Chapter 69 Overseas Inspection Manual
Lin Mengxi's public kindergarten will be closed in early July, and when summer vacation ends, he will start elementary school. Lin Ruoyan had originally planned to schedule the company's overseas study tour in July so she could take her son with her.
But then she thought again: her study tour was under the guise of studying for a luxury housing project. If she had to wait until July, it would be a bit too late, as the design period would have already ended by then. Furthermore, the weather was quite hot during the summer vacation, so she had to ask her son to take leave in June to travel abroad with her, rather than waiting for summer vacation.
Qin Shuang compiled information from various sources and contacted a professional travel agency to arrange the overseas inspection. Hua Mengmeng only assisted by translating city and project information from the Internet and verifying the route and itinerary data.
The normal group tour programs of travel companies do not include these luxury home inspection projects, but only some well-known attractions, so if you want to customize the content, you have to pay extra.
The company currently has thirty-seven employees, including Lin Ruoyan herself. They recently hired someone to handle approvals and construction permits. He's said to be the nephew of a former leader of the CY District Planning Bureau. His name is Xinqin, and he starts tomorrow. However, when they decided to hire him, they had already provided all his information to facilitate visa processing for group tours.
This astonished Xinqin. He hadn't expected the real estate company he'd joined to offer such high salaries. The company's group study tours and training included trips to several European countries. This was far superior to his previous real estate company, where people worked day and night, and those applying for construction approvals were practically forced to pay for PR out of their own pockets. So, even before he'd even started working, he'd already invested in the company, desperately hoping to pass his probationary period and be retained.
This time, I decided to go to Europe, as my project focused on exploring luxury homes in major European cities, along with taking in some of their historical landmarks. As for the American countries, they were generally colonized by Europeans, so their styles aren't as authentic as those in Europe. The civilizations touted by Westerners only date back about 200 years, and their urban landscapes and cultural heritage aren't as rich as those in Europe.
Moreover, European countries are diverse and relatively small in size, with convenient transportation. Excluding the time for long-distance flights back and forth, ten days is enough to visit more places and experience different cultural and architectural styles.
Lin Ruoyan noticed that Qin Shuang had lost a lot of weight. Her face, originally round and a bit chubby, had now morphed into an oval face. Could she lose weight and beautify herself while working? She couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Qin, are you guys always working overtime? Just let the travel agency handle this trip. Why are you taking it so seriously?"
Qin Shuang quickly explained, "Boss Lin, I didn't know much about architecture before, especially the urban culture and history of European countries. That's why I took the initiative to look up information about the places I wanted to visit to catch up on my studies and avoid being fooled by the travel agency."
Lin Ruoyan looked at Hua Mengmeng again. The girl was already thin, and now she looked a little fatter in the company's custom-made work clothes. She asked puzzledly, "Mengmeng, haven't you already moved back home? Are there any other difficulties in your life?"
Hua Mengmeng quickly shook her head. "No, I didn't actually spend too much time helping Qin Shuang. I just did my job. Well, the person in charge of that travel agency was a senior from my senior year, and I asked him about the B&B. He taught me how to get around the firewall and browse some forums and blogs online. There were a lot of people there talking about traveling in my country's big cities. They have a different time zone than us, so I often go online at night. It's not really overtime, it's just a personal hobby."
The boss paid so much that Hua Mengmeng was afraid to ask for overtime pay. She didn't have a computer at home, so after work, she would use the company computer to look up study data or chat online. If she went to an internet cafe, she would have to pay for the computer. How could she claim she was working overtime? She should have a conscience.
Qin Shuang shared the same mindset. Clearly lacking in skills and knowledge, she crammed her skills at her workstation after work, learning more about architectural design and real estate. But it was all voluntary and not part of her regular job. Compared to other departments who constantly worked overtime, she felt she was too idle, lacking in achievements, and felt anxious if she didn't contribute more.
After all, professional travel agencies were responsible for the detailed itinerary planning and visa processing, and she simply helped collect employee data and submit it. With such a highly replaceable job, anyone could do it, so how could she keep her current position?
Only through comparison did she realize her own shortcomings. As the top employee in the CEO's office, she had to find a way to fully demonstrate her value. After a period of reflection, she decided that her first priority was to improve her knowledge base. While she couldn't master the specialized content of various company departments, she had to at least understand and communicate with the professionals. How could she help her boss solve problems if she was treated as a complete layman and a mouthpiece?
After listening to the reports from the two girls, Lin Ruoyan looked at the travel plan and inspection arrangement file which was dozens of pages thick. She suddenly wondered if she had done something wrong, causing them to misunderstand that she had high standards.
She hadn't mentioned the completion criteria for this project at all. She'd assumed it was just a simple form, stating the time to meet and depart on a certain day, and where to stay each day. Unexpectedly, Qin Shuang had turned this into a detailed travel guide. Not only was there comprehensive information on the projects to be investigated, but there were also introductions to the relevant cities. This would be enough to serve as a summary document after the investigation.
So, because she didn't make any requests at the beginning, the two girls became more and more complicated and did more and more?
Lin Ruoyan reflected deeply and decided to quantify her work output in the future, especially for work like the CEO's office, where the workload wasn't easy to pin down. Sometimes, she casually remarked, "If people overthink things, they might be busy for days, which would be too much work."
After the two girls left, Hao Heshan from the Information Department finally came to report to her. He looked disheveled, suggesting he hadn't been home since joining. But he was in particularly good spirits, evidently having achieved something. He came in with a CD.
Lin Ruoyan thought he was going to ask her to go to his office to watch a demonstration on the super-fast computer, but he put the CD into the CD-ROM drive of her office computer and skillfully installed a software with a click of the mouse.
"Is this OA?"
Hao Heshan was stunned for a moment before explaining, "No, there are still a few technical issues that need to be optimized and tested. This is a question bank for Chinese, math, and English exams for primary and secondary school students. It integrates nearly ten years of real and simulated exam papers, which can be freely combined to generate corresponding exam papers based on the needs of a certain learning stage. There's also difficulty adjustment. For example, children who have difficulty learning can choose an easy paper to improve their accuracy and build confidence. For students with strong learning abilities, we have set difficult papers."
The details Hao Heshan mentioned today were all things Lin Ruoyan hadn't mentioned last time. They were all designed from a user's perspective. She was naturally happier the more she listened. She hadn't expected Hao Heshan to develop such a successful website. Furthermore, the OA system and the Go website were also being developed simultaneously. Should she give Hao Heshan a few extra tens of thousands in bonus this month?
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