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When I returned to the company in the afternoon, I was told that Sanjay had come to see me again during this period.I haven't heard anything. He should be planning to invite me to lunch or something in person.

This is so weird.Sanjay and I have never had any friendship, and it was the first time we dealt with each other alone last week when we exchanged opinions from our respective departments. Why did he come again?After dealing with the delay at noon, I tentatively asked him if I would meet him in the conference room.Sanjay didn't answer until five o'clock in the afternoon.In the middle of the meeting, his news popped up, and finally we settled in the nearby coffee shop, and we will go over to chat after work later.

This matter made me a little distracted all afternoon, and I couldn't help thinking: If he is so secretive, he probably wants to surrender, right?

We were able to meet at 08:30.When I looked up, most of the lights on the [-]th floor were on. I don't know if it was BCG or our company's employees who were still struggling.

As expected of Sanjay, Sangjie didn't exchange a few words of greetings, and asked me directly: "What do you think of An Ning?"

I'm a little lost on what this is.Is it blindfolded?

"About her business level?"

"Yes. We are trying to get her officially transferred, but we need a detailed document," Sanjay said. "You should have received the CC."

"Too many emails this week, I'm sorry." There were so many question marks in my mind that they began to take up space with each other, "You know, when Ning was seconded to your project team, we had separated offices, and I didn't actually talk to her. Worked together."

Sanjay nodded, and even started to share Anning's work situation with me: "I have a very good impression of her. Although I can't be too specific, but in the evaluation at the end of the year, I think her performance exceeded most of the categories. My expectations..."

Isn't that too specific?What is Sanjay trying to say?

I didn't want to just passively hear something I shouldn't know, so I interrupted him: "I'm sorry, but can I ask why you asked me out today?"

"Because we are fighting for a data analyst. I think it is necessary to tell you in advance," Sanjay said innocently, "considering that we will reorganize into a subsidiary later, it is not better to maintain good communication habits from now on." ?"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa—" I put my hands over my chest and signaled him to wait, "Who said we'd be reorganized as a subsidiary?"

This time it seemed Sanjay's turn to be puzzled.He frowned slightly: "Aren't the people from BCG here to take charge of the company's split and reorganization?"

I took a breath: "BCG is here to do resource integration projects."

"And that's what splitting and reorganization means."

I looked at him for a few seconds before I said, "Who sent you here?"

"sorry?"

"Who sent you here?" I repeated. "Did Kevin send you to ask us last week if we approve of a breakup?"

Sanjay opened his mouth, and his brows frowned even tighter: "I only represent myself."

"Let me double check—why did you ask me out to dinner last week?"

"As I said at the time, Kevin and I both feel that the continuation of such competition is not conducive to the long-term development of the company, and we should be friendly."

"—for the subsequent company reorganization?"

"some type of?"

"What do you mean by 'like', can you be more precise?"

"It's like that, from my judgment." Sanjay's tone was a little anxious, "Kevin didn't make it so clear, you know him."

I was in a cold sweat.

"Sanjay," I lowered my voice, "this matter has yet to be negotiated, do you understand?"

"I don't quite understand. It would be helpful if you could clarify." Sanjay turned his head away from me, was silent for a moment, then turned around and said, "Do you mean that someone doesn't want us to be demolished?"

"As of now, no one has said that we are going to split up and reorganize, including BCG-except you."

After Sanjay heard the words, after a few seconds, his expression suddenly became flustered.

"I won't say it outside." I promised him before he could speak, "tell me you haven't mentioned this to anyone else."

He shook his head quickly: "No."

"Didn't Kevin say that too?"

"Neither did Kevin."

"Okay." I was also dubious, but there was nowhere to find evidence for this matter, "If I were you, I wouldn't go around with Kevin on this matter. It's better to be on the edge and know nothing than to be sucked into the center of the storm .Kevin is a master of the middle. If you try to talk to him, you will only be caught by him. If what I said made you feel slighted, I am sorry."

Sanjay was silent for a while.

"Thank you, Yao," he said finally.

I just shook my head.

When I got home, I immediately called my boss.

"Where are you now?"

"At home." I replied.

The boss's tone softened a little: "This message is very important, Yao. Good job."

"Thank you." After I finished speaking, I stopped talking, and both ends of the phone were quiet for a while.As far as the impression left by official contact is concerned, Sanjay will neither play information warfare nor psychological warfare with me—it’s not necessary, neither of us is the head of the department—nor is he such a risky person, If he did this on purpose, it could only mean that there was an instigator behind him.Kevin couldn't do it.Kevin is playing like this unless he is crazy, but who else is it, a member of the group?

After all, we don't know whether Kevin has anything to do with the group. After all, he didn't transfer directly from the group, but jumped over here.The boss of his employment situation said something to me in a cryptic way, and the direct referral is our COO, but it is not known which line is behind the COO.It's hard to say what happened to Kevin and the BCG people. He knew that BCG was going to do our company's project, but he obviously didn't know the specific content.Who provided him with this well-chosen information in advance?Does Kevin know that he has been set up?Is this a bureau for Kevin?

When I think of Kevin, I feel a little annoyed, and it is difficult to concentrate, so I quickly shook my head.

I'm still leaning toward Sanjay knowing nothing.The boss probably thinks so too, but my role is not to give him a megaphone for a point.

"Rudra, listen to me," I said first, "assuming this is not a game, and Sanjay really doesn't know anything, then it's not a bad thing. I don't want to get into empty talk, at least we know that this is not good for the current situation." would have worse consequences. We don't need to waste time on this possibility."

"I am listening."

"Kevin is not stupid. Kevin will not directly wrestle with the big boss, at least not at this stage-if someone else instructs Sanjay to do this, then the purpose is obviously directed at us. As long as we don't bite the hook Okay. Now there is too little information, and there is no point in checking it."

"I agree with your idea." The boss asked a few more questions about other work matters, and suddenly shot back, "Did you say anything to Sanjay?"

"No."

"I hope you didn't offer him your point of view."

I didn't tell the truth: "No. I didn't say anything."

But that's not a lie either.I'm really not offering any business perspective.

"Okay. If there is nothing else, let's stop here tonight." The boss's voice sounded a little tired.He greeted me a few more times before hanging up, but I guess no one is going to get a good night's sleep tonight.

It was already past one in the morning the next day when I went to take a shower.The joy of having a perfect refrigerator has been washed away, and now I just don't have the energy to get home early because I want to clean up the pile of things by the door.Looking back on the day, I don't feel very well, a wave of frustration, followed by shame: I was too smug.The main method of the big boss's confession was to establish a good relationship with Miss Pan De, but the ultimate goal was not this.Reflecting on it now, which of my living conditions, eating habits, and even my private life didn’t come out unsuspectingly in the process of choosing a refrigerator?Although they certainly did not intend to inquire, this laxity still made me realize the difference between myself and Miss Pender.

I've only been with the consulting firm for a year.Because it was really against my aspirations, that year, even though I learned a lot, I basically felt like I wasted my time.

In the face of people who are stronger than myself, I should be cautious.

Judging from the few words that Sanjay revealed today, An Ning should not only be officially transferred, but probably even promoted.According to my speculation, after the official announcement, she should be the assistant manager.Our company's unified salary adjustment and promotion announcement time is April, and there are very few special changes like this.Now that the current situation is sensitive and there are changes, I can't stop thinking about it.

This weekend, I should stay with An Ning.Because of the age difference, we seldom play together, and we are so busy now, if not for special reasons, I would not have agreed so simply: An Ning's sister is coming to Singapore to see her.I was hesitant to set her up when the time came.On the one hand, she is still low-level, so she is unlikely to be involved in core affairs. If there is anything, she will easily startle the snake; on the other hand, I feel a little sorry for treating An Ning like this.

Of course, how much this "somewhat" is depends on how much intelligence value she actually bears.I am a man of conscience.

On Saturday morning, I hurriedly settled the perfect refrigerator in my new home, freshened up, and was ready to meet Sister Anning.