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I had expected it well before, since I took the initiative to invite Kevin that day, his intention to talk to me may have been hidden in his heart.We met in a meeting these few days, he gave me eyes countless times, and if he didn't do it well, others would think he had a crush on me.But as a superior, he is very reserved.I haven't heard from him until now, and it's as if that day of golfing together just wasn't on our schedule.

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

What I want to figure out most now is also about Kevin: Why did Kevin drink with them the weekend before BCG officially stationed in the company building with the project?The light in that store was not particularly bright. Lao Huang was also gathering with friends at the time, and he didn’t know anyone other than Kevin. Now he can’t recall who was involved.At the end of January, Singapore and domestic flights will no longer be open normally. If two people from the Shanghai office come over at that time, they will have to stay in the hotel for [-] days.These fourteen days are all paid, and Xinhe Yimin is not an indispensable technical expert, so he would not go to Singapore at this time.

I tend to think that they came here before then, and it doesn't matter much if you don't ask for confirmation, but because it can be easily found out, I still plan to confirm it.It is not surprising that Xinhe Yimin was brought to the gathering of former colleagues who are still at BCG.

But at the time, did they exchange any messages at all?

I have been dealing with trivial matters all morning, and the data in Xiao Chen's report is wrong, and it is obvious that there is a gap between the magnitude and the number that should be.I pulled out the source data and saw that he probably missed the decimal point.The assistant manager in charge of leading him probably didn't handle this document, so he handed it over directly.The workload of our team is indeed relatively large, and it is understandable to occasionally make low-level mistakes, but the results are obviously not in line with expectations. I don’t know how to go back and check the calculations. It can only be a problem with either the work attitude or the business level. .

This is not the first time Xiao Chen has made this mistake.I thought about it for a few minutes, and decided to call the remaining two children in charge of the Thailand business. Together with the assistant manager, the five of us went to the meeting room to check the data.

"Would you like to talk about your thinking? How did you get this data?" I didn't have a slumped face, but I didn't smile either.

"Just follow the general workflow..." He ran again in front of us, perhaps trapped in a fixed mindset, Xiao Chen didn't realize what went wrong at all, until the colleague next to him whispered remind.He was obviously embarrassed and stammered before saying, "I miscalculated, and now I know what the problem is. Thank you for pointing this out, Yao."

I raised my eyebrows.I didn't expect this kid to thank you first instead of apologizing first.But this is not something that can be fooled by mere rhetoric. I immediately said: "I don't feel that you have sorted out a set of effective working methods. This is because you have to gradually form awareness in the past year's work. I'm not asking you not to make mistakes - no one can never make mistakes. Thankfully, we are a team, so most of the mistakes in the documentation will be checked out before the official play. Tell me, Yifeng, you What do you think it means to be a professional?"

"Uh. Professionalism." Xiao Chen may have spoken for several seconds, which made me dissatisfied. "Maintaining professionalism and timely communication with the team is the case from my point of view."

The assistant manager's face was ugly.I didn't intend to further embarrass Xiao Chen, so I said: "You are quite right, and I would like to add something, if you don't mind. When it comes to someone who is a professional, we will think that he can give stability in a certain field." And efficient work results. Where does "stability" come from? If you are not [-]% confident in your natural professional sense, my suggestion is to start with the workflow. As far as document work is concerned, re-inspection is very important. We don’t want our proposals to be thrown off the table just because of a small flaw, do we?”

They all nodded in agreement.

I said: "This is also my experience in the industry for a few years-I think it can provide you with some help. This year's work has been very challenging. Unfortunately, I can't take you by the hand like I did before. If there are any difficulties , we can discuss together—but let’s be our own superiors first, okay?” Even though the main purpose was to beat Xiao Chen and their assistant manager, when I spoke, I deliberately exchanged glances with each of the three children.These three people have just graduated from college and just started working, so they are too young.

"understood."

"Ok."

"I hope this can be responded to in your future work." I raised my eyebrows, the person who wants to use this conference room is already waiting outside, "Let's go."

As I passed Sanjay, he looked at me and asked, "Yao, can we talk later?"

I didn't hide my surprise, nodded and said, "You can send me a message. We'll make an appointment for a specific time."

At noon I did get a message from an infrequent contact, but not from Sanjay.

Miss Pender asked me if I was free at noon.

I had a hunch that this was not a work-related invitation, and I had a lot of other things at hand. I originally asked Xiao Chen to bring me bread, and planned to work overtime at noon.After hesitating for a moment, I replied that she could wait for me for 10 minutes.Then I immediately packed my bag to prepare for departure at any time, and then I wrote a simple proposal to Vietnam with more urgent matters.

About 15 minutes later, Miss Pande came out from the direction of the elevator and appeared at the door of our office.It was hard to say whether she came down from the twentieth floor or came up from somewhere else.

She is so compelling.I noticed her right away.

She was wearing a half-new collarless blouse today, the sleeves and buttons were wrinkled, only the collar had been carefully ironed to hide the quality of the linen.Such a wrinkled casual shirt actually made her shoulders look flat and straight, which couldn't be attributed to the tailoring of the clothes anyway: I wondered if she had learned some dance, why her posture was always so outstanding?

It was the first time I saw Miss Pande dressed so casually on a working day, so I said casually, "You know, just now you appeared from the door, almost glowing."

She falters for a moment, but quickly finds her rhythm: "Flastering me isn't going to help things. You still have to buy me lunch."

I don't remember making an appointment for lunch with her, just saying, "I don't know what an honor it is for me to have lunch with you today?"

"Yesterday you said you needed a consultant." She looked at me a little playfully. "I don't think it's too much to charge you for lunch."

I react.Immediately afterwards I said, "Then that would be interference with market prices. I must treat you to a good dinner—I insist."

In fact, my mind still hasn't turned the corner.I've always been good at coming up with pretty words right away, but not so fast when it comes to substance.

She smiled. "It's better to accept respectfully than to refuse politely. Do you mind if we start now? I think you must have a busy schedule this afternoon."

I try to keep up the one-liners all the way to the appliance store.However, witticism is also a waste of brains. Maybe because I can't make ends meet, I haven't figured out why such a busy BCG partner chooses to visit at noon on Thursday.

And still accompany me to choose a refrigerator.

On the bright side, at least today, I am definitely going to get rid of the "owner of the house without a refrigerator" status.I forced myself to comfort myself.

"Can you tell me your needs for refrigerators?" Miss Pande asked me when I reached the door of BEST.

"I want a refrigerator of about [-] liters..."

My opening remarks had obviously startled her, and Miss Pender gave a "wow" but motioned for me to continue.

"Don't make too much noise when it works, and the freezing area must be large." I gestured and emphasized "big" to her, "It must be large. It is best to be a brand with good customer feedback after after-sales service. I am not sure about the price. sensitive."

Miss Pender tactfully agreed: "We're going to put the fridge next to the living and lounge areas, and it needs to hold a lot of frozen produce."

I hesitated for a moment: "Is it difficult to make the refrigerator silent?"

"If there's a lot of stuff in the fridge -- you know, that's pretty common for a six-hundred-liter fridge -- I'd say that's a pretty bold idea, and in the future, fridge makers should try to do that. To this extent, based on the current commercial level, there may still be some technical difficulties to be overcome if it is to act as if it does not exist throughout the night.” She said, “The refrigerator has to work 24 hours a day, and in the early morning Three points, you can really capture a lot of movement that you usually don't notice."

Thoughtful, I added, "It doesn't really have to be that quiet. I just don't want it to sound like the passengers are all on a roller coaster."

"Excuse me?" Miss Pender was a little surprised.

"Uh, it's the things in the refrigerator that are moving. It's not just the drinks, it's like the screws are shaking together, that kind of 'kuoda' 'kuoda' sound." After I finished describing it, I felt that my words were too childish. I didn't know how to go back, so I could only bite the bullet and ask her, "Don't you think it's like everything in the refrigerator is moving?"

Under the lighting of the mall, her smiling eyes became brighter.Miss Pande looked at me and said, "This is the first time I've heard this kind of statement. There are three main places where the refrigerator produces noise, the heart of the refrigeration system, the compressor, the condensing pipeline, and the vibration of the body. Among them, the compressor It is difficult to completely avoid the noise caused by the machine. Condensation pipelines can generally be solved through higher-cost designs and materials. This is where we can start... As for why the things in the refrigerator sometimes feel like a roller coaster, I think it is Caused by airframe vibrations. As you might have guessed, simply putting a piece of rubber under the fridge to absorb the vibrations would solve the problem."

This time it was my turn to say "wow": "You really know refrigerators, Sonia."

"Thank you. I'll take it as a compliment." She looked at me, then smiled and said, "You were right the other day about your childlike innocence. I think you still have a childlike innocence."