He took it and looked at it carefully, then praised Hu Jiasheng profusely.
It was akin to a peer meeting a peer, Boya meeting a kindred spirit, a mutual appreciation between like minds.
"You finally remembered to use him. I always felt it was a waste for him to stay at the real estate company. I wanted to suggest he go to the electrical company, but I was afraid you'd be unhappy, so I held back."
"To be honest, Vice President Gao is diligent and capable, but his innovative spirit has really fallen behind."
"With him leading the electrical company, the company's development pace is bound to be limited."
"But Hu Jiasheng is different…"
Zhan Beijue felt quite uncomfortable.
Yesterday, A Zhong had praised him extensively, and today Jiang Nan Fang was also showering him with compliments.
It turned out that in their hearts, Hu Jiasheng had always been this outstanding, and they had only held back their words out of consideration for Zhan Beijue's pride.
Zhan Beijue felt a sense of betrayal, his heart aching.
Jiang Nan Fang had said a lot, and seeing that he wasn't responding and his expression was not good, she quickly got out of bed to comfort him.
"Don't you like watching Romance of the Three Kingdoms? Speaking of the many heroes in the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, which one of them wasn't stronger than Liu Bei on his own? Yet, everyone supported him as their lord and was willing to serve under him. Why is that?"
If it weren't for her pregnancy, Zhan Beijue would have wanted to disown her.
To treat him, Zhan, like Liu Bei, and Hu Jiasheng like Guan Yu or Zhao Yun, ha! You truly are my wife!
"Why?" he asked, suppressing his anger.
Jiang Nan Fang took a deep breath before speaking.
"Because Liu Bei knew how to recognize and utilize talent, strategize, and lead the overall situation."
"No matter how capable Hu Jiasheng is, if he lacks the talent to lead and the right time and place, he can only support you as his lord for life and serve you, remaining beneath you. What are you still angry about?"
"Do you want your subordinates to be a bunch of incompetent fools who can't hold a candle to anyone, and for people to only know Zhan Beijue when they mention the Zhan Corporation?"
Jiang Nan Fang said he knew how to recognize and utilize talent and lead the overall situation, that he was born to be a lord.
Zhan Beijue was no longer angry.
He was just still bothered by her openly praising another man.
"Answer me a question."
Jiang Nan Fang clasped her hands together and said, "My lord, please speak."
"If you had met Hu Jiasheng before me…"
"No, absolutely not!"
Before he could finish his question, Jiang Nan Fang was eager to declare her loyalty.
Zhan Beijue gave her a look as if to say, how can you be so sure.
She explained, "Because you are not only talented but also handsome. A man like you, who possesses both talent and beauty, is one of a kind in this world."
"If it weren't for you, I, Jiang Nan Fang, would remain single forever and would never fall for anyone else. Therefore, thank you for coming into my life."
Zhan Beijue was satisfied.
With an arrogant expression, he kissed her forehead, gave her some instructions, and then took his laptop to work.
Jiang Nan Fang watched the retreating back of this poor man, whose temper had drastically changed due to pregnancy hormones, and couldn't help but complain in their group chat.
"My little darling just acted spoiled again and asked me a fatal question, I almost didn't survive."
"Sisters, being a husband is really difficult. Please be merciful in the future and don't cause too much trouble."
Zhan Beijue wouldn't let Zhou Jinbei and Chen Jiaojiao visit Jiang Nan Fang, so the three of them chatted and gossiped in the group chat daily.
His various embarrassing behaviors were all exposed to the other two by Jiang Nan Fang.
Zhou Jinbei enjoyed the gossip in the group chat every day.
"I really want to see what my second brother is like now."
"I heard A Zhong say yesterday that he praised Hu Jiasheng a few words in front of him, and his expression was so ugly, hahahaha!"
"Now he's eating the pregnancy meals my father-in-law makes for me every day. I'm so afraid he'll transform from an aloof figure into a delicate rose."
"This child is causing him so much trouble. Sister-in-law, are you worried he'll be a little devil when he's born?"
Jiang Nan Fang was indeed worried.
After just over a month, her domineering CEO husband was turning into a little wife. If he caused trouble for another six months…
"Quickly ask your father-in-law how to make this symptom disappear."
"I'm trembling with fear every day trying to coax him. It's too difficult."
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The project Zhan Beijue assigned to Hu Jiasheng this time was related to cooperation with new energy vehicle companies, specifically the installation of new energy charging piles.
New energy vehicles were a global hot industry in recent years, and their future development was an inevitable trend.
However, it was just emerging in China, and the popularization of charging piles was not yet sufficient.
This was Gray Electric's first project in this area.
The work content seemed simple, just installing charging piles at designated locations.
But the workload involved behind the scenes, as well as coordination and cooperation with local government departments, was quite complex.
Fortunately, new energy had been around abroad for some time, and Hu Jiasheng had happened to be involved in such projects before.
After a brief meeting and discussion with everyone at the electrical company, he decided to personally lead the team and undertake the installation himself.
In the workplace, the greatest motivation was nothing more than promotion and salary increase.
With the resignation of the top supervisor, the subordinates thought they had a chance for promotion.
Unexpectedly, they hired someone from outside.
Hu Jiasheng had just arrived, first, he had no connection with everyone.
Second, he was unfamiliar with past history.
Therefore, everyone looked unfavorably upon him and did not cooperate well in their work.
During the meetings, he was almost the only one speaking, and not a single one of the old hands in the technical department was willing to engage with him.
When he personally nominated people for a business trip, everyone used excuses like summer had arrived, the weather was hot, or they had various family situations, refusing to go.
Hu Jiasheng enticed them by applying for a high-temperature subsidy and 1.5 times the travel expenses, forcibly nominating three engineers, thus organizing the team.
On the third day, the four of them set off together, starting from Sucheng, the production base of new energy vehicles, and traveling along the route.
Sucheng had over 200 charging points distributed throughout the city.
All matters required Hu Jiasheng to personally handle communication, supervision, procurement, installation, debugging, testing…
After finishing work at one point, almost all the tasks were done by him alone.
The others acted completely like assistants, unable to contribute anything significant.
Earning such high salaries, the four engineers took eight days to complete one site.
At this rate, just completing the work in Sucheng alone would take them a year.
If they were to cover the entire country, a good portion of their lives would pass, and what then?
Although he usually presented himself as gentle and amiable, it didn't mean Hu Jiasheng didn't have a temper.
After finishing the first site, he invited everyone to dinner. After a couple of drinks, he couldn't help but lose his temper.
He also made a solemn pledge.
All the sites in Sucheng must be completed within a month.
From now on, the four of them would each be responsible for a district in the east, south, west, and north.
Within a month, whoever couldn't complete it or whose quality was not up to par would be fired.
Although they were resentful in their hearts, they didn't want to lose their jobs because of this.