Chapter Twenty-Three: The Returnee Girl
Taking advantage of the quarrel with Shen Pei, Chen Erdong frantically devoted himself to overtime, the company was running in an orderly manner, the tasks in hand were completed very well, and the new business was also connected very smoothly.
On the weekend, he and Lin Daqi took the staff to build a team, eat and sing, and posted the photos in their QQ space, leaving a string of praise and envy.
Lin Daqi asked him about the situation with Shen Pei, and Chen Erdong just said "frustrated in love and proud in the money field", and Lin Daqi didn't want to ask more, but silently shouted for Shen Pei in his heart.
On Monday, Chen Erdong went to a café to meet a customer, this customer was introduced by Mr. Qiu, who was a classmate when she was studying MBA, engaged in the catering industry, a female boss who was nearly 50 years old, in fact, it was not Mr. Qiu's introduction, she took the initiative to inquire about Mr. Qiu after reading Siwei's brand design, which was also the first time that Big Ear Media took over the business because of its brand influence.
In the morning, there were few customers in the café, and Chen Erdong walked into the main hall to find that there were only two tables of people, one table was a man wearing a white-collar suit using a laptop, and the other table was a young woman of his age.
Just as Chen Erdong was about to call to ask, the young woman waved her hand to him: "Mr. Chen? Chen Erdong was a little surprised when he heard the reputation, because his age was not right, so he pointed to himself, and the woman got up and nodded in response.
It turned out that this woman was Han Qingyu, the only daughter of the female boss Deng Xiangxiang, 1 year younger than Chen Erdong, she returned to China after studying hotel management in Switzerland and began to take over her mother's business.
Han Qingyu looks very foreign, so foreign that she can smell a smell of returnees at a glance, she wears a loose gray sweatshirt, black leggings and a pair of white sneakers that are as white as snow and can't even find a trace of stains.
"Mr. Chen, why don't I order a Brunch and deal with lunch together, and let's talk while eating?" Han Qingyu is down-to-earth and generous, and she is not stage frightened at all.
"Okay, it's all right, you can arrange it."
"Don't you, we're about the same age, I don't want to be called Mr. Chen, it's uncomfortable, your name is Chen Erdong, what year are you?"
"I'm 84."
"Hey, okay, then I'll call you Brother Dong and let you take advantage, I'm 85."
"You don't need Mr. Han, just call me Xiao Chen."
"Are the young people in China so old-fashioned now? Do you call me Qing Yuxing? Tungko. ”
During the whole conversation, Chen Erdong seemed more restrained, while Han Qingyu was very relaxed, which is different from the general Party A is strong and Party B is weak, Chen Erdong has always been easy to be shy when getting along with strangers of the opposite sex. Once to attend a friend's birthday party, when he went, no one had come, all the girls arrived, he was stunned and shrunk in the corner with a red face and waited for the wait to finish before returning to normal.
After opening the company, the female customers he met in contact with the business were all older, and he could still be relatively natural, and today he was alone with a woman of the same age, and he was still so invisible, and his shyness was unconsciously revealed.
Deng Xiangxiang is a senior catering person, opened several high-end Chinese restaurants in Jincheng, and is used to the market for middle-aged people and official banquets, she wants to try the fashionable catering that young people like, so she has the intention of doing a Western restaurant, and this task is naturally handed over to Han Qingyu.
Han Qingyu didn't really look down on the local design company in Jincheng, but she changed her mind after seeing Siwei's flagship store, so there was this meeting.
Although Chen Erdong is not good at design, he must be a qualified AE, and he can communicate customer needs and express aesthetics.
Through a morning of communication, Han Qingyu left a deep impression on him. He doesn't know many rich second generations, and the most familiar one is Shen Pei.
The rich second generation in his established impression is that he is idle and does not learn and has no skills, anyway, he will not stop if he does not build his parents' property upside down, although Shen Pei does not have a bad habit in this area, but he is also a person who is unwilling to work and relies more on enjoyment.
Han Qingyu subverted his past cognition, he has ideas, courage, and drive, and he will never lie comfortably on the wealth bed of his parents.
Han Qingyu is very good at talking, not only chatting about the restaurant but also talking about many others, including views on the catering industry, views on art and the views of young people, Chen Erdong from the beginning of the restraint to the later free, two people with strong language skills chatted together, like a piano and a song, and chatted until two o'clock in the afternoon.
When leaving, Han Qingyu said, "Brother Dong, next time we meet, don't wear a suit." A sincere sentence like a joke, Chen Erdong remembered it in his heart.
After listening to Chen Erdong's description of Han Qingyu, Lin Daqi yearns for it, when young, beautiful, golden, motivated, bold and other words that seem to be difficult to intersect are superimposed on a person, it will inevitably attract attention, Lin Daqi solemnly told Chen Erdong that the second meeting, he, the design director, must be present.
In addition to his appreciation of Han Qingyu, Chen Erdong also couldn't help but compare her with Shen Pei, both of whom are rich second generations, but their life trajectories are so different, how good it would be if Shen Pei could be as independent and non-clingy as Han Qingyu.
In fact, such comparisons are meaningless, and comparison is a common mental activity that most of the time happens to immature people.
Before young people step into society, it is almost a blank piece of paper, as more and more people and things come into contact, there is less and less white space on this blank paper, as for whether the colors are rich or not, the lines are not complicated, it all depends on the social role he is in, people from youth to maturity, this stage is the most important.
The reason why Shen Pei thinks that Chen Erdong has changed a little is precisely because Chen Erdong is no longer a blank slate, and her space is still empty.
Han Qingyu doesn't like to procrastinate, and when she heard that Chen Erdong had a preliminary idea after communicating with the design director, she immediately notified Chen Erdong to meet.
This day is Wednesday, only one day after their first meeting, Chen Erdong remembered Han Qingyu's advice not to let him wear a suit, and Lin Daqi chose a casual outfit at home that each consciously looks the best, and met with beautiful women, the man's attention to appearance is outrageous, especially Lin Daqi, as if he was going on a blind date, and he deliberately went to get a haircut.
Han Qingyu invited them to Genting Restaurant, located on the top floor of a super high-rise building in the heart of the city, the name of Genting is a symbol of this unique geographical environment, one of the representatives of Jincheng's high-quality consumption venues in those years, many successful people business negotiations and rich wives have afternoon tea here. Chen Erdong and Lin Daqi naturally know about this restaurant, but they have consumed it from the future, and thanks to Han Qingyu, the brothers have another insight today.
"Brother Dong, where is it!" Han Qingyu greeted like an old acquaintance, the weather on Wednesday afternoon was very good and sunny, and she chose an outdoor open-air booth.
"Mr. Han, oh, no, no, Qingyu, this is our company's design director......" Before Lin Zi could introduce it, he was interrupted by Han Qingyu: "Lin Daqi, I heard you say it many times that day, and I finally saw the real god who handled Siwei, hello, I am Han Qingyu." "It's really better to be famous than to meet, it's too open, Lin Daqi thought to himself.
Just as he was about to return the salute, Han Qingyu spoke again: "Brother Dong, what should I call him?" Brother Qi? Eldest brother? Hahaha, it's all wrong! Chen Erdong was used to Han Qingyu's big grin, so he smiled and said, "Then let me be, let it be a big weapon." ”
"Alright, big guy. Sit. ”
Among the three, only Lin Daqi still has some Mu Na, his reaction is not as good as Chen Erdong, in the face of such an invisible beauty, he didn't know what to do for a while, but he still replied stiffly: "Okay, Mr. Han." The smile on her face was shy.
"Daqi, I will call you Daqi with Brother Dong, can't you call me Qingyu with Brother Dong? How can you be such a good designer as old-fashioned as Dongge? ”
"Haha, he's more shy, it's rare to take him out for a walk, and he's nervous on such a high-level occasion." Chen Erdong continued to quip.
"Okay, then I'll call you Qingyu, I'm sorry, I haven't come out to see anyone for a long time, and I'm a little nervous."
"Hahaha, Daqi is still very humorous."
"Qingyu, the two of us are dressed okay today, don't we look like selling insurance, right?"
"Well, I haven't had time to praise you, the clothes are good, the design is done, what is it like to wear a suit all day long." Han Qingyu looked at the two of them carefully and said.
Lin Daqi's design ideas are very consistent with Han Qingyu, Han Qingyu is full of praise for him, Chen Erdong didn't intervene much, but was silently happy that the company took another good business.
In the afternoon, the two sides negotiated the content and cost of cooperation, including the space design that Lin Daqi likes very much, which is rare in their daily business.
Han Qingyu said to send them back to the company, by the way I want to visit the company, Han Qingyu's car is a Range Rover worth millions, a delicate graceful girl driving a domineering big off-road, is another eye-catching. When Han Qingyu appeared in the office of Big Ear Media, she successfully attracted everyone's attention, and men admired the envy of women, which is also a scene that Han Qingyu is accustomed to.
"It's time for us to buy a car." After Han Qingyu left, Chen Erdong said to Lin Daqi.
"Who's going to open it? We haven't learned yet. ”
"Hurry up and learn, Han Qingyu's big Land Rover is so handsome."
"Don't you, see people pooping and their butts are itchy? Is it really necessary to buy a car now? ”
"Why not? In the future, there will be more and more business, and it is inconvenient to have no car, and besides, having a car can be regarded as having a façade. ”
"Then you decide, if you really feel the need, but don't compare with others, let's just buy an ordinary one."
"I don't know how many kids I have in my pocket? Let's go and report to the driving school first, and when Han Qingyu finishes this order, the driver's license is almost gone. ”