Soft-centered strawberry cake

Chapter 37 Stabbing Where It Hurts

Ming's Group Planning Department Meeting Room
At 10:00 AM, the meeting chaired by Susie was successfully held, and Ming Chengze, as a partner in the new product, was invited to participate.

“We will be holding an auction of Mr. Ming Chengze’s works this Saturday, and the promotional video for the auction will be posted on the official account of the Ming Group.”

Susie stood to the right front of the projection screen, and everyone around the oval conference table could see the content on the screen.

Immediately afterwards, Susie's assistant turned on the projected video, and a video featuring Ming Chengze and his paintings appeared in front of everyone.

The video's content is closely related to public welfare, and its style clearly indicates that it is a public service announcement filmed by a professional director.

After the promotional video finished playing, Pei Ming, who was sitting in the first seat on the left, looked at Su Qian and said, "This promotional video was well made. President Fu was right after all. Manager Su has a discerning eye."

"If Manager Su didn't have some real skills, I wouldn't have dared to invite President Pei to participate in today's meeting."

Fu Baiqing sat diagonally opposite Pei Ming, and next to him sat the general manager of the sales department of Ming's Group.

Susie could tell that Pei Ming had approved her plan, and she smiled generously and said, "Being able to receive the approval of both President Pei and President Fu means that our efforts in the second department have not been in vain."

"But I don't have any real fame, can I really succeed at the auction?" Ming Chengze was quite self-aware, and at this crucial moment he was starting to have second thoughts.

If the auction is a complete flop, his friends will laugh him to death.

"Manager Su is planning to do a live broadcast, are you really that unconfident in your painting?" Fu Baiqing teased Ming Chengze. As Ming Chengze's cousin, he was very casual in his attitude towards Ming Chengze.

"I feel a little guilty." Ming Chengze was quite honest.

“Since President Pei has chosen this plan, he won’t let your auction flop.” Fu Baiqing said with a meaningful smile.

“A charity auction allows business people to donate and improve their public image, especially now that the Pei family and the Ming family are working together,” the sales manager continued, following up on Fu Baiqing’s words.

Susie smiled and sat down. She looked at Ming Chengze and said gently, "At that time, not only will your paintings be sold, but the proceeds can be used to help impoverished mountainous areas and plant protective forests in the Northwest. Moreover, the positive image of those businesses will also be established. It's a win-win-win situation."

What the others had just said sounded quite good, so Ming Chengze readily nodded, "Okay, I will be at my auction this Saturday."

Pei Ming turned his head to look at Ming Chengze sitting next to him, "Chengze, the follow-up cooperation will still be handled by Supervisor Su's people and you. Just cooperate well with Supervisor Su."

"Okay, brother-in-law." Ming Chengze deliberately called Pei Ming his brother-in-law. He still had some tricks up his sleeve on Ming family turf.

"This is the company, so please be careful."

Pei Ming lowered his voice, pretending to be lecturing Ming Chengze on what to say in different situations.

Ming Chengze also pretended to accept the criticism, and he quickly said with a smile, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry... President Pei, it's just a habit of calling him that."

In public, Ming Chengze showed Pei Ming a great deal of face on Ming family territory, making it clear to everyone that Pei Ming was now in charge of the Ming family.

Fu Baiqing witnessed this scene and was surprised that Ming Chengze, as the son of the Ming family, was actually quite obedient to Pei Ming's discipline.

Not only was Ming Chengze's attitude towards Pei Ming just now, but Ming Chengze has also been following Pei Ming's orders to generate buzz. Now, even the sale of his own work is being arranged by Pei Ming.

Wasn't Ming Chengze supposed to be a very individualistic and unrestrained son that even Ming Hui couldn't control?

Since the Planning Department didn't get to work on such a large new project, the smaller product update projects within the company were naturally assigned to the Planning Department.

At her workstation, Mingwei was printing product details when the printer ran out of paper. She looked around at the other two printers, and found that they were almost out of paper as well.

So, the chosen one who went to the planning department's storage room to move printer paper today was her.

In the planning department's conference room, the meeting lasted for more than an hour. Ming Chengze was so sleepy that he almost fell asleep. He then left the conference room under the pretext of needing to use the restroom.

This was Ming Chengze's first time visiting the planning department of the Ming Group. He was quite curious about the layout of the floor, and most importantly, he wondered if he might run into Ming Weiyi here.

"What are you doing here?"

Before Ming Chengze could take more than a few steps, a familiar voice appeared behind him.

With no one around, Ming Chengze turned around with a look of surprise, but he kept his voice low, "Wow! I was just taking a walk, and I actually ran into you!"

Ming Wei also pulled Ming Chengze to the emergency exit. It was working hours, and no one would be around here.

"You still haven't answered me, what are you doing at the company?" Ming Wei asked in a low voice.

Even when no one was around, Ming Wei still acted furtively, like a thief.

"Today, your Planning Department II is having a progress meeting, and I, as a partner, was invited by your Supervisor Su."

"Oh, so the eldest son of the Ming family has finally decided to step into the Ming Group?" Hearing that Ming Chengze was here on official business, Ming Weiyi still wouldn't miss the chance to tease him.

"This Saturday is my artwork auction. Although I heard that Pei Ming rejected your proposal, you'll still be there, right?"

Ming Wei also pointed at Ming Chengze with a look of disgust, "You really are the kind of person who rubs the nail on the head when I'm hurt."

"I can't help but laugh when I think about how Pei Ming decisively rejected you. You really aren't that great." Ming Chengze said, and he actually laughed out loud.

Without saying a word, Ming Wei raised her hand and pinched Ming Chengze's arm. "Do you want to die, Ming Chengze?!"

"Hey...seriously, did you badmouth him behind his back?" Ming Chengze really wanted to find out about this funny incident.

"What right do I have to criticize others? It's just that I'm not as skilled as them. What can I do but accept it?"

“Besides the fact that you are not as skilled as others, I think Pei Ming probably wanted to tell you that you have a long way to go in the Ming Group.”

"You figured that out? You're not stupid after all." Ming Wei smiled, her eyes filled with certainty as she looked at Ming Chengze.

"You have to come to my auction this Saturday. As someone in the planning department, you'll definitely be assigned to move chairs and wipe tables, right?"

Ming Chengze's words were so sarcastic that Ming Wei couldn't help but roll her eyes at him.

"Get out of here, I need to go back to work."

After Mingwei finished speaking, she first checked the situation outside the exit, and then she sneaked into the storage room.

(End of this chapter)