The days have been pushed back a few days, and there is a strange atmosphere permeating the seemingly calm court in Chang'an City.

Everyone seemed to expect what was going to happen, but no one said anything. This day is the last pilgrimage meeting of the year, and after today, there will be a seven-day boycott.

The day after tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, so everyone is busy with the New Year, waiting for the family reunion, even if there are more things, everyone does not want to have more troubles during this time period, and it is true to have a good year in peace.

Therefore, today's court meeting is quite dull, and after summarizing the achievements of the past year, Li Shimin announced that the big guy will take a seven-day vacation to celebrate the New Year.

In fact, the annual leave in the Tang Dynasty was definitely more than seven days, but because the holidays were not coherent, they had to come back on the fifth day of the first month to reorganize the government and wait until the Shangyuan Festival to take a holiday.

Today is not only a holiday in the court, but also a half-month holiday for Chen Ji workers.

At this point, Chen Fei is very humane, Chen Ji's shops are all closed until the opening after the Shangyuan Festival, and most of the time is rest!

Today, at the end of the day's work, Chen Ji's annual meeting will be organized in the largest restaurant in Chang'an City.

Before the end of work, the workers were holding back a wave of enthusiasm. Not only because of the upcoming long holiday, but also because I heard that the year-end bonus will be issued tonight!

Although everyone doesn't have much concept of this "year-end bonus", they are very excited when they hear that they are going to pay money, and they come out to work, who doesn't expect to make a few more money, why don't they take the money for nothing?

And the place to hold the annual meeting is in the largest restaurant in Chang'an City, I heard that the entire restaurant has been chartered, just to hold the annual meeting, which makes the workers excited, before coming to Chen Ji, they are all bitter haha, or poor people who rely on a little craft to make a living, or prisoners of war who have been settled, never dreamed that they would have such a happy day.

Obviously, Chen Fei's actions have caught the hearts of the workers.

The restaurant is located in the east of Chang'an City, which was originally an industry of the Cui family in Qinghe, but in recent times, because the imperial court has suppressed the nobles of the family, the Cui family sold part of the property rights of the restaurant to the Cheng family, and the restaurant was actually handed over to the Cheng family to take care of, which can be regarded as avoiding this division of the imperial court.

Although there are frictions and discord between the two families, because Cheng Yanjin's wife is from the Cui family of Qinghe, the relationship between the two families is still close, and they advance and retreat together many times.

Today's restaurant is the main venue of Chen Ji's annual meeting, only at noon, there are many people busy decorating the venue of the restaurant, the original four tables and chairs in the middle of the hall have been removed, and a stage has been built for singing performances.

The restaurant is decorated with red decorations to represent festivity, and even a long red carpet is laid out at the door, which extends to the inside of the restaurant.

The restaurant has three floors, and the middle of the second and third floors is vacant, so you can see the stage on the first floor very well.

All the tables were replaced with large round tables, and the stools were replaced with long benches, and the scene was like a wedding banquet in the future.

A tablecloth is laid on the table, and in the middle of the table is a bright plum blossom with a small plaque hanging on the plum branch, representing the table number.

Wine, plates, chopsticks, and wine glasses have been neatly placed on the table, and even some cold dishes have been served one after another.

Cheng Yanjin, as a shareholder of Chen Ji, naturally also participated in this annual meeting, followed by his six little demon kings of the mixed world.

As soon as he entered the door, he shouted, Cheng Chumo stepped forward and gave Chen Fei a punch, and said with a smile: "Ah Fei, there is really you!" It's so thoughtful to arrange a cocktail party, I'll take it! ”

Chen Fei smiled, feeling extremely proud. "That's right, you don't look at who personally commanded it!"

Not long after inviting the Cheng family to take a seat, some Chen Ji workers came one after another.

I got off work early today, so the big guys came over early to see what the legendary "tall" annual party looks like.

All employees of Chen Kee are issued with Chen Kee's exclusive work number plates, and all of them are seated in the right number, which effectively prevents some people from "fishing in troubled waters" from coming in to steal food.

When Chen Ji employees walked into the restaurant, they were shocked, they were bitter, where did they come to such a good place, and even some people began to doubt, wondering if they had gone to the wrong place, and finally under the leadership of the little girl, they found their seats in a daze, and waited for the start of the annual meeting anxiously.

The outside of the restaurant also really caused a small sensation, some people saw that there were constantly craftsmen dressed in plop clothes into the restaurant, and they all felt strange, the consumption of this restaurant is not low, it is definitely not consumed by some small people in the market, usually the nobles come to the place, how to enter and exit today are some ordinary people?

Everyone felt strange and didn't dare to go in, so they watched outside, but they watched and watched, and they became more and more shocked.

Why? Because there were so many people coming, if you count from the very beginning, at least more than 100 people entered, and there were still people coming in the distance, obviously there were still many people.

"Where are these people? Don't you need money to go in and eat? Finally, someone couldn't help it, and followed into the restaurant, but it didn't take long for him to come out in disgrace, and brought a message that made everyone envious: "The people inside are all Chen Ji's craftsmen, and today Chen Ji has a year-end party, and the whole building has been wrapped up by Chen Ji." ”

The news was brought out, making people outside envious and jealous.

Craftsmen are still a relatively low profession in this era, and even if they are looked down upon, they will be scolded and oppressed by the master, but Chen Ji's craftsmen ...... Seems a little too good, right? The good ones make people a little jealous.

I have never heard of a master who would invite his craftsmen to eat in such a good place, and Chen Ji's approach is really enviable.

If they knew that the annual meeting was not only about eating, but also about money, lottery and many other links, I wonder if these people would cry and shout that they are going to join Chen Ji now?

Half an hour later, most of the workers outside had rushed to the restaurant to take their seats, and the atmosphere at the scene changed from cramped and uneasy at the beginning to a very happy conversation.

Originally, everyone basically knew each other, and when they sat down in their positions, they saw that no one cared, so they naturally chatted enthusiastically.

From the whispering discussion at the beginning, to the final laughing out loud, the more you chat, the happier you become, most of the topics are still around the content of today's annual meeting and the so-called "year-end bonus" to be held, which is also the thing that everyone is most concerned about.

After about a quarter of an hour, Chen Fei walked onto the stage wearing a white mink and announced to everyone present that the annual meeting now officially begins!