Chapter 219: Twisted
Chapter 219: Twisted
After New Year's Day, it is the company's busiest season. Fengfan MP4 is produced overtime in the workshop and distributed in batches to downstream dealers.
05 was the most important year for the development of MP4. After a year of development, Sailing Technology had begun to take shape and could handle large-scale shipments without any problems.
Xu Mingyuan entrusted Tao Changming's company to do the year-end audit of Sailing Technology. He was a shareholder, and the two companies had no interest in each other, so he was more suitable for this job.
What Xu Mingyuan is most concerned about is advertising fees, which account for nearly half of the operating costs. Any slight manipulation would result in a loss of millions.
However, since start-up companies are still in their growth phase, no one dares to touch them. At most, they can subsidize a little money for the employee cafeteria and office supplies.
This type of cashier fees are actually personal benefits ceded by the company. As long as it is not too excessive, Xu Mingyuan will acquiesce to this rule.
There is no trouble with the classmate network. The studio structure is very simple. All you need to do is pay enough to have someone maintain it.
Xu Mingyuan just went to Jiangcheng for a few rounds and didn't care about it anymore.
This is the biggest benefit of delegating power. Everyone is busy at the end of the year. In order not to make trouble and hinder their work, Xu Mingyuan is actually the most idle person.
Tao Shuxin is extremely lazy. Since the holiday, she wants to sleep until she wakes up naturally every day.
But Teacher He would not let her do whatever she wants. Tao Shuxin still wants to sleep in? Don't dream. If you don't get up at 8 o'clock, the quilt will fly up.
At this time, Tao Shuxin would wash her face and run out, sometimes going to play with her little sisters, and sometimes asking Xu Mingyuan to accompany her to the driving school to practice driving.
The driving school is the real society. Tao Changming, with the title of chairman of the board of directors of Nanhua Chemical Group, is still very intimidating.
As his daughter, Tao Shuxin accidentally revealed her father's identity, which immediately attracted the flattery of people around her.
It was Tao Shuxin's first time to be complimented, and she was quite proud of it and secretly felt happy.
At that time, the driving school had a very bad atmosphere. If you didn't give the instructor two boxes of cigarettes, you couldn't even touch the steering wheel. But after learning that Tao Shuxin was Tao Changming's daughter, the driving school owner came to greet her several times. If you want to practice driving, there is always a car waiting.
Tao Shuxin just doesn't know much about the ways of the world, but she's not really stupid. She puts on an attitude of "I'm just getting along with everyone as an ordinary person and I don't want any special treatment" because she doesn't want to cause trouble for her old father.
Every time Xu Mingyuan saw her pretentious little expression, he couldn't help laughing.
This caused Tao Shuxin to secretly poke his waist behind his back, and asked him angrily what he did wrong and whether he was too deliberate.
In fact, Tao Shuxin was fine, just a little unnatural, and it was easy for adults to see her embarrassment. But she was a rich girl, so no one would say anything.
"Oh, your lousy car is really hard to drive. It's not as good as the car in the driving school."
Tao Shuxin complained and frowned as he practiced backing into a parking space.
The C1 driver's license is practiced on a pickup truck. Apart from the unstable steering wheel and unusual engine noise, there are no other shortcomings. It is actually quite easy to drive slowly at idle speed.
"It's because you're short."
"You're talking nonsense! How am I short? I'm 1.7 meters tall with shoes on!"
Tao Shuxin was immediately unhappy.
"That's because your heels are high." Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.
"You're talking nonsense! Open your eyes and take a good look at the flat cotton shoes I'm wearing!"
Tao Shuxin slammed the brakes on the idling A6 and angrily wanted to strangle him, forcing him to admit that it was the car's problem.
After playing around for a while, Xu Mingyuan asked, "Do you want to buy an off-road vehicle? That vehicle has a good view."
"No, it's ugly." Tao Shuxin looked at it with disdain, then turned around and said, "You don't want to buy an off-road vehicle, do you? I heard that people like you like to drive an off-road vehicle in the snow in groups of three or five, right?"
"What do you mean by someone like me? It's just a form of entertainment, and it doesn't affect anyone else." Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.
The little girl guessed correctly, it turns out that he really likes doing this.
"How dangerous! What if I fall down the mountain?"
Tao Shuxin squinted her eyes and looked at him. He was not a martial arts master. What if he got hurt one day?
"I'm not in the mood. I've long disliked driving." Xu Mingyuan said casually.
"You are such a weird person. You don't even like driving." Tao Shuxin said with a pout.
"As long as you like it, I wish you could be happy all day long."
Xu Mingyuan had long been fed up with running back and forth between Nanxijiang City. It was not appropriate for him to hire a driver now, otherwise he would have let go long ago.
As always, Tao Shuxin likes the Beetle model the most, thinking it looks like a carriage in a fairy tale. She and her parents have agreed to go and look at the car after passing the driving test.
Xu Mingyuan didn't think there was any resemblance, he just admired Tao Shuxin's wild imagination. Not only was the shabby car crowded to sit in, it was also drifting when driving and was not suitable for highway driving.
But it was nice to have a cute girl driving the car, and Xu Mingyuan didn't ask for a bicycle.
"You can go take your driver's license test, right? The traffic police will be on holiday in a few days."
Although Xu Mingyuan's purpose was not pure and he wanted to train a good driver, he was a little bored of accompanying Tao Shuxin to the driving school all day.
"Let's go next week. I've planned everything. I'll take the second test before the New Year, and the third and fourth tests after the New Year. Then I can get my driver's license when school starts."
Tao Shuxin shook his head and looked very proud.
I'm a girl of this age now, and I don't want to spend my vacation time visiting relatives.
I just took the opportunity of taking the driver's license test to have fun in Xu Mingyuan, go shopping and eat with my sisters, it was so beautiful. "What if you don't pass the test?"
"You're such a badass, how could I fail the exam when I'm so smart?"
Although Tao Shuxin said this, his body was very honest and he went to practice pickup truck driving again.
Xu Mingyuan had a very comfortable time during these days of vacation. He often accompanied Tao Shuxin to practice driving, occasionally accompanied her and her sisters to go out for a walk, and also had dinner with his high school classmates.
The rest of the time, I just stay at home and watch Xiao Yangzhi ride the exercise bike to rest my eyes.
The life of feasting and revelry in the past made Xu Mingyuan like to rest alone and think about the future direction.
Perhaps influenced by little Yangzhi, Xu Mingyuan's mood is completely different now. He prefers to have some liveliness at home so that he feels his life is fulfilling.
It is about to enter the Great Cold, and it has been extremely cold these days. It starts to get dark at five o'clock in the afternoon. Seeing that Tao Shuxin was still in high spirits, Xu Mingyuan had to continue to accompany her to run laps around the driving school.
Tao Shuxin would spend half a day on the steering wheel every day. Her father would also guide her when he had time. Now her driving skills were very proficient and she had no problem taking the road test. Now she could shift gears and turn by herself without Xu Mingyuan's guidance.
The little girl looks silly, but she can learn anything quickly, unlike little Yangzhi, who needs to worry about every aspect of life.
While I was chatting with Xu Mingyuan, the phone rang.
Yang Zhi knew that his work phone had a ringtone, so he rarely made daily calls during the holidays. He would call his work phone whenever he had time, and Xu Mingyuan would answer the call when he saw him.
"Hey, what's going on?"
"Brother, are you coming back soon?"
Yang Zhi's crisp and light voice came from the receiver.
"Well, I'll be back in a bit. Will you come out for dinner?"
"It's cold outside..."
Yang Zhi seldom said things clearly, she would only make small requests, hinting that she didn't want to go out.
"Then take it home and eat it. Do you also want to eat steamed egg with minced meat?"
Xu Mingyuan had long been accustomed to the way she communicated with him. Since he couldn't change her, he had to change himself.
"It's all right, brother. Can you go to the supermarket when you come back? We're short of something at home..."
"Tsk, are you hibernating at home? Now you don't even go to the supermarket?" Xu Mingyuan said in silence.
"No, no, I'll go right away..."
Then the sound of clothes being put on was heard.
"Okay, it's worth the trip. What's missing at home? I'll get it when I get back."
"I don't lack anything, it's just that... um..."
"What are you dawdling about? Hurry up and tell me."
After hearing her fail to speak clearly for a long time, Xu Mingyuan urged.
"Oh... Brother, if you pass by the Baccarat Supermarket in the community, go to the second row of shelves in the daily necessities area and help me get a pack of gaskets..."
"I see. Which brand do you want?" Xu Mingyuan said casually.
"Any brand will do..." Yang Zhi said in a low voice.
Tao Shuxin, who was driving nearby, turned on the turn signal and turned the corner. When she heard the hesitant voice from the other side, she simply stopped and asked, "What does your sister want to buy?"
"She has her period and asked me to bring a pack of sanitary pads back." Xu Mingyuan said casually.
Xu Mingyuan's voice was very loud, so Yang Zhi on the other end of the phone naturally heard it. She didn't expect him to say it so openly, and her little face suddenly turned the color of liver.
"Oh oh oh."
Tao Shuxin was teased by Xu Mingyuan many times, but she didn't care. Instead, she grabbed the phone and started chatting with Xiao Yangzhi.
The space inside the car was small and the windows were closed. Although Tao Shuxin covered her phone and spoke softly, Xu Mingyuan still heard it clearly.
"Is it a lot? Not much, you can use a thin one..."
This made Xu Mingyuan a little speechless. After being stuck in the car for a long time, he simply opened the door to let out some fresh air.
After a long while, Tao Shuxin opened the door of the cab, told Xu Mingyuan the make and type of car, and asked him to take her home.
After staying downstairs of the little girl's house for more than ten minutes, nearly an hour later, Xu Mingyuan brought the food and the sanitary pads that Xiao Yangzhi needed and handed them to her.
Yang Zhi took it calmly, but she felt upset inside. She shouldn't have mentioned this matter when Tao Shuxin was still with her brother.
A little bit uncomfortable...
(End of this chapter)