January 12, 2023, China, Pengcheng, Qilin Hotel.

Before I knew it, it's been seven years...

Getting out of the car and looking at the gorgeous vestibule gate of the hotel, Wu Haitao was tidying up his brand new suit while sighing.

Although there are still nine days left before the New Year, Tian'ang Company is different from other companies. The annual leave is always early. After the annual meeting is held here today, except for a few server operation and maintenance personnel, most of the employees can go home and come back to work on the 16th day of the first lunar month.

As the closest five-star hotel to the company, Tian'ang Company has held an annual meeting here for several years, and Wu Haitao is familiar with it.

After sighing, he put up an arm and said to the side: "Let's go, let's go in too."

Next to him was a cute girl wearing a dark blue evening dress, tied up her hair, tied into a bun, with a round face, and a little baby fat. She was Wang Xinru, a girl from the front desk of Tian'ang Company.

But Wang Xinru did not hold his arm, but instead gently hammered Wu Haitao with a little coquettishness: "You are going to die, there are so many colleagues!"

"Hey, what's the matter?" Wu Haitao smiled with a doting smile: "It seems like others don't know about your relationship. This is not a big secret. We are not the only couple in the company. The system formulated by President Shabi is bullshit. He is stuck in the office all day and doesn't care about anything."

"Li Zhengsha is a little bit, but I can't always say that to him..." Although there was a little rebuttal in his voice, Wang Xinru shyly put a hand on Wu Haitao's arm and walked into the hotel with him.

As overseas strategies are gradually being developed, Tian'ang Company's departments are becoming more and more numerous, and the number of employees is also increasing. It has been gradually filling up several banquet venues at the Kirin Hotel.

Fortunately, as a senior employee who has been following since the beginning of the company's establishment, Wu Haitao's seat is in the largest main venue, and he does not need to watch the company's annual meeting programs through projection screens like his colleagues in the branch venue.

After finding the location of his own test group, Wu Haitao took his beloved Wang Xinru and sat down at the big round table.

Of course, the front desks of the company also have their own tables, but today is the company's annual meeting, and the management is not strict, and every employee is allowed to bring a relative over 13 years old to attend. The seats at each table are very surplus.

So, wouldn’t it be a pity not to take this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to show off your lovely girlfriend in front of a group of programmers and colleagues and attract a wave of their envy, jealousy and hatred?

The colleagues arrived one after another, and at around 11 o'clock noon, they were all here.

It is worth noting that the "family" carried by most employees are female companions. Yes, male employees carry "female family members", and female employees also carry "female family members".

Wu Haitao knew what these "female family members" were doing. Some came to see what the annual meeting of this most mysterious company in China is like, some came to drink freely, and some came to blind dates to hang a rich son-in-law.

Because there are too many Sha who are crazy about recharging money, Tian'ang Company's profitability is extremely excellent. It has reached the point where the more money it spends, the more it spends, and in the end it can't even spend it. Therefore, the company's employees are among the best in Pengcheng and even in China. Even a cleaner has more salary in a year than the ordinary project team leader of Penguin's family.

As long as employees who have worked in the company for a longer period of time, they will not be a problem to buy a house, a car, and a home in Pengcheng High-tech Development Zone. Therefore, Tian'an's young single employees are all popular in Pengcheng's blind date market. As long as they are not stupid, they can usually find a relatively satisfactory partner when they go shopping around.

Even though Wu Haitao's skin is as pale as he looks sick and looks like he is about to kick his legs at any time, he was called by several so-called "female family members" at the annual meeting last year, but he was devoted to his beloved little round face and ignored them.

At 11:30, the dishes started. Beautiful waiters wearing cheongsam stockings entered one after another and filled the tables with cold dishes, hot dishes and drinks.

As a company that is too much money to spend, the dishes at the annual meeting are naturally of high quality. Each table is 12 people, the standard is 15,000 yuan per table, with an average of over 10,000 yuan per person, and there are countless delicacies in all kinds of mountains and seas. For example, Australian lobsters with big arms are all in one hand, making every employee eat oily mouth and a rosy face.

While the employees were having a lot of food and drink, several leaders of the company, including President Shabi, also came to each table to clink glasses of wine and encourage the employees, and then ran to the front table, starting to speak from childhood to adulthood.

This year's annual meeting is still the same as in the past. No celebrities are invited to perform. They are all their leaders playing single-player crosstalk, and they are all the same. They are just replaying the old tunes such as looking back on the past and looking forward to the future, which makes people want to sleep.

Of course, the employees of such "cross talk" don't like to listen to it, so most people are still eating and drinking, drinking and having a lot of fun.

Of course, as the lucky one who got Wang Xinru, one of the eight golden flowers in the company, Wu Haitao received the most toasts. At first, it was his own table, and then the entire game testing department around him. Finally, the young ladies on the front desk also came over. After the beer was finished, they served the white wine, one cup after another, and everyone was in a momentum that they would not give up until they poured him down.

Fortunately, Wu Haitao looked sick, but his alcohol tolerance was as good as a sea. He was not afraid of all kinds of toasts, and accepted them all. After drinking, he could not see any signs of being confused, which disappointed the toasts.

After drinking dozens of glasses of wine, he became a little more courageous. He touched Wang Xinru's little hand next to him, breathing heavily, and his voice sincerely: "Xinru, why don't you go back to your hometown with me this year. I'll see my parents, they have been talking about you for a long time."

"Uh...this..." Wang Xinru obviously didn't expect to encounter such a situation. Her cheeks flushed and she turned her head slightly: "It's so sudden...I...I'm not ready yet...I have to consider..."

After chasing a girl for five years and having a relationship for two years, Wu Haitao certainly no longer as immature as before, and has become much more emotionally mature: "No need to think about it! Even ugly daughters-in-laws have to meet their parents-in-law. You are so beautiful, what are you worried about? You know mine, I am serious!"

"Let me think about it again..." Wang Xinru acted coquettishly, but did not let go.

Suddenly, Wu Haitao's eyes lit up and he pointed to the stage not far away and said, "Then, if I draw the lottery this year, how about going back with me?"

"Uh... OK!" After hearing this suggestion, Wang Xinru agreed, but still emphasized: "The consolation prize doesn't count! I want a formal prize!"

There is no way to force things like feelings. Each stage of progress involves a lot of compromise. Sometimes giving both parties a step to give up, giving up space, and making things happen naturally, is also a very good strategy.
Chapter completed!