"Secretary Qu, I'm going to be out for a bit. I'll be back in about twenty minutes, just in time for the 2:30 meeting." The mainlander, whose Mandarin wasn't quite standard, spoke with a slightly Taiwanese accent, probably due to years of dealing with Hong Kong and Taiwanese bosses. The new girls at the company loved this accent, and even their private conversations started to sound a bit coquettish.
Changsheng glanced at his boss Zhu Haoze who was running away and continued to work.
The boss has his own standards. As long as it doesn't delay work, no one cares how lenient he is.
She would not be like her original self, Qu Changsheng, who kept a close eye on her boss every day, fearing that he would focus on things other than work.
Of course, she would never care if her boss dated his girlfriend Gu Yanlin, Qu Changsheng's classmate and best friend.
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Zhu Haoze walked into the coffee shop on the first floor of Xingyuan Building, looked around, and walked uncertainly towards a girl who was obviously a little uneasy.
"Ju Xiaomei?"
"Yes, yes, it's me. You're Zhu...ah, Senior Zhu. Hello, let me introduce myself. I'm Ju Xiaomei, Computer Science major, Class of 2011, Ocean University. I've admired you for a long time." Ju Xiaomei discovered that the person she was waiting for was actually Zhu Haoze, a prominent figure in her school and a senior from the same department who was several years older than her. She had only seen his photo on the school's honor wall, but Zhu's presence was instantly recognizable, and she was so excited that she even bowed and shook his hand.
The noise was so loud that other customers in the cafe kept looking over here.
"Hello, Junior Sister Ju. This is your cell phone." Zhu Haoze didn't expect that it was his schoolmate. He didn't want to leave immediately, so he sat down.
"Oh, brother, your cell phone is here." Ju Xiaomei took out the cell phone from her bag and handed it to Zhu Haoze very politely.
The origin of this matter started a week ago. At that time, Zhu Haoze was in a hurry to go to the airport, and Gu Yanlin's loving call was just coming to an end.
Ju Xiaomei was going to an interview at Zongheng Technology in Xingyuan Building. There was a traffic jam on the road and she was a bit pressed for time. She had to take out her mobile phone from time to time to check the time.
Just like that, two hurried people bumped into each other outside the door of Xingyuan Building. Coincidentally, their mobile phones were the same color. In a panic, they confirmed that both parties were fine, and in a hurry they took the wrong phone.
When Zhu Haoze got into the car, he was about to call his girlfriend to tell her what had just happened, but he found out that he had taken the wrong phone.
I wanted to ask the driver to turn around and go back to get my phone, but if I delayed any longer, I would probably miss the flight.
Fortunately, the phone I took by mistake was only for daily use and would not affect my business trip or delay my work.
The meeting at the coffee shop today was made after Zhu Haoze finished his business trip.
"Let me order you a coffee and a dessert?" Zhu Haoze picked up his phone and shook it. "Just as a thank you for bringing me the phone from so far away."
"It's my duty, it's my duty. You are too polite, senior. If I hadn't been in a hurry for the interview and was just running, I wouldn't have bumped into you." Ju Xiaomei said embarrassedly.
Zhu Haoze looked at the time and could stay for another five minutes.
"Which company did you interview with? Are you working at Xingyuan Building now?"
"No, no, I'm not as amazing as my senior who started his own business successfully during college. I interviewed for an internship at Zongheng Technology, but unfortunately their requirements were too high. I guess I didn't get the chance. It's been a week and I haven't received any notification. I must have been cannon fodder." Ju Xiaomei was visibly depressed.
In fact, during the interview, when she faced the interviewer's questions, she knew that the interview was going to fail, but she couldn't help but have a little expectation in her heart, what if, what if.
The first thing she did when she got her phone was to check the caller ID and there were no missed calls from unknown people.
"Zongheng Technology?" Isn't that his company?
In the past two years, the human resources recruitment was not so strict. However, with the increasing number of college graduates in the past two years, their development momentum in Zongheng Technology has been getting better and better. The technical department proposed to improve the quality of new employees. One method is to select based on academic qualifications, and the other is to look at their strength.
He also nodded in agreement.
So the girl in front of him probably really doesn't meet their company's employment requirements.
"Brother, do you know Zongheng Technology?" He then realized he had just said something nonsense. "Brother, you started your own company, so you must be familiar with other companies in the same industry, hehe."
"Yeah, I'm pretty familiar with you. I have a meeting at 2:30 and need to leave. You can sit for a while, I'll pay." Zhu Haoze didn't have much experience dealing with girls. His job also required him to be concise and efficient.
The only person in his life who needed a little accommodation from him was his girlfriend Gu Yanlin. Work partners like Secretary Qu were not considered women.
Zhu Haoze paid the bill at the cashier and left, leaving Ju Xiaomei sitting by the window in the cafe, eating cake in small bites.
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"Boss, Special Assistant Chen's wife has given birth to a child. Do you think we should hire a personal assistant to share his work?" Changsheng didn't want to suggest it, but Special Assistant Chen was a good person with strong working ability.
Because of things happening with the company and the boss, he often stood his wife up, and they had broken up and gotten back together several times before marriage. Even when his wife was pregnant, she almost divorced him, which shows how much resentment she harbored.
Now that she has just given birth, she needs her husband's careful care. After Assistant Chen finishes his work and takes care of his boss's personal affairs, how much time can he have left to spend with his wife and children?
Changsheng was really worried that Special Assistant Chen’s wife would suffer from postpartum depression.
"Yes!" Zhu Haoze nodded as he signed the document. He also reminded Changsheng to help him pack a big red envelope for Special Assistant Chen's child.
Changsheng is going to talk to the HR department about recruiting.
Zhu Haoze stopped Changsheng and said, "I know a school girl who is looking for an internship. She has come to our company for an interview before. Why don't you let her try first?"
"Schoolgirl? Female? It would be more convenient for you to hire a male assistant."
With the example of Special Assistant Chen, men can also do detailed work.
"Aren't we advocating for gender equality? Secretary Qu is actually taking the lead in gender discrimination in the workplace. That junior sister is called Ju Xiaomei. Let's recruit her and give her a try. If she can't pass the regularization period, she can be fired. Is that okay?" Zhu Haoze turned his chair and started throwing darts at the dartboard on the wall.
"I'll notify HR and call." I hope you don't regret hiring me!
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Special Assistant Chen was very grateful to Secretary Qu. He couldn't take the initiative to ask his boss about hiring. Although working with Boss Zhu was more work, the salary was really good.
Car loans, mortgages, and all kinds of loans, and now there are loans for my children and wife, so nothing costs money.
This is also the reason why his wife finally compromised after arguing with him so many times.
To put it bluntly, it's not that the two people have no feelings for each other, they both understand each other very well. In order to survive, to gain a foothold in this city, they have to sacrifice their lives and sell their time.
And he is luckier than many people, as his boss is willing to pay a high price for his time.
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