Chapter 827 Familiar Stranger

If you don't count them intentionally, the days actually pass very quickly, especially for Song Cun who devotes almost all his time and energy to work and certification exams. Time slips away unknowingly in the daily overtime and study.

Song Cun has almost turned herself into a working machine, going out early and returning late every day, repeating the same cycle. It seems to be a repetitive routine, but her character is growing quietly in this repetitive experience.

In June, she successfully passed the sponsor representative qualification exam and in August, she completed the final section of the CPA exam. Due to her outstanding contributions to the IPO project, she was promoted from project analyst to project manager just six months after joining the company's investment banking department.

The day when Song Cun received the promotion notice coincided with the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. Someone in the team suggested that they get together after get off work, one to celebrate the success of the project, and the other to celebrate Song Cun's promotion.

This was the first colleague dinner Song Cun attended since joining the company.

There are a total of eight members in the project team. In addition to the team members, those having dinner together in the evening also include the former project manager, who was newly promoted to senior manager and Song Cun’s current direct supervisor, Zhang Tiancheng.

The dinner was booked at a very upscale Japanese teppanyaki restaurant. On the way to the restaurant, Song Cun heard from his colleagues that it was actually Manager Zhang who was treating them tonight, and he had privately instructed the more active colleagues in the group last night.

Song Cun originally secretly planned to treat everyone in the evening, after all, she was half responsible for this dinner.

"Why is it Manager Zhang who's treating?"

Song Cunchao asked the other two colleagues in the car.

"It's the holiday season, and the project is done, so let's reward everyone."

"Song Cun, don't feel pressured. Manager Zhang always likes to treat the team members to dinner whenever he has time. You came late and don't usually like small talk. I guess you don't know Manager Zhang's background, right?"

Seeing Song Cun's bewildered expression, a colleague kindly told her, "Manager Zhang's father is the head of our government office, and his mother is the CEO of a listed company. They hired our company to handle their IPO for the first two years. Do you know what the bosses at our company call him in private?"

Song Cun widened his eyes and shook his head.

"I heard the secretary say he heard the boss jokingly call him Young Master in the boss's office. It's all spread around the company, and everyone calls him Young Master privately."

"This is no longer a secret. You've been in the company for half a year, and you haven't heard about it?"

Song Cun usually devotes his whole attention to his work, and uses any spare time he has to review for exams. He is indeed very ignorant.

"So, the young master is very generous and doesn't care about this small amount of money for the dinner. You don't have to think too much about it."

A colleague comforted me.

Although Song Cun didn't think about it anymore, she still felt a little uncomfortable. It was one thing for others to have money, but she didn't want to take advantage of others for nothing.

Zhang Tiancheng arrived ten minutes late. He took off his suit and was dressed very fashionably from head to toe. He even wore a pair of earrings on his ears. At first glance, he looked like a dandy young man. When he entered the box, he was holding a beautiful three-layer cake in his hand.

A sharp-eyed colleague asked first, "Manager Zhang, is today your birthday?"

Zhang Tiancheng placed the cake on the table, propping himself up with his arms on the edge. His 5'8" frame instantly weighed him down considerably. He glanced at everyone with a smile, "Who says you can only eat cake on your birthday? So many good things have happened to our group recently. Isn't it worth celebrating?"

He is about 28 years old and has a decent appearance. When he smiles, his eyes gradually darken, making it difficult to see through him at a glance.

Hearing the voice, Song Cun looked up at him, but unexpectedly his gaze turned to her. She hurriedly forced out a polite smile, and he nodded slightly at her in response.

Previously in the project, Song Cun had reported to him many times, and the two had frequent contact, but the content of their conversations was limited to work, and they had never had any private communication, so they were more like familiar strangers.

Someone immediately took over the conversation, "Of course, it's a must. It's really a triple blessing! Needless to say, the project's success is due to the contributions of everyone here. It's also worth mentioning that Manager Zhang and Manager Song were both promoted to the next level. With both sides flourishing, our team is doubly blessed! We're sure to be successful!"