Chapter 71 is also quite good.
Chen Jingyang's idea was good, but Zhang Pengfei found it hard to accept—on his first day at work, he was taken to the administration department to report for duty.
He, a student with a perfect GPA in law from Peking University, the best debater in the National Political and Legal Colleges Debate Competition, and an outstanding intern at the court, was actually assigned to the administrative department?!
Could this be Chen Jingyang's idea?
Why do this?!
He's already come to Tanzhi, why humiliate him in this way!
Hasn't he behaved well enough during this time?! Hasn't he been obedient enough?!
In a fit of anger, he knocked on the HR office door.
"Hello, Mr. Li," Zhang Pengfei said, getting straight to the point: "I'd like to ask why I was assigned to the administration department?"
"Oh!" Mr. Li didn't seem surprised. He smiled and asked him to sit down, saying, "The main reason is that the interns our company recruited this year are all too outstanding. Mr. Wang from the legal department only wants interns with master's degrees or above, but we don't want to give up on outstanding undergraduates like you, so we've arranged for you to work in the administration department first."
Zhang Pengfei frowned. So that's how it is.
So, Chen Jingyang wasn't involved at all?
Seeing him frown, General Manager Li assumed he was still dissatisfied and comforted him: "Actually, don't underestimate the work of the administration department. The administration department is the foundation for understanding the overall operation of the company. The senior executives that our company has cultivated have all rotated through the administration department. Moreover, it is also a good opportunity to get in touch with various departments of the company. Even if you join the legal department in the future, this experience will become a valuable asset."
That sounds quite reasonable.
But he still felt that Chen Jingyang was involved in this matter!
He didn't believe Chen Jingyang would let him go!
Just as he was about to get up and leave, someone knocked on the door and came in. This young man was not one to mince words and immediately asked why he, a computer science master's student, had been assigned to the purchasing department.
Mr. Li chuckled and told him to calm down, giving him the same old explanation—the internship slots in the technical department were full, but the purchasing department was also good, offering opportunities to learn a lot about product details, blah blah blah.
Within half an hour, as many as seven interns came to General Manager Li's office to inquire, and their situations were all similar to Zhang Pengfei's.
Zhang Pengfei then believed that his internship in the administration department was purely a company arrangement, and Chen Jingyang simply didn't have time to care about him!
Well, he was three parts satisfied and seven parts disappointed with the result. He didn't know why, but he felt a bit strange.
At 10 a.m., Qin, the manager of the administration department, gave a training session to Zhang Pengfei and two other interns. The three of them were mainly responsible for supporting the president's office and senior management meetings.
She focused on how to book and set up a meeting room, how to prepare meeting materials, and when to serve tea and water during the meeting.
"Everyone must remember, do not book the two meeting rooms on the top floor casually. The company has a very important cooperation project recently, and General Manager Chen will be holding meetings there frequently. Unless it is an important government reception, a visit from a key A-level client, or all other meeting rooms are full, do not use them!"
"Normally, Mr. Chen's assistant will be responsible for making coffee for him, but occasionally we also need to do it. So please learn how to use the coffee machine on the top floor as soon as possible. He only drinks freshly ground Americano with one-third sugar and half milk. You can go up there and practice when you have free time."
The only person who could be addressed as "General Manager Chen" by Manager Qin was CEO Chen Qinian. Zhang Pengfei couldn't help but think to himself, "Is he even human? Why is he being so particular!"
Manager Qin then went on to mention the habits and things to note about several other senior executives: Sales VP Zhou likes to drink black tea, Finance Director Qi prefers double shots of espresso, Purchasing Director Ma is allergic to seafood, and Dr. Shen, the leader of the technical department, is a Hui Muslim and doesn't eat pork...
When the training ended, Zhang Pengfei had actually written a full page of notes!
In the afternoon, Manager Qin took the three of them to "familiarize themselves with the office," because some packages or letters need to be delivered to the leaders in person, so it is necessary to remember which leader is in which office on which floor.
From the second floor upwards, almost every floor had leaders of all ranks overseeing things. By the time they reached the top floor, an hour had already passed!
As Zhang Pengfei stepped out of the elevator on the top floor, his eyes lit up!
The layout of the top floor is completely different from the floors below!
Upon entering, you'll find a very spacious living room, filled with greenery and flowers—it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a small garden.
The seemingly random arrangement of several comfortable tables and chairs actually complements the floral layout, making one imagine how pleasant it would be to sit among the flowers and plants and enjoy a cup of fragrant coffee or tea when tired from work!
Besides the garden, there are two meeting rooms on the top floor that can accommodate about 50 people each, and the rest are all offices for senior executives.
Just as Manager Qin was about to lead them through the scans, his phone suddenly rang. It was Manager Liu, who was in charge of the government subsidy application meeting.
It seems there's some material that's urgently needed, and Manager Liu has to go somewhere to get it stamped. But there are so many people there, he won't be back for a while. The application meeting is starting in a little over two hours, so he asked her to help.
Without saying a word, Manager Qin led Zhang Pengfei and the other two downstairs.
For the next hour, Zhang Pengfei and two other interns stood in front of the photocopier without leaving. They made seven copies of each document, including feasibility study reports, funding application reports, patent certificates, audit reports, team resumes, and various lists.
Zhang Pengfei watched as the printing press seemed to be vomiting, constantly spewing out paper. Then, following Manager Qin's instructions, he arranged the paper in order, bound it into booklets, and finally, all the materials filled four large cardboard boxes!
Of the three interns, Zhang Pengfei and another named Zhao Tianming are male, while Jin Zhenzhen is a petite and demure female.
This kind of hard labor was naturally done by the boys. The two of them "huffed and puffed" as they carried all the materials to the conference room, when they heard someone inside saying, "The abstract and the first page are the most important! The review experts may only look at these few pages. We must bold and highlight the keywords 'domestic production rate of over 95%' and 'breaking the overseas monopoly,' and emphasize the compatibility rate of domestic chips in order to get the 120 million subsidy..."
After listening for a few minutes, Zhang Pengfei understood that government money was not easy to obtain. The company's technological advantages had to be actively "matched" with this direction in order to earn real money. However, Tanzhi seemed to be failing in this regard, which revealed its strategic vulnerability.
After moving the boxes, Zhang Pengfei didn't stop moving them. Before he knew it, the first day had passed in a daze.
I didn't see Chen Jingyang.
...That's good too.
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