Kevin wasn't lacking in emotional intelligence; rather, he didn't need to be emotionally intelligent when dealing with Lu Feng, someone whose interests weren't directly related to his own. At worst, he could simply part ways, incurring a loss of around ten thousand yuan in compensation.
Kevin frowned slightly and said, "No matter how they speak, we can't treat them differently. This young man still has a lot of potential."
“A person’s potential is only real when it is realized; otherwise, they will always remain an ordinary person. Since Mr. Kevin has spoken, I will also make a statement.” Lu Feng looked at Du Guoying and said, “Since you have potential, you should be in an important position. As long as you join us, I will give you the position of vice president.”
"Thank you, Boss Lu!" Du Guoying said gratefully.
"Don't rush to thank me, it depends on Kevin's wishes. I'll be frank now, it's the New Year, there's not much to talk about." Lu Feng leaned back in his chair and said, "If Kevin joins, you'll definitely be fine. Didn't you just say I wasn't considering him, an ordinary person? Now the decision is in your hands."
When Kevin saw that Lu Feng was about to put him in a difficult position, he glanced at Du Guoying and decided not to help anymore. If it was just a matter of saying a few words, he would naturally be overflowing with compassion.
He's not stupid enough to touch his cheese now.
Du Guoying placed her chopsticks on the bowl and looked at Kevin with a pitiful expression, hoping he would say something for her. However, Kevin pretended not to see her and said, "The party has started."
The three of them turned their attention to the television. This year's Spring Festival Gala did not have many memorable programs, and the skit "Playing Poker" was one of the few. Among the critical skits, this one was quite representative.
The dumplings were delicious. While eating and watching the show, Kevin and I chatted a lot about Chinese New Year customs, and we also touched on some international issues.
At 11:30 p.m., the outside world had become a sea of firecrackers. Even though Lu Feng's villa area was relatively remote, the distant sky had become a colorful ocean of fireworks.
The TV host remarked with emotion: "Year after year, we bid farewell to the Year of the Rooster and welcomed the Year of the Dog. I believe that this year has brought you gains, joy, separations, and reunions. Whether it was filled with laughter or tears, it has finally passed, like a fleeting moment, never to return, and forever preserved in our memories..."
Lu Feng leaned back in his chair, watching the fireworks outside bloom and disappear in an instant. He picked up his wine glass and drank it all in one gulp. The three of them watched in unusual silence, their hearts filled with complex emotions.
On what should have been a day for family reunion, three unrelated people gathered together to celebrate the New Year. Du Guoying looked at the fireworks and felt a little sad. They say that heroes emerge from among the young, but he, a young man, was still worried about a few coins. Every year, some people soar to great heights, but when will it be my turn?
Several years after graduation, his job as a teacher was stable, but he wanted to fight for it.
Looking back from many years later, we see a vast and promising era, full of opportunities. But when you're caught in the tide of history, it's not so easy.
He rode his motorcycle, measuring Shenzhen, a place where young people's dreams take flight, with the wheels of his motorcycle. All he felt was confusion.
Kevin's feelings were also complicated, thinking about his family who were thousands of miles away.
Lu Feng wondered what Jiang Xiaoyan was doing now, whether Duoduo would think of him, at this moment when thousands of lights were on, in this era that did not belong to him, whether anyone still thought of him at this moment, even if it was hatred!
"Let's set off some firecrackers!" Lu Feng stood up, lit a cigarette, and went to get the firecrackers. Around midnight, Lu Feng returned to his room, quickly washed up, and went to sleep. As he entered his bedroom, he stood upstairs and said to the two of them, "I'm going to the company tomorrow. Are you two coming?"
“Go, go, go!” Du Guoying hurriedly agreed, turning her head to look at Kevin.
“I can go take a look too,” Kevin said.
"You should get some rest," Lu Feng said before entering his room.
Seeing that Lu Feng had returned, Du Guoying looked at Kevin and said, "Mr. Kevin, didn't we agree this afternoon that you would help me get into Mr. Lu's company?"
“My condition for helping you is that I bring it up for you. If they agree, great; if not, there’s nothing I can do,” Kevin said helplessly. “He’s made it clear that he wants to recruit me. But I don’t want to leave the public sector.”
“I know you’re in a difficult position, but you could have just pretended to agree.” Du Guoying seemed a bit anxious. The next second, he calmed down, sat down, picked up a glass of red wine and drank it all in one gulp. He then took Lu Feng’s cigarette, lit it, and his face was full of bitterness.
"I'm so sorry!" Du Guoying apologized to Kevin.
“You don’t need to apologize. I can only say that I tried my best.” Kevin wasn’t stupid enough to use him as bait to get him promoted. He sighed and said, “Even if I help you get into the company, you will eventually be kicked out because I don’t join Jiafeng.”
Du Guoying took a drag on his cigarette, let out a long sigh, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his shoulders, and said with his head down, "Perhaps you are older, and I don't know if you have the same mindset or thoughts as I do at my age."
"What?" Kevin patted his shoulder to comfort him, "It'll make you feel better if you talk about it."
“I’m afraid. I’m afraid of living an ordinary life. I’m quite afraid of a life where I can see the end from the beginning. That’s one of the reasons why I left the teaching profession.” Du Guoying said in a low voice while smoking a cigarette. “One day I suddenly woke up from a dream. I had a particularly terrible nightmare.”
"What dream?"
"In my dream, I was standing on the podium, watching wave after wave of students walk past me. The grass in the corner of the campus grew back in waves. Through a family matchmaking arrangement, I married a girl I neither liked nor disliked. After marriage, life was uneventful. I had children, and then watched them grow up day after day. I gradually grew old. At the last moment of my life, I looked back on my whole life and felt like I hadn't done anything. Then I woke up from the dream. From that day on, I told myself, I don't want to live like that!"
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