Chapter 1: Dare to end is to start anew
Guangzhou, on the bank of Haiyin Bridge, the former warehouse of the second tea factory of Platinum Boat has been transformed into a Lipton joint venture.
The walls and gates along the street are painted in Lipton classic yellow, sprayed with a big LOGO, which looks fashionable and atmospheric. The billboard with the same big LOGO on the roof of the building is proud and proud. This is the most eye-catching building on the entire Dongxiao Road, as long as the people who cross the bridge, they can't help but look at this building again.
Up close, this is a very eye-catching unit: a small and small courtyard with a four-story building. Half of the courtyard is equipped with a tall and spacious canopy, which is directly connected to the warehouse on the first floor, which is convenient for loading and unloading goods at any time. The second and third floors are the workshops, and the fourth floor is the management office. The workshop is established according to the global standard of Youjia, and the neat automation equipment makes people think of only two words: "advanced".
Wearing hats, masks, protective goggles, isolation gowns, work shoes, and heavily armed square sides, directing the workers who are also fully armed, are busy back and forth. Compared with him who was slightly shy in a suit when he appeared at the White Swan Hotel, he has the charm of a professional and technical person with a bamboo in his chest and uniform at this moment. The female workers all look different when the young factory manager passes by. There is only one focus on Fanggang: according to the schedule, on November 1st, the first batch of Lipton black tea produced in China will be sold in the Chinese market!
Compared with the hot and busy on the second and third floors, the office on the fourth floor is very deserted: although it is a modern open office with simple and exquisite decoration, it is enough to be called a "vacant position" - the entire fourth floor is still only Lei Yueer, Fang Gang and Wei Hong. On a first-come, first-served basis, Lei Yue'er first assigned each of them an independent office - after all, they are veterans!
Mr. Fu used Mr. Dai's office before, which was more than ten times larger than the one he had in Hong Kong, and finally achieved the goal that he and Ning Qian said would have a big office in the future. Mr. Fu is still in the handover period and rarely comes over. After Mr. Lei took a turn in the empty office, he touched the small flat head of Qi Brush, "A hundred wastes are waiting to be rebuilt!" – Suddenly I felt that something was wrong, "Flat the ground and rise from the sky!" He said to himself.
Lei Yue'er is worried about who will sell these tea bags. Although four salesmen have been found, they were tea factory workers with no relevant work experience before, although Wei Hong had sold imported Lipton black tea before, but after all, it was just a small fight at that time, and now as soon as the machine is turned on, the tea bags will rumble out like a flood, which has to be sold more!
There was a document next to the fax machine, and he picked it up and saw that it was from Hong Kong: "Mr. Fu really pulled Xiao Ning over!" Lei Yue'er watched Xiao Ning join the platinum boat all the way, and felt that this girl was not easy.
On the night when the ambulance appeared, he heard the noise in the corridor, opened the door and saw that it was Xiao Ning who was carried downstairs, and immediately followed the car with Secretary Huang without hesitation. He also felt that Xiao Ning had too many rights and wrongs in the general office, but he was even more uncertain about what the joint venture company would develop into in the future. If he fails, he, as a representative of the Chinese side, can go back to be a department manager, but Xiao Ning is so young, will he be delayed in his future when he goes to this place where he has no roots?
He suddenly remembered that Ning Qian's offer didn't seem to have a check-in time, and if you look at it again, there really isn't - Mr. Fu is really sincere! He called Director Xu and asked if he knew when Ning Qian would be able to come to work. Director Xu said: "She has returned to Guangzhou today, and according to my understanding of her, I believe she will come tomorrow." Lei Yue'er said: "Haha, I also believe it." ”
He hurriedly walked to Wei Hong's office: "Wei Hong, I plan to inform the sales staff recruited before that they will all arrive tomorrow, just in time for a meeting together." Wei Hong said yes, suddenly came back to his senses, and asked, "Are there any other newcomers reporting tomorrow?" ”
"Ning Qian is the secretary of Mr. Shi before. Moreover, I estimate that when she reports for duty, Mr. Fu will also be there. ”
Wei Hong was very surprised: "Ning Qian? How did she come here? "Wei Hong has never been working at the headquarters of the platinum boat before, and she has never seen Ning Qian, but she doesn't know how many times she has heard of this name. She has a bad impression of this kind of girl who is in the limelight for no reason, and always thinks that she must think very highly of herself and can cause trouble, and she should have a lot of opportunities, and suddenly come to us, what do you want?
"Yes, Ning Qian, you go to Lipton, what are you doing? Where is the headquarters of the platinum boat? Why don't you go to our comprehensive trade department! Jin Qiu wrapped his arms around Ning Qian and smiled.
"I only have a work relationship with your Manager Hong, and I don't have any personal relationship, can he want me? It only depends on your face. Ning Qian quipped.
When Jin Qiu heard this, he felt that something was wrong: Even your life was saved by Manager Hong, why don't you have a personal relationship? It's not the occasion to talk about this now, just thinking about when to talk to Ning Qian again, she suddenly saw that in Wu Ningping's respectful invitation, Manager Hong slowly walked in, with his unique smile on his heroic face: 30% pure cynicism.
These young people were very familiar with Manager Hong, and immediately got up to sit down with him and poured him wine enthusiastically, in contrast, although Ning Qian greeted him, her attitude seemed restrained and polite. Ning Qian was still a little strange: Why did you see Manager Hong on this occasion? Are he and Xiao Gang good?
Xiao Gang asked with a big grin: "Manager Hong, you are inseparable from the day all day long, why didn't he come with him today?" The others were embarrassed and secretly glanced at Ning Qian. Xiao Gang felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, and continued to ask: "Did I say something wrong?" Yan Fan pulled him to relieve the siege: "Xiao Gang, you have been working in the tea factory during this time, you don't know anything, don't ask if you don't know." Xiao Gang didn't understand this logic: "I don't know before I ask?" ”
Ning Qian said generously: "Today we are seeing off Xiao Gang, we have to answer what he asks, and he has to answer what we ask him, okay?" Everyone coaxed and said yes, and then suddenly it was very quiet, everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and smiled: "Ask what?" "Who's supposed to ask?" The train of thought was suddenly diverted and there was no direction, and Xiao Gang forgot what he had just asked.
Ning Qian found that when she heard Bai Day's name, her heart would still chuckle and even hurt, but there was no sense of suffocation - alas, as long as he was good, as long as he felt that he was happy, those black memories from the past, just cut it out! - Ning Qian said to herself silently. One night, everyone laughed and made trouble, only Hong Xuantao knew that there was another person outside.
The man wearing a helmet and riding on a motorcycle silently looked at Ning Qian, who was smiling quietly inside, outside the door, and the words of Hong Xuantao and him sounded in his ears: "If you really don't dare to face her, just look at her from a distance." If you still have tears in your eyes and pain in your heart, then you still like her. ”
tears, still can't help it; My heart still hurts......
Early the next morning, Ning Qian arrived at the Lipton joint venture. Standing at the gate, taking the elevator, and entering the office on the fourth floor, she saw Lipton's classic yellow and LOGO everywhere along the way, and a feeling of being proud of it and working hard for it arose. It was a very coincidental thing that Ning Qian also wore a set of yellow professional clothes made for her by her mother today, and even Lei Yue'er, who saw Ning Qian, felt that she instantly blended into this place, as if she should have grown up here.
"Mr. Lei, Ning Qian reports to you!" Seeing that Xiao Ning was full of vitality again, Lei Yueer was also very pleased.
Six people from the sales department also arrived, plus Ning Qian, and sat around the big conference table in the middle of the department, and the office on the fourth floor immediately became lively. The four salesmen from the tea factory already knew each other, and the two sales logistics from the store department also knew each other, and the two groups soon began to quarrel.
Ning Qian thought to herself: "It is worthy of being the sales talent that Mr. Lei fancies, they are quite familiar." Ning Qian also joined them, listened to them, and smiled from time to time. She quickly remembered: the one who has the temperament of a big brother is Ade; Ah Jian with a round head and a round head but a serious face, Ah Peng is thin and weak, Ah Ping is a sharp and delicate chin, Ah Yu is a big eye with a cool expression, and Ah Hui is a tight and wavy hairstyle like Shakespeare.
They are all older than Ning Qian, and Ning Qian immediately called sweetly: Brother De, Brother Jian, Brother Peng, Sister Ping, Sister Yu, Sister Hui. Sister Hui didn't feel like Ning Qian was transferred from a tea factory or the sales department, and asked her which department she was in before, but before Ning Qian could answer, Wei Hong asked them to enter her office. Ning Qian hurriedly got up and planned to go in, but Wei Hong left a faint sentence: "You don't have to come in." ”
Ning Qian waited outside for a while, thinking that on the offer sent by Mr. Fu, her position was sales control, which should also belong to the sales department, she observed the surrounding partitions, learned a lesson this time, picked the outermost seat of the suspected sales department, and settled herself first. She heard the entrance of the office, as if there were many people talking, so she stepped forward to see if she needed to take care of it, and as a result, she actually saw Mr. Fu!
Mr. Fu also saw Xiao Ning at a glance, stretched out his hand from a distance, shook hands and said, "Xiao Ning, welcome to join Lipton, welcome to join Youjia!" Ning Qian was about to respond, when she suddenly heard a familiar, high-pitched, powerful, and confident voice from behind: "Hi, Ning Qian, remember me?" "Oh my God, it's Gary, KA Sales Manager at Youjia Hong Kong!
"Gary, why are you here?"
"The sales team has just been set up, and I've asked Gary to come over and give you a training." - Mr. Fu explained with a smile.
Mr. Fu then introduced two other foreign colleagues from the UK: David, the manager of the commercial department, and Richard, an intern in the marketing department. Immediately afterwards, Mr. Fu called all the people on the fourth floor together and held the first management meeting, Mr. Fu changed his usual Sven and looked very excited: "Today, we finally have the Lipton China team!" On November 1st, we are about to start selling our first tea bags produced in China, which is a historic moment and I hope you will be proud! Before Mr. Fu finished speaking, Gary applauded loudly and applauded warmly, and everyone hurriedly applauded.
Lei Yueer is very relieved: the joint venture company finally looks like that!
Fang Gang was called up to the fourth floor for a meeting, and the first thing he saw was Ning Qian.
I hadn't seen her for a long time, and her hair had grown a lot, like a river being breezed, rippling down to her waist. Two big clear eyes, when he looked over, he suddenly felt his heart beating fast: "Did she recognize me?" ”
Ning Qian smiled slightly. "She recognized me." Fang Gong didn't know why Ning Qian was here, and it seemed that he had become a member of Lipton. What's going on? Did she just come to see and accompany Mr. Fu for a meeting, or would she have been here ever since?
After the meeting, he hurriedly returned to the workshop from the special back door of the office to the workshop, but found that Ning Qian looked over and smiled at him, as if it was engraved in his heart in an instant.
Yes, the feeling back then: this girl will definitely be related to me in the future! When he put on his mask and goggles, he didn't realize that the corners of his mouth were turning up fifteen degrees.
Ning Qian and the six colleagues in the sales department quickly became very acquainted. Gary began to organize sales training, and Ning Qian was about to follow in, but Manager Wei told her not to go first. Ning Qian obediently sat in her seat and waited. Manager Wei went in for training by himself, and Ning Qian was the only one left in the entire office hall. She thought that Manager Wei might look for her at any time, so she didn't dare to go far, so she walked around the office on the fourth floor to familiarize herself with the environment.
The location of the front desk is set, there is no one yet, I heard that Mr. Lei said that there is an aunt who will come to clean at five o'clock in the afternoon every day, and Ning Qian pays attention to whether other people need tea. Although there are no visitors in the office yet, there are still occasional people who come to find Mr. Lei, Ning Qian thought, maybe he can play a practical role by sitting at the front desk for the time being.
Ning Qian, who was sitting at the front desk, was hand-drawing the floor plan of Lipton's office, marking which department was in which area and counting how many workstations there were in each department, when she suddenly heard a sharp voice: "Oh, am I blind, isn't this Xiao Ning again?" ”
It's actually Lao Yao of the sales department of the platinum boat!
"Why am I seeing you here again? Why are you sitting in the doorway here again? It's really a day by day! ”
Ning Qian stood up and asked with a smile: "Old Yao, are you here to find Mr. Lei?" I'll take you inside! ”
Waiting for Lao Yao to sit down in Mr. Lei's office, Ning Qian also brought a cup of tea.
Oh my God, is this still the same Ning Qian from the previous platinum boat?