In the blink of an eye, it’s the summer of 2015. In the past four years, Qu Lianjie has grown into the leading catering tycoon in Shanghai. His chain of hot pot restaurants has hundreds of branches across the country.
He also makes some investments in his spare time. Because the company has not been listed, Qu Lianjie's current net worth is probably only a few billion. Even Qu Lianjie himself doesn't know the specific figure.
Because there are some things you can't calculate. For example, if someone gives Qu Lianjie 5 billion in this company, he won't sell it, but what is certain is that all the assets he owns far exceed that of his father, Qu Datou.
On this day, Qu Lianjie was in his office on the top floor of the headquarters, sitting on the sofa in the reception area chatting with the two vice presidents, Zhao Mei and Qian Yi:
"Mr. Qian, the Internet is a general trend now. There are many new platforms. You must strengthen publicity work and keep in close contact with major platforms."
"Especially the new one, Slow Shou, which seems to have a greater influence in the Northeast. Our branch there has never been very good at business. We can try to cooperate!"
This Qian Yi was the vice president of the advertising company. After several years of growth, he has not been left behind. Now he is the vice president of the group and is still responsible for advertising work.
"Okay, Mr. Qu, I have written down everything you said. I just want to take this opportunity to report to you."
After saying that, Qian Yi turned around and took out a folder that had been prepared in advance from his bag. After opening it, he put it in front of the boss and said respectfully:
"Mr. Qu, please take a look at the information of all our platform accounts at this time. Our company is registered on all major platforms."
"With the efforts of all our employees, we often shoot some funny videos, and the number of fans is almost not low now. Even the slow hand you mentioned now has hundreds of thousands of fans!"
Qian Yi feels that sometimes your contribution must be shown. If you don't tell your boss, how will you know about your efforts?
Seeing this, Qu Lianjie lowered his head and looked through it briefly, then praised: "Thank you for your hard work, colleagues. I have seen our company's videos before, and they were all good!"
After saying this, something suddenly occurred to him. Qu Lianjie turned his head and looked at Qian Yi seriously and said:
"Mr. Qian, there is one thing you should pay attention to. Internet supervision is not very strict now, but as time changes in the future, the relevant departments will definitely strengthen management in this area!"
"We need to set up a special department. The videos we shoot must be reviewed and re-reviewed. All those vulgar and revealing things must not be included. This is a red line!"
Qian Yi heard this and immediately replied seriously: "Okay, Mr. Qu, I will organize the department responsible for short videos to strengthen their studies when I get back!"
"Don't look at the fun now, I will make a list sooner or later in the future!" Qu Lianjie felt that the atmosphere was a bit serious and joked.
"Hahaha, Mr. Qu, you are so right!" Zhao Mei and Qian Yi also agreed with a smile.
"Mr. Qu, I just want to report to you that our company now has stores in major cities across the country, especially Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. This is our basic business and has covered almost all prefecture-level cities!"
Because Zhao Mei had not prepared in advance, she spoke in a hurry and did not have much information. She felt that Qian Yi had shown his merit just now and she was at a disadvantage by not saying anything.
Qu Lianjie saw his two generals vying for credit. Not only was he not angry, he also thought it was good. If they were on good terms, he would be left out.
So I also praised: "Mr. Zhao, you have worked hard too. You are absolutely an indispensable part of our company's current achievements!"
When Zhao Mei heard this, she said respectfully: "It's all your leadership, we just need to execute it!"
Ignoring the flattery from his subordinates, Qu Lianjie stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the scenery outside the window with his hands behind his back.
Zhao Mei and Qian Yi looked at each other, stood up and followed, standing behind the boss, looking out the first window together.
Qu Lianjie turned to his subordinates behind him, pointed out the window, and said with emotion: "Five years!"
"Our first five years have passed. Now that the foundation has been built, the next step is to figure out how to carry it forward. As an old saying goes, it is easy to conquer a country but difficult to defend it~"
This headquarters is a seven-story building that Qu Lianjie purchased two years ago. The advertising company he originally purchased has already been fully integrated into it and has become the group's advertising and publicity department.
Zhao Mei reacted faster and quickly expressed her loyalty before Qian Yi: "Don't worry, Mr. Qu, under your leadership, the group will definitely get better and better!"
Qian Yi frowned at the side. He was robbed just as he was about to speak. He could only swallow the words that came to his lips and kept silently repeating in his heart: "A good man does not fight with a woman, a good man does not fight with a woman..."
After Zhao Mei finished speaking, she quickly echoed:
"Yes, Mr. Qu, Mr. Zhao is right. The two of us will definitely work hard under your leadership to make the company bigger and stronger!"
Qu Lianjie nodded slightly, and then said again what he often emphasized:
"You two, we must pay attention to food safety issues. If something goes wrong, it could ruin our efforts for several years!"
"Okay, Mr. Qu~" Qian and Zhao responded together.
After they all went out, Qu Lianjie sat on his boss's chair, took out his cell phone and saw several missed calls on it, sighed and called back.
While the call was connected, Qu Lianjie also fell into memories. Through his own efforts in the past few years, he has successfully made his grandma and mother accustomed to life in Magic City. Although he is reluctant to leave his hometown, he has been able to live there for a month. All live for a month.
Qu Lianjie didn't insist on this anymore. He thought it was fine. The old man could just change his residence if he liked it. Moreover, the air in his hometown was indeed much better than that in the Demon City.
The call was quickly connected. Qu Lianjie came back to his senses and said helplessly to his mother on the other end of the phone: "Mom, please stop thinking about it~"
Zheng Fen, who was sitting on the sofa, heard her son's words and directly ordered with a black face: "What do you think of? Come to me quickly. How old are you? You are already 30, do you know?"
"Mom, no matter how bad your son is, he is still a billionaire. What does it look like to be on a blind date all day long?" Qu Lianjie said with a wry smile.
Perhaps Zheng Fen was afraid that her attitude would make her son rebellious, so she softened her tone and said in a serious voice:
"Lianjie, Mom knows that you don't like those wealthy ladies you introduced before. You think they are full of bad habits!"
"The girl your Aunt Zhang introduced this time is very good. She works in a foreign company, her father is a bank executive, and her mother works in a government agency. Where can you find such conditions?"
"Okay, I promise you that's all~" Qu Lianjie saw that his mother was using both soft and hard tactics, so he had no choice but to agree.
"Don't forget, it's 3pm!" Zheng Fen warned again worriedly before hanging up the phone.
Qu Lianjie threw his cell phone aside and leaned on his chair helplessly, thinking that everything else had been going well these past few years, but the blind date was a bit of a headache.
Grandma doesn't care much. She doesn't care about her great-grandson or anything like that, but her mother Zheng Fen is very persistent in having her grandson. As long as she is in the magic city, she will definitely arrange a blind date.
It's not like Qu Lianjie himself hasn't had girlfriends in recent years, but they broke up later due to various reasons.
Some of it was because he was busy with work and had no time to accompany her, so the girl took the initiative to break up with her, and some of it was because Qu Lianjie felt inappropriate...
(End of chapter)
