The next day when Lu Zhe arrived at work, he realized something. So he went up behind his boss and asked him:
"Brother Mao, Boss Xia assigned me a new task last night, saying I need to participate in testing a customer service AI project. I just want to ask, how do I get started?"
Upon hearing this, Mao Kai turned his chair around, looked up at him, and asked, "Didn't President Xia explain it to you clearly?"
Lu Zhe recalled for a moment.
"She did mention it, but she hasn't had a chance to explain exactly how to start."
"Didn't make it in time?" Mao Kai's eyes widened in surprise. "What happened? Why didn't you make it in time?"
Lu Zhe: "..."
He tried to describe what happened last night in a concise sentence, but as soon as the words were on the tip of his tongue, he realized something was off.
Lu Zhe thought that saying things like "I treated Ms. Xia's injuries last night and took her home" was not appropriate to say to his boss, as it might easily cause misunderstandings.
Mao Kai pressed further, "What's wrong? What are you thinking about?"
Lu Zhe thought about it again and felt that he could only tell the truth about this kind of thing, which would just downplay the ambiguous connotation of "taking her home". However, just as he was about to speak, his WeChat notification sounded.
He was holding his phone at the time, so he glanced down at it, but the phone didn't respond.
Mao Kai also took out his phone and checked it, finding it was a notification from his own WeChat, and the new message was from President Xia. So he didn't bother to ask Lu Zhe any more questions and looked down at his phone.
Not long after, Mao Kai looked up at his young subordinate and smiled, saying, "Oh, I see. President Xia was injured, and you took her home?"
Lu Zhe nodded.
Mao Kai: "No wonder she didn't come today."
Lu Zhe: "Yeah..."
Mao Kaiyang raised his phone and said, "President Xia asked me to tell you that your work today will be the same as usual, which is to chat with Xiao Qiu and continue working on the language testing AI. Afterwards, she will personally arrange new tasks for you."
Lu Zhe: "So when will I start doing my new job?"
Mao Kai: "Oh, what's the rush? President Xia said she'll arrange it, just wait."
"All right……"
Lu Zhe really couldn't afford to be anxious, since he had already learned from President Xia last night that he could be promoted to a full-time position once he finished the AI customer service project. That would not only mean a higher salary, but also a more secure job.
Mao Kai got busy again. Seeing this, Lu Zhe also returned to his workstation, picked up his small speaker, and started chatting.
More than an hour later, he felt his phone vibrate.
Lu Zhe took out his phone and found that the caller was neither Xue Xiaodie nor Miss Tang Qi, but Xia Xiaobing, President Xia!
Why would a boss call his employees directly?
With a slightly uneasy feeling, Lu Zhe stood up and found an empty meeting room nearby. At the same time, he swiped the virtual button to answer the call.
Then he heard the mature woman's calm yet light voice: "Lu Zhe, are you free tonight? Remember what I said last night about treating you to hot pot? I'd like to arrange it for tonight."
"Tonight...?"
Xia Xiaobing's voice carried a hint of amusement: "Aren't you happy about it?"
Lu Zhe quickly replied, "It would be my pleasure and an honor. But your foot is injured, is it convenient for you to come out?"
Xia Xiaobing: "The hot pot restaurant I booked is near my house. When the time comes, you can come to my house first and help me up a little."
Lu Zhe: "Oh, okay, no problem."
Xia Xiaobing chuckled, "See you at seven tonight! After get off work, just take a taxi here, and I'll reimburse you."
Lu Zhe: "The traffic near our company is pretty congested during rush hour..."
Xia Xiaobing: "I just said I'd wait for you at home at seven, not that you have to be there before seven. No rush, we'll eat whenever you arrive."
Lu Zhe couldn't help but feel a bit of pressure.
After all, the company closes at 6:30 PM, and the area around the software park is absolutely jammed at that time. Every minute I'm late means making my boss wait an extra minute, which inevitably puts some pressure on me.
However, he could only reply, "No problem, Mr. Xia."
"Then you can continue working. By the way, check your phone when you have time; you should have received it by now."
After saying that, Xia Xiaobing hung up the phone on her own.
Lu Zhe was completely bewildered. Looking at his phone screen again, he indeed found an unread new text message. Upon opening it, he discovered it was a bank notification that two thousand yuan had been deposited into his account.
Is this my salary? Realizing this, Lu Zhe couldn't help but smile silently.
Considering that he joined the company in the latter half of last month, has only been on the job for a few days, and is still in his probationary period, this salary amount is undoubtedly quite satisfactory to him.
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When it was lunchtime, Xue Xiaodie and Tang Qi were with Lu Zhe again.
Today's lunch was also just congee and side dishes.
Halfway through the meal, Xue Xiaodie suddenly asked, "Lu Zhe, don't you think we've been eating too blandly these past few days?"
Lu Zhe shook his head: "It's okay, it's alright."
It really doesn't matter, since someone's treating us to hot pot tonight, and it won't be bland.
Tang Qi also asked, "Aren't you sure you won't get tired of it?"
Lu Zhe waved his hand indifferently.
After a while, Lu Zhe finished the lean meat porridge in his bowl and said, "By the way, I still have something to do tonight, so I can't join you guys."
These words were addressed to both Miss Tang and Xue Xiaodie, so as he spoke, his gaze drifted back and forth between the two girls' faces. He then noticed that their expressions and reactions were slightly different.
Tang Qi pouted, clearly feeling a little wronged.
Xue Xiaodie was only slightly taken aback, but her expression remained unchanged as she asked, "Are you going to work overtime again?"
Lu Zhe: "Yes, the company is going to assign a project to me... well, not exactly assign it to me, it's more like AI testing. But the work is a bit more complicated, involving some professional knowledge of programming algorithms, and I'll also need to communicate with colleagues. So, I'll probably be quite busy lately."
Xue Xiaodie smiled and said, "Congratulations! The company has given you more tasks, which means your career is progressing."
Tang Qi didn't laugh. Instead, she frowned slightly and asked with some concern, "Will you be working overtime often in the future? Your company won't treat you like a cog in a machine and require you to work 996 or 007, will it?"
Lu Zhe shook his head: "It won't be that bad. I'll be working overtime a lot in the future, but the company will pay overtime."
Tang Qi: "Huawei also pays overtime, but people still die from overwork!"
Lu Zhe: "It's not that exaggerated in our company. Even the people with the heaviest workload in our algorithm department probably don't work as much overtime as the average programmer at Huawei or Alibaba. Besides, I usually get normal rest on weekends."
"That's good..." Tang Qi's face was still a little unhappy, but she breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Xue Xiaodie suddenly asked, "Does President Xia also have to work overtime?"
Lu Zhe: "She didn't come today."
As soon as he finished speaking, the two girls in front of him seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
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