Although New Century's holiday time is later than that of many companies and enterprises, it is impossible to wait until Xiaoyanzi finishes her cram school before the New Year.
There was still a week left before the Chinese New Year and the company officially went on holiday. Su Zelin and Qin Shiqing returned to Jianglan that day.
As soon as they got home, Su Jianjun and Qin Daqing, two middle-aged men who were chasing the trend, surrounded the Audi A6 and started to comment on it and study it.
"Zelin, your Audi seems to be worth four or five hundred thousand, right?"
Even though it was his own son's official car, Su Jianjun was still envious and jealous.
I was driving a Santana 2000, and that brat had already gone four laps.
"almost."
Su Zelin smiled.
In his eyes, a car worth hundreds of thousands is nothing.
When I have enough money in the future, I will buy a few supercars and also get one for my dad so that he knows what a real luxury car is.
"It's great to be a senior executive in a big company. The company cars are getting better and better, and the gas money is reimbursed every month. You don't have to spend a penny!"
Liu Sufen was not jealous at all, as she had long regarded Su Zelin as her future son-in-law.
Su Jianjun turned his gaze to Zhao Lixia and rubbed his hands: "Lixia, um, look..."
Zhao Lixia knew what Zhuifeng Zhongnian meant. The old man was itching to get his hands on his son's new car again after seeing his son's new car.
"Let's go after dinner!"
Tigress scowled.
Her son came home so late for the New Year, and her husband wanted to go for a ride as soon as he got off the car without even having a meal with him. Of course, she couldn't tolerate this.
Su Jianjun had a bitter face, but he did not dare to disobey the imperial edict.
There was no way. When it came to family status, Zhao Lixia was the first in the Su family, followed by her son, then the goldfish at home, and finally herself.
After dinner, Su Jianjun couldn't wait to ask Su Zelin for the key, and then he and Qin Daqing found a place to test drive the car. After leaving the house, he was scolded by two housewives for not being able to take care of their son and daughter when they saw the car.
The night he returned home, Su Zelin was not idle, but he was not busy with work.
There are only a few days left until the Spring Festival. At this point, everything that needs to be done has been done. There is no point in cramming for the things that have not been done yet. He needs to relax in the next few days.
There is a high school reunion in the evening.
Since graduating from high school, Class 982 has gathered at least once every Chinese New Year, but this time the gathering was particularly late.
I originally planned to go early, but I had to wait for Su Zelin and Qin Shiqing.
A big shot and a class beauty. Without these two influential people, the class reunion would be much less exciting. So the organizers decided to postpone it until the two returned to Jianglan.
After taking a shower at home, the two went out when it was almost time.
There is nothing new in the program of class reunion, it is nothing more than eating or karaoke, and this time the program is karaoke.
As soon as Su Zelin and Qin Shiqing arrived, they became the focus and protagonists of the whole event.
They were like a perfect couple in Class 2, a handsome man and a beautiful woman.
Naturally, the topic of the new century came up.
The company that Su Zelin works for is about to sponsor the Spring Festival Gala, which has become a hot topic on the Internet, not to mention that it happened to a classmate of his.
"Su Zelin, I heard from the monitor that you went to Yanjing to discuss the sponsorship of the Spring Festival Gala with the leaders of CTS in person, and spent 200 million, right?"
"Your company is really rich. Mr. Su has a bright future. I want to switch jobs and work with you!"
"Qin Shiqing, I really envy you. You and your boyfriend work in the same company. With Su Zelin protecting you, you don't have to worry about anything!"
"… "
I was bombarded with words from everyone and finally managed to get rid of the entanglement.
Zhao Mingxuan was also seen in the box. As the class monitor and organizer, it was natural for him to be absent.
To Su Zelin's surprise, the man with glasses looked very happy, as if he was showing off to everyone at his first high school reunion that he had found a girlfriend in Beijing.
The gangster was puzzled.
It had only been two months since Zhao Mingxuan broke up. He had invested deeply in this four-year relationship. Su Zelin originally thought that it would take him at least a year and a half to recover, but he has already fully recovered.
"Su Zelin, I found a new girlfriend!"
Zhao Mingxuan specially took the wine glass to find the gangster and solved his doubts.
The best way to forget a relationship seems to be to start a new one.
"She was a female classmate of mine in college. She was very pretty and had a good temper. She had a crush on me for four years in college, but I didn't know about it. Because I had a girlfriend, I didn't dare to confess my feelings and just treated her as a friend. I heard that after I broke up, she often comforted me during that period, and then we got together!"
Zhao Mingxuan was very proud.
He found that he was not bragging, and there really were other girls who liked him.
In fact, this woman has good conditions in all aspects, but she is from a small place and has no background in Beijing or big cities. However, Zhao Mingxuan, who has experienced a failed relationship, no longer cares.
Girls from small places are less likely to suffer from princess syndrome.
"After being with her, I realized that true love is like this: two-way running, mutual respect, mutual care, and no one has to be humble in front of the other!"
Zhao Mingxuan was deeply touched.
After hearing these words, Su Zelin knew that the man with glasses had indeed come to his senses.
Although the time was short, the girl pursued the boy and gave him warmth and care when the boy suffered a heavy setback and needed comfort the most. It was indeed easy for the current girl to walk into Zhao Mingxuan's heart.
Su Zelin nodded: "It's good that you can understand this truth."
"Speaking of which, I have to thank you, Su Zelin. If you hadn't let me know what kind of person that woman was, I would still be struggling in the quagmire. I toast to you!"
"One cup is not enough, let's have three to celebrate!"
"Haha, three cups is three cups!"
"… "
When Su Zelin was just reborn, he knew that he would change the fate of many people in his life, but at that time he did not expect that he would help Zhao Mingxuan and let him escape from that unhappy marriage.
The main reason was because I was the squad leader, and I felt that Zhao Mingxuan had a hard time back then, so I had a little more understanding for him.
However, helping Zhao Mingxuan is not without benefits.
Last time, he casually mentioned to his father, Deputy Mayor Zhao, that his family was planning to open a New Century store in Jianglan and needed to find a storefront. Deputy Mayor Zhao was very concerned and recommended a suitable place in the South City New District within a few days.
Many units and departments in Jianglan have moved to the new district. The previous sites were too old and too small, and transportation was inconvenient, so when planning, the government moved some units with poor office conditions to the new district, which could also boost traffic and popularity in the new district as soon as possible.
This new store is located not far from the border between the old and new districts. It was the first store that was rented out by the relocated unit.
This location is ideal, with a promising future and no long waiting time, as it is not far from the old district and is influenced by its popularity.
Many far-sighted businessmen have already seen the potential of the new southern city district. Moreover, this shop is already popular, so there is considerable competition. However, the unit was finally rented to Su Jianjun and Qin Daqing.
Deputy Mayor Zhao is very familiar with the boss of the unit and strongly recommended it, saying that the New Century store was doing good business and would soon be on the Spring Festival Gala, and would reach even higher levels in the future. If the store was rented to them, it would be very stable.
The boss of the unit thought about it and it made sense. Many units' shops were changed frequently due to poor business operations, or the merchants found various excuses to delay the rent, which was very annoying. So stability was not something they considered.
This is also the reason why many property owners like to rent their houses to banks, and they would rather pay a lower rent.
With the help of Deputy Mayor Zhao, the unit finally rented the shop to Su Jianjun.
Two months later, the new store was completed, and it was ready to have a good start with the large-scale marketing campaign starting before the Spring Festival Gala and the first day of the new year.
The day after the class reunion, I went to the countryside to visit my grandma with Qin Shiqing.
As usual, I bought a few boxes of Melatonin, some candies, biscuits, nutritional supplements and a dozen packs of cigarettes, which were all gifts for my grandma and some acquaintances in the village.
The old man looked better than before and always had a smile on his face.
It’s not that Su Zelin’s purchase of Nootropics for her had any effect, but since he warned Qin Shiqing’s harsh aunt, she seemed to have treated her grandmother much better, and even bought her a new cotton-padded jacket for the New Year.
The daughter-in-law is not so angry, so the old man naturally lives more comfortably.
Grandma was even happier when she saw Su Zelin and Qin Shiqing, and she kept talking to them.
"Xiao Linzi, Niuniu, I heard from your uncle, cousin and the people in the village that your company is getting better and better. It will be on the Spring Festival Gala this year, and employees will be allocated housing in the future. You must work hard and do things in a down-to-earth manner. Don't let the leaders down!"
The two were amused by the old man.
Grandma thought Su Zelin was just an ordinary employee, but in fact he was the top leader of the company.
"Grandma, Xiao Linzi is the operations director of our company. He is the only one who can manage others. No one can manage him!"
Qin Shiqing said with a smile.
"Operations Director, what the hell is this?"
Grandma was confused.
She heard from people in the village that Su Zelin was a senior executive in a company, but she thought that a senior executive was just a position like a team leader in a factory.
"He's in charge of the company's operations and development. In short, he's a very high-ranking official!"
Qin Shiqing didn't know how to explain this professional term, and her grandmother wouldn't understand it even if she explained it, so she gave a simple description.
Grandma was obviously surprised: "Xiao Linzi, you are a leader at such a young age?"
The leaders in her mind are all middle-aged or elderly people from state-owned enterprises. In short, they cannot be young and fresh.
Su Zelin smiled and said, "I can't help it, grandma. It's because I'm so smart!"
Qin Shiqing rolled her eyes at him.
I don't even know how to be humble in front of my grandma.
"Xiao Linzi, you are smart, but you have little experience. Even if you become a leader, you still need to learn more and go to further studies when you have the chance. Also, you must not embezzle, or you will be caught and sent to jail!"
Grandma gave the instructions seriously.
"Grandma, I know."
Su Zelin nodded but said secretly in his heart.
I own the company, how could I embezzle anything
After having dinner at the Liu family, Qin Shiqing's uncle Liu Fugui took some local products, such as dried mushrooms and wax squirrels, before leaving. He also caught two big roosters and put them in a box, saying that they tasted better if they were raised at home, and insisted that the two take them back.
His son Liu Caizhi, Qin Shiqing's cousin, is in charge of the Jianglan store. He recently received a salary increase due to his good performance. Liu Fugui was very happy. Whenever Su Zelin came to visit, local products would be indispensable.
What's more, Su Zelin also gave him two packs of good cigarettes, very expensive ones, which he usually couldn't afford to buy even a pack of.
With only a few days left before the New Year, Su Zelin was completely free.
After working hard for several months, you feel as tight as a fully drawn bowstring. Even if you are in good health, you need to relax.
I accompanied my father and Uncle Qin to drink tea, accompanied my mother and Qin Shiqing shopping for clothes, or went to the alley to play a few games of chess with the second uncle. I also took time to have a meal at Huang Panpan's house because I had promised Huang Hongbo and his wife, and I couldn't forget this.
Deputy Mayor Zhao also invited him to dinner, mainly to thank Su Zelin for helping to break up the couple and allowing his son to break up with the girl from Beijing. This was one of the few things on his mind, and he was always worried about it, but was unable to solve it. Fortunately, Hunzi had a solution.
Three days before the New Year, Lu Haoran and Xiao Yanzi also returned to Jianglan.
They don't have to worry about the Spring Festival travel rush. Jianglan is not far from Lin'an, and it won't take long to take a bus. What's more, Su Zelin has a bunch of scalper numbers, so it is not difficult to get a sleeper berth on the train.
But for such a short distance, there is no need to find a scalper to buy a sleeper berth. You can just take the bus. Bus passengers are not nervous and can buy tickets at the station almost at any time. Xiaoyanzi doesn't get carsick like Qin Shiqing.
Xiaoyanzi looked a little tired after such a long winter vacation with classes held both during the day and at night. However, she was cheerful and happy. She earned nearly 7,000 to 8,000 yuan in just the ten days of winter vacation tutoring because she opened several special tutoring classes.
After the New Year, she did not plan to stay at home for too long, but returned to Lin'an early and started earning an extra 7,000 or 8,000 yuan before school started, so that she would be one step closer to buying a house.
On New Year's Eve, unlike previous years, the Su and Qin families had dinner together.
The child is in love and their relationship has always been harmonious. It seems that becoming in-laws is a foregone conclusion, so the two families discussed it and decided not to avoid suspicion and just have a New Year's Eve dinner together. It will be more lively with more people, and they can watch the Spring Festival Gala together after the meal.
Because of New Century’s sponsorship of the Spring Festival Gala, both families are looking forward to this year’s Gala.
After happily eating the New Year’s Eve dinner, Su Zelin carried a ladder and pasted new couplets on the doors of both houses. Getting rid of the old and welcoming the new is an old custom of the Spring Festival.
After pasting the couplets, she returned to the living room to drink tea with her father Qin Daqing. The women turned on CTV, watched TV, ate melon seeds and chatted. Qin Shiqing sat next to Su Zelin.
Although she had not made an open announcement to her family about her relationship with her childhood sweetheart, the adults had already guessed it, especially when Su Zelin had been in a car accident last time and the adults went to Lin'an and were arranged to live in a rented house. All signs indicated that she and Su Zelin were living together, so Qin Shiqing no longer avoided the issue after returning home.
At eight o'clock, the Spring Festival Gala opened on time, and the two families watched it with great interest.
Six CTS hosts including Zhu, Zhou, Li, Dong, Wen and Zhang walked onto the big stage and first greeted the people of the whole country with New Year wishes, and then entered the program segment.
The theme of this year's Spring Festival Gala is "Grand Gala of the Grand Times". It brought together many artists and performing arts figures from the mainland and Hong Kong and Taiwan, and was divided into more than 40 programs including singing and dancing, sketches, opera and other categories.
The evening party has a broader vision in the selection of song and dance programs. Compared with the past tradition, CTS has made bold innovations this year and implemented the "open door Spring Festival Gala" policy. Programs are collected through numerous channels across the country and overseas. Even the Internet songs that were popular in 2004 have appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage. This would have been unimaginable in previous years. It is also a microcosm of the gradual opening of domestic thinking and the increasing acceptance of new things.
After a round of singing, dancing, drama and cross talk, it was time for the tenth program, which is also one of the Spring Festival Gala programs that the people pay the most attention to.
Uncle Benshan's sketch.
He is an evergreen of the CTS Spring Festival Gala. He first appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage with the show "Blind Date" in 1990, and has appeared every year until 2011, for a total of 21 times. By the 2005 Spring Festival Gala, he was already a familiar face to the people.
His performance style is unique and down-to-earth, and ordinary people like it.
Zhao Lixia and the other adults were all excited, and they were not the only ones who wanted to watch Uncle Benshan's skits.
More importantly, New Century’s advertisement was embedded in this extremely popular skit.
The name New Century Digital will also be unveiled to the people of the country for the first time.
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