Chapter 680 Stagnation
Qin Zhengguo's child was born.
Ying Caixia's childbirth this time was much smoother than when she gave birth to Nini. Firstly, it was her second child, and secondly, when she was pregnant with Nini, Qin Zhengguo and Ying Caixia were both busy with their careers. At that time, Shenghua's industrial park and factory in Pengcheng had just been established, and the couple were extremely busy. They did not go to Hong Kong to give birth until Ying Caixia's belly was big enough.
Things are different now. Shenghua Company has long become a large-scale group company. Each enterprise project of the group has a dedicated person in charge. Qin Zhengguo, as the chairman, is seldom actually responsible for specific work. Ying Caixia, as a shareholder of the company, only pays attention to the operating conditions of some companies. This way, they have more time to rest.
In addition, apart from going to Chang'an to attend Ying Anni and Sun Yaoliang's wedding, Ying Caixia went to Jinling to see the old house on her way back. She spent the rest of her time recuperating in Hong Kong, and her health was also good. This time, she gave birth to the baby soon after entering the delivery room.
The child was born, and it was a boy, which made Ying Caixia secretly relieved.
Although Qin Zhengguo didn't care whether the child was a boy or a girl, and the couple loved Nini very much, according to Chinese tradition, Ying Caixia felt a knot in her heart for not giving birth to a boy for Qin Zhengguo.
With the birth of this child, Ying Caixia was completely relieved. With a son, the family would have an heir in the future, which was something to be happy about.
The happiest person in the family was not Qin Zhengguo and Ying Caixia, but Nini, who had just become a big sister.
Since she came back from Shanghai last time, Nini has been missing her two little brothers Maomao and Yangyang. When Ying Caixia was pregnant, Nini was particularly happy. She would run to her mother every day to touch Ying Caixia's belly, muttering words like "Brother! Brother!"
Now that her little brother is finally out, Nini has become a big sister, which makes her so happy.
After returning from the hospital, Nini not only liked to run to her brother's side, but also moved many of her toys into her brother's room. At night, she refused to go back to her room and kept clamoring to sleep with her brother.
The little girl's enthusiasm made Qin Zhengguo and Ying Caixia laugh and cry. They could only tell her that her brother was too young and could only drink milk and did nothing else. He couldn't play with those toys, and she couldn't sleep with him now. When he grew up and could talk and walk, he could play with her.
Listening to what her parents said, Nini felt a little lost, and wondered when her brother would grow up. She even ran to her brother and kept saying, "Brother, grow up quickly. When you grow up, I'll take you out to play..."
The little baby didn't understand anything, and didn't know what the little girl was saying to him. He just stared at Nini with his big round eyes, blowing bubbles from his mouth with a confused look on his face. But Nini never got tired of it. When his brother smiled at her, Nini became even happier. He ran out with his little legs spread out, shouting loudly as he ran: "Mom and Dad! My brother is smiling! My brother likes me, my brother is so cute..."
Because of the birth of his child, Qin Zhengguo has been staying in Hong Kong to accompany his wife and children these days, and all the work in Pengcheng has been handed over to his subordinates.
Ying Caixia was about to leave the confinement period and was in good health and had recovered long ago. At this time, she heard that Lin Yan was also pregnant and was very happy to hear the news.
Especially knowing that Lin Yan plans to live in Hong Kong for a while next year when her belly gets bigger, until the baby is born, Ying Caixia is looking forward to it even more. This is a good thing! The two good friends will be able to reunite at that time, and it would be best if Yangyang could come with them, so that there will be more people and it will be more lively.
Two days before leaving confinement, Qin Zhengguo went to Pengcheng.
He went to Pengcheng this time because Li Daqi called him and said that he had something important to discuss with him.
Li Daqi's wedding date is approaching, and his wedding room is currently being renovated. The wedding room is located in the villa in the community where Li Daqi and his parents lived before.
Before getting married, Li Daqi's villa had been vacant and she lived with her parents. Now that they are getting married, they naturally have to live separately.
It is a Chinese tradition that even if the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have a good relationship, there will always be conflicts if they live together for a long time. On the contrary, living separately is more suitable for handling these relationships. This is the so-called distance creates beauty.
Besides, even if Li Daqi and his wife live in the villa, they are still in the same residential area, very close to each other, and it is very convenient to move around.
The villa had already been renovated, so it shouldn't need to be renovated. But marriage is a big deal, so Li Daqi specially found a designer from Hong Kong to do the decoration design, and then invited a team from Hong Kong to come over.
During the renovation, Li Daqi was personally watching the progress, so he didn't have much time to go to Hong Kong to see Qin Zhengguo. Anyway, they were all old friends, so it would be more appropriate for Qin Zhengguo to come in person.
After arriving in Pengcheng, Qin Zhengguo took a short rest and went straight to the community.
"Well done!" The driver drove the car into the community and parked directly in front of Li Daqi's villa. After getting out of the car, Qin Zhengguo walked into the gate, crossed the garden and entered the villa. After entering, his eyes lit up.
"You're here so soon?" The decoration of the villa has been completed, and there is still some finishing work. Li Daqi, wearing a work suit and a hat, was directing the work on site like an ordinary worker. He was surprised to see Qin Zhengguo arrive suddenly and asked.
"Is this considered fast? It only takes a few hours to cross the border from Hong Kong. I still think it's too slow." Qin Zhengguo rolled his eyes at him.
Although it is convenient to travel from Xiangjiang to Pengcheng now, Qin Zhengguo still finds it troublesome because he has to take a car to the border first, then walk through the border, go through the border in Pengcheng, and then get on the car sent by the company to pick him up.
In addition to this method, you can take the Guangzhou-Kowloon train, but the problem is that the train is even slower. If you can drive directly from Hong Kong to the customs and then to the community, you can save at least 2 hours in the middle. Unfortunately, taking photos in the two places was not available until 1989, and the first license plate was the Guangzhou 02 mark, which was later changed to the double license plate method that everyone is more familiar with in later generations. That's another story.
As he said this, he looked at the finished interior with great interest. It must be said that the designer and construction staff hired by Li Daqi were very good. The resulting decoration made Qin Zhengguo's eyes light up. Qin Zhengguo was even thinking about whether he should redecorate his own house in the same way.
"Where's your wife?"
"I'm working in the factory at this time."
"Still working?" Qin Zhengguo was shocked. Li Daqi and Zheng Li had already officially obtained their marriage certificate, but they had not held the wedding yet.
In essence, Zheng Li has become Mrs. Li. As a director of Shenghua Group, president of Xiangjiang Shenghua Telecom, and president of Pengcheng Shenghua, Li Daqi's current status and position are far beyond the reach of ordinary people. As Li Daqi's wife, Zheng Li is still working in her original unit? This is simply outrageous!
"Xiao Li said that since she has taken on this job, she must see it through to the end, and Lao Cao was very nice to her in the beginning. She can't just drop the work at hand and leave, right? But she has already submitted her resignation, and will quit after she has handed over the work at hand," Li Daqi explained.
Qin Zhengguo gave him a thumbs up, indicating that he had found a good wife. Zheng Li's character and attitude were truly admirable.
"It smells too bad here, let's go out and talk." Seeing Qin Zhengguo was about to take out a cigarette, Li Daqi waved his hand and said.
Qin Zhengguo nodded and put away the cigarette for the time being.
Li Daqi said a few words to a construction worker who looked like a supervisor, then took Qin Zhengguo out of the villa, and the two of them sat down in the garden.
The lawn in the garden is very nice. The lawn was imported from abroad and is as comfortable as a carpet underfoot.
In one corner of the garden, there are several white iron chairs and a round coffee table with a huge white umbrella on it, which looks particularly romantic .
Sitting down, he took the cigarette Qin Zhengguo handed over and lit it up. He first asked about Ying Caixia and the child. When Qin Zhengguo talked about this, his eyebrows danced with excitement. When he was happy , he even took out his wallet from his pocket to show Li Daqi the photos.
As they were chatting, a waiter from the community club came over with tea, helped them put the tea on the coffee table and then left respectfully.
The villa has not been completely cleaned up yet, so it is a bit difficult to make tea by myself, so Li Daqi just asked someone to call the community club. Anyway, the community club has such a service, not to mention that the two people sitting here are their big bosses.
After taking a sip of tea and putting down the teacup, Li Daqi talked about the reason why he asked Qin Zhengguo to come.
He told Qin Zhengguo that the progress of the programmable switching system in the mainland market has been a bit slow these days. Although the business in the mainland developed well at the beginning, as time went by and the conditions in different regions changed, some business operations became difficult.
Especially when Shenghua Telecom was vigorously developing its domestic programmable switching system business, some foreign brands also noticed Shenghua's marketing tactics and began to make corresponding adjustments. In addition, officials in many places felt that although Hong Kong's products were better than domestic ones, they were still not as advanced as products from Europe, the United States and other countries. This idea was difficult to change at one time, and it also brought obstacles to Shenghua Telecom's work.
"Look at this. This is the market statistics table I just received yesterday." Li Daqi took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it over.
Qin Zhengguo took it and looked at it carefully. The table was not complicated. It just listed rough data. However, by comparing these data with the data from the previous few months, it was easy to see the obvious problems in Shenghua Telecom's business.
Compared with previous months, Shenghua Telecom's business has declined a lot this month, and the decline is quite large. Qin Zhengguo couldn't help but frown.
"Have you used all the sales methods discussed before?" Qin Zhengguo asked as he handed the paper back .
"We have basically used everything that can be used, but the effect is not as obvious as before." Li Daqi shook his head and said, "In fact, the reason is very simple. First, it is more profitable for individuals to buy products from Europe and the United States than to buy our products. Foreign brands and agents are not stupid. They can also use our methods, and the benefits they give up are also greater. After all, they are rich. Secondly, they can directly invite you to Europe and the United States to investigate the market. The most we can provide is the convenience in Hong Kong. This gap is still very large for some people."
"Some leaders have noticed the issue of skirting the law in sales tactics and have restricted some project requirements based on this factor. For the actual operators, since it is too risky to take the money directly, getting normal personal benefits has become the first choice, which is also a new factor."
