After the CQ meeting was over and everyone received their heavy tasks and prepared to leave, Cheng Ran left Zhao Qing and Lin Xiaosong behind and asked Lin Xiaosong about some details on Zhang Yu's side.
Lin Xiaosong's words were rather obscure, but in fact Zhang Yu had been turned away many times. Some school leaders thought he was a liar out to sell something, while others felt that their original systems were working fine and they did not need to buy your software; or he just couldn't convince the other party and couldn't sell anything.
In short, after a lot of trouble, Zhang Yu finally came back and told Lin Xiaosong that he felt he was not suitable for this job. We should hire some people to help us sell it, and I should focus more on implementing my professional skills at the software level.
Cheng Ran said, "I finally figured it out. It wasn't easy."
Lin Xiaosong nodded, "That's right... But if Teacher Zhang knew that we had cheated him like this, I wonder if he would go crazy in the future?"
What a person can do and what he is not good at requires a process of self-understanding, and this process is largely the result of trial and error accompanied by frustration.
Cheng Ran and Lin Xiaosong let Zhang Yu do it without interfering, causing him to run into obstacles many times. In fact, he and Lin Xiaosong could have given a direct answer on this issue, or even have Lin Xiaosong step in to help finalize the matter, which would at least be much smoother than Zhang Yu, who was not good at negotiation, but they did not do so.
For many things, if you don’t explore them yourself and others give you the correct answers directly, then you only know “how to do it” but not “why you do it this way”.
After repeatedly hitting a wall and finding a way forward that would not work, Zhang Yu realized that he was not suited to personally persuading people to sell his software. He wanted to free himself from this kind of thing and truly realize what he should focus on.
Although Cheng Ran is foresighted and experienced, if he always gives a person the correct answer from the side, he is actually stifling the other person's self-awareness and potential in disguise.
If every failure and setback knocks you down, then it is a disaster. If it does not knock you down, then it is a fortune. People will always make mistakes, but it is through repeated mistakes and experiences that we can grow.
Cheng Ran shook his head. "Crazy? Maybe he's grateful to me."
"Did Mr. Zhang send money to Yancun Elementary School?"
"Apart from the necessary expenses, Huazhang's funds have no additional expenses. His salary in Huazhang is 3,000 yuan per month, and this money has been remitted."
"How's the elementary school going?"
"It was very hard. A few years ago, the local town education department publicly raised donations from the public, but they only organized a used book donation event, and the money did not go to them. The matter was later left unresolved..."
Cheng Ran said to Zhao Qing, "Then you can withdraw 200,000 yuan from my account and repair their school building first. After all, it is a safety hazard. If Mr. Zhang is always distracted by this matter, he will be distracted from his work, which is also not good for the newly established Huazhang... Mainly for this consideration."
Zhao Qing looked at him and smiled, "Actually, you don't need to explain the last sentence. We also know that you are a cruel boss. You find ways to squeeze the maximum value out of your subordinates every day."
"It's not clear yet. How should we respond to Yu Bi? After all, the French female chief assistant to the president of Yu Bi is still in Chengdu. They are only talking to us as part of their schedule. The rest of the schedule is to interview people here. It seems that poaching people from us is not enough to fill their appetite." Lin Xiaosong felt that the main part had come. The various strategies put forward in the conference room made him wait for a reply to Yu Bi.
What caliber
Of course, large ships and heavy artillery are best.
It would be a relief to fight back against Lu Ying who thought he was determined to succeed in his coercion against them.
Cheng Ran thought for a moment, then said, "How about this, I'll write a letter to their boss. I don't speak French, so I'll write it in English. Even if the deal doesn't go through, there's still friendship. There's no need to make things awkward. You can ask the assistant to take it back."
Lin Xiaosong felt a little disappointed, but he realized after a moment that it was because Cheng Ran was young and the atmosphere in CQ was generally active and not dull, so Lin Xiaosong was also affected. He always felt that he should give Yu Bi a hard defeat to be satisfied and in line with the passion and corporate atmosphere of CQ.
But on second thought, Cheng Ran was more stable than himself. When he could restrain the other party, he should just do it directly. Why did he have to do such meaningless things in front of others and get angry? He could even write a letter to stabilize the other party... This skill of cultivating qi was something that even a middle-aged man like him could not match.
…
Lu Ying, assistant to the president of Yubi China, ended her trip in Chengdu and went to Zhonghai with the letter written by Cheng Ran to her president.
The letter was in a kraft paper envelope, and it looked very presentable. The seal was glued tightly, which made Lu Ying laugh. Was it useful? Who could not see that he was retreating to advance? On the surface, he refused to come to Chengdu to show that he would not wait for death. Secondly, he wrote to his boss in a veiled way. Needless to say, the words in this letter must be sincere, trying to bypass him and impress the CEO Ge Ling behind him.
Maybe they felt that as a negotiating representative for Yu Bi, they could not gain any benefit from him.
But in fact it was meaningless. Lu Ying weighed the letter in his hand, smiled, and threw it into his briefcase.
They didn't understand how powerful their boss Ge Ling was. All the strategies against their CQ company came from the French woman behind them. And she was just executing her will. Want to shake her with a letter? It was really a desperate move.
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Just after the Yu Bi incident, time entered December.
The Y2K bug has become the last topic of the century. This problem, which may cause various computer business processing systems and control systems to malfunction due to computer calculation errors when processing years and dates across centuries, has made the world highly nervous. Every day, there are news reports studying and explaining this concept, and every day, countless experts, companies, and institutions are worried about this information.
"Let me tell you, the end of the world predicted in the prophecy may very well happen at that time!" In class, a group of people started discussing this at the table during break. Although they were in the third year of high school, the leisurely atmosphere of No. 10 Middle School was still very strong. During break, the badminton court under the third-year building was basically occupied. After the daily exercises during break, the school garden with dense vegetation was still full of people.
The person who spoke was Li Jia, who was always among the top five students in the class. His catchphrase was "I'll tell you!" In the class, he was considered a talkative person. Apart from being more self-disciplined in his studies, most of his behaviors were no different from those of ordinary students. If I had to say something, it was that no matter how he tried to get along with others at school, he seldom "made plans to play" with others in private.
"That's right. Isn't there a movie in the United States called "Terminator"? It may very well be like that. When the Y2K virus is released, computers all over the world will suffer. Then the computers will develop self-awareness and form Skynet to control global missiles and various automated workshops, producing endless robots to destroy us humans!" The speaker was Zhang Ping, and he seemed to be in a posture of saying that after the new century, humans will no longer need the college entrance examination and will be ready to unite to fight against robots.
Everyone was talking at once, creating an atmosphere of impending doomsday.
Cheng Ran smiled. Only he, a man from the future, could tell them that everyone would most likely be disappointed. The longed-for scene had fallen through. The Y2K bug was ultimately just a lot of noise with little results. Most of the world's computers at that time survived the expected catastrophe peacefully.
Humanity has not been destroyed, the world continues to move forward, the college entrance examination is still an insurmountable obstacle, and the future of everyone going their separate ways and having everything changed is still a fate that everyone here cannot escape, oh no!
God knows what will happen as these people are chatting. The topic will change again. "Do you know about Li Zhaorong from Class 1...?" someone asked with a smile.
"I know, I know!" The girl who spoke was called Chen Xuejiao. At this moment, she looked excited as if she was trying to find out the truth. "Li Zhaorong, the one with the best grades in class one, always got full marks in math... He won a gold medal in math, and he used to be quite arrogant. He even had fans in school! I know there are several girls who like him! Did he let it slip that he likes Yang Xia from their class..."
When he said this, the voice on the other end suddenly became quieter, and many eyes began to look towards Cheng Ran. Zhang Ping showed a look of panic.
Seeing that Cheng Ran didn't pay any attention to them, they continued to whisper, but their voices became quieter.
In fact, ever since Cheng Ran and Jiang Hongshao walked hand in hand through No. 10 Middle School, a big piece of news began to spread inside No. 10 Middle School at some point, that is, Cheng Ran and Yang Xia were childhood sweethearts.
This incident instantly made the entire No. 10 Middle School seem ambiguous.
Sometimes when people saw Yang Xia and him, their expressions were meaningful. Some people might even ask Yang Xia about something, or even make a fuss. There were several times when Yang Xia was seen shaking his head and waving his hands at people, probably to defend himself, but it didn't seem to have any effect.
Now people see their relationship as a bit subtle.
This news seemed to have some impact on Yang Xia. Since coming to No. 10 Middle School, Yang Xia seemed to have grown up. In the eyes of many eager boys in No. 10 Middle School, she could often be seen wearing a long skirt with long black hair hanging down her shoulders, leaving a dazzling and beautiful shadow in front of everyone.
But Yang Xia has a bit of a cold and arrogant temperament. When faced with people who want to approach her and chat with her, she either simply avoids them and makes them lose face in front of their friends, or she just communicates with them in a few simple and clear words.
After the news was released, Cheng Ran met her one day. Yang Xia was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, a short skirt, and black cotton socks and leather shoes that made her legs look as straight as pencils. She was holding a book and walking towards him from a distance on the tree-lined avenue with her friend.
When she saw Cheng Ran, she seemed a little surprised, with a look in her eyes that was different from when she was chatting with her friends. But then she nodded quietly to Cheng Ran, and her gaze jumped back to her friend beside her. She smiled brightly at a probably interesting topic brought out by the person next to her. Cheng Ran was about to chat with her for a few words, but he stopped just like that.
I extended my hand to greet someone, but because I didn't get any response from the other party, I had to retract my hand and brush my hair behind my ear.
This situation fell into the eyes of the bystanders, who privately described it vividly and commented, "How embarrassing!"