Chapter 1087 Old Colleague
In the blink of an eye, a few days passed.
With the support of Sun Yaoliang, Song Yangming's team has taken shape. Although it is far from perfect and not even a formal department now, at least for Song Yangming it is the first time he has his own team.
However, there is still a lot of work to be done, which requires time to complete and perfect. At this time, Sun Yaoliang had already communicated with Zhang Hao and was ready to leave for Pengcheng. Before leaving, Song Yangming asked Sun Yaoliang for a day off and took this opportunity to return to Shanghai to visit the pregnant Qin Wenhui and her mother Lin Yan. The next day, he took off directly from Shanghai Airport and met Sun Yaoliang in Pengcheng.
Song Yangming is no stranger to Pengcheng. You should know that he stayed in Pengcheng for quite a while after returning from studying in the UK. He entered a consulting company as an ordinary person and worked there for a long time. He also experienced a "love affair" in this company that ended before it even began.
These things happened not long ago, just a few years ago. But when he set foot on the land of Pengcheng again, Song Yangming felt as if he had been in another world. The past events were vivid, as if they were very close, but also seemed very far away. Thinking of the colleagues and friends he met back then, his memory was so clear.
Sun Yaoliang's flight and Song Yangming's flight arrived at about the same time, except that Song Yangming arrived half an hour earlier.
After arriving at the airport, Song Yangming took his luggage and went straight to the exit to wait. While waiting, he took out his mobile phone and sent a text message to Sun Yaoliang. Sun Yaoliang's flight landed and turned on his phone. After seeing the text message, he came to find him. Now the contact is much more convenient than before, and there is no need to worry about the two of them not being able to find each other.
This time, Song Yangming did not bring too many things. The weather in Pengcheng was not cold, and they would only stay in Pengcheng for two or three days at most, so his luggage was just a suitcase.
Not far from the airport exit is the taxi queue entrance, where many passengers line up to wait for taxis. There are also more people who will go to the front to take the airport bus or other means of transportation to their destination. Of course, there are also people like Song Yangming standing at the exit, who have been holding back their cigarettes all the way because of the flight, and are puffing out smoke at the smoking area at the exit.
Song Yangming didn't smoke, so he naturally wouldn't go there. He walked to a corner near the exit where there were few people, and sat down with his suitcase as a bench, playing with his phone while keeping an eye out for any text messages from Sun Yaoliang.
Time passed by unknowingly. Song Yangming looked at the time and was about to send a text message to Sun Yaoliang to ask whether his flight had landed, when his phone suddenly vibrated slightly. Sun Yaoliang's text message came first.
In the text message, Sun Yaoliang told him that the flight was delayed by ten minutes and the plane had just landed, so it would take some time to get to the gate.
After putting away his phone, Song Yangming stood up and walked towards the exit with his luggage. The place where he had just been was a little far away, and Song Yangming was afraid that Sun Yaoliang would come out and not see him.
"Song Yangming? Hi! It's really you!" Suddenly, someone patted my shoulder from behind, and a surprised voice sounded behind me.
When he turned around, he saw a man slightly older than him standing behind him, looking at him with joy on his face.
"Old Huo? Why are you here?"
"Hahaha!" Huo Dawei smiled and patted Song Yangming's shoulder vigorously. "Isn't it me? I mean, buddy, we haven't seen each other for several years. How come we met at the airport today? Where have you been these years? Your phone number has been turned off, and I can't find you."
Huo Dawei was a colleague of Song Yangming in the company where he worked before in Pengcheng . His job was similar to Song Yangming's, mainly responsible for market analysis. However, he and Song Yangming were not in the same group at the beginning, but belonged to another group, but the two had a good relationship.
Later, Song Yangming rotated in various positions. There was a period of time when he worked with Huo Dawei, and Huo Dawei was considered half his master, but that time did not last long. In about two months, Song Yangming went to other positions.
When Song Yangming left, he did not say goodbye to his former colleagues. Apart from that failed "confession", Song Yangming did not even see many of his colleagues for the last time. He left quietly.
Later, Song Yangming received a call from a former colleague, but the colleague just complained that he left without saying goodbye. At that time, Song Yangming made up a reason to explain it away. Then he returned to Shanghai and deactivated his previous number in Pengcheng. He no longer had any contact with his former colleague.
Song Yangming never expected that he would meet Huo Dawei at the airport by such a coincidence today. Although it was a surprise, he was still very happy to see his former colleague and friend again.
"I'm working in Jinling now, and I don't use my previous phone anymore." Song Yangming said with a smile.
"You went to Jinling? So you just arrived in Pengcheng today?"
"Yes! I came to Pengcheng on a business trip with the company leader. You know I used to work here. The leader probably asked me to come along because I was familiar with Pengcheng. Haha, I just help run errands or something." Song Yangming explained casually, and then asked Huo Dawei: "By the way, are you going back to Pengcheng today or on a business trip like me? Are you still working in the original company?"
"I quit a long time ago." Huo Dawei said with a smile: "I also resigned about half a year after you left."
"So what are you doing now...?"
"Haha, this is a long story." Huo Dawei laughed and said, "Then I changed to another company and worked there for less than half a year. I thought the new company had more development prospects than the old one, but I didn't expect the boss of the new company to be such a fool. He made big promises to me every day but never delivered. I couldn't stand it anymore and fired him directly."
"After that, I returned to my hometown, and then went to other cities. I worked for three companies, but none of them turned out well. This time, a company in Pengcheng happened to be recruiting, and a friend in my circle knew the manager of this company and called me. We chatted on the phone and it went well. The salary offered by the other party sounded good, so I came to take a look."
After listening to Huo Dawei's explanation, Song Yangming suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Huo Dawei met him at the exit. After all, he came to Pengcheng for an interview.
After asking about the name of the company that Huo Dawei interviewed in Pengcheng and the other party's situation, Huo Dawei simply told Song Yangming what he knew. Song Yangming nodded after listening. If what Huo Dawei said was true, this company seemed to be quite good. The work direction and content were similar to his previous company, including the position. Moreover, Song Yangming was aware of Huo Dawei's abilities. Although Huo Dawei did not have a high level of education, he only graduated from a junior college, but his actual working ability was very strong.
After the two sides chatted for a while, Huo Dawei suddenly remembered something and took out his cell phone to ask Song Yangming for his phone number. He said that he couldn't talk to Song Yangming for more, he had an appointment to go there for an interview in the afternoon, and then stay in Pengcheng for one night. If the interview went well, he might have to go back to sort out and go back to work in Pengcheng. If it didn't go well, he would also go back, after all, he asked for leave to come out for an interview, and he couldn't lose his current job if he didn't find a new job, right?
The two sides exchanged phone numbers. Huo Dawei said that he would wait for his call later. They hadn't seen each other for a long time. This reunion was arranged by God. They should find a place to get together tonight and have a few drinks. Song Yangming smiled and agreed, then watched Huo Dawei leave. After watching Huo Dawei trot to the taxi waiting area, he got into a taxi and drove away. Sun Yaoliang happened to arrive at this time.
"Uncle Sun!"
"Have you been waiting for a long time? The plane is a little late." Sun Yaoliang didn't bring any luggage with him, just a suitcase like Song Yangming.
"It's okay. I just arrived a while ago." Song Yangming replied with a smile.
Sun Yaoliang smiled and said nothing. He took Song Yangming and took a taxi to leave the airport. Logically speaking, given Song Yangming and Sun Yaoliang's status, they should have a car to pick them up. Not to mention that Zhang Hao was in Pengcheng, Li Daqi was also in Pengcheng, and even Si Te had a branch here, so it would be easy to get a car.
However, Sun Yaoliang rejected all of these. At his point, private cars were meaningless. Instead, it would be more convenient to take a taxi. Song Yangming agreed with Sun Yaoliang's idea very much, and he was not a person who liked to show off. Taxis could be summoned at will and left at will. Isn't that good?
They both have residences in Pengcheng. Song Yuanchao's residence in Pengcheng is more than enough to accommodate several people, let alone the two of them. As for Sun Yaoliang, he also has a house in Century Shenghua. The distance between the two is only a few dozen meters. Living at home is much more comfortable than staying in a hotel.
I took a taxi directly to Century Shenghua. Back then, Century Shenghua was considered a first-class residential area in Pengcheng. Even now, more than 20 years later, Century Shenghua is still quite famous in Pengcheng.
After all, the environment here is elegant, the house designs are excellent, and more importantly, the people who live here are by no means ordinary; they can be said to be either rich or noble.
Even if Pengcheng has better real estate projects or villa areas later, it still cannot replace Century Shenghua’s position in the circle of wealthy people, because in other real estate projects or villa areas you can buy them if you have money, but here you may not be able to live in them no matter how rich you are.
When the taxi arrived, the two did not go straight back to their residence, but instead went to another villa not far from their residence.
This villa belongs to Zhang Hao. Zhang Hao knew they were coming and had been waiting for them here in advance. Although Sun Yaoliang and Song Yangming came here to discuss business, they were all family members and there was no need to be so formal. It was more casual to talk at home than at the company.
In fact, it didn’t matter to Zhang Hao whether people came or not. Long before Sun Yaoliang had communicated with him on the phone, Zhang Hao called Song Yuanchao and learned about Si Te’s thoughts and decision.
Given the relationship between Zhang Hao and Song Yuanchao, this kind of cooperation is just a matter of words. But because it involves an Internet platform project, and Zhang Hao has actually stopped intervening in the specific operation of the Internet platform, this matter still needs to go through certain procedures, and then the company-to-company, or the shareholders' internal process of the board of directors to ensure the promotion, which requires Sun Yaoliang and Song Yangming to come in person.
