Reborn in the red age

Chapter 563 Hu Jiabao steps on stage

The annual meeting of Lemon Company was very lively. Led by Li Qingfeng, all the company's executives took to the stage to perform.

Although his performance on stage was very poor, his singing was out of tune, his limbs were uncoordinated when dancing, and his waist was as stiff as an iron bar.

But the effect was very good. The audience was very happy and supportive. There was no booing, only applause and cheers.

Li Qingfeng, who had already changed out of his performance clothes and returned to the stage, had just sat down when Chuyi started to pester him, asking when he learned to play the guitar and why he had never seen it at home.

Faced with Chuyi's curiosity and Hu Jiabao who was waiting with his ears perked up to hear the answer, Li Qingfeng started bragging on the spot.

"It's just playing the guitar. It's a piece of cake. I studied intensively for two days and mastered the skill. You know, your father is very talented. As long as I want to learn something, I can easily master it."

Chu looked at him doubtfully, and asked, "Really? Then why didn't you play it for us at home?"

Qingfeng Li calmly picked up the thermos cup and drank a sip of water to moisten his throat. Then he spoke, "I'm afraid of disturbing you and Shiwu's studies. Besides, this kind of superb skill must be displayed in a suitable occasion, like today's stage, to be worthy of my performance."

"I want to learn too. When we get home after this, can you teach me how to play the guitar?"

"Ahem, this..." Li Qingfeng was choked by Chuyi's words and almost spit out the water he had just drunk.

He quickly wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, his mind working rapidly, and soon he found an excuse to shirk his responsibilities: "You are in the first grade of junior high school. Playing the guitar is not something that can be learned in a short time. You have to learn it step by step. You are still a student now, so you should focus on your studies. When you graduate, it will not be too late to learn it then."

"It's winter vacation now, and I have nothing to do. Learning guitar won't affect my studies."

Li Qingfeng was actually a little speechless at the moment. He quickly pretended to drink tea, his mind working rapidly, thinking about how to make it go away.

Hu Jiabao, who was listening at the side, saw this scene and immediately understood that Li Qingfeng was trying to figure out how to fool Chuyi.

It seems that there must be something fishy about the guitar playing on the stage just now, but I just didn't notice it.

Hu Jiabao saw through Li Qingfeng's thoughts and smiled, deliberately adding fuel to the fire: "Qingfeng, since the first grade is so interested, you can teach her. Anyway, the study of the first grade is like that, it doesn't matter whether it affects her or not."

"Yes, Dad, you always say that I inherited your intelligence. You can learn it in two days. As your daughter, it probably won't take me long either." Chuyi's eyes lit up and he quickly agreed.

Li Qingfeng was now completely frustrated. He glared at Hu Jiabao fiercely, secretly blaming her for just watching the fun, but he couldn't get angry. He could only brainstorm again, thinking of how to cover it up.

Just when Li Qingfeng was deep in thought, Fifteen came to the rescue.

Fifteen curled his lips and said disdainfully: "You have learned a lot of things, but what have you learned? You bought a lot of equipment and hired a lot of teachers, but none of them stopped learning after two or three days."

"I think you want to be beaten." Chuyi looked at Shiwu with a bad face, his hands clenched, as if he would beat you if you didn't obey.

The fifteenth one now is not afraid of the first one at all. He puffs out his chest and looks like he's telling you to give it a try.

This scene made Chuyi so angry that his teeth itched. If it wasn't for the wrong occasion, Chuyi would have pounced on him.

When Qingfeng Li saw this scene, he was so happy that he almost died. Fifteen was truly his good son.

He immediately put down the thermos cup and showed a dissatisfied expression: "Okay, you two don't you know where you are? This is the company's annual meeting. Everyone is happily watching the show. You are making a scene here. How can you be so disrespectful?"

"First day of the new year, you are the older sister, you should behave like an older sister and stop being aggressive. Fifteenth day, you should stop making your sister angry all the time, and you two siblings should get along well."

After hearing what Li Qingfeng said, Chuyi was still a little angry, but he also knew that he should not cause trouble in such an occasion, so he could only glare at Shiwu fiercely and sat down.

Fifteen shrugged, half-lay back in his seat, and continued to watch the clumsy performance on the stage.

Hu Jiabao on the side rolled his eyes at Qingfeng Li, but did not ask any more questions. He just looked towards the stage.

The performance on stage has come to an end. Except for some talented grassroots employees whose performances are acceptable, the performances of the rest of the leadership can be described as "unsightly".

But after all, it was not a serious stage, and everyone was just having fun, and no one cared about the quality of the performance.

There were still bursts of laughter and applause from time to time, and the atmosphere remained warm.

After all the performances were over, the guest host walked back onto the stage and said with a big smile, "Dear colleagues, tonight's annual meeting program has come to an end, but the excitement is not over yet. Next, it is the lucky draw that everyone has been looking forward to!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was instantly boiling.

The employees who were originally chatting in low voices immediately quieted down, with anticipation shining in their eyes as they stared eagerly at the host on the stage.

The news that there will be a lottery at this year's annual meeting has been circulating for a long time. It is said that the prize money is generous, and everyone has been waiting for it for a long time.

The host looked at the excited people in the audience and did not continue to whet everyone's appetite by saying too much nonsense, but continued with the show according to the script.

She cleared her throat and said to the microphone with an excited voice: "Now please invite Professor Li Qingfeng, the chairman, and Professor Hu Jiabao, his wife, to come on stage and draw the first batch of lucky winners for us tonight! Everyone, welcome them with applause!"

When Hu Jiabao's name appeared in everyone's ears, there was a moment of silence in the audience.

Everyone in the company knows about the forum incident that caused a lot of controversy some time ago.

The ID nickname Hu Jiabao once caused quite a stir in the company's internal forum. Those employees who had spoken rudely to Hu Jiabao in the forum were now filled with anxiety.

I didn’t expect that the company’s gossip was actually true. The person who was ridiculed by them on the forum turned out to be the chairman’s wife.

After a brief silence, applause broke out from the audience, but the applause was mixed with some complicated emotions.

A few days ago, the employees who had let go of their dismissal news for a long time were now worried again.

I was afraid that after the annual meeting was over and I went home for the holiday, when I returned to work after the New Year, there would be a new person at my workstation.

Li Qingfeng and Hu Jiabao looked at each other, smiled, and slowly walked onto the stage.

Taking the microphone from the etiquette lady, Hu Jiabao was the first to introduce herself: "Hello, colleagues. I am your chairman's wife and the boss lady of the company, Hu Jiabao. This is my first time to show up in front of you. Most people here are seeing me for the first time, but it should not be the first time they have heard my name."

At this point, Hu Jiabao paused for a moment and continued, "At the company forum some time ago, everyone showed me a lot of care, which must have left a deep impression on me."

Hu Jiabao put a lot of emphasis on the word "take care of". The employees who had "taken care of" Hu Jiabao were immediately terrified and lowered their heads, not even daring to raise them.

Hu Jiabao, who has excellent eyesight, couldn't help but smile slightly when he saw some employees lowering their heads in the audience.

Then, Hu Jiabao, who understood their thoughts at the moment, spoke to reassure them: "However, those were just minor incidents. I didn't take them to heart. I know that everyone didn't know my identity at the time. They were just expressing their own opinions."

"Here, what I want to say is that let the past be the past. I hope everyone will not have any psychological burden because of this. Our company is a big family, and every member is an important part of this family."

Li Qingfeng also took over the conversation, looking around the room, and said gently but with dignity: "Jiabao is right. We will not blame any employee for such a thing. Let the past be the past. What is important is that we can learn a lesson from this incident and pay more attention to mutual respect and understanding among the team."

“In future work, I hope everyone can continue to maintain this enthusiasm and vitality and actively express your opinions. However, when you have opposite ideas, remember to respect others.”

There was a warm applause from the audience, and this time, there was a bit more admiration and gratitude in the applause.

The employees who had "taken care" of Hu Jiabao finally felt relieved and were grateful for the generosity of the chairman and his wife. They applauded so loudly that their hands almost left afterimages.

After the applause, the host took over with a smile and began to talk about the rules of the lottery at this annual meeting.

The prize pool for this annual meeting was indeed as generous as rumored within the company.

There are 1,000 individual prizes alone, including 800 cash prizes of 2,000 yuan and 200 cash prizes of 5,000 yuan.

In addition, as most of the company's employees working outside the city did not come to attend the annual meeting, Li Qingfeng set up a group award of 400 prizes with a prize of up to 10,000 yuan for those who did not come.

Any representative who wins the group award will receive this generous bonus on behalf of his or her department, and the team can discuss how to distribute the bonus on their own.

In addition to the regular lottery that all companies have, Li Qingfeng also specially fixed the bonuses for all employees this year and set up a special "Sunshine Bonus".

All employees of the company will receive a $100 Sunshine Award at the end of each year.

Although this bonus is not much for employees in Europe and the United States, it is already a lot for domestic employees.

Converted into RMB, it is more than 800 yuan. At this time, at least half of the people in the country cannot earn this much money in a month.

After this rule was announced, there was another round of warm applause from the audience.

Not counting the 'Sunshine Prize', today's lottery prize alone is worth 6.6 million.

With such a huge amount of money being spent, how could the people present not cheer excitedly?
Looking at the reactions of the employees below, Qingfeng Li smiled.

For Li Qingfeng, he already has enough money. The money in his account now is enough to support his descendants to eat, drink, gamble and have fun for several lifetimes.

With so much money, Qingfeng Li doesn't mind paying his employees more.

After all, people come out to work for money. If you don’t give them enough money, what are you giving them? Pie in the sky?

Li Qingfeng agreed with what Lao Wang said in the future. He looked down on some companies that did not treat their employees well, but donated this and that all day long and did charity work in a big way. They would be better off using that money to improve the treatment of their employees.

What else is there? High salaries are not conducive to young people's struggle. That's all bullshit.

When the applause stopped again, the host looked at Li Qingfeng according to the established procedure: "Chairman, the prize money for this lottery is as high as 6.6 million. This number is very auspicious."

"Yes, the number is indeed auspicious, but it's not perfect," Qingfeng Li nodded with a smile.

"Oh? Then do you want to round it up to an integer?"

Without answering the question immediately, Qingfeng Li looked around the audience, and in the expectant eyes of everyone, he raised his voice and said, "That's right, since we want to make everyone happy, then let's make everyone happy. I have decided to add another 400,000 in the prize money in my personal name, bringing the total prize of tonight's lottery to 7 million."

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was instantly ignited, and deafening cheers and applause broke out again.

Four hundred thousand is not a small amount, and the personal bonus of two thousand can add 200 more places.

Hu Jiabao suddenly spoke up and said with a smile, "Wouldn't it be too little to add only 400,000?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience fell silent for a moment, and then everyone looked at Qingfeng Li, their eyes full of curiosity and expectation.

Li Qingfeng was not at all surprised, as this had been discussed in advance and was a way to increase the sense of surprise at the annual meeting, and also to give Hu Jiabao a chance to show off in front of all the employees.

After pretending to think for a moment, Qingfeng Li looked at the audience and said with a smile: "Since my wife has spoken, I will add another million."

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Hu Jiabao and asked, "Do you think it's enough?"

Hu Jiabao's mouth corners slightly raised, with a smile in his eyes: "I think it's less"

As he spoke, he turned to look at the audience and asked loudly, "What do you think is less or more?"

The employees below the stage were stunned at first, and then burst into an overwhelming shout: "Less! Less! Less!".

The sound was so uniform that it made Li Qingfeng's ears hurt a little.

Li Qingfeng smiled and continued into the microphone: "Since everyone thinks it's too little, I'll add another million."

"Nine million has already been paid, so why not just go all in one go and raise ten million?" Hu Jiabao interrupted Qingfeng Li before he could finish his words.

"Okay, ten million is ten million."

Li Qingfeng agreed without hesitation, and immediately took out the check he had prepared long ago, quickly wrote a string of numbers on it, and held it high to show it to everyone.

The host immediately took over the topic and shouted to the audience: "Dear colleagues, should we thank our wives for winning such a generous bonus for us?"

The audience immediately stood up, applauded and thanked Hu Jiabao on the stage, and shouted slogans such as "Thank you, Madam".

Hu Jiabao bent down to return the gift, and after saying some polite words, today's lottery officially began.

(End of this chapter)