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At noon on Monday, my proposal was approved.

The boss first replied to my email alone, praised it, and then replied another email, copying it to all departments, and requesting that it be implemented from today.I happened to be dealing with the mailbox, and it was strange to see two emails popping up one after another. Just after reading the text, I found that the boss had sent me a message.

I immediately dialed the phone.

"It's good that you asked the man in the suit from BCG this morning." He praised me first, "I want to find time to chat with you about Vietnam. When are you free this week?"

In fact, I can talk about this now, but it would be nice to hold a meeting with the people below to update the information.The boss might just mention it casually. I thought about it and said, "The draft presentation at the annual meeting should be finished before the weekend. Shall we talk about it then?"

"Of course." His focus was not on this, "I don't know if you have checked the mailbox. Your new reporting process came just right, the timing and ideas are perfect, excellent proposal. I have asked that the entire department put into action."

I thanked, a little foggy.Did he just send a message asking me to call to accept his compliment?Boss rarely does such a thing.I was afraid that he was typing some code word and I missed it, so I said: "But this will put more pressure on the leaders of each group, and the workload of document collection will also increase. Will the few leaders led by Xiuwen Worried?"

"Now is a critical time, and everyone should be prepared. After all, you have to work with other people now...I will talk to those managers again, don't worry." The boss said, "This new process is very important. I will make sure Everyone understands the significance of doing so and fully cooperates with your work.”

I was flattered and said, "Thank you."

The boss's emails are not stingy with compliments, because the original sender is me, and he has copied it, which actually makes me show off.Could it be that it was made for Lao Huang to see?Our team is really close, even though I guessed so uncontrollably, in the next second, I suppressed the flame of doubt again.

It should be that the boss was once again surprised by my "workaholic" level.After all, the email from HR was sent yesterday, some people foolishly went to work in the company today, and some people have come up with a new reporting process.

But I'm not a workaholic.

really not.

"The big boss called me last night." He said, "Li Song has high hopes for you."

My eyelids twitched and I said, "Thanks to Jocelyn for this. I don't know what I did to make her look different."

The big boss really didn't tell the boss before.I hasten to clarify that this is not a job I took the initiative to take.

The boss's tone was very relaxed, as if he was chatting: "You can be more confident at your level. Josselin is very wise. I am not surprised that you can win her respect."

"Thank you Rudra, I will try my best to do the tasks assigned by the big boss while completing my work." But I dare not relax at all.These two are my bosses, although the boss is much closer to me, but there is still a difference in the bottom line, most of the time I speak carefully, not like Lao Huang.

"Speaking of which," the boss changed the subject, "the content of your work is often very sensitive, sometimes even highly confidential. I am always sure of your professionalism, I think, you must also pay attention to this point, right? "

This is obviously the meaning of the words.I said, "Of course. I'm serious about my reputation."

"Of course, I never doubted that. It's just that as head of department," he said in the same relaxed tone, "I feel it is my duty to remind you and to help you when you are confused."

My heart trembled, and I asked, "Are you suggesting that we should conduct more confirmations between processes?"

He wants to know how things are going?

But the boss quickly dispelled my worries: "No, in terms of process, you report to the big boss. I just want you to know that I am willing to provide you with reference if necessary."

"Then I want to thank you in advance." I said with a little smile, "It is always reassuring to have a leader like you."

This should be the first time the boss hit me.The words are both polite and harsh, and those who are a little more simple should be praised by such intensive praise and care.

I don't know if the boss himself meant it, or was it ordered by the boss?

Originally, I thought the big boss was not that kind of person.It’s not that he is really “obsessed with business”. Almost all the executives in our company have a background in consulting companies, and the big boss is no exception; his style.

But for no reason, how could the boss tell me this?Is he really worried that I will conduct some breach of contract information transactions with BCG?Or is it that I have too many worries, and he just wants to provide me with support, afraid that I will encounter difficulties, but he is unwilling to ask him because of various concerns?

The boss is introverted, not simple.I can still tell the difference.

If he asks me a second time, it may mean that he wants to "stuck": before the information from me is sent, he has to go through it with him again.

In this way, I am really a little embarrassed.But if I were in his position, I would do the same, at least the motivation is explained.

This week everyone is adapting to the new office model.For cross-regional Internet companies, it is normal to work across network cables or even time differences. This kind of "adaptation" is actually more about working hours.

Like my casual joke with Miss Pender the day I played golf, overtime pay is completely gone when I work from home.The boss can't wait to divide the workload of three weeks into one week. As for why it became like this——

When I received a reply email from the big boss at 01:30 in the morning, I felt relieved again.

Thinking about it in balance, at least when the kids get off work, the supervisor is still busy; after the supervisor has finished the meeting, the manager is still having a seminar with Brazil; He was busy until the time when his daughter would be complained by the neighbors if she practiced the piano again, while the big boss simply worked until the next day.

If it were me last year, I would never have dreamed that I would work overtime to such an extent during the most leisure time of the year.

So science and technology are the primary productive forces. Those pioneers in "History of Surplus Value Theory" must be ecstatic when they see the situation today, and they may come back to life and die again.

I couldn't sleep, I was holding my phone, but I didn't want to turn it on.The screen lights up from time to time, and the big boss has ordered something in the group.Even if other people are still awake, of course they pretend not to be awake. Otherwise, why do they have to get up at 01:30 to report to work?

I don't think about that, the paperwork is all done, and I'm going to play dead this weekend.

I really can't sleep.

Miss Pender's latest news is still lying in the chat software, I didn't click on it, so she can't see the read receipt, and she won't know that I'm still awake.She sent the message at [-] o'clock, which is really strange, she is such a person who pays attention to propriety, and it is reasonable to say that she would not send me a message after get off work hours.

I can't help but think of the scene of chatting that night.

Is this work time for her?

I swore I would never instant message a partner at midnight on a Friday again.Even though it's not a bad oath...

No, a swear is a swear.One cannot break one's vows, at least not.

I turned over and sat up suddenly.

What to do, still can't sleep.

I started looking for reasons.The overtime work this week is too serious. I must have a good rest on weekends, otherwise I won't be able to work next week.I can just stare for two days at a time—and I should take my mind off work.See what I've been thinking all day?Could it be that the boss wants me to eat and get a card?Will you play some tricks between me and Lao Huang?I have to think about other things. Every day I play "Resolve the Past", sing "Reconstruction of the Alliance" with Kevin's department, and compete in Tai Chi Kung Fu with BCG's talents. My mind is already out of order.

I'm so out of my mind that I think it's going to be private news.

But in case—

No, it's impossible.She must have wanted to talk to me about the previous incident.I thought again of her pressing against my ear, asking if I would help her—and I swished on the light, and rushed to the living room to get the package.

I owe it, I thought as I unpacked it, I'm too busy.At the end of the year, there was no gap in business trips, and all training was cut off. It's only been a few months?I have the energy to spend this kind of thinking and thinking about it—it’s not busy enough—I looked at the two boxes lying in the cardboard box, what urgent problem can this kind of electric silicone solve?

At this moment, I deeply realized that the big boss is my noble person.

Yes, you have to work overtime.

I press the phone on.

The moment I clicked on the work group, a wonderful idea suddenly flooded into my mind: What if I disconnect from the Internet?

Now that the message has been sent to my mobile phone, whether it is the last online time or the read receipt, it can only be realized by reading the data on my side and sending it back to the server?I turn on the airplane mode now, turn it off after reading it, and return to her tomorrow morning, no one will know.Even if it's useless, it's almost two o'clock now, as long as she gets up early tomorrow, what can she know?

I'm just more curious.

I'm curious about the news, not about her.

As the saying goes, those who know the few and use them win, I will read the news tonight, and I will return to her tomorrow morning, and I can still think about strategies in my dream.If there is a time difference, and I am not stupid, then she will definitely lose this round.

right?

In the preview, the latest message from Miss Pender is: "Would you like to have..."

I reconfirmed that I was disconnected from the Internet, and clicked to read it.

There are three messages from her.

"It's been a long week. I just finished work."

"You're right about our schmoozing earlier. Thirty livers would be necessary to work from home, and I also think we should thank the liver. It doesn't have pain cells."

"Would you like to have dinner with me? Tomorrow night."

It was so late at night that I couldn't tell what the joke about the liver meant.Is she just chatting?

Or does she really remember everything we said?

To wait for the unforeseen is the way to know victory.right?

It's a fart.