Chapter 662: Another Girlfriend, Difficulties
"Thank you-Mr.
"It's really you, I thought I saw it wrong." Xie Shuyu's face showed a real smile, with a bit of joy of meeting an old friend again, "Long time no see, what a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet here."
She was deeply impressed by this inspirational design designer she had worked with before.
Not only because of Cheng Qiuqiu’s outstanding figure and appearance, but also because of her talent and spirituality.
The original website revision, mini program UI, and poster design of [Shimmer Coffee] were all done by her.
Not only did it do an excellent job, but it was also extremely efficient.
Later, when I heard that she had resigned from Inspiration Design, Xie Shuyu felt quite sorry and did not expect to meet again here.
“Long time no see, Mr. Xie.” Qiuqiu tidied her hair a little embarrassedly, “Are you going on a business trip?”
“Well, I’m going to Chengdu, how about you? ?”
“Me too, my family is from Chengdu.”
“Oh, yes, I have an impression. I remember you mentioned it before.”
The two briefly chatted for a few words, and then the announcement of the train arriving at the station sounded.
Check the ticket and get on the bus.
The first-class carriage adopts a 2+2 seat layout, with large leather seats with sufficient distance between the front and rear.
This was the first time Qiuqiu sat in a first-class seat, and she couldn't help but look around curiously.
When she found her seat according to the ticket information, she realized that she and Mr. Xie were actually next to each other.
Seeing this, Xie Shuyu also smiled, walked in first and sat down by the window.
Qiuqiu sat down next to her, feeling awkward and nervous.
She is extremely bad at communicating with others, especially in such a closed space.
In the past, when we met and got along, we could at least talk about work.
But now - this train takes a full seven hours to travel. For her, it is simply a long ordeal.
Seemingly aware of her uneasiness and the strange atmosphere, Xie Shuyu took the initiative and chatted with her about the food and weather in Chengdu.
As a self-made strong woman, Xie Shuyu naturally has superb social skills.
Faced with an introverted and quiet "person" like Cheng Qiuqiu, she did not talk about any stressful topics, just like friends,
Share your experiences with ease.
The train started slowly, and the familiar winter scenery of Yancheng outside the window began to move backwards rapidly.
After chatting for a while, the atmosphere in the carriage relaxed a lot.
Xie Shuyu took out a Pad with a keyboard from his handbag and put on the headphones.
Cheng Qiuqiu said softly, "I'll take care of some work first," and then started to work seriously.
Qiuqiu breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his head and began to be in a daze.
This time when she returned to Chengdu, she did not contact her mother in advance, and she did not know how to face the woman.
In fact, since she entered college, she has rarely returned to that cold "home".
I chose to stay in Yancheng after graduation, largely because I wanted to escape completely.
Near noon, Cheng Qiuqiu opened the 12306 APP and prepared to order lunch.
Looking at Xie Shuyu who was still busy next to her, she hesitated for a while, her lips moved, and she politely asked in a low voice, "Mr.
Xie Shuyu’s eyes did not leave the screen, but he just said casually: "Let’s have an eel and beef with rice, thank you."
"Okay." Cheng Qiuqiu breathed a sigh of relief, added the eel and beef with rice, and ordered himself his favorite chili fried pork rice.
Soon, I received the 40 yuan meal fee transferred from Xie Shuyu on WeChat.
The flight attendant brought the steaming meals over.
Xie Shuyu still did not stop working. He just took off one of his earphones, making a phone call and eating a small meal.
“I don’t want to hear any excuses, I just want results.”
"..No, we cannot accept the 3% increase. This is our bottom line. Tell Mr. Li, if they can't come up with a new plan before get off work today, we will immediately start the backup contract with the factory in Jiangcheng"
Looking at her resolute and resolute appearance of a strong woman, Qiuqiu sighed secretly in her heart.
She has always known that Mr. Xie is a workaholic, very serious and cares about cost control.
Many projects in the company are outsourced, including design, development, and even coffee shop employees, many of whom are part-time.
From Party B’s perspective, this kind of customer is actually not easy to get along with.
None of the old employees who inspired the original design wanted to take on this job, so they assigned the task to a newcomer like me.
However, she liked it very much.
Because Xie Shuyu never beats around the bush when talking or doing things, he can clearly point out his dissatisfaction with the design draft.
公事公办，从来不搞虚头巴脑的人情世故，
对于不善交际的她来说，这就是最好的客户。
This is also the main reason why she respects Xie Shuyu from the bottom of her heart. After eating, sleepiness gradually came up like a tide.
She didn’t sleep well last night. As soon as her spirit relaxed, she couldn’t bear it anymore.
Leaning back on the soft chair, thinking about all the troubles about going home this time.
Before I knew it, I fell into a deep sleep.
It’s about four o’clock in the afternoon.
When Cheng Qiuqiu woke up with a slight jolt.
I found that I had a warm cashmere coat with a light perfume smell on my body.
She was stunned and turned around to see Xie Shuyu closing the iPad with a trace of exhaustion on his face.
"Are you awake?"
"Mr. "Looking at you sleeping so deeply, I'm afraid you'll catch a cold."
She looked at Qiuqiu, as if she finally had some free time, and began to take the initiative to chat with her: "By the way, I never asked you, where did you go after you resigned from Inspiration Design?"
She really admired Cheng Qiuqiu.
Now [Shimmer Coffee] has completed the first step of national expansion.
The next upgrade of the brand visual system will become very important, and it is not appropriate to outsource it. We are already building a team.
If possible, she would not mind taking action personally to lure this talented, honest and hard-working designer directly into her hands.
In fact, she has always had a good taste in people.
There were three long-term outsourcing partners of Shimmer Coffee: Tang Song was responsible for technology development, Wen Ruan was responsible for marketing planning, and Cheng Qiuqiu was responsible for visual design.
They are all first-class talents.
But there is definitely no need for Tang, Song and Wenruan to dig.
But Cheng Qiuqiu in front of him might still be able to fight for it.
“In a clothing e-commerce company,” Qiuqiu replied softly, “I still do visual design.”
Xie Shuyu was instantly interested, “Clothing e-commerce? It’s a good industry. For designers, there is a lot of room for development in this industry. The feedback cycle is short and you can directly access the most authentic user data.” “Yes, it is true.” Qiuqiu nodded.
The two chatted for a while about clothing e-commerce.
Xie Shuyu asked casually: "What is the name of your company?"
Qiuqiu answered seriously: "Songmei Clothing Trading Co., Ltd. is over there at Yunxi Building."
Xie Shuyu heard the evidence and said with dissatisfaction: "Songmei Clothing?"
"Well, thank you Boss, you know?" As soon as he finished speaking, Qiuqiu suddenly reacted, "Oh, by the way! Mr. Xie, you also know our Mr. Tang 1
"She was in such a bad state today that she kept thinking about things at home and forgot that she was an outsourced programmer at Shimmer Coffee before Tang and Song Dynasties.
She and Tang Song were also introduced to each other by Xie Shuyu at the Shimmer Coffee headquarters.
Recalling the scene of their first meeting, she couldn’t help but raise the corners of her mouth.
That day, Xie Shuyu called her to the Huayun Center and said that she wanted to connect the visual solution with the developers.
At that time, I met Tang Song who was wearing Under Armor sportswear downstairs.
He saw her riding a bicycle downstairs and kept staring at her, even secretly taking pictures of her with his mobile phone.
Therefore, her first impression of him was not a good one.
Who would have thought that so many things would happen later.
Xie Shuyu chuckled lightly, with a hint of condescension in his tone, "Well, it turns out he was poached by Tang and Song Dynasty. He is really unreasonable. The people I like when poaching don't even know to say hello to me in advance. After all, I introduced you to them."
Hearing this, Qiuqiu immediately defended Tang Song subconsciously: "No, Mr. Xie! I encountered a problem in the company and was recruited by a senior. Mr. Tang - he only found out that I entered the company later -"
Seems to have guessed something.
“Haha, you misunderstood, I didn’t mean to blame him. You may not know that he is now the major shareholder of [Shimmer Coffee] and participated in our Series A financing.”
“Huh? That’s it...””
Xie Shuyu nodded, took a sip of water, looked into her eyes and said, "Besides, I am his girlfriend now."
Cheng Qiuqiu's head was buzzing.
Another girlfriend? !
Or Mr. Xie? !
In her heart, Xie Shuyu is the kind of existence that is almost an elder.
Not only is the other party 10 years older than her, but also because of Xie Shuyu’s mature and capable aura, as well as the aura of a self-made, admirable female entrepreneur.
In her eyes, this is an elder who deserves her respect and even some fear.
I didn’t expect to be Tang Song’s girlfriend?
She looked at the "female CEO" who had an outstanding temperament and was impeccable from any angle, and then thought of her senior sister, Tian Jing, and
Xu Qing.
My mind is a mess.
How many girlfriends does he have?
"Why don't you speak? Is it strange?"
Xie Shuyu's voice sounded again, bringing her back to reality from her chaotic thoughts.
Her tone was still gentle, but those bright eyes looked at her quietly with a bit of imperceptible scrutiny.
"It's nothing," Qiuqiu subconsciously avoided the other person's sight and said in a panic, "It's just a little unexpected. Congratulations, Mr. Xie."
"Thank you."
Delicate and breakable face, full of collagen.
The figure is curved forward and backward, and it is extremely sexy.
She has a rather aloof appearance and temperament, but she is also full of girlishness.
Somewhat like the big star Su Yu.
It was the first time that Xie Shuyu looked at Cheng Qiuqiu's appearance in such a positive way, and he was filled with emotion.
It’s great to be young.
After all, once something passes, it can never come back.
She subconsciously touched the corners of her eyes and sighed inwardly.
She has been too busy recently.
A new round of national expansion, strategic docking with Smile Holdings’ coffee suppliers, and the upcoming trip to Chengdu all left her busy.
Although she and Tang Song are boyfriend and girlfriend in name, they spend very little time seeing each other.
Regarding this, her heart was actually filled with deep guilt and uneasiness.
That’s why I never interfered with his private life. This was what I had promised from the beginning.
At this moment, I saw the girlish love shown by the designer Cheng Qiuqiu, who I once regarded as a "junior", towards the Tang and Song Dynasties.
A subtle sense of crisis and possessiveness belonging to a woman still made her subconsciously throw out the words "declare sovereignty".
Maybe she really should take a break from her work.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a burst of inexplicable nervousness.
She was actually very unsure about this kind of intimate relationship that required sensibility to be maintained.
5:17 pm.
After more than seven hours of smooth driving, the high-speed train finally slowly entered the Chengdu East Station.
The sky outside the window is still bright, and the winter sun is hanging in the western sky.
This provincial capital city of the "Land of Abundance" is coated with a soft golden halo.
The train stopped.
The two of them walked out of the carriage one after another and followed the flow of people towards the exit of the station.
Chengdu East Railway Station is huge in scale, and its design is full of modernity and technology.
Under the huge glass dome, the crowds are surging, filled with the leisurely and energetic atmosphere unique to the Southwest.
Walk out of the ticket gate and come to the wide exit hall.
Xie Shuyu stopped, turned around and asked, "Qiuqiu, which district is your home in? My friend is driving to pick me up. If there is no detour,
I will give you a ride."
Cheng Qiuqiu quickly waved her hand, "No, Mr. Xie, I can just take the subway. It's very convenient."
"That's fine." If you need anything, you can call me at any time."
"Well, thank you, Mr. Xie. Please also take a rest."
After a simple goodbye, Cheng Qiuqiu picked up his suitcase and walked towards the subway entrance.
Soon he joined the surging crowd.
Xie Shuyu stood there, watching her back disappear around the corner, and then slowly looked back.
Turn around and walk towards the exit on the other side.
As soon as she walked out of the passage, a familiar figure came into her eyes.
"Little Rain!"
A woman wearing a khaki windbreaker with neat short hair was leaning next to a black Audi A6L, smiling and waving to her.
"Ranran."
Xie Shuyu's face finally showed a truly relaxed smile.
The visitor is none other than my long-time friend, Meng Ran.
She is also a good sister who lives in a bunk bed in college.
"I thought you were going to be late." Xie Shuyu stepped forward and hugged her gently, "How is it? Do you have any clues about what I asked you to check?"
"Don't worry," Meng Ran helped her put the suitcase into the trunk and closed the car door. While saying: "That Mr. Chen from [Sichuan Fresh Cold Chain]
The situation is very complicated. Let's go, get in the car and take you to try the most authentic private dishes in Chengdu."
The two looked at each other and smiled and got into the car.
The black Audi A6L merged into the crowded traffic during the evening rush hour and drove towards the depths of the city.
Dusk is slowly falling in this bustling city.
Subway Line 7 runs smoothly through the underground tunnel.
I looked out the window at the familiar station names flashing by, and listened to the Sichuan and Chongqing dialects in my ears.
Cheng Qiuqiu had an indescribable feeling of being in another world.
Her home, or rather, where her mother lives now, is in an old relocation housing community near Shanbanqiao.
It belongs to the East Second Ring Road of Chengdu, a place full of strong urban atmosphere and a mixture of old and new buildings.
It was also the place where she spent her entire repressed adolescence starting from junior high school.
Every alley there, every yellow barrel tree, and even the smell of hot pot base and moisture filling the air were the past she desperately wanted to escape from.
And now, she is back.
The subway stopped at the "Polytechnic University" station.
Cheng Qiuqiu carried her bag and followed the flow of people out of the car. She changed to the bus and sat for four or five more stops before finally getting off at that familiar yet unfamiliar platform.
The sky had completely darkened, and the street lamps gave off a dim light, stretching her shadow very long.
Passing through a noisy street full of people.
Her figure stopped at the downstairs of a red brick family building that looked quite dated.
Step by step, climb up the stairs.
Finally, we stopped in front of a dilapidated security door on the fourth floor.
Take out the key, insert it into the keyhole, and twist it gently.
“Click—”
The door was pushed open.
Everything in front of me is so familiar and yet so strange.
Walking into her small room, she stood her suitcase in the corner and looked around.
The room is very small, less than ten square meters.
A single bed, an old wardrobe, and a desk filled with various books and painting tools, that’s almost all.
There are many posters of Su Yu on the wall.
Here, it seems as if it has been frozen in time, and everything remains as it was when she left.
Her eyes could not help but reveal a trace of nostalgia and resistance.
After putting away the luggage, Qiuqiu didn’t stay too long.
He took out the toiletries and a change of clothes, put them in his backpack, lowered his head and walked out without saying a word.
Coming out of the community, Qiuqiu took a taxi on the roadside and went straight to Chengdu Second People's Hospital.
Inpatient building, sixth floor.
The smell of disinfectant alcohol filled the air.
The corridor was very quiet, with only the occasional conversation coming from the nurse's station and the beeping sound of the equipment.
She walked to the door of ward 603 and looked through the glass window on the door.
At a glance, I saw the weak figure lying on the bed, with eyes closed and infusion.
At this time.
A familiar voice came to her ears: "Hey, Qiuqiu! You're here!"
Qiuqiu turned her head and saw Aunt Wang Aijuan walking from the hot water area with a water glass.
“Aunt Wang, thank you for your hard work. My mother, how is she?”
“The doctor said it’s nothing serious, just a slight concussion. I’ll be hospitalized for a few days for observation, and I’ll be discharged if everything is fine. "Wang Aijuan put the hot water bottle on the ground and said: "I paid the hospital deposit for the money you transferred before, and the extra money will be refunded to you when I am discharged."
"Thank you."
"You are so polite, we are all old neighbors." Aunt Wang Ai patted her shoulder, "I feel relieved when you are here, your mother is asleep. I have to go back quickly, there are still a lot of things waiting for me at home."
After the two said a simple goodbye, Aunt Wang left in a hurry.
Qiuqiu stood at the door for a long time before finally mustering up the courage to open the door.
This is a standard large ward with five beds placed side by side, all occupied.
The smell of medicine, food and the unique smell of patients are mixed in the air, which is a bit dull.
He walked to the innermost hospital bed and sat down on the plastic stool.
She looked at the pale woman with a thick gauze wrapped around her head.
In my memory, this woman is always shrewd and fierce, with a straight waist and a fast and loud voice like a cannon.
For her as a child, it was an existence full of oppression.
But at this moment, she looked much older than she remembered, as if all her energy and energy had been completely drained by this accident.
Yes, she loves money so much.
Value money as more important than your own life.
In order to make money, I ran from my hometown to Chengdu and opened a snack bar. I worked early in the morning and worked hard until late at night, without even taking care of myself.
Now my whole life’s savings have been wasted, and I’m still lying here.
Time, in this silence, passes little by little.
Qiuqiu just sat there in a daze, saying nothing.
I don’t know how long it has been.
Li Meihua’s eyelashes trembled slightly and she slowly opened her eyes.
She was stunned for a moment, as if she didn’t react,
“Qiuqiu, why did you suddenly come back—”
Qiuqiu asked in a tone without any emotion: "Didn't you call me every day to urge me to come back?"
Li Meihua opened her chapped lips, wanting to say something, but she seemed to be blocked by something.
In the end, she subconsciously avoided her daughter’s sight.
The fierceness of the past was gone in his eyes, only wolfishness and shame remained.
Qiuqiu said no more and took out an apple from the fruit basket on the bedside table.
The blade of the knife cuts across the peel, making a subtle sound of "rustling".
Li Meihua turned away, tears gradually filled her eyes,
Chengdu, Yulin District, a narrow-door private restaurant deep in a secluded alley.
In the yard, the bamboo shadows are swaying, the stream is gurgling, and the air is filled with the faint fragrance of gardenia.
Xie Shuyu and Meng Ran sat opposite each other, with several of the most authentic Sichuan-style home-cooked dishes in front of them.
No more the tension of working for a hundred days, and all identities and disguises have been removed.
They seem to have turned back into the good sisters they were in college who talked about everything.
Looking at his friend across from him, Xie Shuyu’s eyes were filled with the gentle brilliance of memories.
Once upon a time, she and Meng Ran walked out of college together and broke into the magnificent colorful world of the Magic City.
When they were young, they wore ZARA that they were reluctant to buy just after their salary was paid, and drank hand-brewed coffee in the Starbucks Reserve Roastery.
Carrying the CHANELWOC bought in installments, I ate finedining French food on the top floor of K11J.
They would hold hands and go shopping at Galeries Lafayette on weekends. Even if they couldn't afford anything, they still enjoyed it.
They will also shout out their dreams on Huaihai Road late at night without any scruples.
I naively thought that I could stay young forever in that city.
They are considered to be the lucky group of those born in the 1990s who have been favored by the times.
But later, they chose different paths.
After Xie Shuyu keenly discovered the business prospects of the coffee track, he quit his job and returned to Yancheng to plunge into the bitter sea of entrepreneurship.
In the struggle and ups and downs, we finally achieved today’s achievements,
But Meng Ran chose another, more stable path.
She has been deeply involved in the giant company [Alibaba], and now she has become the operations executive of [Hema Fresh] Southwest Region.
In fact, in terms of personal achievements, if [Shimmer Coffee] had not been overvalued by the Tang and Song Dynasties, she might not necessarily be comparable to Meng Ran.
After all, the huge influence of the platform is beyond the reach of individual efforts.
"Yeah." Xie Shuyu immediately sat up straight.
"Xiaoyu, you must be careful about Chen Hao from [Sichuan Fresh Supply Chain]. It is almost impossible to avoid him and the Chen family behind him in the southwest region. Xie Shuyu listened quietly, his eyes flickering, and his heart gradually sank.
Nowadays, the upstream coffee bean production and roasting of [Shimmer Coffee] has been fully taken care of by Smile Holdings’ top supplier [Yun Tong Zhi Cui]. The quality and supply are impeccable, which has given rise to her greater ambition to integrate the logistics system.
After all, if you want to maintain the most consistent taste, you need to deliver these roasted coffee beans with a very short tasting period, as well as supporting high-quality dairy products and freshly roasted semi-finished products, to every store across the country in the most efficient and low-cost way.
A complete cold chain logistics system is a top priority,
[Shimmer Coffee]’s stores in the southwest, as a temporary transition, were introduced through the local catering association to cooperate with [Sichuan Fresh Supply Chain].
But after two months of cooperation, she was extremely dissatisfied with the other party’s inflated quotations, rigid delivery efficiency, and occasional product losses.
She has always had an almost paranoid pursuit of cost control.
In order to reduce expenses, she rarely takes business class seats when traveling on business, and most of the company's non-core businesses are outsourced.
And the southwest is the next most important strategic expansion area for Shimmer after North China.
Xie Shuyu naturally wants to be perfect.
This time I came to Chengdu with preparations for a showdown and changing suppliers.
But now it seems that things are far more difficult than she imagined.
[Sichuan Fresh Supply Chain] is affiliated to the local logistics giant Zhongshu Group.
General Manager Chen Hao’s father is not only the chairman of Zhongshu Group, but also the vice president of the Provincial Catering Association.
It is said that there is an official background behind it.
If you really have to bite the bullet and replace it, it means completely offending this local snake entrenched here.
The follow-up may bring about a series of chain reactions.