I'm working on infrastructure in Xihuan

The afternoon meeting was as Lucien expected - long and boring.

The year-end report of the subordinate officials of each department is basically to take out a certain part of the department's summary and explain it in detail, how to do it, what difficulties were encountered when doing it, and how to overcome it. Lucien doesn't particularly need to know the details. All kinds of details are mixed with old-fashioned and boring flattery.

Moreover, Lucien was not free enough to revise the summary for everyone one by one, so the report documents handed in were inevitably mixed with a strong traditional flavor, even though the officials followed the same pattern and drew charts and listed the key points. , but it is still so long-winded that it makes people sleepy.

Even the unrevised first draft that Lawrence and the others handed in to Lucien was more concise and clear than their final draft. As expected, there was still a gap between the R card and SR and SSR... Lucien resisted the urge to yawn and motioned for Issy to go. Pour yourself a cup of strong tea to refresh yourself.

The stove in the room was suffocatingly hot. Anna put hot tea and snacks on the table for them to take freely. After the officials reported, they could go back and wait for the results. But Lucien and the others had to fight here without a break. For a long time, without eating and drinking (Lucien's) physical strength could not keep up.

It was the first time for everyone to experience this kind of year-end meeting where the results of the day were reported face-to-face and evaluated on the spot. Generally speaking, the officials who reported were nervous, and the three department heads were also nervous. Lucien, the only one who was not nervous, wanted to say some witty words to ease it up Take a look at the tense atmosphere, but trying to make jokes in this atmosphere will only be over-interpreted, making the air more solidified and difficult to breathe.

Lucien had no choice but to listen to the officials' reports one after another, trying to catch their scattered key words, while complaining with the person in his head about the unpleasant meeting atmosphere.

It's going to be a whole year of hard work. When everyone's work results are good and there is hope for promotion and salary increase, what's the point of talking to him with a straight face?If he is not happy, it is because he, the boss who wants to give his subordinates salary increases and bonuses, is not happy—then you should say something interesting to coax him, so that he is in a good mood and happy. .

Even brats understand this truth, nodding repeatedly in Lucien's head, as Lucien, he has the full confidence to despise this group of adults who don't know how to report at the end of the year.

Make a report to the big leader face to face. The document should be concise and clear, highlighting the key points. It doesn’t seem tiring. There is really no need for too many work details. After all, the big leader won’t care if you work an extra day, and it’s better to be lively verbally. Appropriateness can improve the atmosphere of the meeting, you can speak clearly about the business, and you can talk about gossip, tea and snacks are on the table, and you have to go through the whole process in a rigid manner, flattering as if you are reading a text, Lucy En was too embarrassed to eat snacks.

Lucien couldn't help but asked Issy to pour himself another cup of strong tea before he reached the third one. In the sky, I will have a headache for a long time because I didn't sleep well.

Lawrence and the others were also sleepy after listening to the report, and even asked the officials not to read the paperwork and leave them to read it for themselves. Anyway, the oral report of these people is to read the paperwork again, without any new information. .

At the same time, they made up their minds that they must improve their subordinate officials' ability to summarize and report when they go back. Otherwise, according to the frequency of Lucien's report meeting every quarter, they will be bored to death by this tedious report one day.

After a department official reported, Lucien seized the opportunity to touch a piece of shortbread from the plate. The sweet scent of flowers in his mouth soothed his tired and irritable heart. The tea is also mixed with a touch of sweetness and milk.

Ok?

Lucien took another sip. Sure enough, the tea that was so strong that he wanted to vomit just now tasted much softer. It was slightly greasy after adding sugar and milk. It can make people fully understand why so many people are so addicted to milk tea.

Sugar and milk are the happy water that really relieves emotions, relieves stress and can make the whole person happy. With a few pieces of sweet and crispy snacks, the boring meeting discussion becomes less obnoxious.

Lucien raised his eyes and looked at Yixi who was standing beside him. The young man still had a cold expression with low eyebrows and nothing to do with him. He didn't seem to be careful enough to add sugar and milk to the tea to make it crispy. A considerate person who moved his snacks closer to Lucien.

Lucien leaned back on the back of the chair, blinked at Izzy, and showed a cute cat smile.Izzy just glanced over the dimples on the boy's cheeks, her face expressionless, as if she wasn't sweetened by this special service at all.

Lucien's mood returned to a safe level, and he was a little more tolerant of the performance of the officials in front of him. The taller among the short ones gave the salary increase to Philoby who behaved the most naturally, and the others were divided according to their performance. And so on, the wage increase is proportionally reduced downwards.

But no matter what, it was still a little bit higher. Anyway, the final work results of these officials are good, which can be regarded as encouraging their enthusiasm for work.

After discussing the salary increase of a department's performance evaluation, it was the turn of the next department to come in and make a report——Sheld was unlucky, and was unfortunately the last one in his department. Before you go in, you are already one step behind.

Well, be smart with my mouth, it's time for you to learn to speak nicely yourself.

Sheld took a few deep breaths to hypnotize himself, and strode into the conference room.

……

Should someone remind him that he is so nervous that his hands and feet are the same?

Lucien touched his chin to cover the upward curve of his mouth, so as not to add pressure to Sheld who was already nervous.

Lawrence and William, too, stifled their laughter compassionately.It's not that it's so funny, it's just that in a long, boring meeting, anything that isn't about the meeting becomes doubly funny.

So only the corners of Dalton's mouth rose wildly, and Mo De laughed out of conscience, and waved his hands again and again at the flushed Sheld, "Sorry... I didn't mean it."

After he said that, he glanced in Lucien's direction again, and Lucien picked up the words he gave in a second, and said with a smile: "Mr. Sheard is an honest man, you shouldn't laugh at him like that."

"Yes, yes, I sincerely apologize to you." Dalton said along with a smile on his face.This made Sheld feel uncomfortable, and hurriedly replied: "No, it's okay... It's my fault... You should make fun of me..."

He stammered and organized his words, so anxious that he was sweating, Lawrence came out to smooth things over and said, "You don't have to pay attention to him, this person has such a bad temper, he will be beaten sooner or later."

Seeing this, William also followed Dalton a little bit, and brought the topic back on track, telling Sheld to do his work report well, like revising his year-end summary, and no one would say anything if he made a mistake. (William says, looking emphatically at Dalton) Laughing at him.

Dalton shrugged, not annoyed at being squeezed in turn, but raised his eyebrows at Lucien again.

After going back and forth like this, the dull atmosphere in the conference room became much more active. Sheld talked to them a few words to ease the tension, at least the hand holding the paperwork would not tremble like chaff.

Among the reports of all officials, his report is also the easiest to tell some interesting things - he is now in charge of all kinds of disputes, public security and law enforcement, and he can always pick out a few representative cases and tell stories. Sexuality, and he had nothing to do when he was managing files, and he often looked through the records of various cases every day. case.

Isn't that more exciting than the poorly written legends of bards?

Sheld's report actually didn't include that much content. After all, the paperwork he made with his personality can only be called quite satisfactory, but Lucien can't stand it. When he encounters something that interests him, it is a hundred thousand whys. Report playing into turtle soup.

And Shelder is just dull and not autistic. He is surprisingly good at talking about the things he is interested in. In addition, he is really serious and responsible for investigating every case he handles. When Lucien asked the suspect about the eight lifetimes of his ancestors They can be pulled out for him.

Although the narrative skills are slightly lacking, it is still logical and detailed, and can tell the story clearly.

As long as the topic can be chatted, the atmosphere of the meeting will become less stuffy. Lucien took a piece of snacks as if he was listening to someone telling a story, cracking biscuits or milk tea, and from time to time he made exclamations and questioning particles that matched the narrative. , because Sheld's not-so-funny joke showed a relaxed and happy smile, and encouraged Sheld to say a few more words and take advantage of the momentum to show more - Lucien needs to know more about the situation, and there is something to write in the summary of the imperial capital, so that Sheld Strive for a promotion or something.

The public security law is the most important part of maintaining order in a region, and Sheard needs to go up one more liter before he can hold the right to speak in this position.

The flaws in character are within Lucien's tolerance. It is not a good thing for the government to be too long-sleeved in the administration of public security and law enforcement. From Sheld's trial of the case disputes, it can be seen that although he is dull and honest, he is very principled. Is a dull stubborn person.

This kind of R card with special skills is well maintained, and it will be quite useful in the future.

Lucien listened to Sheld talk about all kinds of disputes and cases for most of the day, from trivial matters to lawsuits where people were killed after seeing blood.

Sheld didn't prepare for this question in advance. He was so happy that his feverish head suddenly cooled down, and his ears were hot and his head idled for a few seconds, but the words he said were completely out of his mind, "If civilians know something about the laws of the empire , Many cases don’t need to happen... They don’t understand those principles, and they want to use human feelings to judge their actions, so they feel that there are things that can’t be done—in fact, they are all things that cannot be done.”

"Also, there are other things. If they know, they will not be deceived or lose their property. Sometimes many people don't know that they have been deceived, and many people dare not come to the government, and they don't know how to report to the government and sue process, we just have to let things go by like that.”

"Yeah." Lucien nodded listening, "Then do you have any ideas for a solution?"