At this time, Levia called in to greet my mother and me. The persistence that has not changed year after year makes me feel guilty in this festive season. And after a few years of my cold statement, no matter how stupid a man is, he will notice that I am not too touched. How could he not know? Maybe he's still waiting, waiting for the day when I'm actually being transformed?

I was about to hang up after a few perfunctory words, but I noticed that the phone kept vibrating, and I took it away to see that it was a string of numbers from Y City. I simply continued to make small talk with Levia.

I said, "Via, it's time to call the elders to pay New Year's greetings." ”

He smiled heartily and said, "Mom and Dad are around, and the other elders are probably asleep at this time...... I just sent a red envelope to my friends in the company, but it was very lively......"

……

It wasn't until the messy number disappeared that I said, "Via, I'm going to rest, and I have to get up tomorrow morning to accompany my mother to visit the ancient city." ”

"Okay, good night, and happy new year!"

When I hung up the phone, I felt empty and lonely.

It's the Spring Festival of another year, and the memories of three years ago inevitably come in. I remembered that on the second day of the Lunar New Year that year, Li Wei was invited by her mother to be a guest at home, and at Luo Jincheng's grandfather's house, Zhang Jingen entered the house and welcomed the elders left and right. The kind of grievance that didn't see the light of day suddenly slammed up and disappeared in an instant.

My brain thought uncontrollably: During the Spring Festival in the past few years, has this woman also been in and out of the Luo family frequently, fulfilling the obligations of the prospective granddaughter-in-law?

My mother looked at me stunned and asked me what was wrong.

I looked a little relieved, and made an excuse: "I sent thousands of red envelopes tonight, and Li Wei didn't send so much, and this year is a broken fee." ”

Mom nudged my shoulder and smiled strangely, "How do you talk as a girl?" Your annual salary of two or three hundred thousand yuan a year, what is this thousands of yuan in favor expenses? Not to mention the more money and less money, you have just been promoted, so young deputy director, how many people are red-eyed, take this opportunity to do a little bit of dotting, and it is still very necessary to win people's hearts......"

"Well, got it......"

……

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, I didn't add Zhang Jingen's WeChat, but as a result, I still inevitably received her flamboyant messages.

Because, she immediately sent a few photos of the chairman wearing Tang costume to accept the New Year's greetings from the younger generations to the WeChat group, with festive expressions and texts: The chairman has a good life and health in the New Year.

In previous years, I was far away in ZY, and I had no intersection with the high-level group of the headquarters, and the relocation decision was announced a year ago, and Mr. Chen specially pulled me into the group group, which was intended to let me have a good relationship with other people in advance, but it made this woman disgusting.

During the Chinese New Year, I directly turned the mute, out of sight and out of ear.

……

After the new office, the headquarters moved to the headquarters in Y City at the end of March. This large-scale relocation inevitably led to the loss of some personnel.

Fortunately, there is a set of HR poaching people at the headquarters, and when I return to Y City, half of the staff of the ZY brand are in place. However, considering that they are novices, we veteran employees inevitably have a heavy burden on our shoulders.

Sitting in the office of the deputy director of the headquarters, I began the drastic reform of the cooperative franchise store this year.

That day, I communicated with the senior management about product planning, the leaders and our colleagues in the department were already seated, and when they were about to start, Zhang Jingen generously pushed the door in, and Luo Pengcheng came with her.

Luo Jincheng remained silent on his face, only glanced at me, his eyes seemed to be full of encouragement. I breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that there was going to be another war of words.

The first is the store renovation, which will redesign the VI of 15,000 stores across the country. At present, the image of the store is not fashionable enough to meet the needs of target consumers. I recommend investing more than one million dollars in high-quality façade building.

When Zhang Jingen heard this, the corners of her mouth hooked up an imperceptible smile.

"In view of the fact that the original categories of the store are more chaotic and overlapping, I suggest the following adjustments. First, increase the proportion of its own brand, and increase the variety of our brand products on the basis of retaining the existing cooperative well-known brands; Second, sort out the original product line of our brand, roll off some unsalable products, and redevelop new products that meet market demand......"

In my plan, I will take off one-third of the original product line and make new category supplements. As soon as these words came out, the audience was surprisingly silent.

Zhang Jingen pretended to be Mona Lisa and smiled, and only asked: "According to your plan, in the first half of the year, the franchise stores were basically investing money to decorate the façade, and there was no need to sell goods." ”

I gazed at her with a calm face, as if I were listening.

Luo Pengcheng on the side said a rare opening: "Although we have no right to interfere with the development of brand products, such a drastic sorting out of the product line and investing heavily in the rectification of thousands of stores across the country is bound to be related to the capital flow of the entire project." Several of our shareholders are worried about the input-output ratio at the end of the year. Now that it can maintain a slight profit, consumers may not be able to accept this knife, so when will the store recover? Who will be responsible for the ugly books at that time? ”

I smiled slightly and replied: "At present, the store brand power is poor, the product mix is unreasonable, and if it is not transformed, it will be difficult to change the status quo of dismal performance of a single store." And what I did, maybe there was no significant growth in the first half of the year, but we plan to focus on the second half of the year, next year. The so-called sharpening of the knife does not mistake the woodcutter, like the sharp blade when it is just out of the sheath, can be invincible! ”

Zhang Jingen suddenly laughed: "You said it lightly, there is always feedback from sales staff every year, the market strategy changes so fast, and the terminal has not had time to digest it, so what is the significance of your strategy?" Should we listen to salespeople too? Marketing is not a matter of obsession, and there is nothing wrong with being persistent, but it also has to consider multiple factors at the executive level. ”

The tone in these words sounds warm and to the point, but in fact, there is a knife hidden in the words, which is nothing more than accusing me of not thinking comprehensively and not understanding the market.

Mr. Xie listened to the topic and cleared his throat: "We have some people complaining like this, but most of them are resolute in implementing the company's decisions, and there are very few such complaints in areas where full implementation is in place." ”

Ben wanted to hear his conclusions, but he ended abruptly. This scheming Mr. Xie really doesn't want to offend both parties.

……

I can see that Zhang Jingen pulled Luo Pengcheng to come, just to intervene in the development of brand products. And after some debate, Luo Jin admitted: "The façade is going to be remodeled, let's look at JL's storefront, which is not spacious and fashionable, how many years ago did we have it." Let's not just keep an eye on the little flow on the books, but also look at what the competitors are doing. As for product combing, several of our CEOs still need to touch it again. ”

My heart went cold.

……

However, the proposal passed the leadership after the Qingming holiday. On this day, I went to the Luo family's mansion as promised. The reason for this invitation began when they met in front of my grandmother's grave on the day of Qingming. Unexpectedly, the chairman, accompanied by Luo Jincheng, traveled thousands of miles to the cemetery on the outskirts of Guixian County to offer condolences.

My mother and aunt and I walked up slowly. But when he turned into the cemetery on the first floor of his grandmother, he met Luo Jincheng supporting the chairman and accompanying an entourage, and was about to go down. I haven't seen the chairman for three years, but this old man is already in his last years, and he is not as radiant as I was when I first met.

I was stunned, and I couldn't help but glance at my mother, who had a cold face and passed by without saying a word.

I nodded slightly and said hello: "Chairman, Mr. Luo." ”

Luo Jincheng's expression was soft, the chairman smiled and nodded, but suddenly said: "Shu Hua, I haven't seen you for a long time, go to my place after the holiday, I want to ask you for help." ”

I had doubts, but I was okay.

……

Later, I heard my mother mention that in the past three years, the chairman would sweep the grave before and after the Qingming Festival. And his invitation surprised me a lot.

What surprised me even more was that when I met him again, he was already slumped in bed, out of energy, and a little out of breath.

"I read your proposal by accident, it's very bold, I didn't expect you to have such courage in your bones, very similar to your grandmother."

Listening to this, it seems that he has played a certain role in promoting this proposal.

And after saying this, he was quite unable to breathe.

I hurriedly said, "You speak slowly, speak lightly, I can understand." After that, suddenly some sadness came to my heart, three years, he has been destroyed to this point.

His gaze was a little empty and misty, and then, he fell into endless memories, constantly telling about the past.

I listened patiently and couldn't bear to be disturbed. But I can't help but think, is he just here today to reminisce about the past with his grandmother? Just because I'm my grandmother's granddaughter?

The only sound in the room was his slow voice and his slightly rapid breathing. At this moment, there were several soft knocks on the door. The chairman was suddenly interrupted, and his face was a little displeased.

I got up and went to open the door, but I saw the cold and arrogant face of the second wife of the Luo family flashing in. She walked into the house, changed her enthusiastic face and said to the chairman: "Dad, I boiled some soup for you, and I will drink it while it is hot." ”

She quickly scanned the room quietly, glanced at me standing beside her, and said softly: "The chairman is unwell, you have to report to the work and have a limit, don't talk for too long." ”

I nodded, "Understood." ”

The unhappy look on the chairman's face became more and more intense: "You go out first, you don't have to come in without my orders." ”

The second wife still smiled, whispered "yes", and then withdrew.

As soon as the door closed, the chairman snorted: "I haven't entered the coffin yet, and I'm eyeing my will." ”

I was stunned, is this all about fighting for the inheritance? However, it is a family matter, and I am not allowed to leave it alone.

I couldn't bear his loss, and smiled and relieved: "Maybe the second wife really just cares about you." ”

His sharp eyes glanced at me abruptly: "Even you started talking like this?" I have read countless people in my life, and now I am old, but my brain is not dull, and I can tell who is real and who is false. ”

I looked pale and dumbfounded.

"The probate lawyer has been here twice and will come back to confirm with me the day after tomorrow."