Woman In Irish Linen Shirt

Chapter 12:

I had expected it well, and since I took the initiative to invite Kevin once that day, his intention to talk to me may have been hidden in my heart. I met in meetings these few days. He didn’t know how many times he gave me his eyes, and it was a bad idea. Others thought he had a crush on me. But as a superior, he is very reserved. I haven’t heard from him until now. The incident of going golf together that day seems to have never appeared in our schedule.

I am very patient. There is always a day when Kevin can’t hold it back.

What I want to figure out most now is also about Kevin: Why did Kevin drink with them on the weekend before BCG officially took the project to the company building? The store’s light was not particularly bright. Huang was also gathering with friends at the time, and he didn’t know anyone other than Kevin. Now he can’t recall who participated. At the end of January, regular flights between Singapore and China ceased. If two people from the Shanghai office came over at that time, they would have to stay in the hotel for 14 days. These fourteen days are all paid, and Xinhe Yimin is not an indispensable technical expert, so he shouldn’t go to Singapore at this time.

I prefer them to come over before then. This matter will not have a big impact without verifying it, but because it can be easily inquired, I still plan to verify it. It’s not surprising that the former colleagues gathered together and now I have brought Xinhe Yimin to BCG’s.

But at the time, did they exchange any messages?

I have been dealing with trivial matters this whole morning. The data in Xiao Chen’s report is not correct, and it is obvious that there is a gap between the magnitude and the expected number. I pulled out the source data and looked at it, and I knew that he probably missed the decimal point. This document, the assistant manager who was responsible for taking him should not have handled it, and handed it directly. The workload of our group is indeed quite large. It is excusable to occasionally make low-level mistakes, but the result is obviously not in line with the expected value. I don’t know to go back and check it. It can only be the problem of work attitude or professional level. .

This is not the first time Xiao Chen has made this mistake. After thinking about it for several minutes, I decided to call in the two remaining children in charge of the Thai business. Together with the assistant manager, the five of us went to the conference room to get the data correct.

“Would you like to talk about your thoughts? How did you get this data?” I didn’t lose my face, but I didn’t laugh either.

“Just follow the normal work process…” He ran again in front of us, perhaps trapped in a fixed mindset, Xiao Chen didn’t realize what was wrong with him, until the colleague next to him whispered a reminder . He was obviously embarrassed, and he stammered a few words before saying, “I was wrong, and now I know the problem. Thank you for pointing this out, Yao.”

I raised my eyebrows. Unexpectedly, this kid would first thank instead of apologize. But this is not something that can be fooled by words alone. I immediately said: “I didn’t feel that you had compiled a set of effective working methods. This was originally because you had to gradually form awareness during the work of the past year. I am not asking you not to make mistakes-no one can never make mistakes. Fortunately, we are a team, so most of the mistakes in the documents will be checked before the official play. Tell me, Yifeng, what do you think What does it mean to be a professional?”

“Uh. Professionalism.” Xiao Chen might have spoken for several seconds, which made me unsatisfied. “Maintaining professionalism and communicating with the team in a timely manner, from my point of view.”

The assistant manager’s face is ugly. I didn’t intend to embarrass Xiao Chen further, so I said, “You’re right, I would like to add a little bit if you don’t mind. When it comes to who is a professional, we will think that he can provide stability in a certain field. And efficient work results. Where does ‘stability” come from? If you are not 100% confident in your natural professional sense, my suggestion is to start with the workflow. As far as file work is concerned, re-inspection is very important. We don’t want our plan to be swept off the table just because of a small flaw, right?”

They all nodded in agreement.

I said: “This is also my experience in the past few years-I think it can provide you with some help. This year’s work is very challenging, unfortunately, I can’t help you like before. If there are any problems, We can discuss together—but be our own superior first, okay?” Although the main purpose was to beat Xiao Chen and their assistant manager, I deliberately exchanged glances with each of the three children. All three of them have just graduated from a bachelor’s degree and have just started work. They are too young.

“understood.”

“OK.”

“I hope you can see a response in your future work.” I raised my eyebrows. The people who want to use this conference room are already waiting outside, “Let’s go.”

When passing by Sanjay, he looked at me and asked, “Yao, can we talk later?”

I did not conceal my surprise, nodded and said: “You can send me a message. Let’s make an appointment for a specific time.”

At noon, I did receive news from people I rarely contact, but it didn’t come from Sanjay.

Miss Pan De asked if I was free at noon.

I feel that this is not an invitation related to work. I have a lot of things on hand. I originally asked Xiao Chen to bring me bread and planned to work overtime at noon. After hesitating for a moment, I replied to her if she could wait for ten minutes. Then I immediately packed my bag for departure at any time, and then picked up the more urgent matters and wrote a simple proposal to the Vietnamese side.

About fifteen minutes later, Miss Pan De came out from the direction of the elevator and appeared at the door of our office. It’s hard to tell whether she came down from the twentieth floor or came up from somewhere else.

She is too conspicuous. I noticed her immediately.

She wore a used collarless blouse today. The sleeves and buttons were wrinkled. Only the collar was ironed carefully, which concealed the characteristics of linen. Such a wrinkled casual shirt actually looks like her shoulders are straight and straight. In any case, it can’t be attributed to the tailoring of the clothes: I wonder if she has learned any dance, and why is her manner so outstanding?

It was the first time I saw Miss Pan De dress so casually on weekdays, she said casually: “You know, you just appeared from the door, almost glowing.”

She was in a mess for a moment, but quickly recovered her rhythm: “Fattitious I won’t be of any help to things. You still have to invite me to lunch.”

I don’t remember having an appointment with her for lunch. I just said, “I don’t know what kind of honor it is for me to have lunch with you today?”

“Yesterday you said you need a consultant.” She looked at me with a bit of playfulness, “I don’t think it is too much to take you for lunch.”

I reacted. I immediately said: “Then this has become an interference with market prices. I must treat you to a good dinner-I insist.”

The actual mind still hasn’t turned a corner. I’m always good at thinking up beautiful words right away, but I can’t think about the substance so quickly.

She smiled: “Accepting respectfully is better than refusing politely. Do you mind if we leave now? I think your schedule for the afternoon must be very tight.”

I try to maintain the quips on the way to the home appliance mall. However, witticism is also costly. Perhaps because I can’t make ends meet, I have been on Orchard Road and I still haven’t figured out why such a busy BCG partner chose to come by at noon on Thursday.

And choose the refrigerator with me.

From an optimistic point of view, at least today, I am definitely going to get rid of the identity of “the owner of a house without a refrigerator”. I force myself to comfort myself.

“Can you tell me what you need for the refrigerator?” Miss Pan De asked me when she reached the door of BEST.

“I want a refrigerator of about six hundred liters…”

My opening remarks obviously scared her. Miss Pande gave a “wow” but motioned me to continue.

“Don’t make too much noise when it works. The freezer area must be big.” I gestured, and emphasized to her that “big”, “it must be big. It’s best to be a brand with good after-sales service. I’m not about the price. sensitive.”

Miss Pande technically agreed: “We plan to place the refrigerator close to the living and resting area, and it needs to hold a lot of frozen products.”

I hesitated for a moment: “Is it difficult to mute the refrigerator?”

“If there are a lot of things in the refrigerator—you know, this is a very common situation for a 600-liter refrigerator—I would say that it is a very bold vision. In the future, refrigerator manufacturers should strive to achieve this. To a degree. At the current commercial level, if it does not exist overnight, there may be some technical difficulties that need to be overcome.” She said, “The refrigerator has to work 24 hours a day, and in the early morning At three points, you can really catch a lot of movements that you don’t usually notice.”

Thoughtfully, I immediately added: “Actually, it doesn’t need to be so quiet. I just don’t want it to make the sound like passengers are riding a roller coaster.”

“I’m sorry?” Miss Pande was a little surprised.

“Uh, the things in the refrigerator are moving. Not only the drinks, but the screws seem to sway with them, the kind of “Quoda” sound.” After I finished the description, I felt that my statement was too childish, for a while. I don’t know how to go back, so I can only bite the bullet and ask her, “Don’t you think it looks like everything in the refrigerator is moving?”

Under the lighting of the mall, her eyes brightened when she laughed. Miss Pan De looked at me and said: “I have heard this kind of statement for the first time. There are three main places where refrigerators produce noise, the heart of the refrigeration system, the compressor, the condensing pipe, and the vibration of the body. Among them, compression The noise caused by the machine is difficult to completely avoid. Condensation pipes can generally be solved by higher-cost design and materials. This is where we can start… As for why things in the refrigerator sometimes look like riding on a roller coaster, I think it’s because This is caused by the vibration of the body. As you might have guessed, simply putting a piece of rubber under the refrigerator to absorb the shock can solve this problem.”

This time it’s my turn to “wow”: “You really know refrigerators, Sonia.”

“Thank you. I will treat it as a compliment.” She looked at me and said with a smile, “You were right that day, about the appearance of childlike innocence. I think you do retain your childlike side.”