Chapter 31

"Spit it out, so you don't have to keep talking nonsense here. You've made something that doesn't exist sound like it. Uncle Xia, not becoming a star and acting in a TV series is the biggest mistake you've made in your life."

Xia Kaiqun ignored Lian Yijian's stubborn attitude and started drinking alone, one glass after another.

After Xia Zhongqin left, Xia Kaiqun and Lian Yijian continued to fight for another forty minutes until only two skewers of grilled leeks were left on the table. The two of them really couldn't eat any more.

The total cost of this meal was a little over 800 yuan. When Lian Yijian paid the bill, the proprietress gave him a small change.

After leaving Lao Jiang BBQ restaurant, a wave of heat hit us outside. Lian Yijian's car was parked in an empty parking space under the big tree opposite Lao Jiang BBQ restaurant.

When the two were about to finish their meal, Lian Yijian had already come over and turned on the air conditioner in the car.

By the time the two got into the car, the temperature inside was not too high and the human body could barely bear it.

This time was different from before. Xia Kaiqun sat directly in the passenger seat. Lian Yijian gave him a look of disdain and said, "Why are you sitting in the front? Don't you have a seat in the back row?"

"Before you have a girlfriend, I can sit wherever I want in your car." Xia Kaiqun rolled his eyes at him.

Daily bickering has become a normal way for the two to get along. It seems that if they don't argue with each other, they both feel like something is missing.

In the past, the two of them would go back to Qingpu, the Magic City, together, and they would basically talk about the company's key projects on the way.

But this time, from the very beginning, Xia Kaiqun intentionally or unintentionally mentioned Xia Zhongqin and two other girls from Sucheng District: Pan Lulu and Ji Yue.

"Yi Jian, who do you think has the best project management capabilities among Xia Zhongqin, Pan Lulu, and Ji Yue? I heard Lao Wang say that Sucheng District is going to select a Project Management Officer (PMO), right?"

Since the end of 2019, Wang Dayu brought Lian Yijian and Xia Kaiqun from the Shanghai Legion of Beijing Wisdom Co., Ltd. to Sucheng District to serve as district general managers. The PMO position has been vacant.

The main job responsibilities of the PMO are to serve as an assistant to the delivery director and monitor and manage more than 100 ongoing projects in the entire Sucheng District.

If risks are found in the project, the PMO needs to report it to the delivery director, Lian Yijian, immediately.

In addition to overseeing project risks, the PMO is also responsible for organizing inventory meetings for ongoing projects, internal handover meetings before new projects enter the site, organizing program review meetings, and weekly inspections of project managers' project reports.

After project acceptance, the PMO will conduct customer satisfaction follow-up visits and urge project managers to complete the projects.

If project managers encounter any problems in their projects, they can directly seek help from the PMO.

The PMO position plays a connecting role for the entire Sucheng District Delivery Department, and is very critical and important.

Since the beginning of 2020, Wang Dayu has asked Lian Yijian to train someone internally or recruit someone from outside to put the PMO position in place as soon as possible.

Every time Wang Dayu mentioned the candidate for the PMO position to Lian Yijian, Lian Yijian’s reply was “There is no suitable one at the moment. It’s better to have no one than to have someone who is not qualified.”

Later, Wang Dayu recommended him Wang Hengheng, the former PMO director of the Shanghai Legion, but Lian Yijian didn't like him, so the matter ended there.

Lian Yijian didn't answer Xia Kaiqun's question, but instead asked, "Who do you think is the strongest? Who is the most suitable?"

If the topic is any other than girls, Xia Kaiqun's answer is "I don't know."

But when it comes to the topic of girls, Xia Kai starts to talk incessantly.

Xia Kaiqun commented on Xia Zhongqin, Ji Yue and Pan Lulu in terms of appearance and ability respectively.

Finally, Xia Kaiqun concluded, "I think Pan Lulu has the best overall abilities. She has already delivered an integrated project on her own. She's fair and thin, with well-defined features, a stylish dresser, and a sweet tongue. Pan Lulu is the most suitable candidate for the PMO position in the Sucheng District Delivery Department."

Lian Yijian took over his words and replied, "Uncle Xia, you are the one who calls you "Kai Qun Ge" all the time when she sees you. You must have confused her. She is so thin that a gust of wind can blow her down. How can she be pretty?"

The integration project previously delivered by Pan Lululu was completed in collaboration with Xia Kaiqun.

On projects or in public, everyone in Sucheng District, whether in pre-sales, delivery or sales, would call Xia Kaiqun "Teacher Xia" when they saw him, except Pan Lulu, who called him "Brother Kaiqun".

Xia Kaiqun really benefited from the call of "Kaiqun" brother.

Without Pan Lulu going through the internal customer support work order, Xia Kaiqun has privately helped her solve many project needs that require customer support.

So when Xia Kaiqun heard Lian Yijian mention the word "benefit", he looked guilty and did not make any excuses as he did before.

Xia Kaiqun's expression just happened to fall into the eyes of Lian Yijian, who turned his head to look at him when he saw that he did not deny it immediately.

Lian Yijian continued to fire at full power.

"You feel guilty, don't think that just because someone calls you Brother Kaiqun, you are really her brother. Besides you, Brother Kaiqun, there are also Brother Jijun, Brother Xiaoshan, Brother Chenyi, Brother Wenjie, Brother Baobao, etc. in the company. I stopped her when she called me Brother Yijian. It makes me sick just by hearing it."