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Chapter 31
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Lu Chi and Han Jianqing sat at the last table of four.
"President Xia, if you don't mind sitting at our table?" Han Jianqing smiled and greeted him politely.
Xia Xingchuan didn't know if he heard what he meant, but he said with a happy face: "Then I won't be polite." After speaking, he sat down next to Lu Chi.
Han Jianqing's face changed. He just wanted to be polite. He thought Xia Xingchuan could understand, but he didn't expect him to be so ignorant.He asked Lu Chi out today and wanted to talk to him about the cold chain, but now that Xia Xingchuan, Lu Chi's current partner, was present, let alone Lu Chi admitted that he liked Xia Xingchuan in front of him, he had no choice but to hold back.
Lu Chi raised his buttocks and moved inside, Xia Xingchuan sat down and asked, "Would you like to disturb your discussion?"
Before Han Jianqing could speak, Lu Chi said, "It's okay, just have a meal."
Hearing this, Han Jianqing couldn't help but glared at Lu Chi - a little guy who eats inside and outside, knows how to cheat his teammates.
It was a foregone conclusion to eat together, Han Jianqing had no choice but to lower his head and continue ordering. After finishing ordering what he and Lu Chi used to like, he handed the menu directly to Xia Xingchuan.
Xia Xingchuan looked at Lu Chi: "You order first."
Lu Chi waved his hand, and Han Jianqing said, "No, I'll order whatever he likes, and Mr. Xia can just order what he wants."
"Oh...so that's how it is." Xia Xingchuan glanced at Han Jianqing, Han Jianqing's face was pale, Xia Xingchuan was a little apprehensive, he seemed to understand why Han Jianqing was hostile to him before.
Lu Chi leaned over and said, "Didn't I tell you before that I don't like to order food?"
So all the ordering is handed over to Faxiao?Xia Xingchuan glanced at him, Lu Chi didn't notice it at all, he didn't feel that he and him were about to start a war.
Xia Xingchuan nodded, noncommittal, he lowered his eyebrows, picked up a few more expensive dishes, and handed them to the waiter: "All the dishes you ordered are a bit expensive, let me treat you to this meal."
Although I don't know how Lu Chi's financial situation is, Mr. Xia believes that he won't lose on this point, and he will make a move when it is time to do so.
Han Jianqing raised his eyebrows high, feeling that he was being provoked.
"How can I do that," Lu Chi said first, "Han Jianqing said today that he invited me to dinner, it's just a meal, and it's not like he can't afford it."
——This person really turns his elbows outward!
Han Jianqing had never seen such a bad teammate.
Today, he really wanted to have a good talk with Lu Chi about the future cooperation, put this matter on the agenda, and he did say that he would invite this meal, but how did he know that Xia Xingchuan would be killed halfway?It's true that he can't afford the meal, but when he thinks of inviting Xia Xingchuan, he always has a lump in his heart.
Xia Xingchuan was different, he looked at Lu Chi, and felt that he was so eager to defend him, and he looked so cute that he didn't want to cost him money.
It's good, it's good to manage the house like this before we're together.
He will not disappoint this heart, but Xia Xingchuan has also invited this meal.
For this meal, Xia Xingchuan paid more attention to the dishes than ever before. Han Jian counted the dishes he and Lu Chi wanted to eat, which showed that he knew exactly what Lu Chi liked to eat. Xia Xingchuan thought he had lost in this part, so Observe Lu Chi's chopsticks more carefully for each dish, so as to determine which dishes he likes to eat.
Their family also has a chain of Yunnan restaurants, if Lu Chi likes it, take him to eat next time, and he will know what to order.
Shredded Chicken Cold Rice Noodles, Charcoal Grilled Lemon Chicken, Charcoal Grilled Pork Belly... Write it down and write it down.
Xia Xingchuan ate this meal as if he was fighting, but he was also very happy. It could be seen that Lu Chi had no extra affection for him other than friendship.
But it was different for him, Lu Chi cared less about him than he did, and chatted more with himself, Xia Xingchuan even felt that his relationship with Lu Chi had grown closer.
After all, the aura between Lu Chi and Fa Xiao was very clearly divided, while that between Lu Chi and him was somewhat blurred.
Xia Xingchuan thought that when he confessed his love to Lu Chi that night, Lu Chi didn't immediately reject him.
Afterwards, the consecutive messages that he put on play made people feel that he cared about him very much.
Coupled with eating together now, Xia Xingchuan almost thought that Lu Chi liked him too.
This kind of thinking couldn't be stopped from the very beginning, Xia Xingchuan couldn't control the smile on his face, which was rare, so he got up and hid in the bathroom secretly for a while.
He calmed down in the bathroom, and when he came back, the other two had almost eaten.
After drinking some tea and sitting for a while, the three of them were satisfied and ready to leave.
Xia Xingchuan thought that his car was still parked a little far away, so he greeted them: "I'll go and bring the car over." Then he went out first.
Lu Chi and Han Jianqing went to the cash register to check out.The cashier looked at the display screen and shook his head at them: "The gentleman who paid for your table has just paid."
The author has something to say: Mr. Xia is really good at it!
No.70 Two Cups of Milk Tea
That day when he broke up with his father, Xia Xingchuan turned around and received a letter of intent from Hangdi Group, expressing his desire to invest.
His father did what he said, and he didn't know why he was crazy. He must make trouble with his son.
Xia Xingchuan didn't want to deal with this matter. After he left that day, his mother quietly called again and said that he would reason with his father. In the end, this is what he wanted to reason with?
Thinking about it makes my brain hurt.
Although I met Lu Chi by chance and had a meal together that day, my mood was a little better, but I still haven't had a good rest in the past few days. Xia Xingchuan rubbed his forehead and sat at the desk, feeling a little depressed.
The internal phone rang, and Xia Xingchuan answered it. It was Qiao Lele at the front desk, and she said, "Mr. Xia, Mr. Lu from Lecha is here."
Road late?Xia Xingchuan looked up at the calendar on the desktop, and it was indeed approaching the final delivery date agreed upon by them.
"Let him in." After Xia Xingchuan ordered, he turned off the phone.
Not long after, Lu Chi knocked on the door, and seeing him look up at him, he opened the door and came in with a bag in his hand.
Xia Xingchuan leaned back in the chair relaxedly: "Done?"
"Well," Lu Chi nodded, and smiled to show his canine teeth, quite satisfied, "I'm sure you're satisfied!"
Seeing him like this, Xia Xingchuan had a rough idea in his heart, nodded and agreed: "Try it."
This time the taste of this product has indeed improved a lot. Xia Xingchuan drank half a glass, nodded, and put it down: "From my point of view, there is no problem, but..."
"I know," Lu Chi replied, "I have to give them a taste, right?"
Xia Xingchuan stood up, took out another cup from the bag, and was about to share it with people outside, then turned to Lu Chi and asked, "Are you coming together? Although I didn't bake any dim sum today."
Lu Chi waved his hand and declined politely: "Farewell, I'll rest for a while, I haven't slept much these days, can you lend me your sofa?" He has been working on this final version for several days I didn't sleep much, and my mother was nagging me to death.
Naturally, Xia Xingchuan would not refuse Lu Chi's request. He nodded, "You can do whatever you want."
Xia Xingchuan turned around and went out. Now it is the end of summer and early autumn, the temperature is still very high. The air conditioner in the company is the central air conditioner. Xia Xingchuan handed the soda water to Tang Zheng and told him to taste it with his colleagues in the department. At the air conditioner switch, the temperature in the president's office was individually adjusted.
He didn't have the habit of resting in the company, so he didn't prepare a blanket for rest in the company. He was afraid that Lu Chi would catch cold, so he had to adjust the temperature first.
After adjusting the temperature, he went back to discuss with the people in the R&D department.
"We generally think that the taste and texture are better this time." Tang Zheng concluded after collecting everyone's opinions.
"Okay, let's develop according to this version." Xia Xingchuan nodded, and since the unanimous vote passed, he made a decision directly.Xia Xingchuan estimated that the publicity and distribution side is already doing it, and it will be released almost after the end of the summer vacation.
"Mr. Lu won't come out?" After the matter was resolved, Tang Zheng felt a lot more relaxed, and he looked in the direction of Xia Xingchuan's office.
Xia Xingchuan also looked in the direction of his gaze: "Le Cha and the others probably didn't take much rest recently to catch up with this. He probably slept inside."
After saying this, Xia Xingchuan seemed to realize something, and his heart moved slightly.
The R&D department has nothing else to do besides this, Xia Xingchuan thought so, and went back to his office lightly.
Lu Chi really fell asleep on the sofa in his office, leaning his head on the armrest, but his feet were still outside the sofa, as if he was worried about having shoes on his feet, and was afraid of soiling the sofa.
A person who is asleep is the most defenseless person.Xia Xingchuan's heart suddenly softened into a mess.
He dimmed the lights in the office, sat back at the desk, looked at the documents for a while, and then couldn't help turning his head to look at the sleeping Lu Chi.
Lu Chi's eyes were faintly black and blue, and he looked very tired even when he was asleep, and Xia Xingchuan felt a little distressed. When he saw someone a few days ago, he was not like this.
Sure enough, these days are still too tired.Xia Xingchuan rested his elbows on the armrest of the office chair, propped his face, and just watched Lu Chi sleep for a long time.
Since the air conditioner in the room was turned up manually by him, Xia Xingchuan felt a little offended after a while, so he took off his coat and covered Lu Chi with it.
It happened that someone knocked on the door outside, and Lu Chi frowned subconsciously in his sleep, as if he was about to wake up.
Xia Xingchuan straightened up, watched Tang Zheng push the door open a crack, and poked his head in: "Mr. Xia, I just received a notice that the batch of soda water machines we ordered before seemed to have an accident at the factory. It can't be delivered."
His voice could not be lowered like Xia Xingchuan's, and the person on the sofa moved.Xia Xingchuan made a decisive decision, walked to the door in two or three steps, and pushed Tang Zheng out: "Go out and talk."
As soon as Xia Xingchuan went out, Lu Chi woke up.
When you take a nap and fall asleep, you will feel hot all over your body and wake up naturally.Although he slept heavily this time, he was not looking for a special place to sleep after all. He still had some impressions of the surrounding noises. He sat up straight from the sofa and slipped a coat off his body. Lu Chi picked it up and looked at it. It was the one Xia Xingchuan wore today.
Lu Chi grabbed the dress and giggled. He didn't know what he was laughing at. People who just woke up are always a little silly.
He took out his mobile phone and checked the time. In fact, his sleep was shorter than he imagined, and the time in his dreams would always be lengthened a lot.He had a little impression of the few words Xia Xingchuan heard before he went out.Looking out through the glass door, Xia Xingchuan was talking to Tang Zheng.
Xia Xingchuan had his back to the door, and Lu Chi couldn't see his face, so he had to judge the emergency from Tang Zheng's expression when he spoke.
Maybe he felt that someone was looking at him, Xia Xingchuan turned his head without warning halfway, and Lu Chi couldn't dodge in time, so he caught him.
Xia Xingchuan only glanced at him to confirm that he was awake, then turned his head away, explained a few words to Tang Zheng, sent him away, and then turned back in.
"Are you awake?" Xia Xingchuan asked, "Is your spirit better?"
"It's better," Lu Chi raised the corners of his mouth, a little sleepy, with a hint of coquettishness, his whole face was slightly reddened by the heat, and he looked at him with bright eyes, "I slept so hot." .”
"I was afraid that you would catch a cold, so I turned up the air conditioner," Xia Xingchuan explained, and smiled again as he spoke, "I think you seem to be very tired. You can go back and ask your boss to take a few more days off."
"Huh?" Lu Chi's reaction was very sharp, and most of the sleepiness disappeared immediately, "You mean...?" Has it been finalized?
Looking at Lu Chi's changes, Xia Xingchuan felt very interesting, and nodded: "That's what you think."
"Great, I finally don't have to stay up all night." Lu Chi happily stretched his waist, and he came to his senses after fully waking up, "So Mr. Tang just asked you to talk about the soda water machine?"
Xia Xingchuan was a little surprised: "Did you hear that?" He thought Lu Chi was in a particularly deep sleep, the kind of unconscious.
Lu Chi shrugged: "It's impossible to sleep in this environment and not hear anything."
"Yes, since we decided to make soda water, we have ordered a batch of soda water machines from other places to be placed in the store. Because the quantity is not small, we have to wait for a while." Xia Xingchuan nodded, "But now something unexpected happened. .”
"It's the factory...?" Lu Chi vaguely remembered what Tang Zheng said.
Xia Xingchuan nodded.
Lu Chi himself was also estimating the time in his mind. The soda water is not many days away from being launched. Before the launch, not only the company's R&D department has to repeatedly debug, but also train the store staff. If the soda water machine is not in place late, it may There is no way to market in time.
——Doesn't that mean that all the late nights and overtime work he's been working these days are all in vain?
Suddenly, Lu Chi had a flash of inspiration: "By the way, didn't I accept the promotion of a bubble machine these few days? They seem to sell that kind of commercial soda water machine. Do you want to think about it...?"
Xia Xingchuan happened to be thinking about this too, so he nodded: "It would be best if you have one, you can give me a contact information, it's an alternative plan."
Lu Chi flipped through his phone, and gave Xia Xingchuan the contact information of the representative of the partner he was negotiating with.Xia Xingchuan put it away, and said again: "You go back and give us the recipe for soda water as soon as possible, so that we can carry out the follow-up work."
"Okay," Lu Chi nodded, watching the sky gradually darken outside the window, "When does Boss Xia get off work? Let me treat you to a meal."
"Why did you suddenly think of inviting me to dinner?"
"You paid the bill and left without a word that day, hiding your merits and fame," Lu Chi shook his head, "I think I need to treat you to a meal."
"That's more than that," Xia Xingchuan said with a smile, "You forgot that I invited you so many meals before? Only one meal back, are you guilty?"
Lu Chi was taken aback, and his first reaction was: "Are you going to make me poor?"
"That depends on your performance." Xia Xingchuan was amused by his reaction, what kind of treasure boy is Lu Chi, and his family background is not bad, why does he always feel a little bit of a money fan?What had life done to him?
Lu Chi was still very entangled. Xia Xingchuan said this, but he didn't say it. He hesitated to bargain with Xia Xingchuan: "Then, how about treating guests in installments?"
God knows people like Xia Xingchuan, their family runs a restaurant? !If the lion opened his mouth and ate super-expensive every meal, wouldn't he lose a lot of money?
Don't look at him like Lu Chi, he is actually a freshman who just graduated from college, okay, life is finally going to deal with this little boy like him?
"Of course you can," Xia Xingchuan readily agreed, "But you know that the so-called installment has interest, right?"
Lu Chi suddenly became alert, his eyes widened like brass bells: "You, what do you want?"
"Think about it," Xia Xingchuan continued, watching Lu Chi's face turn red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally decided not to tease him, "You can invite you back slowly, it doesn't matter if you spend a lifetime."
"What, what are you talking about?!" Lu Chi's face was a little hot, and he felt that the air conditioner must be too high.
"I haven't asked you yet." Xia Xingchuan spread his hands towards him, "What do you think of what I said last time?"
No.70 Three Cups of Milk Tea
"What do you think of what I said last time?"
Last time.
They had had many conversations before, but only one question was left unanswered.
Lu Chi was slightly startled, but he quickly realized that he smiled, moved back unconsciously, and said, "Mr. Xia, this is not good, it's still a workplace."
"Okay," Xia Xingchuan took a deep look at him, and felt that Lu Chi seemed to want to escape, and he pushed him too tightly, so he nodded, "Let's talk about it after get off work."
After speaking, he sat back in his seat and continued to read the document.
There is still more than an hour before get off work, Lu Chi is now back in the store, and he can't do much work, he simply sits on the sofa, does nothing, just watches Xia Xingchuan work.
Lu Chi had just taken a nap, and now he was full of energy, but he couldn't bear the loneliness, so he didn't bother Xia Xingchuan, and just stared at him.
He was still holding the clothes that Xia Xingchuan put on him before, even though he felt that the temperature of the air conditioner was not cool enough, he still didn't want to take them off, and put them all in his arms, holding them vaguely.
Xia Xingchuan turned his back to him, and the computer screen was glowing. Lu Chi looked at it for a while, and from his perspective, he could see that the page displayed on Xia Xingchuan's computer screen hadn't changed for a while.
Lu Chi endured it, and endured it even more, but he still couldn't hold back, and said, "Are you working?"
Xia Xingchuan's back stiffened, of course he wasn't working.It's not that he didn't feel Lu Chi's gaze, he felt like he was on his back, a moment ago he forced himself to end a topic that he really wanted to know the answer to, and he really couldn't concentrate on his work for a while.
As if venting his anger, he took the mouse and slid down the computer page a few times, then turned his head: "Don't look at my work, this is a commercial secret, okay?"
Lu Chi pouted and muttered, "I can't see what you wrote on it..."
"That's not okay, what if?" Xia Xingchuan glanced at him, thought for a while, and then half-jokingly said, "Of course, it also depends on your status. If you are the CEO's boyfriend, then it's not impossible."
Lu Chi blushed, he didn't expect Xia Xingchuan to do such a thing, he spat: "If you don't look at it, don't look at it, I'll go out to play with Xiao Qiao." After saying that, he stood up and was about to go out.
"Hey, you took my clothes away..." Xia Xingchuan went out as soon as he saw him going out, and there was an extra tail, which still belonged to him.
Lu Chiyang put his clothes on his shoulders: "There is plenty of air conditioning outside, please borrow some to wear." After finishing speaking, he touched Xia Xingchuan's face, and added, "...I'll pay you back after get off work!"
Seeing that he was going out, Xia Xingchuan felt that Lu Chi had been feeling very tired today, he hadn't slept for a long time, and he didn't think it was very comfortable, but it made him feel more refreshed at the moment, so he felt relieved.He didn't think about it any more, turned his eyes back, and concentrated on approving the documents.
There are two "Little Joes" in this company, one is Qiao Lele at the front desk, and the other is Xing Yiqiao, the official blogger in the operation.As it was approaching the end of get off work, Lu Chi naturally went to chat with Qiao Lele, who was not very busy.
Lu Chi came to Area B for a long time, and he often came to deliver food to them. He came and went, and got to know Qiao Lele well. In addition, Qiao Lele seemed to be one of his fans on Weibo. He usually had nothing to do. You can also chat a few words.
Qiao Lele poured him a glass of water: "We only have water here, not as many delicious milk teas as you, Le Tea."
Hearing that there was something in these words, Lu Chi took the water glass and smiled knowingly: "Did I say I wanted to invite you and milk tea?"
Qiao Lele's eyes lit up: "You still remember."
Lu Chi's tone was a little complacent: "I'm quite confident in my memory."
"Then when will you buy me milk tea?" Qiao Lele was a little anxious, she had wanted to try the recipe that Lu Chi posted on the Internet for a long time!
"Hey, don't worry." Lu Chi's old god was there, and he wanted to hang her, "Let me ask you a question first..."
Before he could ask, someone rang the doorbell.Lu Chi was slightly taller than Qiao Lele, so he poked his head out to have a look: "It seems to be a courier."
Qiao Lele picked up a small remote control next to the computer, opened the door, and the courier boy came in.When he got closer, Lu Chi realized that the uniform on the little brother was actually the uniform of his own "Lutong Express".
Qiao Lele stood up and contacted the courier brother. The couriers that the company's employees needed to send would be put on the front desk before this point, and most of them were document couriers.The courier will also come to collect the express every day when he is about to get off work.
While drinking water, Lu Chi waited for Qiao Lele to come back from work and sit down.
"Why, the courier you officially cooperate with is Lutong Express?" Lu Chi asked.
Although Lutong Express is famous in Haishi, it is not so well-known in the whole country, and it is worthy of being squeezed into the top ten express companies.
The advantage of Lutong is only in the Haishi area, the delivery is fast, the price is high, and there are few lost items.
"No, I used to cooperate with X-Tong, but I lost several documents in the middle of the cooperation," Qiao Lele said, "You know that a company like ours is basically a document-based courier, and there are a lot of couriers. It’s a contract or something, so it’s more troublesome to lose it.”
Qiao Lele said: "After the contract expired, I planned to change to a courier company. I originally discussed with HR and wanted to find Y Da, but later it was said that Mr. Xia made the decision and decided on Lutong."
"Xia Xingchuan?" This made Lu Chi somewhat unexpected, "His big boss still cares about such trivial matters?"
"I also thought it was a bit strange at the time, but it hasn't been long since I have cooperated with Lutong. It seems that it is cheap, fast and safe." Qiao Lele smiled, "You know, our logistics staff still need to think more about it. The issue of expenses is really trivial."
Lu Chi didn't pick up.
Qiao Lele didn't know about his relationship with Lutong Express, but Xia Xingchuan did. The relationship between their two mothers is very good, and his mother must have taken everything out.
Why did Xia Xingchuan intervene in such a matter, Lu Chi had a vague guess in his heart.
"You just said that the cooperation has not been long." In order to verify this conjecture, and fearing that he was being self-indulgent, Lu Chi tentatively asked, "How long is it?"
"About a week."
a week.Xia Xingchuan has not confessed to him for less than a week. If this happened a week ago, is it because of him that he chose Lutong Express?
Was he sure he liked him then?
Lu Chi pursed his lips, Xia Xingchuan decided to cooperate with his company, but he didn't tell him.If he hadn't come to chat with Qiao Lele today and saw the courier come to pick up the package, he might not have even known about it.
"Lulu?" Qiao Lele poked him, "Why don't you speak? What are you thinking?"
Only then did Lu Chi come back to his senses, and smiled at her: "It's okay, I'm a little tired, so I was in a daze for a while."
"It's almost time to get off work, do you want to wait for Mr. Xia to leave work?" Qiao Lele started to pack her things, and even wanted to go to the bathroom when she was done, "Did you have anything to ask me just now?"
Lu Chi was startled, and then smiled brightly: "It's gone now, are you going to the bathroom, go quickly, I'll look after it for you here."
Qiao Lele smiled apologetically at him, and ran out Diandian.
Lu Chi thought about it, what question did he plan to ask Qiao Lele just now?He originally wanted to inquire about Xia Xingchuan's past relationship experience, but now it seems that it is unnecessary.
When it was time to get off work, people in the company packed up and went out one after another, and came to check in at the front door. When they passed by the front desk, they couldn't help but stare curiously at the road.Those who have been in this company for a while have a certain impression of Lu Chi. Some people know that he often comes to deliver milk tea, and some people think that he often develops products with people from the R&D department. Others always saw him running to the president's office, and so on.
But in common, they all feel that he is very mysterious.
Lu Chi has a pleasing face. He has been seen by countless people in one way or another since he was a child, and he is completely unafraid, smiling at all of them.
The number of people gradually decreased, and Xia Xingchuan was almost the last to come out.From a distance, he saw Lu Chi sitting alone at the front desk, with his back hunched over, waiting for someone. A ray of light shone from above his head, hitting him right on his body, making his figure even more lonely.
Xia Xingchuan slowed down his pace suddenly, he walked slowly over, before he walked a few steps, Lu Chi seemed to have sensed something, and turned to look at him.
He seemed to see a flash of resentment in Lu Chi's eyes, and felt that it was his own illusion. When Lu Chi turned his head to look at him, there was some backlight, so how could he see his expression clearly?
"Are all the small bosses of your start-up companies so busy? The last one to get off work," Lu Chi looked at him and said, paused, and then continued, "It seems that I still have to go home and work for my family in the future, but You can’t come out and start a business.”
"A real entrepreneurial small boss has no boundaries for going to and from get off work," Xia Xingchuan replied with a smile, "I go to work when I'm awake, and I go to get off work when I'm asleep."
All the lights in the company were turned off, but the front desk was still lit.Xia Xingchuan walked into the light and looked down at Lu Chi who was sitting motionless on the bench: "Aren't you leaving? Where's Qiao Lele?"
"Leave early!" Lu Chi stood up, with Xia Xingchuan's coat still on his arm, and he handed it over.
Xia Xingchuan took it over, looked at it, and was a little disgusted: "It's all wrinkled."
Lu Chi ignored him and walked out, then turned around and reminded him: "Remember to clock in."
Xia Xingchuan laughed, he is the boss, what card does he use? Would HR still dare to deduct his salary?
However, under Lu Chijiongjiong's gaze, Mr. Xia reluctantly punched the card once.
"Do you want to eat something?" Xia Xingchuan asked Lu Chi as he walked out.
Lu Chi shook his head: "I invite you, you choose what you like to eat."
"..." What logic?Since it's Lu Chi's treat, shouldn't he choose a delicious place and book a table by the way?Xia Xingchuan couldn't figure out how Lu Chi wasted the time just now?
But now that he has reached this point, Xia Xingchuan had no choice but to think about it: "Then I will take you to eat Yunnan cuisine, our family opened it."
Since the last time he had dinner with Han Jianqing, Xia Xingchuan has become a little bit attached to Yunnan cuisine. Now he knows what Lu Chi likes to eat, and he can help Lu Chi order food.
Lu Chi did not doubt that he was with him, so he nodded and agreed.
Xia Xingchuan didn't tell Lu Chi the address, and went directly to the garage to pick up the car. Even if he told Lu Chi the address, he couldn't be expected to remember the way.
Along the way, the two of them didn't say anything in the car, Xia Xingchuan drove seriously, and Lu Chi didn't dare to disturb him.
The restaurant is located in a nearby shopping mall. Xia Xingchuan drove into the underground parking lot and parked the car, and the two of them went upstairs together.
While waiting for the elevator to come down in the stairwell, Lu Chi suddenly said, "Mr. Xia, let's do the basic milk tea thing quickly."
Xia Xingchuan's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly recalled the phone call that Lu Chi had answered in his company before. Lu Chi said on the phone that he could only leave to do other things after the cooperation on his side was completed.
Sounds like you're making a promise to someone.Xia Xingchuan recalled carefully, that day he first received a call from Han Jianqing on Lu Chi's mobile phone.So this promise was made to Han Jianqing?
This phone call almost told Xia Xingchuan the fact that after the cooperation with Le Cha ended, Lu Chi might not even deliver milk tea takeaway.
So Xia Xingchuan knows that there is still a milk tea that has not been finished, but he has deliberately avoided mentioning it recently.
It was Lu Chi who brought it up first.
He pondered for a moment, twitched the corners of his mouth, and said dryly: "Don't worry, soda water isn't on the market yet. Let's see the market reaction first."
"I still think we can start the preparations first," Lu Chi shook his head, "On the one hand, I don't want to stay up late to catch up on work in the last few days like this time, just like when I was a child, I waited until the last day before the holidays to catch up on homework. "
Lu Chi said: "On the other hand, I still want to end the cooperative relationship with you as soon as possible."
Xia Xingchuan's throat rolled, and he didn't know how to react.
Lu Chi pursed his lips, and continued, "I'm not sure if I can distinguish between public and private."
"So at least I have to sit until the end of the cooperative relationship before I can properly fall in love with you."
Talk about... talk about what?With whom?
Xia Xingchuan's mind was short-circuited for a moment, he turned his head to look at Lu Chi, the elevator came down with a "ding--".
He first saw Lu Chi running into the elevator with his head down.
Almost fled.
The author has something to say: finally wrote here! ! ! !
All the detailed outlines I listed are useless. I was really out of control when I wrote orz
No.70 Four Cups of Milk Tea
What is he running for?Where can I run again?
Xia Xingchuan watched Lu Chi get into the elevator, and it was rare to see him shy, so he got a sense of reality.
It seems that he heard correctly, Lu Chi was indeed confessing to him just now, right?
Now, both he and Lu Chi have defeated each other, so is this the one that counts?
Xia Xingchuan followed Lu Chi into the elevator, Lu Chi looked up at him, he was shy for a while after saying that, anyway, he had already spoken, he quickly adjusted his mentality, but looking at Xia Xingchuan Xing Chuan couldn't help smiling again, and said to him, "Why are you smiling so brightly?"
I, did I laugh?Xia Xingchuan raised his hand to touch his face, but he didn't expect to laugh unconsciously. He quickly pulled his face down, coughed lightly, and returned to his regular expression of seriousness.
"Why restrain yourself?" Lu Chi said, "I found out that you laugh a lot more recently than when I first met you. I was afraid that if I said it, you would return to the face of a high-cold male god, so I kept holding back. See, sure enough, once you say it, you will return to your original shape."
Xia Xingchuan looked at him, still hesitating: "...I, would it be better if I smiled?"
His mood swings have not been great since he was a child, and he doesn't like to show his emotions on his face. He can't smile a few times throughout the year. It's not because he is indifferent, but his personality is more calm. From the outside world, his mood changes Not obvious.
Lu Chi nodded desperately: "It's very beautiful! You are not a cold person yourself, why do you put on a face all day long and pretend to be cold?"
After hearing what he said, Xia Xingchuan raised the corners of his mouth, trying to smile like Lu Chi did, but with a little force, it looked fake.
Lu Chi saw that he couldn't do it like this, so he quickly interrupted him: "Forget it, forget it, don't force yourself to smile when you don't want to, you think you are a boy with a fake smile. My professional smile is a little difficult for you It's still a little high," said Lu Chi, who couldn't help but raise his hand and pinch Xia Xingchuan's cheek, "I just want you to not have to suppress yourself when you're happy and want to laugh."
Xia Xingchuan didn't expect that Lu Chi would directly pinch him, his heart was very shaken, and he raised his hand like a conditioned reflex to grab his evil wrist.His eyes stared straight at others.
"What, what are you doing?" Lu Chi was caught by his hand, and he couldn't break free, and he was still very close to him. Xia Xingchuan's eyes...was too serious, it made his heart beat palpitatingly.
"I still want to confirm," Xia Xingchuan said, "Are you really confessing to me what you just said?"
Lu Chi: "???" Wasn't that obvious enough?
Ding--
Before Lu Chi could speak, the elevator reached the first floor. The two of them reacted instantly and separated quickly before the elevator door opened.
Lu Chi retreated into the corner and gently rubbed his wrist which was just grabbed by Xia Xingchuan. Xia Xingchuan didn't actually use much force, but just such a movement was enough to make Lu Chi blush.
Xia Xingchuan was standing beside him at the moment, but he had no physical contact with him. It was the first time he did such a thing, and he didn't know what to do or how to express himself, so he had to put on his best indifferent face, pretending that he was just a passerby.
Pretending to be like that, Lu Chi glared at him unconvinced, but didn't make a sound.
There were a lot of people coming in on the first floor, Xia Xingchuan was squeezed in so that he had to stay next to Lu Chi, and even apologized to Lu Chi: "I'm sorry."
Lu Chi raised his hand and twisted Xia Xingchuan's arm through the fabric of Xia Xingchuan's sleeve.Xia Xingchuan glanced at him, and Lu Chi gave him a warning look.
Put it on, and then put it on.
He kept his hands firm and not too heavy. Xia Xingchuan didn't feel any pain from being pinched by him. On the contrary, he felt a little itchy in his heart.
There is a cinema on the top floor of this shopping mall, so not many people got off the elevator on the middle floors. Lu Chi and the others came for dinner, and they went down together when the elevator stopped on the floor of the restaurant.
Lu Chi looked at the restaurant that Xia Xingchuan took him to. It was a mid-range line under Xia's family. It mainly specialized in Yunnan cuisine. Although Lu Chi had never eaten it, he somehow knew the price. It was more expensive than the Yunnan cuisine they ate before.
So I couldn't help but start to think in my heart.
Xia Xingchuan guessed what he was doing as soon as he saw his eyeballs rolling around: "What? You said you wanted to invite me to dinner."
"I'm, I said, I'll treat you to dinner." Lu Chi bit the bullet and said.
"Then you can't hire someone who is too cheap, can you?"
Lu Chi nodded, and pushed Xia Xingchuan in: "Just, just here, let's go, let's go in."
Xia Xingchuan raised the corners of his mouth slightly, he discovered that Lu Chi had a little hidden wealth fan attribute, it was really cute to tease him.
It's not like he really let Lu Chi spend the money, but if Lu Chi is really determined to pay the bill today, he has a way to make up for it from other places.
There were not many people in the store on weekday nights, so Xia Xingchuan didn't need a private room, so he found a corner seat.
When the waiter brought the menu, Lu Chi was about to reach for it, but Xia Xingchuan snatched it first.
Lu Chi blinked - when Xia Xingchuan took him to his house for dinner last time, he asked him to order by himself.
"Let me order some." Xia Xingchuan was still brooding over Han Jianqing's familiarity with Lu Chi's favorite things, "I'll let you see if I want to add more after ordering."
Last time he was the first to pay for Lu Chi Han Jianqing's meal, and even took the receipt. After a lot of research, he can now guarantee that he knows which Yunnan dishes Lu Chi eats.
Unfortunately, he has only collected information about Yunnan cuisine so far.
He quickly ordered a few dishes from memory, and then handed the menu to Lu Chi.Lu Chi looked at Xia Xingchuan's order first, and exclaimed, "Do you really like my taste? I like everything I ordered."
"Really?" Xia Xingchuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but on the surface he was still calm.
"Almost all the dishes I like." Lu Chi looked at the menu again, and found that he couldn't add anything to it. Xia Xingchuan's order was too accurate. Now that he looked at it again, Lu Chi saw something strange.
It's not hard to see that this menu is completely ordered according to Lu Chi's preferences, which means that Xia Xingchuan knows what Yunnan food he likes to eat.He didn't disclose this to Xia Xingchuan before, so Xia Xingchuan should have noticed and remembered it after the meal last time.
"You specially brought me here to eat Yunnan cuisine, just to verify that I like all these dishes?" Lu Chi glanced at Xia Xingchuan, the more calm Xia Xingchuan acted, the more sure he was.Thinking about it now, why did Xia Xingchuan propose to eat Yunnan cuisine? He must have his own considerations.
Xia Xingchuan denied it flatly: "Have you forgotten? If you hadn't thought about what to eat in advance, I wouldn't have brought you here."
What he said seemed to be right, but Lu Chi always felt that something was wrong, he tilted his head, not wanting to understand, but he only believed half of Xia Xingchuan's words.But it doesn't matter, Lu Chi feels that Xia Xingchuan's cautious behavior is more like a lively person. His previous facial paralysis is not mentioned, his conduct is too appropriate, and he does everything very well. Just lost a little popularity.Right now.
When the dishes were served, Lu Chi finally brought the topic back to what he had told Xia Xingchuan before.
"The basic milk tea is not difficult to make, so I hope it can be finalized as soon as possible." Lu Chi said, "We can adjust the recipe first, and we will deliver it here. As for when this milk tea will be on the market, it will be up to you You can make your own decisions within the company.”
Xia Xingchuan's heart was inexplicably beating again. Although Lu Chi mentioned the saying "the end of the cooperative relationship is the only way to fall in love", but now that Xia Xingchuan calms down and thinks about it, this reason may only account for a small proportion.
This made him start to care about Lu Chi's phone call with Han Jianqing again.
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Xia Xingchuan considered his tone and tried to be as objective as possible, "This milk tea can be made anytime, do you have any reason to finish it as soon as possible?"
Lu Chi hesitated a little: "Isn't it, make preparations early to avoid temporary problems?"
"If you don't tell me the truth, I can naturally procrastinate the construction period with an attitude of 'keep improving', you think about it," Xia Xingchuan said half-truthfully, he spread out the bargaining chip for Lu Chi to see, it was not a threat, Just want to change the road late to tell the truth.Xia Xingchuan stared into Lu Chi's eyes and guided him, "No matter what capacity you are talking to me now, you should tell the truth."
Xia Xingchuan said: "Is it related to Han Jianqing?"
Lu Chi raised his eyes to look at him, a bit puzzled as to how Xia Xingchuan thought of this place.
Looking at his reaction, Xia Xingchuan knew that his guess was indistinguishable, and suddenly felt a tight breath in his chest, unable to vomit, let alone swallow.
He didn't have much contact with Han Jianqing, but the only short phone call and meal made him keenly aware of Han Jianqing's hostility towards him. Behind this hostility, there was only one motive.
Xia Xingchuan couldn't imagine a second possibility besides "Han Jianqing also likes Lu Chi".
Now that he and Lu Chi had just exchanged their minds, Lu Chi turned around and was going to work with Han Jianqing?
Lu Chi looked at Xia Xingchuan's expression, his lips were pursed into a straight line, his brows were slightly furrowed, and his heart was a little beating.After hesitating again and again, he still explained to Xia Xingchuan: "He approached me about this matter a long time ago, and he helped me cover the fact that I came to work in District B in front of my parents, and I couldn't refuse anymore .”
When Lu Chi was willing to say something, Xia Xingchuan's face paled. He didn't interrupt him, but just nodded to show that he was listening, and motioned for Lu Chi to continue.
"You also know that my family runs a courier company," Lu Chi said, thinking that Xia Xingchuan's company has also cooperated with their courier company recently, so he couldn't help but look up at Xia Xingchuan, "Lutong is relatively famous in Haishi. , the competitiveness will be much weaker when you go outside. You have worked with our family before, so you should have some understanding."
"My family has always wanted to open up the cold chain market. It just so happens that Han Jianqing's family is in the cold chain business, so..."
so?When Xia Xingchuan heard this word, his eyebrows twitched.
Lu Chi's family seems to be developing cold chains, and Han Jianqing's family specializes in cold chains?So the two of them are good pots with good lids?
Ah!Xia Xingchuan gave Lu Chi a look, hoping that he could take care of it himself.
"Han Jianqing has a project in hand now, so he hired me to help him," Lu Chi honestly confessed, "I will go back to my company sooner or later, and it is always good to learn from Han Jianqing, even though I was When I came out to deliver food, I also had a headache. But I can't deliver food for a lifetime..."
"...Let me think about it." Lu Chi told him well that Xia Xingchuan couldn't be unreasonable, he was also a rational person, and there was nothing wrong with Lu Chi's words, but Xia Xingchuan felt that the amount of information was a little too much. He needs to sort out.
It just so happens that the dishes are coming up one after another, so this topic will stop here for the time being.While eating, Xia Xingchuan suddenly thought of something, and asked, "By the way, you said you came out from home. You used to work in the company at home, so why did you come out to deliver food?"
Logically speaking, he is also a prince. How did he become a takeaway boy who comes and goes in the wind and rain outside?
The piece of lemon chicken that Lu Chi was holding in his mouth clattered into the plate.
"Why else?" Lu Chi picked up the chicken and stuffed it back into his mouth, "It's not because of Lu Chi."
The author has something to say: After counting, I feel that there is not much content, and it is almost the end?
But I often pinch my fingers and my calculations are inaccurate. The goal is to finish it within a month!
I don't know if it can be done.
No.70 five cups of milk tea
Sometimes Xia Xingchuan would feel that Lu Chi might be the same kind of person as himself.
Both of them have good family conditions, they have their own family businesses, but they are both restless at home. When they come out of their homes, they both want to prove themselves to some extent.
There is also a sense of fate that they have to return to the family in the end.
It's just that he never thought that Lu Chi left his courier company because he was an idiot.That's all, he even came out to deliver food.Is this any different from express delivery?
"Of course there is," Lu Chi said, "Do you think I'm not very successful in delivering food now?"
These words caused Xia Xingchuan to think - why is there such a big gap between express delivery and food delivery if he is also a road idiot?
Lu Chi is indeed in the food delivery industry like a duck to water, and even became a small internet celebrity, so his current job seems to be more exhausting than actually delivering enough milk tea.
He has been troubled by this question for several days, and when he thinks about it from time to time, he will think about it for a while.
The announcement of the Haiyan series is coming to an end, and it will be launched in the city next week. Xia Xingchuan ordered various departments to pay attention to this project at the weekly meeting. After that, he asked Tang Zheng about his next research and development plan separately.
Tang Zheng said: "Summer is coming to an end soon. Considering that autumn is coming, we can start preparing for this year's new mooncakes."
Mooncakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival are the top priority of new products from major dim sum shops every year. Now there are various flavors of mooncakes on the market, which can be described as dazzling. Every year, we have to scratch our heads in introducing new ones. Now Putting this matter on the agenda, the time seems to be a little tight.
Xia Xingchuan nodded, and made a rough calculation in his mind: "I feel that the time is a bit tight, you can give me a plan later, let's discuss the schedule."
At the end of the meeting, Xia Xingchuan invited everyone from the company and milk tea as usual, and the customary order was Le tea.
Today's milk tea was delivered in a timely manner. At that time, Xia Xingchuan was sitting in his office. When Qiao Lele came in to call him, he nodded and told Qiao Lele: "Is Lu late? Let him come in for a while. "
Qiao Lele's face was a little embarrassed: "Mr. Xia, it's not Lulu who brought milk tea here today."
When Xia Xingchuan went out, he saw He Lai at the front desk.There is a rule in Le Tea's food delivery that the delivery staff can only leave after the acceptance is correct, especially for such a large order, He Lai waited for everyone to take the milk tea before leaving.
Xia Xingchuan met He Lai a few times, but he didn't know him at all. He asked, "Why didn't Lu Chi come today?"
"He asked for leave." He Lai generally knew that the relationship between Xia Xingchuan and Lu Chi was unusual, so he didn't hide it, and told Xia Xingchuan what he knew, "But I don't know why he asked for leave."
Xia Xingchuan nodded, but did not continue to ask. After all, Lu Chi is not missing, and he can contact him himself.He didn't say much, he still asked He Lai to stay and have some snacks before leaving.
He Lai didn't know Xia Xingchuan that well, and he didn't refuse anyone who came like Lu Chi, so he declined.
There were still some people in the company who didn't come to the front desk to get their own milk tea, Qiao Lele went to rush, Xia Xingchuan took his own cup, and chatted with He Lai while drinking.
"I remember that before Lu Chi came here, you didn't seem to deliver milk tea around here." Xia Xingchuan has a good memory. He still remembers the first time he met Lu Chi, he went downstairs to pick him up, but Lu Chi followed He He Come up, He Lai wasn't wearing Le Cha's overalls at that time.
He Lai nodded: "I used to be a rider on a food delivery platform."
"I see," Xia Xingchuan nodded, and asked casually, "Isn't it hard work for platform riders?"
"Because the working hours are also divided into time slots," He Lai said, "It will be very busy at lunch time on weekdays. If there are too many orders received, almost all of them will not be delivered in time."
Xia Xingchuan also knows this, there are actually very few employees in the company who bring meals to eat every day, including himself, who often order takeaway, and the lunch delivery will not be too fast, so it needs to be ordered some time in advance.
"Now, deliver milk tea, do you feel more relaxed?"
"It's not easy at all," He Lai said, "The only good thing is being able to have a good meal at mealtime."
He spoke very calmly, but Xia Xingchuan listened very sadly - it's really hard to be a delivery guy.
So here comes the question: Why does Lu Chi have such a good life as a delivery man?Simply incomprehensible.
After He Lai left, Xia Xingchuan thought for a while before he gradually understood why.
Lu Chi is a road idiot, so if a restaurant delivers food like He Lai, it must be miserable, maybe even worse than his express delivery career.But what he delivered was milk tea, and the customers would not say anything after a little longer, and the road was so harmful to people, it still helped his takeaway career to some extent.
From this point of view, Lu Chi has always been a very thoughtful person. He knows what he should do and what he should not do, and even has plans for what he will do in the future.
He will definitely return to the family business, it's just a matter of time.
Xia Xingchuan thought of this, and inadvertently remembered that Lu Chi had told him before that he would go back to do the cold chain.
Cold chain transportation is indeed a business that the express delivery industry urgently needs to develop.Lu Chi is a smart person who can make up his mind. If he can successfully help his family's business develop the cold chain business, it will definitely be a better proof of his ability than delivering food for several years outside.
At this point, how to choose and choose, the answer is already obvious.
But Lu Chi said something that Xia Xingchuan disagreed with.
He said: "We must first end the cooperative relationship before we can properly fall in love with you."
On the contrary, Xia Xingchuan felt that it was because of the cooperative relationship that two people could always have common topics, so that getting along would not be boring.
They are not in the same industry. If they indulge in their own work in the future, it is easy to lose their common language.
Xia Xingchuan tapped his fingers on the table a few times, made an internal call and called the marketing manager in.
"Expand the market?" After hearing Xia Xingchuan's intention, the marketing manager pushed his glasses, "Xia always wants to open the store to other places?"
"It's too early to open a store in other places." Xia Xingchuan thought for a while, "What if the products go out of the local area first?"
"The products go out of the local area first, that is to sell on the Internet, and do e-commerce." The manager thought for a while, "At present, our popularity in Haishi is indeed very good, and our target audience is relatively young, 30 years old The following young user groups, this type of group now attaches great importance to the quality of life. They don’t mind the cost very much, and our positioning is also a new concept, and there is no lack of fashion sense. The current preliminary judgment is interesting.”
"I have an idea now," Xia Xingchuan said, "Isn't it time to start making mooncakes? The first step in developing e-commerce is to start selling mooncake gift boxes online, but I am more concerned about whether there is time..."
"Mr. Xia, the idea is good," the manager pushed his glasses awkwardly, "but the transportation is a big problem at present." They are definitely not as experienced as mooncake manufacturers, and they don't know what kind of products will be produced this year. The biggest problem for e-commerce is in the transportation process. If there is a problem with food during transportation, the consequences will be serious.
"I'm thinking about this," Xia Xingchuan said, "I'll go and study the cold chain logistics, and then you can evaluate the feasibility of this plan."
The author has something to say: cold chain transportation is low-temperature transportation XD, such as online shopping fruit, handmade food with a short shelf life, all need to use cold chain to keep fresh during transportation, so as to ensure that they are still fresh after delivery La.
No.70 Six Cups of Milk Tea
A few days later, Lu Chi came to Xia Xingchuan's company alone.Without notifying Xia Xingchuan, he brought the milk tea first.
When he came, he also brought Qiao Lele the milk tea that he had promised to treat her to. Although it was just to fulfill the previous agreement, Qiao Lele still went to inform the boss for him very hard.
She went to Xia Xingchuan's office but didn't see him, only later did she see him in the small meeting room.
At this time, Xia Xingchuan was having a small meeting with the manager of the R&D department and the marketing department, and Qiao Lele knocked on the door and went in: "Mr. Xia, Mr. Lu is here." After she finished speaking, she stuck out her tongue secretly, and almost said habitually "Lu Lu", fortunately the reaction was fast enough.
Xia Xingchuan glanced at her in surprise, then nodded immediately: "5 minutes."
Qiao Lele nodded, and was about to leave, Xia Xingchuan added: "Or you can ask him to wait for me in my office."
"Okay." Qiao Lele nodded, and then backed out.
Xia Xingchuan can let people enter his office at will, so Lulu and him have a really good relationship.
Lu Chi sat on the sofa by the front door, saw Qiao Lele come back, and asked him with a smile: "How is he? Is he free?"
"He's in a meeting," Qiao Lele said, "It will be over in about 5 minutes. You can go to his office and wait for him."
"It's only five minutes, I won't go to his office," Lu Chi grinned, "I'm so bored by myself, I might as well chat with you here."
Qiao Lele was very happy when she heard it, but she still said, "Don't think I'm idle just because I'm the front desk, I have to work too."
The two chatted alternately, and Lu Chi checked Weibo from time to time.
The Haiyan series is about to go online. Recently, I can go to SI's official blog to release new product announcements every day. Lu Chi thought that he is also a partner, so although there is no appeal for him to cooperate with the Weibo promotion, Lu Chi still looks at it. The situation turned to several teaser blogs with new drinks.
Lu Chi's use of Weibo is perfect now. He can interact with fans, distribute benefits, and even draw prizes. He has a little more exposure, and he often gains followers. However, the majority of his fans are still It started from the first time he distributed milk tea with dry goods.
It didn't take long for him to evaluate SI's new series of snacks since then. Now that this series has been called for a long time, there are many people who will go back and dig their graves.Dig out this Weibo.
And because the fans found clues about him and Xia Xingchuan in the previous Weibo, and the previous Weibo has new product reviews, and the recent Weibo is still advertising the new series of SI, and the boss of SI is Xia Xingchuan, so Lenovo, the brain tonic emperors on the Internet instantly made up a big show.
[Come on, Lulu is also standing on the street for SI today.Does he still remember that he is an employee of Le Tea? 】
【Boss Le Tea's heart is bleeding...】
[This ad was played too conscientiously. I don’t know how much SI paid for the promotion, or is it simply going to poach Lulu from Lecha? 】
[ls is too naive, I don't think it's about money.What is the relationship between Lu Lu and Mr. Xia? How could it be so badass? 】
[hhhhhh The one upstairs is a new fan at first glance, please read Lulu's early Weibo, and you will know why Lulu Nikkei advertised for SI. 】
[If only Lulu could post selfies as diligently as SI's Weibo?I just think about [grievance]]
【If SI can let Lulu speak for them directly, Xinnuyuan will eat SI for the rest of her life. 】
[Crying Liao, Lu Lu must have been taken care of by Mr. Xia 8!If so, I can!I really can!My tears are worthless! 】
…………
Lu Chi has been too busy these days to read the comments at all. Looking at it now, demons have already begun to dance wildly.Why retweet SI Weibo every day?How can he do it so often?
Unconvinced, Lu Chi went to his homepage and looked, hey, he retweets one every day, he is a person who forgets after retweeting, and he really doesn't remember that he retweeted so many.
Flipping forward, there were still a few evaluation tapes that had not been drawn, so he opened them together while he had nothing to do at the moment.
After finishing all this, he caught a glimpse of a figure approaching outside the glass door from the corner of his eye. He looked up and saw that the visitor was indeed about to come in. Lu Chi was about to stand up and press the door button for him, but the person took out the access control card and swiped it. came in.
When someone came through the door, Lu Chi saw that this was the legal brother who brought him the cake before?
Lu Chi remembered seeing his name on the door of his office, called Zhong... What's the matter with Zhong?
Zhong Zhou also recognized him, and smiled at him: "Hello."
Lu Chi hurriedly said, "Hello, hello, hello..."
"Mr. Lu is here on business today?"
"That's right... But there was no notice in advance, Mr. Xia is still in a meeting right now," Lu Chi said, thinking it was wrong, "Eh? Mr. Zhong knows my name?"
"What's so strange about this," Zhong Zhou said with a smile, "I handled the contract signed between your company and our company, and you are the person in charge of Party B. Have you forgotten?"
"Oh...that's how it is," Lu Chi said, "See, I forgot about it."
Qiao Lele, who was originally sitting at the front desk as quiet as a chicken, suddenly burst into a violent cough.
The two of them turned their heads and saw Xia Xingchuan standing by the front desk, looking at them. They didn't know how long he had been standing there.
Xia Xingchuan thought that Lu Chi was waiting for him in the office, quickly ended the meeting, returned to his office but did not see anyone, so he found out, and saw Lu Chi and Zhong Zhou standing at the door of the company talking Very happy look.
——What is the system? !
Xia Xingchuan was really scared. Now there are wolves and tigers, first Han Jianqing, and then Zhongzhou.Lu Chi showed strong curiosity towards Zhong Zhou from the very beginning, and he had to bother to dismiss Zhong Zhou, but recently Lu Chi came to the company repeatedly without prior notice, so he can't just fire Zhong Zhou for this matter, right? ?
Xia Xingchuan thought that he had just brought up the matter of selling moon cakes online in the small conference room, and originally planned to cooperate with Lu Chi to try the cold chain, but now he suddenly hesitated to do this matter stand up.
The more he thought about the situation, the more serious it became, Xia Xingchuan's face almost froze.
He glared at Qiao Lele, and Qiao Lele was flustered by his stare, so he took a sip of milk tea, and then choked, coughing so loudly.
On Lu Chi's side, seeing Xia Xingchuan's reaction, he felt a little guilty for no reason?But he soon felt that the matter was not that big, so he walked over and said as naturally as possible, "Have you finished the meeting?"
Although it was only a few words, Lu Chi usually wouldn't speak in such a tone. When he said it at this time, he didn't do it deliberately, but to Xia Xingchuan's ears, it sounded a little coquettish.
Although Lu Chi has the baby face of a classic little milk dog, he has a very strong personality. He can be cute to customers at work, but it is not so easy to make him act like a baby in life.
So Mr. Xia was pleased by his coquettish question, and his face gradually became less cold: "Didn't I ask you to wait for me in my office?"
"That's not too good," Lu Chi shook his head and said, "The offices in your company are all made of glass. What's going on when I go in without the boss?"
He thought of commenting on those wild fan speculations again, and couldn't help leaning into Xia Xingchuan's ear and said, "My fans are all speculating that I was adopted by you, how bad that is..."
Xia Xingchuan didn't know if Lu Chi's approach to him was intentional, but Lu Chi really knew how to make him feel good.He looked at Lu Chi's face, which was close at hand, and whispered seriously, "I don't think there's anything wrong with that."
No.70 Seven Cups of Milk Tea
"You didn't say anything when you came here today." Xia Xingchuan led Lu Chi into the office, looked at him, and then at the bag in his hand, "Why, the milk tea is ready? Are you waiting to cut it first and then play it?"
He thought to himself that it's no wonder He Lai delivered the milk tea ordered two days ago. It turned out to be this guy. Needless to say, he must have followed his boss to adjust the taste of this milk tea.
"I really can't hide anything from Teacher Xia." Lu Chi chuckled, knowing that he was wrong, but still put the bag on the table, and took out two milk tea books from it.
Seeing that he took two cups of the same milk tea, Xia Xingchuan felt a little strange: "Did you make too much milk tea?"
"No." Lu Chi turned the two cups of milk tea around. The two cups of milk tea were similar in color, but there were small labels of two colors, one red and one blue, on the cups. Lu Chi pointed to the red cup and said, "This is This is the basic new product made for Mr. Xia," he said pointing to another cup of blue, "this is the original flavor of our Le Tea. After comparing the two, although they look similar, the taste is quite different."
Seeing Xia Xingchuan raised his eyebrows, Lu Chi continued to coax him, "Mr. Xia, do you want to have a drink?"
Xia Xingchuan was only silent for a second, then nodded: "Drink."
Lu Chi looked around, found several paper cups in the storage cabinet under the water dispenser in Xia Xingchuan's office, took out two, filled a cup with some milk tea for Xia Xingchuan, and handed it to him.
Xia Xingchuan tasted it, and it really tasted very different.Lu Chi had explained to Xia Xingchuan before that the ingredients of this type of milk tea are different from those of ordinary milk tea, and now there is a difference.
This version is indeed much better than the previous version, and the sweetness has also been adjusted appropriately.
Lu Chi said before that sweetness adjustment should be the last thing to be confirmed, but he has already achieved this step, which means...
Xia Xingchuan said: "Could this be the final version you want to submit?"
Lu Chi said: "The final version still needs to be confirmed after you taste it."
"That's not a coincidence," Xia Xingchuan said lightly, "Our company is currently developing new products, and it may take a while for this milk tea to be put on the agenda."
"how long will it takes?"
"After Mid-Autumn Festival."
"..." Lu Chi weighed it up. This time is a bit long for him. He originally planned that if he could get the milk tea deal done within this week, he would be able to resign after completing his job to discuss cooperation with Han Jianqing. thing.
But in the current situation, Xia Xingchuan clearly stated that SI has a relatively important new product under development. According to him, it is probably a product prepared for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there is a high probability that something will be made of moon cakes.
Lu Chi knows that the current dim sum industry is still very competitive, but when it comes to festivals, many brands will start preparations a long time in advance, coupled with the rapid development of modern society, the food is also varied, so it must be delicious Far from being enough, the most important thing is innovation.
Seeing that the preparation time is very tight now, Lu Chi can understand that the entire Daigo Catering and the entire R&D department will be devoted to the project of developing new mooncake flavors, but he can't wait.
However, the deadline for the contract signed between Le Cha and Daigo Catering was still very early, and he completed the matter ahead of schedule only for his own personal reasons, and he had no position to urge Xia Xingchuan to also check and accept in advance.
"What Mr. Xia means...isn't this version of milk tea considered the final draft acceptance?"
"This company is not owned by me alone." Xia Xingchuan took another sip of the new milk tea, which was very delicious. He agreed, but he finally put down the paper cup, "Although I am the boss, I can't just make a decision arbitrarily The recipe for this milk tea."
Even though he did this, no one would be able to raise objections, but at least he didn't want to use his power to do unnecessary things.
When he said that, Lu Chi could understand if he thought about it a little bit.
Lu Chi did understand, his shoulders slumped a little, he nodded, and had no choice but to accept the argument: "Okay."
"Don't worry about it," Xia Xingchuan watched as his expression changed. He had never seen Lu Chi like this before.Feeling a little bit unbearable, he began to question whether what he just said was too official and impersonal. He said, "I like milk tea very much, but there is no manpower to confirm it now."
It wasn't that he was lying. Before Lu Chi came, he had just confirmed with Tang Zheng and the others about his future work arrangements. He didn't expect Lu Chi to deliver the milk tea earlier. This incident really allowed him to make the finished product.
But the work plan that has been confirmed cannot be delayed. They have already missed it for a while, and now they are racing against time. Even so, they don't know if they can make a mooncake that satisfies everyone.
"...En." Lu Chi nodded, sitting on the sofa, a little dejected.
When did Xia Xingchuan see Lu Chi like this?Lu Chi has always been cheerful and vigorous in front of him, always has good ideas coming out one after another, clever and cute, so he would show such distressed look?
"Wait for me a moment, I'm done with the matter at hand, and I'll take you out for dinner." Xia Xingchuan wanted to comfort him, but he couldn't think of anything else to do besides eating, so he had to take him to dinner. I was so unprepared before, so I said, "You can see what you want to eat now, and then we can go directly."
"Oh, good." Lu Chi pursed his lips, but still took out his phone and flipped through it.
He actually wanted to ask Xia Xingchuan about their recent work plan. Although he could guess that they should be busy with moon cakes, from his standpoint, he couldn't ask such a question at all.
He flipped through his phone randomly, but he couldn't read a word when he clicked on the review website. He raised his eyes and took a peek at Xia Xingchuan. He frowned slightly at work, focused and serious.
Lu Chi felt a little tired for no reason.He always felt that being with Xia Xingchuan, as long as he was in this room, was a very clear working relationship.
Xia Xingchuan looked at the documents for a while, and received a few more emails. He happened to see the schedule sent to him by the manager of the marketing department, and it happened to talk about the official website mall.
He suddenly remembered that he actually wanted to find Lu Chi to talk about the issue of the cold chain, and it happened that Lu Chi was here now, so he turned around.
"Lu Chi, I heard you say it before," Xia Xingchuan recalled what Lu Chi said, while considering his tone, "Are you going to cooperate with Han Jianqing in the cold chain project?"
Lu Chi looked up at him: "Yes, Han Jianqing's family specializes in cold chain transportation."
"Then...is it possible?" Xia Xingchuan paused before continuing, "Our company is planning to start an e-commerce business recently, and we may also need to use cold chain technology for transportation. Look..."
Lu Chi's eyes widened slightly, and after only a few days of seeing each other, Xia Xingchuan suddenly wanted to start an e-commerce business, and also needed to use cold chain transportation.Yes, after all, desserts such as cakes and breads do need cold chain transportation to satisfy sales to other provinces and cities.But he only mentioned this matter a few days ago, and Xia Xingchuan brought it up today, clearly because he wanted to cooperate with him.
Lu Chi could vaguely feel that this contained Xia Xingchuan's very strong purpose, but Lu Chi still couldn't figure out what the specific purpose was.
Hesitating, Lu Chi thought about it, and finally shook his head slowly: "I don't think it's possible."
The author has something to say: update one chapter first~ go out to have dinner with friends, come back at night to see if there is room for another chapter...
No.70 Eight Cups of Milk Tea
Lu Chi said truthfully, "It's too late."
Xia Xingchuan looked up at him, but didn't speak.
"It's too late," Lu Chi repeated. "If you want to do this before the Mid-Autumn Festival, you should start looking for a mature cold chain transportation partner now. Of course, I am not the right candidate."
In Lu Chi's original plan, the cooperation with Han Jianqing came after the end of Le Cha's work, and he was seeking his own government in his position. He has not yet resigned from Le Cha, and his job is still the first priority Class.
It's just that Xia Xingchuan suddenly proposed to cooperate under such circumstances. Lu Chi always felt that there was something wrong in his heart, but he couldn't say it, but it was related to work, so he naturally wouldn't bring personal emotions into it, but after thinking about it carefully, Maneuverability is also really low.
"Han Jianqing's family is specialized in cold chain, you can rest assured," Lu Chi said in a business-like manner, "If you feel that time is tight, you can talk to Han Jianqing directly instead of going through me."
When he said this, he still kept his eyes open a little bit, he wanted to know what Xia Xingchuan would say?
Xia Xingchuan raised his eyebrows, as if he was stimulated by Lu Chi's businesslike tone, so he pondered for a moment before slowly saying: "Then...forget it, I'll think about it later
Lu Chi and Han Jianqing sat at the last table of four.
"President Xia, if you don't mind sitting at our table?" Han Jianqing smiled and greeted him politely.
Xia Xingchuan didn't know if he heard what he meant, but he said with a happy face: "Then I won't be polite." After speaking, he sat down next to Lu Chi.
Han Jianqing's face changed. He just wanted to be polite. He thought Xia Xingchuan could understand, but he didn't expect him to be so ignorant.He asked Lu Chi out today and wanted to talk to him about the cold chain, but now that Xia Xingchuan, Lu Chi's current partner, was present, let alone Lu Chi admitted that he liked Xia Xingchuan in front of him, he had no choice but to hold back.
Lu Chi raised his buttocks and moved inside, Xia Xingchuan sat down and asked, "Would you like to disturb your discussion?"
Before Han Jianqing could speak, Lu Chi said, "It's okay, just have a meal."
Hearing this, Han Jianqing couldn't help but glared at Lu Chi - a little guy who eats inside and outside, knows how to cheat his teammates.
It was a foregone conclusion to eat together, Han Jianqing had no choice but to lower his head and continue ordering. After finishing ordering what he and Lu Chi used to like, he handed the menu directly to Xia Xingchuan.
Xia Xingchuan looked at Lu Chi: "You order first."
Lu Chi waved his hand, and Han Jianqing said, "No, I'll order whatever he likes, and Mr. Xia can just order what he wants."
"Oh...so that's how it is." Xia Xingchuan glanced at Han Jianqing, Han Jianqing's face was pale, Xia Xingchuan was a little apprehensive, he seemed to understand why Han Jianqing was hostile to him before.
Lu Chi leaned over and said, "Didn't I tell you before that I don't like to order food?"
So all the ordering is handed over to Faxiao?Xia Xingchuan glanced at him, Lu Chi didn't notice it at all, he didn't feel that he and him were about to start a war.
Xia Xingchuan nodded, noncommittal, he lowered his eyebrows, picked up a few more expensive dishes, and handed them to the waiter: "All the dishes you ordered are a bit expensive, let me treat you to this meal."
Although I don't know how Lu Chi's financial situation is, Mr. Xia believes that he won't lose on this point, and he will make a move when it is time to do so.
Han Jianqing raised his eyebrows high, feeling that he was being provoked.
"How can I do that," Lu Chi said first, "Han Jianqing said today that he invited me to dinner, it's just a meal, and it's not like he can't afford it."
——This person really turns his elbows outward!
Han Jianqing had never seen such a bad teammate.
Today, he really wanted to have a good talk with Lu Chi about the future cooperation, put this matter on the agenda, and he did say that he would invite this meal, but how did he know that Xia Xingchuan would be killed halfway?It's true that he can't afford the meal, but when he thinks of inviting Xia Xingchuan, he always has a lump in his heart.
Xia Xingchuan was different, he looked at Lu Chi, and felt that he was so eager to defend him, and he looked so cute that he didn't want to cost him money.
It's good, it's good to manage the house like this before we're together.
He will not disappoint this heart, but Xia Xingchuan has also invited this meal.
For this meal, Xia Xingchuan paid more attention to the dishes than ever before. Han Jian counted the dishes he and Lu Chi wanted to eat, which showed that he knew exactly what Lu Chi liked to eat. Xia Xingchuan thought he had lost in this part, so Observe Lu Chi's chopsticks more carefully for each dish, so as to determine which dishes he likes to eat.
Their family also has a chain of Yunnan restaurants, if Lu Chi likes it, take him to eat next time, and he will know what to order.
Shredded Chicken Cold Rice Noodles, Charcoal Grilled Lemon Chicken, Charcoal Grilled Pork Belly... Write it down and write it down.
Xia Xingchuan ate this meal as if he was fighting, but he was also very happy. It could be seen that Lu Chi had no extra affection for him other than friendship.
But it was different for him, Lu Chi cared less about him than he did, and chatted more with himself, Xia Xingchuan even felt that his relationship with Lu Chi had grown closer.
After all, the aura between Lu Chi and Fa Xiao was very clearly divided, while that between Lu Chi and him was somewhat blurred.
Xia Xingchuan thought that when he confessed his love to Lu Chi that night, Lu Chi didn't immediately reject him.
Afterwards, the consecutive messages that he put on play made people feel that he cared about him very much.
Coupled with eating together now, Xia Xingchuan almost thought that Lu Chi liked him too.
This kind of thinking couldn't be stopped from the very beginning, Xia Xingchuan couldn't control the smile on his face, which was rare, so he got up and hid in the bathroom secretly for a while.
He calmed down in the bathroom, and when he came back, the other two had almost eaten.
After drinking some tea and sitting for a while, the three of them were satisfied and ready to leave.
Xia Xingchuan thought that his car was still parked a little far away, so he greeted them: "I'll go and bring the car over." Then he went out first.
Lu Chi and Han Jianqing went to the cash register to check out.The cashier looked at the display screen and shook his head at them: "The gentleman who paid for your table has just paid."
The author has something to say: Mr. Xia is really good at it!
No.70 Two Cups of Milk Tea
That day when he broke up with his father, Xia Xingchuan turned around and received a letter of intent from Hangdi Group, expressing his desire to invest.
His father did what he said, and he didn't know why he was crazy. He must make trouble with his son.
Xia Xingchuan didn't want to deal with this matter. After he left that day, his mother quietly called again and said that he would reason with his father. In the end, this is what he wanted to reason with?
Thinking about it makes my brain hurt.
Although I met Lu Chi by chance and had a meal together that day, my mood was a little better, but I still haven't had a good rest in the past few days. Xia Xingchuan rubbed his forehead and sat at the desk, feeling a little depressed.
The internal phone rang, and Xia Xingchuan answered it. It was Qiao Lele at the front desk, and she said, "Mr. Xia, Mr. Lu from Lecha is here."
Road late?Xia Xingchuan looked up at the calendar on the desktop, and it was indeed approaching the final delivery date agreed upon by them.
"Let him in." After Xia Xingchuan ordered, he turned off the phone.
Not long after, Lu Chi knocked on the door, and seeing him look up at him, he opened the door and came in with a bag in his hand.
Xia Xingchuan leaned back in the chair relaxedly: "Done?"
"Well," Lu Chi nodded, and smiled to show his canine teeth, quite satisfied, "I'm sure you're satisfied!"
Seeing him like this, Xia Xingchuan had a rough idea in his heart, nodded and agreed: "Try it."
This time the taste of this product has indeed improved a lot. Xia Xingchuan drank half a glass, nodded, and put it down: "From my point of view, there is no problem, but..."
"I know," Lu Chi replied, "I have to give them a taste, right?"
Xia Xingchuan stood up, took out another cup from the bag, and was about to share it with people outside, then turned to Lu Chi and asked, "Are you coming together? Although I didn't bake any dim sum today."
Lu Chi waved his hand and declined politely: "Farewell, I'll rest for a while, I haven't slept much these days, can you lend me your sofa?" He has been working on this final version for several days I didn't sleep much, and my mother was nagging me to death.
Naturally, Xia Xingchuan would not refuse Lu Chi's request. He nodded, "You can do whatever you want."
Xia Xingchuan turned around and went out. Now it is the end of summer and early autumn, the temperature is still very high. The air conditioner in the company is the central air conditioner. Xia Xingchuan handed the soda water to Tang Zheng and told him to taste it with his colleagues in the department. At the air conditioner switch, the temperature in the president's office was individually adjusted.
He didn't have the habit of resting in the company, so he didn't prepare a blanket for rest in the company. He was afraid that Lu Chi would catch cold, so he had to adjust the temperature first.
After adjusting the temperature, he went back to discuss with the people in the R&D department.
"We generally think that the taste and texture are better this time." Tang Zheng concluded after collecting everyone's opinions.
"Okay, let's develop according to this version." Xia Xingchuan nodded, and since the unanimous vote passed, he made a decision directly.Xia Xingchuan estimated that the publicity and distribution side is already doing it, and it will be released almost after the end of the summer vacation.
"Mr. Lu won't come out?" After the matter was resolved, Tang Zheng felt a lot more relaxed, and he looked in the direction of Xia Xingchuan's office.
Xia Xingchuan also looked in the direction of his gaze: "Le Cha and the others probably didn't take much rest recently to catch up with this. He probably slept inside."
After saying this, Xia Xingchuan seemed to realize something, and his heart moved slightly.
The R&D department has nothing else to do besides this, Xia Xingchuan thought so, and went back to his office lightly.
Lu Chi really fell asleep on the sofa in his office, leaning his head on the armrest, but his feet were still outside the sofa, as if he was worried about having shoes on his feet, and was afraid of soiling the sofa.
A person who is asleep is the most defenseless person.Xia Xingchuan's heart suddenly softened into a mess.
He dimmed the lights in the office, sat back at the desk, looked at the documents for a while, and then couldn't help turning his head to look at the sleeping Lu Chi.
Lu Chi's eyes were faintly black and blue, and he looked very tired even when he was asleep, and Xia Xingchuan felt a little distressed. When he saw someone a few days ago, he was not like this.
Sure enough, these days are still too tired.Xia Xingchuan rested his elbows on the armrest of the office chair, propped his face, and just watched Lu Chi sleep for a long time.
Since the air conditioner in the room was turned up manually by him, Xia Xingchuan felt a little offended after a while, so he took off his coat and covered Lu Chi with it.
It happened that someone knocked on the door outside, and Lu Chi frowned subconsciously in his sleep, as if he was about to wake up.
Xia Xingchuan straightened up, watched Tang Zheng push the door open a crack, and poked his head in: "Mr. Xia, I just received a notice that the batch of soda water machines we ordered before seemed to have an accident at the factory. It can't be delivered."
His voice could not be lowered like Xia Xingchuan's, and the person on the sofa moved.Xia Xingchuan made a decisive decision, walked to the door in two or three steps, and pushed Tang Zheng out: "Go out and talk."
As soon as Xia Xingchuan went out, Lu Chi woke up.
When you take a nap and fall asleep, you will feel hot all over your body and wake up naturally.Although he slept heavily this time, he was not looking for a special place to sleep after all. He still had some impressions of the surrounding noises. He sat up straight from the sofa and slipped a coat off his body. Lu Chi picked it up and looked at it. It was the one Xia Xingchuan wore today.
Lu Chi grabbed the dress and giggled. He didn't know what he was laughing at. People who just woke up are always a little silly.
He took out his mobile phone and checked the time. In fact, his sleep was shorter than he imagined, and the time in his dreams would always be lengthened a lot.He had a little impression of the few words Xia Xingchuan heard before he went out.Looking out through the glass door, Xia Xingchuan was talking to Tang Zheng.
Xia Xingchuan had his back to the door, and Lu Chi couldn't see his face, so he had to judge the emergency from Tang Zheng's expression when he spoke.
Maybe he felt that someone was looking at him, Xia Xingchuan turned his head without warning halfway, and Lu Chi couldn't dodge in time, so he caught him.
Xia Xingchuan only glanced at him to confirm that he was awake, then turned his head away, explained a few words to Tang Zheng, sent him away, and then turned back in.
"Are you awake?" Xia Xingchuan asked, "Is your spirit better?"
"It's better," Lu Chi raised the corners of his mouth, a little sleepy, with a hint of coquettishness, his whole face was slightly reddened by the heat, and he looked at him with bright eyes, "I slept so hot." .”
"I was afraid that you would catch a cold, so I turned up the air conditioner," Xia Xingchuan explained, and smiled again as he spoke, "I think you seem to be very tired. You can go back and ask your boss to take a few more days off."
"Huh?" Lu Chi's reaction was very sharp, and most of the sleepiness disappeared immediately, "You mean...?" Has it been finalized?
Looking at Lu Chi's changes, Xia Xingchuan felt very interesting, and nodded: "That's what you think."
"Great, I finally don't have to stay up all night." Lu Chi happily stretched his waist, and he came to his senses after fully waking up, "So Mr. Tang just asked you to talk about the soda water machine?"
Xia Xingchuan was a little surprised: "Did you hear that?" He thought Lu Chi was in a particularly deep sleep, the kind of unconscious.
Lu Chi shrugged: "It's impossible to sleep in this environment and not hear anything."
"Yes, since we decided to make soda water, we have ordered a batch of soda water machines from other places to be placed in the store. Because the quantity is not small, we have to wait for a while." Xia Xingchuan nodded, "But now something unexpected happened. .”
"It's the factory...?" Lu Chi vaguely remembered what Tang Zheng said.
Xia Xingchuan nodded.
Lu Chi himself was also estimating the time in his mind. The soda water is not many days away from being launched. Before the launch, not only the company's R&D department has to repeatedly debug, but also train the store staff. If the soda water machine is not in place late, it may There is no way to market in time.
——Doesn't that mean that all the late nights and overtime work he's been working these days are all in vain?
Suddenly, Lu Chi had a flash of inspiration: "By the way, didn't I accept the promotion of a bubble machine these few days? They seem to sell that kind of commercial soda water machine. Do you want to think about it...?"
Xia Xingchuan happened to be thinking about this too, so he nodded: "It would be best if you have one, you can give me a contact information, it's an alternative plan."
Lu Chi flipped through his phone, and gave Xia Xingchuan the contact information of the representative of the partner he was negotiating with.Xia Xingchuan put it away, and said again: "You go back and give us the recipe for soda water as soon as possible, so that we can carry out the follow-up work."
"Okay," Lu Chi nodded, watching the sky gradually darken outside the window, "When does Boss Xia get off work? Let me treat you to a meal."
"Why did you suddenly think of inviting me to dinner?"
"You paid the bill and left without a word that day, hiding your merits and fame," Lu Chi shook his head, "I think I need to treat you to a meal."
"That's more than that," Xia Xingchuan said with a smile, "You forgot that I invited you so many meals before? Only one meal back, are you guilty?"
Lu Chi was taken aback, and his first reaction was: "Are you going to make me poor?"
"That depends on your performance." Xia Xingchuan was amused by his reaction, what kind of treasure boy is Lu Chi, and his family background is not bad, why does he always feel a little bit of a money fan?What had life done to him?
Lu Chi was still very entangled. Xia Xingchuan said this, but he didn't say it. He hesitated to bargain with Xia Xingchuan: "Then, how about treating guests in installments?"
God knows people like Xia Xingchuan, their family runs a restaurant? !If the lion opened his mouth and ate super-expensive every meal, wouldn't he lose a lot of money?
Don't look at him like Lu Chi, he is actually a freshman who just graduated from college, okay, life is finally going to deal with this little boy like him?
"Of course you can," Xia Xingchuan readily agreed, "But you know that the so-called installment has interest, right?"
Lu Chi suddenly became alert, his eyes widened like brass bells: "You, what do you want?"
"Think about it," Xia Xingchuan continued, watching Lu Chi's face turn red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally decided not to tease him, "You can invite you back slowly, it doesn't matter if you spend a lifetime."
"What, what are you talking about?!" Lu Chi's face was a little hot, and he felt that the air conditioner must be too high.
"I haven't asked you yet." Xia Xingchuan spread his hands towards him, "What do you think of what I said last time?"
No.70 Three Cups of Milk Tea
"What do you think of what I said last time?"
Last time.
They had had many conversations before, but only one question was left unanswered.
Lu Chi was slightly startled, but he quickly realized that he smiled, moved back unconsciously, and said, "Mr. Xia, this is not good, it's still a workplace."
"Okay," Xia Xingchuan took a deep look at him, and felt that Lu Chi seemed to want to escape, and he pushed him too tightly, so he nodded, "Let's talk about it after get off work."
After speaking, he sat back in his seat and continued to read the document.
There is still more than an hour before get off work, Lu Chi is now back in the store, and he can't do much work, he simply sits on the sofa, does nothing, just watches Xia Xingchuan work.
Lu Chi had just taken a nap, and now he was full of energy, but he couldn't bear the loneliness, so he didn't bother Xia Xingchuan, and just stared at him.
He was still holding the clothes that Xia Xingchuan put on him before, even though he felt that the temperature of the air conditioner was not cool enough, he still didn't want to take them off, and put them all in his arms, holding them vaguely.
Xia Xingchuan turned his back to him, and the computer screen was glowing. Lu Chi looked at it for a while, and from his perspective, he could see that the page displayed on Xia Xingchuan's computer screen hadn't changed for a while.
Lu Chi endured it, and endured it even more, but he still couldn't hold back, and said, "Are you working?"
Xia Xingchuan's back stiffened, of course he wasn't working.It's not that he didn't feel Lu Chi's gaze, he felt like he was on his back, a moment ago he forced himself to end a topic that he really wanted to know the answer to, and he really couldn't concentrate on his work for a while.
As if venting his anger, he took the mouse and slid down the computer page a few times, then turned his head: "Don't look at my work, this is a commercial secret, okay?"
Lu Chi pouted and muttered, "I can't see what you wrote on it..."
"That's not okay, what if?" Xia Xingchuan glanced at him, thought for a while, and then half-jokingly said, "Of course, it also depends on your status. If you are the CEO's boyfriend, then it's not impossible."
Lu Chi blushed, he didn't expect Xia Xingchuan to do such a thing, he spat: "If you don't look at it, don't look at it, I'll go out to play with Xiao Qiao." After saying that, he stood up and was about to go out.
"Hey, you took my clothes away..." Xia Xingchuan went out as soon as he saw him going out, and there was an extra tail, which still belonged to him.
Lu Chiyang put his clothes on his shoulders: "There is plenty of air conditioning outside, please borrow some to wear." After finishing speaking, he touched Xia Xingchuan's face, and added, "...I'll pay you back after get off work!"
Seeing that he was going out, Xia Xingchuan felt that Lu Chi had been feeling very tired today, he hadn't slept for a long time, and he didn't think it was very comfortable, but it made him feel more refreshed at the moment, so he felt relieved.He didn't think about it any more, turned his eyes back, and concentrated on approving the documents.
There are two "Little Joes" in this company, one is Qiao Lele at the front desk, and the other is Xing Yiqiao, the official blogger in the operation.As it was approaching the end of get off work, Lu Chi naturally went to chat with Qiao Lele, who was not very busy.
Lu Chi came to Area B for a long time, and he often came to deliver food to them. He came and went, and got to know Qiao Lele well. In addition, Qiao Lele seemed to be one of his fans on Weibo. He usually had nothing to do. You can also chat a few words.
Qiao Lele poured him a glass of water: "We only have water here, not as many delicious milk teas as you, Le Tea."
Hearing that there was something in these words, Lu Chi took the water glass and smiled knowingly: "Did I say I wanted to invite you and milk tea?"
Qiao Lele's eyes lit up: "You still remember."
Lu Chi's tone was a little complacent: "I'm quite confident in my memory."
"Then when will you buy me milk tea?" Qiao Lele was a little anxious, she had wanted to try the recipe that Lu Chi posted on the Internet for a long time!
"Hey, don't worry." Lu Chi's old god was there, and he wanted to hang her, "Let me ask you a question first..."
Before he could ask, someone rang the doorbell.Lu Chi was slightly taller than Qiao Lele, so he poked his head out to have a look: "It seems to be a courier."
Qiao Lele picked up a small remote control next to the computer, opened the door, and the courier boy came in.When he got closer, Lu Chi realized that the uniform on the little brother was actually the uniform of his own "Lutong Express".
Qiao Lele stood up and contacted the courier brother. The couriers that the company's employees needed to send would be put on the front desk before this point, and most of them were document couriers.The courier will also come to collect the express every day when he is about to get off work.
While drinking water, Lu Chi waited for Qiao Lele to come back from work and sit down.
"Why, the courier you officially cooperate with is Lutong Express?" Lu Chi asked.
Although Lutong Express is famous in Haishi, it is not so well-known in the whole country, and it is worthy of being squeezed into the top ten express companies.
The advantage of Lutong is only in the Haishi area, the delivery is fast, the price is high, and there are few lost items.
"No, I used to cooperate with X-Tong, but I lost several documents in the middle of the cooperation," Qiao Lele said, "You know that a company like ours is basically a document-based courier, and there are a lot of couriers. It’s a contract or something, so it’s more troublesome to lose it.”
Qiao Lele said: "After the contract expired, I planned to change to a courier company. I originally discussed with HR and wanted to find Y Da, but later it was said that Mr. Xia made the decision and decided on Lutong."
"Xia Xingchuan?" This made Lu Chi somewhat unexpected, "His big boss still cares about such trivial matters?"
"I also thought it was a bit strange at the time, but it hasn't been long since I have cooperated with Lutong. It seems that it is cheap, fast and safe." Qiao Lele smiled, "You know, our logistics staff still need to think more about it. The issue of expenses is really trivial."
Lu Chi didn't pick up.
Qiao Lele didn't know about his relationship with Lutong Express, but Xia Xingchuan did. The relationship between their two mothers is very good, and his mother must have taken everything out.
Why did Xia Xingchuan intervene in such a matter, Lu Chi had a vague guess in his heart.
"You just said that the cooperation has not been long." In order to verify this conjecture, and fearing that he was being self-indulgent, Lu Chi tentatively asked, "How long is it?"
"About a week."
a week.Xia Xingchuan has not confessed to him for less than a week. If this happened a week ago, is it because of him that he chose Lutong Express?
Was he sure he liked him then?
Lu Chi pursed his lips, Xia Xingchuan decided to cooperate with his company, but he didn't tell him.If he hadn't come to chat with Qiao Lele today and saw the courier come to pick up the package, he might not have even known about it.
"Lulu?" Qiao Lele poked him, "Why don't you speak? What are you thinking?"
Only then did Lu Chi come back to his senses, and smiled at her: "It's okay, I'm a little tired, so I was in a daze for a while."
"It's almost time to get off work, do you want to wait for Mr. Xia to leave work?" Qiao Lele started to pack her things, and even wanted to go to the bathroom when she was done, "Did you have anything to ask me just now?"
Lu Chi was startled, and then smiled brightly: "It's gone now, are you going to the bathroom, go quickly, I'll look after it for you here."
Qiao Lele smiled apologetically at him, and ran out Diandian.
Lu Chi thought about it, what question did he plan to ask Qiao Lele just now?He originally wanted to inquire about Xia Xingchuan's past relationship experience, but now it seems that it is unnecessary.
When it was time to get off work, people in the company packed up and went out one after another, and came to check in at the front door. When they passed by the front desk, they couldn't help but stare curiously at the road.Those who have been in this company for a while have a certain impression of Lu Chi. Some people know that he often comes to deliver milk tea, and some people think that he often develops products with people from the R&D department. Others always saw him running to the president's office, and so on.
But in common, they all feel that he is very mysterious.
Lu Chi has a pleasing face. He has been seen by countless people in one way or another since he was a child, and he is completely unafraid, smiling at all of them.
The number of people gradually decreased, and Xia Xingchuan was almost the last to come out.From a distance, he saw Lu Chi sitting alone at the front desk, with his back hunched over, waiting for someone. A ray of light shone from above his head, hitting him right on his body, making his figure even more lonely.
Xia Xingchuan slowed down his pace suddenly, he walked slowly over, before he walked a few steps, Lu Chi seemed to have sensed something, and turned to look at him.
He seemed to see a flash of resentment in Lu Chi's eyes, and felt that it was his own illusion. When Lu Chi turned his head to look at him, there was some backlight, so how could he see his expression clearly?
"Are all the small bosses of your start-up companies so busy? The last one to get off work," Lu Chi looked at him and said, paused, and then continued, "It seems that I still have to go home and work for my family in the future, but You can’t come out and start a business.”
"A real entrepreneurial small boss has no boundaries for going to and from get off work," Xia Xingchuan replied with a smile, "I go to work when I'm awake, and I go to get off work when I'm asleep."
All the lights in the company were turned off, but the front desk was still lit.Xia Xingchuan walked into the light and looked down at Lu Chi who was sitting motionless on the bench: "Aren't you leaving? Where's Qiao Lele?"
"Leave early!" Lu Chi stood up, with Xia Xingchuan's coat still on his arm, and he handed it over.
Xia Xingchuan took it over, looked at it, and was a little disgusted: "It's all wrinkled."
Lu Chi ignored him and walked out, then turned around and reminded him: "Remember to clock in."
Xia Xingchuan laughed, he is the boss, what card does he use? Would HR still dare to deduct his salary?
However, under Lu Chijiongjiong's gaze, Mr. Xia reluctantly punched the card once.
"Do you want to eat something?" Xia Xingchuan asked Lu Chi as he walked out.
Lu Chi shook his head: "I invite you, you choose what you like to eat."
"..." What logic?Since it's Lu Chi's treat, shouldn't he choose a delicious place and book a table by the way?Xia Xingchuan couldn't figure out how Lu Chi wasted the time just now?
But now that he has reached this point, Xia Xingchuan had no choice but to think about it: "Then I will take you to eat Yunnan cuisine, our family opened it."
Since the last time he had dinner with Han Jianqing, Xia Xingchuan has become a little bit attached to Yunnan cuisine. Now he knows what Lu Chi likes to eat, and he can help Lu Chi order food.
Lu Chi did not doubt that he was with him, so he nodded and agreed.
Xia Xingchuan didn't tell Lu Chi the address, and went directly to the garage to pick up the car. Even if he told Lu Chi the address, he couldn't be expected to remember the way.
Along the way, the two of them didn't say anything in the car, Xia Xingchuan drove seriously, and Lu Chi didn't dare to disturb him.
The restaurant is located in a nearby shopping mall. Xia Xingchuan drove into the underground parking lot and parked the car, and the two of them went upstairs together.
While waiting for the elevator to come down in the stairwell, Lu Chi suddenly said, "Mr. Xia, let's do the basic milk tea thing quickly."
Xia Xingchuan's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly recalled the phone call that Lu Chi had answered in his company before. Lu Chi said on the phone that he could only leave to do other things after the cooperation on his side was completed.
Sounds like you're making a promise to someone.Xia Xingchuan recalled carefully, that day he first received a call from Han Jianqing on Lu Chi's mobile phone.So this promise was made to Han Jianqing?
This phone call almost told Xia Xingchuan the fact that after the cooperation with Le Cha ended, Lu Chi might not even deliver milk tea takeaway.
So Xia Xingchuan knows that there is still a milk tea that has not been finished, but he has deliberately avoided mentioning it recently.
It was Lu Chi who brought it up first.
He pondered for a moment, twitched the corners of his mouth, and said dryly: "Don't worry, soda water isn't on the market yet. Let's see the market reaction first."
"I still think we can start the preparations first," Lu Chi shook his head, "On the one hand, I don't want to stay up late to catch up on work in the last few days like this time, just like when I was a child, I waited until the last day before the holidays to catch up on homework. "
Lu Chi said: "On the other hand, I still want to end the cooperative relationship with you as soon as possible."
Xia Xingchuan's throat rolled, and he didn't know how to react.
Lu Chi pursed his lips, and continued, "I'm not sure if I can distinguish between public and private."
"So at least I have to sit until the end of the cooperative relationship before I can properly fall in love with you."
Talk about... talk about what?With whom?
Xia Xingchuan's mind was short-circuited for a moment, he turned his head to look at Lu Chi, the elevator came down with a "ding--".
He first saw Lu Chi running into the elevator with his head down.
Almost fled.
The author has something to say: finally wrote here! ! ! !
All the detailed outlines I listed are useless. I was really out of control when I wrote orz
No.70 Four Cups of Milk Tea
What is he running for?Where can I run again?
Xia Xingchuan watched Lu Chi get into the elevator, and it was rare to see him shy, so he got a sense of reality.
It seems that he heard correctly, Lu Chi was indeed confessing to him just now, right?
Now, both he and Lu Chi have defeated each other, so is this the one that counts?
Xia Xingchuan followed Lu Chi into the elevator, Lu Chi looked up at him, he was shy for a while after saying that, anyway, he had already spoken, he quickly adjusted his mentality, but looking at Xia Xingchuan Xing Chuan couldn't help smiling again, and said to him, "Why are you smiling so brightly?"
I, did I laugh?Xia Xingchuan raised his hand to touch his face, but he didn't expect to laugh unconsciously. He quickly pulled his face down, coughed lightly, and returned to his regular expression of seriousness.
"Why restrain yourself?" Lu Chi said, "I found out that you laugh a lot more recently than when I first met you. I was afraid that if I said it, you would return to the face of a high-cold male god, so I kept holding back. See, sure enough, once you say it, you will return to your original shape."
Xia Xingchuan looked at him, still hesitating: "...I, would it be better if I smiled?"
His mood swings have not been great since he was a child, and he doesn't like to show his emotions on his face. He can't smile a few times throughout the year. It's not because he is indifferent, but his personality is more calm. From the outside world, his mood changes Not obvious.
Lu Chi nodded desperately: "It's very beautiful! You are not a cold person yourself, why do you put on a face all day long and pretend to be cold?"
After hearing what he said, Xia Xingchuan raised the corners of his mouth, trying to smile like Lu Chi did, but with a little force, it looked fake.
Lu Chi saw that he couldn't do it like this, so he quickly interrupted him: "Forget it, forget it, don't force yourself to smile when you don't want to, you think you are a boy with a fake smile. My professional smile is a little difficult for you It's still a little high," said Lu Chi, who couldn't help but raise his hand and pinch Xia Xingchuan's cheek, "I just want you to not have to suppress yourself when you're happy and want to laugh."
Xia Xingchuan didn't expect that Lu Chi would directly pinch him, his heart was very shaken, and he raised his hand like a conditioned reflex to grab his evil wrist.His eyes stared straight at others.
"What, what are you doing?" Lu Chi was caught by his hand, and he couldn't break free, and he was still very close to him. Xia Xingchuan's eyes...was too serious, it made his heart beat palpitatingly.
"I still want to confirm," Xia Xingchuan said, "Are you really confessing to me what you just said?"
Lu Chi: "???" Wasn't that obvious enough?
Ding--
Before Lu Chi could speak, the elevator reached the first floor. The two of them reacted instantly and separated quickly before the elevator door opened.
Lu Chi retreated into the corner and gently rubbed his wrist which was just grabbed by Xia Xingchuan. Xia Xingchuan didn't actually use much force, but just such a movement was enough to make Lu Chi blush.
Xia Xingchuan was standing beside him at the moment, but he had no physical contact with him. It was the first time he did such a thing, and he didn't know what to do or how to express himself, so he had to put on his best indifferent face, pretending that he was just a passerby.
Pretending to be like that, Lu Chi glared at him unconvinced, but didn't make a sound.
There were a lot of people coming in on the first floor, Xia Xingchuan was squeezed in so that he had to stay next to Lu Chi, and even apologized to Lu Chi: "I'm sorry."
Lu Chi raised his hand and twisted Xia Xingchuan's arm through the fabric of Xia Xingchuan's sleeve.Xia Xingchuan glanced at him, and Lu Chi gave him a warning look.
Put it on, and then put it on.
He kept his hands firm and not too heavy. Xia Xingchuan didn't feel any pain from being pinched by him. On the contrary, he felt a little itchy in his heart.
There is a cinema on the top floor of this shopping mall, so not many people got off the elevator on the middle floors. Lu Chi and the others came for dinner, and they went down together when the elevator stopped on the floor of the restaurant.
Lu Chi looked at the restaurant that Xia Xingchuan took him to. It was a mid-range line under Xia's family. It mainly specialized in Yunnan cuisine. Although Lu Chi had never eaten it, he somehow knew the price. It was more expensive than the Yunnan cuisine they ate before.
So I couldn't help but start to think in my heart.
Xia Xingchuan guessed what he was doing as soon as he saw his eyeballs rolling around: "What? You said you wanted to invite me to dinner."
"I'm, I said, I'll treat you to dinner." Lu Chi bit the bullet and said.
"Then you can't hire someone who is too cheap, can you?"
Lu Chi nodded, and pushed Xia Xingchuan in: "Just, just here, let's go, let's go in."
Xia Xingchuan raised the corners of his mouth slightly, he discovered that Lu Chi had a little hidden wealth fan attribute, it was really cute to tease him.
It's not like he really let Lu Chi spend the money, but if Lu Chi is really determined to pay the bill today, he has a way to make up for it from other places.
There were not many people in the store on weekday nights, so Xia Xingchuan didn't need a private room, so he found a corner seat.
When the waiter brought the menu, Lu Chi was about to reach for it, but Xia Xingchuan snatched it first.
Lu Chi blinked - when Xia Xingchuan took him to his house for dinner last time, he asked him to order by himself.
"Let me order some." Xia Xingchuan was still brooding over Han Jianqing's familiarity with Lu Chi's favorite things, "I'll let you see if I want to add more after ordering."
Last time he was the first to pay for Lu Chi Han Jianqing's meal, and even took the receipt. After a lot of research, he can now guarantee that he knows which Yunnan dishes Lu Chi eats.
Unfortunately, he has only collected information about Yunnan cuisine so far.
He quickly ordered a few dishes from memory, and then handed the menu to Lu Chi.Lu Chi looked at Xia Xingchuan's order first, and exclaimed, "Do you really like my taste? I like everything I ordered."
"Really?" Xia Xingchuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but on the surface he was still calm.
"Almost all the dishes I like." Lu Chi looked at the menu again, and found that he couldn't add anything to it. Xia Xingchuan's order was too accurate. Now that he looked at it again, Lu Chi saw something strange.
It's not hard to see that this menu is completely ordered according to Lu Chi's preferences, which means that Xia Xingchuan knows what Yunnan food he likes to eat.He didn't disclose this to Xia Xingchuan before, so Xia Xingchuan should have noticed and remembered it after the meal last time.
"You specially brought me here to eat Yunnan cuisine, just to verify that I like all these dishes?" Lu Chi glanced at Xia Xingchuan, the more calm Xia Xingchuan acted, the more sure he was.Thinking about it now, why did Xia Xingchuan propose to eat Yunnan cuisine? He must have his own considerations.
Xia Xingchuan denied it flatly: "Have you forgotten? If you hadn't thought about what to eat in advance, I wouldn't have brought you here."
What he said seemed to be right, but Lu Chi always felt that something was wrong, he tilted his head, not wanting to understand, but he only believed half of Xia Xingchuan's words.But it doesn't matter, Lu Chi feels that Xia Xingchuan's cautious behavior is more like a lively person. His previous facial paralysis is not mentioned, his conduct is too appropriate, and he does everything very well. Just lost a little popularity.Right now.
When the dishes were served, Lu Chi finally brought the topic back to what he had told Xia Xingchuan before.
"The basic milk tea is not difficult to make, so I hope it can be finalized as soon as possible." Lu Chi said, "We can adjust the recipe first, and we will deliver it here. As for when this milk tea will be on the market, it will be up to you You can make your own decisions within the company.”
Xia Xingchuan's heart was inexplicably beating again. Although Lu Chi mentioned the saying "the end of the cooperative relationship is the only way to fall in love", but now that Xia Xingchuan calms down and thinks about it, this reason may only account for a small proportion.
This made him start to care about Lu Chi's phone call with Han Jianqing again.
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Xia Xingchuan considered his tone and tried to be as objective as possible, "This milk tea can be made anytime, do you have any reason to finish it as soon as possible?"
Lu Chi hesitated a little: "Isn't it, make preparations early to avoid temporary problems?"
"If you don't tell me the truth, I can naturally procrastinate the construction period with an attitude of 'keep improving', you think about it," Xia Xingchuan said half-truthfully, he spread out the bargaining chip for Lu Chi to see, it was not a threat, Just want to change the road late to tell the truth.Xia Xingchuan stared into Lu Chi's eyes and guided him, "No matter what capacity you are talking to me now, you should tell the truth."
Xia Xingchuan said: "Is it related to Han Jianqing?"
Lu Chi raised his eyes to look at him, a bit puzzled as to how Xia Xingchuan thought of this place.
Looking at his reaction, Xia Xingchuan knew that his guess was indistinguishable, and suddenly felt a tight breath in his chest, unable to vomit, let alone swallow.
He didn't have much contact with Han Jianqing, but the only short phone call and meal made him keenly aware of Han Jianqing's hostility towards him. Behind this hostility, there was only one motive.
Xia Xingchuan couldn't imagine a second possibility besides "Han Jianqing also likes Lu Chi".
Now that he and Lu Chi had just exchanged their minds, Lu Chi turned around and was going to work with Han Jianqing?
Lu Chi looked at Xia Xingchuan's expression, his lips were pursed into a straight line, his brows were slightly furrowed, and his heart was a little beating.After hesitating again and again, he still explained to Xia Xingchuan: "He approached me about this matter a long time ago, and he helped me cover the fact that I came to work in District B in front of my parents, and I couldn't refuse anymore .”
When Lu Chi was willing to say something, Xia Xingchuan's face paled. He didn't interrupt him, but just nodded to show that he was listening, and motioned for Lu Chi to continue.
"You also know that my family runs a courier company," Lu Chi said, thinking that Xia Xingchuan's company has also cooperated with their courier company recently, so he couldn't help but look up at Xia Xingchuan, "Lutong is relatively famous in Haishi. , the competitiveness will be much weaker when you go outside. You have worked with our family before, so you should have some understanding."
"My family has always wanted to open up the cold chain market. It just so happens that Han Jianqing's family is in the cold chain business, so..."
so?When Xia Xingchuan heard this word, his eyebrows twitched.
Lu Chi's family seems to be developing cold chains, and Han Jianqing's family specializes in cold chains?So the two of them are good pots with good lids?
Ah!Xia Xingchuan gave Lu Chi a look, hoping that he could take care of it himself.
"Han Jianqing has a project in hand now, so he hired me to help him," Lu Chi honestly confessed, "I will go back to my company sooner or later, and it is always good to learn from Han Jianqing, even though I was When I came out to deliver food, I also had a headache. But I can't deliver food for a lifetime..."
"...Let me think about it." Lu Chi told him well that Xia Xingchuan couldn't be unreasonable, he was also a rational person, and there was nothing wrong with Lu Chi's words, but Xia Xingchuan felt that the amount of information was a little too much. He needs to sort out.
It just so happens that the dishes are coming up one after another, so this topic will stop here for the time being.While eating, Xia Xingchuan suddenly thought of something, and asked, "By the way, you said you came out from home. You used to work in the company at home, so why did you come out to deliver food?"
Logically speaking, he is also a prince. How did he become a takeaway boy who comes and goes in the wind and rain outside?
The piece of lemon chicken that Lu Chi was holding in his mouth clattered into the plate.
"Why else?" Lu Chi picked up the chicken and stuffed it back into his mouth, "It's not because of Lu Chi."
The author has something to say: After counting, I feel that there is not much content, and it is almost the end?
But I often pinch my fingers and my calculations are inaccurate. The goal is to finish it within a month!
I don't know if it can be done.
No.70 five cups of milk tea
Sometimes Xia Xingchuan would feel that Lu Chi might be the same kind of person as himself.
Both of them have good family conditions, they have their own family businesses, but they are both restless at home. When they come out of their homes, they both want to prove themselves to some extent.
There is also a sense of fate that they have to return to the family in the end.
It's just that he never thought that Lu Chi left his courier company because he was an idiot.That's all, he even came out to deliver food.Is this any different from express delivery?
"Of course there is," Lu Chi said, "Do you think I'm not very successful in delivering food now?"
These words caused Xia Xingchuan to think - why is there such a big gap between express delivery and food delivery if he is also a road idiot?
Lu Chi is indeed in the food delivery industry like a duck to water, and even became a small internet celebrity, so his current job seems to be more exhausting than actually delivering enough milk tea.
He has been troubled by this question for several days, and when he thinks about it from time to time, he will think about it for a while.
The announcement of the Haiyan series is coming to an end, and it will be launched in the city next week. Xia Xingchuan ordered various departments to pay attention to this project at the weekly meeting. After that, he asked Tang Zheng about his next research and development plan separately.
Tang Zheng said: "Summer is coming to an end soon. Considering that autumn is coming, we can start preparing for this year's new mooncakes."
Mooncakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival are the top priority of new products from major dim sum shops every year. Now there are various flavors of mooncakes on the market, which can be described as dazzling. Every year, we have to scratch our heads in introducing new ones. Now Putting this matter on the agenda, the time seems to be a little tight.
Xia Xingchuan nodded, and made a rough calculation in his mind: "I feel that the time is a bit tight, you can give me a plan later, let's discuss the schedule."
At the end of the meeting, Xia Xingchuan invited everyone from the company and milk tea as usual, and the customary order was Le tea.
Today's milk tea was delivered in a timely manner. At that time, Xia Xingchuan was sitting in his office. When Qiao Lele came in to call him, he nodded and told Qiao Lele: "Is Lu late? Let him come in for a while. "
Qiao Lele's face was a little embarrassed: "Mr. Xia, it's not Lulu who brought milk tea here today."
When Xia Xingchuan went out, he saw He Lai at the front desk.There is a rule in Le Tea's food delivery that the delivery staff can only leave after the acceptance is correct, especially for such a large order, He Lai waited for everyone to take the milk tea before leaving.
Xia Xingchuan met He Lai a few times, but he didn't know him at all. He asked, "Why didn't Lu Chi come today?"
"He asked for leave." He Lai generally knew that the relationship between Xia Xingchuan and Lu Chi was unusual, so he didn't hide it, and told Xia Xingchuan what he knew, "But I don't know why he asked for leave."
Xia Xingchuan nodded, but did not continue to ask. After all, Lu Chi is not missing, and he can contact him himself.He didn't say much, he still asked He Lai to stay and have some snacks before leaving.
He Lai didn't know Xia Xingchuan that well, and he didn't refuse anyone who came like Lu Chi, so he declined.
There were still some people in the company who didn't come to the front desk to get their own milk tea, Qiao Lele went to rush, Xia Xingchuan took his own cup, and chatted with He Lai while drinking.
"I remember that before Lu Chi came here, you didn't seem to deliver milk tea around here." Xia Xingchuan has a good memory. He still remembers the first time he met Lu Chi, he went downstairs to pick him up, but Lu Chi followed He He Come up, He Lai wasn't wearing Le Cha's overalls at that time.
He Lai nodded: "I used to be a rider on a food delivery platform."
"I see," Xia Xingchuan nodded, and asked casually, "Isn't it hard work for platform riders?"
"Because the working hours are also divided into time slots," He Lai said, "It will be very busy at lunch time on weekdays. If there are too many orders received, almost all of them will not be delivered in time."
Xia Xingchuan also knows this, there are actually very few employees in the company who bring meals to eat every day, including himself, who often order takeaway, and the lunch delivery will not be too fast, so it needs to be ordered some time in advance.
"Now, deliver milk tea, do you feel more relaxed?"
"It's not easy at all," He Lai said, "The only good thing is being able to have a good meal at mealtime."
He spoke very calmly, but Xia Xingchuan listened very sadly - it's really hard to be a delivery guy.
So here comes the question: Why does Lu Chi have such a good life as a delivery man?Simply incomprehensible.
After He Lai left, Xia Xingchuan thought for a while before he gradually understood why.
Lu Chi is a road idiot, so if a restaurant delivers food like He Lai, it must be miserable, maybe even worse than his express delivery career.But what he delivered was milk tea, and the customers would not say anything after a little longer, and the road was so harmful to people, it still helped his takeaway career to some extent.
From this point of view, Lu Chi has always been a very thoughtful person. He knows what he should do and what he should not do, and even has plans for what he will do in the future.
He will definitely return to the family business, it's just a matter of time.
Xia Xingchuan thought of this, and inadvertently remembered that Lu Chi had told him before that he would go back to do the cold chain.
Cold chain transportation is indeed a business that the express delivery industry urgently needs to develop.Lu Chi is a smart person who can make up his mind. If he can successfully help his family's business develop the cold chain business, it will definitely be a better proof of his ability than delivering food for several years outside.
At this point, how to choose and choose, the answer is already obvious.
But Lu Chi said something that Xia Xingchuan disagreed with.
He said: "We must first end the cooperative relationship before we can properly fall in love with you."
On the contrary, Xia Xingchuan felt that it was because of the cooperative relationship that two people could always have common topics, so that getting along would not be boring.
They are not in the same industry. If they indulge in their own work in the future, it is easy to lose their common language.
Xia Xingchuan tapped his fingers on the table a few times, made an internal call and called the marketing manager in.
"Expand the market?" After hearing Xia Xingchuan's intention, the marketing manager pushed his glasses, "Xia always wants to open the store to other places?"
"It's too early to open a store in other places." Xia Xingchuan thought for a while, "What if the products go out of the local area first?"
"The products go out of the local area first, that is to sell on the Internet, and do e-commerce." The manager thought for a while, "At present, our popularity in Haishi is indeed very good, and our target audience is relatively young, 30 years old The following young user groups, this type of group now attaches great importance to the quality of life. They don’t mind the cost very much, and our positioning is also a new concept, and there is no lack of fashion sense. The current preliminary judgment is interesting.”
"I have an idea now," Xia Xingchuan said, "Isn't it time to start making mooncakes? The first step in developing e-commerce is to start selling mooncake gift boxes online, but I am more concerned about whether there is time..."
"Mr. Xia, the idea is good," the manager pushed his glasses awkwardly, "but the transportation is a big problem at present." They are definitely not as experienced as mooncake manufacturers, and they don't know what kind of products will be produced this year. The biggest problem for e-commerce is in the transportation process. If there is a problem with food during transportation, the consequences will be serious.
"I'm thinking about this," Xia Xingchuan said, "I'll go and study the cold chain logistics, and then you can evaluate the feasibility of this plan."
The author has something to say: cold chain transportation is low-temperature transportation XD, such as online shopping fruit, handmade food with a short shelf life, all need to use cold chain to keep fresh during transportation, so as to ensure that they are still fresh after delivery La.
No.70 Six Cups of Milk Tea
A few days later, Lu Chi came to Xia Xingchuan's company alone.Without notifying Xia Xingchuan, he brought the milk tea first.
When he came, he also brought Qiao Lele the milk tea that he had promised to treat her to. Although it was just to fulfill the previous agreement, Qiao Lele still went to inform the boss for him very hard.
She went to Xia Xingchuan's office but didn't see him, only later did she see him in the small meeting room.
At this time, Xia Xingchuan was having a small meeting with the manager of the R&D department and the marketing department, and Qiao Lele knocked on the door and went in: "Mr. Xia, Mr. Lu is here." After she finished speaking, she stuck out her tongue secretly, and almost said habitually "Lu Lu", fortunately the reaction was fast enough.
Xia Xingchuan glanced at her in surprise, then nodded immediately: "5 minutes."
Qiao Lele nodded, and was about to leave, Xia Xingchuan added: "Or you can ask him to wait for me in my office."
"Okay." Qiao Lele nodded, and then backed out.
Xia Xingchuan can let people enter his office at will, so Lulu and him have a really good relationship.
Lu Chi sat on the sofa by the front door, saw Qiao Lele come back, and asked him with a smile: "How is he? Is he free?"
"He's in a meeting," Qiao Lele said, "It will be over in about 5 minutes. You can go to his office and wait for him."
"It's only five minutes, I won't go to his office," Lu Chi grinned, "I'm so bored by myself, I might as well chat with you here."
Qiao Lele was very happy when she heard it, but she still said, "Don't think I'm idle just because I'm the front desk, I have to work too."
The two chatted alternately, and Lu Chi checked Weibo from time to time.
The Haiyan series is about to go online. Recently, I can go to SI's official blog to release new product announcements every day. Lu Chi thought that he is also a partner, so although there is no appeal for him to cooperate with the Weibo promotion, Lu Chi still looks at it. The situation turned to several teaser blogs with new drinks.
Lu Chi's use of Weibo is perfect now. He can interact with fans, distribute benefits, and even draw prizes. He has a little more exposure, and he often gains followers. However, the majority of his fans are still It started from the first time he distributed milk tea with dry goods.
It didn't take long for him to evaluate SI's new series of snacks since then. Now that this series has been called for a long time, there are many people who will go back and dig their graves.Dig out this Weibo.
And because the fans found clues about him and Xia Xingchuan in the previous Weibo, and the previous Weibo has new product reviews, and the recent Weibo is still advertising the new series of SI, and the boss of SI is Xia Xingchuan, so Lenovo, the brain tonic emperors on the Internet instantly made up a big show.
[Come on, Lulu is also standing on the street for SI today.Does he still remember that he is an employee of Le Tea? 】
【Boss Le Tea's heart is bleeding...】
[This ad was played too conscientiously. I don’t know how much SI paid for the promotion, or is it simply going to poach Lulu from Lecha? 】
[ls is too naive, I don't think it's about money.What is the relationship between Lu Lu and Mr. Xia? How could it be so badass? 】
[hhhhhh The one upstairs is a new fan at first glance, please read Lulu's early Weibo, and you will know why Lulu Nikkei advertised for SI. 】
[If only Lulu could post selfies as diligently as SI's Weibo?I just think about [grievance]]
【If SI can let Lulu speak for them directly, Xinnuyuan will eat SI for the rest of her life. 】
[Crying Liao, Lu Lu must have been taken care of by Mr. Xia 8!If so, I can!I really can!My tears are worthless! 】
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Lu Chi has been too busy these days to read the comments at all. Looking at it now, demons have already begun to dance wildly.Why retweet SI Weibo every day?How can he do it so often?
Unconvinced, Lu Chi went to his homepage and looked, hey, he retweets one every day, he is a person who forgets after retweeting, and he really doesn't remember that he retweeted so many.
Flipping forward, there were still a few evaluation tapes that had not been drawn, so he opened them together while he had nothing to do at the moment.
After finishing all this, he caught a glimpse of a figure approaching outside the glass door from the corner of his eye. He looked up and saw that the visitor was indeed about to come in. Lu Chi was about to stand up and press the door button for him, but the person took out the access control card and swiped it. came in.
When someone came through the door, Lu Chi saw that this was the legal brother who brought him the cake before?
Lu Chi remembered seeing his name on the door of his office, called Zhong... What's the matter with Zhong?
Zhong Zhou also recognized him, and smiled at him: "Hello."
Lu Chi hurriedly said, "Hello, hello, hello..."
"Mr. Lu is here on business today?"
"That's right... But there was no notice in advance, Mr. Xia is still in a meeting right now," Lu Chi said, thinking it was wrong, "Eh? Mr. Zhong knows my name?"
"What's so strange about this," Zhong Zhou said with a smile, "I handled the contract signed between your company and our company, and you are the person in charge of Party B. Have you forgotten?"
"Oh...that's how it is," Lu Chi said, "See, I forgot about it."
Qiao Lele, who was originally sitting at the front desk as quiet as a chicken, suddenly burst into a violent cough.
The two of them turned their heads and saw Xia Xingchuan standing by the front desk, looking at them. They didn't know how long he had been standing there.
Xia Xingchuan thought that Lu Chi was waiting for him in the office, quickly ended the meeting, returned to his office but did not see anyone, so he found out, and saw Lu Chi and Zhong Zhou standing at the door of the company talking Very happy look.
——What is the system? !
Xia Xingchuan was really scared. Now there are wolves and tigers, first Han Jianqing, and then Zhongzhou.Lu Chi showed strong curiosity towards Zhong Zhou from the very beginning, and he had to bother to dismiss Zhong Zhou, but recently Lu Chi came to the company repeatedly without prior notice, so he can't just fire Zhong Zhou for this matter, right? ?
Xia Xingchuan thought that he had just brought up the matter of selling moon cakes online in the small conference room, and originally planned to cooperate with Lu Chi to try the cold chain, but now he suddenly hesitated to do this matter stand up.
The more he thought about the situation, the more serious it became, Xia Xingchuan's face almost froze.
He glared at Qiao Lele, and Qiao Lele was flustered by his stare, so he took a sip of milk tea, and then choked, coughing so loudly.
On Lu Chi's side, seeing Xia Xingchuan's reaction, he felt a little guilty for no reason?But he soon felt that the matter was not that big, so he walked over and said as naturally as possible, "Have you finished the meeting?"
Although it was only a few words, Lu Chi usually wouldn't speak in such a tone. When he said it at this time, he didn't do it deliberately, but to Xia Xingchuan's ears, it sounded a little coquettish.
Although Lu Chi has the baby face of a classic little milk dog, he has a very strong personality. He can be cute to customers at work, but it is not so easy to make him act like a baby in life.
So Mr. Xia was pleased by his coquettish question, and his face gradually became less cold: "Didn't I ask you to wait for me in my office?"
"That's not too good," Lu Chi shook his head and said, "The offices in your company are all made of glass. What's going on when I go in without the boss?"
He thought of commenting on those wild fan speculations again, and couldn't help leaning into Xia Xingchuan's ear and said, "My fans are all speculating that I was adopted by you, how bad that is..."
Xia Xingchuan didn't know if Lu Chi's approach to him was intentional, but Lu Chi really knew how to make him feel good.He looked at Lu Chi's face, which was close at hand, and whispered seriously, "I don't think there's anything wrong with that."
No.70 Seven Cups of Milk Tea
"You didn't say anything when you came here today." Xia Xingchuan led Lu Chi into the office, looked at him, and then at the bag in his hand, "Why, the milk tea is ready? Are you waiting to cut it first and then play it?"
He thought to himself that it's no wonder He Lai delivered the milk tea ordered two days ago. It turned out to be this guy. Needless to say, he must have followed his boss to adjust the taste of this milk tea.
"I really can't hide anything from Teacher Xia." Lu Chi chuckled, knowing that he was wrong, but still put the bag on the table, and took out two milk tea books from it.
Seeing that he took two cups of the same milk tea, Xia Xingchuan felt a little strange: "Did you make too much milk tea?"
"No." Lu Chi turned the two cups of milk tea around. The two cups of milk tea were similar in color, but there were small labels of two colors, one red and one blue, on the cups. Lu Chi pointed to the red cup and said, "This is This is the basic new product made for Mr. Xia," he said pointing to another cup of blue, "this is the original flavor of our Le Tea. After comparing the two, although they look similar, the taste is quite different."
Seeing Xia Xingchuan raised his eyebrows, Lu Chi continued to coax him, "Mr. Xia, do you want to have a drink?"
Xia Xingchuan was only silent for a second, then nodded: "Drink."
Lu Chi looked around, found several paper cups in the storage cabinet under the water dispenser in Xia Xingchuan's office, took out two, filled a cup with some milk tea for Xia Xingchuan, and handed it to him.
Xia Xingchuan tasted it, and it really tasted very different.Lu Chi had explained to Xia Xingchuan before that the ingredients of this type of milk tea are different from those of ordinary milk tea, and now there is a difference.
This version is indeed much better than the previous version, and the sweetness has also been adjusted appropriately.
Lu Chi said before that sweetness adjustment should be the last thing to be confirmed, but he has already achieved this step, which means...
Xia Xingchuan said: "Could this be the final version you want to submit?"
Lu Chi said: "The final version still needs to be confirmed after you taste it."
"That's not a coincidence," Xia Xingchuan said lightly, "Our company is currently developing new products, and it may take a while for this milk tea to be put on the agenda."
"how long will it takes?"
"After Mid-Autumn Festival."
"..." Lu Chi weighed it up. This time is a bit long for him. He originally planned that if he could get the milk tea deal done within this week, he would be able to resign after completing his job to discuss cooperation with Han Jianqing. thing.
But in the current situation, Xia Xingchuan clearly stated that SI has a relatively important new product under development. According to him, it is probably a product prepared for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there is a high probability that something will be made of moon cakes.
Lu Chi knows that the current dim sum industry is still very competitive, but when it comes to festivals, many brands will start preparations a long time in advance, coupled with the rapid development of modern society, the food is also varied, so it must be delicious Far from being enough, the most important thing is innovation.
Seeing that the preparation time is very tight now, Lu Chi can understand that the entire Daigo Catering and the entire R&D department will be devoted to the project of developing new mooncake flavors, but he can't wait.
However, the deadline for the contract signed between Le Cha and Daigo Catering was still very early, and he completed the matter ahead of schedule only for his own personal reasons, and he had no position to urge Xia Xingchuan to also check and accept in advance.
"What Mr. Xia means...isn't this version of milk tea considered the final draft acceptance?"
"This company is not owned by me alone." Xia Xingchuan took another sip of the new milk tea, which was very delicious. He agreed, but he finally put down the paper cup, "Although I am the boss, I can't just make a decision arbitrarily The recipe for this milk tea."
Even though he did this, no one would be able to raise objections, but at least he didn't want to use his power to do unnecessary things.
When he said that, Lu Chi could understand if he thought about it a little bit.
Lu Chi did understand, his shoulders slumped a little, he nodded, and had no choice but to accept the argument: "Okay."
"Don't worry about it," Xia Xingchuan watched as his expression changed. He had never seen Lu Chi like this before.Feeling a little bit unbearable, he began to question whether what he just said was too official and impersonal. He said, "I like milk tea very much, but there is no manpower to confirm it now."
It wasn't that he was lying. Before Lu Chi came, he had just confirmed with Tang Zheng and the others about his future work arrangements. He didn't expect Lu Chi to deliver the milk tea earlier. This incident really allowed him to make the finished product.
But the work plan that has been confirmed cannot be delayed. They have already missed it for a while, and now they are racing against time. Even so, they don't know if they can make a mooncake that satisfies everyone.
"...En." Lu Chi nodded, sitting on the sofa, a little dejected.
When did Xia Xingchuan see Lu Chi like this?Lu Chi has always been cheerful and vigorous in front of him, always has good ideas coming out one after another, clever and cute, so he would show such distressed look?
"Wait for me a moment, I'm done with the matter at hand, and I'll take you out for dinner." Xia Xingchuan wanted to comfort him, but he couldn't think of anything else to do besides eating, so he had to take him to dinner. I was so unprepared before, so I said, "You can see what you want to eat now, and then we can go directly."
"Oh, good." Lu Chi pursed his lips, but still took out his phone and flipped through it.
He actually wanted to ask Xia Xingchuan about their recent work plan. Although he could guess that they should be busy with moon cakes, from his standpoint, he couldn't ask such a question at all.
He flipped through his phone randomly, but he couldn't read a word when he clicked on the review website. He raised his eyes and took a peek at Xia Xingchuan. He frowned slightly at work, focused and serious.
Lu Chi felt a little tired for no reason.He always felt that being with Xia Xingchuan, as long as he was in this room, was a very clear working relationship.
Xia Xingchuan looked at the documents for a while, and received a few more emails. He happened to see the schedule sent to him by the manager of the marketing department, and it happened to talk about the official website mall.
He suddenly remembered that he actually wanted to find Lu Chi to talk about the issue of the cold chain, and it happened that Lu Chi was here now, so he turned around.
"Lu Chi, I heard you say it before," Xia Xingchuan recalled what Lu Chi said, while considering his tone, "Are you going to cooperate with Han Jianqing in the cold chain project?"
Lu Chi looked up at him: "Yes, Han Jianqing's family specializes in cold chain transportation."
"Then...is it possible?" Xia Xingchuan paused before continuing, "Our company is planning to start an e-commerce business recently, and we may also need to use cold chain technology for transportation. Look..."
Lu Chi's eyes widened slightly, and after only a few days of seeing each other, Xia Xingchuan suddenly wanted to start an e-commerce business, and also needed to use cold chain transportation.Yes, after all, desserts such as cakes and breads do need cold chain transportation to satisfy sales to other provinces and cities.But he only mentioned this matter a few days ago, and Xia Xingchuan brought it up today, clearly because he wanted to cooperate with him.
Lu Chi could vaguely feel that this contained Xia Xingchuan's very strong purpose, but Lu Chi still couldn't figure out what the specific purpose was.
Hesitating, Lu Chi thought about it, and finally shook his head slowly: "I don't think it's possible."
The author has something to say: update one chapter first~ go out to have dinner with friends, come back at night to see if there is room for another chapter...
No.70 Eight Cups of Milk Tea
Lu Chi said truthfully, "It's too late."
Xia Xingchuan looked up at him, but didn't speak.
"It's too late," Lu Chi repeated. "If you want to do this before the Mid-Autumn Festival, you should start looking for a mature cold chain transportation partner now. Of course, I am not the right candidate."
In Lu Chi's original plan, the cooperation with Han Jianqing came after the end of Le Cha's work, and he was seeking his own government in his position. He has not yet resigned from Le Cha, and his job is still the first priority Class.
It's just that Xia Xingchuan suddenly proposed to cooperate under such circumstances. Lu Chi always felt that there was something wrong in his heart, but he couldn't say it, but it was related to work, so he naturally wouldn't bring personal emotions into it, but after thinking about it carefully, Maneuverability is also really low.
"Han Jianqing's family is specialized in cold chain, you can rest assured," Lu Chi said in a business-like manner, "If you feel that time is tight, you can talk to Han Jianqing directly instead of going through me."
When he said this, he still kept his eyes open a little bit, he wanted to know what Xia Xingchuan would say?
Xia Xingchuan raised his eyebrows, as if he was stimulated by Lu Chi's businesslike tone, so he pondered for a moment before slowly saying: "Then...forget it, I'll think about it later
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