Lao Zhu of the Xiangzhou shopping mall came to the gate of the Perfume Galaxy Hotel and saw a young man wearing a tight red suit, a half-height red hat, with yellow stripes on the brim, neckline and cuffs, and gold threads hanging from his purse, who were pulling the door for people coming in and out. She was a little drumming in her heart, and she didn't know if she should walk in from here.

It seems that I heard someone calling Sister Zhu. Lao Zhu looked back and saw that it was Du Youzhi. Du Youzhi is also a veteran employee of the company. Lao Zhu saw Du Youzhi dressed in overalls, with one hand holding a rag resting on the other, standing behind her.

When I met an acquaintance here, Lao Zhu, who was worried, was overjoyed and said Youzhi, you work at the Perfume Star River Hotel?

Du Youzhi said, I work in the PA department of the hotel.

PA Department? Lao Zhu felt that this name was strange and ugly.

It's about cleaning and hygiene. Du Youzhi smiled and said, who are you looking for?

I came to Mr. Li. Lao Zhu said that he was laid off and wanted to arrange something to do with him.

People in the mall are accustomed to calling Li Fei Manager Li, not Mr. Li.

Don't you work in a mall? Du Youzhi asked.

What kind of shopping mall, has changed its surname and sold it to others.

Ah-the mall is also sold? Du Youzhi made a surprised look, this news made her really can't believe it.

At the beginning, the mall was the best store of the company. Decent, relaxed, and effective, it doesn't matter how difficult it is to enter. At that time, Du Youzhi also wanted to enter the mall, and asked Yan Guifang, the deputy manager of Lao Zhu's lover's company, but he failed to do so. Later, I came to the hotel to apply for a job, and I was lucky enough to be accepted. Unexpectedly, bad things have become good things, and today I am not laid off like Lao Zhu.

How can a good shopping mall be sold to others? Du Youzhi said.

Lao Zhu said that after Manager Li left, Guo Xiaohai was in charge of the shopping mall. Although the business is not as prosperous as in previous years, it is only a little less effective salary, and the income is still passable. Unexpectedly, Guo Xiaohai also left last year, and the shopping mall was handed over to Wu Shangjin.

Wu Shangjin? Du Youzhi said that it was Zhou-his mother's name was Zhou or something, and he took care of several children by himself. I'm not in a good sense.

Lao Zhu said, you're talking about Zhou-Sister Zhou. She couldn't remember either.

Lao Du said that her son, I know, worked in the same shop as me. Make fritters, get up every morning when you broadcast and sing Dongfanghong, and sing the Internationale to get off work.

That's right, it's him. Lao Zhu said.

A naughty guy, he can be a manager? Du Youzhi asked.

Isn't it, it's a mess of a mall in a few days.

How could Manager Lu take a fancy to him? Lao Du didn't understand.

It's not Manager Lu, Manager Lu retired last year.

Manager Lu shouldn't have reached retirement age yet, right?

There are still two years to reach retirement age, and I heard that I can't get along with the new director, so I retired early. I've heard people say that, too. If Manager Lu hadn't stepped down, Guo Xiaohai wouldn't have left.

Who is in charge of the company now?

Huang Jiaxiao.

It's him.

Lao Zhu saw a girl wearing glasses and a suit walking towards them, and heard Du Youzhi whisper in her ear, Our manager is here. As he spoke, he was ready to walk away. Lao Zhu said, maybe you can't say a few words?

Du Youzhi said no, we can't go to work to meet customers, get together and chat.

Lao Zhu still had something to say, but Li Fei's office didn't know where it was, so he naturally stuck to Du Youzhi and didn't want her to go. Du Youzhi was so anxious that he almost jumped to his feet.

He Fei saw Du Youzhi gossiping with people from a distance, so he walked towards them. Even if she didn't say a word, just walking over it was a silent warning. Now these old workers know more about the rules than at the beginning, and they are not as difficult as they were at the beginning.

He Fei touched the pillars on the roadway with his hand, turned his fingers to look, and took out a tissue to wipe it while saying, Foreman Du, have you checked the sanitation of the front periphery?

Du Youzhi replied, I checked them all, and I told them all the things that didn't meet the requirements.

Lao Zhu heard the manager call Du Youzhi Du's foreman, and he was surprised and suddenly felt impressed. The Du Youzhi in front of him is indeed very different from before, and his temperament and demeanor are like people from big families.

When I recalled that I was working as a counter manager in a shopping mall, in the eyes of others, it must be the same. That proudest time of her life is now gone. Thinking of this, I can't help but feel gloomy in my heart.

Who is this? She heard the girl manager asking.

It's an old colleague of the company. She heard Du Youzhi saying again, this is our Manager He.

Hello! She heard the girl, Manager He, greeting her. This greeting made her wake up, call back her past self, and hurriedly responded: Hello Manager He!

Du Youzhi said that she wanted to find Mr. Li, but she didn't know how to go.

He Fei said to Lao Zhu, I'm going back to the office, come with me.

When He Fei brought Lao Zhu to the general office, he saw that there was someone in Li Fei's office and asked Lao Zhu to wait outside. He Fei asked Song Bo, who is in the general manager's office? Song Bo said that it was Lu Min from the hotel's merchandise department.

He Fei looked at it again, and sure enough, it was Lu Min. Seeing that Li Fei was saying something very solemnly, Lu Min tied his head and looked up at Li Fei from time to time and smiled shyly. It is strange in my heart, according to the hierarchical relationship, the commodity department of work should be managed by the front office department. Unless it's a private matter. What personal affairs does the general manager have with Lu Min?

Li Fei was talking to Lu Min, and when he saw He Fei bringing Lao Zhu over, he ended the conversation with Lu Min as soon as possible. Saying that we are going to talk about this today, I hope you will seriously consider my opinion.

Lu Min came out of Li Fei's office, his face still red. When he walked out, he stuck his head and smiled at Song Bo, and almost bumped into Lao Zhu, who was waiting at the door.

He Fei asked Song Bo in a low voice, do you know what it is?

Song Bo said that it should be Lu Min's personal problem.

Song Bo heard Li Fei mention it to him, saying that Lu Min was almost thirty years old and had not yet talked to someone. In the past, others introduced a few to her, but they were all high and low. Li Fei wanted to suggest that she lower the conditions, as long as the person is good, he can find someone with poor economic conditions, and the hotel can help him arrange a job after he gets married.

He Fei pouted and said with a smile that the general manager was also too lenient.

Li Fei still saw Lao Zhu at Yan Guifang's funeral. Lao Zhu cried so much that he couldn't help it. Lao Yan walked suddenly, making her sky fall. Lao Zhu has a son and a daughter, and his daughter is smart and good-looking, and Lao Yan looks more heavily than his son. Unfortunately, I fell into the quagmire of early love. The boy was too far away from Lao Yan's criteria for choosing a son-in-law, and Lao Yan moved the family law in a fit of anger. As a result, the daughter ran away with the boy. Lao Yan searched everywhere, but there was no news for several months. The life and death of his daughter are unknown, which makes Lao Yan regret it. Everywhere posted missing person notices: Son, it's Dad who is sorry for you! As long as you are willing to come back, everything depends on you. Later, the daughter returned to the man's home and became a mother before she was twenty years old.

In Lao Zhu's mind, Li Fei has a special status. Li Fei and Lao Yan were both deputy managers of the company back then, like officials in the same dynasty, and they were both important ministers; Li Fei used to be the manager of the shopping mall, and he was her most convincing leader. She felt that Li Fei had always treated her well, and with these relationships, she thought that she could speak in front of Li Fei.

Lao Zhu said, if Mr. Li didn't leave, our Xiangzhou shopping mall would not be like today. Li Fei smiled and did not respond. Yes, Lao Zhu said again, and the employees of the mall all said so.

Xiaohai left the mall and came to Li Fei, saying that he was going to Shenzhen. Li Fei said what should you do if you leave the mall?

Take care of him, Xiaohai said, he has to meddle in everything now, and if he wants to take care of it, let him take care of it himself.

Li Fei knew what Xiao Hai said, he was referring to Huang Jiaxiao. Before Lu Shiping left, Huang Jiaxiao became the celebrity of the new director, and the reason why Lu Shiping retired early was also to make room for Huang Jiaxiao.

During the preparation of the hotel, Li Fei often went to the shopping mall. At that time, as the company's deputy manager in charge of the shopping mall, I had this responsibility. After the hotel opened, Xiao Hai was on his own, and he went to the mall less and less. Occasionally call to ask about business, just care.

The business of the shopping mall is becoming more and more difficult year by year, which makes Guo Xiaohai feel a little overwhelmed. Xiangzhou shopping mall started by selling large goods, and now it is trapped in large goods. The so-called success is also Xiao He, and defeat is also Xiao He.

In a few years, the market has changed radically, and the buyer's market has replaced the seller's market. Unlike other items, the price of oversize items is transparent. In front of the same commodity, there is no other way for merchants to do it except bargain. If you go to the volume, you can get an extra rebate of one or two points from the manufacturer, and this is not easy to say. Due to the limitations of the geographical market and the volume of shopping malls, there is no way to achieve large quantities. Moreover, the professional shopping malls for individual household appliances are also different from what they used to be, with considerable scale and strength. The overall business of Xiangzhou commercial buildings is good, but in terms of home appliance business alone, it is only to make a profit, and there is no profit at all.

After Huang Jiaxiao took office, he proposed to divide the whole into parts and implement business contracting with the cabinet group as a unit. Guo Xiaohai said that doing so will only lead to faster death! But after all, his arms couldn't twist his thighs, so Guo Xiaohai moved the idea of leaving.

He saw contracting as a panacea. Guo Xiaohai complained to Li Fei.

Li Fei said that he was throwing off the burden. Let the employees contract the operation, take responsibility for their own profits and losses, and think about complex problems simply.

Pig brains. Guo Xiaohai said.

Why did he fall in love with Wu Shangjin? Li Fei was a little difficult to understand.

Guo Xiaohai said, speaking from facts, Wu Shangjin is still a little smart, and his mouth can still speak well, but he is not on the right path. Huang thought that by giving him a hat, he could make him pretend to be human. Moreover, after the cabinet group is contracted, the person in charge of the shopping mall is also the role of a property manager. The decision-making power is still in his hands.

Li Fei said with a wry smile: He wanted to take the mall into his hands many years ago, and this time he got his wish.

After the cabinet group is contracted to operate, the result is completely opposite to the designer. Business is like a terminally ill person, only out of breath, no air intake. In less than half a year, it reached the point of closing its doors. Just as the tide of privatization arrived, Huang Jiaxiao reported to the Municipal Bureau of Commerce for approval, taking advantage of the restructuring to split the shopping mall into street frontages for sale. Except for himself and a few cadres of the company, he used the money given from the sale of stores and hotels to buy out the status of all registered personnel and state employees, thus solving all the troublesome problems once and for all.

Lao Zhu, how much money did you get for buying out your identity? Li Fei asked.

Don't talk about it. Lao Zhu said that only one month's salary is counted as one month's salary for one year's service, and it is calculated according to the basic salary. I only got more than 10,000 yuan after more than 30 years of service.

Seeing Lao Zhu's disdainful look, Li Fei smiled and said: More than 10,000 yuan is not a lot.

Lao Zhu said, everything is expensive now, and more than 10,000 yuan can withstand how many flowers? What should I do after I run out of money?

Li Fei said that the identity of the old workers on our side will also be bought out this time.

Lao Zhu said, do you want to buy out when you are the general manager?

In the same way, Li Fei said, all the old employees of the company who work in the hotel will be bought out.

Oh - Lao Zhu said, I also said that we bought out when our mall collapsed. What if you buy out? The hotel is also going to be sold to someone else?

Lao Zhu thought in his heart, I am still going to ask him for something to do, isn't it impossible to do it? At this time, she heard Li Fei saying that the hotel would not be sold to others, and we still worked here. It's just that he doesn't have the status of a state worker anymore.

State workers, whose identity is closely related to "iron rice bowls" and "big pot rice", have been criticized by Li Fei for many years. But on the day he said goodbye to him, Li Fei still felt empty in his heart. It was only at this moment that he really had a better understanding of the old workers who lost this security overnight.

Hearing Li Fei say this, Lao Zhu was relieved. She said I came to you today because I had something to ask you for. You know, now that Lao Yan is gone, and his son hasn't started a family yet, this time the mall is closed, and both of us are unemployed. Speaking of this, Lao Zhu choked up a little, and tears fell from her cloudy little eyes.

Li Fei knew that her eyes were not very good in the past, and it was completely impossible to take inventory and do accounts without glasses. Li Fei took out a few tissues from the carton on the table and handed them over. Lao Zhu's son was taken care of by the company after Lao Yan's death and arranged to work in the mall, and Li Fei had already left the mall at that time. Listening to Xiaohai, he is very honest and does not have the vitality of ordinary young people.

Are you looking for a job in a hotel? Lao Zhu nodded. Li Fei said, hotels are different from shopping malls, and it is not acceptable for two of you to work together.

Lao Zhu said that she knows that the management of hotels and shopping malls are different. If there is a job, she hopes it will be for her son.

Li Fei said that you don't think this will work, your son is young, it is easier to find a job outside, you let him go outside to find it first, if he can't find it, you let him go to the hotel to find a job. If he finds one, he goes to work elsewhere, and you go to the hotel yourself to find a job. Let's see if we can do a clean and hygienic thing.

Hearing Li Fei say this, Lao Zhu turned his worries into joy. If so, of course it would be better.

Li Fei said, at that time, it would be good for your son to learn a craft, such as learning to be a chef, and it would be okay to have a white case or a red case.

Lao Zhu said, it turned out that his father said the same thing, he himself didn't want to, and I was also an old thinker, I think that working in a shopping mall is clean and not tired, and it sounds good to say it. It's easier to talk to friends in the future.

Have you talked about friends? Li Fei asked.

Lao Zhu said no, alas-this is also a worry for me.

How old is this year?

It's almost thirty.

A thought suddenly flashed in Li Fei's mind, Lu Min was also almost thirty years old.

Lao Zhu, Li Fei said, did you see the girl who went out of my office just now?

See. Lao Zhu said, what's wrong?

What do you think of people?

How about people, Lao Zhu can't answer. She was just thinking about her own affairs at the time, where could she care about how others were or not.

Li Fei said, this girl works in the merchandising department on the first floor of our hotel, and she is almost thirty years old and has not talked about friends.

When Lao Zhu heard Li Fei say this, he immediately smiled and said Okay, I can invite you to drink. After thinking about it, I was a little worried, saying that our family conditions are not good, and now we have no job, I don't know if other girls can afford it.

Li Fei said, you first ask your son to come and see people, and if he is willing, then open his mouth to others. If both parties are willing, I'll help him find a way out of your son's work.

Lao Zhu said, if this matter is done, our family Lao Yan will thank you when he knows about it. As he spoke, he wiped his tears again.

Li Fei said that the personnel department of the hotel is the first room in our office, and you must first go to the personnel department to fill out the job application form when you go to the hotel to find a job. As he spoke, he turned his head and craned his neck to look at the personnel department. Seeing Huang Kanghua on the other side of the glass, he pointed to himself and Li Fei's office, which means that I have something to look for you. It seems that he has been waiting for a long time, and he is waiting a little anxiously.

Li Fei said to Lao Zhu, Lao Zhu, you go back first today, I have other things here. Waiting for Lao Zhu to get up and leave, Li Fei told him again, you go down now and go to the commodity department to have a look.

Lao Zhu hurriedly said, I know, I know.