Chapter 1 Tracing the Origins

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The first rays of the sun poured down on the earth in the early morning of March, and the clever birds in the trees jumped merrily into the warm sunlight and laughed, as if to inform their friends that a beautiful day was coming.

In a villa on the outskirts of the city, a young man poked her head out of her swimming pool, and as if she really understood the birds, she raised her head again and swam towards the area where the sun was casting. She leaned on the edge of the pool, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and she admired with satisfaction the awakening of everything at dawn, and the water reflected the morning glow and the waves were beautiful. Every morning at six o'clock, swimming is an essential morning exercise for her, even in autumn and winter. Exercise has become especially important for women in their thirties.

Her name is Mi Wenqing, and she is the president of one of the leading cosmetics companies in South China, headquartered in Shanghai's bustling city center, with hundreds of chain stores. In the cosmetics industry, Mi Wenqing is invincible, there is no market she can't take, and there is no contract she can't negotiate, and businessmen in the same industry know the name Mi Wenqing. However, their attitude towards Mi Wenqing is contradictory, first of all, they racked their brains, and even did not hesitate to go down the side of the door just to meet her and chat with her, so as to have a relationship in business. However, putting aside their commercial interests, they all stayed away from Mi Wenqing, lest they avoid it, and the reason may be related to her frosty personality.

Of course, Mi Wenqing's current financial status and all her achievements are not as easy as they seem, she does not have a strong background support, but she is more hard-working than ordinary people, knows how to persevere, she gets up from falling again and again, and jumps obstacles again and again, it is these trials that have made her from a simple-minded, no counterattack college student who has just set foot in society, to the elite in today's career.

After enjoying enough of the good time in the morning, Mi Wenqing went back to the bathroom to wash up and change into a clean and simple professional attire. At seven o'clock, she arrived at the table in the living room on time to prepare for breakfast. The living room is surrounded by transparent floor-to-ceiling windows, and the blue sky illuminates the living room, which has to make people feel refreshed. She was eating breakfast while looking at the newspaper that had been prepared on the table, but at this time she suddenly frowned.

She put down the utensils in her hand and looked towards the kitchen, "Sister Mei, come over here." ”

Sister Mei is a part-time worker hired by Mi Wenqing from a housekeeping company, and now she has been working in this villa for three or four years. This morning, or every moment of working in this villa, Sister Mei always pays attention to Mi Wenqing's actions, even a subtle expression, she captures them one by one, but her attention will not make Mi Wenqing feel uncomfortable, but just right. When she saw Mi Wenqing's frowning move, she knew that she must have done something she thought was wrong.

Sister Mei stopped the work in her hand, wiped her hands, and hurriedly walked to Mi Wenqing's side, "Miss Mi, is there something wrong?" ”

Mi Wenqing pushed the plate on the table to the table in front of her, "Sister Mei, this is not the first time you have made breakfast for me, how can you fry an egg can't fry it?" ”

Sister Mei was a little nervous, she knew that breakfast was very important to Mi Wenqing, which also determined her mood for the day.

"This ...... Miss Mi, if you don't do well, I'll improve it. ”

"I told you, it's good to have eggs medium-rare, this is fried to the ground, can you still eat it?" Mi Wenqing closed the newspaper, stood up, pointed to the clear glass window opposite the dining table and said, "Also, the window must be spotless, the flaws are uncomfortable to look at, and they should be disposed of before I go home." ”

"Okay, okay, I know, I'll improve the breakfast in the future, and the flaws on the glass will be dealt with immediately." Sister Mei promised again and again guiltily.

Mi Wenqing didn't say anything anymore, lifted the bag on the sofa, put on sunglasses and prepared to go out. At this time, Sister Mei immediately rushed over and handed the thermos cup to Mi Wenqing, "Miss Mi, you haven't eaten much for breakfast, I have made you the cereal you usually eat, drink a little on the way." ”

Mi Wenqing nodded and took the thermos cup, still without a superfluous expression from beginning to end. Just as she was about to go out, she suddenly remembered something, turned around and took out a bank card from her wallet and handed it to Sister Mei. "Some time ago, you said that you had low back pain, and now you still haven't gone to the hospital to see, I don't like to procrastinate in doing things, so you can take the time to go today, and put the rest aside in advance, use this card, and I will reimburse you."

Sister Mei was not allowed to say anything about it, Mi Wenqing turned around and left, not because she was too arbitrary, but because she had never been good at this kind of social scene, she could avoid it, and she tried to avoid it.

Sister Mei held the bank card tightly, but she didn't expect that when she said it casually, Mi Wenqing took it to heart, after so many years of getting along, Sister Mei already knew that Mi Wenqing was just a cold-faced and warm-hearted person.

She sent Mi Wenqing outside the gate, and was not ready to leave until Mi Wenqing's car started, and suddenly remembered one more thing, she caught up with Mi Wenqing's car a few steps, and asked loudly: "Miss Mi, is Mr. Chu still going home for dinner today?" ......”

However, Sister Mei's question was not answered, and Mi Wenqing's car had already driven a few hundred meters away.

Of course, Mi Wenqing heard Sister Mei's words, and the reason why she chose not to answer was that even she didn't know what her husband Chu Hao was busy with recently, because they hadn't seen each other for more than ten days, and only knew briefly that he had organized a team to develop a new project in Beijing. In the past ten days, they have neither made phone calls nor communicated with each other, and she has only just realized the problem.

Although the company was co-founded by them ten years ago, the leader of the company has always been Mi Wenqing, she is responsible for developing the market, and Chu Hao gives technical support, they have cooperated very well before, but recently she suddenly found that the number of times they communicate with husband and wife seems to be getting less and less, but she has never been able to find the source.

A red light lit up at the intersection, Mi Wenqing stopped the car slowly, her white convertible attracted a lot of passers-by to look back along the way, and the vehicles waiting for the green light on the side honked their horns to greet her from time to time, for all this Mi Wenqing has long been commonplace, indifferent, only the street breakfast stall she inadvertently noticed attracted her attention.

I saw a young couple, sitting next to them eating breakfast in their hands, the boy holding a cup of soy milk and smiling at the girl to nibble on a piece of corn with satisfaction, his two hands while holding the hot soy milk cup back and forth, while carefully blowing the soy milk and sending it to the girl's hand. The hot soy milk is steaming, and in this March when the cold air has not subsided, the faces of the young couple are warm, and the smiles of happiness are overflowing.

This couple is very similar to Chu Hao and Mi Wenqing when they first left campus. This inadvertent scene reminded her of a time when she and Chu Hao were as happy as this couple. They have just joined the social work, and due to financial constraints, the two share a breakfast of two yuan every day. Chu Hao would often leave breakfast to Mi Wenqing alone under the pretext that she was not used to eating breakfast or not being hungry, and she remembered Chu Hao's kindness to her one by one.

Chu Hao, who returned from studying abroad that year, resolutely chose to marry Mi Wenqing despite the opposition of his family, which has moved her until now. Mi Wenqing's parents divorced when she was a child, and she grew up living with her father, her personality seems to be a little arrogant, and her self-esteem is stronger than others, so that she doesn't have many friends. Since she went to college, she has rarely contacted her father and never returned home, and her tuition and living resources are earned by her own part-time work. It wasn't until she met Chu Hao that she melted her ice-like heart a little. She has always been grateful to Chu Hao for the warmth she has brought her, and she has also taken care of Chu Hao wholeheartedly. Chu Hao, who had just returned to China, had a bad job and did not have many financial resources, Mi Wenqing did not hesitate to make up for him, taking care of him with food and clothing, and although he was poor, he lived a very happy life.

A few shrill whistles sounded in the rear, Mi Wenqing came back to her senses from the past, and the green light in front of her didn't know when it turned on, so she drove quickly in the direction of the company.

Mi Wenqing parked the car and walked briskly to the company, although there was nothing urgent waiting for her to deal with, only the sound of her hurried high heels trampling was left in the quiet company corridor.

At the front desk of the company, Mi Wenqing's secretary was already waiting, and he quickly followed Mi Wenqing's footsteps, ready to start reporting.

"Qiao Jian, report on the company's recent situation."

"Yes, Mr. Mi, the overall financial data report of the company last year that you asked the finance department to sort out before, they have done it, please give instructions."

Mi Wenqing took the document handed by Qiao Jian, read it roughly, shook his head, and then returned the document, turned around and walked to the office upstairs. "Not up to standard."

"Then I'll tell them to make another one."

"No need. What else? ”

Qiao Jian paused slightly, glanced up at Mi Wenqing, and then continued: "Mr. Mi...... Qin Wen's team did not negotiate a contract with ROL this time......"

Hearing this, Mi Wenqing suddenly stopped, "What?!" Cooked ducks were flown by them?! ”

Qiao Jian didn't dare to look at Mi Wenqing's eyes, so he only bowed his head and replied, "Yes, ROL has reversed the proposal we negotiated before." ”

"Is this still enough? Notify everyone of the meeting at 10 a.m.! Mi Wenqing resumed her steps and walked towards her office quickly, but the footsteps were heavier.

"But Mr. Chu and his team are having a meeting in a small conference room, and they may not be able to catch up with the meeting at ten o'clock." Qiao Jian followed up and said.

"Chu Hao is back?" Mi Wenqing was a little surprised.

"Yes, I arrived at the office early this morning. I heard them say that they flew back to Shanghai from Beijing and came to the company directly. ”

"Then tell Mr. Chu to come back when he is free."

"Okay."

When Mi Wenqing passed by the glass door of the small meeting, he saw Chu Hao, who was talking in front of the stage, wearing silver-rimmed glasses, his slender figure was still so elegant and calm, gentle and chic, just like when he first met him before.

Watching Chu Hao speak freely while carrying his slow left leg from the podium, Mi Wenqing's heart seemed to be pierced by a sharp thorn, and she couldn't help but moisten her eyes in pain.

At this time, Chu Hao suddenly glanced up at Mi Wenqing, his smile on her still made her feel so warm, Mi Wenqing also smiled back, and turned around and walked away.

In the first five minutes of the meeting, everyone gathered in the conference room, but there were more than 50 people sitting up and down in the conference room, and the atmosphere still seemed a little stiff, and even the air seemed to be filled with the smell of gunsmoke. Some people pretended to look at the unimportant documents in their hands, although they had repeated them several times, while others lowered their heads and wrote something, their brows tightened, showing the appearance of struggling to do a great task from heaven, and their behavior invariably avoided the serious gaze of Mi Wenqing on the main seat.

With a "snap", Mi Wenqing threw the document Qiao Jian placed next to her towards the back of the table.

"Who did this, claim it yourself."

A man about thirty years old, short and stocky and sweating profusely, stood up silently, took the documents on the table in his hand, and said hesitantly: "Mr. Mi, this is the overall financial data report of the company last year recently submitted by our finance department, didn't you say ...... last meeting?"

"What did I say, I don't know? You don't have to repeat it. Mi Wenqing leaned his back on the swivel chair, crossed his hands in front of his chest, and said solemnly.

"That'...... Mr. Mi, is there anything wrong with this document?......"

"Grab your papers and leave." Mi Wenqing said expressionlessly.

At this time, everyone in the conference room looked at the short and fat man with pitiful eyes, they had always been the same to Mi Wenqing, and their resolute and decisive attitude had long been accustomed to it.

The short and fat man suddenly blushed, in the past ten years in the industry, whether it is from an ordinary employee to the current position of financial director, he has never been so humiliated, he raised his head indignantly and looked at Mi Wenqing, patted the table and said: "Mr. Mi, you want me to leave, you can, but you have to give an explanation!" If an employee is dismissed without reason, the Labor Contract Law does not agree! ”

At this time, Lulu at the front desk was bringing a cup of coffee, ready to put it on Mi Wenqing's table, and was suddenly startled by the sound of the short and fat man slapping the table, and the high heels under her feet also slid up, and the plate in her hand was not stable for a while, and a few drops of coffee were spilled on Mi Wenqing's body, staining her delicate off-white blazer. Everyone gasped, everyone in the company knew that Mi Wenqing had a serious cleanliness habit, and they were all waiting for the moment when Thunder was angry.

Mi Wenqing was so cold that she raised her eyes, and before she could speak, Lulu was already so frightened that she dropped the coffee cup in her hand to the ground.

"What's the matter with you! ......" Mi Wenqing was about to say something, but was interrupted by Chu Hao, who happened to push the door in.

"Okay, okay, next time, pay more attention, clean up this place and go out."

Chu Hao sat on the seat on Mi Wenqing's right, took off his coat for Mi Wenqing, and said with a smile: "It's okay, Wenqing, it's a little dirty, I'll send it to dry cleaning for you when I go back." You're not in a meeting, so go ahead. ”

Mi Wenqing, who was about to explode, listened to Chu Hao's gentle words, and half of her anger immediately disappeared, and she nodded in compliance.

So he went on to count down Humpty Dumpty, "A finance, I can't even count the accounts, do you say it's still useful to keep it?" ”

The fat man excitedly opened the document in his hand and spread it on the table, "Okay, Mr. Mi, you said I did something wrong, if you point it out, I will be convinced!" ”

"You don't even know what you're doing wrong, so what's the reason to stay? Okay, I'll make you clear. You wrote me a zero less than the total sales of last year, you don't tell me you don't know what one less zero means to the company, except that the amount of expenditure is more than half of the amount you budgeted, you tell me, how did you become this financial director? I am only allowed to make mistakes once, and if I repeat them like yours, it's no wonder that I don't show mercy. Mi Wenqing counted his mistakes one by one in one breath, and sprinkled all the unpleasantness just now on Humpty Dumpty's body, facing it directly and mercilessly.

Humpty Dumpty, as if he had been poked in the vital point, his face turned purple and he couldn't say more, so he angrily picked up the papers on the table and left the conference room in a panic.

"For such a mistake, the entire finance department is responsible. Since he does not have this ability, he can not stay any longer, as for the rest of the financial department, I will give you another chance, the opportunity to know how to cherish, and everyone here should take caution. Mi Wenqing still has always held an indifferent normality, and never showed the slightest emotion on his face.

Suddenly, Mi Wenqing raised his eyebrows, and continued: "Qin Wen, tell me how you talked with ROL?" ”

There was silence in the conference room, as if they all had a premonition that a storm was coming.

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