06
Chen Ning's arrival was like a timely rain, helping to share many miscellaneous tasks outside of training.
With her strong abilities, proactive work ethic, and ability to maintain good interpersonal relationships, Zhang Xinjie rarely had to worry about mentoring newcomers. Most tasks were simply handed over to her, and she always achieved excellent results.
After handing over the responsibilities with peace of mind, Zhang Xinjie and Zhang Jiale boarded a plane to Zurich.
Meanwhile, the other team members also gradually returned home.
Apart from Bai Yanfei and Song Qiying, who occasionally come over for training in the afternoons, the entire office space is basically occupied by only Shen Ning and Han Wenqing for the whole day.
For these two workaholics, work is all they do.
"Captain, the training camp has sent over the training progress report for the first half of the month and the training plan for the next phase. I've roughly organized it according to the vice-captain's previous analysis. Do you see if there's anything that needs to be adjusted?"
Shen Ning handed the report to Han Wenqing and explained briefly: "Zhou Yujing has stood out quite quickly, with a win rate of 87% in last week's PK battles. However, her training data isn't as impressive. I wonder if it's due to factors like confidence or explosive power. I think we should observe her further. Zhao Yuhong and Liang Cheng have always performed well, but their explosive power has always been lacking, making them a different type from Zhou Yujing. The others don't seem quite mature yet."
Han Wenqing's gaze swept over the various charts and graphs in the report, his brows furrowing from time to time. Without even raising his head, he ordered, "Have them pull up the training videos for me later."
"It was prepared in advance; I've already extracted a few segments."
After returning to the office next door to retrieve his laptop, Chen Ning quickly pulled up the video. Han Wenqing's gaze shifted from the report to the video playing on the laptop almost immediately, occasionally comparing the two.
After carefully reviewing the three segments that Shen Ning had selected, Han Wenqing added the words "increase pressure" to the approval suggestion under the training report, signed it, closed the folder, and handed it to Shen Ning.
Pressurize.
It seems that they want to stimulate their potential or expose more problems through further intensity. So, although the tactical focus will be on Zhang Xinjie for the foreseeable future, the style will indeed be more inclined towards explosive power.
After all, Song Qiying, Bai Yanfei, and Qin Muyun are all aggressive players, and Tyranny has no intention of shifting towards a support strategy similar to Tiny Herb for the time being.
She pondered deeply while passing the folder, but quickly regained her composure and continued to report on the next task in an orderly manner: "This is a summary of the work done in the first half of the year. The deputy captain gave me a first draft before he left. Because a lot of data was missing, some parts were left blank. I added them after they came out yesterday."
The added parts were marked separately. Han Wenqing always trusted Zhang Xinjie, so he only glanced at the added content.
The data is concise, the text is succinct, and the subheadings are precisely selected; it can be said to be quite perfect.
"Great, send it to HR, and also send a copy to Xin Jie's email address."
"Okay. There's one more thing. I remember that Director Li from finance asked you before if you were sure there were no transfer plans for the new season. Did you reply to them? The main thing is that if there are, it usually involves a large amount of money, which will affect the budget and reimbursement for the second half of the year. We still need to submit it as soon as possible."
Han Wenqing then remembered that Li Yao had asked him about it a week ago, and Shen Ning happened to be there as well.
I was in talks with someone at the time, so I didn't send any messages. Now that the deal fell through, I've forgotten to tell the finance department.
"There will be no transfers this year. I will talk to Li Yaona about it."
With Zhang Xinjie gone, a whole host of approval processes had to go through him, and Han Wenqing's head was constantly throbbing. Luckily, Chen Ning was there, otherwise he really wouldn't have been able to handle it.
"Understood. I have nothing else to do here, so I'll go deliver the documents now."
"You've worked hard." Han Wenqing's words came from the bottom of his heart.
After leaving, Han Wenqing replied to Li Yao's message, then leaned back in his chair. Looking at the jade plant that Xu Xinnuan had given him, now standing tall and beautiful, he finally felt a little more relaxed.
She even gave herself a name, "Xiaoyu." It sounds like a name chosen by a little girl.
Not only that, she originally kept the plant at home, but she was busy with competitions and rarely went home, so she simply brought the plant to the office to keep it. One time when she went to her home to help clean, she found it was gone and pitifully asked if it had died, her tone full of heartache.
When she learned that he had taken it to his office, she beamed with joy and praised him for his thoughtfulness.
We hadn't seen each other for a long time then, but just looking at a few lines of chat history on WeChat, I could picture her vibrant and energetic self.
Han Wenqing reached out and touched the soil in the pot. It was neither damp nor dry. He squeezed the leaves and found them to be firm. A rare, faint smile appeared on his face.
Xiaoyu.
Xu Xinnuan.
They always kept their relationship a secret until it was made public, and with the busy season, they might not see each other for a month or two.
Now that it's finally public, I'll be able to spend more time with her during the summer break of over a month, which will allow me to live together for a while.
Han Wenqing was already searching for good food to buy for dinner so the two of them could have a nice meal, but unexpectedly the phone rang suddenly, and the caller remained silent.
How could something go wrong just from delivering a document in a building?
"Hey, Chen Ning, what's wrong?"
"Captain, would it be convenient for you to come down to the fifth floor manpower station now?"
Chen Ning's voice wasn't loud, but it was much more urgent than usual: "The heads of Sales Department One and Two are almost fighting in HR. There are people all around. General Manager Wu and General Manager Zhao, who is in charge of sales, are both away on business trips. Can you calm them down first?"
Han Wenqing, who had just relaxed, immediately felt his brain tighten. He suppressed his anger and tried to calm himself down: "Wait, I'll be right there."
Although everyone calls him "Team Leader Han", Han Wenqing was one of the founders of Tyranny, and is now the vice president in charge of the two core business departments of team and online game.
Even without overseeing the sales department, Han Wenqing's position still commands respect.
The chaotic situation was eventually calmed down under his pressure. The two men, still unwilling to accept it, continued to curse and swear until Han Wenqing could no longer tolerate it and dragged them into the conference room for a private talk.
Shen Ning was not qualified to go in and listen, but she managed to get a pretty good idea of what was going on amidst the chaotic shouting and cursing.
Sales Department 1 negotiated an advertising partnership for a game live stream. The two sides agreed on the price. However, after smilingly seeing the client off in the elevator, the director of Sales Department 2 secretly told the client that they could lower the price further and include a free product placement in the live stream, on the condition that the client sign a contract with their department.
The client is a legitimate company, not someone who is only after profit and has no bottom line. Hearing this, I immediately began to question Batu's product pricing and sales system. It is so chaotic and irregular, why would we cooperate with them?
So the person in charge, after stating the facts to the sales department with great dissatisfaction, said that he would not consider cooperating with Tyranny and turned to Blue Rain instead.
A perfectly good deal was ruined by betrayal from within the company. The head of the sales department led his entire department to the next shop for a shouting match.
The second sales department was no pushover either, saying, "The customer didn't specifically request you, so why can't we contact them?" They didn't think they were wrong at all.
As a result, the two departments started arguing more and more fiercely, eventually escalating the conflict to the human resources department, with each department accusing the other of lacking sportsmanship.
Shen Ning was truly amazed by this.
These are all respectable people dressed in suits, yet they resort to such despicable tactics, their methods of resolving problems no different from street insults.
She believed that even if there was competition between departments, they should at least be of one mind with the outside world and work together to protect the company's interests and image.
It turns out she's the only one who's so naive.
After all that, Shen Ning lost all interest in her work and spent her time in the office pondering the entanglements involved.
When Han Wenqing returned, he saw Shen Ning deep in thought with a heavy expression.
He knocked on the glass door, and seeing that Shen Ning had come to her senses and stood up, he said, "Let's go eat."
It suddenly dawned on me that it was already lunchtime, almost 12 o'clock.
"I'll order takeout in a bit."
"Takeout?" Han Wenqing asked, puzzled. "You're already tired of the cafeteria food after just a few days?"
"No, I'm all alone anyway, so I'll just order takeout and eat at home."
"I'll go down with you."
Chen Ning: ...
Honestly, she had no intention of subtly inviting Han Wenqing to lunch.
Just as she was thinking about how to refuse, Han Wenqing gave the order directly: "Hurry up, I have something to tell you."
"……OK."
The cafeteria was bustling with activity, a stark contrast to the quiet atmosphere of the team's offices during summer break.
The two found a relatively secluded corner to sit down. Han Wenqing looked at the pile of messy green vegetables on Chen Ning's plate and couldn't help but ask, "You just eat grass?"
Chen Ning: ...?
"It's a light meal." Shen Ning couldn't help but complain, "Captain, what kind of adjective is that?"
“Xin Nuan said that this kind of thing is grass,” Han Wenqing replied.
"Is she the team's wife?"
Han Wenqing nodded in agreement.
He didn't know that although Xu Xinnuan was a picky eater, she really loved meat. When she came to Tyranny a while ago, her eyes lit up when she saw meat, and she even commented that those bright green diet meals were just a bunch of weeds.
That's exactly what Chen Ning is talking about in front of him.
Chen Ning: ...
She naturally couldn't comment on or pry into her boss's girlfriend, so she changed the subject: "You said you had something to do before, was it a new job?"
"No." Han Wenqing asked with a serious expression as he ate, "Have you thought it through regarding the rejection of the charity proposal?"
He paused, chopsticks in his hand, and nodded: "I didn't quite understand before, but I finally understand today. It turns out that the interests of the company and the interests of the department are not aligned."
The company is concerned with economic benefits, brand image, investment value, and social recognition.
Departments only care about their own KPIs, just like the sales department only cares about revenue and profit.
Just because of one customer, two sales departments crossed the line. One can only imagine that if she had suggested a charitable cause and donated all the profits, the sales departments would probably have come knocking on her door.
In their eyes, as team members, their KPI is to achieve victory and glory as much as possible, rather than rashly interfering in the interests of other departments under the guise of "doing what's best for the company."
"That's good, just don't make the same mistake again."
It is evident from his work over this period that Shen Ning is a rare intelligent and capable person, but he is still too young. Although he has the vision and ambition that he has been influenced by his family background, he ultimately lacks experience and cannot navigate the complex web of interests.
"Yeah, I just feel a little disappointed. Expanding into public welfare is beneficial to the company."
"I've already told Wu Meng about your proposal." After Han Wenqing finished speaking, he saw Shen Ning, who had been looking down, raise her head to look at him, her eyes showing a mixture of surprise and anticipation.
Han Wenqing immediately dashed her hopes: "Don't have too high expectations. Although it's a good direction, the group's development goal for the company is to achieve breakthrough profitability in the next two years. This year's task volume is twice that of last year. At least until then, public welfare is unlikely to be the company's focus."
It wasn't unexpected; she had long anticipated that this idea would inevitably fail completely in the short term.
He lowered his head and remained silent, his chopsticks rummaging through the bitter chrysanthemum and lettuce in the lunchbox, but he didn't put a single bite in his mouth.
"You don't need to make that face. Your dad is right. Esports is expensive. The company only just turned a profit last year. If we don't consolidate our gains, we can't keep raising funds for long. Once we are abandoned by capital, the group can't keep this deficit forever. The company will go bankrupt sooner or later, and no one can afford the consequences."
Shen Ning sighed softly and nodded, giving an "Mm".
Shen Ning knew how formidable her father, Shen Zhongxing, was.
Chairman of Guanghao Group, one of the giants in the media industry, whose subsidiaries include cinemas, online video platforms, advertising, electronic publishing and other vertical companies. Seven years ago, with a forward-looking vision, he acquired Tyranny Club. With the help of capital, he helped Tyranny team achieve a huge breakthrough in equipment research and development and technology, ending the dynasty of the three-time champion Excellent Era, and winning the fourth season championship the following year.
It was from this point that the commercial acquisition of clubs became a trend, ushering in an era of more formalized corporate operations.
Influenced by her father, she also developed a love for business, studied management in college, and interned at a financial institution to learn more about the economic field.
The first goal her father set for her was to become the head of a subsidiary company in the future.
This future may be long, maybe 10 years, maybe 20 years, maybe she will never achieve it in her lifetime and will just be an ordinary employee.
But in any case, in order to achieve this dream, she must keep learning and learning, which is also the reason why she joined Tyranny.
As one of the most watched and still growing industries, there is so much to learn.
Team assistant is the best position in Tyranny that allows you to come into contact with various departments and jobs.
Shen Ning has always been outstanding and confident since childhood. Now that she has entered the workforce, she finally understands how far she is from her goal.
That's not a lack of ability, but a huge gap in understanding.
"Do you think I'm pretty childish?" Shen Ning asked.
"If you're not naive now, you'll become a useless person with a rigid mindset later." Han Wenqing did not deny Chen Ning's naivety, but he also affirmed the importance of this naivety.
In his view, what is called naive, innocent, impractical, and utopian is, on another level, thinking, innovation, breaking away from old patterns, and bringing forth new ideas.
Perhaps due to limited prior experience and vision, some ideas were indeed difficult to implement and were merely castles in the air.
However, these ideas may not necessarily be bad, and they may become major turning point decisions in the future as they mature and improve.
What's truly frightening is clinging to outdated practices forever; that's what kills a company.
It must be said that Han Wenqing's words sounded harsh and unforgiving, but they were indeed a source of encouragement and comfort for Shen Ning.
This was the first time in half a month that Han Wenqing had talked to her about such in-depth things.
"Thank you, Captain Han," Shen Ning said sincerely.
"No need. It's pointless to explain to someone who doesn't understand, and I have no intention of teaching you anyway."
Shen Ning took two bites of cucumber, then felt speechless.
Does a compliment always have to be expressed with a sarcastic metaphor?
"Do you only speak normally to Zhang Xinjie and his wife?"
"What's the meaning?"
"Literal meaning."
"They don't beat around the bush when they're criticizing people."
Chen Ning: ...
You know this is a roundabout way of insulting someone.
She missed her boss, Zhang Xinjie, who could speak normally.
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