Crystal slept on the sofa all night. The next morning, she was woken up by the ringing of the phone in her hand. In her confusion, she thought it was a call from Zhou Jing and answered it without even looking.
"Brother Jing, why didn't you call me last night?"
There was silence on the phone. Crystal wondered if the phone was broken. She moved the phone in front of her eyes to see what was going on, and the result was.
"Miane, Jihoon Oppa, I didn't expect it was your call."
There was still no reply. Just when Crystal really thought that her phone might be broken, a burst of laughter suddenly broke out from the other side.
"Haha. Brother Jing? Xiujing, is this the nickname you gave Xiao Jing? It's so funny. Fortunately, I understand this Chinese sentence, haha."
Well. Little Crystal immediately blushed with embarrassment. She and Zhou Jing had agreed to use this title only when they were alone. Who would have thought that Zheng Zhixun would catch her in the act just a few days ago.
In Crystal's mind, she could imagine that Zheng Zhixun would definitely use this to tease Zhou Jing the next time she saw him. What should she do? Her father was not allowed to die on the spot.
Fortunately, Zheng Zhixun did not continue this topic. He probably knew that teasing Crystal should be done in moderation, otherwise Zhou Jing would not let him go if he got angry, so he changed the subject and got down to business.
"Xiujing, I'm calling you because the ratings for last night's premiere are out. What do you think they are?"
Sure enough, Crystal's attention was immediately attracted. After all, this is her first TV series to star in, so of course she will pay special attention to the external response.
"Oppa, how much is it?"
"Not bad, both TNmS and AGB are 8.2%, nationwide."
"jinjia?"
Crystal breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the numbers. Achieving such results in the first episode should be considered a good start. She believed that as long as the subsequent plots did not stretch her hips, the numbers would get higher and higher.
"However, Writer Lu seemed not very satisfied and wanted to make some changes to the script, so PD Park decided that the crew will have a day off today and everyone will gather together tomorrow."
"Nai, Alasuo, thank you Zhixun Oppa for the message."
Crystal was in a very good mood when she hung up the phone, but when she thought about what happened last night, she felt uneasy and a little confused.
What was going on? Why was there no news from either Zhou Jing or Ouma? This made Crystal begin to wonder if Li Jingshu really just appeared there by chance.
Otherwise, no matter whether they have a good conversation or they break up, there will always be a reaction, and it is impossible to be as calm as now and nothing happened.
"Xiujing, you're up. Go wash up quickly. Breakfast is already ready." Just when Jingshu couldn't figure it out at all, Li Jingshu came out of the kitchen and urged her as usual.
"Nai, I'll go right away."
Crystal scratched her head and walked into the bathroom. Li Jingshu's calm expression made her more confident in her guess.
At this moment, she suddenly remembered something, that is, she told Zhou Jing the reason why she let Zhou Jing go last night, but Zhou Jing didn't even call or send a message to ask about her situation.
So Crystal no longer hesitated and immediately called Zhou Jing, but the caller hung up immediately. She was so angry that she wanted to explode on the spot. Fortunately, Zhou Jing sent a message soon.
"We are in a meeting, will contact you later."
It turned out that he was at work. Crystal's mood turned cloudy and clear in an instant. He began to think about whether he should go find his father to have an in-depth "communication" since he had nothing to do today, hehe.
After Zhou Jing sent the message, he put his phone upside down on the conference table. When he looked up, he found that Xu Zhibin was looking at him with a smile, and his words were full of ridicule.
"Xiao Zhou, if the call is important, please answer it first. We can wait for you."
"No, no, Mr. Xu, where did I just report to?" Zhou Jing looked embarrassed and hurriedly raised his hands.
"Really?" Xu Zhibin's eyes flashed with a hint of mischief, "The leadership of the family is also very important. Maybe I haven't asked for instructions earlier today, haha."
With Xu Zhibin's laughter, even Zhu Ziping, who had always been serious, raised the corners of his mouth. Only Zhou Jing was embarrassed and wanted to squeeze in.
It could be seen that Xu Zhibin was in a very good mood at the moment. He picked up the tea cup and took a sip of water before saying with a smile on his face:
"Okay, don't report anything. I am here to attend your award ceremony, Xiao Zhou, on behalf of the group company this time, so you are the protagonist, and we are just supporting roles."
After receiving the news that Zhou Jing went to the Blue House to receive the award, Sansteel's senior executives were overjoyed. They would definitely be able to boast in front of their peers for several years when going to SASAC meetings in the future, so the company immediately decided to send Xu Zhibin to Seoul to watch the ceremony to show its importance.
Pudong Railway is not far behind. After all, DPS is cooperating with them. It is said that President Zhang Zhenhuan will personally lead a team to the Blue House, and Counselor Xiu from the Embassy in South Korea will also be on site.
Of course, Zhou Jing didn’t dare to raise his tail. Faced with Xu Zhibin’s complimentary eyes, he immediately answered:
"Mr. Xu, what I said is that any achievements we achieve are all due to the wise command and careful teaching of the company leaders. In the final analysis, the leaders have the greatest credit."
As soon as these words came out, Xu Zhibin felt extremely shocked. He stared at Zhou Jing with wide eyes as if he were looking at a rare animal. It took him a long time to come back to his senses.
"Something's wrong. When did you, Zhou Jing, learn to flatter you? I remember when you were at the steel mill, you were the one who dared to flirt with the director and secretary. It seems that things are really different now that you have a partner."
"This is not flattery, Mr. Xu, you know me, I never do anything to flatter others, it's just..." Zhou Jing suddenly turned into a dog-like face as he spoke,
"The DPS project has encountered a construction schedule problem, and I don't have enough manpower. Can you see if you can transfer people from other projects to reinforce it? Your leadership is wise."
"Stop it, I'm just going to tell you that you little weasel didn't have good intentions in paying New Year's greetings to the rooster. It turns out you're waiting for me here by saying so many flattering words. In a word, there's no one around. You can go find your own way." Xu Zhibin flatly refused.
"No, leader, this is the company's largest overseas project, can't we take care of it a little bit?" Zhou Jing obviously did not intend to give up the opportunity to reach out to Xu Zhibin.
However, Xu Zhibin did not give Zhou Jing the slightest chance to take advantage of him, "There are really no people, otherwise you would have left me here."
"Mr. Xu, you really know how to joke"
"I'm not kidding you." Xu Zhibin looked solemn at this time, "Every project of the group is short of manpower, but here is still a good place. Go and ask, which project team is not stretched, and one person can support two people."
"So you need to use your subjective initiative. I think the industry-university integration pilot you and Kyung Hee University launched before is quite good. You might as well take a bigger step. Don't worry, Mr. Du and I will be your backing."
"Okay, I understand. Let me give you a report on the recent progress of the equipment." Zhou Jing also understands the company's difficulties, but it has to be called out. Who can let the crying child have milk?
Woolen cloth.
At this time, Xu Zhibin waved his hand again and interrupted Zhou Jing's report, "I said there is no need to report. Xiao Zhou, you don't need to stay here with me if you are busy. Lao Zhu and I have something to discuss, so you can go first."
"Okay, then I'll go back to the office."
"Um."
So Zhou Jing picked up the notebook on the table and left the conference room. As soon as he entered the office, he received a message from Lin Xuankyun that the program team had agreed to add Son Seungwan as a guest to participate in the recording of the program.
After Zhou Jing made this suggestion last night, Bae Zhuhyun was fine, but Sun Shengwan was immediately confused. She didn't expect that she could get some resources even if it didn't include having hot pot.
Zhou Jing was worried that the program team would refuse, so he said that he could say hello to President Kwon of MBC TV station. This shocked Lin Xuanjun and hurriedly told Zhou Jing that it was not necessary.
Others don't understand Lin Xuanjun, but they know it very well. When the program team learned that Zhou Jing was going to be on their show, they almost went crazy because it was technically Zhou Jing's solo variety show debut.
That's why they sent the program outline to Lin Xuanjun in advance, because they were afraid that if Zhou Jing didn't serve him well, it would be difficult for him to fall out with him. Now, let alone adding a guest, even adding the entire group to the program would be a no-brainer.
By the way, I haven't called Xiao Jingshu back yet. Zhou Jing sat down at his desk and was about to call. At this time, Yin Xiaozhen opened the door and came in to deliver the documents, but she had no intention of leaving after putting down the documents.
"What, Xiao Yin, is there anything else?" Zhou Jing asked in confusion, holding up his mobile phone.
"Commander Zhou, I have something to report to you, it's about Yu Longxi." Yin Xiaozhen nodded with a solemn expression.
"About Xiao Jin? Then you can tell me."
"It's like this inside."
In the conference room on the other side, after Zhou Jing left, only Xu Zhibin and Zhu Ziping were left, but the atmosphere was a bit unusual.
Xu Zhibin was smoking thoughtfully, as if he was considering something. After a long time, he pinched off the cigarette butt and asked Zhu Ziping seriously:
"Lao Zhu, I heard that Putie intends to poach Xiao Zhou. Have you heard any rumors about this?"
"Yes, and Putie has no intention of hiding his thoughts. It can even be said that he is poaching in an open and honest manner." Zhu Ziping immediately confirmed the news Xu Zhibin had received, and at the same time he also dropped another shock bomb,
"In fact, not only Pudong Railway, but also Hyundai Heavy Industries has the same plan. It is said that their steel plants have a shortage of talents, so the conditions they offer may be more favorable than Pudong Railway."
"This is really troublesome." Xu Zhibin lit a cigarette again with a very helpless expression on his face.
