Chapter 489 Gu Jia returns to "normal" life
After the baby's full month, Gu Jia prepared to return to work. Friday was Gu Jia's first day back to work. In the morning, Zhou Jing waited for Gu Jia to feed the baby and then went to the company together.
Today, Gu Jia wore a white shirt on the upper body and a pair of light blue jeans on the lower body. The style was simple and very natural, as if blending into one with the spring, giving people a feeling of being bathed in the spring breeze.
"Let's go, little cutie, go to sleep. Mommy will come back to feed you at noon."
Gu Jia kissed the baby who had just finished breastfeeding and was not yet asleep, then went to work.
"Jia Jia, send me a message if you want to eat anything."
Wu Suqin saw Gu Jia off to the door.
After the child was one month old, Gu's mother and father returned to Tangdu together, and Zhou Guozhong returned to Qing County. The home became much quieter.
While her son and daughter-in-law were busy with company matters, Wu Suqin had to cook and take care of the children by herself, so she had to buy the ingredients in advance while her son and daughter-in-law were at home.
Zhou Jing went out first, got the car and parked it in front of Gu Jia, "Master, please get in the car."
"I'm a little worried about one person cooking and taking care of the children at home, so my mom and your mom can stay."
Gu Jia was a little worried that she couldn't take care of the family alone.
"It's okay now that the child can't crawl. My mom will prepare the food before bedtime. You just need to come back at 11 o'clock to look after the child."
Zhou Jing drove off.
"You're the boss, so if you give me some days off I'll go home more often."
Gu Jia said with a smile.
“You can work from home.”
Zhou Jing doesn't care whether Gu Jia goes to work or not. The company is not short of people now. When Gu Jia goes to work, she will be in charge of finance and be Zhou Jing's part-time assistant. Gu Jia has no way to get involved in other departments and doesn't need to get involved because there are professionals to do it.
"My mother is worried that I am lazy and like to eat too much. I prefer to go to work than to stay at home."
Gu Jia felt that she was not a very lazy person and would rather be tired at work than lie down at home.
When they got on the road, Zhou Jing held the steering wheel with his left hand and put his right hand on Gu Jia's leg.
"You like touching the co-pilot's legs so much. Have your hands been very idle these past few months?"
Gu Jia pinched the back of Zhou Jing's hand and said with a smile.
"Correct."
There was a traffic light ahead, and Zhou Jing grabbed Gu Jia's leg and withdrew his hand.
When they arrived downstairs at the company, Gu Jia was holding Zhou Jing's arm. The company was already open for business. When they arrived at the corridor of Chuangzhi Technology Co., Ltd., they could feel the busy work of the employees.
"Mr. Zhou, Vice President Gu, long time no see."
The front desk clerk stood up and greeted us immediately.
"haven't seen you for a long time."
Gu Jia nodded at the girl.
Zhou Jing thought to himself that he no longer needed girls to serve him tea and water.
When they heard the front desk call "Vice President Gu", everyone in the office hall turned around to look. Most people in the company had never seen the boss's wife and were very curious about what kind of woman would be worthy of their boss. Before, they had only heard from old employees of the company that the boss's wife was very beautiful. After seeing her with their own eyes, they realized that seeing is believing. The boss's wife did not look like she had just given birth at all.
"As expected of President Zhou's woman."
"Vice President Gu is not only beautiful, but also has an unusual background. She seems to be the secretary of the Tangdu Party Committee."
"No wonder, only people like President Zhou and Vice President Gu can match each other."
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There are many girls in the company's finance, human resources and administrative departments. When they saw the boss and his wife walking into the office together, they sighed inwardly. They could secretly peek at the boss before, but now they can't do that anymore. If the boss's wife finds out, they will probably lose their jobs.
"What's the mission?"
Returning to the office he had not visited for a long time, Gu Jia didn't know where to start.
"Just be a good secretary."
Zhou Jing found the financial documents from the ones that had not been processed yet and gave them to Gu Jia.
"Being a secretary isn't easy either. Boss, please have some water."
Gu Jia unscrewed Zhou Jing's thermos cup, then sat down at her own desk with the financial statements in her hand.
Zhou Jing didn't come to the company yesterday. Today, Friday, is quite busy as he has to finish all the work that has piled up this week.
The information system acceptance of Yulin High-tech Zone Hospital and Qingxian New City Hospital was carried out by an institution called Tangdu. Chuangzhi Technology Co., Ltd. needed to send one person to participate in the acceptance inspection. Wang Tao selected the candidate and Zhou Jing signed in agreement.
"I'll sign this report if there's any problem."
Gu Jia said after checking the salary adjustment report of the staff after the personnel transfer in the company and branches.
"When you're done, have the administration department pass it on to the Tangdu branch."
Zhou Jing looked up and said.
Gu Jia nodded, went out and gave the report to Tang Yuan, and then asked the administrative and human resources departments to bring the company's employee salary information and the financial reports for the first two months of the first quarter to the office. In order to be qualified as the company's financial director, it is necessary to be familiar with work-related content.
After finishing the work at hand, Zhou Jing went to talk to the Operations Director Qin Zhengyu about the marketing issues of traditional mobile phones after they were launched on the market. After all, Zhou Jing's idea of selling at a loss or even giving them away for free was not prudent enough, so he needed to listen to the Operations Director's opinion.
"We can only produce a batch of traditional mobile phones this year. Starting next year, smart phones will become the mainstream for young people. If we don't make a batch of traditional mobile phones for profit, we can cut down on the configuration. The highlight of our mobile phone is that it can be connected to Bluetooth speakers. We just need to make the Bluetooth and music modules well."
"Excluding the cost of Bluetooth, the cost of the mobile phone can be reduced to less than 3 yuan. It is equivalent to a high-end MP player that can make calls. Selling it for to yuan is a good deal for us, and users also get great value for money. Or if the online store sets the price at yuan and gives away a standard Bluetooth speaker, our profit will be greater."
"We can give retailers some margin when we wholesale. For example, if a mobile phone costs 245 yuan and comes with a Bluetooth speaker, the retailer can sell the speaker separately. This way, the retailer can make some profit and we don't have to lose money."
Qin Zhengyu said after thinking for a while.
"Okay, then Brother Qin, please help me write a marketing report."
Zhou Jing thought that Qin Zhengyu was worthy of being the operations director. The ideas he came up with would not only not make the company lose money, but would also help it achieve greater profits. It was very important for a company to have an outstanding marketing person.
After listening to Qin Zhengyu's advice, Zhou Jing realized that he had been thinking in the wrong direction. When making cost-effective electronic products, the core idea is to reduce costs while ensuring basic functions. Besides, this traditional Ideal machine has the highlight of Bluetooth speaker connection function.
As for the overall experience of use, those who have the financial means will not look down on cheap cost-effective products at all. Those who choose cost-effective products can tolerate a certain degree of poor experience. This is the characteristic of cost-effective products.
"Okay, I'll do it as soon as possible."
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After the traditional mobile phone marketing plan was finalized, Zhou Jing returned to the office and called Bai Xiyao, asking the electronics factory's R&D department to modify the plan, cut configuration and reduce the cost to less than 200 yuan.
Bai Xiyao: "Are you afraid of losing money?"
Zhou Jing: "The plan provided by the operations director."
Bai Xiyao: "Product marketing still needs professionals, who are much more reliable than you."
Zhou Jing: "Professional matters should be left to professionals. I'll send you the sales and marketing plan once it's ready."
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"I'll take a taxi back first."
It was almost eleven o'clock, and Gu Jia went home to feed her child.
"You drive and I'll take a taxi."
Zhou Jing gave the car keys to Gu Jia.
"How can I let my boss take a taxi?"
Gu Jia packed up her things and left the company with her bag, smiling.
It is necessary to buy another car. Zhou Jing's BJ household registration procedures have been completed, so it is very convenient to buy a car and get a license plate. He opened the web page to search for cars, and the price was set at around one million. Now BJ Zhou Jing has an Audi A6L, and Gu Jia has a Mercedes-Benz. Zhou Jing has set his sights on a BMW for the next car. Zhou Jing is hesitating between X6 and 7 Series. He usually drives to and from get off work, so the 7 Series is more suitable.
During lunch break, Zhou Jing went home to eat. The child had already fallen asleep after feeding. Zhou Jing lay on the bed and kissed her cheek. "She's getting cuter, isn't she?"
Gu Jia gently poked the child's white and tender back of the hand and whispered.
"It's not cold, won't it be too hot to wrap up so tightly?"
Zhou Jing reached into the child's bed and held the child's feet. The child's soft little feet were warm.
“If you don’t sweat, you won’t be hot.”
Gu Jia pulled the quilt down.
After the meal was ready, Zhou Jing and Gu Jia went to eat. The child would not wake up for a while, so after the meal Zhou Jing and Gu Jia went back to the company. Gu Jia went home early at around three o'clock. The company did not work overtime on Fridays, so everyone got off work at five o'clock, and Zhou Jing also went home after get off work.
"Is Dad back?"
Gu Jia held the child at the door and let the child see Zhou Jing.
The child opened his little mouth and uttered "oh wow", as if to express the highest welcome to Zhou Jing when he returned home.
"Little cutie, I miss daddy so much."
Zhou Jing held the child's hand, changed his shoes, went to the bathroom to wash his hands, then hugged the child and kissed him.
"Jia Jia eats first, and let Zhou Jing take care of the child for a while."
Wu Suqin first brought a bowl of noodles to Gu Jia.
"Put the child down and eat together."
Gu Jia went to the bedroom and pushed the bassinet out.
Zhou Jing put the child in the cradle, rocked it, and pushed it to the dining table.
Life with a child is simple and warm. Zhou Jing plays with the child while eating, which is full of fun.
"It seems like he fell asleep and let down the curtains."
Gu Jia noticed that the child's eyes were a little confused and said.
"Go to sleep. Dad will play with you when you wake up."
Zhou Jing opened the gauze curtain on the bassinet.
After dinner, Zhou Jing took the child back to the bedroom.
Gu Jia cleaned up the dishes and went to wash them. "We are at home looking after the kids. The square dance is about to start. Mom wants to go and dance."
Since her daughter-in-law insisted on washing the dishes, Wu Suqin went out for a walk.
"It should be OK now, let's try it now?"
Gu Jia washed the dishes and returned to the bedroom and said to Zhou Jing that the child was sleeping and her mother-in-law was out. It had been almost a year since she had "stayed away from men". Gu Jia had wanted to relive the experience in the evening, and now was a convenient time.
“Do you feel like a wolf or a tiger when you turn thirty?”
Zhou Jing also felt that it was time to resume his sex life with Gu Jia, so he got up from the bed and took the child to the next bedroom.
"No."
Gu Jia did not think that she was a sexually unsatisfied person. She had endured it for nearly a year without realizing it. Originally, except for the first three months and the last three months of pregnancy, she could have sex appropriately in the four months in between. For safety reasons, Gu Jia did not take any risks. For Gu Jia, the other half was more important as a spiritual support.
Just one month had passed since Gu Jia gave birth to her baby. Zhou Jing was not in a hurry and slowly helped Gu Jia get used to it.
In fact, Gu Jia recovered better than she thought. She felt the same as before she was pregnant. She was a little worried that she would not recover well, but now Gu Jia was completely relieved.
After a long time, Zhou Jing got up and looked at the child. The child was sleeping soundly, so Zhou Jing took the child back to his and Gu Jia's bedroom.
"That's the feeling." Gu Jia smiled and got up, lying on her side beside the child, gently holding the child's small hand, "Why do children like to hold hands when they sleep?"
"It's the same with adults. Your hands are naturally clenched when you fall asleep."
Zhou Jing lay on the other side of the child.
"Zhou Zhou, Zhou Muxue, I heard that names can affect people's personalities, is that true?"
Gu Jia said softly.
"I don't know. It's probably people's stereotypes. The most important factor that affects children is the environment they grow up in."
Zhou Jing doesn't think that a name will affect one's personality.
Gu Jia looked at the child and smiled: "Will the child think our talking is noisy while sleeping now?"
"Zhou Zhou is quite stable. His brain is not well developed yet, so it's okay to speak softly. Hearing his parents talking can give him a sense of security. Guess what position his legs are in now?"
Zhou Jing reached into the child's quilt and gently held one of his feet.
"Shrink."
Gu Jia observed the child's upper body posture.
"One leg is curled up and the other is stretched out. Go to sleep. Mom and Dad are here."
As if the child realized that his feet were being held, he kicked his legs. Zhou Jing released the little feet and whispered.
The next day, Saturday, Zhou Jing booked three houses, one existing one and two second-hand ones. After putting the child to sleep in the morning, Zhou Jing and Gu Jia went to see them together.
When Zhou Jing was buying a house, he chose a location that was first close to his company and second not far from where he currently lived, so it would be convenient for going to work and moving. He first went to see a ready-made house. Although it was a ready-made house, the house was not ideal. The area did not meet Zhou Jing's requirements and the floor was not good either. He continued to look at second-hand houses.
A second-hand house, in good condition except for being a second-hand house. It was built only a few years ago, with an area of a little over 130 square meters. The owner has not lived in it yet. Only basic decoration has been done in the house, and the furniture has not been installed yet. The building is not too high, with a total of 18 floors, and the house is on the eighth floor. For people who don't like high-rise buildings, the eighth and ninth floors are very suitable. After confirming that Zhou Jingzhen is ready to buy, the owner came straight to the point and said that the house is mortgaged, and if he wants to buy it, he should pay the difference based on the current room.
Zhou Jing had no objection. Gu Jia thought it was okay to check the property rights of the house, etc. There was no problem. There was no need to negotiate on the price. According to the guidance price of second-hand houses nearby, the housing prices in the capital were different from those in other places. The price was tens of thousands per square meter and six or seven million per house. Those who were cautious in buying a house would not let the other party ask for too much. The price was quickly negotiated based on the guidance price of second-hand houses. Next, they would wait until the weekend to complete the transfer procedures and compensate the owner for the difference.
The house only needs simple decoration. Zhou Jing is not in a hurry to move. The child is too young to be moved. Also, he has to wait until the gas in the room is clear before he can move the child in. In short, he will buy a house first.
"BJ's house is too expensive, let's make up the difference and continue with the monthly payments!"
A house costs six or seven million. Gu Jia knew that houses in BJ were expensive, but she didn't expect them to be so expensive. Ordinary people couldn't afford to buy a house even if they worked hard all their lives.
"Row."
Zhou Jing thought so too.
After looking at the house and returning home, the first thing Zhou Jing and Gu Jia did was to look after their children, as their children were their biggest concern.
The child was still sleepy and it was almost time for lunch. Gu Jia held the child in her arms and the child started eating with his eyes closed.
"Are you awake yet? Did you dream about feeding?"
Zhou Jing held the child's hand.
"I'm awake. I don't want to move just like an adult. I'll be awake soon."
Gu Jia feeds the child every day and is very clear about the child's condition.
"So nice."
Zhou Jing held the child's feet in both hands and rubbed them gently.
After feeding the child, Gu Jia handed the child to Zhou Jing. Zhou Jing held the child for a few seconds and felt warmth on his arm. "The little cutie doesn't pee in the morning or at night."
Zhou Jing didn't take it seriously and held the child in his arms until he finished peeing.
"Zhou Zhou is really sensible. He knows not to pee on his mother."
Gu Jia got out of bed to get some clean clothes for the child.
"Are you happy to pee on daddy?"
Zhou Jing put the babbling child on the bed and went to change his clothes.
(End of this chapter)