120: Chapter 120 Company New Year's Eve Dinner

Waking up early in the morning,

Bai Jingqing turned on his phone,

only to find that many people had already sent him New Year's blessings on WeChat.

Those messages were all long strings of carefully edited auspicious words,

but the content was basically the same across the board.

Bai Jingqing couldn't be bothered to finish reading them,

and naturally, he didn't want to write so much himself,

so he simply replied with a "Happy New Year to you too" and left it at that.

He didn't care for being so polite with so many people;

after all, as the boss of Huayao,

he didn't need to curry favor with anyone.

Besides, if he replied to everyone with such long messages,

it would exhaust him to death.

Of course, for the three ministers who had helped him the most,

he was still very grateful,

and he seriously wrote quite a bit for them,

wishing them a Happy New Year and good health.

Afterward, he spent some time idling in chat groups,

sending out several large Red Envelopes in various company groups,

before finally getting out of bed.

Looking out the window at the snow-covered ground,

he saw there were almost no people left in the company.

It was very quiet,

with even a hint of a bleak, chilling atmosphere,

and Bai Jingqing's mood couldn't help but turn a bit somber.

This was the first Spring Festival he would spend since transmigrating to this world,

but it was actually a bit pathetic when he thought about it.

In this world,

he could practically be described as having no kith or kin.

After both his parents passed away,

the original owner of this body had no close relatives left in this world.

He wondered how his parents in his original world were doing.

Thinking of his mother, who always loved to nag, and his father, who was always silent and strict,

Bai Jingqing couldn't help but feel a bit of heartache and longing.

Today, he took a walk around the factory

and found that several production lines were still running.

There were still some people who were unwilling to leave;

even though it was New Year's Eve,

they were still working overtime.

It seemed they would be spending the New Year right there in the factory.

Looking at those busy figures in their work uniforms,

Bai Jingqing found a bit of resonance with them.

An idea suddenly formed in his mind.

This New Year's Eve,

he might as well spend it with them.

So, he began to make preparations for tonight's New Year's Eve dinner.

The day passed quickly.

The customs of this world were basically the same as those of the parallel world.

Bai Jingqing bought a lot of New Year's goods,

had someone deliver them to Huayao Communications,

and asked some people to help move them into the company.

Several security guards ran back and forth carrying box after box of supplies,

each of them feeling a bit puzzled in their hearts.

“Say, the New Year is almost here,

why did Little Boss Bai buy so many things?”

“Don't know, probably to distribute to us.”

“I see dumpling wrappers in here,

as well as crabs, fish, shrimp, Baijiu, and such.”

“Do you think there's a possibility

that Little Boss Bai wants to spend the New Year with us in the company?”

Hearing this,

the other security guards were stunned,

and even their footsteps slowed down.

“Stop joking around.

If it weren't for the pressures of life

and wanting to earn these extra pennies,

who would want to work overtime on New Year's Eve?”

“Exactly. Going home to eat New Year's Eve dinner with the family,

watching the Spring Festival Gala,

wife and kids on a warm heated bed,

having a good rest—

wouldn't that be comfortable?”

The group talked and laughed,

directly dismissing the idea.

None of them believed Bai Jingqing would be willing to stay at the company for the New Year.

By five or six in the evening,

Bai Jingqing was originally planning to call the employees to start preparing the dinner,

but Zhang Yiming sent him some files.

The Spring Festival Gala was about to start broadcasting,

and Douyin was appearing on such a large stage for the first time.

To be safe,

there were still many things that needed his audit.

With this audit, two hours passed by.

Finally, at eight o'clock in the evening,

the Spring Festival Gala was about to begin.

Usually at this time,

every family's New Year's Eve dinner was mostly ready,

and people were basically taking their seats.

Bai Jingqing was still concerned about the Gala,

so he first watched the live broadcast on his phone for a while.

It wasn't until he finished listening to the opening remarks

and saw the xiaomi 6 phone in the host's hand,

and heard the host finish introducing how to play for the Gala's Red Envelopes,

that his heart finally settled.

He walked out of the office,

intending to have the employees stop what they were doing,

as he wanted to wrap dumplings with everyone

and prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.

However, as he left the building

and prepared to inspect the production workshop,

he heard two security guards talking to each other.

“Wow, they say this year's Spring Festival Gala is going to give out 2 billion in Red Envelopes!”

“It would be great if all those Red Envelopes were given to me.”

“Stop dreaming.

Go to sleep early tonight;

you can have everything in your dreams.”

“They say you participate in the Red Envelope grab by shaking your phone through the Douyin short video platform. Do I have to download Douyin then?”

“Wait, brother, you haven't downloaded Douyin yet?”

“What's wrong with not downloading it?

Isn't that normal?”

“Isn't this Douyin a rather obscure app?”

“Brother, Douyin might be obscure,

but the point is, it's a product of our Huayao company!”

“Little Boss Bai doesn't treat us poorly on regular days.

Won't you show some support?”

“Holy crap! I really didn't know that.

If I'd known sooner,

I really would have downloaded it to support him.”

The two of them conversed while watching the Gala on their phones,

completely failing to notice Bai Jingqing walking up from behind.

Bai Jingqing also shook his head with a wry smile,

pretending not to hear,

and walked past the two of them.

When the two security guards looked up

and saw it was Bai Jingqing,

they immediately panicked.

They scrambled to put away their phones

and wanted to greet him,

but Bai Jingqing walked away without looking back.

The two of them were uneasy.

Playing with their phones during work hours—

Little Boss Bai wouldn't fire them, would he?

Arriving at the production workshop,

Bai Jingqing had everyone stop their work

and gathered everyone in the administration building.

Originally, Bai Jingqing wanted to wrap dumplings with everyone in the open air,

with a few projectors set up nearby to watch the Gala together,

but it had been snowing all day,

and snowflakes were still drifting in the sky.

Moreover, the temperature outside was quite low,

so he gave up on that idea.

Of course, he couldn't do this in the production workshop either.

The equipment on the production lines was quite expensive.

Although Bai Jingqing wasn't short on money now,

it would still hurt if something actually got broken by mistake.

“Dear frontline employees,

administrative staff,

and comrades of Huayao!”

“Today is New Year's Eve.

I am very grateful to everyone for still working hard for the company even on a day when families should be reunited!”

“I'll start by giving you all a bow!”

As Bai Jingqing spoke,

he bent down and gave the employees present a bow,

his attitude sincere and solemn.

The employees also spontaneously burst into applause,

but their faces were still full of doubt.

On regular days, the benefits provided by Huayao were quite good,

and they quite liked working at Huayao.

However, they usually didn't have contact with Bai Jingqing,

so they couldn't figure out the temperament of this so-called Little Boss Bai.

At this moment, they were also very puzzled,

not knowing why Little Boss Bai had gathered them all together.

“Huayao's ability to develop to where it is today

is inseparable from everyone's hard work and efforts.”

“Thank you, everyone!”