Chapter 244: Cocktail Party Threshold
Chang Ying sighed, "Do you think I didn't ask? The flower shop owners are even more troubled. They said that all the flowers in the flower market are almost gone. Why don't you find a flower shop farther away?"
Cui Changjia was very troubled. What should she do? It would be inappropriate not to send any flowers, but it would be funny to run around the city just to buy two flower baskets.
"Why don't you just buy two fake ones?" Chang Ying said, "The flower shop still has fake ones. If you hesitate any longer, I'm afraid they'll be sold out."
"The fake ones are too ugly," Cui Changjia said, "I'd better find a way to buy them."
If all else fails, she will buy flowers and flower baskets somewhere else, and then go to the flower shop at Hengmao International to ask them to help arrange the flowers, and she will just have to pay some labor fees.
Chang Ying called her early in the morning on the 26th, and in the evening Sun Yadi called Cui Changjia to tell her that the stage had been set up in the square in front of Hengmao International.
Sun Yadi asked around and found out that a big company on the eighth floor of No. 28 was going to open for business. She asked Cui Changjia to park his car farther away when he came here, fearing that there would be no space on the opening day.
At that time, Cui Changjia had just bought flowers and large flower baskets and returned to the factory. She drove for more than an hour to get to a flower shop on the edge of the city to buy them. The two large flower baskets almost took up half of the shop's space. This shows how much flowers the flower shop at Hengmao sold.
Chang Ying said that the two flower shop owners were both happy and regretful. They were happy because they made a lot of money, but they regretted not getting the news in advance and thus stocking less flowers.
Cui Changjia told Sun Yadi about her trip to buy flowers. Only then did Sun Yadi know that the boss of the company on the eighth floor was actually her classmate.
Sun Yadi was puzzled. "He was your classmate. Why didn't you look for him when you were working on his project?"
“I only found out about it when we were negotiating the bid.”
Sun Yadi said excitedly, "Then get me a ticket."
Cui Changjia didn't know. "Ticket? What ticket?"
"The original sales office of Hengmao International has been empty, and now it has been requisitioned by the eighth floor. They are not only going to hold an opening ceremony, but also an opening reception. Today I saw them transporting a lot of fruits and food inside. I asked the security guard if we could go in, and the security guard said that we must have a ticket to enter! Can you get us a few tickets, and then we can go in and eat and drink?"
Cui Changjia...
"No, Sun Yadi, are you short of food?"
"Who needs these? Don't you just want to join in the fun?"
Cui Changjia was overwhelmed, "I'll try calling my classmates."
"I'll wait for your call!"
In fact, Cui Changjia was not very willing to call Zhou Qingyan at this time. They would open the day after tomorrow, and he must be very busy.
Cui Changjia thought about it and sent a message to Zhou Qingyan first, asking him if he had been busy at Hengmao International in the past two days as the business would open the day after tomorrow.
After sending the message, she went to pick up the flowers.
The ones she bought were all half-opened, and they had to be kept in water before being put into the flower baskets, otherwise they would wilt overnight.
Cui Changjia took a large bucket, filled half of it with water and put it in the office. She put all the flowers in it, then picked a bunch of flowers that were about to bloom and gave them to her mother.
Jiang Hongying had just coaxed Xiaobao to sleep when she saw Cui Changjia coming in with a bunch of flowers. She was surprised and asked, "Jiajia, why did you buy flowers for mom?"
Women, no matter what age, have no resistance to these bright things.
Cui Changjia smiled, "Mom, I didn't buy this specially for you. My classmate's company is opening a business the day after tomorrow, and there are no flower baskets available in the nearby flower shops. I bought this somewhere else, and I bought a few extra."
"Then just use it first. It doesn't matter whether mom sees it or not."
They didn't have special vases for arranging flowers, so Cui Changjia used a canning jar. He cut the flowers to the right length and put them in it, which looked just as good.
Before the flowers were put away, Cui Changjia's cell phone suddenly rang, scaring Xiaobao on the bed. Cui Changjia quickly handed the scissors in her hand to her mother and went out with the cell phone.
"Hey."
Cui Changjia said as he walked out. "Is it inconvenient for you to answer the phone?" The call was from Zhou Qingyan.
"No," Cui Changjia's voice returned to normal, "I was in my mother's room just now. My little nephew is asleep."
"I thought so," Zhou Qingyan's voice was a little tired, "I've been sending out invitations these past two days. I'm so tired."
He had to deliver some invitations personally, running back and forth, dealing with social interactions, plus company matters and constant phone calls, it was very tiring.
"Has the delivery been finished?"
"I've almost finished delivering it. I might go to Hengmao tomorrow afternoon. Are you there?"
"I will go over to give you a flower basket tomorrow, but there is another tenant who wants to go over to the furniture store tomorrow, so I have to go over to talk to him. I will come over after you open the day after tomorrow."
"Once the business is open, there will be less work to do. I will stay in the state capital for a few more days."
When Cui Changjia heard Zhou Qingyan say this, he laughed. What's the point of staying in the provincial capital for a few more days?
Zhou Qingyan's express delivery company is now in a stage of rapid expansion. After he came back from a business trip a few days ago, he didn't have time to meet Cui Changjia and went on another business trip. If it weren't for the opening of the business this time, he might not have come back.
What's the point of staying a few more days? Aren't you still busy with work?
"why are you laughing?"
"I'd be happy if you said you would stay in the state capital for a few more days!"
"real or fake?"
"It couldn't be more true. By the way, I heard you are going to hold an opening reception?"
"It was done by Congcong. He said he wanted to use this opportunity to create a platform for everyone to communicate with each other."
"Is the threshold to attend this cocktail party very high?"
"They are all our partners. I'll give you some tickets. You can call your friends to come and have fun together."
"Can it be done?"
Zhou Qingyan said domineeringly, "If I say yes, then yes."
"Then I won't be polite. Just tell me who to ask for it, and I'll ask that person to pick it up when I go over to deliver the flower basket tomorrow."
"If you go to send a flower basket, someone will definitely give it to you. See if you can get a few more. If not, call me on the spot."
"Okay!"
Zhou Qingyan listened to Cui Changjia's happy and relaxed tone and said in surprise, "You took the initiative to send me a message tonight. Did you want some tickets?"
"How could that be possible?" Cui Changjia refused to admit, "Am I that superficial? I'm just worried that you'll be too busy with your business and tire yourself out!"
Zhou Qingyan was laughing so hard that he could hardly close his mouth...
As soon as Cui Xiuyuan and his father came out of the shed, they saw Cui Changjia walking back and forth in the factory grounds with one hand in his pocket and the other holding a phone, head lowered, kicking small stones as he walked...
Cui Changjia waited until they were almost beside him before he realized someone was coming over.
She quickly said to the phone, "Um...my dad and brother are here, hang up first."
Two chapters updated, go to bed early, everyone, good night