Rebirth: My dad is too obedient

Chapter 488: Cooperate with the Olympics?

Nie Fei arranged a team dinner in the evening at an American restaurant near the company.

Steak, hamburgers, French fries, fried chicken and fish...you can also drink beer and watch a band performance.

Everyone has raised their glasses to celebrate several times. After all, there are many reasons to have dinner tonight.

The beginning of the year is full of good omens, so "Mr. Xu" is naturally very happy.

There are quite a lot of people here today. In addition to the existing team members and interns, there are two new colleagues joining us.

The new HR sister Tang Mo is gentle and calm, which is the opposite of the powerful sister Fei.

She greeted everyone and actually memorized every colleague's name.

It is indeed kind and thoughtful.

Another new colleague is Ruan Zihao, a young man in finance, who is a little reserved and shy in front of others.

In order to verify his drinking capacity, Xu Chen placed a few bottles of beer in front of him.

When Ruan Zihao introduced himself as a newcomer, he had already finished a bottle of beer, which also attracted a round of applause...

Su Rong did become a little more reserved when she met strangers, but after drinking half a glass of beer and filling her mouth with steak, she soon became active again.

Wu Feifei is still cheerful and optimistic, talking and laughing with everyone.

Everyone also likes this cheerful and smiling "Miss Wu". When she is around, there is always laughter and the atmosphere is harmonious...

Sun Aimi, Gu Xinxin and Tang Xiaowei were whispering together. Xu Chen leaned over to listen to a few words and found out that they were talking about the follow-up work arrangements of "Red Star Erguotou".

Xu Chen was also speechless and interrupted jokingly:
"Let's not talk about work when we're out having fun..."

Miss Nana sat aside with a sweet smile, holding a bottle of beer in her hand, but she didn't drink much.

The gentle and beautiful Nana is very popular in the company. Several boys wanted to get close to her, but were stopped by Sister Fei.

Jiang Yuze and Sun Lingfeng from the "Ranbing" team have been under tremendous pressure recently. The sales of "Ranbing 001" have finally passed a big hurdle, and the two brothers are about to cry while hugging each other.

Nie Fei took a bottle of beer and toasted the pair of "brothers".

……

Xu Chen had just been toasted by a group of subordinates and was now feeling dizzy.

He leaned on the sofa beside him, flipping through his phone, and couldn't help looking at Brother Bing's news and photos today.

By this calculation, Brother Bing has been in the sports circle for almost exactly one year.

It was also in March of last year that Xu Chen pulled Xie Bingran, who was expelled from No. 3 Middle School, to the selection competition for the city sports games, which started Bingge's road to "emergence out of nowhere".

The past year's events were still vivid in Xu Chen's mind. Perhaps because he had drunk a little bit of wine, he was still filled with emotion.

Xie Bingran finished the game this afternoon and should have flown back to Beijing by now.

Xu Chen had never visited Brother Bing's dormitory in Beijing. Senior Bai Miao said in an interview that she and Brother Bing still lived in the same room. He didn't know if the conditions were good...

……

……

In the blink of an eye, it was already April.

The 5th was Qingming Festival, and Xu Chen asked for leave from his squad leader Min Siyi and flew back home a day in advance.

The locust flowers in the village had indeed bloomed. Xu Zhiquan took two long bamboo poles and took his son to the woods in his hometown village.

Sophora japonica flowers are in full bloom on the branches, with a golden halo in the snow-white color, as if soft clouds are hanging above the forest.

The father and son carried bamboo poles and picked several large bags of fresh locust flowers in a short time.

Xu Chen grabbed a handful and brought it close to his nose to smell. The familiar fragrance was refreshing.

The weather is getting warmer and I start sweating after just a little activity.

Lao Xu sat on a fallen tree trunk and lit a cigarette.

Xu Chen carried a large bag of locust flowers and sat down next to his father.

A gentle breeze blew through the forest, and the branches and leaves swayed gently, making a pleasant "rustling" sound, and the wind was also mixed with a faint floral scent.

Lao Xu exhaled a puff of white smoke and said:
“This piece of forest was originally going to be cut down to build a house.

But I talked to the village and spent some money, so I can still come here to pick the flowers every year."

Xu Chen: "Boss Xu is really domineering. It must have cost a lot to book this movie, right?"

Xu Zhiquan smiled and said, "It's not much money.

I built roads for the village and donated some money to the primary school. They took my requests to the village committee seriously.

The main thing is this forest, which has been there since my dad was a kid, and it’s painful to cut it down now.”

Xu Chen said nothing and handed his father a bottle of water.

Xu Zhiquan took it and looked up at the swaying branches of the locust tree:
“When your mother was pregnant with you, I took her wandering in this woods.

You have grown up so fast."

As he said this, he stretched out his big hand again and touched his son's head.

……

The next morning, when Xu Chen got up, Lao Xu was already busy in the kitchen.

I am preparing the locust flower and meat filling.

Xu Chen washed his hands and came over to help.

The father and son worked for more than two hours and made several large plates of dumplings.

I cooked a small pot first, and Xu Chen ate it happily while dipping it in aged vinegar.

"Xie Bingran also likes to eat this!" Xu Chen said with a smile.

"Then when you leave, pack some extra and freeze them for you to take with you."

Xu Chen: "I'll just bring some locust flowers with me, freeze them and bring them with me. Then I can make dumplings there."

Xu Zhiquan thought for a moment and said, "Ran Ran is still in the capital, right?

Then wait two days. She will be back soon and I will pick some fresh locust flowers and send them to you.

The locust flowers in the forest will continue to bloom for some time."

Xu Chen: "Okay, thank you, Dad!"

……

During the morning, Lao Xu prepared a proper meal and drove to the cemetery.

Of course, it was to pay tribute to Xu Chen's mother.

After Xu Chen finished paying homage, he returned to the car. Old Xu stayed alone in front of the grave and smoked for a long time.

Xu Chen has almost no memory of his mother as she passed away too early.

At that time, Lao Xu was still poor and he didn’t even have a proper photo taken for his wedding.

Xu Chen also has only one photo with his mother, which was taken when he was one month old.

The woman with a happy smile in the photo felt both familiar and unfamiliar to Xu Chen.

I watched it many times when I was a child and had countless imaginations about my mother.

As I grew up, those childhood imaginations became increasingly vague, but I could only try to piece them together and imagine them from my father's few words.

After paying tribute to his mother, he also went to pay his respects to Xu Chen’s grandparents’ graves.

Some tribute fruits were placed in front of the tomb.

Xu Zhiquan glanced at it and whispered:
"I didn't expect the third brother to come back secretly to visit the grave."

……

During dinner, Xu Zhiquan turned on the TV with a smile. Xu Chen felt puzzled, and when he saw the latest advertisement of "Morning Breeze Power", he couldn't help but take out his phone and took a few photos.

The advertisement on Wenzhou TV was naturally arranged by Lao Xu and Guo Liang.

Xu Chen joked:

"I look forward to our advertisement being featured on CCTV-1 soon."

Old Xu straightened his face, put a cigarette in his mouth and said:

“I really have this plan…

But we have to wait until we have conquered the northern market and started to expand into the southern market.”

Xu Chen gave Lao Xu a thumbs up:

"Mr. Xu is very generous!"

Mr. Xu lit a cigarette, crossed his legs on the sofa and said:

"Ran Ran is going to participate in the Olympics, right?"

Xu Chen was stunned: "Dad, what are you planning?"

Xu Zhiquan: "Do you think our Morning Breeze electric car company has a chance to cooperate with the Olympic Games?"

Xu Chen was stunned for a moment, then took a breath of cold air:
"Don't say that... Don't say that..."

Old Xu's reminder actually went ahead of Xu Chen.

We should really ask Director Li Yue about this matter. He should have acquaintances and scarce resources that are not accessible to outsiders.

It is probably impossible to get a title like "Official Partner of the Olympic Games", but it might be possible to get something like "Official Designated Electric Vehicle of the Olympic Committee".

Xu Chen thought about it and said:

"Dad, you're so good at reminding me!
I take responsibility for this matter. I will find a chance to talk to Director Li Yue of the General Administration of Sports to see if there is any possibility. "

He paused:

"If we can really cooperate with the Olympic Games, it will have a great positive impact on the recognition and sales of Morningwind electric vehicles across the country.

The most important thing is that it can be combined with Xie Bingran's enthusiasm for the Olympic Games."

In fact, Xu Chen had considered cooperating with the Olympics for "Ranbing Sports" last year.

For this purpose, I even specifically asked Director Li Yue for his opinion.

Director Li Yue’s feedback at the time was, “It’s almost impossible.”

After all, the Olympics is a sporting event that attracts worldwide attention. Several major global sports brands have already penetrated every corner and have completely locked up business resources two or three years in advance.

Now if "Ranbing Sports" wants to get involved, firstly, the business investment required will be huge, and secondly, it is too late in time.

But "Morning Breeze Electric Vehicle" may really have a chance.

After all, "Morning Breeze Technology" is not a sports brand, and the competition for business resources is not that fierce.

There should be a chance to get one that is labeled as "Olympic Village designated electric car" or "Official Olympic Committee cooperation electric car".

And Xu Chen estimated that the cost would not be too exaggerated...

In addition, Xu Chen also began to think about "Ranbing Sports".

Although there can’t be any official or semi-official cooperation in the Olympics, we can certainly take advantage of the popularity of the Olympics.

You can discuss this requirement with Nie Fei, Jiang Yuze and Sun Lingfeng first and let them make a plan first.

Although there is still more than a year to go, considering the enthusiasm for the Olympic Games, it is estimated that we will have to start working on it soon.

This is a big deal. I have to organize a project meeting as soon as I get back to Shanghai.

……

Lao Xu thought of something again, took a puff of his cigarette and asked with a smile:
"Ran Ran won the gold medal in the Asian Games. What place is he expected to get in the Olympics?"

Xu Chen: "This... I really can't say for sure."

In the memory of the previous life, Xie Bingran won the gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games.

But that was also Brother Bing’s best result before he retired in his previous life.

In his previous life, Xie Bingran also participated in the 2012 Olympics, but in Xu Chen's vague memory, Brother Bingran did not win a medal at that time.

Now Xie Bingran's timeline has been changed by Xu Chen, and he won the Asian Games gold medal 4 years ahead of schedule.

So Xu Chen really has no idea what kind of results Bing Ge will be able to achieve in next year's Olympics.

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Xu Chen took one more day off and stayed in Tiancheng for another day.

Old Xu was still very busy, so Xu Chen followed him to the park for a meeting.

Guo Liang was on a business trip with his team, but he made a conference call with Xu Zhiquan to discuss the current situation and next plans.

Xu Chen went to listen and it seemed to be going very smoothly.

Currently, Chenfeng Electric Vehicles has reached a formal cooperation with "Datuo Car Dealership", and batches of Chenfeng vehicles are being delivered to "Datuo Car Dealerships" in various parts of the north.

Of course, the current inventory of vehicles is limited, and we will only focus on covering a few core cities first.

The two main core cities in the first phase are still Shimen City and Langshi in Hebei Province.

Among them, Shimen City is the headquarters of "Datuo", and it is more convenient to coordinate various resources.

Langshi is located between Beijing and Tianjin, and is considered a fortress-like market stronghold.

Taking over Langshi is of great significance.

Once the entire Wen and Hebei provinces are almost covered, the next focus of the attack will be Henan Province in the north.

Henan Province is a populous province, but the current penetration rate of electric vehicles is still relatively low compared with Hebei Province and Wenzhou Province. It can be said to be a high-quality market with blue ocean characteristics.

The promotion of Chenfeng electric vehicles in Henan Province can be combined with the promotion of "Dato Auto" stores in Henan Province. With the combined efforts of the two, it can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

At "Datuo Car Dealership", this cooperation was promoted from top to bottom by Chairman Jiang Huaqin, so there were no obstacles within their organization.

There was still some obstruction from the outside world, including from two competing electric car manufacturers, Aibang and Shenbiao.

But these are all harmless little actions that cannot change any overall situation and can be ignored.

Jiang Huaqin has been working in the entire north for many years and has strong personal connections in several major provinces. The persons in charge of "Dato" in various regions are also "local tyrants". Therefore, after "Chenfeng" cooperated with "Dato", some small troubles could not be caused at all.

As for the other channel that they want to deal with, "Aixing Auto Dealership", the other party is still waiting and watching.

Previously, Xu Zhiquan arranged for Guo Liang to take the initiative to visit and seek cooperation, but now he is not in a hurry at all.

Firstly, we have already signed a contract with "Datuo". Even if "Aixing" takes the initiative to come to us for cooperation, "Chenfeng" does not have any extra electric vehicles to supply.

On the other hand, once the sales of "Da Tuo" increase, "Ai Xing" will most likely come to us on its own initiative.

"Morning Breeze" cars have good sales, but their car dealership is out of stock, so "Aixing" will inevitably take the initiative to seek cooperation.

After hanging up the phone with Guo Liang, only the father and son were left in the meeting room.

Xu Chen was still somewhat curious about the affairs of Jiang Huaqin, the boss of "Da Tuo", and couldn't help but ask:

"Jiang Huaqin wants to smooth over the relationship with the Beijing State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission through Meng Huiyang. What exactly is going on?

He is cooperating with us almost without reservation, which means that the favor we are doing is not a small one, right? "

Xu Zhiquan smoked a cigarette, pondered for a moment and said:

"This is really a secret of Boss Jiang's past.

He naturally wouldn't mention it to me, but Guo Liang still asked for some information and was able to guess what was going on. "

Old Xu didn't explain it very clearly, but Xu Chen roughly figured out what was going on...

(End of this chapter)