Chapter 10: Reserved

The big words "Lightning Avoidance" appear at the very beginning of the title of the Xiaohongshu blog post.

Avoid lightning. If you encounter something bad, get away from it quickly. He Xiaolan felt that she had to avoid lightning today and avoid herself now. Because of the "armed conflict" downstairs at Wang Qingwei's company that morning, she was a mess. There were some red scratches on the corners of her white shirt. She wondered if it was from the fading of the banners Zhang Hang's family bought.

The lipstick seemed to have come out a little, her hair was a little messy, there were a few red scratches on her hands, and her nails hadn't been done for a long time, so they were peeling and mottled.

Yang Fan kept chattering, and He Xiaolan looked carefully at the post on Xiaohongshu. It was very well written, with clear logic and the appeal was also very clear. It was worthy of being someone I, He Xiaolan, recruited. It was excellent.

However, as the saying goes, "All lights are on in the east, and all lights are off in the west." This former employee's excellence is not in the right place. If his lightning rod is excellent, He Xiaolan will be in trouble.

"How do you do your job? Optimizing a few people has led to this situation. Do you know how much impact this has had on the company? If you don't want to work anymore, there are plenty of people who can do it. Why don't you go home and take care of your kids in school so that you don't have to worry about Tianjin anymore?"

"You agreed to all the optimization plans. Now that this problem has occurred, how can it be considered my sole responsibility?"

"Director He, if you think I'm more responsible, why don't you fire me? We invested so much, not only have we not produced any results, but now it's being exposed online. Tracing this to its source, it's all because you didn't do your homework and didn't make the right selection when recruiting."

Jiang Wei held the computer in both hands, pushed open the door, and had an apologetic smile on her face.

"Sorry, you guys have something to talk about first, I'll come over later."

Yang Fan waved his hand, impatiently sending He Xiaolan away, and added, "If you can't solve it today, don't come tomorrow."

It was a typical case of having no idea what would happen tomorrow. He Xiaolan never thought that one day she would empathize with the pigs in the pigpen.

When He Xiaolan closed the door, she saw Jiang Wei coming up to Yang Fan like a kitten. Yang Fan was much more patient at this moment. He was like a big encyclopedia, full of desire to answer questions.

Since the first day Jiang Wei joined the company, rumors about her have never stopped. Yang Fan was so attentive that he wanted to go to the toilet for Jiang Wei. Anyone with a discerning eye could see Yang Fan's intention. Therefore, when facing Jiang Wei, people in the company were always polite with some fear. He Xiaolan, Yang Fan's wife, had met her several times, and her behavior showed that she had a lot of money. Last year, she went to the United States to accompany her son to study. He Xiaolan didn't want to speculate about the relationship between Yang Fan and Jiang Wei. After all, Jiang Wei worked diligently in the company like a cow and a horse, and she was already a great colleague for not causing any trouble to herself.

What's more, today, she came down from the sky like a princess on a white horse and saved him.

He Xiaolan arranged to meet the former employee who had posted the message at a coffee shop. Her name was Li Yueling, a commonplace name hidden among the company's roster of 100 employees, invisible unless one looked carefully. She was an ordinary member of the company, but this job was everything to her.

They are Xiao Li, Xiao Zhang, and Xiao Wang at their workstations. They are just dust in this building. If Xiao Wang is blown away, Xiao Li will immediately take his place.

Li Yueling told He Xiaolan that she really needed a job. This was Li Yueling's third job after graduating from graduate school. The previous two jobs had both resulted in layoffs before the probation period was over.

"I've visited every temple in Beijing I could find, all I want is a job." She felt as if the gods had silenced her. No matter how fervently she pleaded, her wishes were always unfulfilled.

Finding a job has become as difficult as climbing the Himalayas. Her family is not well off, she has younger brothers and sisters, and she also applied for student loans to pay for her university tuition. If she can't find a job this month, the student loan money will soon be overdue.

She said she did not intend to post that message, but someone found her and told her that she might be able to use the power of public opinion to force the company to give her a job.

"I was 27 when I graduated from graduate school. When I went looking for a job, everyone asked me if I was married, if I planned to get married, and if I was going to have children. The other day, I walked out of the building. The sun was shining brightly, and I stood in the shade outside. I felt like my life was over."

Having a child requires the participation of both men and women, and once the child is born, managing the child becomes the woman's sole responsibility. Even if you choose to remain single, marriage and childbirth are constantly being planned for you. He Xiaolan has asked herself this question countless times in her more than ten years of HR career.

She obeyed the decisions of those who made decisions, and also obeyed the life that money brought her. She could not change, she could only obey. When He Xiaolan first started working, she told herself that she would be a ruthless and cold-blooded killer, objective and rational. After so many years, He Xiaolan had experienced so much that she could not control herself, and her objectivity and rationality began to backfire on her.

"Who told you to post this?"

"I don't know them. A stranger sent me a friend request on WeChat. The request simply told me that I could post something to gain benefits for myself, and that I had to explain that there was deception involved in the recruitment and termination process."

There was no visible content on the unfamiliar WeChat homepage. He Xiaolan speculated that it was someone within the company who had done it. However, this person was hidden in such a large company that even if she could find him, he would deny it and there would be nothing she could do. As long as they didn't openly quarrel with each other, they could still be close colleagues in the company.

After He Xiaolan sent Li Yueling away, she felt upset and called Wang Qingwei. Wang Qingwei was quite open-minded. He told He Xiaolan that no one could be a savior, and that being able to save oneself was already a good thing. If someone else had one more job opportunity, you would have one less. Why not fight for it when you can?

He Xiaolan still gave Li Yueling's resume to Huadie, who smiled happily. "You can kill and bury people now, but this girl has such a good education, can she be a beautician here?"

"You have to eat first. Dreaming alone won't keep you full."

Hua Hudie thought He Xiaolan shouldn't have so easily exposed Li Yueling's affairs, but He Xiaolan had no idea. She felt she had worked and provided excellent service for many years, so she shouldn't have offended anyone. Hua Hudie disagreed. According to military strategy, if something like this happened once, it would happen again.

"Where did you learn the art of war?"

"Song Xiaoxiao, you should really listen to my advice and go back to the company to find out which true god is coveting your position. If you can, please deal with it immediately."

When He Xiaolan said this to Hua Hudie, Qin Tiantian twisted to the front of their table in a coquettish manner, looking like she had picked up two million yuan.

"Oh, I'm not sorry at all. I'm late, and it's only natural that you two have been waiting for so long."

"Did you get a promotion or win the lottery?" Xiaolan didn't have time to look up and talk to Qin Tiantian. She was struggling to pick up the crayfish in her hand, fearing that the red oil would get on her clothes.

"Don't mention that nonsense. Think about something else. Look at me carefully, not just the shrimp in my hand."

"Your parents called you and said they support you living alone for the rest of your life."

"Do you two have any misunderstandings about the old man and the old woman? My mother just said yesterday that she couldn't hold her head up in front of the neighbors. I made an appointment for her to have a physical examination today and asked her to check her cervical spine."

"That's love, but it's not uncommon."

Four eyes stared at Qin Tiantian closely, scanning her more strictly than on airplane security checks, fearing they would miss any details.

Qin Tiantian drank the beer in her glass in one gulp. "I'm really in love, but this time it's different from usual. I'm serious this time."