woman wearing irish linen shirt

Kevin stayed put and had no one-on-one contact with me until Friday.

I didn't think too much about it. After all, Hui Lin is an HR, and the chances of meeting Kevin at work are limited.The most useful words are to make the listener feel that the speaker has no intention. She must not have found the right time.

My original thought was just icing on the cake, and I didn't put all the treasures on Hui Lin.We have such a firm attitude towards retaining the self-developed system. Naturally, BCG should have received wind of our actions in the past two days.Miss Pender is bound to talk to me about this matter, and there will be plenty to talk about at tonight's meeting.I plan to procrastinate as much as possible, and it would be best if I can postpone it until after the conference ends on Monday.

The thought of seeing her right away made me feel a little... weird.

excited?Not to mention excited.The brain may have already learned the path of seesaw with her. After a confrontation, am I not physically and mentally exhausted?The adrenaline was so full that it rushed to every corner when I needed it. My breathing accelerated and my heart palpitations were all caused by her.People who are about to have a big war don't get excited, they just tremble.

Are you tired?There may be some, but that is more of my inability to understand the general trend.It would be better to say that every time I compete with her, I find it interesting.This sudden realization took me by surprise, but Miss Pender was undeniably funny and made me feel understood for a long time.No matter how out-of-the-ordinary knowledge I found from my memory, no matter where my code words were hidden behind the mountain, she listened carefully and deciphered them one by one.

After dinner, I put on the lipstick and unscrew the eyebrow pencil.

Am I special to her?

Since the day she came, I did consciously treat her differently.It is very difficult to deal with a person coldly while maintaining a high-intensity business relationship. If you don't treat it specially, the imbalance will be a matter of minutes.I don't mind work overpowering life, this is my normal state, if that is the case, maybe I can beat her with my rich experience.But if it's another...

Am I special to her?

I looked in the mirror and was still unsatisfied, so I opened the drawer and got my hair stuff.I have a lot of hair and it feels fluffy every time I wash it, but when it comes to work, it's better to take the attention away from my appearance - but doesn't it look prettier to keep it like this?

I couldn't be more ordinary to her. If I want to talk about the special thing, it's just tailoring her clothes.

"The Analects" also talks about teaching students according to their aptitude. Can it be said that Confucius was partial to his students?Can't!

I wiped my eyebrows, the eyebrows were not natural enough just now, I have to do it again.

"Good evening." Miss Pan De appeared on the video side on time, "The new hairstyle is very nice. Do you have a date next?"

"Thanks. I have an appointment with Unread Mail." I looked at her. "You look good. I don't think you've had a lot of overtime this week?"

"You're fine too. Have you finally found the balance between work and life?" She raised her eyebrows and didn't respond positively to my guess.

"It's hard, I think I'm more looking for my own rhythm." I opened my eyes and said nonsense, "Well, Li Song will attend the meeting next Monday, I think you must be prepared. This is our period The last online meeting of time, right?"

"Yes," said Miss Pender, "are you in Group A or Group B?"

She is asking about our shift schedule after working in groups.

"I'm in group B, and theoretically I'm going to be working from home again in two weeks." I blink. "Free tidbit, Kevin's in group B. So you're either seeing two bastards at the same time , or the annoying thing disappears when the screen is turned off."

"I wouldn't say you're a nuisance," she said slowly. "At least you're not."

"Then maybe Kevin is a nuisance?" I said, "Or maybe not?"

She asked a little mischievously, "Do you want him to be a nuisance?"

I remained calm: "It sounds like there is something in the words."

She didn't speak, just rested her chin on the back of her hand and looked at me with a smile for a while.I didn't respond when I heard her say, "I heard you lost your temper at the meeting this week."

I frowned on purpose: "Who said that?"

"You know, it's just... people gossiping." She deliberately teased me, leaning very close, her eyelashes fully exposed under the camera, and the light from the screen seemed to light up her eyes, "I can't imagine you getting angry. "

To be precise, it was my image that lit her eyes.

"I didn't." I pursed my lips. "Professionals never lose their temper."

"That's right, it's from someone," she also pouted, "the person who did that."

Miss Pender was so pretty when she made funny faces.I looked away, stopped joking with her, and asked, "According to the news you got, was I very angry at that time?"

She nodded seriously: "It is said that your face is frosted, and people are afraid to speak."

"There's a big misunderstanding here. A big misunderstanding," I emphasized. "I just laughed."

"Laughing coldly," she added.

I took a breath: "Okay."

I compromised.

"Tell me," she shook her head lightly, looking interested, "who said what to make you angry?"

"Your, 'people,'" I used her words, "didn't 'people' tell you that? Just relay my anger?"

"Maybe they have something to say. It's always hard for me to remember unimportant people and those unimportant words." Miss Pan De pointed out, "Aren't you going to tell me?"

I looked at her: "I feel that your colleagues sometimes seem to pay more attention to the form of things than their essence. This is detrimental to the actual work, and one of my colleagues, not knowing why, expressed approval of this approach. I was very surprised."

"Has SAP left you with such a bad impression in the past?" Her emotions were restrained, "Among the top [-] companies, [-]% of them choose to use SAP software. For a company of your size, it is recommended to replace the data The system is summed up from experience in our long-term practice."

"So that's a routine?" My eyebrows raised slightly. "I don't need that routine."

"But it seems that it's not just you." Her fingertips had slipped from her cheeks to her chin unknowingly, "I heard that the director of the R&D department was also persuaded? Li Song seems to be very interested in this, he still First request for a rescheduled meeting."

"A complete system is not cheap. I think Li Song's presence is a manifestation of being responsible for the company's project expenditures."

"It must be your due diligence."

"That's right." I immediately admitted. "Replacing the data integration system is the wrong path. I can't watch us turn around and fail. It doesn't fit my aesthetics."

Miss Pender looked at me.She rested her index finger on her chin, her lips parted slightly, and her eyes became deeper and deeper.There was a light flickering between her pupils, like the cold light of a screen, like her floor lamp, or like a splendor that came out of nowhere, and it came out of nowhere.

Her eyes were the first to move.The corners of the eyes moved, and so did the lips, and I heard Miss Pender say, "What if I ask?"

I froze for a moment.

"What would you do if I asked you to cooperate with BCG and persuade your company to give up the self-developed system?"

I was silent for two or three seconds, then raised my head and said, "Then I will cooperate with this stupid request."

How would Miss Pender react?

Nothing.

Neither impatient nor annoyed at my arrogance, she just lit up, laughed, and said, "Now I see why they describe you like that. You have a bad temper in a good soul, don't you?" ?”

"I don't have what you said, neither." I restrained my spirit, "Recently, you have begun to believe in things like souls?"

"Just a harmless superstition." She blinked. "I don't want to be stupid. So, we probably won't get a chance to see if you actually cooperate."

I immediately reacted and asked, "So in your opinion, there is room for change in this matter?"

"That's just us trying to help." Miss Pender said, "If you feel unnecessary, this plan can of course be postponed."

After listening to her words, instead of feeling at ease, I found that my heart was even more foggy.

She is so talkative, but BCG's performance at the meeting did not fully implement her will, and her attitude was very stubborn; on the other hand, An Ning wanted to speak up for BCG at all costs. Whose order was this based on?

Or did we make too much noise after the meeting and they changed their minds?

"There is one thing that makes me very curious." I tried to slow down my speech, "What conditions did you offer Kevin?"

She was obviously surprised, but she didn't look away.Miss Pan De didn't answer immediately, as if she was observing me, she narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "If you were me, what would you give?"

CEO of a new company?This is my knee-jerk reaction.

"Depends on what I want him to do," I said. "People always get paid to match what they give."

"So, what can he do? Yao, what do you think Kevin can do that you can't?"

Too much.

Although the reporting line is the same, Kevin, as the head of the department, has much more power in his hands than I do.The weight of our speech is also different: it may not be obvious in the company, but if it is a group meeting, Kevin often needs to speak actively or passively; and I, without being someone’s deputy, can even speak. Fishing throughout the meeting.

More importantly, with Kevin's ambition, he can provide loyalty for the CEO position.

"I feel that this candidate is a bit repetitive." I remained calm, "Is he better than me?"

She looked at me with amazement in her eyes: "Finally, you are willing to show your confidence."

Kevin has reached some sort of agreement with BCG.Although I had guessed before, it was still not as accurate as Miss Pender's certainty in person.

She told me on purpose today.

why?