woman wearing irish linen shirt

I took off my mask.With her gone, this caution is no longer necessary.

There was an indentation on her face as she said, which should disappear in a few hours, but the heat left by her is still there.My mind was full of random thoughts, and I turned on the computer to persuade myself to work overtime for a while to calm down, but I couldn't sit still.

Inside the "plastic wrap" is a scroll painting of Bucky.When I took the scroll out, I immediately had a guess. I opened it up and searched the Internet. The simple packaging and expensive paintings were all in return for the pen I gave her.

This is a relatively small painting, with strong New York School traces in style, but the color is very special. When I first opened it, I thought it was a highly abstract gold leaf painting.This painting is very familiar. There was a similar painting in the gallery that Miss Pande took me to before, and I checked and found that it was the same artist's work.

Like the setting sun tempered and sprinkled on the canvas, there are red-hot fires everywhere.

Is this a riddle or a riddle?I used that homework paper for my packaging, and what did she want to imply to me?

The painting fits the living room so well that it scares me.If I opened it in front of her before, it would be difficult for me to control myself.She is sure that I will accept it. Does she believe that the pen is indeed made by me?Are you lying to me?Or is it simply a gift from her?

I was throbbing, and I couldn't tell whether Miss Pender came too early or too late in my life.

But now is not the right time.

This tough battle is too critical, and the situation is extremely complicated.Kevin and the boss, the big boss can't believe it, as long as I walk steadily and press accurately, my future is limitless.Every previous promotion can be said to be lucky, but now it is a rare opportunity.My position is extremely challenging and I really enjoy it.If at this juncture I apply for avoidance because of a conflict of interest, let alone me, I guess Jocelyn can just bury me in the ground and burn my bones to ashes on the spot.

I can not.

Monday afternoon is our routine reporting time to the big boss.I sent a message in the morning, hoping to chat for a while alone.The control situation in Singapore has achieved initial results. The "circuit breaker" action will be extended for four weeks until the beginning of June. The big boss is very busy today and has a meeting with HR in the evening, so I will make a long story short.

"I believe that the latest approved framework is the skeleton used by BCG for the company's split." I used English because I was talking about daily work before, and I haven't changed it yet. "But their work progress may be difficult to measure. There are too many limiting factors. In addition, I also suggest that we ask them to disassemble the deliverables in more detail and create obstacles for them in terms of workload."

The big boss nodded: "Yes." He switched to Mandarin again, "Have you rested yet?"

"It's all over, please worry about it, it will definitely not be a problem at work." I promised the ticket, the big boss smiled and nodded again.When I talk about work again, it is also in Mandarin, and it is never a bad thing to keep pace with your immediate boss: "By the way, I have a need here, and it should not be difficult to realize. Can you consider asking your technical colleagues to make it as soon as possible?" ?I want to make a port in the background of the file viewing record on the intranet. Now we can only see the number of file viewing and downloading. I hope to realize the function of viewing the list of viewers.”

"Okay, I'll authorize you, you can just talk to them directly." The big boss said without thinking, "You don't need to ask me for such a trivial matter, as I said earlier, it is a special matter."

Is this still a trivial matter?I had mixed feelings and said, "Thank you for your trust."

"Why, Sonia asked you for something?"

"I can only say that there is such a sign." I lied, "Be prepared."

The big boss nodded, without any intention of asking.With different social status, the situation is naturally different, no matter whether he believes it or not, it still makes me feel a little bit proud that he values ​​me so much.I selected several data, from three or four years ago to the month when the department was split, read them separately, downloaded them and saved them in the computer.This thing is hot, and those with good skills will know what's going on at a glance. Even if I want to give it to them, I have to deal with it first.

Then I found Lao Ye who was on Jocelyn's list, and he recommended me a colleague in charge of intranet maintenance.If I don't say hello first, the manager over there will definitely send a kid over to talk to me first. The less people who know about this matter, the better. I don't want any negligence in the process.

In addition to the requirement explained to the big boss, I also requested an additional backup.Changing the data in the public space is too noisy, but it is still no problem to make a fake public space and then modify it.This preparation was not to disentangle myself—

I'm sure Miss Pender's candidate is not the only one.Although I agreed to her, maybe even the fastest to agree, it is hard to guarantee that she has no alternative.

There are very few people I can trust.How short was Jocelyn's list?The founder’s faction was almost unscathed, not to mention the COO and the boss, after all, the position is sensitive; but the support department has no bones left, and the head of HR is not on the list. If something happens, the only one I can find is Hui Lin.

She is in charge of finance, general affairs, and employee training, but she can't get stuck in the transfer of personnel, and the support she can provide is limited.

In addition, there are only two veterans in the technical department who have long been financially free, Lao Ye who helped me today, and Liang Heng, who is in charge of network security. of.The prying of this corner was quite unsuccessful, and Chief Liang was fishing every day in the "South Seas Fishing Technology Exchange" discussion group.

Of course no one dared to tell him about it.

Next comes the hardest part...

On Thursday, when it was completely dark, Miss Pender, who attended the day meeting, met me again on Skype.

"Good evening," I said, "Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Good evening." Miss Pan De didn't answer, but stayed quietly for a while, and said with some warmth, "I think the network status should be good today?"

This man is really...

I knew she was hinting at the flirtation that night.She obviously didn't believe that the network anomaly at that time was just a coincidence, but she didn't come to confirm to me that simple side-stepping can get twice the result with half the effort.

I originally wanted to pretend that I didn't understand, but I also felt that I couldn't do everything she wanted.To deal with bad-hearted people, hiding alone is not enough.Resisting the pressure, I smiled and said, "Of course. I've checked beforehand."

Miss Pan De listened, without much expression.She just nodded slightly, as if she had just chosen an irrelevant topic of conversation, and now she has put it behind her: "You said earlier that you are very open to interviews. Mind if we chat casually tonight?"

"Welcome." I adjusted my collar.

"Before you talked about the different styles of the two departments. You supported the decision to split the department at that time. Is this understanding correct?"

"I would say that was the most efficient way to do it at the time. Now it looks like it wasn't perfect, and it continued to cause us some pain and internal friction - but it was better than doing nothing anyway." Speaking of business I am still very confident, I just need to be careful not to be led into the pit by her.

She was noncommittal: "How to say it?"

"At that time, we had too few resources." Miss Pan De should have seen more of this kind of division of resources, and the resulting office struggles, so I didn't say too much. I understand, talking too much is easy to follow the truth.

I went on to add: "From the perspective of internal management, the split into two departments has given us more support. In terms of connecting with third parties and handling external affairs, this division also makes the work much cleaner. For Internet companies Such a 'refreshing' is still necessary."

Miss Pan De nodded, her attitude seemed casual: "Is this why you oppose the split and reorganization of the company? Do you think that merging them together is not conducive to the development of work?"

"Indeed, I can't say that I agree with this plan." I answered the words almost subconsciously, without blinking my eyes to cover up my shock.

What's going on, is she suspicious of me or is she just cheating on me?

No, no, in the company, my neutral attitude is very obvious.Of course, I will not support the work of BCG with great fanfare. Even if I contact her privately, I will always be sloppy when it comes to the key issue of "yes" or "no".She shouldn't be suspicious of me because of this, maybe it's just a temptation.

But even if it is a temptation, because it comes from Miss Pan De, I dare not underestimate it.

I brought the topic back to the actual business: "Looking at the same problem at different time nodes, the observation results are often different. Now the development of crab shells is very smooth, and cross-regional cooperation is gradually increasing. We and It’s the European division that incurs a lot of communication costs, which obviously need to be optimized…”

Previously, the focus of BCG's work was on the optimization of cross-departmental communication. I deliberately exaggerated the severity of communication costs, but that's enough.Miss Pan De didn't seem like someone who could be easily fooled by two flatterers. However, no matter how vigilant she was, she had to relax to a certain extent.

"But these problems have not been around for a long time." I said, "After the third quarter of last year, we faced this challenge more frequently. The original split also went through a long discussion. It cannot be said that it has appeared in the last year. New problems, simply after a few meetings, we went to the hypothetical department to merge this plan to take away the new problems along with the old problems.

"So I do have some concerns. On the other hand, it's still important to embrace change."

"It seems that it is necessary to understand the side of the problem from different time points..." Miss Pan De said, using my original words, "We are back to the original point."

After speaking, she looked at me through the camera.

I understand.

She wants that data.