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My first reaction was that it was impossible.She is so beautiful, if I have seen her, I won't lose my impression.Of course, it's inappropriate even to have such an indecent idea in my mind, I just pretended that it never appeared in my mind, looked at Miss Pender, and showed a proper puzzlement.

"You're not from Harvard, are you?" She looked at me.

"No," I was from the technical school next door, I thought to myself, but she certainly didn't understand the stalk in English, "I did my PhD at MIT. I moved to Cambridge in '11 and stayed there for five years. You mean when we..."

She smiled and shook her head.

I thought about several possibilities, and felt that the probability was the highest when I was in a consulting company.I will definitely remember when we met on the project. If I just passed by, it would not be said that he was in business class and I was in economy class. How could an executive pay attention to a small soldier like me?The more I thought about it, the more I lost my mind, and I calmed down and said softly, "Miss Pan De—"

"Please," she looked at me sincerely, "just call me Sonia."

"Sonia," I said, calling her name at her sign, "tell me, where the hell did we meet?"

She showed an expression of successful prank for a moment, but it faded away quickly, leaving a gentle smile, and said, "Frankfurt Airport."

I squinted my eyes.I have only been to Frankfurt Airport three times, once for business last year, and twice for connecting flights, when I was an exchange student in Hamburg.When I got the answer, I was even more confused now.I had a hunch that she wasn't telling the truth, at least it wasn't the whole truth, but the questioning at the beginning had already cost me all my self-willedness. This is a partner who is several levels above me. discount.I sighed deliberately, and looked at Miss Pender: "My curiosity is unprecedentedly active."

"Your curiosity has to learn to find out for itself," said Miss Pender.

We stop at a subway station.She took out a mask from her handbag and handed it to me: "I think you don't mind accepting this."

In Singapore in February, it was not the same as in China. In fact, she was the first non-Chinese I saw wearing a mask except for the boss.I didn't expect that she would give me a special mask, and I felt a little shivering even when I said thank you.

"See you later," she said.

"See you tomorrow." I watched her go forward before turning back to the subway station.

After putting away the new mask, I turned out the day one and put it on again.She is really a good person. The reason why I didn't wear a mask before was because I was afraid that she would think I was impolite, so she gave me one specially.But when I thought that the purpose of this good man coming to the company was still unclear, my heart became heavy again.

After taking the subway for 10 minutes, I bought fish and chips at the food court downstairs of a nearby HDB building, and walked for another 10 minutes to go home.This apartment was delivered last year, but because I have been on a business trip, most of the furniture and electrical appliances I bought were piled up at the door. I only tore off the film of the sofa when I came back yesterday, and dragged the heavy leather single-seater sofa to the window. stop.The neighbors were kind and did not complain to me.

In fact, as soon as I got the PR, I said to buy a house, but I was too busy. The news that the additional buyer’s stamp duty was raised again in the summer of the previous year suddenly became the headlines of the news.Tax, because it is the first home, although it needs to be paid in one lump sum, the figures are generally not too scary.How much is it?

Ninety-two thousand Singapore dollars.

This two-bedroom house carries all my savings.

I nestled on the single-seater sofa with my computer in my arms, and occasionally made a couple of bites of rice to fill my stomach.The person in charge of South America has an expression of not waking up. I listened to his introduction as if nothing had happened. If you speak in a hurry and cough, things will be revealed.My skills in this area are very consummate.If you want to say why, besides being very talented, it may also have a lot to do with my years of training.

It's just that when I was a child, stealing food in class was a glutton, but now I have to eat hastily.

Lao Huang, if you want to say why he is so good at digging holes for people, it may also be a talent.I answered his phone while rolling my eyes, muttering: "You really know how to pick your time, I just finished a meeting with St. Paul's."

"Are you in the middle of dinner?" Lao Huang smiled meanly. I heard the sound of their two sons fighting each other, and knew that he had gone home.

"Oh." I didn't bother to talk to him at all.If this grandson is really Chinese, instead of saying "on the way to dinner" at this moment, he would say: "Are you eating?" Coupled with his laughter, I don't know how angry he will be .

Stuttering again, I said, "What big gold mine have you dug?"

"The BCG guys didn't intend to make me an outsider, but Kevin and them have a lot in common..." Lao Huang was silent for a moment, "Most of the time I just listen to what they say. I'm disappointed."

"Don't worry about it. Just imagine yourself as a supervisor. Our goal is not to play the next game, but at least we can't make the two teams become one team, right?" I comforted, "They are just a bunch of men in suits bragging about each other, fitness, Talking about funds and famous watches, and talking about Japanese whiskey in high-altitude bars are all bubbles."

"I should make some suits too. What do you think?"

"If you want." As soon as I finished speaking, I heard a light laugh from the other end of the phone.

... You were kidding me, you didn't take it to heart at all!

"Okay, okay," he said before I could speak, "to be honest, they didn't talk about anything special, and I don't know if it's because of me, or if they just want to spend some relaxing time together - before we parted. Ask Yimin, and he says they will be here for at least six months."

I was on the alert all of a sudden, six months, this is a long project.After thinking about it, I said, "Xinhe Yimin are from the Greater China office. In this situation, I would not be surprised if BCG let them stay in Singapore. Maybe they have business with other companies."

"No, what he meant was to stay in our company."

It is clear to me that this is not about providing an optimization plan, but about helping us implement long-term projects such as strategic implementation.This isn't good news, so I said lightheartedly, "Good job. That's good news. Tell the boss yourself."

"Are you going?" He didn't care.

"It's best to call him tonight, I won't lie to you."

He made a nasal sound, but didn't speak immediately.After a few seconds, he said, "By the way, my wife knows you're back. Can you come over for dinner this weekend?"

"She's really nice." Lao Huang's wife is from China, and she cooks well, so I always flatter her.After a pause, I said, "But for a while, we may not have time to eat at home. You have to be mentally prepared."

Hanging up the phone, I sighed.

They are a consulting company, and it is possible to do some auxiliary work, but the chances of officially appearing as the main force in the acquisition negotiations are very slim.The Group has spent so much money in our company, and when it sees the harvest, it is even less likely to cash out and leave the market at this moment-stay for six months.I didn't know what to do. When I was in my old company, I had never followed such a long-term project. Usually, the report was delivered within a month or two. Why did they stay so long... and the team leader was still a partner.I can't say whether the sloppy meeting during the day is a kick-off meeting or not. In the group, only Lao Huang got wind of it beforehand, and there were only two people from Kevin and his side during the meeting.

If you want to hold money in your hands, the first thing you need to do is to bluff people.Although the people who came were of a high level and they were bluffed, this was by no means a normal number of ways.I still tend to think of it as a simple contact during the day, maybe the big boss wants to give our department a heads-up in this way...

So, BCG may indeed be invited by the group.

As soon as I arrived at the company the next day, Lao Huang winked at me.The boss obviously told him something on the phone last night. Lao Huang usually wears a T-shirt and shorts, but today he changed into a cotton casual shirt, and his pants were changed to long trousers.I still wear a collarless shirt with a skirt. Who told me to always be in charge of external business in our department?

It's going to be a tough fight, and I've brought high heels just in case.But the most important thing right now is the affairs of the third party in Vietnam.It started late there, and the number of odds is small. The entire operation mode is very different from Singapore. It needs to adapt to local conditions, and most of the plans have to be started from scratch.The head of Ho Chi Minh's office used to be from our department, and he was the one responsible for landing and contacting, and he had more things to worry about.It’s just that the Vietnamese model can be applied to several other Southeast Asian countries. The big boss attaches great importance to it, and usually asks the most. What can we do? The boss and I will work overtime.

While working on something for the demo, I thought, if only I could have the speed of the BCG guys to make slides.Do they have a universal template or something, just change a few subject names and you can go directly to the stage?

A reminder from the boss suddenly popped up in the lower right corner——Okay, here we come.

Lao Huang and I looked at each other, lowered our heads, and put on our high-heeled shoes.Half of the people in the department packed up, I took the computer and entered the elevator, and Xiao Ding, who was standing outside, pressed the button for the sixteenth floor.

The elevator doors open.Many people don't know it yet, but Lao Huang and I are already on the verge of a formidable enemy.A group of people walked to the widest meeting room in the middle of the floor. I pushed open the door with a smile on my face.

"What a morning!" Kevin looked at me at eye level and smiled, showing his expensive teeth under his well-groomed beard, "Yao, do you think so?"

"As you said." I agreed deeply, looked past him, and shook hands with him in front of him.

"Hello, Yao."

"Hi, Sonia," I said to Miss Pender.