an interview. The firmness of his mother-in-law distressed him.

At the critical moment, the second uncle was transferred to the top of Red Star! Just last night, Wang Xiaojuan called him three times, and his attitude changed greatly, which made him relive the sweetness of his first love. Wang Xiaojuan said that Ming'er must come home at noon, and her mother made his favorite braised pork ribs. He agreed.

He knew that Wang Xiaojuan's change was caused by the second uncle. Sure enough, the mother, who was excited about the second uncle's return to the factory, sternly pointed out that the Wang family is a snob! If your second uncle doesn't come back to do the job, she won't invite you to her house for dinner.

Although his mother pointed out the facts, he still hoped to marry Wang Xiaojuan back.

In the morning, his mother carefully prepared breakfast and sent him to invite his second uncle to the house for dinner. He went to Xiaozhao before half past six, and although he was a child of Red Star and had been working in the factory for more than two years, he had never set foot in this three-story building with a façade full of creepers. Sure enough, he was stopped by the attendant.

The attendant asked him who he was looking for, and he said he was looking for the second uncle. What is your name? Tao Tang! The new chairman and general manager is my second uncle!

He happily watched the drastic change in the watchman's complexion, and experienced the taste of power, as if he was the second uncle who dominated the Red Star Company.

But the second uncle went out, and the attendant said that Mr. Tao went out just after dawn. He called his second uncle's mobile phone, but no one answered, and he probably didn't have it with him. After looking around, he saw the second uncle talking to Director Zhang of the factory office near the factory emblem. But the second uncle refused to eat at home, and asked him to tell the family that under normal circumstances, he would eat in the hotel and not prepare it for him.

His mother didn't think he could do anything. He knew that his parents especially wanted the second uncle to come to the door once, which would bring glory to the family. He knew that because of his grandparents, his second uncle and his parents and aunt were estranged. A few years ago, my aunt died in a car accident, and my parents only made a few phone calls, and only my aunt and uncle went to Binjiang to offer condolences. He felt that his parents were a little unkind about it.

Even after the second uncle was promoted to the top of Sheng Dong, his parents privately complained that the second uncle refused to help. He didn't know what his parents wanted his second uncle to help him with? But he knew that after he was admitted to the university, because of the high tuition fees, the second uncle remitted 30,000 yuan to subsidize it, wasn't that enough? But the mother seemed to be dissatisfied, saying that the second uncle's annual salary of hundreds of thousands of yuan a year was only given such a little.

When he graduated from college, his parents wanted him to work in Shengdong, but his second uncle refused. This aggravates the conflict between the elders. A year later, the second uncle was transferred to the Yanjing headquarters and left Shengdong Company. He thought privately, fortunately he didn't go to Shengdong, otherwise, with the housing prices in Binjiang, it would be more difficult for him to get married......

Today, the office is the most crowded. Even Lao Qi, the planner who never went to work on time, arrived, and wiped his desk while he mopped the floor, which was a novelty. Sister Feng, a labor-management worker, joked, Xiao Tao, this time you have become a relative of the emperor, but you have to cover me. He could only smile.

Today is the day of the monthly report, there are still a few numbers that have not been counted, and when he got a few reports and went to the branch director Zhu Zhengjie to sign, Zhu Yu only skimmed it and signed. Not only that, Zhu Yu also took the initiative to ask about his joining the party, and he was very concerned. He is like a mirror in his heart, all of this is due to the second uncle.

He rode a bicycle to the Hair and Regulation Department to deliver the report, met Wang Xiaojuan on the road, and especially told him not to forget the noon dinner. He smiled and said, "I can't forget it." Wang Xiaojuan asked him why he went? He said to send the report. Wang Xiaojuan said, I don't have anything at hand, I'll go with you, right? He immediately refused, that's Building Three, what are you going to do? Wang Xiaojuan stuck out her tongue, but she was not angry.

He came to the door of the Statistics Department of the Development and Regulation Department on the third floor, and saw that the second uncle was talking to Director Lu, and he wanted to say hello to the second uncle, but he didn't dare. When he handed in the report, the second uncle was gone. Looking at the time, he decided not to go back to the branch factory, and went directly to his retired mother-in-law to help. Out of the office building, he sent a text message to Wang Xiaojuan, telling her about his whereabouts.

Sure enough, today, the prospective mother-in-law was particularly enthusiastic, "Oh, there is a way, why didn't you follow Xiaojuan?" ”

"Auntie, I just sent the report, and I came over directly, Xiaojuan is still in the workshop. Shall I cook for you? ”

"Where can I use you for help? Go watch TV! Go online! I'm going to call Xiaojuan back, what's so busy with her job? At noon today, you can accompany your Uncle Wang to have a few drinks. ”

Sitting in front of the computer and browsing the web indiscriminately, Tao Youdao was full of emotion.

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Tao Tang didn't expect to meet Lu Qi on the first day of work.

The team meeting ended in just one hour, because he gave several vice presidents a five-minute time to report. Except for Vice President Zhou, who is in charge of safety and security, the other leaders of the administrative department have a very high level of reporting, smooth thinking, and data will come as soon as they open their mouths.

In addition to the executive vice president and Li Luo, who was in charge of marketing, all the team members of Red Star Company attended the meeting. Zhao Qingmin, Secretary of the Party Committee, Guo Tao, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors and Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, Jiang Shangyun, Chief Engineer, Han Zhiyong, Chief Accountant, Luo Chong, Chief Economist, Ma Guangming, Deputy General Manager in charge of Production, Chang Wenhai, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Trade Union, Liu Xiuyun, Deputy General Manager in charge of Personnel, Zhou Bing, Deputy General Manager in charge of Security, Security and Logistics, and Qiu Lin, Vice President in charge of Material Procurement, all formally met with him in this conference room.

Among them, Vice President Qiu Lin was originally in charge of logistics, and after Yang Wenhuan's accident, Song Yue adjusted his work. The logistics stall that Qiu Lin was in charge of was handed over to Zhou Bing, who had already passed the line.

The only female leader in the team is Liu Xiuyun, who is in charge of the personnel and labor company system.

It seems that the thinking has been unified in advance, and the tone of the work report of the vice presidents is low, and the central idea is that we have done our best, but the objective situation is too grim to reverse the situation.

Tao Tang did not write a few words on the notebook he spread. He knew that the people who could get into this conference room were the elites who grew up under the system. Reporting, speaking and compiling figures are essential basic skills. So what they say is universal, but it doesn't have much value.

Ma Guangming, who is in charge of production, said that the supply of main materials would be stopped if it was not in place within a week. Qiu Lin, who is in charge of supply, said that the plan for the use of funds had been given to the finance earlier, but it had not been approved for a long time. Chief Accountant Han Zhiyong reported a bunch of figures, the core of which is that the marketing department's payment collection plan is always uncomplete, resulting in a large gap in funds, and it is difficult to balance production and life.

Tao Tang, who has served as the leader of Shengdong Company for more than three years, understands the relationship, and if Li Luo, who is in charge of marketing, is here, he will definitely be able to kick the ball back. Production, supply, sales, and finance will form a strange circle that is a headache for the number one, and it is difficult for the leader to break this cycle without two brushes, and it will be played by his subordinates if he doesn't do it. Therefore, the headquarters prepared a start-up capital for him without opening his mouth, but the money was not so easy to use, and if the planning was not good, it would be difficult to ask for it again.

As a leader, he never fantasized about forming friendships with his deputies outside of work. This is one of the main lessons he has gained over the past two decades. He did not pay attention to what they said, but paid attention to things other than the speech, especially the attitude, the work attitude determines the level of height, this sentence is by no means a general, but an unbreakable truth.

After the report of Vice President Qiu Lin, who was ranked last, Tao Tang waved his hand to stop Chang Wenhai, deputy secretary and chairman of the trade union, "Secretary Zhao, Chairman Guo, forget the report of the party and the masses." What I want to hear most is the marketing situation, but Comrade Li Luo went out and didn't come back...... In this way, the office arranged for the marketing department to prepare a concise report on the current marketing situation for me, and to work for me on Monday. Tao Tang looked back at Zhang Xingwu, who was recording. As the director of the general manager's office, he can attend all the company's meetings.

"Yes, Mr. Tao." Zhang Xingwu stood up and replied.

"Comrades," Tao Tang cleared his throat, "I've just arrived, and the situation is still very vague. Give me a moment to familiarize myself with the company first. The leaders should do a good job in their respective work in accordance with the original work deployment, and continue to do the things that have been set before and have entered the implementation stage. Tao Tang has always maintained that face, "The overall feeling is that it is very difficult, especially in terms of funds. In addition, the completion of the main economic indicators is very unsatisfactory, nearly one-third of the time has passed, but the sequential progress of income, profits and other indicators is seriously lagging behind," he glanced at Luo Chong, the chief economist, "I have made a military order for the group, and the target of the letter of responsibility signed at the beginning of the year remains unchanged, please pay attention." In addition, the research and development of new products, I did not hear what I wanted, Mr. Jiang arranged it, tomorrow morning at half past eight, you and I, as well as Mr. Luo, listen to the report of the research institute, and the relevant units responsible for the research and development of new products will also participate. Also, I feel that your mood is not high, which is not a good sign. To be honest, whether Red Star can turn over or not, the responsibility is mainly ours, I hope you will lift your spirits and do your own things wholeheartedly. As for production, it can't be discontinued anyway! Mr. Han, arrange 50 million yuan from the current loan transferred from the headquarters to supply, Mr. Ma, Mr. Qiu, the two of you will discuss how to use this money. There are thousands of things in the family, first from the tight place, make good use of the 50 million, and there must be no shortage of materials and stop production. Finally, let's arrange a questionnaire survey for the whole factory, including retirees. The content of the survey is a cliché, what are the main problems of the company? Where is the direction of the company's transformation and upgrading? What do you most want the team to do? Then seven or eight are listed. Secretary Zhao, do you think it's okay? ”

"This is good, take the mass line. Or Tao always has a way. ”

"Since everyone has no opinions, the deputy secretary is in charge of this matter, how about it?" Tao Tang's gaze fell on Chang Wenhai's face, who was already seriously bald.

"Okay. I have prepared a topic for Mr. Tao to approve it. Chang Wenhai replied.

"Okay, isn't that all for today's meeting?"

So the meeting was dismissed. Zhang Xingwu looked at his watch, it was less than forty minutes.

The Department of Development Planning is located on the third floor and occupies all the offices except for the small conference room in the east half of the third floor. The weather was already hot, and Lu Qi saw the leaders rushing into the small conference room through the open door, she didn't see the person, but she knew that it was impossible for him not to participate. This meeting was expected, and it must have been to listen to the work reports of the vice presidents, and then there would be a middle-level plenary meeting to preach their own policy program...... Everything is repetitive, the days pass in constant repetition, and the company still exists.

I don't know if he remembers himself. She has only spoken to him twice since she was separated from the Arts and Sciences class. The first time he met him at the school gate, he asked himself how he was doing? I forgot what I said, I only remember that he was sweating profusely, as if he had just come off the court. The second time was before the college entrance examination, I took the initiative to look for him in his class and wanted to ask him which university he was going to apply for. If he chooses a comprehensive university, she will be in step with him. But that day did not achieve the goal, he came out of the classroom, she pretended to meet by chance and just stepped forward to say hello, Zhou Hongyou dragged him away, as if there was something urgent. Then, she heard about the tragic incident at the Hiraizumi Hotel, where he was detained and missed the college entrance examination...... She was in a terrible mood, and she can still recall the despair of that time. She would love to go to his house and ask him, what next? She knew the address of his house, and she saw it from the form he had filled out, his house was in Courtyard No. 5, and her house was in the building area, quite far from each other. She really didn't have the courage to go to his house, and there was no phone at home at that time, let alone a mobile phone...... After trying his best to find out about him, he transferred to another school, went to No. 8 Middle School to repeat his studies, and left the Red Star Factory...... During the days when she was waiting for the results of the college entrance examination, she wandered at the main intersection of the No. 5 courtyard countless times by going to the female classmate who lived in the No. 5 courtyard, hoping to meet him at home. However, it did not succeed once. For her, he had floated away like a kite with a broken string since that hurried greeting at the classroom door...... She was successfully admitted to the university, and it was not until she returned to the factory in the summer of the second year that she heard the news that he was admitted to Fudan from the teacher, who said that if she had not been angry and repeated this year, he would not have been admitted to Fudan......

Lose in hake, but gain in herring. I wonder if this counts as compensation for the Hiraizumi Hotel incident? She tried to write him a letter several times, but was always prevented by the girl's reserve...... How nice would it be if he wrote to himself? But he didn't...... He may never understand his own thoughts, and he will not understand the secret feelings of a young girl. Now that he has been admitted to a first-class school, his future should be bright...... In short, he disappeared.

Time is an incomparable master, and time can change everything. It was many years before she heard accurate news about him, when he was already the leader of Shengdong Company and kept reading about him in the group's internal publications. At that time, he was not yet forty years old, which was definitely considered an early onset. She was proud of him in private, and the once unrequited love had long since turned into a thing of the past, and she calmly introduced his past to her colleagues, as if his achievements were directly related to herself. When she said these words, she was proud of herself, and his achievements were enough to prove that she had a first-class vision.

Who knew that after twenty-five years of separation, he would appear next to him again, less than twenty meters away from him. However, just like there are several heavy walls within these twenty meters, the level difference between himself and him is too great......

The phone rang, interrupting Lu Qi's reminiscences of the past, it was Han Ruilin calling, "Received a notice?" ”

"What notice?"

"Sun Dunquan's notice. On Saturday night, Mr. Tang Yikun, the richest man in Hiraizumi, wants to invite his classmates to a party at the legendary East Lake Hall! How? You didn't get the call? ”

"Nope. That's your business, not mine. ”

"Impossible? How could a writer not sue you? ”

"That's it? Then I'll let it go. Without waiting for Han Ruilin to speak, Lu Qi deducted the phone. She got up and went to the bathroom, and when she came out, she was greeted by a large group of company leaders, and it seemed that the meeting was over. Lu Qi stopped, and when the leaders passed first, some people bowed their heads to her, and some completely ignored her existence. Until a man stood in front of her.

Lu Qi ...... Do you don't know each other anymore? Tao Tang smiled and stretched out his hand to Lu Qi.

"Tao Tang? Mr. Tao? ”

"Haha, isn't it a surprise?" Tao Tang held Lu Qi's outstretched hand tightly, feeling her palms sweaty.

Lu Qi's smooth forehead was as smooth as jade, and beads of sweat oozed from it.

"Mr. Tao knows Xiao Lu?" Guo Tao, who was preparing behind Tao Tang, asked in surprise.

"We used to be classmates, and we were table mates. However, I haven't seen ...... for more than 20 years," Tao Tang said with a smile.

"Oh, I see." Guo Tao smiled, "Then you should have a good chat." ”

"Can I take a look at your office?" Tao Tang was still smiling.

Lu Qi noticed that several leaders were watching them, "Of course...... Please. ”

"Xiao Li......" Tao Tang called Li Zhibin, "You come," Tao Tang followed Lu Qi into her office and said to the secretary who followed up, "You go to the thrift market and buy me a second-hand bicycle." ”

"Used bikes?" Li Zhibin suspected that he had misheard.

"Yes. As long as you can ride. Tao Tang waved his hand and motioned for the secretary to go out.