Soft-centered strawberry cake

Chapter 48 The best gift
Early in the morning, before the people in the Planning Department One had even started their work, the excitement had already begun.

Yesterday, the sales department was in the wrong and was caught red-handed by Pei Ming. Today, the general manager of the sales department brought the two people who had spoken rudely yesterday to the planning department early in the morning.

Fu Baiqing also came along. As the general manager of the planning department, he still had to give some face to the sales department.

"Old Li, it was our sales department's fault yesterday. I've already apologized to General Manager Fu. Today, I've personally brought the two of them here to apologize to your Planning Department."

Normally, Li Anwen is a subordinate, but today, he is the one being apologized to, which suddenly elevates his status.

"Old Li, we're all from the same company. Why don't you have someone from the sales department apologize to your people in person, and that will be the end of it?" Fu Baiqing had been asked to do this, so he had no choice but to act as the peacemaker.

Yesterday, Li Anwen listened to Qi Fei's complaints and learned that the people in the sales department felt that their department was not as good as the department's. He was even angrier than Qi Fei.

So Li Anwen looked the sales department staff up and down and slowly asked, "You two were criticizing our Planning Department yesterday, saying that our Planning Department One is incompetent and lacks ideas. You need to tell me specifically what's wrong with our Planning Department One's proposal?"

"Manager Li, I'm so sorry, your department's plan is excellent. We were blind to its value." The woman quickly apologized. If this matter wasn't resolved today, she would most likely be fired.

“You didn’t say that yesterday,” Li Anwen continued to scrutinize the person in front of him.

Seeing that things were not going well, the general manager of the sales department quickly advised, "Old Li, considering that we have been colleagues for many years, you are a magnanimous person. Our two departments will continue to cooperate in the future."

Everyone in the Planning Department stopped what they were doing and stood in unison behind Li Anwen. Ming Weiyi, in particular, was very interested to see how the Sales Department would put on this show.

Fortunately, the staff of Department One were quite satisfied with Li Anwen's performance today.

"Qi Fei, come here for a second." Li Anwen beckoned to Qi Fei; now it was time for him to stand up for her.

Following Li Anwen's suggestion, Qi Fei took a step forward and walked to Li Anwen's side.

"Was it that the two of them didn't want to cooperate with our team yesterday, and complained that our team's proposal was inferior to our team's?" Li Anwen deliberately pointed to the two people standing in front of him.

“Yes, so I brought back the new proposal. They like Department Two, so let the people from Department Two liaise with them.” Even in front of the two general managers, Qi Fei still appeared fearless.

"No, no, no, we came here today specifically to apologize so we can continue working with you on projects." The general manager of the sales department kept smiling apologetically, his face so wrinkled it looked like it was pressed together.

"An apology?" Li Anwen clearly wasn't planning on ending things hastily.

The situation had reached this stalemate, and the woman who had acted like a senior to Qi Fei yesterday had no choice but to lower her stance.

She stepped forward and bowed slightly to Qi Fei. "Qi Fei, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have spoken like that yesterday. I shouldn't have brought my personal emotions into my work. I hope you're not angry."

If it weren't for this well-paid job, the woman would never have lowered her head to apologize to Qi Fei like this.

Fu Baiqing didn't want to waste any more time here. He gave Qi Fei a look that suggested they stop while they were ahead, and said, "Feifei, we've seen the sales department's sincerity today, so let's leave it at that."

Even her boss has spoken, so if Qi Fei continues to argue, it would make her seem petty. Besides, this matter has reached Pei Ming's ears, and it wouldn't be good if she kept pressing the issue.

"Okay, I forgive your apology."

Seeing that Qi Fei had finally accepted the sales department's apology, everyone in the sales department breathed a sigh of relief, as they could now report back to Pei Ming. In less than three minutes, the lively scene had ended, and everyone except for the members of Sales Department One went their separate ways.

"You were amazing today, Manager Li." Qi Fei was the first to flatter Li Anwen; she had to admit, she felt really good today.

Mingwei also felt that Li Anwen deserved praise today, "Yes, with your attitude just now, the sales department will definitely not dare to mess with us again in the future."

Li Anwen was overjoyed by his subordinates' flattery, but he remained outwardly composed. "My people, of course I can't let others bully them!"

After saying this boastful remark, Li Anwen walked into his office amidst everyone's praise.

As the morning workday drew to a close, in the president's office on the twentieth floor, Pei Ming picked up a pen from the table and signed the approval form for the launch of the new product.

On the table, a cell phone rang. Pei Ming closed the pen cap and glanced at the caller ID. It was an unfamiliar call from Jiangcheng.

"Hello, who is this?" Pei Ming answered the phone with a puzzled look.

"You're my brother-in-law, how come you don't even have my contact information?" It was Ming Chengze's teasing voice coming from the other end of the phone.

"Chengze, it's you." Knowing that the unfamiliar phone number belonged to Ming Chengze, Pei Ming's tone became much warmer.

"I found something good while I was packing today. According to the time, the deliveryman should have already delivered it to you."

"What good stuff?"

Pei Ming was very interested in what Ming Chengze would send him.

"Just you wait. I hope you'll cherish what I've given you." Ming Chengze hung up the phone as soon as he finished speaking.

Less than three minutes after Ming Chengze hung up the phone, there was a knock on Pei Ming's office door. The person who walked in was Du Lian, and Du Lian was carrying a package.

"The front desk called me and said that the young master sent you a package and that the package must be delivered to you."

Du Lian was also quite curious. Ming Chengze was in Jiangcheng, so what could he possibly need to deliver to Pei Ming via errand runners?

Pei Ming took the package from Du Lian and quickly opened it without hesitation.

Inside the package lay a picture book. The cover was already curled and yellowed, showing that the book was quite old.

Pei Ming picked up the sketchbook and opened it to the first page. There was a picture of a girl petting a cat, and the date was marked next to the picture: June 1, 2010.

Pei Ming then began to flip through the album page by page. Every page depicted the same girl, spanning from 2010 to 2018, interspersed with the seasons.

Pei Ming recognized the person in the painting at a glance as Ming Weiyi. Therefore, Ming Chengze's painting album gave Pei Ming the opportunity to see what Ming Weiyi looked like from the age of fourteen to twenty-two.

In Pei Ming's heart, the picture album that Ming Chengze had just sent was the best gift he had received in all these years.

(End of this chapter)