reprieve

The restaurant is next door to a temple in Haidong that is said to have a history of nearly a thousand years.

The reason why she understands so clearly is because Sui Ran's rented community is just two intersections away. After moving, in order to get rid of bad luck, she came here to pay her respects.

The restaurant is located in Huai'an.

Before that, the two carefully selected by Sui Ran were all rejected by Haicheng:

"Comment on the high-scoring online celebrity shop, fork. You don't need to book two Michelin stars, you don't even need to look at it. Expensive ones are not necessarily good. You have come to ask me, which means that the person you want to hire is very important to you, very important. Then You have to choose carefully, what are the reviews that are randomly pulled out.”

Reasonable and well-founded, Sui Ran asked humbly: "Does Mr. Hai have any recommendations?"

Treating guests to a meal is very particular, and one must consider the taste preference of the other party, as well as the environment and location. She was undecided in this regard, and once wanted to choose the one that President Huai had invited her to before.

Haicheng asked, "So who are you inviting to dinner?"

Sui Ran wanted to get away with it: "Customer."

The other party clicked his tongue: "If you don't tell me who to invite, I will help you push a horse to kill a chicken?"

Huaian sent a share at this time.

Sui Ran hesitated with Mr. Hai, and his subordinates quickly clicked on the link. Just as the restaurant's street name looked familiar, they saw Huai'an sending two messages in succession.

"Sister Enyue is talking about things nearby, how about staying here?"

"By the way, Sister Enyue and Rui Lan are also here."

The per capita price of the restaurant is not low, but compared to Huai'an's help and support during this period, it is nothing.What's more, there is an order from Ms. Sang, which is almost for nothing.

The so-called not getting paid for nothing, one or two meals can sometimes offset the anxiety and confusion of receiving too many benefits.

Sui Ran went back to the chat box and typed "Got it, okay", and said to Hai Cheng on the phone: "I found it, don't bother Mr. Hai. Bye."

He happily left Mr. Hai behind.

Haicheng: "...I'm just a tool man."

Haicheng: "Oh, I see, it's President Huai [eat melon]"

An hour and a half later, Mr. Huai picked her up at the door and asked politely, "Will Manager Sui accept the Wuyue cuisine?"

Thinking about why he chose Mr. Huai, why should he be polite, Sui Ran smiled: "It's pretty good."

Seeing familiar streets and temples on the map, she still thought: No way, such a coincidence.It's too close to home. After eating, I take two steps and go straight home.

Go in and have a look, the environment is really nice.

In a quiet place amidst the hustle and bustle, winding pathways clustered with flowers and branches lead to small bridges and flowing water. The quiet fragrance of flowers and a cold fragrance of grass and trees permeate and intertwine. The street lamps hidden in the grass do not see the insects that often appear in this season.

I want to take special measures to repel mosquitoes and insects, and a lot of dining places are arranged outdoors.

Sang Enyue and Rui Lan are in the pavilion near the stream.

Seeing her, Sang Enyue seemed very happy, she half stood up and waved her hands vigorously: "Xiao Sui, here."

The non-work dinner, and the fact that the three present are all bigwigs in her mind, Sui Ran chose to listen more and talk less.

Both Sang Enyue and Rui Lan are talkative and take good care of her. One calls "Xiao Sui Xiao Sui" affectionately, and the other "Ada, try this". Sui Ran eats food in silence and listens to their stories about their college days.

Huaian didn't talk much, but he wasn't indifferent either.The three of them have been alumni for many years, and they have a close relationship. She would occasionally break the rule of not talking and add a sentence or two.

After a round of food was served, Sui Ran went to tell the waiter to serve drinks, bought the bill by the way, and came back to hear Sang Enyue ask: "Huai'an and Xiao Sui met when NIP moved that year, right?"

"Yeah." Sui Ran glanced at Huai'an and nodded, "It's been five years or almost six years."

"It's been so long." Rui Lan said with emotion, "It's an old acquaintance."

"Xiao Sui left the job for a while, and it's been several years." Sang Enyue wiped the side of her lips, folded the napkin, "Knowing that you came back, Huai'an changed her mind and decided to come to Haicheng."

"I didn't think of it at that time." Rui Lan laughed, "I thought this person seriously wanted to come here to open up the market."

Hearing again that Huai'an came to Haicheng because of her, Sui Ran was a little confused and a little uneasy.

Not long ago, Mr. Huai himself said something similar, and that time it was considered to be a support for her in front of Qi Fang and Wang Wei.

But, which song is this sung?

"Xiao Sui asked me that day, why did you leave NIP to start Yu'an." Sang Enyue leaned back and looked past the wine waiter, "Did you tell her?"

Sui Ran also unconsciously looked at Huai'an.

She still remembered that Sang Enyue teased her last time, saying that she had something to do with her.

The waiter turned the mouth of the bottle to this side, and asked if he wanted more wine.

The plum liqueur doesn't seem to have a high alcohol content, Sui Ran pushed down the glass, and Huai An directly took it to the waiter.

Sui Ran said "Thank you" in a low voice, Huai'an handed back the cup, and his gaze caught her eyes by the way, spreading out like ripples, and she was slightly drunk after a meal.

"No."

Cherish words like gold.

"Want to know?" Sang Enyue asked Sui Ran.

I almost forgot about this if I didn't mention it, but when I mentioned it, I scratched my heart and scratched my lungs.

Sui Ran vaguely sensed some kind of trap, and immediately emptied his mind of thoughts about sales routines, put a cup to his lips, did not dare to see President Huai's expression, and whispered: "I'm a little curious."

"I think!" Rui Lan was not as restrained as she was, raised her glass to stand between Huai'an and He, and said in a drawn-out voice, "Sister Enyue, tell me quickly..."

Sang Enyue clinked glasses with Rui Lan, then pushed her away and asked Huai'an, "Can I talk?"

Rui Lan climbed up the ladder very quickly: "If you don't speak, it means you acquiesce."

"Then I'll tell you." Sang Enyue adjusted his sitting posture, "We had a colleague before, James."

"Wait a minute." Rui Lan asked, "James? The vice president of your NIP sales department... is a bit squinted, not tall, and his Chinese name seems to be... Liu Huaqiang?"

"Yes, it's him." Sang Enyue said.

"I heard he went in, what's the matter?" Rui Lan didn't have the consciousness of continuous interruption.

"Commercial bribery." Huai'an answered at this moment.

"Sister Enyue was working on risk control before..." Rui Lan obviously thought of something, her face was shocked, "...It couldn't be that you teamed up to get people into it, right?"

"No." Sang Enyue denied, "By the time James was formally investigated, we had already left."

"Forget us adding to the fire." Huai'an propped his forehead on the back of his hand and swirled the liquid in the glass. His words seemed to be breaking the stage deliberately, but his posture was very relaxed and even casual, "The following things have nothing to do with us."

Sui Ran drank the wine in one sip, her eyes wandering between the three of them.

Never expected that President Huai's past sounds exciting.

"Then what is related to you...?" Rui Lan clung to Sang Enyue and looked at Huai'an.

"The thing is like this." Sang Enyue coughed lightly and cleared her throat, "James sent an application that year, and wanted to replace an old supplier that he had cooperated with for many years."

The new supplier that James wants to change is a new type of factory that has flourished in the past few years, mainly in Central China and West China, and has a good reputation in the market. In order to win the NIP, the price offered is lower than that of the original supplier.

The old supplier to be replaced is an old factory in Huaxi, with outdated equipment, relatively backward production efficiency, and the cost has not been reduced. The outstanding advantage lies in the certain tax incentives given by the local government.

In the report, James listed the advantages of the new supplier, and also emphasized that the old supplier's contract with NIP has only one year left.

The report passed the review of James' department and was submitted to the administrative department where Huai'an was located.

"For a new supplier, the price cost will drop, but the transportation cost will increase, and the original tax incentives will be reduced. And other consumption caused by changing suppliers - such as additional expenses caused by changing transportation lines, suppliers' priority to NIP, etc. etc., are all unknown factors.”

"Based on the advantages and disadvantages, Huai'an sent a memo to the risk control department, thinking that the potential cost will even out the basic cost in the long run, and the old supplier also reported the news of upgrading the production line during that period."

"At the same time she dismissed James' application - asking whether the proposed new supplier had other advantages and asking the applicant to rewrite a detailed report."

After receiving the rejection, James rushed into the Huai'an office immediately.

"I didn't expect to make such a big fuss, throwing things and throwing glasses, it's scary." Sang Enyue brought out Wu Nong's soft tone, "At that time, Huai'an clearly said that there must be something wrong with this person."

As an executive of a foreign company, James' annual income is not low, but he always has weaknesses.

James' youngest son was supposed to go to elementary school that year, and wanted to enter an international school in Haicheng. Unfortunately, he couldn't find the right channel and couldn't get the admission letter.

It was summer vacation, and James’ wife took his youngest son to a training institution. By chance, they ran into a young mother.

After several contacts, the two mothers formally met with their husbands.

The mother's husband was the boss of the supplier that James later applied for.

Before the start of school, James' family received the admission notice.

"These were all found out later. James submitted the application after the start of school, and the supplier hadn't finalized the replacement at that time. So in fact, there was no direct interest exchange in the middle." Sang Enyue said, "Then I am very I don't understand why..."

A burst of cheers erupted from the windowed box upstairs, and the atmosphere reached a peak.

Sang Enyue looked up, took the wine bottle on the turntable, filled it up for herself and Rui Lan, and put it on Sui Ran's side.

"Xiao Sui, come by yourself."

Only then did Sui Ran realize that the cup was unknowingly empty, and only the bottom of the cup remained in Huai'an.

It was obviously talking about her past, but the person concerned also looked engrossed.

Sui Ran picked up the wine and asked Huai'an, "Do you want more?"

Huaian sent a cup over, "Thank you."

The cup was refilled, and the story continued.

"I remember that when James had an attack and left, I asked Huai'an why he didn't change. The basic advantages of the new supplier are there."

In front of a behemoth like NIP, suppliers are just a few pitiful numbers.

Compared with the data, the advantage is not obvious, so it is understandable to replace it, and another boss has already approved it.

Opening a factory to do business inherently has a high risk of failure.

……

All kinds of things made Sang Enyue very puzzled. In her opinion, the cost of internal friction in the company is far higher than changing suppliers.

"Then Huai'an said that the hidden cost of passing on is high, and..."

Speaking of this, Sang Enyue stopped, raised his chin to Sui Ran, and his eyes were meaningful: "Speaking of which, last time Xiao Sui told me that it was because a senior sister failed to start a business that she thought of doing this business. What's the specifics?"

"Huh?" Suddenly separated from the story, the second monk Sui Ranzhang couldn't figure it out, "Why did Mr. Sang suddenly ask me?"

"I'm tired of talking, I have to take a break, and you can talk." Sang Enyue squinted and smiled, "Fair trade."

Sui Ran looked left and right, the three of them were looking forward to it, and Huai An actually seemed very interested.

"There's nothing to say."

Sui Ran rubbed her sweaty forehead, the plum liqueur didn't stick to her head, she didn't have much energy, but she couldn't stop sweating when she was watched by three pairs of eyes.

"In order to start a business, my sister has found two consulting agencies. The first one said one-stop service, but it took nearly half a year for the registration alone. It was very difficult to find a venue for the second one. Senior sister The money I saved over the years was almost spent, and nothing was done.”

As the weather got colder and colder, the senior sister's heart became colder and colder. Later, the small team drank until late at night. She complained about the society, saying that the first lesson the society taught her made her suspect that everything she encountered in the future would be For such a person, she might as well go home and sell peaches.

Sui Ran paused and changed to another cup to drink water.

Rui Lan asked impatiently: "And then?"

Sui Ran drank half of the water, and then said: "Then the senior sister came home to inherit the family business as soon as she graduated. Her family has an orchard of more than 8000 mu in her hometown. It just caught up with the trend of online businesses, and they are doing very well in the local area."

As she spoke, she searched the name of her senior on the Internet, and said "Oh".

"Last year, he was an outstanding young entrepreneur in the city."

I don't know when the windows were closed upstairs, and only the gurgling water can be heard outside.

The dining table was silent for a while, Sang Enyue and Rui Lan looked at each other, and they laughed together.

Sui Ran vaguely heard a little breath in his ear, but it was covered by the other side.

Sang Enyue called up the QR code of her mobile phone, and put it under Rui Lan's eyelids with a "slap", "I won, I'm willing to bet and admit defeat, Xiao Lan."

"I didn't say I wanted to gamble." Rui Lan tightly covered her phone, "No."

Sui Ran suspected that Meizi had picked up his energy after drinking, and his mind was shrouded in fog, and he couldn't figure out what the two opposite were doing.

Afterwards, Huai An's question diverted her attention from the other side, "So, you chose this line?"

Sui Ran hesitated, "Yes."

Ordinary people know that she chose this career because her senior sister failed to start a business, so they would not ask further questions, and Sui Ran rarely talked about the details and follow-up.

Honestly, not much.

The senior was two years older than her, and she did errands for the senior for half a year. Except that the small team got drunk before the breakup, and the senior hugged her and cried, she didn't have much in-depth communication.

However, in those years there was a movie about the Butterfly Effect that was very popular on campus. Sui Ran liked it very much and watched it several times.

As a result of her later regrets, she couldn't help thinking: Everything is difficult at the beginning. If the senior sister met a responsible intermediary agency at that time and things went smoothly, would the senior sister's entrepreneurial journey go longer and more smoothly? Far?

Because of this, two years later, before graduation, Sui Ran temporarily decided to give up his career in this major, and then devoted himself to the current line of work.

In the final analysis, there is no necessary connection between the senior sister's entrepreneurial failure and her change of career, and the forceful connection is lacking.

But sometimes it is an inconspicuous opportunity that prompts people to make changes, and then affects a long period of life trajectory.

A gust of night wind blows, Sui Ran shudders, suddenly regains consciousness, pats his forehead, and looks away from Huai'an's eyes.

——She really can't touch alcohol, even if it's an alcoholic drink.

The "gamble, don't gamble" debate on the other side ended with Rui Lan scanning the QR code to transfer money, and her boss put away her phone unhappily, "Okay, it's time for Sister Enyue."

Huaian stood up at this moment, "I'm going to the bathroom."

Sui Ran was afraid that she would pay the bill quietly again, so she went to the waiter to settle the bill first, and told the counter that the subsequent consumption would also be counted by her.

Hearing this, he didn't take it to heart, and went with Mr. Huai.

Sang Enyue, who received the red envelope, was satisfied, and after Rui Lan reminded her, she continued what she just said:

"Xiao Sui seemed to have just come to ask her to send some documents, but Xiao Sui, you were outside and I was inside, so we didn't meet."

"After she came back, she took Xiao Sui as an example, saying that a seemingly insignificant change at the decision-making level actually had a great impact on the relevant personnel. The old supplier has cooperated with NIP for ten years. If NIP is lost, there may be no future If we continue to do so, hundreds or even thousands of people will face the crisis of unemployment.”

"She said that she came and went to high-rise buildings all day long, and wandered around the so-called upper class in bright clothes. When she returned to the office and looked at the data on the screen, it was difficult to think of the costs and profits behind those costs. The work of many people."

"Anyway, what happened that day touched her a lot. She decided to report the incident of James in her office to the headquarters. I persuaded her to come."

Hearing this, Sui Ran laughed in her heart: Isn't this the same as using her senior sister as a cover, Huai'an's resignation has half a cent to do with her?

"Oh yes." Sang Enyue crossed one leg on the chair, turned to face Rui Lan, and asked, "There's a mug in Huai'an, the little elephant one, blue one, remember?"

Rui Lan flicked the glass next to her hand, "How can I not remember, she is so precious about that glass."

Sang Enyue said: "I advised her not to act impulsively. She was not that generous at first, but the front desk gave her this cup. I don't know where she got it, so I insisted on reporting it."

……

cup.

Sui Ran shrank into the wicker chair, trying to shrink deeper.

She remembered.

It seems that she...unfortunately caught up with the dispute between Huaian and James?

At that time, the NIP project was in the final stage, and the front desk knew her very well, and they usually let her in when they sent the documents, and that day was no exception.

She was about to knock on the door of the Huai'an office when she suddenly heard the sound of cups and saucers being overturned inside, as well as a loud and rough male voice.

She quietly retreated to the front desk, and sent a message to Huai'an every two or three minutes, saying that she had arrived at the door.

Huaian asked her to go to the office.

The two exchanged documents outside the door.

Huai'an has always been impeccable and exquisite, and he can be said to be the person Sui Ran has seen in real life that most fits the definition of an elite, but that day was uncharacteristically, his aura was obviously more depressed than usual, and a little water stains could be faintly seen on the rolled up sleeves of his shirt.

Sui Ran felt strange and felt that it had nothing to do with her, so she pretended nothing happened, and left after delivering the documents.

But when I went downstairs and passed a gift shop, I saw the lively little elephant through the window, so I bought it and sent it to the front desk of NIP for help.

Did not wash.

"...Not long after this incident, Huaian resigned first, and I happened to be on maternity leave, so I also resigned later."

The story has come to an end here, Sui Ran is still immersed in the mug horror, might as well let a voice fall on his head:

"Later, Manager Sui also resigned."

The author has something to say: Guess that the senior sister and Ranran are like this or that... / stretching claws

Thanks to the boss who voted for Sham Shui: Jiang Lansheng 1;

Thanks to the boss who cast the rocket: Biscuit Bar, Sunshine is not a teenager. 2;

Thanks to the boss who threw the grenade: Xin, a baboon was abolished;

Thanks to the bosses who cast mines: Virus, myth, Crooked Fossil, 45184131, Arthur Ase, Ah Ze Jiu Jiu Jiu, YA, Chang'an Returning Home, Crab Claw, Hello Meng Meiqi, 38862306 1 small plane;

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