Shi Fan was not originally from Qianbai. He was parachuted into Qianbai along with Yao Hongbo by the investors.
After the investors withdrew from Qianbai, Shi Fan's position in the company became extremely awkward.
Ou Minghan already regarded him as an informant for the investors, so he naturally wouldn't keep him. Moreover, Shi Fan did not have a good relationship with the investors, and they were not very willing to take him with them.
Of course, it wasn't that he had nowhere to go.
The Zhan siblings had extended invitations to him. One wanted him to go to Fangxin Post Station, and the other wanted him to go to Zhiwei, to continue following his former superior, Yao Hongbo.
However, before Shi Fan could even consider it, Ye Zhi extended an olive branch to him with generous conditions.
Was there even a need to consider?
Shi Fan chose Taoxun without hesitation. However, upon arriving at Taoxun, Ye Zhi assigned him to the grassroots level. Initially, Ye Zhi had him work at Taoxun Shopping for a month, and then sent him to Shunda Express. Now, it was almost a full month.
Feng Jie suddenly realized, "Shi Fan went to the grassroots right after he joined, I forgot about that! President Ye, Shi Fan has been with the company for almost two months, right?"
"Mm," Ye Zhi nodded, "He must be familiar with Taoxun's model after these two months at the grassroots level. It's time to call him back and entrust him with an important task."
Feng Jie's eyelids twitched. He began to mourn for Shi Fan's hair. However...
Since he's joined Taoxun, he naturally has to adapt to Taoxun's corporate culture!
"Shi Fan is a good person, he's driven and energetic, a perfect fit for Taoxun. President Ye, he is very worthy of your trust!" Feng Jie said with a hint of schadenfreude.
"Don't just talk about him, let's talk about you first. The breakfast project is going well, and we can move on to the next phase," Ye Zhi said.
"The next phase?" Feng Jie was slightly taken aback.
"Yes, it's tentatively planned as the student assistance project," Ye Zhi said. "For the children from impoverished families in the schools funded by the breakfast project, we will cover their expenses from primary school to high school. Additionally, we will establish a scholarship fund to provide cash rewards of varying amounts to academically outstanding children based on their grades.
Feng Jie, you must personally verify these situations and not delegate the task to the schools for them to report themselves, to avoid a situation where the money does not reach the intended recipients."
"Understood, President Ye, you can rest assured," Feng Jie promised solemnly.
After hanging up the phone, Ye Zhi called Shi Fan and asked him to come to the company.
Nearly an hour later, Shi Fan rushed back.
Seeing him in a delivery uniform, Ye Zhi was taken aback, "You went to deliver packages?"
"Yes," Shi Fan nodded. "I just finished delivering a batch of packages, and then I hurried back."
"Why did you suddenly decide to deliver packages?" Ye Zhi asked curiously.
Although she had sent Shi Fan to the grassroots, she hadn't intended for him to deliver packages. After all, Shi Fan dared to confront investors, so his pride must be high. Sending him to deliver packages would likely be mistaken by Shi Fan as deliberate humiliation. xxs1
"Didn't you deliver them before, President Ye?" Shi Fan said with some admiration. "I heard from the people at Shunda that before you acquired Shunda, you personally delivered packages at Shunda to understand the company's situation. Since you could do it, I certainly can!"
Ye Zhi: ...
Is this something to compare?
"As long as you gained something," Ye Zhi's lips twitched. She continued, "By the way, I asked you back because there's a temporary arrangement."
Then, Ye Zhi informed him about Taoxun's plan to acquire Qianbai's self-operated goods.
"You will be responsible for this matter," Ye Zhi said. "Most of Qianbai's self-operated goods at that time passed through your hands, didn't they? When negotiating with Qianbai, try to drive down the price as much as possible. Be sure to check the goods carefully. Anything that is near expiry, expired, or of poor quality is absolutely not acceptable. Let them handle it themselves!"
Shi Fan snapped out of his shock. In fact, he was aware of the uproar at Qianbai in the past few days, but he never expected Ye Zhi to take advantage of this opportunity to acquire Qianbai's goods.
He had thought that Taoxun and Qianbai were mortal enemies, and Ye Zhi would definitely try to make this batch of goods be a burden for Qianbai, letting it go to waste.
"President Ye," Shi Fan asked doubtfully, "Why do you want to acquire those goods?"
"Why not?" Ye Zhi looked at him in surprise. "We are in business. If we can get goods of the same quality at a lower price, why wouldn't we buy them? Those goods haven't wronged us."
Shi Fan: ...
He had been overthinking it. It was precisely because of Ye Zhi's attitude in business, completely unswayed by emotions and focused on the matter itself rather than the person, that she could always maintain clarity and calmness, making the optimal choices.
"Alright, I understand," Shi Fan replied energetically.
This was his first battle at Taoxun, and he had to fight it brilliantly!
After seeing Shi Fan off, it was almost time to get off work.
Ye Zhi was about to pack up and leave when her phone suddenly rang.
She picked up her phone and looked at the caller ID, her expression very surprised.
The call was from her parents. They were currently abroad. Although they would call back to report their safety, it was usually on weekends or at night.
Why would they call at this time?
Ye Zhi pressed the answer button, and Ye Yongxian's tired voice came from the earpiece.
"Xiao Zhi, we plan to return to China tomorrow."
"Returning tomorrow?" Ye Zhi asked in surprise. "Aren't you going to continue searching for Ye Qin Ya?"
"No," Ye Yongxian sighed. "We've been searching for over two months, and there's been no news. If we could have found her, we would have already. Yu Zhe's college entrance examination is also approaching. At this time, we should be by his side."
"Okay, then come back," Ye Zhi said calmly.
Ye Zhi was indeed quite surprised. She had originally thought they would return to China at the end of May. Now it was only the beginning of May, and they had already changed their minds to return.
But this was for the best. Although they were relatively safe in Country K, Country K was not the same as China. Moreover, since the previous incident in Country K, the Prime Minister was held accountable and stepped down, and a new Prime Minister took office. The power struggle between the two factions was not openly displayed, but it was always ongoing in secret. If they were to get caught up in such a storm, it would be an undeserved disaster.
What's more, Country K was a constitutional monarchy. If they, as foreigners, accidentally did something that was very common in other countries but considered an insult to the royal family in Country K, then it would be even harder to reason.
As for Ye Qin Ya not being found, Ye Zhi was not too surprised.
For someone who could rescue Ye Qin Ya on the territory of Country K, it would not be too difficult to hide her.
The next day, Ye Zhi went to the airport to pick up Ye Yongxian and Liu Lingyu and sent them back to the Ye family home.