My Life with Narration-Chapter 383 - 379: Someone Wants to Steal Food from Your Bowl
"Hey, Little Su, you haven’t been around for a while. How’s it going? Where have you been making money lately?" At four in the afternoon, Su Qing, feeling bored, came out of Shen Yi’s office and headed straight to Old Wang’s PR department.
Although Shen Yi didn’t strictly require him to stay in the office during work hours, everyone else was working, so who had time to hang out with him?
Even if you’re slacking off, it should be done in your workspace. After all, this is a company. If you spend work hours chatting in the office, you might be called in for a talk in a few days and, in severe cases, you may even be fired.
Everyone comes to the company to work. The company pays you to work. We’re all adults; we understand this logic.
Especially in the sales department, without needing reminders, employees find ways to stay busy themselves.
Because after two months, the base salary drops to 2,800. If you want to earn more, performance is key. If you just want to get by on the base salary, sorry, after three months, those whose performance doesn’t meet standards will be dismissed.
Shen Yi is not new to running a company. She has already established herself in the capital, and from the entire company down to each department, there’s a set system for operation.
The original team that came with her from the capital is familiar with this system. While minor issues may arise, major blunders are avoided.
No one kept him company, so he either worked in Shen Yi’s office or occasionally wandered outside to see what "social tactician" tricks were out there. They competed quietly, having a lot of fun.
When it comes to slacking off skills, Sun Mumu is the second in the whole company, and no one dares claim first. She often finds enjoyment for herself, like checking her phone.
But to be fair, her work efficiency is also the highest.
What others take a whole day to complete, she, if she takes it seriously, can finish in half a day. Yet, based on her years of work experience, she realized that unless it’s a commission-based job, work is never truly finished. The faster you work, the more work you get. Bosses or leaders just can’t stand seeing employees idle.
Even if you finish the workload of other staff in half a day and choose to relax, the leader will dislike it and find tasks for you.
Increasing your workload probably won’t earn you their favor. On the contrary, if you slow down in the future, you’ll be criticized.
So she developed a habit of working a bit and then slacking off a bit, but her overall work progress is spot on. Even the leaders can’t say anything since she’s always at her workstation working.
Ever since perfecting her skills, she did notice that work became much more relaxed and fewer troubles arose.
But he couldn’t constantly wander outside, as it would somewhat affect others, so he thought of Old Wang.
Old Wang’s PR department can be considered one of the most relaxed departments in the company, with few people, tranquility, and not too many issues. Most importantly, they got along well.
"Look at the way you talk, Brother Wang. I’ve just had some things recently, so I came to see you now!"
"Call me Old Wang!"
Su Qing: ...
He swore that for the rest of his life, he would never live next to this person. Otherwise, he would rather be single forever.
He also realized that all the Old Wangs he knew weren’t quite normal, each having their quirks.
For example, the one in the neighborhood who only hit his wife for two minutes at night, the longtime classmate and simp Old Wang, and now this one here.
Of course, there’s another one in the police station, who is even the captain of the anti-drug unit, but Su Qing wasn’t familiar with him, barely exchanged a few words.
Old Wang poured him a glass of water, picked some fruit, and smiled, "What kind of things did you have? Tell me!"
"Uh, my sister started university at the beginning of the month. I took her to the capital for school, stayed there for a few days, and also visited our company’s headquarters there. After coming back, I was busy with a case at the police station until last Sunday." Su Qing peeled an orange, nibbling while speaking.
As for Xu Feng’s matter, it wasn’t even worth mentioning. The guy was already in, what’s there to say, break him out and shoot him?
When Shen Yi was attacked back then, the script didn’t give a hint, probably already anticipating the outcome, feeling it unnecessary.
Of course, it could also be because he wasn’t on the scene back then.
"Wow, you’ve really been busy lately. Wait, did I see in the headquarters group that someone mentioned a lady boss coming to the company? Don’t tell me that was you. It was said President Tang brought her back. Which president’s lady boss are you, if not President Shen?" Wang Xing was surprised for a moment but quickly caught the point.
As a long-time employee, he knew that the company had three shareholders. Apart from President Shen, who had the most power, there was also a big celebrity who frequently had business dealings with the company, especially in the past two years since they terminated the contract, their cooperation increased a lot.
The PR department had the most dealings with Tang Nan back then, as her fame was well known. Whether as a spokesperson or promoter, she was the most effective aid.
As for the remaining person, almost no one in the company had met them, let alone knew what they did.
Hearing this, Su Qing couldn’t help but cast a sidelong glance at him: "Lady boss, my ass. I just happened to know Brother Nan, and I met her through President Shen."
"Ha, I knew it. So it’s still about President Shen at the end of the day. You gave me a fright!" Old Wang patted his chest, looking completely relieved.
Su Qing: ...
Listen to him, calling it President Shen’s, but he didn’t bother explaining further to Old Wang, considering this guy had always been good to him.
"By the way, why are you alone? Where’s Xiao Lei?" Su Qing asked. When he came in, he only saw Old Wang there, and Zhao Lei was nowhere in sight. Don’t tell him she quit too?
"She went to keep an eye on the shooting progress. Since you haven’t been around recently, the company system has improved quite a bit. Even my small department is getting busier; it’s a good start," Wang Xing said with a laugh.
The head office mainly deals in the internet industry, and that publicity department is definitely an important part. Don’t be fooled by how relaxed Wang Xing seems now; that’s because the company is just starting, and there’s not much business here in Jiang City. Once it’s established, it will naturally become a big deal.
"By the way, it’s only half a month until October 1st. Have you planned how to spend it?" Wang Xing asked.
Upon hearing this, Su Qing was momentarily stunned. He hadn’t worked in a while, so he’d forgotten that October 1st means a holiday. He shook his head.
"Well, you should plan well. I did the math, and in total, we could have a nine-day holiday. Of course, those in the business department volunteer to work overtime. Some choose to rest for three or four days, or not at all, since they get a commission, unlike us who have fixed salaries. This year, I’m not alone. I discussed with your Sister Feng, and we’re planning to visit Yunnan during the holiday. Haven’t you and President Shen thought about it?"
Wang Xing’s mouth curled into a smug smile as he spoke. After all, now he’s someone with a girlfriend. Having saved all those years, he’s finally found a place to spend.
In past holidays, he was always the one staying behind to work overtime. Without a partner, going out would mean more effort and money spent—basically paying for punishment. How could working overtime not be more rewarding? Triple pay for a few days means half a month’s salary, which feels great.
"I’m planning to stay home and play games. Traveling is not really my thing," Su Qing said, realizing he’s not into that kind of leisure.
"Ah... young people don’t know how to enjoy life."
Seeing Wang Xing’s show-off manner, Su Qing could only smile helplessly. "You and Sister Feng seem to get along well, Old Wang. When are you planning to tie the knot?"
Hearing this, Wang Xing got quite excited. "Not to hide it from you, little Su, I’m planning to take her home at the end of this year. Just not sure how to bring it up. If everything goes well, we should be able to get married next year!"
"What’s there to be unsure about? Just say it directly!"
"Won’t that be a bit too hasty?"
"You’re already hasty by nature, one more won’t hurt!"
Wang Xing: ...
The two chatted for over half an hour, almost until it was time to clock out, when Wang suddenly changed the topic: "Little Su, do you know a guy joined your department?"
"Yeah, I heard he’s called Bai Hao, but I haven’t talked to him. Why?" Su Qing asked back.
He’d noticed yesterday when he first came up, especially since he was the only guy in the whole department, not counting Cui Bo. So, it was hard not to notice when another one showed up.
"Uh... Your Sister Feng just messaged me, asking me to tell you this kid seems interesting."
"Seems interesting? To tell me?"
"Yeah, well, better you see it for yourself."
He said, handing over the phone. Su Qing glanced at it, and his expression instantly turned intrigued.
Turns out Feng Yan knew Bai Hao came here, so she mentioned it to her man and asked Wang to give Su a heads up.
But she didn’t explicitly say anything about Bai Hao, just mentioned that Bai Hao asked about Su Qing, wanted to bring his cat to the office, and was inquiring about President Shen’s preferences. Feng Yan herself commented that this kid seems quite interesting.
Wang Xing, being a bit naive, didn’t quite get it, but Su Qing did, especially since they emphasized telling him, which in itself indicated an issue.
[A kind reminder from Feng Yan: someone wants to take a piece of your pie, young man. You’re not the only one looking for shortcuts.]
"Tell Sister Feng I’ve got it!" Su Qing said, chuckling at the internal monologue in his mind.
If Auntie Shen were that easy to woo, he’d have hit the jackpot long ago, right? Young people these days are quite something, though lacking in subtlety. Jumping in without understanding the situation—don’t they know this place is full of my spies?
But he didn’t plan on doing anything, just watching as long as the guy didn’t pull any tricks on him.
This reminded him of when he first graduated, a male colleague joined the company with him, pretended to be friendly, but badmouthed him behind his back, even tried to use him as a scapegoat—what a dummy.
In the end, he made some deliberate changes to a PPT needed the next morning. Sure enough, the next day that guy copied his draft verbatim, proudly showed it to the boss.
Then he got scolded thoroughly, while Su Qing’s PPT got approved. For this, the guy even got so frustrated that he argued with Su Qing at the company, to which Su Qing didn’t hold back and slapped him, revealing all he had done in front of everyone.
The key point was, a small leader even spoke up for the guy, but Su Qing lashed out indiscriminately, even scolding the leader who had climbed the ranks. He eventually left in style.
Later he heard everyone isolated that guy, who quit soon after. The small leader, whose name he doesn’t remember, apparently got demoted to a regular employee. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
This is why he hates the workplace so much. Only Shen Yi managed to persuade him here with great effort back then.
"You know? What do you know? How did you understand? It’s all in Chinese, after all," Wang Xing said, puzzled, looking at his phone.
He’s beginning to doubt if he even learned Chinese right.
[The male version of a "green tea" is about to make an entrance—let’s give this young fellow a solid lesson!]
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