After deciding on the restaurant for the welcome dinner, Dai Sha pulled Huang Zhenzhen away. Xu Zixi, on the other hand, summoned the members of the design team for a short meeting regarding the physical model.
"Everyone, Investor Mr. Yan has only given us five days. So we must hurry up and finish making the model. I made a few minor adjustments to the design drawings last night. Now I'll assign tasks to each of you."
At the mention of "Mr. Yan", Zhou Yaru couldn't help but sit up straight. Eh? Is Mr. Yan finally back from Fengcheng? Great! These days, watching President Pei trying every means to give gifts to Yuan Xi almost drove her crazy.
"Zhou Yaru and Ding Zhe, you're in charge of this part; Su Lan and Lin Zhixing, you'll handle this part..."
"As for Cui Jiandong, since you've just returned, considering your health, you don't need to participate for now. Spend these five days getting familiar with the work you've missed. If the model passes the test smoothly after five days, the official construction will start. At that time, I'll need your help."
Cui Jiandong nodded seriously. "Okay, Manager Yuan."
After assigning the tasks, Xu Zixi discussed the details with everyone. Completely absorbed in her work, she had no idea what was going on outside.
Wei Shu stood outside an empty office, directing several bodyguards opposite him. "Hurry up and clean it thoroughly. Make sure there's no strange smell in this office. You know Third Master's habits. If you fail to satisfy Third Master, don't blame me for docking your salary this month."
Bodyguard A Biao, wearing an apron printed with sunflowers, rolled up his sleeves and was meticulously cleaning every corner of the office with detergent and a rag.
A Wei and A Meng worked together to replace all the desks, sofas, coffee tables, and chairs in the room with models that had rounded edges, in case these sharp edges would pose a threat to their Third Master's safety.
The commotion here was quite high - profile, and it didn't take long to attract many onlookers.
"What's going on?"
"Is there going to be another high - level executive parachuting into our company?"
"But I haven't heard anything from the HR department."
"The office next door belongs to Yuan Xi, right?"
"I remember. That person seems to be the assistant of Investor Mr. Yan of the Bay Project!"
"Mr. Yan is a major shareholder of Pei's now. Don't call him wrong."
"Does that mean Mr. Yan, this major shareholder, is coming to work at Pei's?"
What? Mr. Yan is coming to work at Pei's?
This news quickly spread throughout Pei's, causing the female employees of Pei's to scream in a collective frenzy. No one could forget the day of the final of the Bay Project design competition when Mr. Yan appeared on the scene like a god. And no one could forget the heroic moment when Mr. Yan threw Miss Pei out of Pei's! Mr. Yan had completely surpassed Young Master Pei and had become the most desirable male god that the female employees of Pei's wanted to marry and flirt with!
The excited crowd completely ignored the fact that Mr. Yan's office was located next to Yuan Xi's.
A woman with big yellow curly hair squeezed through the onlookers, stepped forward with a beaming smile, and said to Wei Shu, "Hi, I remember you're Assistant Wei beside Mr. Yan. Hello, I'm Yao Fei, the team leader of the secretary group of Pei's. Are you preparing an office for Mr. Yan? Do you need my help?"
Wei Shu didn't even glance at her and shouted inside, "A Biao, are you blind? Can't you see there's some trash on your left? Hurry up and clean it up."
Yao Fei, standing on Wei Shu's left: "..." Why does she feel like she's been insulted?
She persisted. "Women are more meticulous when it comes to cleaning. How about I do it?"
Only then did Wei Shu seem to notice her. He said to her, "Thanks, no need. Our Third Master doesn't like anyone to enter his office casually, especially women."
Yao Fei's little scheme was exposed in public, which drew a burst of laughter. But since she could become the team leader of the secretary group, she must have a thick skin. She tucked her hair behind her ear, winked at Wei Shu, and said, "If there's anything else I can help with, Assistant Wei, feel free to ask. Here's my business card."
After saying that, she stuffed a business card into Wei Shu's upper - pocket and left with a sway of her hips.
In the president's office, Yan Yincheng was sitting on the sofa, crossing his legs and sipping water calmly.
"I've read Pei's financial reports for the past six months and found that the losses in the past six months have been quite serious, exceeding those of the same period last year. To protect my interests, I've decided to exercise my supervision rights as a major shareholder. Starting today, I'll punch in and out of work on time like every ordinary employee so that I can have a deeper understanding of the company's various situations and turn the losses around as soon as possible. Pei Mingyuan, I'm sure you have no objections, right?"
Pei Mingyuan had sat by the sea all night. He rushed home to change his clothes and then came to work. He didn't even have time to shave his beard. Compared with Yan Yincheng, who also hadn't slept all night but was beaming, Pei Mingyuan was like night and day.
Hearing from Yan Yincheng that he was coming to work at Pei's and occupying the office next to Xu Zixi so domineeringly, with such a high - sounding reason that he couldn't refuse, Pei Mingyuan felt powerless and indignant.
It sounded so nice, exercising the supervision rights of a major shareholder. He wasn't stupid. He knew exactly why Yan was here. Using the losses as an excuse? The main industry under Pei's was hospitals, and shopping malls came second. The passenger flow and revenue of the shopping malls were directly affected by the overall economic efficiency of Haicheng and the peak and off - peak tourist seasons. As for the hospitals, there was no need to mention. The number of patients would increase or decrease due to seasonal epidemics, but overall, it was still stable.
Moreover, they had the Bay Reconstruction Project. Once the project was completed, Pei's would have an additional tourism industry, and revenue wouldn't be a problem at all. That guy Yan was just looking for trouble.
Pei Mingyuan said expressionlessly, "You're the major shareholder. You have the final say."
Yan Yincheng was quite satisfied with his compliance.
"Good. Since that's the case, let's talk about these losses. There are five losses in the financial reports. The first one is the Haicheng Shopping Center... The second one is the Third Hospital in the north of the city..."
Yan Yincheng mercilessly pointed out the problems in the financial reports one by one. Pei Mingyuan didn't take it seriously at first. After all, at the recent shareholders' meeting, he had heard the shareholders discuss these issues, and at that time, everyone thought the losses were within the normal and acceptable range.
But as he listened to Yan Yincheng analyze these losses from another perspective, cold sweat gradually broke out on Pei Mingyuan's forehead, and he became terrified.
For example, in the Haicheng Commercial Shopping Center, there were disputes between customers and merchants due to food problems at different times, in different months, and among different merchants. And the handling methods of these merchants were not very good, which made customers feel that the stores were bullying them. Eventually, it indirectly affected the passenger flow during the peak dining hours of the entire mall.
Secondly, in several hospitals under Pei's, there were doctor - patient disputes due to the attitude of doctors at different times, in different months, and at different locations. Eventually, the reputation of the hospitals declined slightly, which affected the patient - visit rate.
Since these losses didn't occur at the same time, they seemed to be unrelated on the surface. But if you connected them carefully, you would find that these "accidents" were on the rise. From one incident a month at the beginning, it had increased to four incidents a month last month.
Even the slow - witted Pei Mingyuan understood what was going on.
"Do you mean, Third Master, that someone is playing dirty tricks behind our backs to bring down Pei's?"