Chapter 183: The Red Thread of Love Takes Root (23)

In the TV series "Ode to Joy", it was already winter when Fan Shengmei's parents came to Shanghai to join Fan Shengmei.

In the scenes before and after the incident, you can see that many people are wearing thin down jackets.

When at home, Guan Juer also wears warm sweaters.

At that time, Fan Shengmei was wearing very revealing clothes to attend the banquet.

This is extremely unreasonable.

Su Mingzhe has attended many cocktail parties and has studied the dressing styles of famous female stars. When the weather is cold, they will add more clothes. No woman is stupid enough to let herself suffer from the cold.

The exception is celebrities who are attending the red carpet event.

Su Mingzhe looked up at Fan Shengmei and saw that Fan Shengmei was wearing a standard OL uniform. In order to keep warm, she wore a lot of clothes under the small suit, which made her figure look plump.

"what's up?"

“It’s about wages.”

Fan Shengmei was instigated by several colleagues to come and reason with the boss, wanting to give everyone a raise. But when she really got in front of Su Mingzhe, she suddenly realized that none of the reasons she had prepared stood up.

"Is it about salary?"

Su Mingzhe was stunned for a moment, raised his head, looked at Fan Shengmei seriously, and asked, "Whose salary is this?"

When Fan Shengmei was looked at by the boss, she felt as if she was stripped naked. The words on her lips suddenly stopped coming out. After hesitating for a moment, she said:

"The IT talents you recruited are paid too much. I did some statistics. There are 35 employees in other departments, and the salary cost is about 320,000. The data department and the technical department have 55 employees, and the salary cost is more than 1.8 million. The difference is too big. I think this data is very abnormal."

Fan Shengmei did not dare to say that her HR salary was low, but she turned around and expressed her doubts as to whether the high salaries of IT talents were reasonable.

This is a roundabout way.

Su Mingzhe seemed not to understand Fan Shengmei's thoughts. He waved his hand and interrupted Fan Shengmei domineeringly, saying:
"I calculated the salary of IT talents by comparing with similar industries. It is not particularly high. You have never been involved in this industry before and don't understand the market. I don't blame you for asking this kind of question this time. However, try to question your boss's decisions less in the future."

There are two meanings in Su Mingzhe's words.

First, he does pay IT talents high salaries, but he has his own reasons. As a boss, he doesn't need to tell others what he thinks. As an employee, Fan Shengmei just needs to abide by it.

Second, Fan Shengmei was just a human resources manager who was promoted temporarily. She did not know the rules and actually reported to a higher level (her superior was the executive director Ren Qiang, and coming to Su Mingzhe to report on her work was considered reporting to a higher level). It was okay this time, but it would definitely not be allowed next time.

"Okay, boss, I'll get back to work then."

Fan Shengmei didn't fully understand what Su Mingzhe said at first, but she could tell that the new boss was very dissatisfied with her visit. She could only say goodbye with a red face.

Watching Fan Shengmei leave, Su Mingzhe sighed.

This woman is indeed smart. If you have watched the TV series, you will know that her predictions about the relationships between men and women are very accurate.

Unfortunately, Fan Shengmei is not good at treating herself. She is very accurate in judging others, but when it comes to her own affairs, she is often confused.

This is also a common problem for many people.

In a blink of an eye, it was the eve of the Spring Festival.

While employees of other companies have started packing their bags to go home for the New Year, heads of various departments are beginning to worry about those left behind on duty.

Only those talents recruited by Su Mingzhe rushed to sign up to stay and be on duty.

Among more than fifty people, more than forty signed up to stay behind.

Only then did Fan Shengmei realize what it meant that when there is a big reward, there will always be brave men.

Sometimes, money really can solve all problems.

Su Mingzhe didn't care about all that. After holding a pre-holiday meeting, he announced a holiday and went home to rest.

Zou Yu worked in Zou Donghai's company for more than 20 days in a row and finally got a few days of vacation.

During these twenty days, Su Mingzhe and Zou Yu had only seen each other a few times. They could only call each other at night to express their longing for each other.

I don’t know if Zou Yue has no friends.

Su Mingzhe finally got Zou Yu to go out and play together, but this girl Zou Yue was bound to be a third wheel.

It was supposed to be a sweet couple, but it turned into a clanging relationship for three.

This also made Su Mingzhe realize that the quickest way to drive was to get a license.

Only after getting the certificate, no one can disturb him and Zou Yu anymore.

This day is the first day of the Lunar New Year.

The Su clan members first worshipped their ancestors at the ancestral hall.

Afterwards, Su Mingzhe and a few young people who were good friends with him met at home to play poker.

It’s actually very boring for rich people to celebrate the Spring Festival.

Some playboys may play with cars, pick up girls, go to nightclubs, etc.

But most of them are normal people. Apart from spending a little more money on shopping, having more banquets and other things, and having a better standard of living, most of their living habits are similar.

Su Wensheng, the chairman of the group, really likes to play mahjong, the kind where the base bet is 100 yuan.

When they have nothing to do, they play all night long. Winning or losing can amount to tens of thousands of dollars, without hurting each other.

Not many young people in the Su family like to play mahjong, mainly because they find the rules too complicated and it’s not as fun as playing poker.

Things like bluffing, poker, upgrade, royal protection, ticking machine and so on.

Young people can just get together in groups of three or five and have fun.

At noon, more than twenty banquet tables were set up in the ancestral hall, and the clan members sat around and had a reunion dinner.

The oldest people in the family are two of Su Mingzhe's great-grandfathers. One is his great-grandfather, who is over 80 years old and can no longer get out of bed.

The other one, Su Mingzhe, should be called great aunt. She is only 25 years old this year. After graduating from university, she stayed in the school to teach.

This great aunt naturally took the first seat.

Well, this place is different from the description in ancient books.

The idea of ​​men being superior to women doesn't work at this time.

As long as the girls of the Su family don't get married and have a high generation, they will be very domineering in large family activities like this.

Of course, after a married girl from the Su family returns home, she can still be arrogant, but her temper will be restrained after marriage.

After the meal, Su Mingzhe went to ask Zou Yu to go out and play.

Because it is Chinese New Year, the Bund and Chenghuang Temple area are very lively.

Zou Yue, the follower, and Su Mingzhe held Zou Yu on the left and right. The three of them played until eight o'clock in the evening, then found a place to have dinner and went home.

Su Mingzhe's parents passed away early, but he still had two uncles to keep in touch with.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Su Mingzhe went to his two uncles' homes to pay New Year's greetings.

Both of my uncles are university professors and live in the teachers’ building assigned by the school.

The two uncles treated Su Mingzhe, their only nephew, very well, and the seven people from the two families entertained Su Mingzhe alone.

While Su Mingzhe was chatting, he talked about his relationship with Zou Yu.

My uncle Ji Bowen frowned habitually: "Does Lawyer Zou know about you and Zou Yu?"

As a family of scholars, Ji Bowen did not object to two childhood sweethearts falling in love or even wanting to get married.

But be polite.

It's okay if two people are in love, but if they want to date and get married, they must tell their parents.

When getting married, a matchmaker is also needed.

Su Mingzhe looked respectful and said, "I haven't said it yet, but Uncle Zou should have known it a long time ago."

Second uncle Ji Boyu reminded: "Mingzhe, you still need to talk to your future father-in-law about this matter first. Otherwise, your uncle and I will go visit Lawyer Zou in a few days."

“Well, let me ask Zou Yu what she thinks first, and then she can talk to Uncle Zou first to see what Uncle Zou thinks.”

Su Mingzhe told his two uncles about this matter, as a way of informing his two relatives that when he really wanted to propose marriage, he would still have to rely on the elders of the Su family.

Skipping this topic, Su Mingzhe proposed starting his own business, and the two of them didn't talk much anymore.

Both uncles are the old-school scholars who believe in "knowing what they know and not knowing what they don't know". They have never started a business, so they won't speak carelessly and mislead their nephew.

After the third year of junior high school, Su Mingzhe, led by his seventh uncle Su Wensheng, visited relatives and friends everywhere. This was also a formal announcement to others that the next generation leader of the Su family was Su Mingzhe.

It has to be said that although Su Mingzhe has not achieved any results in the Internet company he founded, Zhou Yuehua has already reported his abilities to Su Wensheng.

Su Wensheng was very satisfied with his nephew.

When a big family does things, what is important is not innovation but preservation.

Although Su Mingzhe chose to start a business, he chose the Internet field, which is a field with rapid updates and changes, but the route he took was the most stable entertainment industry.

The son of the richest man Wang also took this path to start his own business.

Unlike Principal Wang, Su Mingzhe is much more low-key in his work.

The more satisfied Su Wensheng was with Su Mingzhe, the more he cared about his affairs.

When Su Mingzhe and Su Wensheng were discussing going to the Zou family to propose marriage.

Su Wensheng agreed immediately. His eldest brother and eldest sister-in-law, second brother and second sister-in-law died early, so Su Mingpei and Su Mingzhe were raised by the other five siblings and they still had a deep relationship.

Now Su Mingzhe wants to get married, and his marriage partner is still his childhood sweetheart Zou Yu.

Su Wensheng never thought of breaking up the couple.

Before the Lantern Festival, Su Mingzhe and the elders of the Su family went to the Zou family and began to discuss the marriage with Zou Donghai.

Zou Donghai really didn't want to marry the daughter he had raised with great difficulty to Su Mingzhe, but his daughter had to get married when she grew up.

The results of the negotiations came out quickly.

Zou Donghai couldn't refuse the Su family's proposal of marriage because of his shamelessness. What's more, Su Mingzhe and Zou Yu were in love with each other, and Su Mingzhe was not like other rich boys with all kinds of problems.

The wedding date was finally set at the end of this year.

Although Su Mingzhe felt it was a little too late, there was nothing he could do.

Being able to get my future father-in-law to agree so easily is already a huge victory.

Su Mingzhe took the opportunity to take the red thread of acacia that he had just successfully refined and tried it on himself and Zou Yu's hands.

[Red Thread of Love], when tied around two people (regardless of gender or species), can make them feel good about each other. As time goes by, they will fall in love with each other and their love will take root.

Su Mingzhe tied a red thread of love between himself and Zou Yu, not to say that he did not believe in their relationship, but to test whether they had reached the point of mutual affection.

I saw a red silk thread that only Su Mingzhe could see, and under Su Mingzhe's conscious control, it was quickly wrapped around his and Zou Yu's thumbs.

After the red line was tied into a knot, it slowly penetrated into the flesh and became fainter.

Su Mingzhe not only breathed a sigh of relief:

"It turns out that without the need for love, two people can still be in love and let the love thread take root in their flesh."

(End of this chapter)