The group of four set out early in the morning and arrived in Pengcheng at around four in the evening - a city that never sleeps for working people.
Among China's four super first-tier cities, Pengcheng is undoubtedly the youngest and most dynamic city. It does not have the problems of locals and outsiders in the imperial capital Shanghai and Guangzhou. The saying "Once you come here, you are a Pengcheng person" has become the biggest driving force for Pengcheng to attract people.
Pengcheng is the gathering place for many workers in the 1980s who wanted to fulfill their ultimate dreams of striving for a better life. This ultimately led to the creation of Pengcheng's most expensive housing market in the country.
As a special city at the forefront of the era of opening up, Pengcheng, with its convenient transportation and developed maritime transport, has also attracted many well-known companies to settle in. Lanshan District has attracted a large number of Internet companies to join. The headquarters of the country's most well-known Internet giant Penguin is located here. The tax revenue of Aohai Street is sufficient to support the finances of the entire district.
The Penguin Seaside Building located in Qianjiang is bathed in the morning light and evening glow of Pengcheng, and complements the landmark Spring Bamboo Shoot Building of Pengcheng Bay. Although Pengcheng is already a city full of bigwigs, there is still a place for upstarts to spread their wings and soar.
Mei Fang, who dreams of becoming a new generation of leading figure in the two-dimensional world, is now on the road to fighting for a place in the world.
Who would have thought that in his previous life he was just a humble worker in the shadow of the city
In the afterglow of the setting sun, the tall buildings were dazzling. Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi were quickly attracted by the scenery outside the car window.
"Wow... The greenery here is so well done! It feels lush and green everywhere, but there are too many tall buildings, and the atmosphere of life is not strong enough..."
"Wouldn't it be nice to have more tall buildings? That way you can feel the atmosphere of a big city!"
"Wow, it seems like I can see the sea over there! Is that the sea? Afang, can you see it? It's the sea!" Xia Yuan, who grew up in the inland, is very excited about the sea and has a special yearning for it.
“… Actually, he looks similar to Dajiang, right?”
"You'll have to get closer to see it!"
"But you've been on the bus all day, so you'd better take a rest first. Let Mei Fang take you to see Yuanyuan tomorrow."
"Uncle Mei won't be with us tomorrow?"
Mei Lijun smiled and shook his head. "I only have two days off. I'll rest here for one night today and go back tomorrow. I have an important meeting to attend..."
"Woo woo, thank you for your hard work, Uncle Mei..."
Xia Yuan lay on the back seat of Mei Lijun's car and said, "Uncle Mei, my dad has an S400 gathering dust in the garage and hasn't been driven much recently. Since you like cars so much, I'll let my dad lend it to you for a while. What do you think?"
"Okay, okay! Ah... I mean, it's a waste to keep such a good car in the garage, Yuanyuan, don't you think so? It just so happens that your aunt Xiang is taking a driver's license test recently, so I can give her a car to drive, which is really convenient..."
"Uh-huh!"
Xia Yuan was very happy because she had won Uncle Mei's favor.
At the same time, Xia Xun, who was parking his car in the garage, suddenly sneezed loudly.
"Honey, do you have a cold? Are you feeling unwell..."
"Yeah, I always feel like someone is talking about me."
"Maybe our precious daughter misses her father?"
Yu Ling took out a tissue and wiped her husband.
"I don't expect Yuanyuan to miss me now. It's good enough if she doesn't sell me out."
"How can you scold your daughter like that?"
"I bought it because I needed it..."
Xia Xun and Yu Ling got out of the car one after another and took out the fruits of today's shopping spree from the trunk. Yu Ling said as she helped her husband carry the things, "You can't say that. I saw Yuanyuan also asked if you were planning to buy a new car. I guess she wanted to give you a new car."
Xia Xun grumbled and didn't respond directly, but a smile unconsciously appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"We just bought this S400 not long ago, how can we change it... A-choo!"
"You might really have a cold! Let's go home and rest."
While Xia Xun was immersed in the beautiful fantasy of his daughter giving him a new car, Mei Fang and his team arrived at the hotel where they were staying. This hotel was located near Pengcheng University and was specially arranged for Mei Fang and his team by the company's administrative HR. His uncle, who had already started to lay out in Pengcheng in July, and several middle-level technical backbones of Station C welcomed the arrival of the three giants at the hotel.
These middle-level managers were all recently promoted personnel by my uncle, while most of the veterans of the startup team were still staying there and had not come over yet. Mei Fang was not very familiar with these people yet and just nodded and said hello.
"Welcome, welcome, Miss Station Master, Yuanbao, and Uncle—Oh no, Director Mei, thank you all for your hard work along the way!"
The uncle almost made a fool of himself because he didn't know how to address Meilijun, but the atmosphere of the whole team was still very harmonious. Meilijun didn't care about anything, but just urged everyone to go to the table and eat together.
"The dishes in Pengcheng are mainly light and healthy. You may not be used to them at first, but since this is your first time here, you can try the local specialties..."
Mei Fang was already accustomed to Pengcheng's Austrian cuisine, and was observing his uncle Chen Rui's posture while listening to his introduction.
"Speaking of which, my uncle is from Sichuan and Chongqing. I think he must be quite uncomfortable staying here for a month..."
Mei Fang said, "Although Jiangcheng's food is not that spicy, it has a stronger flavor and has delicious crayfish. The food here is too bland."
Chen Rui smiled and said, "Haha, although I am indeed from there, I don't really eat spicy food, especially Sichuan peppercorns. I think Sichuan peppercorns always have a weird smell."
“Puh—hahaha!”
As Chen Rui was speaking, Xia Yuan beside him suddenly couldn't help but cover her mouth and laughed.
"Yuanyuan, what are you laughing at?"
Lin Youxi was curious and surprised at the side, and everyone's eyes were cast over. Xia Yuan covered her face and blushed as she muttered, "I thought of a cold joke. Don't blame me if you don't find it funny. I know why uncle doesn't like to eat peppercorns! Ahem, because... uncle eats peppercorns - he loses (uncle), hahahaha!"
Then Xia Yuan's laughter kept echoing around the dinner table. No one had reacted yet and was at a loss. The awkward atmosphere was first broken by Chen Rui. He laughed along with Xia Yuan, "Yuanbao's way of playing with memes is quite interesting, hahaha—"
Seeing that the uncle himself didn't mind, the situation suddenly became filled with a happy atmosphere, and several middle-level managers started laughing like pigs. This subtle little action could hardly fail to attract Mei Fang's attention.
Because my cousin Mei Yue is still in Jiangcheng to handle follow-up affairs, the people in charge in Pengcheng area are basically my uncle who is a professional manager. On the one hand, Mei Fang gives my uncle enough trust and power to let him do his job, but on the other hand, he is also worried that he may be sidelined.
Although it is understandable... after all, without the joys and sorrows of founding Station C in the early years, big bosses like Mei Fang are really just little kids or mascot characters in the eyes of these new office workers.
However, now that Mei Fang has ended his busy high school days, it is now more urgent for him to re-involve in the core affairs of Station C's strategy and play an effective leading role, thereby establishing his own prestige in front of Pengcheng's employees.
Update, update! There will be another chapter later.
(End of this chapter)