The headquarters of Ansoft is located in the city, and a 28-story building completed the year before last, with its very modern exterior decoration, is recognized as a landmark in the Lilac District.

Building such a tall building is the first and only one in the NB department.

The reason for the construction of such a luxurious building is that NBS is only the controlling party, and in order to manage the relationship with the second largest shareholder, Andong Institute of Technology, which was renamed Andong University four years ago, it finally made concessions on this issue.

At the same time, in order to make the best use of the existing resources, after the completion of the building, NB Electric (China) Company did not hesitate to sell another six-story building that had just been put into use for one year, and moved the Anton NB Science and Technology Center, which integrates science popularization, exhibition and office, to the Anton NB Science and Technology Building.

The subsidiaries of NB Electric also set up all their branches here, and gradually, the Annsoft Building became the headquarters of the NB Department in the Northeast region.

At 9 a.m., the building's security guard walked out of the tech center as usual and placed a "Do Not Park" sign at the entrance and exit of the underground car park.

As soon as I put the sign away, I was about to say hello to Lao Han, a traffic policeman on duty on the side of the road, when I saw a woman in her twenties, wearing a pair of red high heels, dragging a large suitcase and standing in front of the science and technology center. She didn't seem to notice the security guard's presence, sometimes looking down in contemplation, sometimes looking up, as if she was hesitating to go in or not.

"Miss, the science center is free to open, what can I do for you?"

In two months, there will be a mid-year assessment, service attitude is the most important assessment content, all say that there is no future when the security guard, that is only the security of other companies. Wang Sicheng didn't want to lose this job with a higher salary than the traffic policeman Lao Handu. Hurried up and greeted politely.

The Northeast is no better than the Mainland. It's May, the weather is still a little cold, the lady is not wearing much, a gust of wind is blowing, she can't help but pull the collar up, she looks back, she just graduated from high school this year, and Wang Sicheng, who is strong-blooded, can't help but tremble.

Soft and clear eyebrows, tactful and clear eyes. With a straight and slender nose, moist and reddish lips, delicate and dripping fair skin, and a pale pink halo on her cheeks, probably because she wore high heels, she looked slender again, taller than Li Jingjing, the docent of the science and technology center, plus this fashionable dress, the whole movie star.

"I'm sorry, I ...... I...... I'm not here to visit. ”

People are beautiful. She also spoke in a nice voice, listening to her accent. Wang Sicheng realized that she was from the south, and asked in standard Mandarin, "Miss, are you looking for someone?" ”

This is the bustling area of Anton, and the boulevard is lined with newly built buildings, and the architecture is luxurious, unrestrained, extraordinary, seductive, and gives people a sense of unreality.

The lady looked around as if she had made up her mind, and asked in a low voice, "I want to find Zheng Aifang, do you know what floor she is?" ”

I knew that it was not simple, but I didn't expect it to be so big, Wang Sicheng didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took the suitcase and said with a smile: "It turns out that you are looking for Mr. Zheng, her office is on the top floor, by the way, do you have an appointment, if not, I will inform you first." ”

In the past few years, there has been little contact, perhaps because of that seemingly ridiculous self-esteem, I never asked her about her work when I was contacted, and the old classmate who was an accountant together suddenly became the boss, Zhao Xiaoyun had mixed tastes, and while following this very polite little security guard to the building, he asked in a ghostly manner: "What is Mr. Zheng in charge of?" ”

"Zheng is always the chief financial officer of our company, this position is relatively rare in China, so she is generally called the financial director when she is introduced, and she is in charge of the company's finances alone, and she often goes abroad for meetings, which is amazing!"

It is said that 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, it has only been a few years, and the gap has suddenly widened so much.

Thinking of the old Si Zhang Lin who was "not enterprising" back then, and thinking of Zhu Hui, the boss who kept him more than once, Zhao Xiaoyun, who was almost like running away from home, felt very uncomfortable, and spontaneously had the idea of turning around and leaving.

Just thinking about it, the security guard had put down his luggage in the spacious and bright hall, took a registration book from the main desk, and said with a very sunny and bright smile: "Miss, we need to register before the report, your surname, which unit you come from, what is the matter with Mr. Zheng, of course, you don't need to be too clear, just the general situation." ”

You still have to make an appointment to meet, and the score is quite big.

Zhao Xiaoyun looked at the NB technology exhibition hall on the left side of the hall, and said absentmindedly: "My surname is Zhao, my name is Zhao Xiaoyun, and I am your Zheng Zong's college classmate, you can report my name and she will know." ”

"It turned out to be Mr. Zheng's classmate, Miss Zhao, please take a seat, and I will inform you."

After sitting in the reception area for about ten minutes, a familiar figure ran out of the elevator and shouted excitedly from a distance: "Xiao Yun, why didn't you call me before coming, I'll pick you up at the station!" Forget it, it's better to come early than to come by chance, go upstairs and sit for a while, and then go to see someone together when I'm done with the business at hand. ”

Zhao Xiaoyun put her arm around her and whispered, "I don't want to see anyone, I just want to see you." ”

Zheng Aifang smiled slightly at the security guard who was helping her old classmates send their luggage into the elevator, and immediately asked curiously: "When did you arrive, is it a business trip or a trip?" ”

"Just arrived, neither a business trip nor a tourist." Speaking of this, Zhao Xiaoyun's voice suddenly choked.

Zheng Aifang was taken aback, and hurriedly pulled her into the elevator and asked, "What's wrong, is it awkward with Cao Bin?" ”

Zhao Xiaoyun couldn't hold back any longer, tears burst out of the embankment, and she threw herself into her arms and cried with rain: "I don't know my heart when I know people, I don't know my heart, he actually fooled around with others outside behind my back, I really can't live this day." ”

Her husband Cao Bin is a talent, has a good family background, the son of the mayor's family, when she attended her wedding the year before last, Zheng Aifang thought that she had finally achieved a positive result and found a prince charming in her mind. I didn't expect that after only two years of marriage, such a terrible thing would happen.

Zheng Aifang was very sorry, and couldn't help but comfort: "Xiao Yun, it is said that husband and wife are one hundred days, since they have come together, how can they say that they will be separated?" Have you summarized the reasons, and have you ever thought about giving him a chance to change his ways? ”

"Why do you even say that?" thought of his father's words to persuade him in order to tie up Mayor Cao. Zhao Xiaoyun is angry.

"Then what do you want me to say. Is it possible to persuade you to divorce?

"Leave!"

Zhao Xiaoyun took the tissue and wiped her tears. Gritted his silver teeth and said: "It's not that I haven't given him a chance, but that his easy-to-change nature is difficult to change, and he has hurt me again and again, I don't want to settle, and I can't turn a blind eye, so I must leave, resolutely leave, no one can persuade me." ”

It is difficult for a clean official to cut off family affairs. Zheng Aifang didn't want them to get back together and become bad people in the future, not to mention that she was angry, and it was useless to say anything, so she simply put this aside in advance, took her arm and asked with concern: "Then you come to me, do your father and your mother know?" ”

"I don't know, I didn't tell them."

As the chief financial officer of Ansoft Group, Zheng Aifang considered the problem much more rationally, immediately took out her mobile phone, and said in an unquestionable tone: "My mother is worried." Give home a call first. ”

"No need to fight, they just know that the flame is coming. Didn't care about me at all, didn't understand my feelings at all. ”

Her father is the director, her father-in-law is the mayor, and the whole government is married, Zheng Aifang sighed secretly, looked at the address book in the phone and said: "Fortunately, I left your home phone, you don't call me, as for Cao Bin, it's best to come, if you don't come, I will also go to him, ask him in person, what he thinks, do you want to live this day." ”

"Aifang, it's already like this, does it make sense to ask? I want to stay away from him now, as far away as possible. ”

"Don't worry, when you come to me, it's like coming home, I'll be in charge for you, actually fooling around outside, see how I help you clean him up."

Walking into Zheng Aifang's office, Zhao Xiaoyun really realized what the concept of financial directors of listed companies is.

With an area of more than 50 square meters, high-end office furniture, two latest NB computers, one shows the real-time stock price of Ansoft, and the other is used for office. Through the floor-to-ceiling glass on the left, you can overlook the entire urban area, and in the finance department outside the glass partition on the right, more than a dozen financial personnel are busy in the cubicle.

Sitting in her leather boss chair, which was so arrogant that she couldn't be more arrogant, Zheng Aifang seemed to be a different person, helped her glasses, and said unapologetically: "Third child, your business is important, your work is equally important, I have a few reports to deal with here, I can only wronged you to wait a while, there are newspapers and magazines over there, and there are drinks in the pantry next door, so you can get what you want to drink." ”

Zhao Xiaoyun also sat in the office of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, Qing Shui Yamen, doing nothing all day, looking at the serious appearance of her old classmates, she couldn't help but think of the scene of her internship in NB Electrical, leaning against the floor-to-ceiling glass and asking again: "Aifang, have you seen the fourth child during this time?" ”

There are so many college classmates, and there are only four people who are really good, who is and what kind of character Zheng Aifang knows very well, while looking at the report, she said lightly: "I went to the United States for a meeting last month, and I met it when I was in transit in Hong Kong, she asked about you, and asked me to tell you that you have time to call her, or go to the Special Administrative Region for a gathering." ”

He is a director of a Fortune 500 company, the spokesperson of the Zhang family in NB Electric, with a net worth of billions, and he is just a small clerk of the Municipal Cultural Bureau. What's more, when I left NB Electric, people struggled to keep it, but I didn't appreciate it, and I missed the biggest and best opportunity in my life.

Now that even the marriage has failed, Zhao Xiaoyun felt like a knife in her heart, and said with a wry smile: "After so many years of tossing and turning, in the end there is nothing, and there is only a residual self-esteem left." Aifang, do you think I'm embarrassed to call her? ”

"It's still so strong!"

Zheng Aifang looked up at her and said angrily: "They are all good sisters, what is there to compare?" The heart is higher than the sky, and the life is thinner than paper, which is what you say. ”

"People are like this, and you still pour salt on people's wounds."

"So what do you want me to say? Say Zhao Xiaoyun, Zhao Xiaoyun, the whole world is wrong, you are right? ”

Zheng Aifang glared at her with hatred, and then said: "By the way, the boss is about to give birth, and the day before yesterday I was talking to you on the phone, saying that you have been married for two years, why don't you have a child." ”

Zhao Xiaoyun sighed lightly, leaned on the sofa and said quietly: "It's right if you don't want it, if you really want a child, can I still come to you?" ”

"Defect to me, admit defeat?"

"I've lost nothing, who don't you go to?"

Zheng Aifang pointed to the phone in her hand and asked angrily: "It's better to defect to no one than to defect to the fourth." Let go of your little bit of self-esteem. Will you die if you call the fourth? ”

Zhao Xiaoyun is like a child who has made a mistake. He bowed his head and muttered, "I can't afford to lose that person." ”

"Isn't there a shame in coming to me to complain?"

"You're different, you're my best friend, my sister, my own sister, and you just said that you want to be the master for me, but now you turn your face and don't recognize anyone."

Zheng Aifang didn't follow the stubble anymore, but suddenly closed the last Wen Jiàn clip, got up and smiled: "Okay." We ate and went, the best hotel in Anton, and ordered whatever we wanted. By the way, go to the bathroom and clean up, my makeup is all crying, like a resentful woman. ”

Remembering what she said downstairs, Zhao Xiaoyun hurriedly asked, "Do you have a party at noon?" ”

"Having an old friend you haven't seen in a few years is not a social event."

She only met Zhang Lin in Hong Kong last month, and she shouldn't be the person she is most afraid of seeing, Zhao Xiaoyun breathed a sigh of relief. After thinking about it, he asked, "Male or female?" ”

"Male."

She was a workaholic, and if she weren't a workaholic, she wouldn't be in the position she is today. Thinking that she was still single so far, Zhao Xiaoyun suddenly shook her head again and again: "You have a party with friends, what am I going to do?" Take me to your house first, and find a hotel nearby, I don't want to be a light bulb for you. ”

"Where do you want to go, even if it's a date, it's going to be night."

It was already eleven o'clock at noon when the two of them arrived at the Andong Hotel, and when they were busy ordering, the charter, accompanied by Lian Yuangao and Gao Yang, walked into the revolving foyer of the hotel.

When Jiang Mingqing, the chief engineer of NB Medical in Andong came a few years ago, he lived here for nearly a week. Revisiting the old place, but the feeling is completely different. The interior decoration of the hotel is more magnificent than before, more than one grade higher than that year, stepping forward, there are more than a dozen handsome men and women on both sides of the red carpet bowing and saluting: "Sir, good afternoon!" ”

Under the guidance of the foreman in a light blue suit, the three of them came to the 218 box on the second floor, Lian Yuangao stepped forward and pushed open the door to take a look, then turned around and said, "Mr. Zhang, we won't go in." ”

Hearing someone outside say "Mr. Zhang", Zhao Xiaoyun was taken aback, and Zheng Aifang ran to the door quickly, and greeted excitedly: "Zhang Gong, I've been waiting for a long time, in order to let you eat and drink well, I also invited a special escort." ”

The table was already full of delicious food and wine, and on the sofa by the window sat a beautiful lady, looking at her with distracted attention.

The charter was stunned for a moment, thinking that this is too coincidental, right?

Before I came, I mentioned Zhao Xiaoyun to a few colleagues in the real yàn room, but I didn't expect her to appear here, I shook Zheng Aifang's hand lightly, smiled at Zhao Xiaoyun, and complained: "Sister Zheng, Sister Xiaoyun, they are all their own people, where to eat is not to eat, why are you so polite?" ”

Zhao Xiaoyun's surprised expression disappeared in an instant, and she looked at the smiling face with soft contours and well-defined features. Very faint smile, like a spring breeze. There was a slight fluctuation in his eyes. But in a moment, she regained her usual smile.

The charter also noticed that she seemed to have not changed over the years, wearing a light gray satin embroidered blouse on her upper body, the front was taut and her breasts were heaving in a thrilling bulge, and she sat there quietly, exuding a refreshing mint fragrance.

"Looks like I don't need an introduction."

Zheng Aifang warmly beckoned him to sit down, and at the same time picked up the red wine to eat and said with a smile: "Don't hide it, this meal is public money, we Liu Dong know that you don't like that, so I specially entrusted me to do my best on behalf of An, even the compliance department Wang Zong knows, even if you really want to find trouble, don't find me." ”

The chairman and CEO of Annsoft is not only the founder of Annsoft, but also a professor, doctoral supervisor, and even vice president of Ontario. He is also an official and a businessman, not an NB executive in the true sense, and his way of doing things is very different from that of the NB department.

The charter will only go to the technical department, will not deal with the company's executives and business personnel, will not accept banquets, and will not interfere with the company's operations. And it has been emphasized many times in advance that the local government must not be alarmed.

Liu Dong asked Zheng Aifang to come forward, but he didn't come, which shows how thoughtful he was.

The charter reacted, picked up the chopsticks and said with a smile: "Liu Dong has a heart, please go back and express my gratitude to him on my behalf, well, since it is public funds, then don't eat for nothing, Sister Xiaoyun, what are you still doing in a daze, move the chopsticks!" ”

The big boy who sent his sister to college back then is now a well-known businessman, scientist, and philanthropist, and Zhao Xiaoyun is embarrassed. picked up the chopsticks and said again: "Zhang...... Chapter...... Chapter worker. You...... When did you come to Anton? ”

"Just arrived last night. It's said that it's your own person, don't bite you, it's too raw. ”

"yes, there's no outsider here."

Zheng Aifang helped him pour red wine, sat down opposite and asked with a smile: "Zhang Gong, our Chairman Liu also assigned me a task and entrusted me to report to you the general situation of the company. Or do you want to talk about it after eating? ”

The articles of association were happy, put down the chopsticks and shook his head and said: "Ansoft is a listed company, you only need to be responsible for the shareholders, not to mention that my equity has been donated to the foundation, even if there is no I will not listen to any report, because what shareholders want to know, what they must know, must know, there are in the annual report and the interim report." ”

"I really don't care?"

"If you say you don't care, you really don't care. Can I keep myself busy with so many companies? I can't get by? ”

When the shopkeeper got to this, Zheng Aifang was completely convinced. Elegantly picked up the wine glass, took a sip of red wine and said with a smile: "Zhang Lin doesn't care, you don't care, if Chairman Liu and the directors of NBS are so good at talking, my life as a financial officer will be better." ”

The charter ate a piece of sauced beef and asked with interest, "Sister Zheng, are you having a hard time?" ”

Zheng Aifang deserves to be the general manager of finance, and even talked about her work in a roundabout way: "Nine of the ten financial analysis reports will be sent back, and it will be difficult for anyone to change it, and the requirements are becoming more and more stringent." Zhang Gong, it's not that I'm complaining to you, but that Ansoft is different from other companies, if all of them follow the regulations of the Compliance Department, then the domestic business will not be able to be carried out at all. ”

The various software developed by Ansoft has been widely used in domestic engineering, electric power, telecommunications, real estate, factory design and other fields, and the software commercialization rate is the highest in China, and it is also the largest provider of industry solutions and product engineering solutions with software technology as the core.

Dealing with government departments and public institutions every day, it is inevitable to have personal contacts, and the charter realized that she was referring to the new regulations on "anti-commercial bribery", and after thinking about it, she said with a stern face: "Sister Zheng, I can understand the difficulties of Chairman Liu, but I agree more with the company's basic values." For the development of the company, the good ones should follow the local customs, and the bad ones must stick to their own bottom limits and must not follow the trend. ”

Many people don't understand the set of foreign countries in China, and Zheng Aifang is the same, so she can't help but remind: "Zhang Gong, if it goes on like this, the loss will be great." I don't know about other companies, just we will lose at least 100 million orders this year. ”

NB Electric's "self-examination and self-correction" has set off an internal "anti-commercial bribery" storm, and Zhao Xiaoyun is not ignorant of it. The first impression after learning the news was that the charter was crazy and actually smashed his own job.

Looking at his eloquent appearance, Zhao Xiaoyun couldn't help but remind: "Zhang Gong, domestic and foreign countries are different, and in a humane society, if there is no room for maneuver, it is really not conducive to business development." ”

"Thank you, thank you for the reminder."

He picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth, picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "A lot of things, we have to look at them from different angles." It is true that the company will have some losses in a short period of time, but as long as it can be unswervingly implemented, it can establish a brand that is honest and self-reliant and socially responsible.

Let's think about it, if you are an owner and you need to purchase a batch of equipment, will you choose a company with a high degree of price transparency and can't do anything in the procurement process, or choose a company with a bad track record and can only win orders in a dishonorable way? If you are a government official or a leader of a public institution in charge of procurement, for your own future and your official reputation, which one will you choose? ”

It sounded like there was some truth, Zheng Aifang pondered for a moment, and then said, "But ......"

"Sister Zheng, I know what you want to say, there must be those who don't care about it for the sake of accumulating money, and there are quite a few of them, but I believe that there are more integrity, I believe that the social atmosphere will get better and better, and I believe that the country's anti-corruption efforts will become stronger and stronger, maybe ten years, maybe twenty years, and it takes longer to really establish a brand, and we don't have so much time to waste."

Zheng Aifang nodded heavily, and said with a smile: "I know how to reply to Liu Dong." ”

"Okay, let's not talk about that, let's talk about the past."

Zhao Xiaoyun, who had not seen Zhao Xiaoyun for many years, raised his wine glass, and said half-jokingly: "Sister Xiaoyun, after so many years, you haven't changed at all, and you are still so beautiful, I salute you and wish you eternal youth." ”

Zhao Xiaoyun, who pays attention to her appearance, is very confident, and she can't figure out why Cao Bin fooled around with the woman in their unit who didn't look very good, and was praised by the charter, there was a slight flush on her cheeks, and she picked up her wine glass and said softly: "I'm thirty years old, and I sigh how many traces have been left on my face by what years, although it's still a little too early." But to say that nothing has changed after all these years is an exaggeration. ”

"Truth be told, it's not an exaggeration at all."

"Okay, I'm embarrassed. By the way, Zhang Gong, what about your wife, why didn't she come with you? ”

"She went to the northwest, where there are several projects to donate to build Hope Primary School."

"I heard you adopted a little African girl?"

"Well, my Chinese name is Zhang Qing, and I am in junior high school in the United States," Charter took out his wallet, pointed to the family photo inside, and introduced: "This is my son Zhang Han, Jiahui you should have seen, now they are all so tall." This is my second brother-in-law, You Shaojun, a doctor who studied in Germany, and is doing research in the Department of Basic Studies. ”

What is the mayor in front of her, Zheng Aifang will not miss this opportunity, and said coldly: "Charter, your sister Xiaoyun has been bullied and is homeless, you can't sit idly by!" ”

Zhao Xiaoyun was anxious, and hurriedly shouted: "Aifang! What are you talking about? (To be continued......)