Chapter 207: Muster up the courage to strive for miracles

Only three people were left in the large meeting room of the Eight Treasures Congee Company: Zhou Mingsu Han and Li Qingyuan. The meeting about the bidding had ended by this time, and Zhao Jun and the other senior management of the Hangzhou branch had all left the meeting room to attend to their own business. Zhou Ming had only left Li Qingyuan behind.

At this time, Li Qingyuan was sitting with his head bowed, frowning and pursing his lips, looking very depressed. But this was normal. After all, in the bidding discussion meeting just now, he had been overwhelmingly opposed. In the end, although General Manager Zhao Jun expressed support for the bid, he also made it clear that too many resources should not be invested. To put it bluntly, he was being told to figure it out on his own, and the company would not be heavily involved. How could Li Qingyuan not feel depressed in this situation?

'Manager Li, you can say whatever you want,'

Zhou Ming said to him, and Li Qingyuan shook his head, indicating that he didn't know what to say. Zhou Ming had to ask in a different way: 'Do you still want to continue with your project and compete for this order?'

Facing Zhou Ming's question, Li Qingyuan was first taken aback. His eyes had started to dim, but after seeing Zhou Ming's expression waiting for his answer, he immediately said firmly, 'Of course we have to continue. I will do my best to get this order! Because it was you, Boss Zhou, who brought me into the food company, and you also overrode the opinions of others and gave me this order. I will not let you down!'

Zhou Ming nodded and said, 'It's good to have confidence, but it's not enough to just have confidence. You must have seen from the meeting just now that the situation in the company is not supportive, and I can't be too arbitrary on this issue.'

'Yes, Mr. Zhou, I can understand your difficulties. Although this case is very large, it is not complicated, and even if I were the only one working on it, I could still complete it,' Li Qingyuan said.

'Manager Li, this is really hard for you,' Zhou Ming sighed and said to Li Qingyuan, 'but Manager Li, please rest assured, I, Zhou Ming, and this company, the Eight Treasures Congee Company, are your strong backing. No matter what kind of difficulties you encounter, you can come to me, and I will definitely support you fully! As long as you can get this order, you will be the greatest contributor to the Hangzhou branch, and you, as the marketing manager, will definitely be recognised by everyone!'

Zhou Ming's words made Li Qingyuan feel overwhelmed: 'Thank you very much, Mr. Zhou, for your support and encouragement. I will definitely succeed!'

Zhou Ming finally patted Li Qingyuan on the shoulder to show his encouragement, then got up and left the meeting room. Li Qingyuan saw him off until Zhou Ming got into the car.

'Manager Li, you can go back. At present, whether it is for you, me, or the company, this shipping company case is the most important.'

After leaving Li Qingyuan with these words, Zhou Ming told ** to drive away from the Hubin Building.

The car drove onto the lakeside avenue, not far from which was the rippling West Lake, and looking into the distance one could see the famous Broken Bridge from the legend of the White Snake.

However, at this time, Su Han had no mind to appreciate the beauty of this paradise on earth, instead she furrowed her eyebrows.

'Zhou Ming, I really didn't expect that Zhao Jun had quite a lot of nerve, actually daring to pull a stunt like that in the meeting room. It seems that the Binjiang branch will have to make some adjustments,' said Su Han.

'Xiao Han, you are talking about the fact that at the meeting just now, all the company's senior management unanimously opposed Li Qingyuan, right?'

Facing Zhou Ming's question, Su Han nodded and said yes. Zhou Ming continued, 'In fact, I don't think this is a big deal, because everyone has their own leadership habits. There is nothing wrong with Zhao Jun's personality liking to unify opinions, as long as he doesn't have any other ulterior motives. However, his biggest problem is that he is not capable enough. He is incapable of making mistakes, but it is also equally difficult for him to identify opportunities and forge ahead.'

Su Han's eyes were making circles, a little confused by what Zhou Ming was saying. Zhou Ming laughed, and explained to her, 'I mean, the Binjiang branch does need to be adjusted, but at least we have to wait until Li Qingyuan has closed this deal.'

Su Han then understood what Zhou Ming meant, but she was also puzzled: 'Zhou Ming, do you think Li Qingyuan can win this order on her own? If he really can do it, it would be a miracle, and I don't think anyone would say anything if he replaced Zhao Jun.'

Zhou Ming smiled happily, resting his hands on the backrest and said, 'I have already created so many miracles myself, so it is not too much to ask for the people under me to help me create one or two miracles now, right? Besides, Li Qingyuan is a miracle worker himself, I can tell. So I feel that we can go back and drink West Lake Longjing, waiting for him to bring us the good news of victory!'

If someone else had said this in front of Su Han, she would have sneered, but now that it was Zhou Ming who had said it, her eyes were full of firm belief.

Meanwhile, Li Qingyuan also returned to his office. He casually threw the folder he had been holding during the meeting on the desk. For reasons unknown, whether fate was deliberately working against him or what, the folder suddenly opened up, and the documents inside slipped out. Li Qingyuan looked at the documents one by one and thought about the future when he would have to take this ten million dollar order on his own, and he felt a sense of powerlessness.

But then, Li Qingyuan took a deep breath, thinking about the encouragement that Zhou Ming had said to him, and the miracles that he had learned about Zhou Ming's journey.

A bankrupt cannery, and Boss Zhou was able to turn it into a large national enterprise. So far, more than 100 million cans of congee have been sold, and the money earned is more than tens of millions. If I don't even have the ability to take on a single ten million order alone, what kind of qualification do I have to stay under Boss Zhou's employ? What makes me worthy of Boss Zhou's trust?

Such thoughts filled Li Qingyuan's heart, filling him with strength. He flipped through the documents, found a few of them, took them out and spread them out on the table on the other side.

These documents were the shipping company's tender and the information on the four competing companies.

Li Qingyuan's gaze kept wandering back and forth between these documents. After an unknown period of time, Li Qingyuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately turned around and left the office, heading towards the office of the general manager Zhao Jun.

'I'm sorry, Manager Li, but President Zhao is currently in a meeting. Please... Manager Li, what are you doing?'

The secretary at the door stopped Li Qingyuan, but Li Qingyuan simply ignored her and walked past the secretary, heading inside. He pushed open the door and walked into Zhao Jun's office.

Zhao Jun and the company's two deputy general managers were sitting on the sofa at the time. When Li Qingyuan pushed the door in, they all turned their heads to look at him.

'Mr. Zhao, I'm sorry, I already told Manager Li that you were in a meeting, but he was about to break in, I...'

The secretary hurriedly tried to explain, but Zhao Jun waved her off and told her to go out first. Zhao Jun looked up at Li Qingyuan and asked, 'Manager Li, what's the matter that's so urgent that you had to come to see me?'

'It's about the shipping company bidding,' Li Qingyuan said, "Now that Boss Zhou has handed this case over to me, I've also come up with a good way to compete, but I need a budget.'

'So Manager Li is here to ask for money!" Zhao Jun laughed lightly, 'Manager Li, I know about this matter, you can go back first, I still have a meeting to attend here, and after this meeting I will give serious consideration to the budget issue on your side.'

Li Qingyuan stood there with a serious expression and did not leave: 'Mr Zhao, the bidding meeting is less than a week away, and there is not much time left for us to prepare. Therefore, every task is a race against time. So please, Mr Zhao, pay a little more attention!'

Zhao Jun immediately put on a stern face: 'Manager Li, this is the Eight Treasures Congee Company, not your Doll Smile Company. It's not just your business, Li Qingyuan, that matters; our business matters too!'

Li Qingyuan paused for a moment and then said, 'I'm sorry, Mr. Zhao, my attitude just now may have been a little anxious, but this shipping company case is a big order worth tens of millions of dollars. I need a certain budget for activities, and I hope you can understand. Moreover, I was also appointed marketing manager by Boss Zhou, and I have the authority to control a certain amount of the budget.'

Zhao Jun laughed disdainfully: 'Manager Li, don't try to scare me with Boss Zhou. I don't mean to pin you down. Don't always think that we're all against you. Don't have paranoid delusions of persecution. We're not that boring. Let's talk about how much you want first.'

Li Qingyuan held up three fingers: 'At least 30,000.'

'Thirty thousand? Manager Li, are you kidding me? We are the Congee Branch, not a bank. Do you know that our budget for the whole of last month was only 100,000? Now you're asking for 300,000, you really dare to ask for that,' Zhao Jun said.

'Mr Zhao, this is different from usual. This order from the shipping company is a bitter battle that we must win, so the budget required will be slightly higher...'

Without waiting for Li Qingyuan to finish speaking, Zhao Jun interrupted him with a shake of his head: 'Thirty thousand is simply impossible. Manager Li, I don't mean to make things difficult for you. I know that you're under a lot of pressure carrying such a big order alone, but you have to understand our difficulties. We're just a newly established branch, and it's been less than half a year. There's a lot of business to get going, and the budgets for all aspects are insufficient. Now you're asking for thirty thousand at once. Are you telling me you're not joking?'

After a moment, Zhao Jun thought for a moment and added, 'Of course, if Manager Li doesn't believe me, you can go back and ask the publicity department how much they have spent on publicity so far.'

'Okay, 20,000 is fine,' Li Qingyuan said.

Zhao Jun still shook his head: '20,000 is also impossible. I can tell you that the most I can give you is 8,000. If you want me to approve it now, then please leave. Of course, you can also go to Boss Zhou and complain.'

Li Qingyuan bit his lip and hesitated for a moment, before finally nodding and saying, 'Fine, 8,000 it is. I want it now.'

Zhao Jun immediately gave Li Qingyuan a slip of paper. "Manager Li, go get the money from the finance department. I hope that 8,000 yuan will bring you back a miracle for us.'

Li Qingyuan took the slip of paper. "Don't worry, Mr. Zhao, I will definitely do it.'

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