A foreign city, dear you

"Recording. Record the sound of water flowing in the stream."

"Why are you recording this?"

"This is what is called white noise."

"What white noise?"

"White noise is the sounds that exist in nature, such as rain, thunder, etc., as well as the sound of the stream."

"Then I still don't understand why you recorded this."

"Aren't you having trouble sleeping? I heard that white noise can hypnotize you, and stream water may have the best effect. I recorded several clips and will play them for you when I get home to see which one you like."

Ye Lian did not expect that Cao Xueqian's purpose in recording the stream was to help her sleep.

Ye Lian has not been sleeping well, and Cao Xueqian is really worried about her.

Before going to bed every night, Cao Xueqian would make sure that the surroundings were quiet. He would check whether the doors and windows of the master bedroom were closed tightly. After moving into Jinjinghuayuan, he would check whether the windows of the master bathroom were closed every night.

Ye Lian didn't know at first that he closed the main bathroom window every night. She always wondered why the window she opened every day was always closed the next day. Later, I heard Cao Xueqian explain that he turned it off every night because he was afraid that the noise outside would affect her sleep.

Cao Xueqian put down his cell phone, looked at Ye Lian who was in a daze, and said, "Let's go."

Ye Lian then said "oh" and walked in front of Cao Xueqin again.

The mountain road becomes gentler as you get further down, and it is almost flat at the back, with only a few steps occasionally going down.

Ye Lian can enjoy the stream next to her without having to pay attention to her steps.

The streams in the mountains always have a different style.

Because it is covered with trees, it is even more shady; and because there is no pollution in the mountains, it is so clear.

It flows slowly and gurglingly, making people want to touch and touch it with their fingertips.

"Should we go down and play?" Ye Lian suggested.

"You want to play? If you want to play, just play. Today you are the boss. I will play with you whatever you want. Can I still object?" Cao Xueqian joked.

Ye Lian then walked happily to the stream.

Cao Xueqian put down his backpack and tripod, rushed over and took Ye Lian's hand.

"Look at the clear water of this stream. You can clearly see the sand and fallen leaves under the water." Ye Lian shouted happily.

"Ah."

"I really want to take a sip."

"Eh, that won't work."

“We drank mountain spring water when we were kids.”

“When I was a kid, I was a kid.”

"Look, look, there are tadpoles, oh! There are also crabs! Such small crabs! They are only as big as a fingernail."

"I'll catch two for you to play with."

"There, there, go and catch it!"

Cao Xueqian then let go of Ye Lian's hand and went to catch the crab.

Ye Lian then watched Cao Xueqian catch crabs.

She saw Cao Xueqian bending down and carefully reaching into the water.

As she watched, a sense of happiness emerged spontaneously.

The man in front of her always said that he didn't know what gift to give her. He didn't know that he had given her the best gift - companionship, wholehearted companionship.

She doesn't care about gold or silver, she only cares about his heart that always loves her and follows her.

"Look, I caught it and give it to you." Cao Xueqian shouted.

"I don't want it, I don't dare."

"Haha, you are Ye Gonghaolong."

……

The mountain breeze blows and the streams gurgling.

A man who was already forty years old and a man who was about to be forty years old were still playing like children by the stream.

Because there is love, the childlike innocence remains unchanged.

Ye Lian spent her fortieth birthday happily and contentedly. Every moment of the day was imprinted in her mind...

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"Where are you going to eat tonight? Who are you eating with?" Ye Lian asked Cao Xueqian on the way home from get off work.

"I don't know yet. He said he is from the project department of Mingding Company. I don't know if I recognize him. I will ask Cheng Yufei later. What's wrong?"

"It's okay, I just thought, if I'm on my way, I'll bring some things to the rental house. Isn't Lanshan going to start school soon? We have to move there too."

"I'm afraid it won't work tonight. I probably won't be able to leave."

"If it doesn't work, forget it. Hey - you don't have to drive in, just leave me here and I'll walk home."

Cao Xueqian then stopped the car at the entrance of Jinjing Huayuan Community and asked Ye Lian to get off.

When Ye Lian was about to get out of the car, she warned: "It's best not to drink, otherwise you won't be able to drive when you go home."

"I hate drinking too, but sometimes I have to. It depends on the situation tonight. You are about to get off the car, and there is a car coming from behind."

*

After Cao Xueqian put Ye Lian down, he drove onto Yang'an Avenue towards the central area.

Cao Xueqian actually doesn't like socializing, he just likes to stay at home and be with Ye Lian. Since taking charge of Tongxin Factory, I have indeed lost a lot of social activities. Some suppliers wanted to treat him to a meal, but he would find excuses to avoid doing so.

But tonight it was Cheng Yufei who called and asked Cao Xueqian to come over and accompany the client.

When Cheng Yufei spoke, Cao Xueqian could not shirk, he would definitely go. Moreover, Cheng Yufei not only wanted Cao Xueqian to go to dinner, but also wanted Cao Xueqian to accompany him and entertain the customers together.

Moreover, Cheng Yufei also mysteriously said that there would be a surprise tonight, and he didn't know what the surprise was.

Cheng Yufei’s current business is facing many tests.

Nothing in this world really stays the same. Just when you think it's good, it suddenly takes a turn for the worse.

Just like a cell phone.

The mobile phone industry has experienced an era when copycat mobile phones were flying everywhere, and then the copycat mobile phones disappeared, and the market was divided up by several leading mobile phone companies.

But several leading companies cannot sit back and relax. There are always undercurrents in the industry, and you don’t know what will happen tomorrow.

With the rise of smartphones, it seems like overnight, previous feature phones have withdrawn from the market.

Those mobile phone companies that mainly focused on feature phones gradually faded out of the market because of untimely or unsuccessful transformation, and were replaced by those quietly emerging mobile phone companies that mainly develop smartphones.

The situation in the upstream of the industry has changed, which will undoubtedly affect the downstream.

Several major customers of Tongxin Factory, such as Lijin, Bolai, and Yutong, are now facing the risk of bankruptcy because their output has shrunk significantly due to the untimely transformation. In the end, they announced the suspension of production.

Under this situation, Tongxin Factory's orders dropped sharply, and those companies that were facing bankruptcy did not dare to accept orders. The top priority was to collect the payment.

As for those smartphone companies that have emerged quietly, they already have mature supply chains and it is not easy to break into them.

The industry environment has quietly changed, and Tongxin Factory is also in a grim situation.

As the business boss, it was Alexander, and as the factory manager, Cao Xueqian was naturally not relaxed either.

Transformation is inevitable.

But transformation also means costs and risks, and we can only move forward slowly and gropingly.

Before the transformation direction is determined, business is still needed to support the factory.

Mingding Company is a large mobile phone company that used to develop feature phones. However, Mingding Company had a keen sense of smell and realized that the wind was going in the wrong direction, so it transitioned to smartphones relatively early.

Therefore, among the previous large companies, only Mingding Company still has a place in the torrent of product iterations.

Of course, whether Mingding Company can successfully gain a foothold in the end depends on whether it can withstand the waves of time and the market.

A few days ago, Cheng Yufei found out that Peng Peng from Lijin Company had switched jobs to the project department of Mingding Company and had been here for some time.

The professional sensitivity made Cheng Yufei realize what a great opportunity this was!

Wouldn't it be great if we could expand our business to Mingding Company and then expand to other smartphone companies based on Mingding Company?

Originally, Xiao Maobing was in Mingding Company. Wouldn't it be more direct to go through Xiao Maobing to break into Mingding Company?

But Cheng Yufei saw through it. Xiao Maobing came to Tongxin Factory purely to pick fruits. Not only did he not issue project orders, but he also never shared outside industry information, so Cheng Yufei had to find another breakthrough.

Now, Peng Peng may be a breakthrough.

Peng Peng worked with Cheng Yufei and Cao Xueqian. Cao Xueqian used to be Peng Peng's master. For the sake of his colleagues, especially his master, Peng Peng should help make connections.

So Cheng Yufei asked Peng Peng to have dinner and asked Peng Peng to bring several key figures from the project department with him.

The mountains do not turn, but the water does.

After Peng Peng resigned from Lijin Company, he wandered around outside. Busy with various work and social activities, he lost contact with his old colleagues.

When he received a call from Cheng Yufei, Peng Peng took a while to remember, but he was still very happy and readily accepted the invitation.

Here, Cheng Yufei deliberately set up a little secret during the dinner meeting. He did not let Peng Peng and Cao Xueqian know each other's appearance, and wanted to give them a little surprise.

Cheng Yufei knew that Peng Peng and Cao Xueqian had a deep relationship before, so he would definitely be very happy to meet them unexpectedly this time.

But what Cheng Yufei didn't expect was that Cheng Dianfei would come to the dinner this time.

It was also a coincidence.

Cheng Dianfei came to Mingding Company just two days ago.

Shortly after Cao Xueqian left Lijin Company, Cheng Dianfei also left Lijin Company. I was also wandering around outside, and I felt that the mobile phone industry was about to change drastically, so I quickly joined the smartphone company, hoping to use this as a springboard to win the success of mobile phone structural design.

The outside world is so cruel. If you are not careful, you will not be able to keep up with the pace of the times and the pace of the industry.

During the chat, Peng Peng and Cheng Dianfei learned that each other had spent time in Lijin Company (albeit at different times), and now they were both in Mingding Company, so they were naturally very cordial.

Cheng Yufei invited him to dinner, and Peng Peng naturally also invited Cheng Dianfei. Of course, he also invited several other people, including Xiao Maobing.

……

In short, Cao Xueqian was kept in the dark about some people and things about this meal tonight. He only knew that if Cheng Yufei wanted him to go, he had to go, not to mention for the sake of the factory. Even if Cheng Yufei had something to do personally, he, Cao Xueqian, would immediately go there if he called.