From Pokfulam to Central

With Wen Zhong's referral, Qu Zhi soon received an online written test invitation from Xinjie, and after passing the test, he participated in a group interview and a one-to-many final interview.The entire application process took less than three weeks in total, and Xinjie gave a formal employment notice, and he could become a full-time employee after a three-month trial period.

On a certain Friday in late autumn, exactly three months before the day Qu Zhi joined the job, the institute approved his application for becoming a full-time employee, and prepared all the formalities at the same time, waiting for him to receive the graduation certificate issued by the school.

It was rare that there was no overtime on this day, and it was the weekend again, so Qu Zhi went back to Pinggu's house directly after get off work.Liu Jie and her colleagues transferred the big night shift and went home to cook for her son, celebrating that the work was finally settled.

When Qu Zhi got home, his mother was choosing dishes in the kitchen. He wanted to go over and help, but Liu Jie said that the meal tonight was meant to reward him, and it didn't make sense for the protagonist to follow along.

Qu was more stubborn than Liu Jie, so he had to obediently go back to the living room, sitting and watching TV while waiting for the meal to be ready.The programs during the news broadcast period were very boring, Qu Zhi took out his cell phone and called Wen Zhong.

"Senior," the phone was picked up before it rang twice. Listening to the voices around him, Qu Zhi guessed that Wen Zhong was still working overtime in the office, "Are you still busy, how about I call you later?"

"It's okay." Wen Zhong clamped the phone between his shoulders and ears, and continued typing on the keyboard with his hands, "Go ahead."

"Well," Qu Zhi casually pressed the remote control to switch channels, "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that my probationary period is over today, and after I go to Hong Kong next week to get my graduation certificate back, all the procedures will be completed. So I asked I asked if you have time recently, and I would like to treat you to a meal, thank you for helping me find such a good job."

"Your process is going pretty fast," Wen Zhong thought about it in his heart. Today, less than four months have passed since he promised to give him an internal referral during the last meal. Those who have joined the job, no matter what, it takes four or five months after getting the job to become a regular, because usually the three-month probationary period is over before the regularization process is started, and then the whole set of procedures will take at least one month. You are good, not only the probation is over All the procedures were completed on the same day, and your graduation certificate was still waiting for you, so this efficiency is really rare!"

Qu Zhi felt a little awakened by Wen Zhong's words, and said embarrassedly, "Well, maybe Li Lu doesn't want to waste too much time on such trivial matters, so the procedures are relatively simple."

"Li Lu?" Wen Zhong didn't realize it, "Li Yan? Is your current boss Li Yan? I remember I pushed your resume to another team that was involved in contract disputes..."

"Oh, that's right," Qu Zhi recalled the interview and explained, "It was indeed the secretary of Liu Lu's team who contacted me for the written test at the beginning, but later both Liu Lu and Li Lu came for the group interview. At that time, I probably felt that my performance was not bad, so I discussed with Liu Lu if I could be put on their team. Liu Lu didn't say no, it was tantamount to acquiescing, so at the end of the meeting, I changed it to Li Lu, Li Lu The assistant and HR director interviewed me together."

Hearing this, Wen Zhong couldn't help frowning, "So, Li Yan asked you to leave in front of Liu Lu?"

Although Qu Zhi really thinks so in his heart, if he admits this from his own mouth, he will always feel a bit self-important, so he can only humbly say: "It doesn't count, maybe Liu Lu and Li Lu are picking people together. , Whoever thinks they are qualified can recruit them into their own team, there is no such clear boundary, and it is impossible to talk about whether they want it or not.”

Even if Wen Zhong is not familiar with the employment habits of all the teams in the firm, he has at least two years of working experience longer than Qu Zhi. Judging from his experience in Xinjie, Li Yan is almost equivalent to Ming Qiang.Although there is no express prohibition in the firm, there is already a competitive relationship between the teams responsible for the same field of business, so it is rare for a boss to ask another boss for someone.What kind of qualities did Qu Zhi show during the interview, which is worthy of Li Yan's doing so?

"Hello," there was no response from the receiver, and Qu Zhi thought Wen Chong had hung up, "Senior, are you still listening?"

"Ah, oh, I'm listening." Wen Zhong came back to his senses and continued to ask: "Then what kind of work did Li Yan arrange for you after you joined the job?"

Speaking of this, Qu Zhi's tone revealed a little disappointment, "That is, sending documents, translating materials and so on. Li Lu said that he can take me out to handle cases after I become a regular. I haven't learned any special technical content for a month, but Mr. Li Lu asked me to go out to socialize together."

"He took you to the dinner?" Wen Zhong heard more and more something was wrong.

"Well," through the phone, Qu Zhi couldn't hear anything wrong with Wen Zhong's tone, "Li Lu said that what a lawyer who has just come out to handle a case lacks most is not ability and experience, but the source of the case. All clients want to find Senior lawyers represent themselves. If junior lawyers don’t take the initiative to establish contacts, they may have to wait for several years to catch up with an opportunity to represent a case independently. Although I don’t like to mix those occasions, Li Lu is kind after all, and I don’t Sorry to decline."

Qu Zhi's words reminded Wen Zhong of some rumors about Li Yan that he had heard from his colleagues, but it was a long time ago, and no one dared to decide whether it was just speculation or the truth. Now I can't take it seriously, so I have to remind from the side: "This kind of entertainment is not within the scope of the job, so it's best to push it as soon as you can. You just joined the job, especially when Li Yan was dismissed from another team. If you want to come, don't get too close to the leader at once, and have time to spend more time with the newcomers who came in at the same time."

Qu Zhi didn't think so much like Wen Zhong, he only reminded himself to build a good relationship with colleagues and other teams because of the incident during the interview, and agreed: "Well, senior, I understand, I know it in my heart. By the way, do you have time next week for the meal I just mentioned?"

Wen Zhong didn't want to talk too much, so he changed the subject according to Qu Zhi, "Oh, this, I'm going on a business trip next week, I guess it won't be short, and I won't be back until before New Year's Day, let's talk about it then, there's no rush."

The sound of "beep" was superimposed on the receiver, Qu Zhi took the screen in front of him and glanced at it, it was Chen Shuo who cut in the call, "Well, then senior, I won't bother you, just happened to be Chen Shuo Shuo's call came in, why don't I answer his call first, is there anything else the senior wants to explain?"

"Well, there's nothing else, you go and pick him up." Wen Zhong wanted to end the call at this point, but after a short pause, he added uneasy: "Our two business fields have nothing to do with each other, and we can't do it normally." I will help you by your side, and you should pay more attention to interpersonal relationships, and if you really encounter something you are not sure about, remember to discuss it with me."

Wen Zhong's words and actions always make people feel very at ease, Qu Zhi couldn't help but smiled silently, and said softly: "I know senior, you are also quite busy, so don't worry about me all the time. I'll hang up first, Don't work overtime too late."

After hanging up Wen Zhong's phone, as soon as Chen Shuo's line got through, he pretended to be impatient and shouted, "Who are you calling? It took me so long to pick up. He couldn't be someone I knew in the institute. your new love?"

Qu Zhi almost laughed out loud, and pretended to be stupid: "You don't care about me, who are you?"

Chen Shuo became playful, "You don't even know about me? Then I won't go to Hong Kong with you to attend the graduation ceremony."

"Oh," Qu Zhi put on an indifferent expression, and said with a suppressed smile, "Then you don't want to go, anyway, I won't help you get your graduation certificate back, you can figure out a way for yourself."

"Tsk." Sure enough, Chen Shuo still couldn't speak up, so he had to admit defeat, "All right, all right, pretend I didn't say anything. By the way, let's get down to business, why did you send me the link to book a hotel?"

It turned out that it was because of this that Qu Zhi turned his mobile phone on hands-free, dug out the email sent by the school and said, "Our department's ceremony is on Saturday morning, so you must not be there on the same day. If you arrive one day earlier, of course you have to stay in a hotel ah."

"No," Chen Shuo felt that Qu Zhi didn't understand what he meant, "I mean, Zhou Mi lives in that house by himself. Anyway, there are plenty of places, so we can just stay overnight."

Qu Zhi's face turned pale, and he didn't know what to say for a long time, before he said, "Farewell, I don't want him to know that I'm going back, and I don't want to bother him."

"How can this be a trouble?" Chen Shuo pretended not to understand the meaning of Qu Zhi's words, "When he moved in to live with us, I didn't ask him for rent, so now I ask him to stay for a while. It’s late, what’s the big deal.”

"No..." Qu Zhi turned off the speakerphone, and put the phone to his ear again.

"It's not what?" Chen Shuo's tone seemed to gradually become serious, "You didn't mean to avoid him on purpose, did you?"

Qu Zhi knew that Chen Shuo was asking the question knowingly, but he just felt that he didn't have the strength to answer even one word.

"Qu Zhi, you said that you and Zhou Mi were on good terms, and they both reached the point of giving tokens of love, but you gave up just because their family wanted him to get engaged? Pretend nothing happened?"

Qu Zhi glanced in the direction of the kitchen. His mother was cooking. With the door closed and the noise of the range hood exhausting, the living room should not be heard, so he lowered his voice and said, "He's getting engaged to someone else. Isn't it enough?"

"But he didn't know about this beforehand." Chen Shuo promised to help Zhou Mi persuade Qu Zhi, because he also felt that the two of them couldn't just let it go. "And after he knew about it, he kept thinking about all kinds of things Why can’t you stand with him and face this problem together?”

"Stop talking." Qu Zhi interrupted Chen Shuo, because he didn't think he was qualified to stand shoulder to shoulder with Zhou Mi.

"Can you stop avoiding it?" Chen Shuo had never talked to Qu Zhi so seriously since we met in middle school, but since we talked about it today, he wanted to take this opportunity to make it clear, "Qu Zhi, I don't care. Why do you choose to end the relationship between the two of you? In my opinion, you are selfish. Two people will encounter many problems when they are together. All couples face it bravely. No one is like You are like this, because you expect resistance, so in order to avoid getting yourself into trouble, you choose to give up a relationship."

"Chen Shuo," Qu Zhi was also a little anxious, and he could no longer care about the seriousness of his words, "Can you stop meddling in our affairs? I can understand that you care about this matter because of the careful engagement. The object is someone you like, if they are really together, you and Wan Ziying will have no chance, but can you not shake me because of this?"

Qu Zhi's words made Chen Shuo angry and guilty, angry because he understood his good intentions so well, and guilty because he really didn't dare to say that there was no selfishness involved in this matter.

Seeing that his mother had opened the kitchen door and began to serve food outside, Qu Zhi just wanted to end this unpleasant phone call as soon as possible, "Come here, I'm going to eat, if you don't want to stay in a hotel, I'll go live by myself."

Qu Zhi thought that after hanging up the phone, he would be able to get out of the disturbed mood, but unexpectedly, Chen Shuo's words lingered in his ears like lingering echoes, refusing to dissipate for a long time.

"Why are you in a daze?" Liu Jie looked at her son's ecstasy and wondered, "Come wash your hands and eat."

Qu Zhi managed to gather his mood, and sat down at the table in silence.

"Who were you calling just now?" Liu Jie put a large piece of his favorite braised pork into Qu Zhi's bowl, "I heard you say that you can't live in a hotel, are you going on a business trip?"

Qu Zhi looked at the large table of dishes in front of him, suddenly lost his appetite, and shook his head, "The school sent an email today to notify the time of the graduation ceremony, and it will be next weekend. Chen Shuo and I discussed going there together."

"Oh, that's it, I have to book a hotel," Liu Jie continued to serve Qu Zhi, and then suddenly remembered something, and asked, "By the way, when I was sick last time, I came to see Where is my child? Is it Zhou Mi? I remember he is also from Beijing, can you go there as a companion?"

Qu Zhi only felt a sudden dense needle-like pain in his chest, and he spoke again after a long delay: "He——, he has been in Hong Kong all this time, working in Hong Kong."

"Hey," Liu Jie didn't expect Zhou Mi to be so promising, "It's hard to find a job in Hong Kong, he is really not easy-but it makes sense, after all, when I came to the hospital last time, I felt that this kid talked He behaves well, is capable and careful, and the most rare thing is being kind and sincere to others, in the future, he will surely achieve great things."

Qu Zhi put down the chopsticks in his hand, because he felt like he couldn't hold them anymore.He didn't know why, but everyone around him seemed to want to keep coming to remind him how good that person was after he decided to give up.