Ever since returning to the country, Gu Yun Ci had pampered her without limit; if she wanted the stars in the sky, he would pluck them for her.
This was the first time he had been so stern.
But she knew clearly that she was not yet Mrs. Gu, and being disobedient would only make Gu Yun Ci unhappy.
The consequence would be like Meng Shu Tang, who was moved from the Master Bedroom to the drafty attic.
She immediately welled up with tears and asked with a delicate, confused voice, "Brother Yun Ci, I didn't mean anything else, I just felt that it had withered like this."
She cautiously placed the flower pot in the spot designated by Gu Yun Ci, "I will look up information online in a moment and take care of it with you."
"No need."
The man raised his eyes, "Give me the latest progress report."
Qin Zheng stepped forward, "President Gu, here it is."
Gu Yun Ci took it, "You all may leave!"
Bai Ci Xian did not want to leave, but after seeing Gu Yun Ci's expression, she left obediently.
However, before she had even left, she heard Gu Yun Ci call for Qin Zheng, so she had no choice but to reluctantly and slowly pull the door shut.
Qin Zheng came to the desk, "President Gu."
His well-defined fingers gently stroked the drooping, pale pink petals, "Go to the flower market and invite a Master to come over."
Qin Zheng said, "I can carry it over and let the Master take a look at the situation right now."
The man got up, walked to the sofa, and picked up his tie to put it on, "No need, I will learn it myself and take care of it myself."
After saying this, he walked out, "By the way, notify Meng Shu Tang and have her come over for a meeting."
Qin Zheng stood there stunned; this meeting was an internal one, was it appropriate to have Meng Shu Tang attend?
Whatever the boss says goes.
A miserable working stiff can only obey orders.
When Meng Shu Tang heard that she was to attend the Gu Corporation Culture and Tourism internal meeting, she was also very surprised, "Assistant Qin, did you hear that wrong?"
Qin Zheng was driving to the flower market, "No, Young Madam. Please hurry over; the meeting starts in four minutes, and if you are late, President Gu will lose his temper again."
Meng Shu Tang hung up the phone without a word.
She took off her work uniform, grabbed her notebook, and immediately went to the seventh floor of the Gu Corporation.
Gu Corporation Culture and Tourism internal meeting.
Two people had inexplicably been added to the list of attendees.
One was Gu Yun Ci, and the other was Meng Shu Tang.
Gu Yun Ci rarely managed such trivial matters; he even rarely attended mid-level meetings.
Why would he attend a small group meeting?
But ever since Bai Ci Xian was parachuted into the Culture and Tourism Department, everyone felt it was strange, but not exactly surprising.
But Meng Shu Tang... she was not even a Gu Corporation employee, so why was she sitting here?
On the personnel list, even if her name only occupied a tiny cell, it was an "eye-catching" presence.
The most shocked was Bai Ci Xian. She had been beaming and whispering to Qiao Mo about seeing Meng Shu Tang working as a part-time hourly worker at the restaurant earlier, but suddenly catching sight of Meng Shu Tang appearing with a thin layer of sweat, she immediately froze.
She stood up abruptly, "Meng Shu Tang, why are you here?"
Meng Shu Tang found a corner seat and sat down, panting as she opened her computer, acting as if she hadn't heard anything, and began preparing for the meeting in an orderly fashion.
On the phone, she had asked Qin Zheng why Gu Yun Ci had inexplicably asked her to attend an internal meeting.
Qin Zheng was also completely baffled and could only tell her to pray for her own luck.
She did not want to lose the Cultural Tourism Town project, nor did she want to lose her part-time job explaining at the Collection Pavilion, so she could not afford to offend Gu Yun Ci.
After all, the part-time job at the Gu Corporation was an important source of income for her at this stage.
Seeing that Meng Shu Tang did not make a sound, Bai Ci Xian pulled back her chair and was about to go over, "Did you go to the wrong place? This is an internal meeting for the Culture and Tourism Department."
"I am the one who asked her to come."
The man walked in and slammed a stack of documents onto the table, "What you wrote is too poor. Is it not allowed to invite a teacher to come and teach you?"
The office, which had been chattering just a moment ago, was now silent as a cicada in winter.
Bai Ci Xian tactfully sat down quietly, hanging her head, not daring to utter a word.
She felt that the next part must be Meng Shu Tang's highlight moment, after all, she was invited by Gu Yun Ci.
Little did she know, the next second, the man raised his eyes and swept them toward Meng Shu Tang, who was sitting in the corner, his tone laced with ice: "Meng Shu Tang, explain the display plan for the Cultural Tourism Town Collection Pavilion."
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole room was shocked.
The Cultural Tourism Town Collection Pavilion involved the classification of cultural relics and the planning of visitor flow.
No matter which aspect it was, it was core confidential content. How could Meng Shu Tang, an outsider, know the truth?
Wasn't this... making things difficult for her!
Furthermore, this content was only finalized and filed yesterday; Meng Shu Tang had never even touched it.
Meng Shu Tang clenched her hands and was about to speak.
Bai Ci Xian, as the primary person in charge of the Culture and Tourism Department, said, "President Gu, the Collection Pavilion plan is a core secret. I'm afraid Teacher Meng hasn't seen it, right?"
"She doesn't know this content. If she makes a mistake, it will delay the project progress."
As soon as she finished speaking, Gu Yun Ci turned his gaze toward her, "I asked her; when is it your turn to interrupt?"
Bai Ci Xian was stunned for a moment.
She subconsciously wondered if Gu Yun Ci knew something.
The abnormal medical expenses at Jiangcheng Hospital? The sudden collapse of the display rack at the Cultural Tourism Town? Or last night, when she pushed Meng Shu Tang down and framed her?
No matter which one it was, it was extremely unfavorable for her.
Seeing this, Qiao Mo wanted to smooth things over, "President Gu, what Supervisor Bai said is also the truth."
Gu Yun Ci's gaze was like a blade, "Is the bad habit of your department loving to interrupt something you all learned from your supervisor?"
With that one sentence, no one among the attendees dared to make a sound again.
Gu Yun Ci picked up his mobile phone and looked at Meng Shu Tang, "I am giving you a simplified version of the plan now. Two minutes. If you get one point wrong, I will punish you by making you my exclusive assistant for the next month, organizing the Collection Pavilion traceability report, 24 hours a day, on call at any time."
The reason Meng Shu Tang had time to come out for a part-time job now.
Was because the Gu Corporation's collection exhibition explanation was temporarily not arranged, and the planning and design of the Cultural Tourism Town had also come to an end.
With a ding, the document was transmitted to Meng Shu Tang.
She had no time to think too much and grabbed her mobile phone to start browsing.
Over 100 pages, two minutes, dense text; an average person could not finish reading it at all.
In the conference room, everyone was sweating for Meng Shu Tang.
As for Gu Yun Ci, he left the room in silence, walked toward the floor-to-ceiling window with one hand in his pocket, his tall figure standing among the towering buildings, his cold and hard aura lingering for a long time.
Under the table, Qiao Mo poked Bai Ci Xian, "Sister, you are in a crisis. The overbearing CEO said he wants her on call 24 hours a day."
"The Cultural Tourism Town's Collection Pavilion, that's equivalent to being exiled," Bai Ci Xian laughed.
Qiao Mo realized this, looked at Meng Shu Tang, her eyes full of sympathetic laughter.
Bai Ci Xian leaned in, "Those things..."
Qiao Mo replied, "You can rest assured with how I handle things; not a single... detail will be leaked."
The heart that Bai Ci Xian had been holding up slowly settled down.
Turning her eyes, she saw the man looking down at his wristwatch.
Time passed so slowly; only 1 minute and 20 seconds had passed.
Two minutes to do a plan; how did Meng Shu Tang offend Gu Yun Ci to be publicly attacked like this?
"President Gu, I have finished reading."
Meng Shu Tang stood up, her face still flushed from the effort of reading the document.
Whether it was satisfaction with her ability or a light sneer at her arrogance, the man turned around with a faint smile and sat back in his chair.
"Good, go ahead."
Everyone pricked up their ears, waiting to see Meng Shu Tang make a fool of herself.
Confidential document, two minutes; they did not believe that this non-Gu Corporation employee would do better than them.
Meng Shu Tang looked down at the key points of the plan on her mobile phone, then turned to look at the attendees who were eager to see her make a fool of herself.
Her heart was surging, but she still straightened her back and began to analyze the core visitor flow and the logic of the collection zoning.
As soon as she started speaking, everyone was stunned.
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